There are a lot of reasons why I am 100% sure that God is real and does love us, so read on.
I look at the solar system and come to the conclusion that to work as it does, it had to have been made that way, same with the Earth and it's capabilities to support life, same as the very abundance of life itself and the complicated processes within that life. When you see a computer, can you honestly believe that it is possible for that plastic, glass and the electronic components just to evolve out of the earth in a infinite number of years, take shape, create itself a power source and write programs that allow it to interact with its environment and yet those flukes are nothing compared to what some people will try and make you swallow about creation. For creation to work the way it does than it had to have been made that way and therefore this intelligent driving force behind creation has to be God as there is really no other explanation. Creation left to it's own devices,without God, would simply not exist, as the natural progression of elements is to death and disarray. You still need life to create life.
I read the Bible, especially the New Testament, and it speaks about Jesus who healed the blind, lame, crippled and even bought the dead back to life. Even more than that he died on the cross for man's sins so that those who believed that Jesus died for their sins and loved him for it wouldn't die a spiritual death from God even though they will die a natural death because of their sins. He rose from death and appeared to over 500 people and went to heaven. Through reading and praying I feel in my heart God's love for me and especially in church worshipping with other believers. (If a person never knew what it was to love someone, how could you explain it to him if he refused to put himself into a situation where that love could grow.)
An interesting fact that I would like to mention at this point is that about 22 years ago I remember seeing a film where these doctors weighed a person that was dying and after that person had died that body became lighter for no apparent reason. The reason that I remembered that fact was that just recently(March 2000) I met a nurse who is studying for her masters in nursing and she also mentioned that it was a documented fact that the body loses weight hours after death and the reason for this is still a bit of a mystery. My best guess for this mystery is that it is due to the spirit leaving the body and that is something that I, and countless others also have had first hand experience of.
I see and hear on TV and read on the internet and in books
about many other people who have had similar near-death experiences as I have
had and have met one person who related her vision that she had had to me.
These out of body experiences should not be actively sought out
as there is a very real danger of being deceived by these spirits once your spirit
is in that realm enabling you to see more then just your physical surroundings.
I have read articles from those that practice the occult and they have told of their
encounters with demons and fallen angels which is why we have so much of this gods and
goddess beliefs in our society. Demons seem to bring negative energies such as fear
into a persons life and want to co-inhabit/dominate a persons body while the fallen
angels seem to be more interested in being worshipped as God and appear as glorious
spiritual entities.Those fallen angels that created the demons were locked up in hell
so I guess that is why the other fallen angels would rather not interfer with mankind
on such a personal levels as these demons. Whether through deception, fear or coercion
the fallen angels or demons will try and make you abandon the true God to follow them.
Relating from
my own two experiences of my spirit leaving my body and from what I've read
on this matter this much I can tell you and that is if your spirit leaves your
body then anything you meet outside your body is more than likely from the devil's
kingdom especially if you find yourself going into a dark tunnel first.
As the first time I experienced a out of body experience I
also experienced an inner body experience straight after I know that these two
events were different from each other and this inner body experience was an
amazing experience in itself. This inner body experience is where I saw Christ
and these visions(including the one related to me which I am certain is an inner
body experience) have been written out for you below. ( If your wondering what
it feels like to have your spirit out of your body then the best way to explain
it is to say it's very similar to asking what the difference is between being
clothed and not clothed-your still who you are but your just a bit more lighter.
)
3 other things I would like to mention:
real as normal conversation but you received a thought and then you
answered the thought so it was always the truth in that their could be
no deception in it and if there was you/other person would know it
instantly the thought was received.
you are back in your body time has not progressed as quickly.
I.e. You spend 1/2 hr outside your body and when your back in your body
it may be only a few seconds have passed.
was no dream or halucination. It is realer then your awake state. Each
of us has been given a seed of life that has been given by God which is
molded by life and at death this conscious/spirit is with God or
separated from God, but is still the same individual although without a
body.
God is a very loving God and if he can save one of you by letting a lot of misery come your way he will. God gave man the ability to choose. Without God in control mans way of doing things ends in sheer madness, but how would we know that if we weren't allowed that choice and allowed to see the results of that choice?. All of us whether we follow God or not enjoy the things that our loving God has created for us in this physical life but that won't be the case after we die. If you don't want to spend eternity with God and the love that he has for us, you won't have to.
Eternity without God is HELL!
The visions given to Paul A Martus
Back in my body I thought to myself, pretty weird, and
was about to pass it off as one of those things that happens, when suddenly,
I started hearing that singing again and felt my spirit starting to separate
from my body again. As soon as I realized that what had happened was very real
the singing and the separating stopped.
Just after I turned 21, I was sitting and staring at a small
bottle trying to imagine pictures out of the contents of the bottle (like cloud
watching), when my spirit floated out of my body. I could see my body still
looking at the small bottle and in what felt like a fraction of a second I was drawn
back into my body and had a sense of traveling very far, very quickly, once my
spirit was within my body. It was like being shot like a bullet into what seemed
like a tunnel of bright white light and the best example I can give is when
the spaceships on Star Trek hit warp drive. When I finally stopped, I was in
a wide flat area in front of a giant of a man with bright white hair, beard
and clothes (His whole being shone with light) . All around me I could see
in the distance a white glow and heard singing but I couldn't understand the
words. Jesus looked at me as a father looks at his child when a child won't live
the way he should and told me to "Go back". I knew it was Jesus not
because He told me or I recognised him from some picture but because my spirit simply
just knew.
The second out of body experience happened when I was about 29 and was camped with a group of friends. My spirit floated out of my body and I could see myself, my friends and the area around us. I noticed behind me a man sitting on a tree branch and turned towards him but he never looked directly at me for the time we talked. He seemed pretty friendly at first and told me to join him (think this demon's intention was to let itself into my body but couldn't do it without my permission) and the more I refused to join him the angrier he got. This was scary stuff especially since he said that if I didn't join him he would destroy my friends but I replied that God would protect them and as I didn't know what else to do I prayed the Lord's prayer (Our Father...) and my spirit came back into my body and I breathed a sigh of relief.
The vision given to Jeanne Russell on July 1995.
I was in heaven with Jesus and we were talking as He was setting
places at his banqueting tables. There were so many tables there that they were impossible
to count- reaching far beyond the furthest horizons. They all had name places
set before them, and peoples from all tribes and nations were gathered there.
However, lots and lots of chairs were empty, even though name places were clearly
set there for them. I could see mine- JEANNE FIDDEN,and I asked my Lord, "Why
the FIDDEN, when I was now Russel?" and He replied, "These places
are set for them-but they refused to come to My banqueting tables-They were
ALL invited as you can see, but by their own free will they refuse to come!"
Then Jesus told me to write this down, and tell others. So I am telling you!
He also asked me to add, " Your place is set will you be there?"
I am still in a very dark tunnel, so dark and seemingly drowning in despair. I knew a way out myself - taking things out of God's hands and into my own hands. Then God the Father spoke to me in the garden- "If you do that, I'll have to rearrange the table settings. Take your place from the table reserved for the people of great faith, and place you further down where the people of little faith sit. Wouldn't you rather sit with friends you know intimately around your table, than to have Me place you with complete strangers?
Satellite photo of what is believed to be Noah's ark, more
defrosted then ever before due to present day global warming!
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Evidence for the shroud being authentic is mounting but one thing is still baffling the experts {even with all their expertise} and that is how that image was left on the shroud in the first place . The bible gives the best answer to this question as when the power of God came on Jesus to resurrect Him it burnt His image on the shroud . Matthew 17:2 (NRSV) |
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