Can people who have near death experiences still love Jesus?

Question

Does it negate the Christian experience to know what lies beyond?

Or does it strengthen it?

Answer 1

It does not negate it; I am not Christian, not by the present standards of interpretation, and doctrine, but true Christianity and its original teacing of Divine Love that is unconditional--that can never be negated.

What lies beyond is infinitely better and wiser and kinder than Christianity now teaches.

Answer 2

I personally have not had a near-death experience but I have met people who have. My uncle is a truck driver who witnessed a horrendous wreck on the highway. The man he pulled from the car was alive and cold as ice. He was screaming at the top of his lungs for someone to please put out the fire. He was describing what he was seeing in hell. He did not come back. My uncle said that is one of the hardest things he has ever had to live with - actually seeing someone crossover into hell. I have met a Christian lady who is a public speaker who had a near-death experience and came back wanting to share the goodness and glory of what she saw. That's why she became a public speaker. She felt it was a gift from God that she was given a glimpse of what awaits us believers so she reaches out to us to encourage us and to non-believers to offer them this same hope.

I would think an experience of this nature would AFFIRM the Christian experience rather than negate it. If you catch a glimpse of the horrors of hell and come back I would think it would make you RUN to Jesus. If you get a taste of what heaven is like I would think that would only make you long for it even more.

Answer 3

A near-death experience doesn't necessarily either strengthen or weaken one's love of Jesus. No living person knows what lies beyond. A lot of the faithful believe they do, but that's only belief, it ain't knowledge.

Answer 4

I have met a few people who have had near death experiences. None saw Jesus.

All spoke of how beautiful the experience was and how difficult it was for them to come back to our physical realm. But they did for various personal reasons like feeling responsible for their family.

None that I have spoken to fear death. They have been given the gift of knowing what happens post mortem. I believe this has given them a sense of calm because they know without question that there is something after death. Whether it strengthens their religious beliefs or not, was never addressed.

Answer 5

If a Christian has a true near death experience then it would only strengthen their belief in Jesus.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

I had a near death experience and there was nothing about heaven, dead relatives, or Jesus in it anywhere.

Answer 8

We have all heard stories of people who have seemed to be dead - without vital signs for several minutes - only to be revived. Many of these people tell of traveling at high speeds through tunnels or of seeing brilliant white lights or even of coming face to face with God.

These life after death experiences raise many questions that directly reflect on Christianity - questions like, "What happens when we die?" and "Is it possible to communicate with the dead?"

Even Christian believers disagree on what the Bible says on these matters. Some say those who die fall into a kind of dreamless sleep until Judgment Day. Others say the souls of the dead are immediately subjected either to Heaven or Hell, depending on whether they believe in Jesus. Still others say our souls remain conscious, but exist in a kind of limbo until the Day of Judgment arrives.

Life after death experiences presuppose the soul remains conscious and aware after death. Those who have these experiences often report they retain the ability to see, to hear, to think, to feel - but they are unable to communicate with anyone. While the experience may be confusing, people report they are suffused with joy - partly as the result of being removed from the suffering of the body.

It is interesting that many life after death experiences are accompanied by a distinct sense of being two people - one physical and one spiritual. And the spiritual being is completely indifferent to the suffering self.

Perhaps this is one reason the Apostle Paul tells us to die to ourselves, putting God ahead of our selfish desires:

"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me" (Galatians 2:20).

Researchers report that about one in seven of those who are revived in such circumstances report seeing a brilliant light or even beings they interpret as angels, Jesus, or God. Some people report a sense of having their lives "reviewed."

The effect of the review is often beneficial and may lead some to accept God, others to rededicate themselves to what they perceive as God's purpose for them.

Some Christians have claimed that after-death experiences are beyond the purview of God and are therefore demonic in nature. But it seems unlikely that being subjected to demonic influences would lead so many people to a closer walk with God.

In Luke 9:50, Jesus is asked by His followers what to do about a man who is casting out demons even though he is not a disciple. Jesus replies, "Do not stop him, for whoever is not against you is for you."

In fact, for God to be truly omnipotent, He must be in control of these sojourns into death. Perhaps He uses themto direct His people.

Answer 9

WHAT?
WHY WOULD THEY STOP LOVING JESUS?
ONE MAN WROTE A BOOK ABOUT GOING TO HELL.WHEN HE CAME BACK ,HE PREACHED TO MANY AND SAW THOUSANDS SAVED.

Answer 10

jesus is always there for you no matter what. how can you not love that?