Life is the Final Word! Jesus is life over death!

Death gets real when it’s your mother, your family, and your own heart on the line. We’re preparing for what may be a last visit with a 93-year-old mom, and we talk plainly about the one question that sits underneath every goodbye: what happens after we die, and why should we trust any answer at all? From the start, we hold space for grief, memory, and the kind of faith that doesn’t pretend loss is easy but still insists that love isn’t temporary. 

We walk through key Bible passages that shape a Christian view of the afterlife, including “choose life” and the promise that no one can snatch God’s people from His hand. We also name something many listeners feel but rarely say out loud: family relationships carry wounds, misunderstandings, and unfinished conversations, and the hope of heaven is not just survival, it’s restoration. That hope rests on Jesus Christ’s sacrifice, resurrection, and the claim that eternal life is a gift received by faith, not a scale of good works. 

Then we widen the lens and compare beliefs about life after death across Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism. We look at nirvana and the concept of non-self, the Islamic teaching on the grave and judgment, and Hindu reincarnation and moksha, and we explain why we believe these systems ultimately differ from Christianity at the deepest level: the difference between an impersonal destination and a personal God who loves, speaks, and saves. If you’ve ever wondered what you actually believe about eternity, this is a conversation to sit with. 

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Welcome And Why This Matters

Dina LaFargue Augustin 0:00

Greetings and welcome to another episode of The Dripline, Healing for Your Soul, a place where one can contemplate the relevance of life, the purpose of one's life, discover answers to some of life's most common questions about self, destiny, and God, and hopefully find solace and a sense of peace in a world engulf ed in disorder, violence, and confusion. Today's podcast is a treatise about life after death. I'm preparing to visit my mom for most likely the last time I will see her alive on earth. She is in her 93rd year of life to be completed in August. I can attribute my relationship with the Lord to her and to my father. Both believed in attending church and maintaining a relationship with the Lord one way or the other throughout their life. When my father passed years ago, the Lord allowed him to speak to me in my dreams now and again, mostly when I was in duress. And I am comforted knowing that he is there with the Lord, and

Preparing To Say Goodbye To Mom

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I am confident my mom will be also. This makes all the difference for me and for my family members. Now I know some disbelievers may scoff at my ideals and convictions about the afterlife, but it is just that. Life in the hereafter, meaning we only transition to a new state of being outside of these fallen earthen vessels we dwell in on this side of earthly living. We do not cease to exist as individual souls by any means. And the Lord says, choose life, meaning choose him and thus be with him after this life on earth as we know it today. He spoke to those in the Old Testament before manifesting in the flesh through his natural human birth, speaking to this life. The Lord God made himself known to all mankind, and it is up to us and was then up to us to stick with him, or to go on our way in arrogance and rebellion. We do have to choose. He chose us, by the way. He gives us the free will to accept him as our Father, Creator, King, Friend, Savior, Comforter, and teacher, or to deny him and die eternally being outside of his presence and without communion with him. He spoke to us and he speaks now. He speaks in his word, and it says, See, I have set before thee this day life and good and death and evil, and that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou may live and multiply, and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whether you go to possess it, meaning wherever you go to possess it. But if your heart turns away, so that you will not hear, but shall be drawn away and worship other gods and serve them, I denounce unto you this day that you shall surely perish, and that you shall not prolong your days upon the land, whether you pass over the Jordan to go to possess it. I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore, choose life that both you and your seed may live, that you may know love the Lord thy God, and that you may also obey his voice, and that you may also cleave unto him, for he is your life and the length of your days, that you may dwell in the land which the Lord has sworn unto your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob to give them. That is in Deuteronomy in the Old Testament, chapter thirty, verses fifteen through twenty. I do consider it a total blessing that God found me and my family, that we have a relationship with the Lord, one that cannot be stolen from us. We cannot be snatched out of his hands. The Lord God is the one who loves us endlessly. He loves everyone endlessly and completely. He is the one who holds us with the right hand of His righteousness. And in the book of John, it reads, " My sheep hear my voice and I know them amd they follow Me.

