[Fulton County Gospel News, Vol. 36, No. 8, page 3-4] The Wise Man said, “Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord” (Proverbs 18:22). This is also true the other way: “Whoever finds a husband finds a good thing.” He could have added that whoever finds a good wife or a good husband is blessed. The New Testament says, “Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled” (Hebrews 13:4). Most people will marry, a few will not. There are several important things to consider in selecting a wife or husband: Whether love is present is a very important consideration, whether he will make a living and whether she will live within their means, whether he will be a good father and she a good mother, whether or not he/she is too selfish to make a marriage work, whether he/she has learned self discipline, whether they are mature enough, etc. The most important consideration of all is to marry someone who is a Christian (assuming you yourself are a faithful Christian). You should be primarily concerned with marrying someone who will help you get to heaven. This is all-important. Your soul is your most important possession. Saving it should be your most important consideration. Jesus poses the question: “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole word, and lose his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his own soul?” (Matthew 16:26). To make a decision to pair up with someone who will

Reincarnation is the belief that after this life, one will be reborn into another life on earth; and some in this life lived as another person in a previous life. In a survey taken a decade ago, nearly one in four Americans said they believed in reincarnation. It may be more than that now. Where do people in a “Christian nation” come up with such an idea? It certainly does not come from Christian teaching. It has infiltrated from Easter religions, but it is based chiefly upon the reasoning: “If I don’t get it right the first time around, I will have another chance.” It is not a new belief. It was introduced into organized religion by the Hindus and later by the Buddhists. Some believed it in New Testament times: Hence the Nero redivivus myth – that Emperor Domitian was a reviving of Nero, the beast of Revelation who received the deadly wound and survived: “the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven” (Revelation 17:11). Is reincarnation the truth? Or is it just a product of fertile human imagination? The only sure information we have of life before or beyond this life is the Bible. It is the Word of God. If reincarnation is the truth, the Bible will somewhere reveal, confirm and support it. Where is it? Its proponents who claim affiliation with the Christian religion are hard-put to find any Bible support. Some appeal to Job 1:21-22, where