I heard the voice
of the Lord, saying,
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"Whom shall I send,
and who will go for us?"
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Then I said,
"Here am I; send me. "
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Music...
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More music...
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Three Angels
Broadcasting Network...
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and the South England Conference
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presents: London 2016.
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Tonight we give God
thanks that we can be here
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to delve deeper into God's Word
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and in a time when people
are living without any hope
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and others are
dying without any hope,
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tonight's message is a reminder
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that there is hope
beyond the grave...
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so we pray for God's
anointing upon Pastor Lomacang
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as he presents his
message to us this evening.
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Before he comes, once
again we'll be favored with a
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musical item by
Reggie and Ladye Love.
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Audience: "Amen... "
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Walking to stage.
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Brother Jean
that was beautiful...
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amen... Audience: "Amen... "
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And that was a
family affair there,
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Donovan their son was playing
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and we had a chance
to talk all week and
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we just had a
really great time and
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just enjoyed the talent of all
the musicians and the singers
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and Daddy over here
is not too proud either,
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Ivan... but we're
glad that... so we had a...
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really wonderful time
with you, thank you so much...
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we want to share a song with you
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that we recorded
several years ago,
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this was written by a Norwegian
in the southern part of Norway
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it's entitled,
"You Raise Me Up... "
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Music...
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More music...
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Some more music...
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When I am down and,
oh, my soul so weary,
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When troubles come
and my heart burdened be;
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Then I am still and
wait here in the silence,
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Until you come and
sit awhile with me.
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You raise me up, so I
can stand on mountains;
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You raise me up to
walk on stormy seas,
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And I am strong when
I am on your shoulders;
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You raise me up
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to more than I can be.
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Music...
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More music...
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You are oh...
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You are oh,
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Thank you Lord...
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Music...
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You raise me up, so I
can stand on mountains,
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You raise me up to
walk on stormy seas;
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And I am strong when
I am on your shoulders;
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You raise me up
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to more than I can be.
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There is no life... no
life without its hunger;
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Each restless heart
beats so imperfectly;
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But then you come and
I am filled with wonder,
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Sometimes, I think
I glimpse eternity.
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You raise me up, so I
can stand on mountains;
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You raise me up to
walk on stormy seas;
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And I am strong when
I am on your shoulders;
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You raise me up
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to more than I can be.
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Hmmm... oh... you raise me up,
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to more than I can...
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be...
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be.
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Audience: "Amen... "
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Picture of the audience...
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Wow! amen... somebody...
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Audience: "Amen... "
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If I can't preach
after that... I can't preach.
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Thank you so much
Reggie and Ladye...
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and thanks everyone for
coming out from night to night
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have you been blessed?
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Audience: "Amen... "
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It is always a
privilege to be able to come
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and share the Word of God,
so tonight what I'd like to do
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is... I have so much
to say about this topic,
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I am just going to take my time
and turn it over to the Lord
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ask Him for His Spirit to lead
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so you bow your heads
with me so that we can pray.
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"Loving Father in
heaven, tonight...
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speak to your people,
enlighten their understanding
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and may they hear
what the Spirit says
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from your Word, in
Jesus' name I pray, amen. "
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Hope beyond the
grave, say that with me,
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Audience: "Hope
Beyond the Grave... "
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tonight I'm going to
begin with a Scripture
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that is about... at
least 6,000 years old
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that is... in its application...
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but it's still alive today
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it is found in Genesis chapter 3
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and verse 4, let's
look at that together.
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In the Garden of Eden,
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Eve is straying away
from the path of obedience...
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finds herself face to face
with the arch enemy of heaven,
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and the Lord made it
very clear about their faith
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if they were to stray away
from the obedient instruction
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that He gave to them...
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but she finds herself
confronted with a being
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that begins by getting her to
question what God actually says,
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I said when I talked
about the book that breaths,
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"Deception always begins
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when we are led to
question what God has said. "
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Whenever you stray away
from a "thus saith the Lord... "
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you can meander into
any maze of mediocrity,
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you can find yourself pondering
at the pool of popularity
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or negotiating at
the table of the enemy
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and there was Eve negotiating
at the table of the enemy
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under his deceptive
disguise and he said to her
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in Genesis 3 and verse
4, let's read this together,
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"Then the serpent said to the
woman... " and what did he say?
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let's say
together... what did he say?
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"You will not surely die. "
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Six thousand years
ago, he sold that lie
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and still today... it is
believed... still today...
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in 2016... people believe
that their dead relatives
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can still contact them,
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listen to me
carefully, listen carefully,
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others believe that
their dead relatives
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are now their guardian angels,
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some ask the dead for
advice and believe that
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the dead even
periodically visit them,
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still others
openly talk to their dead
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waiting for answers that
they say, "from the other side"
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some go to cemeteries
and talk to the tombstone
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waiting for some
kind of response,
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somebody told me a
story about a man he saw
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standing in the
cemetery talking...
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and he walked away and came back
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and he said to the tombstone,
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"Oh there's something
else I forgot to say... "
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waiting for some
kind of response,
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some say that they died
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and floated above their
bodies before they returned,
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others say they
died... went to heaven...
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and they say they returned
with a message from God,
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others still say, they
claim to have the ability
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to conjure up the
spirits of the dead,
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finally, some say that they
embraced their dead children
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when these dead children
reappeared in their homes.
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All of these
beliefs... amazingly,
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were born from one
lie and that lie is
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that man... naturally
has an immortal soul...
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pause...
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longer pause...
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and this belief is
taught with such conviction
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that you might think
that even among Christians
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that embrace this
belief, you might think
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that they might
have some support
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somewhere from God's Word...
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but tonight we're going
to see what God's Word says,
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can you say, "amen... "
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We're going to
examine what the Bible teaches
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and then conclude
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that if the Bible
says it, we can believe it.
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If God's Word says it,
we can believe God's Word.
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God's Word never tells a lie,
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God's Word is never a
book of contradictions
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and it's surely
not a book of confusion
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and so, since death
is the opposite of life,
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let us begin tonight by
examining the process of life
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and if there's
anything that survives
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the Bible at death
or the body at death,
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surely, the
Bible will reveal it.
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Let's begin by going to
Genesis chapter 2 and verse 7,
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here's how the Bible
describes the creation of man,
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and by the way... death
is the opposite of creation,
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death is the opposite of life,
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let's say that together,
"Death is the opposite of life"
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when a battery dies,
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it does not work
on another vehicle,
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when a bulb dies, it
doesn't work in another lamp,
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when a heart stops
beating in your chest,
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it is not going to beat in
the chest of somebody else,
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death is the
opposite... it is what...?
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Opposite of life...
but let's look at life,
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we're going to go forward
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and then we're
going to go backward
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and examine death
and life from every angle
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to see whether or not
there's any support at all
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for the immortality of the soul,
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In Genesis 2 and
verse 7, the Bible says,
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"And the LORD God
formed man of the... " what?
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"dust of the ground, and
breathed into his nostrils"
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what did He do?
"the breath of life;
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and man became a living soul. "
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The Bible teaches that
man "became a living soul... "
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man wasn't given "a living soul"
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the Lord did not insert into
our body... another person...
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that hangs around until he
has no longer... use for us
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and then goes somewhere else
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waiting for my body to
come back and be reunited.
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I was listening, just recently,
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somebody talked to me
about the Apostles' Creed
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and I was recently at a
Catholic Church here in London
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and I was listening as
they recited their chant
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and they said,
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"We believe in the
resurrection of the body... "
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and I knew
exactly what they meant
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because there's a
belief in the Christian world
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that the body
will be resurrected
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and the spirit will
come back down from heaven...
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reunite with the body...
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and then the body
comes back to life
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but I remember
there was a young man...
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I won't mention his name but he
ran sound for me there at 3ABN
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and every time we
had a Bible program,
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this young man...
not being of our faith,
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he told me in his testimony,
he would go home arguing...
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the particular topic
that made him angry was
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the topic of what
happens when you die,
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and they said,
sometimes they'd say to him,
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"quiet down" because
we're revealing the Bible
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and he was so upset
by what we were teaching
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that he would go
home, sometimes early.
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One evening he called
me into the Sound Room,
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and he said to me,
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he said to me...
follow me... he said to me...
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"I give up... " I
said, "What's wrong?"
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He said, "I want to tell you
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I have been upset
with you for a long time"
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he said, "but when I heard
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what you and
Pastor John Stanton taught
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about what the Bible teaches
about what happens when you die"
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he said, "for the
first time in my life,
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you made God sound like
He knows what He's doing"
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Audience: Laughter... "Amen. "
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And then he said to me,
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"What do I need to
do to join your church?"
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Amen somebody...
Audience: "Amen. "
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There he is... at church...
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because when the
truth about what happened
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when you die was
revealed, he said...
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and then he said to me
about a few months later,
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he said, "Now, I'm
where... you were...
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my family is now upset with me
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like I was upset with
you... but... " he said,
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"it's the Bible...
the Bible is clear"
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amen somebody...
Audience: "Amen. "
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you see, man does
not have a living soul
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man became a living soul...
