Doomed To Hell?

[CorTortilla]

I am not good at typing stories, so I will try to make this sound as interesting as possible. I call it:

Doomed To Hell? Corey's Testimony


First A Little Background: My grandpa Hagan, my mom's dad, converted from the Methodist Church when he was about 20 because he believed in transustantion (sp?) and thought that because the Roman Catholic Church believed in it, then he should convert and they had the truth. My dad was Russian Orthodox. when my parents married they both became Roman Catholic. I have been taking Catholic Catechism Classes ever since I was about 8. I never really payed much attention to them, they just bored me half to death.
I was 10 years old when one night I watched a very scary show called "True Life Ghost Stories" which included live ghost footage with very freaky sound effects. I was fascinated with the paranormal as a kid because my family has a long history with supernatural occurences. needless to say, the show scared me to death. I refused to go to sleep, and my parents couldnt calm me down. on top of that, the day I watched that was my grandpa Hagan's birthday, and they encountered several ghosts in their lifetime. I told them about the show I watched, and they told me about their experiences. And I have a big family, so there were about 8 people there not including me, my parents and my siblings, and two of them, my grandma's sister Marge and her husband who live with their kids & grandkids, have a haunted house. They told me stories of their house too. Of course I forced it out of them, being the curious person I am.

Well, later on I went home and I had to take a bath with my mom in the room because I wa so scared. I started crying when it was tiem for bed. So my mom gave me a rosary blessed by a bishop and a vial of holy water to "keep the ghosts away." This was what made me curious about my religion. My mom gave me a Bible to read too. it was an old bible, a Duoay bible that I still have today. Well, I read froms ome of it, and it kept me up and occupied until about 11:30, when I got scared again. I read some of Genesis,Mathew, and Apocalypse (revelation), I believe. I of course took Apocalyspe literally, and I read about how God will send people to Hell. It made me scared reading about what Hell was like, so I had to pray about if I would go to Hell or Heaven. "God," I said, clutching my rosary, "God, If I will go to Heaven let me dream about... about opening presents on Christmas morning. If I will go to Hell, then let me dream about a volcano erupting." I fell asleep, comforted knowing about how God loves everybody that He will protect me (I told Him that if He loves me then to protect me from ghosts). Well, here was what my dream was about:

I was wondereing around through a hazy purple mist. everything was thick and hard to see out of. I was waving a crucifix around because I kept on seeing the ghosts from that show I watched. finnally, I came to a steep mountain. I was levitated up, and saw that there was fire inside it.

It was a volcano.
And it was starting to erupt.
I screamed, horrified, that I would go to Hell. Suddenly, I fell down into the volcano, into the middle of it, into the flaming pit, seeing terrible demonic creatures around me, screaming. I woke up. I was burning hot. I was sweating profusly. My eyes were swollen shut! I couldn't open them.I stumbled into the bathroom and splashed water on my face. My eyes opened. I started crying, knwoing that I was doomed to spend an eternity in the flaming volcanoe after I died. I went into my room, and took out my bible, to try and find some hope, to try and find out how I could make it to Heaven instead, something.
I scanned through John, and found John 3:16.
It was then that I started praying every night. i started begging God to forgive me and let me into Heaven, to guide me to know His ways. I gradually started reading the Bible more, I started reaserching my religion. I soon fell for that New Age junk, believeing that the "Pleiadians" will come and swoop down from the sky and take everybody away. This was about when I was 11. I sent it on to my grandpa, and he told me about those Heavens Gate kooks, and to stop reading that junk. I listened, and that led me to where I am today. I can only hope that Christ will have mercy on me.

Thank you for reading this.
In Christ,
Corey

P.S. I admit this is a little bit of an exageration, but for the most part, it is true.

 

[kunfuzdchic]

Hey there
Wow, quite a story.Trust me, i believe you about the ghosts and dream.Will you believe me if i say i've had experience with people possessed with demons.I used to think it was just in movies and the Bible.You know how it is.You don't believe these things until you see them with your own eyes.There was this instance when i was mumbling prayers non-stop to stop my friend who was screaming in agony under holy water.It strengthened my faith.
Faith is what you can fall back on.I think you shouldn't let fear blind you.This could bring you closer to God.Talk to your priest about the chapter, Revelation.It is tricky.
Trust in God to protect you.and I suggest you to not put too much stock in that dream.It could be God who wants you to call on him through this experience.Also pray to St Michael.
pray for you

 

[live4G0D]

hey!
thats a very interesting story...
the one thing i have to say about it is that you probably shouldnt give that dream too much merit. yes, i do believe that dreams can answer many questions that we may have, and i do see them as being a way for God to communicate back to us, but at the same time i know that dreams are also an easy way for the devil to creep into our lives. i would say, when you pray, if you pray as youre going to bed, ask God to guard your dreams, so that you arent dreaming of things placed into your mind to cause fear and anxiety.

 

[Dicy mind]

Hi Corey.
Jesus made us a promise:

John 11:25
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
John 11:26
And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?

He has already had mercy on your soul, all you have to do now is belive, for it is written:

Ephesians 2:8
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

Romans 11:6
And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

God bless.

 

[SuperNova]

Yes, This is true. I'm not sure if you've come to the place where you know this for sure. But you can know for sure that you are going to heaven. Just pray and tell the Lord Jesus that you want him to be the Lord of your life and to forgive you of your sins. The bible says if you confess your sins (to him) he is faithful and just to forgive your sins and cleans you of all unrightousness. It also says if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord (as in your master) and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead then you WILL be saved. If you pray this to him and mean it with all your heart and soul he will do it! and you will know! It's the very reason he died on the cross! He does and will have mercy on you, all you have to do is ask!