CHRISTIANITY.

Read the two following passages: "So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord.   For we walk by faith, not by sight.   We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord."   (2 Corinthians 5:6‑8) and "I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far; (Philippians 1:23) Compare those passages with the following:   But man dies and is laid away; Indeed, he breathes his last And where is he?   As water disappears from the seas And a river becomes parched and dries up, So man lies down and does not rise.   Till the heavens are no more, They will not awake Nor be roused from their sleep.   "Oh, that You would hide me in the grave, That You would conceal me until Your wrath is past, That You would appoint me a set time, and remember me! If a man dies, shall he li...

SPIRITUALISM AND THE BIBLE – LIFE AFTER DEATH.     “Spiritualism is the belief or doctrine that the spirits of the dead, surviving after the mortal life, can and do communicate with the living, especially through a person (a medium) particularly susceptible to their influence.” ( http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/spiritualism ). Satan uses many successful agencies in order to seduce man and spiritualism is one of these delusive teachings.   The belief that spirits of the dead can return and/or communicate with the living is a sacred channel through which Satan works to accomplish his purpose.   The fallen angels who do Satan’s bidding appear as messengers.   Satan has the power to bring before men what appears to be their departed friends.   His counterfeits are perfect in familiarity as far as looks, words, tone and demeanor.   Satan comforts many with the false assurance that their loved ones are enjoying bliss in heaven and h...

  The Bible does not contradict itself and the word of God does not lie.   The scriptures all have to support each other in what they mean. King Solomon wrote: “So I reflected on all this and concluded that the righteous and the wise and what they do are in God’s hands, but no one knows whether love or hate awaits them.   All share a common destiny—the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad, the clean and the unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. “As it is with the good, so with the sinful; as it is with those who take oaths, so with those who are afraid to take them.   This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: “The same destiny overtakes all. The hearts of people, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and afterward they join the dead.   Anyone who is among the living has hope—even a live dog is better off than a dead lion! “For the living know that the...