The True Joy of Positive Living Ch:21

• Ministers offer comfort and faith during illness and grief.
• Comforting and sustaining people provides respect and compassion.
• A woman named Helen, facing death, expressed readiness for the future and conquered fear.
• Helen entrusted her husband's care to the minister.
• Ministering to the dying led to a belief that physical death is not the end.
• Eternal life is an even more incredible experience than mortal life.

Parable of the Unborn Infant

• An unborn infant is comfortable and doesn't want to be born.
• Birth brings the infant into a world of love and wonder.
• Earthly life is initially perceived as better than the womb.
• As life progresses, individuals experience joys, achievements, and struggles.
• The thought of death is unwelcome, with attachment to life's beauty and loved ones.
• Death can be seen as another birth into a more beautiful existence.
• God's nature of love suggests a continuation of life, not destruction.
• Mortal existence is a temporary phase in the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.
• This perspective has resonated with both scholars and humble individuals.

Evidence and Examples

• Mrs. Thomas A. Edison reported her husband's dying words: "It is very beautiful over there."
• Alfred P. Sloan sought reassurance about being reunited with his deceased wife.
• Mr. Sloan was not satisfied with the curate's vague muttering about immortality
• The minister gave Mr. Sloan a firm "yes" based on faith and biblical teachings.
• The parable of the reluctant unborn infant was shared with Mr. Sloan.
• Assurance was given that those who love the Lord will have life after death according to the Bible.
• Mr. Sloan affirmed his belief in Jesus Christ and his confession of faith,.
• Mr. Sloan expressed comfort and strengthened faith after this discussion.
• Lord Thomson of Fleet inquired about the existence of an afterlife.
• The minister affirmed belief in immortality and the Christian plan of salvation, quoting the same biblical truths he shared with Mr. Sloan, adding intelligence and commonsense.
• The parable of the unborn baby was shared, which had a profound impact.
• Lord Thomson expressed that the message answered questions haunting him for years.
• The minister reassured Lord Thomson that he would find excitement in the afterlife.
• Natural law is understood as divine law and the methodology by which everything works.
• Scientific discoveries use natural forces, materials, and processes.

Spiritual Realm

• Phenomena such as extrasensory perception are often viewed as mysterious.
• Scientific scholars like Steinmetz and Einstein have lent credibility to unexplored truths.
• Einstein believed in intuition as an avenue to knowledge.
• McDougall and Rhine demonstrated a real world beyond traditional concepts.
• The concept of heaven evolves from a physical place to a higher frequency in the same space.
• Stewart Edward White used the example of an electric fan to illustrate higher frequency.
• Spiritual insights can penetrate the barrier between life and the afterlife, offering glimpses of heaven.
• Death is an entrance to a higher life.

Personal Epiphanies

• After the minister's mother's death, he felt her presence, offering comfort.
• This experience bridged time and eternity.
• During a trip to Ocean Grove, the minister bought crystal hurricane lamps.
• His mother's presence materialized, reassuring him about the purchase to his wife
• A spiritual presence can appear unexpectedly.
• The law of development and growth was experienced in three instances.
• While in Sea Island, Georgia, the minister saw his deceased father, vigorous and happy.
• The minister felt a connection despite rational explanations.
• In Norwood, Ohio, he experienced a vision of his parents as a child, feeling their presence.
• At a prayer fellowship in Pawling, the minister "saw" his deceased brother, full of life, offering reassurance.
• These experiences reinforced the beliefs that loved ones are not dead and that their love continues.

Conclusion

• Minister states that experiences are speculative and possibly for helping others
• The minister is convinced that God wants us to know He will give us life over there, and bless us still.
• God's laws are unchangeable.
• There is no doubt, based on the message, that in life or death, God loves and will care for us.