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To: vannrox
Hi vannrox

DON'T STOP

Chattanooga cardiologist Maurice Rawlings, M.D., tells of a patient who had a cardiac arrest in Dr. Rawlings' office. Throughout the attempted resuscitation, the patient faded in and out.

Each time the doctor interrupted the heart massage, the patient appeared to die again.

When the man came to, he screamed, "I am in hell!" A look of sheer terror clouded his face. "Don't stop!" he begged. "Don't you understand? I am in hell. Each time you quit I go back to hell! Don't let me go back to hell!"

The patient survived and put his faith in Christ to take away his sins and secure his place in heaven.{8}The place the Bible calls hell, or hades, is the current home of those who do not accept Jesus' gift of forgiveness. It is a place of constant, conscious torment.{9}Hades is not the final dwelling place of those who die without a personal relationship with Christ.

John says these will be judged at the "great white throne" judgment. Since no one's deeds are sufficient to earn eternal life, those without Christ's pardon will be cast into the "lake of fire."{10}Jesus said that "the eternal fire...has been prepared for the devil and his angels" (Matthew 25:41).

Not a pleasant subject. But remember, God does not want you to perish in hell. He loves you and wants you to spend eternity with Him. Not without Him.{11}Paul wrote that God our Savior wants all people to be saved (or made safe from the consequences of sin, which is separation from God).

He wants us to know Him because He is truth.{12}God sent Jesus Christ, His Son, to pay the penalty for our sins (attitudes and actions that fall short of God's perfection).

Jesus literally went through hell for us. We simply need to receive His free gift of forgiveness--we can never earn it--to be guaranteed eternal life. "Whoever hears my word, Jesus says, "and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has crossed over from death to life" (John 5:24).

If you'd like to watch a movie about this: Dr. Maurice Rawlings, MD, a heart surgeon, has written a number of books on the near death experience and clearly shows from his own practice and the experiences of his patients, that not everyone goes to the light when they die, where there is total love.

He has written of many patients being resuscitated on the operating table and speaking about being in hell, where there was a real devil and demons, and where the inhabitants were tormented with fire.

Dr. Rawlings writes that these people are a lot more reluctant to talk about it than those who went to the good place. This film (1:28 min.), hosted by Dr. Rawlings, looks at the experiences of people who have literally gone 'To Hell and Back'. [ Both links to view the Real Video should work, try the alternate if your first choice fails.]

http://amightywind.com/hell/testimonies.htm

6 posted on 09/19/2002 8:37:30 AM PDT by Ready2go
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I'm waiting for them to announce they've found the chemical formula for truth, goodness and beauty.

It's just in the brain after all.

7 posted on 09/19/2002 8:54:11 AM PDT by D-fendr
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To: Ready2go
Does sincerity count in one's affirmation? And how is it measured? This is a serious question I don't see dicussed much. One man may think the thought "I accept Jesus" in passing. Another man may have strong emotions with that thought. Are both sufficient? Is a man with a huge heart and mind, like a saint, required to commit more fully than a man of very limited feelings or even a mentally retarded man? What if a man sincerely turns to Christ, but then never thinks of it again?

It seems to me that "belief" can mean very different things and that those differences should have importance. I wonder, too, if the original words for "belief in the Lord" in the scripture might have been better translated as "knowledge of the Lord".

Sorry to get so theological on you, you are not my pastor of course :) But you raised the point, as many bible oriented Christians will, so I thought I'd take you up on it.
15 posted on 09/19/2002 10:57:54 AM PDT by SupplySider
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