THE WAY TO HEAVEN

1. There is only one way. I am the way. Not easy to follow

2. It is narrow
3. It is safe, but dangerous
4. There are threats hiding
5. There are misleading signals
6. There false comforts
7. Encouraging discouragements
8. But the faithful guide takes all the way Safe
9. There are trust worthy sops and support
10. Sure to enter the gates.




NO NEED TO MOVE OUT, WALK OR RUN TO SIN. IT COULD BE
COMMITTED ON YOUR BED.
Psa_4:4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon
your bed, and be still. Selah.
Psa_36:4 He deviseth mischief upon his bed
Mat_18:9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it
is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes
to be cast into hell fire.
Mat_5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust
after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.



October 9

Morning
Able to keep you from falling.
- Jud_1:24
In some sense the path to heaven is very safe, but in other respects there is
no road so dangerous. It is beset with difficulties. One false step (and how
easy it is to take that if grace be absent), and down we go. What a slippery
path is that which some of us have to tread! How many times have we to
exclaim with the Psalmist, My feet were almost gone, my steps had well
nigh slipped. If we were strong, sure-footed mountaineers, this would not
matter so much; but in ourselves, how weak we are! In the best roads we
soon falter, in the smoothest paths we quickly stumble. These feeble knees
of ours can scarcely support our tottering weight. A straw may throw us,
and a pebble can wound us; we are mere children tremblingly taking our
first steps in the walk of faith, our heavenly Father holds us by the arms or
we should soon be down. Oh, if we are kept from falling, how must we bless
the patient power which watches over us day by day! Think, how prone we
are to sin, how apt to choose danger, how strong our tendency to cast
ourselves down, and these reflections will make us sing more sweetly than
we have ever done, Glory be to him, who is able to keep us from falling.
We have many foes who try to push us down. The road is rough and we are
weak, but in addition to this, enemies lurk in ambush, who rush out when
we least expect them, and labour to trip us up, or hurl us down the nearest
precipice. Only an Almighty arm can preserve us from these unseen foes,
who are seeking to destroy us. Such an arm is engaged for our defence. He
is faithful that hath promised, and he is able to keep us from falling, so that
with a deep sense of our utter weakness, we may cherish a firm belief in our
perfect safety, and say, with joyful confidence,
Against me earth and hell combine,
But on my side is power divine;
Jesus is all, and he is mine!

HEAVEN AND HELL : HINDUISM
As per our shastras there are fourteen worlds (not to be confused with planets) -
seven higher worlds (heavens) and seven lower ones (underworlds). (The earth is
considered the lowest of the seven higher worlds.) The higher worlds are the seven
vyahrtis, i.e) bhu, bhuvas, svar, mahas, janas, tapas, and satya (the world that is
ruled by Brahma); and the lower ones (the "seven undreworlds" or paatalas) are
atala, vitala, sutala, rasaataala, talatala, mahaatala, paatala.
SEVEN HIGHER WORLDS:
1. Bhu (Earth)
2. Bhuvas
3. Svar
4. Mahas
5. Janas
6. Taps
7. satya (world ruled by Brahma)
Seven underworlds:
1. aatala
2. vitala
3. sutala
4. rasaataala
5. talatala
6. mahaatala
7. paatala