Choose Life And Choose God

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I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father who has given them to me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of my hand. I and the Father are one. You see how he reiterates the fact that no one can snatch us out of his hands. Once we accept him as our Lord and Savior, we have him. He has us, and we have everything in him. He is the one that loves his creation so much that he would die for it, and he did indeed. He is the one who comforts me now, knowing that I will most definitely see my mother again forever and a day, and our relationship will be perfect. All disagreements and any discord will be dissolved in God's mercy, love, and forgiveness. We know most parent-child relationships have their moments of discord at any one time or the other, and many times over. And we know sometimes things linger in our souls about the hurts that we've uh received from one or given to the other, and we wonder how we can make it better or if we can erase it. But on the other side, all of it's erased, all of it. Now, my mom loved me very well and raised me very well with all of her love. Yes, we did have periods of distress and misunderstandings. However, with God, with our knowing God, we never let any of it destroy our relationship. We always worked through it and we work through them all, and through it all, we have a loving and honest and sincere relationship with one another. And now, as she's transitioning to go to the Lord, I know for a fact that she will know me even better and be praying for me on the other side better than ever, because she will know and see better than she ever could in this earthly realm. And when my time comes to leave this earthen vessel, I am most assured that my mother and I will know each other perfectly in love, peace, and harmony in the presence of the Most High God, and that is because of the sacrifice Jesus Christ made for us. We will all be united in eternal joy, celebrating Him and life together, serving Him in new ways in heavenly bodies, no longer in these fallen earthen vessels we currently live in. Our time here on earth as a family will be better understood and appreciated in ways we cannot perfectly imagine here. I cannot stress to any listener more than to consider the life of Christ and the life he offers to each and every person on this earth. He died that we may live eternally in his presence. It is a gift. Some people have been so indoctrinated with false teachings and lies that have found a voice in humans from ancient times to the present that it becomes hard to hear or accept anything else, that it becomes hard to accept the truth. But I adjure each doubter or disbeliever to consider Jesus. Why? Because there is no other prophet in existence that did what he did.

Safe In God’s Hands

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Now Jesus, according to Christian doctrine and belief, is not just a prophet, but indeed God in the flesh. But I say prophet because other religions use the term as prophet as one of the highest positions or a representative of any other faith. There is no other prophet that performed the miraculous or that brought the dead back to life, like Jesus. Not one. So why do others like the Buddha, also known as Siddhartha Katama, who in life and even in death is still not a god? Read up, listeners. And why is Muhammad considered the one and last true prophet of an unnamed god? Because Allah is not a name, it is only a word for God. It is a title in the Arabic language. And who is Ahura Mazda, of Zoroastrianism ? Surely if he were so powerful, more would know him. Where are all the Egyptian, Roman, Greek, and Viking gods? What are they doing for anyone today? To continue my treatise, I will discuss the concept of death in Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam, juxtaposed to Christianity. There is no active Buddha today. There are different ways various traditions of Buddhism view the concept of a Buddha in the present day. The next Buddha, Maitreya, Buddhist scriptures predict that the next Buddha, named Maitreya, will appear in the distant future. He is expected to arrive on earth to re-establish the Dharma, Buddhist teachings, after the historical teachings of Siddhartha Gautama have been forgotten. Until then, it is believed he resides in Tishita heaven. The next concept is the concept of bodhisattvas. In Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions of Buddhism, many practitioners aspire to the path of the bodhisattva. Bodhisattva is a highly awakened being who, out of compassion, postpones their own entry into nirvana so that they can remain in the world and help all other beings become enlightened. The next tradition, recognize lineages. While not considered Buddhas or Bodhisattvas, several prominent spiritual leaders and monastic teachers serve as active guides for practitioners today. For example, followers of Tibetan Buddhism believe that the Dalai Lama is a reincarnation of Avalokiteśvara. Please excuse my pronunciation. But he is a bodhisattva of compassion and he works to alleviate suffering and guide

