Participants: Pr. Richard Daly (Host), Pr. John Lomacang
Series Code: 16LON
Program Code: 16LON000012A
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00:10 I heard the voice of the Lord, saying,
00:12 "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" 00:16 Then I said, "Here am I; send me. " 00:20 Music... 00:29 More music... 00:34 Three Angels Broadcasting Network... 00:36 and the South England Conference 00:38 presents: London 2016. 00:44 Tonight we give God thanks that we can be here 00:49 to delve deeper into God's Word 00:53 and in a time when people are living without any hope 00:58 and others are dying without any hope, 01:01 tonight's message is a reminder 01:04 that there is hope beyond the grave... 01:06 so we pray for God's anointing upon Pastor Lomacang 01:10 as he presents his message to us this evening. 01:13 Before he comes, once again we'll be favored with a 01:16 musical item by Reggie and Ladye Love. 01:18 Audience: "Amen... " 01:24 Walking to stage. 01:30 Brother Jean that was beautiful... 01:31 amen... Audience: "Amen... " 01:34 And that was a family affair there, 01:37 Donovan their son was playing 01:40 and we had a chance to talk all week and 01:42 we just had a really great time and 01:44 just enjoyed the talent of all the musicians and the singers 01:48 and Daddy over here is not too proud either, 01:51 Ivan... but we're glad that... so we had a... 01:54 really wonderful time with you, thank you so much... 01:55 we want to share a song with you 01:58 that we recorded several years ago, 02:00 this was written by a Norwegian in the southern part of Norway 02:03 it's entitled, "You Raise Me Up... " 02:06 Music... 02:12 More music... 02:19 Some more music... 02:27 When I am down and, oh, my soul so weary, 02:35 When troubles come and my heart burdened be; 02:43 Then I am still and wait here in the silence, 02:51 Until you come and sit awhile with me. 03:00 You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains; 03:09 You raise me up to walk on stormy seas, 03:18 And I am strong when I am on your shoulders; 03:27 You raise me up 03:32 to more than I can be. 03:39 Music... 03:47 More music... 03:51 You are oh... 03:57 You are oh, 04:03 Thank you Lord... 04:06 Music... 04:11 You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains, 04:19 You raise me up to walk on stormy seas; 04:27 And I am strong when I am on your shoulders; 04:35 You raise me up 04:40 to more than I can be. 04:49 There is no life... no life without its hunger; 04:58 Each restless heart beats so imperfectly; 05:05 But then you come and I am filled with wonder, 05:14 Sometimes, I think I glimpse eternity. 05:21 You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains; 05:30 You raise me up to walk on stormy seas; 05:38 And I am strong when I am on your shoulders; 05:47 You raise me up 05:51 to more than I can be. 05:57 Hmmm... oh... you raise me up, 06:04 to more than I can... 06:11 be... 06:21 be. 06:25 Audience: "Amen... " 06:28 Picture of the audience... 06:34 Wow! amen... somebody... 06:40 Audience: "Amen... " 06:41 If I can't preach after that... I can't preach. 06:46 Thank you so much Reggie and Ladye... 06:50 and thanks everyone for coming out from night to night 06:54 have you been blessed? 06:56 Audience: "Amen... " 06:57 It is always a privilege to be able to come 07:01 and share the Word of God, so tonight what I'd like to do 07:04 is... I have so much to say about this topic, 07:08 I am just going to take my time and turn it over to the Lord 07:12 ask Him for His Spirit to lead 07:15 so you bow your heads with me so that we can pray. 07:19 "Loving Father in heaven, tonight... 07:22 speak to your people, enlighten their understanding 07:29 and may they hear what the Spirit says 07:33 from your Word, in Jesus' name I pray, amen. " 07:39 Hope beyond the grave, say that with me, 07:44 Audience: "Hope Beyond the Grave... " 07:48 tonight I'm going to begin with a Scripture 07:51 that is about... at least 6,000 years old 07:53 that is... in its application... 07:57 but it's still alive today 08:00 it is found in Genesis chapter 3 08:02 and verse 4, let's look at that together. 08:05 In the Garden of Eden, 08:09 Eve is straying away from the path of obedience... 