Howard Pittman- rebuked by the Lord for dead faith and vain works

Raptor · 05-17-2024, 05:15 AM

On August 3, 1979, 50 year old baptist minister Howard Pittman suffered physical death as the result of a massive internal hemorrhage. As he departed to be with the Lord, he pleaded to God for an extensión of his life. But shockingly, God first showed him what kind of life of worship and service he really had: God told him his faith was dead, that his works were not acceptable, and that he had labored in vain.

BACKGROUND

Howard Pittman - 1/24/1929-3/13/2019
seventh child of a family of eight children, raised in Mississippi in a Christian home
father was deacon in the church for over fifty years
made a public profession of faith at age 12 and joined the church
returned as veteran from the Korean War at 22 and decided that God had called him to preach
responded and committed himself to preach and entered college in preparation for ministry but struggled for two years and gave up college
moved to New Orleans for a career in law-enforcement spanning over twenty-five years
worked as uniform patrolman, plain-clothes investigator, canine trainer, instructor, supervisor, unit commander, and member of the superintendent's staff
continued to practice Christian faith and went into seminary; pastor of a church for a year
preached on street corners, handed out tracts, preached in jails, visited the sick in hospitals, and traveled to small towns to preach openly in court squares
retired from the New Orleans Police Department in 1978 and moved to farm in Mississippi where together with wife started a new ministry opening their home to neglected and abused children, caring for up to thirty-two children
part of his visión was “I tried to love my neighbor and I really tried to do all the Bible says a Christian should do”

HEMORRAGE, DEATH and PLEAD

in 1979 while he was running for sheriff, he suffered a main trunk artery rupture causing devastating, sudden bloodloss requiring life saving emergency care
during a hospital transfer, brother Howard Pittman died in the amublance, no vital signs, the paramedic pronounced him dead
he was taken before the Lord where he pleaded for an extension of his physical life

THE LORD´S RESPONSE

the Lord responded in anger, proceeding to tell him just what kind of life he had really lived
He pointed out that his faith was dead, that his works were not acceptable, and that he had labored in vain
He told him that it was an abomination to live such a life and then dare call it a life of worship, that the center of all his works was just himself
while God was chastising him, He never told him he was not saved, but only spoke about the works produced through his life
“my life was wasted and amounted to absolutely nothing in the Lord’s eyes”

OUTCOME

once Howard accepted the Lord´s evaluation and that God´s will was to be first in his life, then the Lord extended his physical life and sent him back
Howard was miraculously healed and sent back to the world to share a five-point message as he explains in the following video interviews and in his book, “Placebo”

Howard Pittman's Near Death Experience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKnwGMG7PHg

Howard Pittman PART 2 | Insights After a Near Death Experience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqDtxBRUrfs&t=782s

Placebo, by Howard Pittman (PDF)
https://archive.org/details/Placebo_201404

05-17-2024, 05:15 AM	#1
Raptor Member Join Date: Jun 2019 Posts: 414	Howard Pittman- rebuked by the Lord for dead faith and vain works On August 3, 1979, 50 year old baptist minister Howard Pittman suffered physical death as the result of a massive internal hemorrhage. As he departed to be with the Lord, he pleaded to God for an extensión of his life. But shockingly, God first showed him what kind of life of worship and service he really had: God told him his faith was dead, that his works were not acceptable, and that he had labored in vain. BACKGROUND Howard Pittman - 1/24/1929-3/13/2019 seventh child of a family of eight children, raised in Mississippi in a Christian home father was deacon in the church for over fifty years made a public profession of faith at age 12 and joined the church returned as veteran from the Korean War at 22 and decided that God had called him to preach responded and committed himself to preach and entered college in preparation for ministry but struggled for two years and gave up college moved to New Orleans for a career in law-enforcement spanning over twenty-five years worked as uniform patrolman, plain-clothes investigator, canine trainer, instructor, supervisor, unit commander, and member of the superintendent's staff continued to practice Christian faith and went into seminary; pastor of a church for a year preached on street corners, handed out tracts, preached in jails, visited the sick in hospitals, and traveled to small towns to preach openly in court squares retired from the New Orleans Police Department in 1978 and moved to farm in Mississippi where together with wife started a new ministry opening their home to neglected and abused children, caring for up to thirty-two children part of his visión was “I tried to love my neighbor and I really tried to do all the Bible says a Christian should do” HEMORRAGE, DEATH and PLEAD in 1979 while he was running for sheriff, he suffered a main trunk artery rupture causing devastating, sudden bloodloss requiring life saving emergency care during a hospital transfer, brother Howard Pittman died in the amublance, no vital signs, the paramedic pronounced him dead he was taken before the Lord where he pleaded for an extension of his physical life THE LORD´S RESPONSE the Lord responded in anger, proceeding to tell him just what kind of life he had really lived He pointed out that his faith was dead, that his works were not acceptable, and that he had labored in vain He told him that it was an abomination to live such a life and then dare call it a life of worship, that the center of all his works was just himself while God was chastising him, He never told him he was not saved, but only spoke about the works produced through his life “my life was wasted and amounted to absolutely nothing in the Lord’s eyes” OUTCOME once Howard accepted the Lord´s evaluation and that God´s will was to be first in his life, then the Lord extended his physical life and sent him back Howard was miraculously healed and sent back to the world to share a five-point message as he explains in the following video interviews and in his book, “Placebo” Howard Pittman's Near Death Experience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKnwGMG7PHg Howard Pittman PART 2 \| Insights After a Near Death Experience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqDtxBRUrfs&t=782s Placebo, by Howard Pittman (PDF) https://archive.org/details/Placebo_201404