Family Healing Beyond The Grave

Dina LaFargue Augustin 11:35

followers on the spiritual path. Even the Buddhists cannot agree on what's next. They only believe reincarnation is necessary to die as a non-existent person, as a non-existent soul, and become congealed energy with all other energy. The word nirvana in Buddhism literally means to blow out or extinguish. The analogy: imagine a fire burning on wood. When the wood, meaning the desire or karma, is gone, the fire goes out. Another meaning, the fire isn't destroyed, it is simply no longer tethered to the wood. The person is longer tethered to a body, a name, or a location. Do you see the contradictions? Traditions go on to say after death, what it is not. To understand the ultimate state, it helps to rule out what it isn't, what death is essentially. It is not annihilation, it is not nothingness or falling into a void. It is not heaven. It is not a paradise where an individual's soul lives forever with a personality and memories. It is not rebirth. There is zero chance of returning to the cycle of suffering, to the cycle of life and reincarnation. Buddhism goes on to detail the six realms of existence. Depending on your karma, you may be reborn into one of six distinct realms. A higher realm, the god realm, a life of extreme pleasure and long life, but it can lead to spiritual laziness. The higher realm of a demigod, the asura realm, where powerful beings who are often consumed by jealousy and competition are found. The human realm, considered the most precious because it has a balance of pleasure and pain, making it the best place to achieve enlightenment. Then there are the lower realms, the unfavorable ones, the animal realm, a state driven by instinct, fear, and a struggle for survival. The hungry ghost realm. These are where beings with tiny throats and giant bellies live, symbolizing insatiable desire and constant lack. And then there's the hell realm, a state of intense suffering hot or cold caused by anger and hatred. How does one arrive at all these realms if one is constantly reincarnating until they've reached nirvana? That's a mystery. All of this is indeed conjecture without any supreme or divine word from any supreme or natural supernatural being. Siddhartha Gautama was a man born a Hindu, and he walked the earth imagining and dreaming all of it. You can read that. One day under a tree he came to this conclusion, and as the years passed he drew his own conclusions from speaking to people and contemplating life and death. That's the real truth of it. Period. And so this religion being formed around 583 BCE or BC has continued to exist with its i different traditions following the Eightfold Path, which supposedly helps one to live a better moral and ethical life.

Why Jesus Stands Apart

Dina LaFargue Augustin 15:20

Now we move on to Muhammad. What about Muhammad? Well, it is written that Muhammad was visited by a spirit who tormented him actually, and caused such fear in him that this man, once a traveling salesman, felt compelled to obey each and every command or die. It is said that this man, Muhammad, now known as the Prophet Muhammad, at the age of 40, was visited by a spirit around 610 CE or AD. He was visited by a spirit, and later someone surmised that perhaps it was the angel Gabriel in the cave of Hira. But there is no foundational truth to this belief. In 622 CE or AD, he faced such intense persecution in Mecca that he and his followers migrated to a city now known as Medina. And with this migration, the real beginning of Islam began, which means one submitted. Or should I say submission or surrender to the will of God. The term Muslim means submitted one. Now to support my argument about life after death and how we get there, I will start with the beginning of Islam and the contradictions about the messenger. Who did Muhammad encounter in the cave of Hira? Well, Biblical Gabriel in the books of Daniel and Luke, Gabriel is the messenger of God. He is a messenger of clarity. When he speaks to a human, he is clear. He calms the person, usually saying, Do not be afraid, and explains his purpose. He provided comfort to Mary and Zacharias and to various others through the Old Testament mostly. In Islamic encounter, the encounter Muhammad experienced is described as physically violent and very painful. It is said that the angel squeezed Muhammad three times so hard that he felt he could not breathe. This physical crushing has no precedent in Gabriel's missions to Daniel, Zacharias, Mary, or any other person in the Old Testament. My next point the biblical Gabriel says his name means God is my strength. And every mission he undertook was explicitly to point towards the fulfillment of Yahweh's, who is the name of God, also known as Jehovah, established covenants with his people. There are various covenants established in the Bible throughout the Old Testament and into the New Testament. And Gabriel was one of the messengers speaking of those covenants. In the Islamic encounter, the message that Muhammad received did not mention any previous covenants that this God had made with Israel or his people, or the specific redemptive history of the Bible. Critics will argue that a messenger of Yahweh will not deliver a message