08:12 finds herself face to face with the arch enemy of heaven, 08:17 and the Lord made it very clear about their faith 08:21 if they were to stray away from the obedient instruction 08:26 that He gave to them... 08:28 but she finds herself confronted with a being 08:31 that begins by getting her to question what God actually says, 08:35 I said when I talked about the book that breaths, 08:38 "Deception always begins 08:41 when we are led to question what God has said. " 08:45 Whenever you stray away from a "thus saith the Lord... " 08:49 you can meander into any maze of mediocrity, 08:52 you can find yourself pondering at the pool of popularity 08:56 or negotiating at the table of the enemy 08:58 and there was Eve negotiating at the table of the enemy 09:02 under his deceptive disguise and he said to her 09:05 in Genesis 3 and verse 4, let's read this together, 09:08 "Then the serpent said to the woman... " and what did he say? 09:10 let's say together... what did he say? 09:13 "You will not surely die. " 09:16 Six thousand years ago, he sold that lie 09:19 and still today... it is believed... still today... 09:24 in 2016... people believe that their dead relatives 09:28 can still contact them, 09:30 listen to me carefully, listen carefully, 09:32 others believe that their dead relatives 09:35 are now their guardian angels, 09:36 some ask the dead for advice and believe that 09:40 the dead even periodically visit them, 09:42 still others openly talk to their dead 09:45 waiting for answers that they say, "from the other side" 09:48 some go to cemeteries and talk to the tombstone 09:52 waiting for some kind of response, 09:55 somebody told me a story about a man he saw 09:58 standing in the cemetery talking... 10:00 and he walked away and came back 10:01 and he said to the tombstone, 10:03 "Oh there's something else I forgot to say... " 10:04 waiting for some kind of response, 10:06 some say that they died 10:09 and floated above their bodies before they returned, 10:12 others say they died... went to heaven... 10:15 and they say they returned with a message from God, 10:19 others still say, they claim to have the ability 10:23 to conjure up the spirits of the dead, 10:25 finally, some say that they embraced their dead children 10:29 when these dead children reappeared in their homes. 10:32 All of these beliefs... amazingly, 10:35 were born from one lie and that lie is 10:39 that man... naturally has an immortal soul... 10:42 pause... 10:44 longer pause... 10:47 and this belief is taught with such conviction 10:49 that you might think that even among Christians 10:51 that embrace this belief, you might think 10:54 that they might have some support 10:55 somewhere from God's Word... 10:57 but tonight we're going to see what God's Word says, 10:59 can you say, "amen... " 11:01 We're going to examine what the Bible teaches 11:04 and then conclude 11:05 that if the Bible says it, we can believe it. 11:08 If God's Word says it, we can believe God's Word. 11:12 God's Word never tells a lie, 11:14 God's Word is never a book of contradictions 11:18 and it's surely not a book of confusion 11:20 and so, since death is the opposite of life, 11:23 let us begin tonight by examining the process of life 11:28 and if there's anything that survives 11:30 the Bible at death or the body at death, 11:33 surely, the Bible will reveal it. 11:36 Let's begin by going to Genesis chapter 2 and verse 7, 11:39 here's how the Bible describes the creation of man, 11:42 and by the way... death is the opposite of creation, 11:46 death is the opposite of life, 11:48 let's say that together, "Death is the opposite of life" 11:52 when a battery dies, 11:54 it does not work on another vehicle, 11:56 when a bulb dies, it doesn't work in another lamp, 11:59 when a heart stops beating in your chest, 12:04 it is not going to beat in the chest of somebody else, 12:06 death is the opposite... it is what...? 12:11 Opposite of life... but let's look at life, 12:12 we're going to go forward 12:14 and then we're going to go backward 12:15 and examine death and life from every angle 12:17 to see whether or not there's any support at all 12:20 for the immortality of the soul, 12:22 In Genesis 2 and verse 7, the Bible says, 12:25 "And the LORD God formed man of the... " what? 12:28 "dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils" 12:32 what did He do? "the breath of life; 12:35 and man became a living soul. " 12:38 The Bible teaches that man "became a living soul... " 12:42 man wasn't given "a living soul" 12:45 the Lord did not insert into our body... another person... 12:50 that hangs around until he has no longer... use for us 12:55 and then goes somewhere else 12:57 waiting for my body to come back and be reunited. 13:00 I was listening, just recently, 13:02 somebody talked to me about the Apostles' Creed 13:04 and I was recently at a Catholic Church here in London 13:08 and I was listening as they recited their chant 13:10 and they said, 13:12 "We believe in the resurrection of the body... " 13:15 and I knew exactly what they meant 13:19 because there's a belief in the Christian world 13:22 that the body will be resurrected 13:25 and the spirit will come back down from heaven... 