Thursday, December 29, 2005

Hey guyz...me yesterday saw a book tat my father bought in the past..and it appealed to me...so i would like to share wif u guyz abt some qns abt life in heaven...

First qns: where are the dead nw?
Ans: the book does say that dere is a group of religious people notably the jehovah withnesses, and they try to persuade us tat man goes to nothingness after his death..Hw can we knw whether they are rite? Evn science could nt prove anything abt life beyond the grave...if there is a person who knws..he would hv died and rose frm the dead again...is there such a person? Yes..his name is Jesus Christ..But hw can we believe him? Well...his life is totally different frm other humans..he made the lame to walk again..he ordered the dead to rise again(Lazarus)... "But he died!!" u say...True..but nt out of neccesity...Like we all are subjected to...But he died of his own volition! "No man Taketh it (My life) from me, but i lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it dwn, and i hv power to take it again"( John 10:18)...

Where Are the dead nw? (continued)
Ans: The bible have shown tat the spirits of the dead depart their bodies after their death..but where do they go? it is known tat the spirits of the unjust and unbelievers Go to a place called hell...(Matt23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, hw can ye escape the damnation of hell??) (2 peter 2:4 For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delievered them into the chain of darkness, to be reserved into judgement.")

Where Are the righteous??
In The Scriptures..it is said tat Stephen, the first christian martyr, was dying, he called upon christ in heaven to recieve his spirit(Acts 7:59) And in Phil 1:23 Paul expressed a desire to depart from this world and be with Christ.."which is far better"...Therefore...we can conclude that heaven is where the righteous go and is somewhere situated above while hadees below..

Qns: Are we concious in heaven or hell??
Ans: what abt the spirits of the dead? Are they concious or unconcious about what is going on arnd dem when they die? In the story of lazarus and the rich man ( Luke 16:19-31)..we see tat both souls of these man after death were concious abt what was going on with dem and arnd them..

Qns: Are we able to recognise each other in heaven?
Ans: Yes we are able to recognise each other in heaven clearly as the scripture in the bible has given us lot of evidence tat we are able to recognise each other in heaven..in Phil 1:21-24 Paul said that he was possessed of such a great desire to go to heaven and be with Christ...he wouldnt have said that if he could not be sure of recognizing christ there... And in the story of the rich man and Lazarus in Luke 16:19-31, we can see that the rich man is able to recognise Abraham and Lazarus after his death... And Christ disciples recognised Moses and Elijah when they met them on the mountain of transfiguration ( Matthew 17:1-8)...But hw could they recognise Moses and Elijah if they have nvr met them before? Therefore..we an be assured that we are able to recognise each other in heaven and the ability of recognition wll be even greater than wat we possess nw...

Final qns: Hw can i be assured of a place in heaven??
Qns: It is simple...it is just by faith...believing tat christ died for ur sin...to put it all simply...Imagine that u are a criminal..given the death sentence and about to be hanged soon..But someone who loves u dearly goes to beg with the president to ask him to pardon you. ..And the president issues the pardon..and u accept it...You believe you have been forgiven and ur life is spared ... Tis is what happens when u recieve christ..You are sentenced to death as a result of Adam's sin and your own...But God loves you and Jesus in person took the place on the cross and died for you...But Christ atonement does not mean tat all are automatically forgiven...each individual must believe for himself tat Christ died for him and recieve his atoning sacrifice on the cross...and acquire this new life...

My Dear Brothers And sisters who are reading this..i pray that i will be able to see u all in heaven and enjoy eternal bliss in heaven together...i hoped wat i shared with u answered some of ur qns abt life in heaven..If u would like to look at this book...there are still lots of other topics on life in heaven and hell...pls feel free to tell me and i will gladly borrow u this book...This book is entitled "Life after Death?" by Spiros Zodhiates,Th.D...
Nathan Wan Zhiwei
( A worker for Christ)

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