Buddhism And The Idea Of Nirvana

Dina LaFargue Augustin 19:05

that later contradicts central biblical doctrines such as the crucifixion or the nature of Christ or the prophecies stated in the Torah which match the Old Testament Bible. My next point, the reaction of the prophet. Biblical prophets, when encountering Gabriel, would be awestruck, left with a feeling of their mission, left with a sense of awe at God and his creation, with a sense of faithfulness to the God of all creation. According to Islam, when Muhammad left the cave, he left in a state of suicidal despair, utter fear, deep confusion, and really a sense of trauma. He feared he was being possessed by a jinn, which is known in Arabic history. From a biblical perspective, some would argue that Yahweh's holy angels would never leave their messengers in a state of terror, feeling traumatized, ready to commit suicide. And let me detail some other perspectives. If the angel Gabriel doesn't fit the profile of the biblical Gabriel, there are three conclusions that can be made. One, according to theologians, is a cultural translation. Muhammad had a profound spiritual experience and used the name Gabriel because it was the most prestigious name for a messenger from God known in the region at that time. Mind you, most people were very aware of the God of the Jewish people, the God who came to save all people, the God who made creation. The next conclusion to be made is the influence of Waraqah, Muhammad's wife's cousin. Warakah ibn Nafal, an historian, Christian, Ebionite priest, was one who told Muhammad, this is the same angel that came to Moses. It was this man's interpretation, not the angel's own self-identification, that solidified the name Gabriel in this false tradition. The next conclusion, a different spirit. From a traditional Christian or Jewish theological standpoint, some argue that the being in the cave was a spirit of another kind, a fallen angel, because the fruits of the encounter, the rejection of the previous gospel's core tenants, the rejection of the Torah and the Tanakh did not align with Gabriel's affiliation with Yahweh. Now, there are earlier records in Islamic tradition from Ibn Ishaq. The earliest biography written by Ibn Ishaq was written about 120 to 150 years after Muhammad's death. And it describes that event in the cave of more raw detail than later more polished religious versions. It states there was physical trauma. He described the experience, meaning Muhammad, as physically exhausting and terrifying. He experienced self-doubt. Initially, Muhammad didn't think that he was a prophet, but he feared that he was actually possessed or a poet losing his mind. Validation. It was only his wife Khadijah and her Christian cousin Waraka ibn Nafal who convinced him that his experience had to be a divine one, drawing parallels to Moses. Yet they, in error, omitted the character of Gabriel and the faithfulness of God to himself that he would never lie or change his mind. The link to Muhammad's experience in ancient Arabic tradition is this. Muhammad's initial reaction in the cave was very significant. He had tremendous fear. When he first heard the voice, he did not think angel. He feared he had become a kaheen, a soothsayer, or was being toyed with by a jinn. The squeezing, the physical aggression, and possession were traced to Arab's associated with jinns, not the holy angels of the Bible. They knew the Bible, many did. The poetry, because the first revelations were in a beautiful rhythmic prose, Muhammad feared people would think he was just another Jinn-inspired poet. So in summary, many theologians and critics of Muhammad's life typically focus on the physicality and convenience of his actions, arguing that they contradict the nature of a holy messenger of God. They also point to the Banu Karaiza massacre, where Muhammad approved the beheading of hundreds of surrendered men, his marriage to Aisha at age six, and the subsequent consummation when she was age nine, and the timely revelations, such as the one allowing him to marry his daughter-in-law Zanah, which appeared to grant him divine permission for personal and political desires. All of these acts, combined with the physical violence of his initial encounter in the cave and the assassination of poets who mocked him, led