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Physical death of spiritual people

September 12, 2007

(GB Message)

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Death is inevitable
All living beings under the sun above the earth including all human beings— believers, unbelievers, heathen or any one else, for that matter. Psychologists believe that strangely very few think of death consciously because of some inbuilt mechanism in the brain that induces it to avoid such thoughts. The mind repels unpleasant thoughts in general. It is only spiritual people who can overcome such tendencies. The reason for this courage is their faith in the facts mentioned in the Bible. The Bible actually teaches that death is really very fearsome to everyone in this world except to those who are genuine believers. This leads us to the classification of death.

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Gospel concerning Jesus Christ Part 2

April 21, 2007

(GB Message)

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The first lesson was an introduction about the contents of the Bible. I taught you that the Bible is God’s announcement to the people of this earth about the availability of a glorious opportunity to attain immortality and to inherit a place in God’s celestial region, free of cost with a little effort on the part of the individual. Even for that little effort, God is willing to grant the strength if one sought for it earnestly, trusting Him.

After that initial little effort God shows the next step. Through many such steps God leads him in the heavenly path of sanctification. When people do not complete a step, God waits, and does not show the next step. Many stop along the way and do not progress. This is how dead churches are formed and over such churches alone, the gates of Hades prevails.

You have learnt earlier that God is really in search of genuine truth seekers in order to enable them to escape from the clutches of Satan and from the worldly influences dangerously poisoned by the powers of all kinds of evil forces. After all, no one is born with any adequate knowledge of God. A desire for the knowledge of God develops in an individual only gradually and progressively and not at once. The process may vary from person to person. To some it develops with an accelerated speed. But to some others, it is rather slow and progressive.

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