Is There Going To Be Punishment?

Isaiah; 13:9-11
(Behold the day of the Lord comes, Cruel, with both wrath and fierce anger, To lay the land desolate; And He will destroy its sinners from it. For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not give their light; The sun will be darkened in its going forth, And the moon will not cause its light to shine. I will punish the world for its evil, And the wicked for their iniquity; I will halt the arrogance of the proud, And will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible.)
You don't hear many messages of punishment coming from the pulpit anymore. I guess it's not politically correct. But God mentions it many places in the Bible so I take Him at His word. If God tells us that those who choose to live a life in sin will be punished, I believe God.

We don't know when the second coming of Christ will be, so we need to be sure we are telling the lost souls the good news of Salvation. Our life here on earth is so short and we shouldn't waste any of it. God gave us the command to tell others about Him and we had better be obedient to this command. I know that sometimes we get nervous about witnessing and so we don't do it. Maybe that chance was the last opportunity that person would have had to here the good news. Don't be a conformer to the worlds view of things, but rather stand up for what you know is true. Jesus says He is the only way and people need to know that.

God wants us to be a shinning light in a dark world, so let shine forth with the good news of Salvation in Christ Jesus our Lord.

God Bless You!