critics to conclude that his source was either a tactical political mind or deceptive spirit that had captured him, rather than the peaceful, consistent guidance of the biblical God and of the angel Gabriel. Think about it, do some research, and contemplate these facts. And with those facts in mind, we must consider if death and life after death in Islam is as it is written. It is believed that in Islam, death is not the end, but is only a gateway to an eternal destination based on one's faith and deeds, not on salvation. At the moment of death and the grave, it is believed that the soul is extracted by the angel of death who essentially removes the soul. For the righteous, it is believed that this soul's removal is easy as pouring water out of a jug. But for an evil person or a wicked person, it is deemed to be very painful. Now there is also a waiting period in the grave between death and their supposed resurrection. It is believed that two angels will ask the dead person three questions. Who is your Lord? What is your religion? And who is your prophet? And depending on the answers, the grave becomes either a window to paradise, a place of peace, or a window to hell and suffering. And indeed, there will be a judgment day where everyone stands naked and uncircumcised before god to be judged. There is believed to be a literal scale weighing a person's good deeds against their bad deeds. And there is a book of deeds, believed to behold the record of each person's life. Receiving it in the right hand means salvation, and receiving that book in your left hand means damnation. And at that point, everyone will cross a bridge or to the fires of hell if that book has landed in their left hand. So far we have discussed Buddhism, which has no God, and following Islam, which is monotheistic, believing in one god. Now we will move on to Hinduism, which is polytheistic, believing in many gods, and pantheonism, which believes that God is in everything, or we can also say animism, where everything is animated or live because God is in it. The ultimate reality in Hinduism is Brahman. It is often seen as an impersonal force or an ocean without a personality. It is also called divine, but divine does not mean holy in Hinduism. It only means the ultimate reality. In Christianity, one would say that if God is everything, including evil, he cannot be holy. For the Bible teaches that God is the creator separate from his creation. Christians also find the worship of man as a deity forms to be a violation of the first commandment, meaning there should be no other gods besides the one true God before you, and you should not worship any other God but Him. Hinduism also believes in reincarnation, and the goal is to escape the body and the world forever, leaving materialism behind. Materialism is an error in Hinduism. Every soul ultimately should reach moksha, merging into the one, like a drop of water in the ocean. The Christian critique of this is that Christians believe the body and the physical world are good and will be redeemed, despite the evil that has infiltrated it. The hope is not merging into an impersonal force, but a personal relationship with God in a resurrected body. Christians also argue that one life is to be lived, one soul exists in one body. And thus we have the creation of a moral urgency. And more than morality, it is a love thing, it is a salvation thing. For morality is just about doing good for good's sake, but not in knowing God for God's sake. Hinduism's premise of reincarnation lacks that. Although it may say one needs to be moral in order to rid itself of karmic corruption and pollution or residue, there is no mention of love. Love overcomes a multitude of sin according to Christianity. Love is what moves a person towards Christ. And it is the love of God that comes to the person to bring them to that point. The Bible states in Hebrews chapter 9, for Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us, nor yet that he should offer himself often as the high priest enters into the holy place every year with the blood of others. For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world. But now once in the end of the world, he has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself, and as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment. So

