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If I Die, Where Am I Going?
I am a brother who participates in the church in Cypress. My age is thirty-nine years old and I have a five-year-old boy and a lovely wife who is six years younger than I. As a believer, I had had a lot of faith. I went to denominations, but I was not constituted with truth and even it was difficult for me to preach the gospel. For example, if a human die, where is he going? I thought just vaguely that if we die, we would go to a paradise or the paradise would be somewhere in the heavenly kingdom. Also I was taught like that. In 1983, I lived a military life at a dangerous place going back and forth to the forefront of a minefield. This was a serious matter to me because to put it bluntly, I could die at any time. But I still was curious about where I would go when I died. This curiosity was not solved for a long time. I prayed to the Lord that I wanted to know the truth clearly according to the Bible. And I prayed that I could meet a church that teaches me to know the truth correctly. Then in 1985, right after my discharge from military service, while reading books of faith on my own, I met a friend in college who introduced me to the local church. I will never forget the moment I first came to the local church. As soon as I entered into the meeting hall, I admired thinking `finally I came where I should come.' The believers' faces shone like the sun and I could see that many of them were holding worn-out Bibles because they had read their Bibles so much.
From that time, I read the Bible as a thirsty deer finds a stream. Through the believers in the local church I was enlightened about many truths in the Bible. Also I read Watchman Nee's and Witness Lee's spiritual books a lot. Before long, my curiosity was solved. John 3:13; Acts 2:34; Luke 23:42-43; Matthew 12:39-40; Luke 16:22-25 gave me the clear answer. To sum up: no one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man. David did not ascend into the heavens. Also, the Lord, on the day of his death on the cross, told the criminal who repented, “Today you shall be with me in Paradise.” Then the criminal also went to Paradise in the heart of the earth with the Lord on the day of His death. Moreover, because the beggar Lazarus also believed the Word of God, he is resting with Abraham in Paradise, which is the pleasant section of Hades. This is just a little testimony. In the local church, I am satisfied in every aspect.
Joo Hong Lee | Back to List
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