960- Where does the belief in future rewards and punishments,which is found in all cultures, come from?
“It is always the same thing: a presentiment of reality imparted to human beings by their spirit. You should know that it is not uselessly that an inner voice speaks to you; your mistake is in not listening to it. If you thought well and frequently about this, you would make yourselves better.”
961- At the moment of death, what is the dominant sentiment in most people: doubt, fear or hope?
“Doubt for hardhearted skeptics, fear for the guilty and hope for the good.”
962- Why are there skeptics since the soul brings the sentiment of spiritual things to everyone?
“There are fewer skeptics tan you might think. During life, many pretend they are bold out of pride, but at the moment of death they cease being boastful.”
The consequences of the future life stem from the responsibility for our acts. Regarding the apportionment of the happiness to which all aspire, reason and justice tell us that the good and the wicked could not possibly be mixed together. God cannot will for some to enjoy good things without effort, while willing for others only to obtain them through effort and perseverance.
The idea that God applies divine justice and goodness through the wisdom of the divine laws does not allow us to believe that the righteous and the wicked are at the same level in God’s sight. Nor can we doubt that someday the former will receive a reward for the good they have done, and that the latter will receive a punishment for the evil they have done. That is why our innate sense of justice gives us the intuition of future rewards and punishments.
Site Espírita 