It seems odd to me that out of all of the billions of humans who ever lived these few managed to sus out that their souls were in peril in order to warn those gathered around them. Note further that all of these folks had some pre-death fame or notoriety.
I'll know myself in five or six months, if I can come back and warn you guys I will.....but I wonder how many of you can repent if you don't already believe?
Personally I expect to be ashes, and then scattered...worm food in essence.
If you look at all the links there are dozens and dozens of them and these were famous / well known atheists, CTSV. Which were not yet dead but on their dead beds and already experiencing the torments of hopelessness, of the reality of hell and of what they had done their entire lives by denying Jesus Christ and then trying to prevent others from believing in Him too! What a disaster!
Ghandi in his final days admitted to this - with his own words of realizing what he had done - you know it is quite incredible that only a year or two earlier Ghandi was content in his Hinduism until he drew nearer to death and then the reality of Jesus Christ and hell hit him full force.
Perhaps this too is the grace of God to let these words come forth from such people who all their lives professed there was no God. Men such as Voltaire, Paine, and others listed on this thread. Go through it and look at all the names - I believe you will find the long list of names be totally amazing.
If you do want to believe ( but are having trouble ) and want to repent here is the answer - come to Jesus as the man who had trouble with unbelief and say, Lord! I believe! Help my unbelief! He will do that for you.
You see, CTSV, God does desire to save men, it is His desire save the souls of men and although I recall your saying you once believed in Jesus and then later did not believe - you can return to him by faith and say, Lord, I believe, help my unbelief.
There are times when a spirit of unbelief enters through our reading material, our reasoning with the mind - Listening to the wrong people such as the experience that John Bunyan experience - and some Christians are convinced through clever argument ( which is of Satan ) that perhaps the bible is outdated, perhaps man wrote the bible and one cannot depend upon it - even though we know full well that God has told us this is His inspired Word - it is from Him!
We know that the LORD has done many miracles upon the earth. These miracles are done in Jesus Name - we know that many have been saved -many good works have been done by the hands of those who believe -many have been healed of terminal illnesses, many have been delivered of addictions ( including myself - I once had many addictions including cigarette smoking, drinking, drugs, and today I am free of all of it ) delivered of un-forgiveness, hatred, fear, rebellion, wrong desires - we know that Christ has done this for millions of people, CTSV, and as God is no respecter of persons He is clear that He will do this for whosoever comes unto His Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ, or whosoever "returns" unto the Father - through His Only Begotten Son - Jesus Christ. ( make sure and watch part 1 and part 2 of the atheist professor testimony video - he tells it all so plainly and if he can find his way to Christ even in such a close call you can do the same here and now )
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John 7:17 is an invitation for anyone who is willing to do the will of God once they know it - to that one - God will reveal the teachings of Jesus Christ are from Him! It is His will that we obey Him! Here is the difficult part for some. To obey God means to not be in bondage to the opinions of man. It means you may have to say to those who are in rebellion against Jesus Christ, hey! You know what? You didn't die on the cross for me. Jesus Christ did. You won't be willing to go to hell for me. Jesus Christ took the keys to hell and the grave and was willing to lay down everything so that I might be in heaven when I die. I'm following Him not you so get out of my way and be quiet. It may take that to free you up - only the LORD can show you what it is.
The accuser of the brethren are not working for Jesus Christ.
For instance this man, Clayton, is accusing me of being arrogant and a fear mongering because I am sharing with people here the truth about atheists and their last words on earth. This is not true.
To the man who is an atheist and listens to this warning and calls upon Jesus to save Him, to give His life fully to Him and serve Him all his days - this message is a life saver and the man will one day be incredibly grateful for my thread and sharing the Famous Last Words testimonials ........and for having been convinced that it was just a matter of his heart having been hardened ( there is nothing wrong with our minds but our hearts must become soft and repent in order to receive truth and embrace it ) and he will be comforted in his conscience to be finally at peace with the LORD - so to him it is good news - because he hears and receives the truth.
But to the perishing the gospel is foolishness and those who preach it are to be mocked and heckled and if that doesn't work they will attempt false accusations because the truth is - they are not satisfied with having rejected Christ - they do not want anyone else to believe on Him either. The reality of the Gospel being truth - Jesus Christ being a narrow way - with the alternative being hell - is too much for their consciences to bear and in order to keep a measure of peace they must insist on everyone else agreeing with them or else!
Indeed the very things this man is accusing me of are the things he is -himself guilty of. It is arrogance to attempt to silence someone on their own thread on a religion forum. It is fear that drives someone to attempt to silence someone on their own thread on a religion forum. It is not only rude but it is indeed arrogance. On the other hand, my heart feels tremendous compassion for this man because without coming to Christ in repentance what hope is there?
So that is my response to you. ( and to him) I hope it helps you both.