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man is a living soul... which is
the combination of two things,
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the body formed from
the dust of the ground
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and then the breath of life that
God breathed into man's nostrils
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simply put... until God breathes
into this dust that He formed,
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there was no life
in that body at all,
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it was like going to the beach
and somebody will have a...
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you've been to the beach before
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where people
sculpt things out of sand,
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it was just that way...
but it was much more complex.
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I have a friend that's
a forensic psychologist...
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a pathologist... and he said,
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whenever a preacher says
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that God breathed into a man's
nostrils the breath of life,
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he said, from a
pathological perspective,
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you have no idea
what you're saying,
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he said,
"because we study disease
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from the cellular level,
we dissect the human body
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and study the
cause of the disease... "
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he says, "if you
understood the layers
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below the skin's surface,
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you will understand how
magnificent a designer God is. "
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So when God designed Adam,
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He didn't just put
air in our nostrils
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like you blow up a balloon
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He had every
component in the body
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ready for the spark of life
which can only come from God.
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As a matter of fact,
if you don't believe that,
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take an alarm
clock to the cemetery
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and see if anybody wakes up.
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Audience: laughing...
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Go to the funeral home and
start blowing in the nostrils
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of dead people with your
breath, nothing will happen,
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the breath of
life belongs to God,
00:16:33.36\00:16:35.62
the breath of life
belongs only to God,
00:16:35.66\00:16:38.53
now let's look
at that in reverse,
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Ecclesiastes 12 and verse 7,
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the Bible speaks
of death in this way,
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"Then shall the dust return
to the earth as it... " what?
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"as it was: and the spirit shall
return unto God who gave it. "
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"Oh, oh,
Pastor... there it is...
00:16:56.31\00:16:59.55
the spirit returns to God. "
00:16:59.61\00:17:01.92
Somebody said, "Now that's
the Scripture that tells me
00:17:01.95\00:17:06.05
that man's
spirit returns to God. "
00:17:06.12\00:17:08.89
I said, "Let me suggest to you
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that you are in an
assumptive mode to consider
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that man's spirit
is returning to God
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when the Bible says,
00:17:19.03\00:17:20.37
'then shall the dust
return to the earth'"
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so the question really
that we have to answer is,
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"What is the spirit
that returns to God?"
00:17:25.54\00:17:28.84
"What is that thing
that returns to God"
00:17:28.88\00:17:31.58
now, consider
before we go to the answer,
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consider this very carefully,
00:17:34.35\00:17:36.12
if man was formed
from the dust of the ground
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and then the dust returns
to the earth as it was...
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to consider
that... to even conclude
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that the spirit is
man that returns to God,
00:17:47.40\00:17:51.23
and where is
God? Somebody tell me,
00:17:51.27\00:17:53.94
In heaven...
would also be to assumed
00:17:53.97\00:17:56.54
that man started in
heaven... came to earth...
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and then simply went back,
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and I want to
say it very clearly,
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that's what Mormonism
teaches, the cycles of life,
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that's the belief
of reincarnation...
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there were spirits
hanging out somewhere
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looking for bodies to
inhabit and God created a body,
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sent the spirit down
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and when he did not
survive that life cycle,
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another body was
created... that's Hinduism...
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we saw that in the Middle East,
we saw that... sorry... in India
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if you don't
finish that lifecycle,
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you come back...
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and depending on how many times
you say, "Buddha" before you die
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you might come back in a body
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but if you were
not a good person,
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you might come back as a cow
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that's why cows are so sacred
00:18:37.11\00:18:39.25
so let's find out what this
spirit is that returns to God,
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Job 27 and verse 3,
I got to move quickly,
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Job says, "All the
while my breath is... "
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where? "in me, and
the spirit of God is... "
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where? "in my nostrils... "
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the spirit that God put there
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goes back to God
when we die, you know why?
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When you go home and
you turn the lamp off,
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ask yourself the question,
"Where did the light just go?"
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"Did it go to
somebody else's lamp?"
00:19:14.22\00:19:17.25
No, not at all, it
could not exist there
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except there was
a source of power
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that ignites its element,
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God ignited the element
in man and gave him life
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so when that life is no
longer in the human body,
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it is back in the
condition that it was
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before God breathed into it
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but here's where
the quandary comes in,
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people read the King
James Version of the Bible
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and they see the word, "soul"
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and deceptive teachers,
somewhere along the way
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teach that the "soul" is
some separate living entity
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that's Neoplatonism,
study that for yourself,
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that's one of the reasons
why Jesus waited four days
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before He raised Lazarus
because during the time of...
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even Jesus' day,
there was a belief that
00:20:02.60\00:20:05.33
for three days... the soul will
try to get back into the body
00:20:05.37\00:20:08.47
so Jesus stayed
away for four days
00:20:08.50\00:20:11.47
and when Jesus raised
Lazarus by His own power
00:20:11.51\00:20:15.24
they determined from
that day that Jesus had to die
00:20:15.28\00:20:19.31
because He blew out
their false theology
00:20:19.35\00:20:22.82
by showing them
00:20:22.88\00:20:24.22
that it was not the soul
that brought man back to life
00:20:24.25\00:20:26.92
but Jesus is the
resurrection and the life.
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Audience: "Amen... "
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Here's how the
other translations say it,
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the same text,
Genesis 2 and verse 7,
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in the New King James Version,
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the Bible says, "And
the LORD God formed man
00:20:37.40\00:20:39.77
of the dust of the ground,
00:20:39.80\00:20:41.14
and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life;
00:20:41.17\00:20:44.01
and man became a
living... " what?
00:20:44.04\00:20:46.37
Audience: "soul... "
00:20:46.41\00:20:47.74
Oh no, you said,
"soul" but read the screen,
00:20:47.78\00:20:49.48
"he became a living... " what?
00:20:49.54\00:20:51.91
"Being... " that's the
actual word in the Hebrew.
00:20:51.95\00:20:55.82
"Soul" and
"Being" are the same word
00:20:55.85\00:20:58.95
but we've given a different
meaning to the word, "soul"
00:20:59.02\00:21:01.49
but let's
continue looking at it,
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the Lord made a
statement to Adam
00:21:04.43\00:21:07.20
as a result of his sin and
the Lord made it very clear
00:21:07.23\00:21:10.30
what Adam's fate
would be after he died,
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Genesis 3 and verse 19,
let's look at that very quickly,
00:21:13.03\00:21:15.97
the Bible said,
the Lord told Adam,
00:21:16.00\00:21:18.61
"In the sweat of your
face you shall eat bread
00:21:18.64\00:21:22.21
till you return to... " where?
00:21:22.24\00:21:24.15
Audience: "to the ground... "
00:21:24.21\00:21:26.05
He told Adam that Adam
is returning to the ground
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when we leave London, we
are returning to America,
00:21:30.02\00:21:33.86
that means... "that's
where we came from... "
00:21:33.89\00:21:36.02
when God told Adam he
was returning to the ground,
00:21:36.06\00:21:38.36
that's where Adam came from,
00:21:38.39\00:21:40.16
He didn't say to Adam,
"I'll see you in heaven"
00:21:40.20\00:21:43.03
he said, "You're
going back to the ground"
00:21:43.06\00:21:45.83
and here's what
He made even clearer,
00:21:45.87\00:21:47.70
"For out of it you were taken...
00:21:47.74\00:21:49.60
for out of it you were
taken for dust you are"
00:21:49.64\00:21:53.24
and let's say together...
"and to dust you shall return"
00:21:53.27\00:21:58.08
you're going back
where you came from
00:21:58.11\00:22:00.78
not going to heaven...
00:22:00.82\00:22:03.42
as a matter of fact,
00:22:03.45\00:22:05.99
when you look at the
Biblical record about the flood,
00:22:06.05\00:22:07.96
the Lord even
made it clearer there.
00:22:08.02\00:22:09.79
Genesis 7 and verse 15,
00:22:09.82\00:22:11.79
the Bible talks about this
"breath" that everybody had
00:22:11.83\00:22:15.50
and it says, "And they
went into the ark of Noah,
00:22:15.53\00:22:18.87
two by two,
00:22:18.90\00:22:21.30
of all flesh in
which is the... "
00:22:21.37\00:22:23.87
let's say together...
"the breath of life. "
00:22:23.91\00:22:27.31
Everybody that got on that ark,
00:22:27.38\00:22:29.11
had in their
nostrils the breath of life,
00:22:29.14\00:22:32.25
but the question remains,
00:22:32.28\00:22:35.22
"What happened to those
that did not get on the ark?"
00:22:35.25\00:22:38.69
Very important question,
00:22:38.72\00:22:40.26
because if the belief
that floats around today
00:22:40.29\00:22:42.82
no pun intended...