Muhammad’s Cave Encounter Examined

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Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many, and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. Therefore, in Christianity, Christ lived as a man once and died once. Therefore, man should live once and die once. Period. Now in Hinduism there is a caste system, and this caste system exists because of karmic residue. Historically, the caste system was justified by karma. If you were born into a lower caste or with a disability, it was considered a punishment for a past life. If you were born a woman, you are a lower status than a man, and then there are the untouchables who have no right to even lift their eyes to look at another human. The Christian critique of this is that Christianity teaches that all humans are made in the image of God and have equal value regardless of birth. Christians argue that this doctrine of karma can lead to a lack of compassion for those suffering, as their pain is seen as earned by any misdeeds, misthoughts, or anything contrary to morality and love. So, with that said, let's talk about death and eternity according to Hinduism, because it all ties together. In Hinduism, Brahman is the ultimate impersonal energy or reality that lacks a personality, while Brahma is merely a temporary created mask used to personify that energy. My point here is, and follow me, stay with me, because I'm going to get to the point of death and reincarnation and tie it all together. But my point is that this impersonal energy cannot create a personalization of itself. Its consciousness is non-existent as it has no personality, it has no name, it has no sense of self because there is no self. It just is. So my next question is: why would a mask be necessary for an impersonal, non-caring entity of energy? Or can I even call it an entity? No, I cannot, because an entity basically refers to character or personality or a being. Now, how could this energy, this impersonal energy, want anything if it is indeed only energy? That's my next question. And the next, what would the purpose of personification be if to the Hindu that very manifestation is considered an error and flaw? Because in Hinduism, materialization and anything material is a flaw, is corruption, is a mistake. And in Hinduism, the entire purpose of life is to separate oneself from the material, to leave it permanently behind and thus become part of Brahman. Thus, the need for one to resist all human needs and wants and existence is essential. Otherwise, suffering will endure. Suffering is karmic. Materialization, materialism is karmic residue and error. And the only means to overcome this cycle of reincarnation is by reaching enlightenment and the perfection of one's soul. It is a matter of self, overcoming self. But how does one do that? Well, there are many methods in Hinduism of supposedly overcoming the need to reincarnate. But how many souls are counted in that? And when will they all cease to exist? This belief creates a massive conflict with Christianity, which teaches that God is a personal, eternal being at its very core, not a force that pretends to be a person. While Hindus believe you are a drop of that divine energy, remember, divine not being holy, not being supreme, just divine being separate. So that drop of divine energy, trying to merge back into that ocean is all there is. Christianity teaches that you are a distinct person created by a personal God for the purpose of a personal relationship. Ultimately, Hinduism again sees the divine as an impersonal source that you dissolve into. Whereas Christianity sees the divine as a holy, loving Father that you live with forever, having received the salvation of Christ Jesus. Thus, Christianity is an existence in the presence of a personal loving God who created every individual soul. Hence, death in Hinduism is believing that the individual soul becomes part of an ocean of energy. In summation, considering Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity, you can see that none of these lead to the same path as many would believe. The Buddha taught one to extinguish all desire to stop the pain. And he ended in silence. Nirvana. Where is he now? Nowhere. But even science know there is nowhere. There is no nowhere. If Buddha perfected his existence that he is not even a bodhisattva leading others to the ocean, because by that time he would know that there is no personal. He just is. He is not him. He is not self. He has just become an impersonal energy. And if not that, then all of Buddhism is a huge contradiction without any truth in it at all. Muhammad of Islam taught people to submit to a master to avoid judgment, an impersonal, oftentimes cruel master. Muhammad did so by force, and in force created one of the worst African slave systems that ever existed prior to the Atlantic trade system. Muhammad's conquering exploits and subjugation of women and the enslavement of peoples and the murdering of those who refused to submit does not speak of a peace that God created, does not speak of the morality of the God of the Jews and Christians in any way, shape, or form. Though monotheistic, Islam is not worshiping the same God. His life ended with the creation of a ruler state. Yes, he united the people of Arabia, but he committed genocide in the process and the colonization of many Middle Eastern nations whose cultures became oppressed and often erased. Now, how could Jesus be so offensive to others by knowing all of this? How could Jesus be so offensive because he loves his creation and died for his creation? How could people doubt his existence and the miracles and be so willing to accept the exploits of other historical figures and philosophies? Now many debate the Trinity, but let me teach here. Jesus taught that every individual is already loved by a Father, and Jesus, being the Word of the Trinity, invites you, everyone, even now, into His life. And He ended by His life by rising from the grave to bring you with Him. And He sent His Holy Spirit to dwell in every believer, to empower them, to unite with them, to commune with them, to comfort and teach them until they die, leaving this earth as we know it and their earthly bodies behind. Jesus offers eternal life and equality here and in the hereafter. In essence, these major faith systems teach morality but not love. They teach good behavior, but not fellowship with the God of all creation. My question is, why does morality matter if they are all impersonal? They each support the need to make ethical moral decisions, but do not answer why it is a necessity of life. It's a concept of eternal life where God is impersonal and actually amoral. Here's the clincher. In Christ, everyone is equal with an equal opportunity to do, to be fulfilled, to have desires of their hearts fulfilled, and everyone is made in love and is loved at all times, no matter what. Perfection in life is not a human endeavor, but a response to the healing, redemptive, sanctifying power of God's love at work in the individual. It is essentially a partnership. God calls and his creation responds. God's work is in every individual's life. God knows that each and every human is in need of his help and that no one can overcome evil desires and fleshly temptations in this fallen world without his help. He knows what has happened to us. He knows, because he made everything by the living word, Jesus Christ, and he made it good. It is written that he made it good, and he made living beings with free will to know him and to love him and to freely choose him and to freely serve him. And when a certain amount decided not to, evil was found and evil manifested. Hence we require his power, we require his mercy, we require his healing and redemptive love, we require his forgiveness and the process of sanctification which comes by his love and through his love to overcome. We ache for his love because love is what made us. We are made in his image, which is of love. So anyone that loves can only love because they were made by this God who says he is love. Therefore, in Christ, no one need feel left out, undesirable, less than or rejected. No one is marginalized or oppressed by him. No one is tormented or abused or tossed aside by Jesus. No one. He died for each individual and He makes Himself available to all for His desire is that none, not one should perish or be separated from Him through death for all eternity. Men are not better than women and women are not better than men. There is no such thing as a racial or ethnic minority or class

