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If you think you see a dead relative is it really the dead relative visiting you?
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The Importance of the Scriptures
Jesus repeatedly cited the Scriptures as authoritative, often prefacing his points by saying: ?It is written.? (Matthew 4:4, 7, 10; Luke 19:46) Indeed, when Jesus spoke about man?s marital situation, he drew, not upon Greek philosophical conjecture, but upon the Genesis account of creation. (Genesis 1:27; 2:24; Matthew 19:3-9) Clearly, Jesus considered the Scriptures to be inspired by God and factual. In prayer to God, he said: ?Your word is truth.??John 17:17.
The Bible records Jesus? censure of the religious leaders of his day: ?Adroitly you set aside the commandment of God in order to retain your tradition. . . . Thus you make the word of God invalid by your tradition.? (Mark 7:6-13) Similarly, the apostle Paul resisted the pressure to assimilate either Greek philosophy or erroneous traditions into his teaching. ?Look out,? he cautioned. ?Perhaps there may be someone who will carry you off as his prey through the philosophy and empty deception according to the tradition of men.? (Colossians 2:8; 1 Corinthians 1:22, 23; 2:1-13) There were some traditions, or teachings, that Paul urged Christians to maintain, but these were based on the Scriptures and were totally in harmony with them. (2 Thessalonians 2:13-15) ?All Scripture is inspired of God and beneficial,? Paul wrote, ?that the man of God may be fully competent, completely equipped for every good work.??2 Timothy 3:16, 17.
Paul foresaw a drift away from the Scriptures. He warned Timothy: ?There will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching, . . . and they will turn their ears away from the truth.? He urged Timothy: ?You, though, keep your senses in all things.? (2 Timothy 4:3-5) But how? One way is to be ?noble-minded.? A Greek lexicon defines this Bible word as ?a willingness to learn and evaluate something fairly.? Luke used this expression to describe Paul?s listeners in first-century Beroea. Paul?s teachings were new to them, and they did not want to be misled. Commending them, Luke wrote: ?The [Beroeans] were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with the greatest eagerness of mind, carefully examining the Scriptures daily as to whether these things were so.? Being noble-minded did not make the Beroeans skeptical, disinclined to believe in anything. Rather, the result of their honest inquiry was that ?many of them became believers.??Acts 17:11, 12.
Benefits of Living by the Bible
The early Christians were noted both for their adherence to the Bible and for their self-sacrificing love. Today, however, many people have ?a form of godly devotion but [are] proving false to its power.? (2 Timothy 3:5) Any form of Christianity today that is not faithful to the original cannot have genuine power for good in people?s lives. Could this help to explain why, in the greater part of Christendom, we see increasing violence, immorality, family breakdown, and materialism? In some ?Christian? lands, vicious ethnic wars are carried on even between members of the same religion.
Has the noble-minded spirit of the Beroeans died out? Is there any group of people today who believe in and live by the Bible?
The Encyclopedia Canadiana observes: ?The work of Jehovah?s Witnesses is the revival and re-establishment of the primitive Christianity practised by Jesus and his disciples during the first and second centuries of our era.? Referring to the Witnesses, the New Catholic Encyclopedia notes: ?They regard the Bible as their only source of belief and rule of conduct.?
No doubt this is a major reason why Jehovah?s Witnesses around the world are known for their spiritual prosperity, peace, and happiness. We therefore encourage you to learn more about the Bible?s spiritually healthful teachings. Greater knowledge can lead to even greater trust in the Bible and stronger faith in God. The eternal benefits of such faith are well worth the effort. For a postage paid free copy of the book "What Does The Bible Realy Teach" write Coeburn Va. 24230-1684
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I'm so tired of Jesus. That's right, annoy the god into me. Nothing makes me want to join your cult more than you annoying the shit out of me.
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Where Are the Dead?
PERHAPS you have experienced the empty feeling that comes with losing a loved one in death. On such occasions most persons feel not only sad but also very helpless. It is only natural to wonder: What happens to a person when he dies? Is he still conscious somewhere? Is there a real hope that the dead will live again? The Bible contains a comforting answer to these questions.
Simply stated, death is the opposite of life. In sentencing the first man Adam for his willful disobedience, God said: ?You [will] return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For dust you are and to dust you will return.? (Genesis 3:19) Consider now: Where was Adam before God formed him from the dust and gave him life? Why, he simply did not exist. At his death Adam returned to the same lifeless, unconscious state. He went neither to a fiery hell nor to heavenly bliss, but died?as God said he would.?Genesis 2:17.
3 The Bible clearly teaches that the dead are unconscious and lifeless in the grave. Note what Ecclesiastes 9:5, 10 (AV) says regarding the condition of the dead: ?For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.? This means that the dead cannot do anything and cannot feel anything. Their thoughts have ceased, as the Bible states: ?Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.??Psalm 146:3, 4, AV [145:2-4, Dy].For a free postage paid copy of the book "What Does The Bible Realy Teach"
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no , i dont think this because if i dream about my dead relative this means that my brain is recalling him/her which is quite natural thing so i would not think that he/she is comes to meet me which is impossible.