LET THE DEAD BURY THEIR DEAD ROSITA: Hey Constance, ask me to define Indulgence: Well, Indulgence could be defined as “the remission by the pope of the temporal punishment in purgatory that is still due for sins even after absolution (Absolution means pardon by Priest during confession or penance)”. CONSTANCE: I have not asked you to define Indulgence for me; rather I am now asking you to disregard those lies and falsehood, and turn to the truth of the Word of God contained in the Holy Bible. ROSITA: I know the Son of man has power to forgive sins here on earth (Matthew 9:6), and he shared that power with his Apostles and Ministers when he shared the Holy Spirit with them (John 20:22-23): If they could forgive sins and the sins are forgiven here on earth, why can’t they also forgive sins and the sins would be forgiven there in the land of the dead; After all, whatever they loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. CONSTANCE: In the land of the dead, it is not about forgiving sins, but about life: People go to the land of the dead because they are dead souls, not because they were sinners – dead souls go to hell, while living souls go to into the gates of life. Before a man can enter into the kingdom of heaven, he must have life already: Eternal life is gotten here on earth, not there in death – The Way to the Kingdom of heaven is the truth, and the Way to the kingdom of heaven is the Life: Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth and the Life, for no man comes to the Father except through him (John 14:6). Again, the Way to the kingdom of heaven is Eternal Life not just a road or path to follow: If you do not have eternal life in you now as we speak, you are not on the way to the kingdom of heaven. Eternal life is the passport and visa into the kingdom of heaven. 1. It is simple; the soul that sins shall die, and dead souls go to hell. 2. It is also simple; the soul that believes in the Son of God has eternal life, and any soul that lives forever go to the kingdom of heaven. As it is written, “These things have I written to you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe on the name of the Son of God” (1 John 5:13). ROSITA: Thanks sister for that understanding. But it should also be in your knowledge that in Jesus’ second coming all the dead shall be raised and judgment passed. Its on this ground that Catholics pray for their departed ones that may their sins be forgiven as they await Jesus’ coming because they shall all be raised again. CONSTANCE: It is written, “If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it.” (1 John 5:16). In the last sentence, he said, “I do not say you should pray to God about the sin that leads to death”. Those who shall be raised again to face the final judgment will be judged by only what is written in their books and the book of life, not by your prayer for them (Revelation 20:12-15): they are judged according to their works as contained in their books, not judged according to the prayers of those interceding for them. Interceding for them will neither add nor take away from what is already written in their book, because it is according to their works not according to your prayer for them. As it is written, “Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.” (John 5:28-29) To add or subtract from what they are already done, they have to come back again into this earth and given a second chance to amend their records as contained in the books containing the record of everything they are doing or did on earth with their lives and time. ROSITA: Are you saying that prayer does not work for the saints and beloved departed in death? CONSTANCE: Do not pray for the dead or pray to the dead unless you are led to raise them from the dead according to the will of God: 1. Calling on the Late Saints in prayer or Praying to them is idolatry or idol-worshipping; 2. Praying for the souls departed or talking to your loved ones who are dead, without raising him or her up from the dead is termed, invoking the dead or necromancy which is also witch-craft. Why calling their attention or invoking them without raising them from the dead? Why calling your ancestors or late parents when it is not with the view to raise them up from the grave? Talking to the dead and buried or praying for them, other than to raise them from the grave according to the will of God, is invoking the dead – This was the last error of Saul, when he invoked the spirit of Samuel and conversed with him, worshipping him. However, there is a pure way to help the records of the dead and buried: That is by adding or taking away from the impact or fruit of what they have done: We cannot add or take away from what the dead has done in their records, but we can add or take away from the fruit of what they have done. For-instance, a dead man may have planted a mango tree before he died according to his record; the living cannot change the record that he planted a mango, but they can eat from the mango or even cut-off the mango. ROSITA: I need a biblical proof, and how can we affect the fruit of their labour without affecting their records. CONSTANCE: A good biblical proof is the proverbial “Letter from Hell” tagged, the wishes of the Richman in hell for his brethren then alive: As it is written, “Then he said, I beseech you therefore, father, that you should send Lazarus to my fathers house: For I have five brethren; that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment”. Abraham said to him, “They have Moses and the prophets (Other gospel preachers); let them listen to them.” And he replied, “No, father Abraham: but if one go to them from the dead, they will repent.” And he said to him, “If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets (ministers of the gospel), neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.” (Luke 16:27-31) You can see that one can add or take away from the fruit of what the late ones have done (but not from their records of sins or righteousness), that is by living the gospel life and preaching to their loved ones here on earth. By preaching to you, I am helping your late relations and friends whether in heaven or in hell fire; but by living what I preach and obeying the gospel, I am helping my own loved ones who are late and also helping the generations to come. It is amazing to think that while the people here are caring for their late loved ones, their late loved ones are caring for them and wishing that someone will preach and warn them to repent and not end up in the place of torment like some of them did: Stop caring for the dead ones in prayer, rather let their memories motivate you into living the life worthy of God and preaching the gospel of truth: As it is written, “Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their dead: but you go and preach the kingdom of God.” (Luke 9:60)
Posted on: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 08:28:47 +0000
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