I finished a book yesterday entitled, “A Journey to Hell, Heaven, and Back” by Ivan Tuttle. I enjoy reading of people’s Near Death Experiences (NEDs) and for some confirmation of the experience being real or not, I consider what effect the claimed experience had on the author. As Jesus said, a tree is known by it’s fruit, right? If the claimant’s life is transformed by their near death experience into a life that honor’s Jesus Christ and places a supreme value on the necessity of love, I am inclined to believe their story.
Ivan Tuttle’s experience certainly had a good transforming effect on him, but after experiencing what he did of hell, he also came back with some serious warnings regarding any level of compromise we may be accommodating in our walk with Jesus. And he made a statement to that effect on the last page of the book that caught my attention. It’s already providing me with light to help me scrutinize my behavior. Let me pass it on to you. Here’s what he wrote:
“I leave you with this final thought — don’t fall for the entrapment that the devil has laid out for you. The deceptions come in many forms, but trust me— if it feels just slightly wrong, it is wrong.”