Islam And The Afterlife Judgment

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system where one is oppressed by another, where one is seen better than another. So in summary, let's take a look. Racial and ethnic equality is stated in the Word of God in the Bible. In Galatians chapter 3, verse 28, there is neither Jew nor gentle, neither slave nor free, nor is there male or female, for you are all one in Christ. Colossians chapter 3, verse 11. Here there is no gentile or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, scytheon, slave or free, but Christ is all and is in all. Acts chapter 10, verse 34 and 35. "Then Peter began to speak. I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism, but accepts from every nation those who fear him and do what is right in him." Now let's look at Jesus and men and women. Luke chapter 10, verse 39 through 42. Jesus encourages Mary to sit at his feet to learn, a position traditionally reserved only for male disciples. John chapter 4, verses 7 through 27 summarized that Jesus breaks social taboos by speaking publicly with the Samaritan woman. He revealed his identity as the Messiah to her. And he drank from her jug of water. And he said, I will give you life. I am the fountain of life. Drink from me. In Matthew chapter 28, verses 1 through 10, it is summarized that Jesus chose Mary to be the first witness and messenger of his resurrection - this woman once being oppressed and possessed by demon spirits. Let's continue in the discussion about equity and the treatment of others. And Matthew chapter 2, verse 39, love your neighbors as yourself. Matthew chapter 7, verse 12. So in everything do to others what you would have them do to you. James chapter 2, my brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ will not show favoritism. All are made by him and for him. Period. All are loved of God, and he wants all to accept them out of love, and in that love, die in it, so that all may live in it. Jesus's love is at work for us daily. Jesus is the human manifestation of God, being the embodiment of the Godhead, who to this day prays for our well-being, for our soul salvation. Romans chapter 8, verse 34 states, Christ Jesus, who died more than that, who was raised to life, is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Hebrews chapter 7, verse 25. Therefore, Jesus is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. This is a personal God. This is a God who died for each individual soul. This is a God who desires to have his creation dwell in him and with him eternally in eternal peace. So as I conclude my treatise about the invaluable, incomparable life of Christ as opposed to being without him, hear this. In death, it states, We will live eternally. John chapter 11, verses 25 through 26 read, Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die. And whoever lives by believing in me will never die. You see how personal God is? He spoke to a woman, and in love he spoke to her directly, personally, encouraging her to know, to hear him, to feel his heart, and to receive him. First Corinthians chapter 15, verses 54 through 55. When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true. Death has been swallowed up in victory. Where O death is your victory? Where O death is your sting.