"floats around today"
00:22:42.86\00:22:45.13
if the belief that floats around
today applied in Noah's day,
00:22:45.16\00:22:49.50
that would mean that everybody
that was outside the ark
00:22:49.56\00:22:52.37
is still alive,
00:22:52.40\00:22:54.80
still drowning as it were,
00:22:54.84\00:22:57.01
but notice what
the Bible teaches
00:22:57.04\00:22:59.57
about what happened to
them, Genesis 7 and verse 23,
00:22:59.61\00:23:02.74
the Bible says,
"So He destroyed... "
00:23:02.78\00:23:05.91
let's say
together, "all living things
00:23:05.95\00:23:08.48
which were on the
face of the ground:
00:23:08.52\00:23:11.02
both man and cattle,
00:23:11.05\00:23:13.62
creeping thing
and bird of the air. "
00:23:13.66\00:23:16.26
They were
destroyed from the earth
00:23:16.32\00:23:18.86
and get this... "Only Noah
and those who were with him
00:23:18.89\00:23:23.53
in the ark remained... "
00:23:23.57\00:23:24.90
what? "Alive... "
00:23:24.93\00:23:26.50
Now, is alive the
opposite of dead, yes or no?
00:23:26.53\00:23:29.60
Audience: Yes...
00:23:29.64\00:23:31.47
Once you understand that
00:23:31.51\00:23:32.87
you'll understand
that it is not possible
00:23:32.91\00:23:35.41
for there to be picnics
held... after people die
00:23:35.44\00:23:40.45
in some location somewhere,
Elvis is not in heaven,
00:23:40.48\00:23:45.45
I was going to go
American on you...
00:23:45.49\00:23:47.12
let me go American...
Elvis ain't in heaven dancing,
00:23:47.16\00:23:50.76
Michael Jackson is not
dancing on the streets of gold,
00:23:50.79\00:23:54.20
somebody ought to say amen.
00:23:54.23\00:23:55.56
Audience: "Amen. "
00:23:55.60\00:23:56.93
Every time you watch
television, somebody dies,
00:23:56.97\00:23:58.43
"Well, they're in a
better place now... "
00:23:58.47\00:24:00.47
well, if you consider
the cemetery a better place,
00:24:00.50\00:24:02.54
that's where they
are, they ain't in heaven
00:24:02.57\00:24:07.41
and the reason
why they're not there
00:24:07.44\00:24:09.84
is because we cannot
decide where folks go
00:24:09.88\00:24:13.08
and we can't make statements
00:24:13.11\00:24:14.95
and assign them
their destination.
00:24:14.98\00:24:16.99
"Oh, he was a good person so
he must be in heaven now... "
00:24:17.02\00:24:22.19
we don't know
how good anybody is.
00:24:22.22\00:24:23.86
Dr. Luke makes it
even clearer about the ark
00:24:23.89\00:24:27.96
and what happened that day,
00:24:28.00\00:24:30.50
Luke 17:27, the Bible says,
00:24:30.53\00:24:32.97
"They ate, they
drank, they married wives,
00:24:33.00\00:24:36.30
they were given in marriage,
00:24:36.34\00:24:37.67
until the day that
Noah entered the ark,
00:24:37.71\00:24:40.11
and the flood
came and... " did what?
00:24:40.14\00:24:41.88
"destroyed them all... "
00:24:41.91\00:24:43.81
Not only were the
wicked destroyed by the flood,
00:24:43.85\00:24:47.38
but the Bible
makes it very, very clear
00:24:47.42\00:24:49.85
that there is no such thing
as a soul that survives death.
00:24:49.88\00:24:55.26
Look at Joshua 11 verse 11,
00:24:55.29\00:24:57.69
I'm so glad that God's
Word speaks for itself,
00:24:57.76\00:25:00.36
what do you say?
00:25:00.40\00:25:01.73
If you let God's Word
speak, you won't have any...
00:25:01.76\00:25:04.83
any space in your
head for deceptive theology
00:25:04.87\00:25:08.84
or deceptive
philosophies, Joshua 11:11...
00:25:08.87\00:25:12.91
very powerful
text, the Bible says,
00:25:12.94\00:25:16.11
that fly...
00:25:16.14\00:25:20.92
the devil keeps
sending that fly here,
00:25:20.95\00:25:22.28
I want to tell you that,
00:25:22.32\00:25:23.65
that's okay, we're
going to hit him on his head
00:25:23.69\00:25:25.69
with the
Scriptures, amen, somebody...
00:25:25.72\00:25:27.06
Audience: "Amen... "
00:25:27.09\00:25:28.42
The Bible says in Joshua 11:11,
00:25:28.46\00:25:30.43
read this...
"And they smote... "
00:25:30.46\00:25:32.53
how many? Audience: "All... "
00:25:32.56\00:25:34.56
"all the souls that were therein
with the edge of the sword,
00:25:34.60\00:25:38.03
utterly... " doing what?
00:25:38.07\00:25:40.04
"utterly destroying them... "
that these souls were destroyed,
00:25:40.07\00:25:43.57
"there was not
any left to... " what?
00:25:43.61\00:25:47.51
"breathe: and he
burnt Hazor with fire. "
00:25:47.54\00:25:50.98
So these souls that
were under the attack
00:25:51.01\00:25:55.28
of the army of God
they were all destroyed...
00:25:55.35\00:25:59.55
all the souls were
smitten and all the souls died.
00:25:59.59\00:26:03.53
The Bible never
teaches about an immortal soul,
00:26:03.56\00:26:07.46
Ezekiel 18 and verse 4,
00:26:07.50\00:26:08.93
here's what
Ezekiel the prophet says,
00:26:08.96\00:26:12.20
the Lord says,
"Behold... " how many souls?
00:26:12.23\00:26:14.60
Talk to me now, how many
souls? Audience: "All souls... "
00:26:14.64\00:26:18.21
"All souls are Mine;
00:26:18.24\00:26:19.97
The soul of the father
00:26:20.01\00:26:21.64
As well as the soul
of the son is Mine... "
00:26:21.68\00:26:24.61
let's read this together,
00:26:24.65\00:26:25.98
here we go, "The
soul who sins... "
00:26:26.01\00:26:28.48
what? "shall die... "
00:26:28.52\00:26:30.22
Did you not know that the text,
00:26:30.25\00:26:34.09
"The wages of sin is death
00:26:34.12\00:26:35.62
but the gift of God
is eternal life... "
00:26:35.66\00:26:37.99
that was true from
the very beginning,
00:26:38.03\00:26:40.73
Adam and Eve were
not created immortal,
00:26:40.76\00:26:43.43
if they were created immortal,
00:26:43.47\00:26:45.73
there would be
no need for a test,
00:26:45.77\00:26:47.14
there would be no
need for the tree of life,
00:26:47.17\00:26:50.04
they would have already
had life inherent within them,
00:26:50.07\00:26:52.91
if they were already immortal,
00:26:52.94\00:26:56.04
the Lord would
have never said to them,
00:26:56.08\00:26:57.51
"you shall surely die
00:26:57.55\00:26:58.95
in the day that
you eat of that tree
00:26:58.98\00:27:00.82
that I told you
not to eat of... "
00:27:00.85\00:27:02.18
they would have
been given eternal life,
00:27:02.22\00:27:04.65
on the premise that
they were obedient to God
00:27:04.69\00:27:07.59
just the same today,
00:27:07.62\00:27:08.96
"The wages of sin... " is what?
00:27:08.99\00:27:11.09
Let's say together.
Audience: "Death... "
00:27:11.13\00:27:12.46
"But the gift of God" is what?
00:27:12.49\00:27:13.83
"eternal life" so since
the soul does not survive,
00:27:13.86\00:27:16.16
if you want to go to
school, you'd better do it now,
00:27:16.20\00:27:19.23
if you want to get a good
job, you'd better do it now,
00:27:19.27\00:27:22.24
if you want to travel
somewhere around the world,
00:27:22.27\00:27:24.41
you'd better do it now,
00:27:24.44\00:27:25.77
if you want to build
something with your hands,
00:27:25.81\00:27:27.61
you'd better do it
now, here's the reason why
00:27:27.64\00:27:29.61
Ecclesiastes 9
verse 10, the Bible says,
00:27:29.64\00:27:32.11
"Whatever your hand finds
to do" let's say together,
00:27:32.15\00:27:36.12
"do it with... " what?
00:27:36.15\00:27:37.49
"your might... " in other words,
00:27:37.52\00:27:39.25
put all your strength in
it "for there is... " what?
00:27:39.29\00:27:41.82
"no work or device or
knowledge or wisdom... "
00:27:41.86\00:27:47.13
and get this...
"in the grave... "
00:27:47.16\00:27:49.63
let's say together,
"where you are going... "
00:27:49.66\00:27:54.14
That's why...
whenever I give an extended
00:27:54.17\00:27:57.44
invitation for
people to accept Jesus,
00:27:57.47\00:28:00.68
I'm beginning to
believe that some people think
00:28:00.71\00:28:03.41
that hell is going
to be an endless party
00:28:03.45\00:28:06.01
that somehow... if they
don't make their minds up
00:28:06.05\00:28:10.95
to follow the Lord,
00:28:10.99\00:28:12.32
that they're going to
have a party that never ends,
00:28:12.35\00:28:13.76
that there's going to be a
never-ending Pub... somewhere
00:28:13.79\00:28:16.32
or never-ending
movie theatre somewhere,
00:28:16.36\00:28:19.33
the only choices we have
are life or eternal death.
