In Search of the Fifth Dimension
by David Brant Berg (excerpts)
"Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth ... for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal." (Colossians 3:2; 2 Corinthians 4:18)
Everything is going on in the Spirit World. What's happening on the surface is nothing but a little physical manifestation of the real action. Where the real action is in the spirit world and it is in full control. We don't have to worry. Everything is under control.
The things and power and conflicts of the Spirit World--The real world where world destinies are being decided by the struggles of the spirits and archangels--this is what is really important! Our daily lives and the world's future are being influenced by the battles in the spirit world between the Lord and His angels on the one hand, and the Devil and his angels on the other.
A lot of people today, especially the young, are awakening to the fact that the spiritual world is real, God's real and the Devil's real.
Even a lot of scientists today seem to have more faith in it than some of these damned preachers, and are speaking of ESP--extra sensory perception--telepathic communication, deja vu, etc., and are saying that it is entirely possible, as Einstein was trying to prove, that there is another dimension--another world--which could be quite scientifically co-existent with this one, and even all around us!
True--witchcraft, wizardry, and dealing with evil familiar spirits, demons and devils are condemned by God; but this does not mean that we are supposed to blind ourselves, ignore, and shut ourselves off completely in ignorance to God's Own marvelous spiritual world in which He Himself dwells with His Son Jesus, His Holy Spirit, all His ministering spirits, the angels--2/3 of the spirit world (Revelation 12:4)--and all the millions of the spirits of the departed saints!
It's a battle, a wrestling match for spiritual control, & it's largely done through words & communication, influences. You can call it "words", but they don't always speak in words, they also give pictures & thoughts. The Lord gives warnings & good thoughts, & the Enemy gives temptations. So there's a battle of the mind, a battle of the spirit‚ a battle of the heart, which winds up in the battle of the body!
The battle is for the souls of men & their actions & their deeds & their words & attentions & all that sort of thing, & which way goes the World.
We are the ones deciding the course of the battle! We are the ones controlling the tide of battle according to our decisions & what we think, what we do, what we say‚ whom we obey.
Jesus said, "Strait is the gate & narrow is the way which leadeth unto life, & few there be that find it. But broad is the way & wide is the gate that leadeth unto destruction, & many there be that go in thereat!"—Mat.7:13,14. So the Lord knows that the vast majority of Mankind are wrong & going the wrong way & He's giving an illustration to all the forces of Heaven & Hell what happens if Man is given his choice!
But here they're delving into the secrets of the Spirit World and the supernatural, and what are they going to find? If God lets them see anything, and the Devil is used to show them anything, if they don't want the truth, then of course they're going to find the delusion, the hell! "Because they received not the love of the truth ... for this cause God shall send them strong delusion." (2Thessalonians 2:10,11)
But if you're a child of God none of these things can touch you! You don't have to worry! "God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love and of a sound mind," for "perfect love casteth out fear." (2Timothy 1:7 and 1John 4:18)
TFI
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My Friend,
I stand in Judgment now,
And feel that you're to blame somehow.
On earth, I walked with you day by day,
And never did you point the way.
You knew the Lord in truth and glory,
But never did you tell the story.
My knowledge then was very dim;
You could have led me safe to Him.
Though we lived together on the earth,
You never told me of the second birth,
And now I stand this day condemned,
Because you failed to mention Him.
You taught me many things, that's true,
I called you "friend" and trusted you,
But I learn now that it's too late,
You could have kept me from this fate.
We walked by day and talked by night,
And yet you showed me not the Light.
You let me live, and love, and die,
You knew I'd never live on high.
Yes, I called you a "friend" in life,
And trusted you through joy and strife.
And yet on coming to the end,
I cannot, now, call you "My Friend."
Marsha
After reading the letter, Louise awoke. The dream was still so real in her mind and sweat dropped from her body in pools. She swore she could still smell the acrid smell of brimstone and smoke from her room. As she contemplated the meaning of her dream, she realized that as a Christian, she has failed in her duty to "go out to all the world and preach the gospel." As she thought of that, she promised herself that the next day, she would call Marsha and invite her to church with her.
The next morning she called Marsha and this was the conversation:
Yes, Bill, Is Marsha there?
Louise, you don't know?
No, Bill, know what?
Marsha WAS KILLED LAST NIGHT IN A CAR ACCIDENT. I thought you had known.
"The LORD makes firm the steps of the one who delights in him." (Psalms 37:23)
"The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, which shines ever brighter until the full light of day" (Proverbs 4:18, NLT).
God Bless You!! Love and Prayers!!!