13:27 reunite with the body... 13:29 and then the body comes back to life 13:31 but I remember there was a young man... 13:33 I won't mention his name but he ran sound for me there at 3ABN 13:37 and every time we had a Bible program, 13:40 this young man... not being of our faith, 13:43 he told me in his testimony, he would go home arguing... 13:47 the particular topic that made him angry was 13:51 the topic of what happens when you die, 13:53 and they said, sometimes they'd say to him, 13:55 "quiet down" because we're revealing the Bible 13:58 and he was so upset by what we were teaching 14:00 that he would go home, sometimes early. 14:02 One evening he called me into the Sound Room, 14:05 and he said to me, 14:07 he said to me... follow me... he said to me... 14:09 "I give up... " I said, "What's wrong?" 14:12 He said, "I want to tell you 14:15 I have been upset with you for a long time" 14:17 he said, "but when I heard 14:21 what you and Pastor John Stanton taught 14:23 about what the Bible teaches about what happens when you die" 14:27 he said, "for the first time in my life, 14:29 you made God sound like He knows what He's doing" 14:33 Audience: Laughter... "Amen. " 14:35 And then he said to me, 14:37 "What do I need to do to join your church?" 14:39 Amen somebody... Audience: "Amen. " 14:41 There he is... at church... 14:43 because when the truth about what happened 14:46 when you die was revealed, he said... 14:49 and then he said to me about a few months later, 14:51 he said, "Now, I'm where... you were... 14:54 my family is now upset with me 14:56 like I was upset with you... but... " he said, 14:59 "it's the Bible... the Bible is clear" 15:00 amen somebody... Audience: "Amen. " 15:02 you see, man does not have a living soul 15:04 man became a living soul... 15:06 man is a living soul... which is the combination of two things, 15:10 the body formed from the dust of the ground 15:13 and then the breath of life that God breathed into man's nostrils 15:18 simply put... until God breathes into this dust that He formed, 15:23 there was no life in that body at all, 15:27 it was like going to the beach and somebody will have a... 15:30 you've been to the beach before 15:31 where people sculpt things out of sand, 15:33 it was just that way... but it was much more complex. 15:36 I have a friend that's a forensic psychologist... 15:40 a pathologist... and he said, 15:42 whenever a preacher says 15:45 that God breathed into a man's nostrils the breath of life, 15:49 he said, from a pathological perspective, 15:51 you have no idea what you're saying, 15:54 he said, "because we study disease 15:56 from the cellular level, we dissect the human body 16:00 and study the cause of the disease... " 16:02 he says, "if you understood the layers 16:03 below the skin's surface, 16:05 you will understand how magnificent a designer God is. " 16:09 So when God designed Adam, 16:11 He didn't just put air in our nostrils 16:13 like you blow up a balloon 16:14 He had every component in the body 16:17 ready for the spark of life which can only come from God. 16:20 As a matter of fact, if you don't believe that, 16:23 take an alarm clock to the cemetery 16:24 and see if anybody wakes up. 16:26 Audience: laughing... 16:27 Go to the funeral home and start blowing in the nostrils 16:30 of dead people with your breath, nothing will happen, 16:33 the breath of life belongs to God, 16:35 the breath of life belongs only to God, 16:38 now let's look at that in reverse, 16:41 Ecclesiastes 12 and verse 7, 16:44 the Bible speaks of death in this way, 16:47 "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it... " what? 16:51 "as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. " 16:56 "Oh, oh, Pastor... there it is... 16:59 the spirit returns to God. " 17:01 Somebody said, "Now that's the Scripture that tells me 17:06 that man's spirit returns to God. " 17:08 I said, "Let me suggest to you 17:11 that you are in an assumptive mode to consider 17:15 that man's spirit is returning to God 17:19 when the Bible says, 17:20 'then shall the dust return to the earth'" 17:23 so the question really that we have to answer is, 17:25 "What is the spirit that returns to God?" 17:28 "What is that thing that returns to God" 17:31 now, consider before we go to the answer, 17:34 consider this very carefully, 17:36 if man was formed from the dust of the ground 17:38 and then the dust returns to the earth as it was... 17:42 to consider that... to even conclude 17:47 that the spirit is man that returns to God, 17:51 and where is God? Somebody tell me, 17:53 In heaven... would also be to assumed 17:56 that man started in heaven... came to earth... 