BELIEVERS: How much of your memory will you carry into the afterlife? Will you remember this life forever?

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How does the loss of memory due to neurological problems such as Alzheimer's Disease affect this?

Answer 1

I hope that I don't remember anything. Alzheimer's is a blessing when you've got as much garbage to forget as I do.

Answer 2

I think we'll remember a lot of things. Here's why:

1) According to I Corinthians 3, we will be rewarded for what we did while in the body. We may not remember all we did, but surely we'll remember some things.

2) Also, according to 2 Corinthians 5:10, we will stand before the judgment seat of Christ. If we have forgotten things, God hasn't, and He will remind us, I'm sure, if we forget.

3) Paul also said in 1 Corinthians 13 that we will know as we are known--I take that to mean he would be known as "Paul" and not Bill or George or anybody else. After all, God made us, every one, unique and I don't think He would make a mistake in His creations.

4) Jesus said there would be weeping and gnashing of teeth in a couple places in the Gospels. Why would this happen, if we forget everything? The implication is that there will be a lot things believers and unbelievers both will remember. I know there are some mistakes I've made, and the effects may literally last forever.

5) Another thing to consider is found in the Revelation, chapter 7 and verse 17. The last phrase is "God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes". People would have to be weeping in order to have tears, right?

6) Don't forget the story of the Rich Man and Lazarus in Luke 16. What did Abraham say to the rich man? "Son, remember . . ." Think of it, forever to remember what one could have done, or the right choices, and not doing it. Sad.

These are only a few Scriptures which seem to me that we will indeed remember many things in the afterlife. The bad thing is that the unbelivers will have eternity to remember every chance to accept salvation, and didn't. The good thing is that Jesus Christ wants you to have an eternity of remembering good things--and with Him, too!

Answer 3

All awareness is indestructible. Death of the body is not a big change for the being that you are. If you choose to remember you will, but I suspect that where you are and what is in front of you will always be more important than memories. In the eternal now all things are revealed.

Answer 4

Christians in Heaven will not remember this life at all, because the Bible says that in Heaven, there will be no more sorrow. If we remembered the sorrows of this life forever, it would be like the torment non-Christians will endure in Hell for an eternity, because they will retain their memory of this life and all the squandered opportunities to accept Jesus as their Savior. But, in Heaven, all the tears & sorrows will be wiped away forever.

Answer 5

By one command God is able restore all things that are lost.
Nothing is too hard for God to do. However I do suspect that Allah will restore only the good memories unto the Faithful ones on The Day of Judgment.

Answer 6

It's all in Revelations.

You'll remember how to make tea, even if you preferred coffee in life.

You'll remember how to jumpstart a car, but only if you really did it in life.

You'll remember the difference between arachnids and insects.

I think that's it. Help me out, am I missing something?

Answer 7

i have had no memory of who i was or nothing for about three hours after my wreck i can say for sure i was still me even though i had no clue of were i was or who i was i can still remember trying to think of who i was i didnt even know what a car was let alone my friends around me at the hospital, you can imagine this state if you can imagine somebody grabbing you and dropping you in another country or alien planet

Answer 8

well i never accually pondered that before, it would be different for everyone i suppose. Depending on belief really some say you would, others belive that you never really leave if you have unfinished bussiness you stay behind as a gost, others belive in reincarnation and you then remember bit's and peices of your past. but i've never died so i don't know for sure.

Answer 9

Into the afterlife everyone remember his past lives, but that's not the problem.
The problem is that in human life there are very few who remember their past lives. If you were one of them you wouldn't ask this question anymore - isn't it?

Answer 10

There is no afterlife. There is only life - temporal and eternal. There is only temporal and eternal death. We will be transformed though. We will live in full potential. Our reward will be unlike anything this world could ever offer. It will sadly be something those with no Truth in them will never experience.

You are either living or dead. Those of no faith are already dead. They are the walking dead. Their spirit is dying. It is their temporal body that will soon follow.

There is no life outside of Christ. I pray that you find Him.