00:28:19.36\00:28:25.70
Eternal life or eternal
death that's why the Bible says,
00:28:25.73\00:28:30.24
"that whosoever
believeth in Him,
00:28:30.27\00:28:32.27
shall not... " what?
00:28:32.31\00:28:33.64
"shall not perish
but have... " what?
00:28:33.68\00:28:36.01
"Everlasting life... "
very interesting thought,
00:28:36.04\00:28:40.12
"the wages of sin is... " what?
00:28:40.15\00:28:43.08
"death... " who
receives the wages of sin?
00:28:43.12\00:28:46.52
The righteous or the
wicked? The wicked...
00:28:46.55\00:28:49.92
isn't that clear?
00:28:49.96\00:28:51.29
"The gift of God
is eternal life... "
00:28:51.33\00:28:55.20
who receives the gift of God?
00:28:55.23\00:28:57.50
The wicked or the righteous?
Audience: "The righteous... "
00:28:57.53\00:28:59.83
Simple
deduction... simple equation...
00:28:59.87\00:29:01.94
so if the wicked
don't receive eternal life,
00:29:01.97\00:29:05.04
how can the wicked
be around... eternally?
00:29:05.07\00:29:08.08
Can't... ain't nothing about
wickedness that is eternal,
00:29:08.11\00:29:14.75
amen, somebody...
Audience: "Amen... "
00:29:14.78\00:29:16.95
When the earth is
made new, I will be glad
00:29:16.99\00:29:19.25
that there will be no more
wickedness, what do you say?
00:29:19.29\00:29:22.02
Audience: "Amen... "
00:29:22.06\00:29:23.39
David the Psalmist says,
"You'll look diligently for
00:29:23.43\00:29:26.93
their place and
you will not find it. "
00:29:26.96\00:29:29.00
"The meek will
inherit the earth"
00:29:29.03\00:29:31.23
not the weak... but the meek...
00:29:31.27\00:29:33.44
that's the humble and
lowly will inherit the earth,
00:29:33.47\00:29:36.87
so whenever I hear about
these "Home Going Services"
00:29:36.91\00:29:40.28
my skin crawls,
"going up yonder... "
00:29:40.31\00:29:44.65
where is yonder?
00:29:44.68\00:29:46.72
Is that "yonder"
some place in London?
00:29:46.75\00:29:49.28
Because ain't
anybody going up nowhere...
00:29:49.35\00:29:51.85
"Home Going Services... "
00:29:51.89\00:29:54.32
another deceptive
philosophy and idea...
00:29:54.39\00:29:57.06
taught from the
pulpits of America...
00:29:57.13\00:29:59.76
"Going up yonder... "
00:29:59.79\00:30:01.70
Going home... well,
00:30:01.73\00:30:03.57
if you follow the
philosophy of humanity,
00:30:03.60\00:30:06.20
you will think that there's
a home somewhere up in heaven
00:30:06.23\00:30:08.70
that people
immediately are dispatched to
00:30:08.77\00:30:10.94
at the time of death.
00:30:10.97\00:30:12.31
The only home
that they are going to
00:30:12.34\00:30:14.38
according to Job
17 and verse 13...
00:30:14.44\00:30:16.64
the only home they're going to,
00:30:16.68\00:30:18.81
is the grave...
00:30:18.88\00:30:20.45
Job says the grave is my house
00:30:20.48\00:30:23.35
that's where they're going,
they ain't going nowhere else,
00:30:23.39\00:30:26.52
that's why the
last great miracle
00:30:26.55\00:30:29.56
that is going to be
performed in this world,
00:30:29.59\00:30:31.86
is the resurrection,
somebody ought to say, "amen. "
00:30:31.89\00:30:34.46
I got two mothers...
00:30:34.50\00:30:36.06
one that died and
is buried in New York,
00:30:36.10\00:30:39.00
one that died and
buried in the Virgin Islands,
00:30:39.03\00:30:42.00
my natural mother in the
Virgin Islands... buried...
00:30:42.04\00:30:44.34
the lady who raised me,
the Adventist who raised me
00:30:44.37\00:30:46.64
buried in New York City,
00:30:46.68\00:30:48.01
and I want to be
in both locations,
00:30:48.04\00:30:49.58
but I'll tell you later on in
the sermon how God fixed that.
00:30:49.61\00:30:52.85
I want to see
them both resurrected
00:30:52.88\00:30:55.22
but I'll tell you
how... by reading the Bible,
00:30:55.25\00:30:57.02
God gave me a comfort, I
don't have to be in New York,
00:30:57.05\00:31:00.16
I don't have to be
in the Virgin Islands,
00:31:00.19\00:31:01.86
I'll tell you later on in
the sermon how God fixed that.
00:31:01.89\00:31:04.13
But Satan continuously tries
00:31:04.16\00:31:07.76
through many avenues
to bypass God's Word.
00:31:07.80\00:31:10.23
I went to the
internet while I was here
00:31:10.27\00:31:12.63
and listened to songs
about what happens when you die
00:31:12.67\00:31:15.07
and I found 80
famous Christian songs
00:31:15.10\00:31:18.74
contemporary songs
00:31:18.77\00:31:20.71
that all talk about
dying and going to heaven,
00:31:20.74\00:31:22.94
in other words,
00:31:22.98\00:31:24.31
"I'll meet you if
you get there before me"
00:31:24.35\00:31:26.35
"When you get there,
say 'hello' to Mamma for me"
00:31:26.38\00:31:32.85
"I'll see you on the mountain"
00:31:32.89\00:31:36.52
"If you get there, say
'hello' to Papa for me"
00:31:36.56\00:31:42.93
common Christian songs
00:31:42.96\00:31:45.43
and you know what amazes
me when you listen to them,
00:31:45.47\00:31:47.84
they sound so beautiful,
00:31:47.87\00:31:49.77
the devil makes a
lie sound beautiful,
00:31:49.80\00:31:54.54
and you end up
singing that hymn,
00:31:54.58\00:31:57.75
"One glad morning
when this life is over,
00:31:57.78\00:32:01.02
I'll fly... " you
ain't flying nowhere,
00:32:01.05\00:32:04.22
you'd better be on a
plane, that's the only place...
00:32:04.25\00:32:07.82
until Jesus comes,
you ain't flying nowhere,
00:32:07.86\00:32:11.09
can I tell the truth tonight?
00:32:11.13\00:32:12.46
"Just a few more weary days
and then... I'll fly away... "
00:32:12.49\00:32:19.13
remember you got these
ridiculous teachings...
00:32:19.17\00:32:22.67
I mean, these are all
inserted in Christianity
00:32:22.70\00:32:26.17
and they came in
during the Dark Ages,
00:32:26.21\00:32:28.54
you see, when the light is off,
00:32:28.61\00:32:30.58
hear me carefully,
when the light is off,
00:32:30.65\00:32:33.05
I can come into your house
and change your furniture around
00:32:33.08\00:32:36.55
but now, follow this,
00:32:36.58\00:32:37.92
if your lights were
off for 1,260 years...
00:32:37.95\00:32:41.62
and I change your
furniture around...
00:32:41.66\00:32:45.29
a thousand years ago
00:32:45.33\00:32:47.23
and every person
born in your family
00:32:47.26\00:32:49.60
was born into a dark house,
00:32:49.63\00:32:51.00
when the lights finally
come on 1,260 years later,
00:32:51.03\00:32:54.37
they assume that that's
where the furniture already was,
00:32:54.40\00:32:57.64
that's what the devil did,
he changed the furniture around
00:32:57.67\00:33:00.84
1,260 years ago...
00:33:00.88\00:33:03.41
but it's more than that by now,
00:33:03.45\00:33:05.81
by 1798, the Dark
Ages came to a close
00:33:05.88\00:33:10.02
and for 1,260 years, Satan...
00:33:10.05\00:33:13.59
during the church...
by the church of Rome,
00:33:13.62\00:33:17.09
inserted one lie after
the other in Christianity,
00:33:17.13\00:33:20.90
the devil lied over and over
and men swallowed those lies,
00:33:20.93\00:33:26.53
you know why?
Because the Bible...
00:33:26.57\00:33:27.97
the book that breathes
00:33:28.00\00:33:29.34
was no longer in the
possession of anybody,
00:33:29.37\00:33:31.91
so they had to believe what
the Bishops and the Popes said
00:33:31.94\00:33:35.84
and so, the doctrine of
purgatory came into existence,
00:33:35.88\00:33:39.71
if a baby died
before they were "baptized,"
00:33:39.78\00:33:43.18
they say, "The baby is in limbo
00:33:43.25\00:33:45.19
and if you pray...
and if you pay me...
