Breaking Free Ministries USA
Death! Is This the End?  Is 'You Only Live Once' True? by James Swinton

bby
                         






















“It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the...” (Hebrews 9:27)

“Now is the accepted time...now is the [a] day of salvation” (II Corinthians 6:2).

“The fool has said in his heart, ‘There is no God’” (Psalm 53:11).

“For what is a man’s advantage if he gains the whole world, and loses himself, or [is] cast away?
(Luke 9:25).

THE MANUAL
God has given mankind His instruction book, the Bible, as His guide to live by. Like Adam and Eve,
your forefathers, you have a choice. They were deceived by Satan, believing the lie that they could be
gods (Genesis 3:4,5) and become wise as God (3:6) by eating the fruit that God had told them not to eat
(3:11-6). As a result, they were cast out of the Garden of Eden (3:23,24). Sin has since passed down to
this present age (Rom. 5:12). Don’t you believe Satan’s lie that you can live totally independent from
God.

DON’T MAKE SATAN’S FUTURE YOUR FUTURE
Satan was once named Lucifer (Ezekiel 28:15). He was perfect until iniquity was found in him (Ezekiel
28:12,14,15). God did not create Lucifer a sinful being, but He did permit it. Lucifer wanted to
overthrow God and take control of His kingdom, but he failed, and was cast out of heaven (Isaiah 14:12-
14; Revelation 12:7-9).    For the moment, everything may be going your way. But just like Satan was
cast out of heaven and will spend the remainder of his life in hell, there is coming a day in which you
will have to give an accounting for your rejection  of Christ: “And the devil that deceived them was cast
into the lake of fire and brimstone...[and] shall be tormented day and night forever and ever. And I saw
a great white throne, and Him that sat on it...I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the
books was opened...they were judged every man according to their works...And whosoever were not
found written in the book of life was cast in to the lake of fire” (Rev. 20:10-15).

DON’T BE DECEIVED!
As Satan deceived Adam and Eve, he has been deceiving each generation ever since. Satan does it in
many ways, such as material wealth (money, cars, houses, boats, etc.): “For the love of  money is the [a]
root of all evil”  (I Timothy 6:10);  secular education  which teaches God does not exist and man evolved
from monkeys - “For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise [the intellectuals], and bring to
nothing the understanding of the prudent [those who apply human wisdom without God] (I Corinthians
1: 19); pleasure  (lusting after physical things that make you feel good); and careers which do not leave
you any time for God. These in themselves are not wrong, but in many cases mankind replaces God for
them.  But for those who reject God and His Word concerning Jesus Christ, there’s  the hell-fire
judgment:

DAY OF JUDGMENT
“And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two
hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched” (Mark 9:43).“In flaming fire taking
vengeance on the that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall
be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His
power” (II Thessalonians 11:8,9).“And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,
some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt” (Daniel  12:2).

THERE IS A WAY OUT!
First: Believe that all mankind have sinned including yourself: “For all have sinned and come short of
the glory of God” (Romans 3:23). See also Romans 5:12; I John 1:8,10; Isaiah 64:6; Jeremiah 17:9.
Second: Believe that “The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ our Lord”
(Romans 6:23).
Third: Believe that God loves you: “God  demonstrates His love toward us, in that while we were still
sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8). Accept what Christ, the Son of God has already done: “For
He hath made Him to be sin for us, who knew no sin (II Corinthians 5:211,” died on the Cross (Matthew
27:24-50), shedding His blood. “[He] put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself” (Hebrew 9:26), that we
may have forgiveness of sins “In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of
sins” (Colossians 11:14).         
Fourth (the remedy): “...if thou shall confess with your mouth [to]* the Lord  Jesus  and shall believe in
thy heart that God has raised Him from the dead, thou shall be saved” (Rom.10:9).
* "For whosoever call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved" (Romans 10:13).

YOU ARE ASSURED ETERNAL LIFE AS A BELIEVER
“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting
life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life (John 5:24); “These things I
have written to you who believes in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have
eternal life...” (I John 5:13);  “But these are written that you may believe that believing you may have
life in His name” (John 20:31).

AFTER SALVATION - WHAT?
Scripture tells us to “Study [the Word of God] to show thyself approved of God...rightly dividing the
Word of truth” (II Timothy 2:15 KJV). Grow/increasing in the knowledge of our Lord (II Peter 3:18;
Colossians 1:10).
You have been given the commission of reconciliation of others to Christ (II Corinthians 5:18,19).