Something I learned in Heaven

    Although the main purpose of my being taken to heaven was to enlighten my understanding concerning salvation, it is my intent, in this writing to give understanding of some other things I learned about the Lord and His Word. Paul, the Apostle, speaks concerning his own visions and revelations and trip to heaven,

2 Corinthians12:1-5
It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.

    I have testified in the past that I don't know whether I was in my body or out, but I know this, "At the end of the experience, the Lord said, 'You go back and tell them. . . .'"This experience in Heaven changed me, how I look at things. I hope what I present here changes "how you look at things."
    First, I need to share some things God had revealed to me when He called me into the ministry. During that first week, one of the main things that happened was the Lord speaking about Himself. At the time, it seemed strange to me that He would do that, but I was soon to learn that if you don't get God's "personality traits" into the picture presented by His Word, you miss the full picture. I will share four things that God said before I was taken to heaven.

No 1)"The Lord your God is not a critical God but a God of absolute truth." with the emphases on "absolute." The Bible paints a picture of this absoluteness.

James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

    I have found that a lot of Christians have rejected some things of the Spirit by saying that it's not of God, it's of the devil, because it seems critical to them. We must understand that God is a God of truth and when He shows you the truth of a situation, He's not being critical but showing you the pure truth because it is the pure truth that will set you free. If Paul the apostle, Ezekiel, John the Baptist, Jonah, and many others were here today, there would be a great number of Christians rejecting them on the grounds that they are critical and "not walking in love."

More concerning this subject: Love Love.

No 2) "The Lord your God is not a God of mutual agreement but a God of covenants."

    I knew virtually nothing about "covenants" when God said this to me. How much do you really understand about them? I soon learned that God spoke them, not asking for man's input. He was saying: "This is the way it is."

No 3) "Everything is as I say it is. You can go on believing whatever you want to believe, but that won't change the truth of how it is."

    I was learning that what I believed wasn't necessarily right, nor does it change the truth. I could and was believing something in error! A person who doesn't believe Jesus is the Son of God really believes that, but that person's faith that Jesus isn't the Son of God doesn't change the truth that He is the Son of God. The Bible says God gave every man a measure of faith. This person who doesn't believe in Jesus being the Son of God has simply put their faith in the wrong place. God originally told me to pray for truth, you should too! The fact that He tells us to pray for the truth means we don't know the truth. God is the only reveler of pure truth. I hope you are not afraid to pray for truth.

Fear is of the devil.

No 4) "You can not possibly understand the teachings of Jesus, unless you understand what happened in the garden of Eden."

    I hadn't pretended to know anything about the garden of Eden and a few had told me it was just a story, not something that really happened. One of the things I came to see in the picture presented by the Garden of Eden is this: Satan was saying, "Oh! It'll be alright, go ahead and eat. It'll be alright. God really meant . . . . He didn't mean it like it sounds, after all, He loves you!" It'll be OK!
    One more thing, before I was taken to Heaven God had given me a vision that shows how a person becomes saved. In that vision is pure truth. I didn't really understand all it implied and was leaning to my own understanding. With all this, God was fixing to shake what I assumed to be true. You should have already read my account of being in Heaven, but if you haven't, or need to refresh your memory, here is my experience in heaven.

Heaven .:

    God didn't ask if I wanted to go, but suddenly I found myself in Heaven. The scene opened on my third day there. I had been walking through what I would call clouds, up to my knees, exploring Heaven for three days. I remember seeing "meetings" going on here and there as I was walking. I realized I hadn't seen my wife who I knew should be there. I had loved my wife very much and was wondering what she thought about being here. I asked a person passing by if I could see the Lord. He came immediately, almost instantly, and was standing to my right. I asked the Lord where my wife was, expecting Him to take me someplace in Heaven to see her. Instead, He waved His right hand from left to right, and the floor of heaven opened up. The Lord pointed toward the opening. Crouching down, I peered over the edge to see my wife in Hell. I was immediately overwhelmed. Getting up, crying, I confronted the Lord, pointing and saying,"Go get her."
    He said, "What does My word say?"
    I was racking my brain, trying to think of a scripture. Crying, I blurted out,"Your word says if you believe, you and your house shall be saved! (Acts 16:30) Lord, go get her!"
    The Lord said a second time. "What does My word say?"     I said, "I don't know Lord, I'm not a preacher." I was racking my brain again, "Oh God, why doesn't He go get her?" Pointing towards hell again, I blurted out, "Romans - yes, Romans: If you believe in your heart and confess with your mouth, you shall be saved! She believes, go get her!" I saw tears streaming down the Lord's face as He said, "But what did I say?"
    We were standing in tears, ankle deep. They were spilling out of Heaven where the Lord had parted it. Then the Lord said, "You go back and tell them that this is what would have happened if you and your wife had been killed before ...."

    I learned a hard, hard, lesson in Heaven. His great LOVE does not and cannot override His own Word. I learned No 3: God said to me: ."Everything is as I say it is. You can go on believing whatever you want to believe, but that won't change the truth of how it is." I learned that my "Oh, it'll be alright 'Love'" stinks, and is a thought pattern the devil want's us to run on.

How are your and my,
            "Oh, it'll be alright, it'll be OK" thoughts?

There's a lot of people who believe as I do, therefore, "It'll be alright."

God showed me blood on the church's hands! "Oh, it'll be OK?"

I was a man who thought thoughts like "So we are living in the last days, I know the Lord and He knows me. I don't have to worry about this spotless church He talks about. "Oh! It'll be alright."

I don't have to seek God on whether the church I attend really understands how one becomes saved. "It'll be alright."

I'm believing what I want to believe. "It'll be OK."

I've read what this man Roy has written about God's tithe and how to deliver it, but I haven't the time to learn and do that. "Oh! It'll be alright."

God is a God of love, therefore, "It'll be alright."

There are preachers who know they aren't saying what they ought to be saying.  "Oh! It'll be alright."

There are preachers who have gotten words from the Lord, that leaned to their own understanding rather than getting the understanding of that particular word from the Lord! "It'll be OK."

I don't really need to seek God to find out if what this man Roy says is true.  "It'll be alright."

I know people who have gotten things of the Spirit but ignored them, or manipulated them. "Oh! It'll be alright."

Those who haven't answered God's call will see the truth of all those souls they could have affected when they stand before God. "Oh! It'll be alright."

My dad/mom believed this way, therefore. "It'll be alright."

I was a man who thought that loving people was letting them believe what they wanted to believe. "It'll be alright?"

My trip to Heaven revealed:
"It's not alright!""It's not OK"