00:33:45.22\00:33:47.72
I'll pray that
baby out of limbo... "
00:33:47.76\00:33:50.16
and the alternative
was a horrible thing,
00:33:50.19\00:33:52.29
they said, "If you
didn't pay within 30 days,
00:33:52.33\00:33:54.43
that baby would be
in the fires of hell
00:33:54.46\00:33:56.56
being tormented forever"
00:33:56.60\00:33:57.93
and people under that darkness
00:33:57.97\00:33:59.70
gave money to
the churches of Rome
00:33:59.73\00:34:01.74
that's where all these
cathedrals in Europe came from
00:34:01.77\00:34:04.21
built on the lie
that the soul is immortal
00:34:04.24\00:34:07.28
purgatory was for the babies,
limbo was for the adults,
00:34:07.31\00:34:10.95
that's why they baptized babies
00:34:10.98\00:34:12.98
and then to make it
even more stringent,
00:34:13.01\00:34:16.28
they came up with the doctrine
of eternally burning hell,
00:34:16.32\00:34:18.95
all inserted in the
church during the Dark Ages,
00:34:19.02\00:34:22.62
but I'm going to tell you,
the Dark Ages may have been dark
00:34:22.66\00:34:26.59
but it's not as bright as
God's Word, what do you say?
00:34:26.63\00:34:28.70
God can brighten
anything that used to be dark.
00:34:28.73\00:34:31.90
When a person that
claims to believe the Bible
00:34:31.93\00:34:34.87
has the same
beliefs... listen to me tonight
00:34:34.90\00:34:37.81
as a witch, a medium,
one who channels, a mystic,
00:34:37.84\00:34:41.71
a clairvoyant, a soothsayer...
something is wrong,
00:34:41.74\00:34:46.11
when witches and Christians
believe the same thing,
00:34:46.15\00:34:50.52
something is wrong,
00:34:50.55\00:34:52.05
pause...
00:34:52.09\00:34:54.66
people think
that people in heaven
00:34:54.69\00:34:57.59
are having a praise session
but listen to the Word of God,
00:34:57.63\00:35:00.26
let the Word of
God speak clearly.
00:35:00.30\00:35:02.83
Psalm 115 verse 17,
00:35:02.86\00:35:05.50
here's what David
the Psalmist said,
00:35:05.53\00:35:08.04
"The dead do not
praise the LORD...
00:35:08.07\00:35:10.64
the dead do not
praise the LORD... "
00:35:10.67\00:35:13.14
come on
somebody... stick with me now,
00:35:13.17\00:35:15.04
"the dead... " what?
"do not praise the Lord,
00:35:15.08\00:35:18.41
Nor any who go down... " what?
00:35:18.45\00:35:21.28
"down into silence... " get it?
00:35:21.35\00:35:23.95
"down into silence...
" not up into praise...
00:35:23.99\00:35:27.36
"down into... " what?
00:35:27.39\00:35:29.52
"silence... "
not up into praise...
00:35:29.56\00:35:33.29
David continues,
Psalm 146 verse 4,
00:35:33.33\00:35:37.03
"His breath goeth forth,
he returneth to his... " what?
00:35:37.07\00:35:42.47
"he returneth to his... " what?
00:35:42.50\00:35:45.11
"earth; in that very day...
" what happens to his thoughts?
00:35:45.14\00:35:50.41
"His thoughts perish. "
00:35:50.45\00:35:52.75
So, is it safe to conclude...
00:35:52.78\00:35:55.58
have you ever heard the
phrase, "brain dead... "
00:35:55.65\00:35:57.45
have you ever heard the
phrase, "they're in a coma"
00:35:57.49\00:36:00.82
and then, have you
ever heard them say,
00:36:00.86\00:36:03.09
"we're going to pull the plug?"
00:36:03.12\00:36:04.46
Because when the brain
stops functioning naturally,
00:36:04.49\00:36:07.83
they say, "It's no use... "
00:36:07.86\00:36:10.17
they can't think, there
are no natural functions,
00:36:10.23\00:36:14.24
they'll be that
way for a long time,
00:36:14.27\00:36:16.00
if you want to keep
them on life support,
00:36:16.04\00:36:18.01
that's the only kind
of life they would have,
00:36:18.07\00:36:21.11
they can't think,
they can't make decisions
00:36:21.14\00:36:24.15
they are brain dead...
00:36:24.18\00:36:26.01
the Bible also
suggests that, now get this,
00:36:26.05\00:36:29.82
but they say, "but the heart...
00:36:29.88\00:36:31.39
we're keeping the lungs through
a life-support apparatus,
00:36:31.45\00:36:34.66
the heart has not
stopped beating yet,
00:36:34.69\00:36:37.33
but the brain is dead... " now,
00:36:37.36\00:36:39.93
are you ready?
00:36:39.96\00:36:41.30
If the brain
can be declared dead
00:36:41.33\00:36:44.37
while the lungs are
still being kept functioning
00:36:44.40\00:36:48.34
and the heart is
still functioning,
00:36:48.37\00:36:50.71
can we conclude that
when the heart finally stops
00:36:50.74\00:36:55.81
and the lungs no longer work
00:36:55.84\00:36:58.91
and there is no more blood
coursing through that vein,
00:36:58.98\00:37:02.48
and they are as
stiff as a board,
00:37:02.52\00:37:04.35
is it safe to conclude
that they can still think?
00:37:04.39\00:37:07.26
No, not at all...
00:37:07.29\00:37:10.23
that's why the wise man
Solomon said these words,
00:37:10.26\00:37:14.16
Ecclesiastes 9 verse 5
and 6, he says it clearly,
00:37:14.20\00:37:18.07
go quickly now, the Bible says,
00:37:18.10\00:37:20.27
"For the living know
that they will do... " what?
00:37:20.30\00:37:21.64
Audience: "Die... "
00:37:21.67\00:37:23.00
they've got
intellectual understanding,
00:37:23.04\00:37:24.37
their minds are working,
00:37:24.41\00:37:25.74
they know that one
day they're going to die,
00:37:25.77\00:37:27.28
"but the dead
know... " how much?
00:37:27.31\00:37:29.01
"nothing... "
00:37:29.04\00:37:30.38
"and they have no more reward,
00:37:30.41\00:37:32.75
for the memory of
them is forgotten. "
00:37:32.78\00:37:35.05
That means, when you
die, as time goes on,
00:37:35.08\00:37:37.32
your memory ceases
00:37:37.35\00:37:38.89
but people tend
to forget who you are
00:37:38.92\00:37:41.46
as time goes
on... Whitney Hwho...?
00:37:41.49\00:37:44.63
Audience: Laughing...
00:37:44.66\00:37:47.76
Elvis... who?
00:37:47.80\00:37:49.13
Verse 6, "Also
their love, their hatred,
00:37:49.16\00:37:54.64
and their envy
have now perished;
00:37:54.67\00:37:56.50
Nevermore will they
have a share in... "
00:37:56.54\00:37:59.81
how much? "anything
done under the sun. "
00:37:59.84\00:38:03.04
If you smell your dearly
departed father's cologne,
00:38:03.08\00:38:06.05
you don't have to
worry about anything,
00:38:06.11\00:38:07.45
just put the cologne up
again, just put the cap on it,
00:38:07.48\00:38:10.79
ain't nobody is
sending messages from the grave
00:38:10.85\00:38:13.49
because you smell cologne,
00:38:13.52\00:38:14.86
the devil turns
some of us into fools,
00:38:14.89\00:38:17.83
"I smelled his cologne... "
00:38:17.86\00:38:20.53
"the clock is at 23...
00:38:20.56\00:38:24.83
2 and a 3... he's
sending me a message"
00:38:24.87\00:38:27.60
the devil's
messing with your mind,
00:38:27.64\00:38:30.11
what many of you
don't know and they say,
00:38:30.14\00:38:32.94
"Well, somebody
told me something
00:38:32.97\00:38:34.48
that only my
grandmother would know... "
00:38:34.51\00:38:35.94
well evil angels have
been around a long time,
00:38:35.98\00:38:38.85
they recorded what
your grandmother said,
00:38:38.88\00:38:40.52
that's why
they're called "mediums"
00:38:40.55\00:38:43.69
between death
and hell, mediums...
00:38:43.72\00:38:46.76
read the story of
Solomon... I mean, Saul...
00:38:46.79\00:38:50.66
found a witch...
00:38:50.69\00:38:52.86
and told the witch that
she has God's protection,
00:38:52.89\00:38:55.90
nothing is further from the lie,
00:38:55.93\00:38:57.77
witches don't
have God's protection
00:38:57.80\00:38:59.53
those that
follow the Lord, do...
00:38:59.57\00:39:00.90
can you say "amen... "
00:39:00.94\00:39:02.27
Furthermore, the Bible teaches
00:39:02.30\00:39:04.11
that sleep is an
unconscious condition
00:39:04.14\00:39:06.11
just like the death is
an unconscious condition
00:39:06.14\00:39:09.34
just like sleep,
John 11 verse 11 to 14,
00:39:09.38\00:39:11.91
here's what the
Bible talks about,
00:39:11.95\00:39:13.28
the Bible speaking of Lazarus,
"These things He said... "
00:39:13.31\00:39:17.29
that is... Jesus...
"and after He said to them"
00:39:17.32\00:39:19.72
that is... to the disciples,
"Our friend Lazarus... "
00:39:19.75\00:39:22.66
does what? "sleeps, but I will
go that I may wake him up. "
00:39:22.69\00:39:26.29
"Then His disciples said,
00:39:26.33\00:39:28.30
'Lord, if he sleeps
he will get well. '"
00:39:28.36\00:39:30.13
In other words, Lazarus
was sick... they last heard,
00:39:30.17\00:39:32.00
"However, Jesus
spoke of his... " what?