17:59 and then simply went back, 18:01 and I want to say it very clearly, 18:03 that's what Mormonism teaches, the cycles of life, 18:07 that's the belief of reincarnation... 18:09 there were spirits hanging out somewhere 18:11 looking for bodies to inhabit and God created a body, 18:14 sent the spirit down 18:15 and when he did not survive that life cycle, 18:18 another body was created... that's Hinduism... 18:20 we saw that in the Middle East, we saw that... sorry... in India 18:24 if you don't finish that lifecycle, 18:27 you come back... 18:28 and depending on how many times you say, "Buddha" before you die 18:31 you might come back in a body 18:33 but if you were not a good person, 18:34 you might come back as a cow 18:37 that's why cows are so sacred 18:39 so let's find out what this spirit is that returns to God, 18:44 Job 27 and verse 3, I got to move quickly, 18:47 Job says, "All the while my breath is... " 18:51 where? "in me, and the spirit of God is... " 18:55 where? "in my nostrils... " 18:58 the spirit that God put there 19:02 goes back to God when we die, you know why? 19:06 When you go home and you turn the lamp off, 19:10 ask yourself the question, "Where did the light just go?" 19:14 "Did it go to somebody else's lamp?" 19:17 No, not at all, it could not exist there 19:20 except there was a source of power 19:22 that ignites its element, 19:26 God ignited the element in man and gave him life 19:29 so when that life is no longer in the human body, 19:33 it is back in the condition that it was 19:36 before God breathed into it 19:39 but here's where the quandary comes in, 19:41 people read the King James Version of the Bible 19:43 and they see the word, "soul" 19:45 and deceptive teachers, somewhere along the way 19:48 teach that the "soul" is some separate living entity 19:52 that's Neoplatonism, study that for yourself, 19:55 that's one of the reasons why Jesus waited four days 19:59 before He raised Lazarus because during the time of... 20:02 even Jesus' day, there was a belief that 20:05 for three days... the soul will try to get back into the body 20:08 so Jesus stayed away for four days 20:11 and when Jesus raised Lazarus by His own power 20:15 they determined from that day that Jesus had to die 20:19 because He blew out their false theology 20:22 by showing them 20:24 that it was not the soul that brought man back to life 20:26 but Jesus is the resurrection and the life. 20:29 Audience: "Amen... " 20:30 Here's how the other translations say it, 20:33 the same text, Genesis 2 and verse 7, 20:36 in the New King James Version, 20:37 the Bible says, "And the LORD God formed man 20:39 of the dust of the ground, 20:41 and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; 20:44 and man became a living... " what? 20:46 Audience: "soul... " 20:47 Oh no, you said, "soul" but read the screen, 20:49 "he became a living... " what? 20:51 "Being... " that's the actual word in the Hebrew. 20:55 "Soul" and "Being" are the same word 20:59 but we've given a different meaning to the word, "soul" 21:01 but let's continue looking at it, 21:04 the Lord made a statement to Adam 21:07 as a result of his sin and the Lord made it very clear 21:10 what Adam's fate would be after he died, 21:13 Genesis 3 and verse 19, let's look at that very quickly, 21:16 the Bible said, the Lord told Adam, 21:18 "In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread 21:22 till you return to... " where? 21:24 Audience: "to the ground... " 21:26 He told Adam that Adam is returning to the ground 21:30 when we leave London, we are returning to America, 21:33 that means... "that's where we came from... " 21:36 when God told Adam he was returning to the ground, 21:38 that's where Adam came from, 21:40 He didn't say to Adam, "I'll see you in heaven" 21:43 he said, "You're going back to the ground" 21:45 and here's what He made even clearer, 21:47 "For out of it you were taken... 21:49 for out of it you were taken for dust you are" 21:53 and let's say together... "and to dust you shall return" 21:58 you're going back where you came from 22:00 not going to heaven... 22:03 as a matter of fact, 22:06 when you look at the Biblical record about the flood, 22:08 the Lord even made it clearer there. 