Yes, “Good Persons” Also Go To Hell

Thinking You’re A Good Person Can Lead You To Hell…

I was having a conversation with a man recently who told me that he doesn’t believe in any religion, he just believes in being a good person. He said he believes that as long as he lives his life being a good person he will go to heaven when he dies. He said every religion believes they are right and says the other religions are wrong and he doesn’t want to choose and so he keeps away from religion.

I also find it interesting when people say this because what they don’t realize they are saying is they want to be the GOD of themselves. They want to be their own judge and they want to be the one to determine where they will spend eternity. They don’t realize that entry into the gates of Heaven isn’t contingent on their own standards of good and bad, but rather on the standard of GOD.

So I asked this man “Who’s standard of good and bad are you basing are you using to measure whether or not you should go to Heaven? Are you using God’s standards or have you invented your own standard and decided that GOD let you into heaven based on the standard that you created in your mind?

He responded by saying he believes everyone has the same moral standards: “Don’t murder, don’t steal, be kind, etc.”

However, the standard of GOD is much higher than the standards of this world. The Bible says anyone who hates their brother or sister in their heart is already a murderer in the eyes of GOD.

1 John 3:15
“Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.”

Therefore the standard of this man was that as long as he didn’t physically kill someone he wasn’t a murderer, but that’s man’s standard, and not God’s standard. According to GOD’s standard, if this man held a grudge against his brother in his heart, he would be standing on trial for murder before the judgment seat of GOD. According to this man as long as he didn’t physically steal from another person he wouldn’t be considered a thief, but in the eyes of GOD if you have ever coveted something that belonged to someone else or if you were ever jealous of what someone else had you would be considered a thief in the eyes of God. According to man’s standards as long as you don’t sleep with another man’s wife you are not an adulterer, However according to the standard of GOD if you look lustfully at the photos of the wife of another man— even on Facebook you are already guilty of adultery in your heart by the standard of GOD.

Matthew 5:28 “But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”

(By the way, women who post provocative photos will also be held accountable, but let’s continue…)

The Bible says GOD looks at our hearts, so if you’ve done a thing within your heart, you’re already guilty of that thing according to God’s standards(1 Samuel 16:7). The Bible actually says in Romans 3:10-12 that none of us have lived up to the standard of GOD and therefore none of us on our own are qualified to enter the Kingdom of GOD.

Romans 3:10-12 “As it is written: “There is none righteous, no, not one; There is none who understands; There is none who seeks after God. They have all turned aside; They have together become unprofitable; There is none who does good, no, not one.”

So when you evaluate yourself and judge your own goodness whose standard are you using to judge yourself? Your own standard or the standard of GOD?

The Bible says in Proverbs 16:2 “All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs the spirits.”

Every person outside of Christ thinks they’re a good person because they create their own standards and judge themselves based on their own rules. I’ve never met a person that said “I am just a bad person, I am no good, I am a thief, murderer, and I’m just terrible”. In fact, any person who says those things about themselves are a lot closer to receiving salvation than a man who thinks he’s a good person because the man who can see his own faults realizes that he needs a savior. He realizes that he needs Jesus to save him from his wicked ways.

However, if you ask the majority of people they will tell you that they think they are a good person. And this is why a man can’t be his own judge. Unless you build your own heaven you don’t get to determine how you enter inside a kingdom that you did not build. You must submit yourself to the King of that kingdom so you can enter the King’s Kingdom. Just as anyone who comes into your house on earth must respect your house rules or they must leave your home.

In Closing:

The Bible says that the wages of sin is death and that we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of GOD(Romans 3:23). Therefore GOD sent his Son into the earth to become a man and suffer death for ALL man so that man would not have to suffer death for own his sins. So that all who put their faith in Jesus would not perish as they rightfully deserve, but rather they would receive eternal life.

We don’t enter Heaven by meeting our own criteria, we enter into the Kingdom of Heaven through faith in GOD’s promise. Because of our past sins, all of us are already disqualified if entry into Heaven was determined by our own efforts. We must put our faith in Jesus and receive the righteousness of Jesus so that we can be pure before GOD. Upon receiving this righteousness we must walk in Holiness and be blameless, however prior to receiving the righteousness of Jesus by putting our faith in him none of our good deeds will erase our past of sin that still must be judged on the day of Judgement. But when we put our faith in Jesus our past slate is cleansed, GOD says he will not remember our sins anymore, and we can now start anew and walk in Holiness.

However, those who reject Jesus must stand trial before the throne of GOD on the judgment and answer for everything they have ever done in their life. The Bible says even every idle word that we speak will be judged on that day(Matthew 12:36).