Hinduism Reincarnation And Moksha

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Second Corinthians chapter five verse one. " For we know that the earthly tent we live in is destroyed we have a building from God, an eternal house in Heaven not built by human hands. Romans Chapter 6 verse 8, " Now with we died with Christ we also believe we live with Him. Death has no sting. Jesus conquered death on the cross. It is not about good works or a scale, because no one is perfect like Jesus. No one could do more than Jesus. No, all we have to do is receive Him and love Him. And in loving Him, we will seek to be Christ-like, to serve Him in love. In closing, my mom will not walk this earth as a tormented soul refusing the love of God. When she dies, she will not live as a ghost clinging to the earthly realm, fearing what's to come., that whatever is in this earth is more dear than running to her Lord and Savior. She is not ignorant of Jesus' love for her. She is not void of his presence. He has revealed himself to her many times in her life. As a child, when her father, giving in to anger caused by racism and discrimination, became an angry alcoholic and grieved the family in his struggles to provide and overcome. Or as a woman praying for a husband and marriage when successful businesses began to fail and their relationship suffered the consequences of those defeats. All through it, God has been with her. God has sustained her, and he holds her now, and he speaks to her now, and her angels are camped round about her to escort her into the Lord's presence when death is allowed to come. Death can only destroy the body for her spirit and soul will go to the Lord. All spirits return to the Lord. It is only the soul without Jesus that dies and goes to hell. Death can only take a soul when that soul has denied Christ. That unfortunate soul will endure torment outside the presence of God by its own choosing, not by God's. So do not be without him. There is everything to gain with him and in him. Those who know him will be in him and he in them. Be born again. Be born again here in this earthly realm and at death. For death has no power over those who receive Christ as their Lord and Savior. In Isaiah chapter 25, verse 8, there's a prophecy of Christ's work on the cross. He will swallow up death forever. The sovereign Lord will wipe away all the tears from all faces. He will remove his people's disgrace from all the earth. The Lord has spoken. First Corinthians chapter 15 verse 54 through 57 read, "When the perishable puts on the imperishable and the mortal puts on immortality it shall all come to pass, the saying that is written, "Death is swallowed up in victory".

A Personal God And Human Equality

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Yes, I say it again. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God which gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Second Corinthians chapter 5, verse 4 reads, For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened because we do not wish to be unclothed, but to be clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Contemplate and meditate on that verse. For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan earnestly, desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven. If so be that being clothed, we should not be found naked. For we that are in this tabernacle do groan being burdened, not for that would we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. Now he that have wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also has given us, given unto us the earnest of his spirit. Therefore 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 and not by sight. We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. In summary, yes, we are here moaning and groaning in this earthly realm, but we need not be distraught, because when we leave this earthly realm in this earthly tent, we will be present with the Lord, and yes, that is the place we should yearn to be, in his presence eternally, knowing our God in all his perfection. So in closing, be at peace because you know him, be alive in him and dead to the sin of rebellion against him, be born of him by being in him, by being saved by the salvation of Christ Jesus made on the cross. Be at rest because of this. Be at rest because of his life-saving work, by him dying for each individual

Death Defeated And Final Exhortation

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soul. Be dressed in his righteousness that comes from being a part of him and the salvation he freely offered through dying this earthly death. No one else ever made, created, or born could ever die for everyone's soul that ever lived in the past, present, or future. And that's why to the Christian, it is not by works on a scale, because no other human could do that, but it is by faith in Christ Jesus for the work that he did do, living in perfection, living in the will of God, being fully God and fully man. He is the way, the truth, and the life. Truth drips.