22:09 Genesis 7 and verse 15, 22:11 the Bible talks about this "breath" that everybody had 22:15 and it says, "And they went into the ark of Noah, 22:18 two by two, 22:21 of all flesh in which is the... " 22:23 let's say together... "the breath of life. " 22:27 Everybody that got on that ark, 22:29 had in their nostrils the breath of life, 22:32 but the question remains, 22:35 "What happened to those that did not get on the ark?" 22:38 Very important question, 22:40 because if the belief that floats around today 22:42 no pun intended... "floats around today" 22:45 if the belief that floats around today applied in Noah's day, 22:49 that would mean that everybody that was outside the ark 22:52 is still alive, 22:54 still drowning as it were, 22:57 but notice what the Bible teaches 22:59 about what happened to them, Genesis 7 and verse 23, 23:02 the Bible says, "So He destroyed... " 23:05 let's say together, "all living things 23:08 which were on the face of the ground: 23:11 both man and cattle, 23:13 creeping thing and bird of the air. " 23:16 They were destroyed from the earth 23:18 and get this... "Only Noah and those who were with him 23:23 in the ark remained... " 23:24 what? "Alive... " 23:26 Now, is alive the opposite of dead, yes or no? 23:29 Audience: Yes... 23:31 Once you understand that 23:32 you'll understand that it is not possible 23:35 for there to be picnics held... after people die 23:40 in some location somewhere, Elvis is not in heaven, 23:45 I was going to go American on you... 23:47 let me go American... Elvis ain't in heaven dancing, 23:50 Michael Jackson is not dancing on the streets of gold, 23:54 somebody ought to say amen. 23:55 Audience: "Amen. " 23:56 Every time you watch television, somebody dies, 23:58 "Well, they're in a better place now... " 24:00 well, if you consider the cemetery a better place, 24:02 that's where they are, they ain't in heaven 24:07 and the reason why they're not there 24:09 is because we cannot decide where folks go 24:13 and we can't make statements 24:14 and assign them their destination. 24:17 "Oh, he was a good person so he must be in heaven now... " 24:22 we don't know how good anybody is. 24:23 Dr. Luke makes it even clearer about the ark 24:28 and what happened that day, 24:30 Luke 17:27, the Bible says, 24:33 "They ate, they drank, they married wives, 24:36 they were given in marriage, 24:37 until the day that Noah entered the ark, 24:40 and the flood came and... " did what? 24:41 "destroyed them all... " 24:43 Not only were the wicked destroyed by the flood, 24:47 but the Bible makes it very, very clear 24:49 that there is no such thing as a soul that survives death. 24:55 Look at Joshua 11 verse 11, 24:57 I'm so glad that God's Word speaks for itself, 25:00 what do you say? 25:01 If you let God's Word speak, you won't have any... 25:04 any space in your head for deceptive theology 25:08 or deceptive philosophies, Joshua 11:11... 25:12 very powerful text, the Bible says, 25:16 that fly... 25:20 the devil keeps sending that fly here, 25:22 I want to tell you that, 25:23 that's okay, we're going to hit him on his head 25:25 with the Scriptures, amen, somebody... 25:27 Audience: "Amen... " 25:28 The Bible says in Joshua 11:11, 25:30 read this... "And they smote... " 25:32 how many? Audience: "All... " 25:34 "all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, 25:38 utterly... " doing what? 25:40 "utterly destroying them... " that these souls were destroyed, 25:43 "there was not any left to... " what? 25:47 "breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire. " 25:51 So these souls that were under the attack 25:55 of the army of God they were all destroyed... 25:59 all the souls were smitten and all the souls died. 26:03 The Bible never teaches about an immortal soul, 26:07 Ezekiel 18 and verse 4, 26:08 here's what Ezekiel the prophet says, 26:12 the Lord says, "Behold... " how many souls? 26:14 Talk to me now, how many souls? Audience: "All souls... " 26:18 "All souls are Mine; 26:20 The soul of the father 26:21 As well as the soul of the son is Mine... " 26:24 let's read this together, 26:26 here we go, "The soul who sins... " 26:28 what? "shall die... " 26:30 Did you not know that the text, 26:34 "The wages of sin is death 26:35 but the gift of God is eternal life... " 26:38 that was true from the very beginning, 26:40 Adam and Eve were not created immortal, 26:43 if they were created immortal, 26:45 there would be no need for a test, 26:47 there would be no need for the tree of life, 26:50 they would have already had life inherent within them, 26:52 if they were already immortal, 26:56 the Lord would have never said to them, 26:57 "you shall surely die 26:58 in the day that you eat of that tree 27:00 that I told you not to eat of... " 27:02 they would have been given eternal life, 27:04 on the premise that they were obedient to God 27:07 just the same today, 27:08 "The wages of sin... " is what? 27:11 Let's say together. Audience: "Death... " 27:12 "But the gift of