00:39:32.03\00:39:36.34
"death, but they thought
that He was speaking about
00:39:36.37\00:39:39.44
taking rest in sleep.
00:39:39.47\00:39:41.18
Then Jesus said
to them plainly... "
00:39:41.24\00:39:43.04
are you ready?
Let's say together,
00:39:43.08\00:39:44.85
"Lazarus is dead. "
00:39:44.88\00:39:47.65
the dead remain in their graves.
00:39:47.68\00:39:52.09
Jesus did something
special for Mary and Martha,
00:39:52.12\00:39:55.59
He brought Lazarus back to life
00:39:55.62\00:39:57.53
but Martha was not...
and Mary was not dark about
00:39:57.56\00:40:00.50
the understanding of
what happens when you die.
00:40:00.53\00:40:03.57
Look at verse 23 and
24 of John chapter 11,
00:40:03.60\00:40:06.57
first of all they said,
00:40:06.60\00:40:08.34
"If you had been here,
Lazarus would not have died"
00:40:08.40\00:40:10.31
and the Lord
said... here's what he said.
00:40:10.34\00:40:12.14
"Jesus said to her,
'Your brother will rise... '"
00:40:12.17\00:40:15.28
what? "again... "
00:40:15.34\00:40:16.68
"Martha said to Him, I
know that he will rise again"
00:40:16.71\00:40:19.91
when? "in the
resurrection at the last day. "
00:40:19.95\00:40:23.82
For the life of me,
I cannot understand why
00:40:23.85\00:40:27.49
the Christian world has deleted
the teaching of the resurrection
00:40:27.52\00:40:32.06
they make death seem
like an alternate route
00:40:32.09\00:40:35.20
and then when you die they cry,
00:40:35.23\00:40:37.40
why do you cry if
your mamma is in heaven?
00:40:37.43\00:40:39.47
Unless she's been
paying your bills.
00:40:39.50\00:40:42.24
Audience: Laughing...
00:40:42.27\00:40:44.14
If I could die and go to
heaven now... wouldn't you...
00:40:44.17\00:40:47.41
who would want to die
tonight and go to heaven,
00:40:47.44\00:40:48.88
come on raise your hand,
00:40:48.91\00:40:50.25
I mean, just
don't take your life,
00:40:50.28\00:40:52.05
I mean, if I
died in a car accident
00:40:52.08\00:40:54.32
and I was in
heaven... like... that quick,
00:40:54.35\00:40:56.12
I'd say, "Hey, no more taxes"
00:40:56.18\00:40:58.95
amen, somebody...
Audience: "Amen... "
00:40:58.99\00:41:02.02
No more sneezing,
00:41:02.06\00:41:03.39
no more people
with bad attitudes
00:41:03.43\00:41:05.16
and then I even
heard one lady say,
00:41:05.19\00:41:07.13
this is insane... I've
got to tell you the story,
00:41:07.16\00:41:10.87
one lady who is
standing in court
00:41:10.90\00:41:13.74
and the husband of the
wife that this lady killed,
00:41:13.77\00:41:17.27
was in the court
and the husband...
00:41:17.31\00:41:19.61
after this lady was
sentenced, he had final words...
00:41:19.64\00:41:22.91
and to the lady who
took his wife's life,
00:41:22.94\00:41:26.61
he said to her... who
was sentenced to death...
00:41:26.65\00:41:29.58
he said to her... "I
can't wait till you die
00:41:29.62\00:41:32.52
so that when you get to heaven,
00:41:32.55\00:41:34.22
my wife could beat you up... "
00:41:34.26\00:41:35.92
Audience: Laughing...
00:41:35.96\00:41:37.89
Ain't going to be no fist fights
in heaven, amen somebody...
00:41:37.93\00:41:42.50
Audience: "Amen... "
00:41:42.53\00:41:43.87
Their love, their hatred
and their envy has now... what?
00:41:43.90\00:41:48.07
perished...
00:41:48.10\00:41:49.44
ain't nobody going to
meet you at the Tree of Life
00:41:49.47\00:41:52.24
and say, "Give me that apple"
00:41:52.27\00:41:53.61
huh... huh... huh...
huh... we're going to be changed
00:41:53.64\00:41:57.11
we're going to all be like
Jesus, can somebody say, amen.
00:41:57.15\00:42:00.38
Audience: "Amen... "
00:42:00.42\00:42:01.75
The Bible
teaches that resurrection
00:42:01.78\00:42:03.15
is the way that we that we get
out of whatever circumstances
00:42:03.18\00:42:06.19
you see... the life you life now
00:42:06.22\00:42:08.12
you've got to
make sure that you are
00:42:08.16\00:42:09.49
in one of the two resurrections,
00:42:09.52\00:42:10.86
first of all, let me repeat...
00:42:10.89\00:42:12.69
let me re-phrase
that... sorry, I messed up...
00:42:12.73\00:42:14.56
you already are
in one of them...
00:42:14.60\00:42:16.53
you'd better make sure
that you're in the other one...
00:42:16.56\00:42:19.27
we are born stuck to
the second resurrection...
00:42:19.30\00:42:23.07
the joy is... Jesus came to
give us the new resurrection,
00:42:23.10\00:42:27.18
when you read the
book of Hebrews chapter 11,
00:42:27.21\00:42:29.84
the Bible says that those
who face suffering and hardship
00:42:29.88\00:42:32.85
and lions and
persecution, the Bible says,
00:42:32.88\00:42:34.92
"These all died in faith
not having received the promise
00:42:34.95\00:42:37.95
and they desired a
better resurrection...
00:42:37.99\00:42:41.09
not a better funeral...
00:42:41.12\00:42:42.46
some folk have
30,000 dollar funerals,
00:42:42.49\00:42:45.73
you ain't getting to heaven
based on the coffin you're in,
00:42:45.76\00:42:48.50
you're going to heaven based
on the Savior that you're in,
00:42:48.53\00:42:51.23
look at what John chapter
5 verse 28 and 29 says...
00:42:51.30\00:42:54.60
the Bible says, "Do
not marvel at this... "
00:42:54.64\00:42:58.47
don't be surprised,
00:42:58.51\00:42:59.87
"for the hour
is coming in which"
00:42:59.91\00:43:02.44
what's the next word?
00:43:02.48\00:43:04.11
"all who are... " where?
00:43:04.15\00:43:05.75
"in the graves will hear
His voice and come forth... "
00:43:05.81\00:43:10.95
verse 29, here are
the two categories,
00:43:10.99\00:43:12.95
"those who have done good,
to the resurrection of... "
00:43:12.99\00:43:16.42
what? "life... "
00:43:16.46\00:43:17.86
"those who have done evil,
to the resurrection of... "
00:43:17.89\00:43:20.20
what? "condemnation"
00:43:20.23\00:43:21.70
everybody is going to
be in one or the other,
00:43:21.76\00:43:24.13
but tonight, because of Jesus,
00:43:24.17\00:43:26.53
you could be in the resurrection
of life, what do you say?
00:43:26.60\00:43:28.60
That's why, when I
make a call tonight
00:43:28.64\00:43:30.57
and you leave here
without making a decision,
00:43:30.61\00:43:32.47
it doesn't make
any common sense...
00:43:32.51\00:43:35.54
you've got to be
out of your mind,
00:43:35.58\00:43:38.55
you've got to be
insane to leave here tonight
00:43:38.58\00:43:43.15
satisfied that
you're going to be
00:43:43.18\00:43:45.15
in the
resurrection of condemnation,
00:43:45.19\00:43:47.09
you've got to really...
00:43:47.12\00:43:50.73
you've got to be
almost demon possessed
00:43:50.76\00:43:54.76
to be invited to
accept Jesus and you say,
00:43:54.80\00:43:57.90
"no... no... I want
to be in the resurrection
00:43:57.93\00:44:01.00
where I'm going to burn in hell"
00:44:01.04\00:44:02.37
I'm making it clear,
00:44:02.40\00:44:04.74
now, you're not
going to be burning forever
00:44:04.77\00:44:06.88
but I want to tell you
00:44:06.91\00:44:08.64
it ain't going to
like getting a suntan,
00:44:08.68\00:44:11.65
it's going to be a
terrible situation,
00:44:11.68\00:44:14.25
that's why when
Jesus came and He said
00:44:14.28\00:44:16.75
"that whosoever
believeth in Him shall not.. "
00:44:16.79\00:44:19.85
what? "perish... "
00:44:19.89\00:44:21.22
Jesus is the way out,
when He rose, He said,
00:44:21.26\00:44:24.56
"I've got the keys
to death and the grave"
00:44:24.59\00:44:27.86
and so, if you die,
00:44:27.90\00:44:30.50
you can come out of
the right resurrection,
00:44:30.53\00:44:32.87
not the wrong resurrection.
00:44:32.90\00:44:34.50
That's why the Bible says
in Revelation 20 and verse 6,
00:44:34.57\00:44:37.14
notice the
words... the Bible says,
00:44:37.17\00:44:39.67
"Blessed and Holy is he
who has part in the... "
00:44:39.71\00:44:42.51
what? "first resurrection
00:44:42.54\00:44:44.48
over such the
second death has... "
00:44:44.51\00:44:46.55
how much power? "no power...