So what are you going to do? Will stand trial before GOD and have your life measured by God’s standards or will you put your faith in Jesus and meet God’s standards by receiving the Holiness of Jesus? The Holiness of the Jesus who met the standard of GOD. When you put your faith in Jesus you receive HIS holiness and you’re turned from a sinner into a saint, and thus you meet the standard of GOD. Now you only must continue to walk in holiness, following the ways and teachings of Jesus, and endure until the end and you will be saved. Which will you choose?

GOD bless you all who are in Christ Jesus.


Eddie Fews

When I Finally Had An Encounter With GOD

When I was a child I remember going to church and watching people worship GOD and sing songs, but I did not understand why people were worshiping. I was also taught to sing and worship but I did not understand why. To me, it seemed like Singing and worshiping was almost like a cultural formality. It didn’t make a lot of sense to me, and I didn’t fully connect with it emotionally at the time. As a teenager, I connected better with more secular songs that I could relate to because those songs spoke about my life experience. Before, I couldn’t relate to worship songs, I only sang the worship songs because my church and parents taught me to. It appeared to me that singing was just something people did so that they could go to Heaven when they died.

I did not understand these things for most of my life, because at that time I still had not had an encounter with GOD for myself. I thought if I sang enough songs, prayed enough prayers, and read enough of the Bible then eventually maybe I would have an encounter with GOD. I thought I could “earn” my encounter with GOD…However, it didn’t happen like that.

I didn’t experience GOD until I was truly ready to surrender my entire life to do the will of GOD. I didn’t experience GOD until I gave up all my ambitions, my hopes, my dreams, my future plans, and my personal desires. I didn’t experience GOD until I was willing to forsake all that I had. I didn’t experience GOD until I could say from my heart “Not my will, Not my plan. Your will GOD. Your plan for my life.”

The day I experienced GOD was the day I took my life planner journal and set it on fire, because I wanted God’s plan. The day I experienced GOD was the day I walked away from my 6 figure career because it didn’t please GOD. The day I experienced GOD was the day GOD revealed to me that I wasn’t a good person like I thought, but that I was a sinner worthy of death. The day I experienced GOD was the day I cried in deep anguish in repentance because my sins were revealed to me.

That day I vomited for almost two hours all over my bedroom floor all the poison and evil that sin had built up in my body. That day I begged GOD to have mercy on my soul because I was afraid. That day evil spirits that caused me to be Prideful, Greedy, Selfishly Ambitious, Lustful, Arrogant, and more all came out of my body while I lay on the ground vomiting. That day I understood everything I thought about myself was all a lie. That day for the first time in my life I understood the reason people sing and worship GOD.

Have you ever seen a group of men watching a soccer game, and the moment their favorite team scores a goal all the men jump up at the same time and scream? Did they plan to jump up and scream at the same time or did it just happen naturally? What about when a singer with a beautiful voice sings a ballad and at the end people cry and give applause? Do all the people plan to clap and cry at the same time or did it just happen naturally? What about a comedy show, do all the people plan to laugh at the same time or does it just happen?

Why is this? Because when in the presence of an amazing talent or ability people lose control and collectively all respond the same way. Without even thinking or trying people react and respond. They laugh, shout, cry, jump, and roar all in unison without a plan or agreement.

Therefore if the abilities and feats of human beings make people jump, scream and shout without a second thought, what would happen if you were in the presence of the Almighty GOD? The Bible calls GOD the King of Glory and his glory is such an amazing thing to behold that even the Angels use two of their wings to cover their faces.

I’ve seen women and men crying, hyperventilating, and fainting when meeting their favorite Pop star. Could you imagine if you met GOD? If a human being that you share a likeness with could a person cry and faint what would the presence of GOD do to you?

When you encounter the presence of GOD worship is not a conscious choice. Worship is the only natural response and reaction to beholding something so glorious. We can’t even look at the sun without squinting, and that’s the work of GOD’s hands.. Could imagine GOD?

I haven’t seen the fullness of GOD’s glory with my eyes, the Bible says no man can see GOD and live(Exodus 33:20), however, when I was born again the revelation of the glory and goodness of GOD was revealed in my heart. And when that happened I feel down naturally just like anyone would and I cried and I sang, and I worshiped.

Therefore in closing: If you were to combine all the most beautiful sunsets, the brightest stars, the most beautiful voices, and everything you have ever found exciting into one moment it wouldn’t come close to a fraction of the Glory of GOD. We don’t worship GOD because we want to go to Heaven, we worship GOD for the same reasons sports fans scream when their team scores a goal. Worship is the only reaction possible when you encounter the presence of GOD. It’s not a conscious choice or a thought, it’s a natural reaction to beholding something so amazing, so wonderful, and so glorious.

If you are reading this today, pray that the revelation of God’s goodness, love, and glory will be revealed in your heart. And when that prayer is answered you’ll lose all control and fall down and worship.

That’s all for today friends.

God bless you all who are in Christ Jesus.


