T.R. said “when witnessing to non receptive people, we might do well to pray against these things first!” Yes and I also include in my prayers for the Lord to not remove the Holy Spirit upon that lost person because they need the Holy Spirit to draw and convict them in their need for Jesus. John 6:44 “No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.” Apparently there is a point of no return marker when the unsaved keep refusing the drawing process before the Holy Spirit leaves them alone to their wishes. I was reading death bed accounts written down of the saved and the unsaved. It was very eye opening. For the saved ... it was a joy to read their last minute death bed testimonies ... they either saw their angel in the room or Jesus came for them personally to carry them home. Some heard the beautiful music of heaven, or saw the beauty of the gardens and they claimed they could smell the flowers. Some saw their child or grandchildren waiting at the gates to greet them. Meanwhile for the unsaved it was totally different for them. They saw a demon come for them. If a believer was beside them in the room urging them to call out to Jesus, that lost person would say “no its too late” ... and then give an account when they rejected the prompting of the Holy Spirit years ago and they apparently no longer had the faith to believe and to call out to Jesus on their deathbed. It was sad to read the deathbed accounts of all the lost. Good point Geri7! Aside from the historicity of Christ, and apart from the prophecies He fulfilled in His first coming, I believe the continued apparitions of Christ throughout history with believers and non believers alike, speaks thunderously to His authenticity! Also without failure, everyone He appeared to knew immediately who He was. Not only by name, but filled with the innate knowledge that He was God! Some powerful testimonies here! What has termed as infallible proofs. I agree that deception and pride are inseparable! Each distinct, but inseparable. Whereas deception is the road traveled by pride. :good: TR Geri, Interesting book, I’ve not read it. I have lived some of it as a witness to way too many deaths. Working in a high acuity ICU for both adults and children and a level one trauma center, I can tell you I have witnessed the horror of death for individuals who did not know Christ, to the extend of crying out how hot their feet where. Those deaths always creeped me out and made me so sad, that I couldn’t do more to rescue them before it was too late. I would work my job and pray. I have also been privileged to hold the hand of dying saints as they smiled, looked far past me and breathed their last, to little ones who saw no fear but peace as death closed around them, such peace in the room, surrounding even me. I have lost loved ones and friends as many of our RITAN family has, death has a powerful sting, but soon, VERY soon, it will be swallowed up! :yahoo: :heart: :prayer-hands: Yes, it is sad to hear or read about the death of the lost. I did read some accounts about them mentioning feeling the heat of the flame. Yet there are many who do get saved on their deathbed too but I think its because they have never heard the Gospel until that very moment. One relative said to my aunt can you please talk to my husband since he never went to church and he is dying. My aunt said I will gladly visit him in the hospital. So she presented the Gospel to him and he prayed to Jesus for salvation on his deathbed. Here he made heaven and his wife, I don’t think made it because she was Catholic and went to church every day and was depending on her works. How sad. I have always thought that pride is the root of all sin. Lucifer had pride and attempted to overthrow God Almighty. It was pride that led Adam and Eve to covet being like God and thus they were deceived by Satan's lie. It is pride that most of us fight in our walk with God because we must humble ourselves before the Holy Spirit can do His work in our hearts. I think self-pride leads to being deceived; whether by our own deceitful hearts or by Satan.