00:44:46.61\00:44:48.98
for they shall be
priests of God and of Christ
00:44:49.02\00:44:51.55
and shall reign with Him... "
00:44:51.59\00:44:53.36
reign with Him... how long?
00:44:53.39\00:44:55.16
"a thousand years... "
00:44:55.19\00:44:57.36
you see, the
righteous... the righteous...
00:44:57.39\00:44:59.79
will never die the second death,
00:44:59.83\00:45:02.26
the righteous will
never die the second death.
00:45:02.30\00:45:06.20
You may die once but
if you're born twice,
00:45:06.23\00:45:10.14
what a formula...
00:45:10.17\00:45:11.51
born twice...
you might die once,
00:45:11.54\00:45:13.94
but born once...
you will die twice...
00:45:13.98\00:45:16.34
you will die twice.
00:45:16.38\00:45:19.05
"The wages of sin is death
00:45:19.08\00:45:21.88
but the gift of God
is eternal life... "
00:45:21.92\00:45:24.25
look at... go to
Romans 5 and verse 12
00:45:24.29\00:45:26.29
very quickly with me,
00:45:26.35\00:45:27.69
Romans 5 and verse
12, this is why we know
00:45:27.72\00:45:29.72
that everybody
is destined to die,
00:45:29.79\00:45:31.19
the Bible says,
00:45:31.23\00:45:32.73
"Therefore, just as
through one man... "
00:45:32.76\00:45:34.36
how many men? "one
man sin entered the world,
00:45:34.40\00:45:37.57
and death through sin,
and thus death spread to"
00:45:37.63\00:45:42.44
how many? "all... "
00:45:42.47\00:45:44.04
because how many have sinned?
00:45:44.07\00:45:45.41
"all have sinned. "
00:45:45.44\00:45:46.94
Now, when you read that text
00:45:46.98\00:45:49.78
are you ready for a text
that also is misunderstood?
00:45:49.81\00:45:51.91
You see in John chapter 11,
00:45:51.95\00:45:53.85
when Jesus had this
conversation with Martha,
00:45:53.88\00:45:56.85
what He said at the
end of these two verses
00:45:56.89\00:45:59.45
I'm going to share with
you, people misunderstand that
00:45:59.49\00:46:01.76
and somehow they
miss what He said earlier
00:46:01.79\00:46:03.96
and they only pay
attention to what He said later,
00:46:03.99\00:46:06.66
let's read this together,
John 11 verse 25 and 26,
00:46:06.70\00:46:09.20
"Jesus said to her, 'I am
the resurrection and the... '"
00:46:09.26\00:46:12.67
what? "and the life.
00:46:12.70\00:46:14.04
He who believes in
Me, though he may die,
00:46:14.07\00:46:17.51
he shall live... "
or yet shall he live,
00:46:17.54\00:46:20.94
in other words, "when
he dies... he will live"
00:46:20.98\00:46:24.18
but this is the
part that's been twisted,
00:46:24.21\00:46:27.35
"And whosoever
lives and believes in Me
00:46:27.38\00:46:30.25
shall never... " what?
00:46:30.29\00:46:31.62
"never die. Do
you believe this?"
00:46:31.65\00:46:33.92
Now, when people read that
they say, "See there Pastor...
00:46:33.96\00:46:37.13
if you believe in
Jesus, you will never die. "
00:46:37.16\00:46:40.30
You introduce me to
somebody that believed in Jesus
00:46:40.33\00:46:43.37
150 years ago
that's still alive.
00:46:43.43\00:46:44.93
Ain't going to find
them because He said,
00:46:45.00\00:46:50.01
"though they may
die... yet they will live... "
00:46:50.04\00:46:52.91
what Jesus was talking about
here was the "second death. "
00:46:52.94\00:46:56.38
"Blessed and holy is he
00:46:56.41\00:46:58.91
who has part in
the first resurrection
00:46:58.95\00:47:01.25
over such, the
second death has... "
00:47:01.28\00:47:03.59
how much? "no power"
00:47:03.62\00:47:06.12
they will never
die the second death.
00:47:06.15\00:47:09.02
Let's see that
in beautiful focus,
00:47:09.06\00:47:11.79
1st Corinthians
15 verse 51 to 55...
00:47:11.83\00:47:14.76
the apostle Paul
makes it clear...
00:47:14.80\00:47:17.67
he says to us tonight,
let's read this all together,
00:47:17.70\00:47:21.24
are you ready? Here we go...
00:47:21.27\00:47:23.07
"Behold, I tell you a... "
00:47:23.10\00:47:24.44
what? "a mystery:
00:47:24.47\00:47:25.81
We shall not all... " what?
00:47:25.84\00:47:27.34
"sleep, but we
shall all be... " what?
00:47:27.38\00:47:30.45
"changed... in a moment,
00:47:30.48\00:47:33.31
in the twinkling of
an eye, at the... " what?
00:47:33.35\00:47:36.75
"last trumpet. For
the trumpet will sound,
00:47:36.79\00:47:40.16
and the dead will
be raised... " how?
00:47:40.19\00:47:42.76
"incorruptible,
and we shall be... "
00:47:42.79\00:47:45.26
what? "changed. "
00:47:45.29\00:47:46.63
Let me pause right
here, real quickly,
00:47:46.66\00:47:48.80
nobody dies and goes to heaven,
00:47:48.83\00:47:51.53
you know why?
00:47:51.57\00:47:52.90
Because you don't get
changed until the last trumpet.
00:47:52.93\00:47:57.47
The change happens...
when the final trumpet blows
00:47:57.51\00:48:01.91
and it does not sound
00:48:01.94\00:48:04.65
at the time of your death,
00:48:04.68\00:48:06.28
it sounds at the time
of the return of Jesus.
00:48:06.31\00:48:09.15
Mortal man cannot exist in
the presence of an immortal God,
00:48:09.18\00:48:16.22
"our God is a
consuming... " what?
00:48:16.26\00:48:19.36
"fire... " we got to be changed,
00:48:19.39\00:48:22.36
let's continue, verse 53,
00:48:22.40\00:48:23.93
"for this corruptible... " what?
00:48:23.97\00:48:26.43
"must put on
incorruption, this mortal... "
00:48:26.47\00:48:29.47
what? "must put
on immortality. "
00:48:29.50\00:48:32.24
So when this corruptible
has put on incorruption,
00:48:32.27\00:48:35.51
and this mortal
has put on immortality,
00:48:35.54\00:48:38.58
then shall be brought to pass
the saying that is written... "
00:48:38.61\00:48:41.78
let's say together,
00:48:41.82\00:48:43.32
"Death is
swallowed up in victory.
00:48:43.35\00:48:45.35
O Death, where is... " what?
00:48:45.42\00:48:47.16
"thy sting? O Hades, or
grave... where is your... "
00:48:47.19\00:48:50.33
what? "victory?"
00:48:50.36\00:48:51.69
When we come forth
on the resurrection
00:48:51.73\00:48:53.36
we can wave at
the grave and say,
00:48:53.40\00:48:55.46
"I'm out of
here" amen, somebody...
00:48:55.50\00:48:57.53
Audience: "Amen... "
00:48:57.57\00:48:58.90
And the grave can't do anything
00:48:58.93\00:49:00.27
because the power over the
grave would have been broken
00:49:00.30\00:49:03.20
because we would
then... and only then
00:49:03.24\00:49:06.04
be immortal...
00:49:06.07\00:49:07.54
nobody is immortal tonight,
00:49:07.58\00:49:10.55
immortality has been
introduced to the gospel...
00:49:10.61\00:49:14.35
through the gospel...
00:49:14.38\00:49:15.72
but you don't put it
on until Jesus comes,
00:49:15.75\00:49:18.85
that's why Job
said, this is Job 14:14...
00:49:18.92\00:49:22.22
look at what he said, he said,
00:49:22.29\00:49:24.66
"If a man die,
shall he live again?"
00:49:24.69\00:49:27.00
And listen to this...
this is not just New Testament,
00:49:27.03\00:49:30.37
it's Old Testament, he said,
00:49:30.40\00:49:31.77
"All the days of my
appointed time will I wait,
00:49:31.80\00:49:34.47
till my... " what?
"till my change comes. "
00:49:34.50\00:49:37.31
Job said, "I'm going to be...
00:49:37.34\00:49:38.87
I'm going to be right here"
00:49:38.91\00:49:40.38
and that's where
Job is, right there.
00:49:40.41\00:49:45.15
Nowhere else,
he is nowhere else,
00:49:45.18\00:49:49.85
but where he said
he was going to be.