Eddie Fews

The Hidden Power Of Fasting

The Hidden Power Of Fasting:

While other religious groups are beginning to enter their time of fasting I want to emphasize the importance of fasting for Christians.

Fasting is a practice that is engaged in by every group of religious people on the earth who are serious about spirituality. Jews fast, Muslims fast, and Christians Fast. I’ve even heard stories of shamans and sorcerers doing prolonged fasting in order to summon certain evil spirits. And it’s unfortunate that nowadays the groups that serve false gods seem to take fasting a lot more seriously than many Christians who serve the only true GOD.

When we look into the Bible we can see that Moses fasted for 40 days(Exodus 34:28), Elijah fasted for 40 Days(1 Kings 19:8), and Jesus fasted for 40 days(Matthew 4:2). Daniel fasted for 21 Days eating only fruits and vegetables(Daniel 10:2-3) Esther and Israel fasted for 3 days and 3 nights without food or water(Esther 4:16), Samuel fasted, Ezra fasted, David Fasted, Nineveh Fasted and even the livestock in Nineveh was forced to fast, and many more figures throughout the Bible practiced fasting.

Do you know there is a story in the Bible in which the Disciples of Jesus had an encounter with an evil spirit that was traumatizing a little boy, and when the disciples tried to remove the evil spirit from the boy they were unable to remove it. However when Jesus came he removed the evil spirit from the boy and when the disciples asked Jesus why they were not able to remove the evil spirit from the boy, Jesus responded by saying:

Matthew 17:21 “However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.”

Unfortunately, many modern translations of the Bible have removed the word “Fasting” from this passage and have only left the word “Prayer” remaining but the most original translations include the word “Fasting” in the passage.

Nevertheless, what this means is, that it’s possible there are people who are suffering from things that they may have prayed about over and over but still haven’t seen results because they still have not fasted. I will say for the majority of evil spirits and other problems fasting is not required (although it could expedite the process). However, fasting combined with prayer could be needed to overcome special and intense situations.

In the Bible GOD pronounced Judgment on Ahab because of the murder, theft he committed against an innocent man as well as other wicked deeds. The Bible says Ahab did more evil in the eyes of THE LORD than any of the men before him. However, when GOD pronounced a judgment on Ahab that Ahab and his kingdom would be destroyed do you know what Ahab did next? Let’s read it…

1 Kings 21:27 “So it was, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his body, and fasted and lay in sackcloth, and went about mourning.”

The Bible says when Ahab heard his judgement he tore his clothes and began fasting! FASTING. And do you know what happened after GOD saw that Ahab fasted?! Look what GOD says in verse 29:

1 Kings 21:29 “See how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity in his days. In the days of his son I will bring the calamity on his house.”

GOD said that because Ahab fasted and humbled himself GOD would not bring the disaster in the day of Ahab, but the disaster would come at a later time in his lineage. Therefore if fasting could cause GOD to spare a man who did more evil in the sight of GOD than anyone before him what could fasting do for me and you who are the children of GOD?

Fasting is a form of humbling ourselves and acknowledging our dependency on GOD’s mercy for survival. Fasting is us saying “We will not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of GOD.(Mattew 4;4)”. Fasting is us saying “We can take a break from drinking water because GOD has given us LIVING WATER(John 7:38)”

Many of us exercise our physical bodies but we do not exercise our spiritual bodies. A man can be in tiptop physical shape, but be spiritually obese— unable to pray, unable to fast, and falling asleep anytime he tries to read the Bible.

Fasting is a form of exercise for your spirit. It’s a way to weaken the flesh so that the spiritual body will increase in strength. The Bible says:

Galatians 5:17 “For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish.”

The flesh desires you to eat, while the spirit desires for you to fast. I’m sure you feed your physical body, but do you feed your spirit through abstinence? If we are to be strong along this journey both the flesh and the spirit must be taken care of. The Apostle Paul says he disciplines his body so that the desires of his flesh are kept at bay, lest he be disqualified from the gifts of eternal life(1 Corinthians 9:27).

In Closing:

There are many people who may feel lost like they don’t know what to do about their situation, or like they don’t have hope for the future. People may feel like they’ve tried everything and nothing has worked… But have you tried to stop eating? And drinking? You may feel stuck and feel you have no motivation to do much, but what about the motivation to stop eating? Even if you did nothing the entire day, but committed to fasting I believe you would begin to see a change in your situation.

Maybe you don’t have a good education, maybe you’re not a good businessman, maybe you’re not very athletic, maybe you don’t have ambition, maybe you live in a small village far from big opportunities… But can you fast? Can you fast and pray for GOD to change your situation? If you can do this, I believe you can experience change, whatever your circumstances.

For those who feel they don’t know what to do…Try Fasting.

That’s all for today guys.

God Bless You all who are in Christ Jesus.


Eddie Fews