00:49:49.88\00:49:52.82
Now, there's a text
that I want to include
00:49:52.85\00:49:56.52
that is not in my notes
00:49:56.56\00:49:58.83
but I know I gave it
to the people in the back,
00:49:58.89\00:50:00.36
it is in Acts chapter 2
00:50:00.40\00:50:01.93
and bring that up on the
screen for me, if you like,
00:50:01.96\00:50:05.00
I want to talk
about... not just Job,
00:50:05.03\00:50:07.04
I think it's right
here, but it's Acts chapter 2,
00:50:07.07\00:50:09.30
let me read it
very carefully to you,
00:50:09.34\00:50:10.81
Acts chapter 2
because it's all about David,
00:50:10.84\00:50:13.51
you know,
David... the Bible says,
00:50:13.58\00:50:15.01
after the Lord
forgave him, the Bible says,
00:50:15.04\00:50:17.55
"David was a man
after God's own... " what?
00:50:17.58\00:50:20.02
"after God's own heart"
00:50:20.05\00:50:22.25
and here is what the
Bible says about David,
00:50:22.28\00:50:23.72
is it on the screen?
00:50:23.75\00:50:25.09
Here it is, the Bible says,
00:50:25.12\00:50:26.49
"Men and brethren,
let me speak freely to you
00:50:26.55\00:50:29.76
of the patriarch David,
00:50:29.79\00:50:31.59
that he is
both... " what? "dead... "
00:50:31.63\00:50:34.46
and what else?
"buried, and his tomb is with us
00:50:34.50\00:50:37.93
to... " what? "to this day... "
00:50:37.97\00:50:39.90
and then, look at
the next verse, verse 34,
00:50:39.93\00:50:41.94
"For David... " what?
00:50:42.00\00:50:43.77
"did not ascend
into the heavens... "
00:50:43.81\00:50:47.54
David didn't go nowhere...
Job didn't go anywhere,
00:50:47.58\00:50:51.28
Ezekiel didn't go
anywhere neither did Solomon...
00:50:51.31\00:50:54.95
they're all waiting for
the voice of the Life Giver...
00:50:54.98\00:50:57.79
can the church say, amen?
00:50:57.82\00:50:59.15
But look at Job
chapter 14 verses 10 to 13,
00:50:59.19\00:51:01.49
here it is, Job makes it clear,
00:51:01.52\00:51:04.86
"But man dies and is laid away;
Indeed he breathes his last... "
00:51:04.89\00:51:08.93
and look at the
question, "where is he?"
00:51:08.96\00:51:11.23
"As water
disappears from the sea,
00:51:11.27\00:51:13.60
And a river becomes
parched and dries up,
00:51:13.64\00:51:16.17
so man lies down
and does not rise.
00:51:16.20\00:51:18.74
Till the heavens
are... " what? are no more,
00:51:18.77\00:51:21.64
"They will not awake nor
be roused from their sleep. "
00:51:21.68\00:51:25.61
and then... Job says,
00:51:25.65\00:51:27.12
"Oh, that You
would hide me... " where?
00:51:27.15\00:51:29.68
"in the grave,
00:51:29.72\00:51:31.05
That you would
conceal me until Your... "
00:51:31.09\00:51:33.79
what? "Your wrath is past,
00:51:33.82\00:51:36.19
That You would
appoint me a set time... "
00:51:36.22\00:51:38.43
and do what?
Audience: "remember me!"
00:51:38.46\00:51:40.56
How many of you want Jesus to
remember you when He gets back?
00:51:40.60\00:51:42.76
That's what the
thief on the cross asked,
00:51:42.83\00:51:44.87
"remember me when you
come into your kingdom... "
00:51:44.93\00:51:48.24
people didn't hear that...
00:51:48.27\00:51:49.67
all they heard was
the twisted idea that,
00:51:49.70\00:51:51.91
"Today you'll be
with me in paradise. "
00:51:51.94\00:51:54.14
Jesus didn't go
to heaven that day,
00:51:54.18\00:51:56.34
He went two days later,
00:51:56.38\00:51:58.25
the thief didn't say,
"Remember me when you go now"
00:51:58.28\00:52:01.65
he said, "Remember me
when you come in Your kingdom"
00:52:01.68\00:52:05.02
God's Word is clear
00:52:05.05\00:52:06.62
because tonight, the only
one that has immortality is God.
00:52:06.65\00:52:09.46
1st Timothy 6:16... let
the Bible continue speaking
00:52:09.49\00:52:12.53
let the Word of God speak,
somebody ought to say, amen.
00:52:12.56\00:52:15.56
Speaking of
Jesus, the Bible says,
00:52:15.60\00:52:18.13
"Who alone hath immortality,
00:52:18.17\00:52:20.10
dwelling in the light
which no man can approach unto;
00:52:20.14\00:52:24.21
whom no man hath
seen, nor can see:
00:52:24.24\00:52:28.24
to Him be honour and
power everlasting... "
00:52:28.28\00:52:30.58
and what does it say?
00:52:30.61\00:52:31.95
Now, get this,
00:52:31.98\00:52:33.82
people say they died and
they went towards the light,
00:52:33.85\00:52:37.02
about last 25
years, that lie came out...
00:52:37.05\00:52:40.22
it wasn't being
told before that,
00:52:40.26\00:52:42.22
about 25 years ago,
people started saying,
00:52:42.26\00:52:44.49
"I saw the light... I
went toward the light... "
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and then all of a sudden
all these books came out,
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"Going toward the light... "
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But the bible says,
"The Lord dwells in the light
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that no one can
approach, whom no one has seen,
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nor can see... so
the question is...
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if they've been
seeing the light...
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what light have
they been seeing?
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Look at the Bible...
the Bible even answers that,
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praise God for His
accuracy in His Word,
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2nd Corinthians 11 and
verse 14 even answers that.
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The Bible says, "And no wonder!
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For Satan himself
transforms himself... "
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into what? "an angel of light. "
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A doctor did a survey
on that and he said...
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as they did... a medical
doctor did a survey on that
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about all these people
that claimed to see lights
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when they had
traumas in their lives,
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they said, "I saw
a bright light... "
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he said, "the body
produces a chemical reaction
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that mimics the
bursting of light... "
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and we tend to see it
because it messes with our...
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and I'm not a
doctor... our visual nerves,
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I don't know the actual words
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but he said, it
messes with our visual nerves
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and so they see these things
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because the body is
going through a trauma,
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he said... 78 percent
of those who have said that
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have experienced that condition
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but he said he cannot
account for the other 22 percent
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and then somebody
did a survey and said
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the other 22 percent had that
belief already in their head
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that they die and go to heaven,
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so they re-created this belief
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by an existing belief
system that already was in place
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but if they saw God's face,
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why would Revelation 22
and verse 4 be so special?
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Here it is,
Revelation 22 and verse 4
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one of the privileges of
going to heaven is this verse,
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"They shall see... "
let's say together...
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"His face, and His name
shall be on their foreheads. "
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If they saw His
face when they died,
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why would there be such a
privilege of seeing His face,
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when we go to heaven,
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if they've already seen Him?
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But let's get the last Scripture
in, let's go for it now,
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1st Thessalonians 4
verses 15 to 18, here it is,
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"For this we say to you
by the word of the Lord,
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that we who are alive and remain
until the coming of the Lord
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will by no means
precede... " or go before...
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"those who are... " what?
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"are asleep... "
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"For the Lord Himself
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will descend from
heaven with a... " what?
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"shout, with the
voice of an archangel,
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and with the trumpet of God.
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And the dead in
Christ will rise... " when?
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"first... Then we
who are alive and remain
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shall be caught up... " how?
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"together with
them in the clouds
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to meet the Lord in the air.
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And thus we shall
always be with the Lord. "
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Can you all say,
"amen?" Audience: "Amen... "
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Now, follow this...
we are caught up together
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with our loved ones
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that were raised in
the first resurrection.
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Audience: "Amen... "
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Now, here it is,
you're ready for it?
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They aren't going
nowhere until we go...
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and we ain't going
nowhere until they go,
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come one
somebody... Audience: "Amen... "
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So God answered that for me,
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He said, "I'll tell you what...
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don't worry about
your mother in New York,
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don't worry about your
mother in the Virgin Islands,
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because, together
you'll be caught up
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to meet... come
on say "meet... "
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"to meet... " say what?
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To meet... she hasn't met Him,
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and I haven't met Him...
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but we're going
to meet Him... how?
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together...
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We shall be caught up... how?
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"Together... to meet
the Lord in the air. "
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Audience: "Amen... "
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That's why the promise
that Jesus made is so sweet,
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He said, "I go to
prepare a place for you... "
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Audience: "Amen... "
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"and if I go and
prepare a place for you... "
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give me my last
verse... John 14 verse 3...
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here is the beauty of
the coming of the Lord,
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"if I go to prepare
a mansion for you... "
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together... "I will come
again and receive you to Myself;
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that... " what?
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"where I am,
there you may be also. "
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Can somebody all say, "Amen... "
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Audience: "Amen... "
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When Jesus comes back,
we're going back with Him,
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He said to His
disciples in John chapter 13,
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just before this
passage, He said,
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"You know the
way... but you can't go...
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you know where I'm going,
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but you can't come now, but
I'm coming back to get you,"
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amen... somebody...
Audience: "Amen... "
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He's coming back to
get us, praise the Lord,
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so... away with this idea
that you die and go to heaven,
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there is hope beyond the grave,
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and His name is
Jesus. Audience: "Amen. "
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