God" is what? 27:13 "eternal life" so since the soul does not survive, 27:16 if you want to go to school, you'd better do it now, 27:19 if you want to get a good job, you'd better do it now, 27:22 if you want to travel somewhere around the world, 27:24 you'd better do it now, 27:25 if you want to build something with your hands, 27:27 you'd better do it now, here's the reason why 27:29 Ecclesiastes 9 verse 10, the Bible says, 27:32 "Whatever your hand finds to do" let's say together, 27:36 "do it with... " what? 27:37 "your might... " in other words, 27:39 put all your strength in it "for there is... " what? 27:41 "no work or device or knowledge or wisdom... " 27:47 and get this... "in the grave... " 27:49 let's say together, "where you are going... " 27:54 That's why... whenever I give an extended 27:57 invitation for people to accept Jesus, 28:00 I'm beginning to believe that some people think 28:03 that hell is going to be an endless party 28:06 that somehow... if they don't make their minds up 28:10 to follow the Lord, 28:12 that they're going to have a party that never ends, 28:13 that there's going to be a never-ending Pub... somewhere 28:16 or never-ending movie theatre somewhere, 28:19 the only choices we have are life or eternal death. 28:25 Eternal life or eternal death that's why the Bible says, 28:30 "that whosoever believeth in Him, 28:32 shall not... " what? 28:33 "shall not perish but have... " what? 28:36 "Everlasting life... " very interesting thought, 28:40 "the wages of sin is... " what? 28:43 "death... " who receives the wages of sin? 28:46 The righteous or the wicked? The wicked... 28:49 isn't that clear? 28:51 "The gift of God is eternal life... " 28:55 who receives the gift of God? 28:57 The wicked or the righteous? Audience: "The righteous... " 28:59 Simple deduction... simple equation... 29:01 so if the wicked don't receive eternal life, 29:05 how can the wicked be around... eternally? 29:08 Can't... ain't nothing about wickedness that is eternal, 29:14 amen, somebody... Audience: "Amen... " 29:16 When the earth is made new, I will be glad 29:19 that there will be no more wickedness, what do you say? 29:22 Audience: "Amen... " 29:23 David the Psalmist says, "You'll look diligently for 29:26 their place and you will not find it. " 29:29 "The meek will inherit the earth" 29:31 not the weak... but the meek... 29:33 that's the humble and lowly will inherit the earth, 29:36 so whenever I hear about these "Home Going Services" 29:40 my skin crawls, "going up yonder... " 29:44 where is yonder? 29:46 Is that "yonder" some place in London? 29:49 Because ain't anybody going up nowhere... 29:51 "Home Going Services... " 29:54 another deceptive philosophy and idea... 29:57 taught from the pulpits of America... 29:59 "Going up yonder... " 30:01 Going home... well, 30:03 if you follow the philosophy of humanity, 30:06 you will think that there's a home somewhere up in heaven 30:08 that people immediately are dispatched to 30:10 at the time of death. 30:12 The only home that they are going to 30:14 according to Job 17 and verse 13... 30:16 the only home they're going to, 30:18 is the grave... 30:20 Job says the grave is my house 30:23 that's where they're going, they ain't going nowhere else, 30:26 that's why the last great miracle 30:29 that is going to be performed in this world, 30:31 is the resurrection, somebody ought to say, "amen. " 30:34 I got two mothers... 30:36 one that died and is buried in New York, 30:39 one that died and buried in the Virgin Islands, 30:42 my natural mother in the Virgin Islands... buried... 30:44 the lady who raised me, the Adventist who raised me 30:46 buried in New York City, 30:48 and I want to be in both locations, 30:49 but I'll tell you later on in the sermon how God fixed that. 30:52 I want to see them both resurrected 30:55 but I'll tell you how... by reading the Bible, 30:57 God gave me a comfort, I don't have to be in New York, 31:00 I don't have to be in the Virgin Islands, 31:01 I'll tell you later on in the sermon how God fixed that. 31:04 But Satan continuously tries 31:07 through many avenues to bypass God's Word. 31:10 I went to the internet while I was here 31:12 and listened to songs about what happens when you die 31:15 and I found 80 famous Christian songs 31:18 contemporary songs 31:20 that all talk about dying and going to heaven, 31:22 in other words, 31:24 "I'll meet you if you get there before me" 31:26 "When you get there, say 'hello' to Mamma for me" 31:32 "I'll see you on the mountain" 31:36 "If you get there, say 'hello' to Papa for me" 31:42 common Christian songs 31:45 and you know what amazes me when you listen to them, 31:47 they sound so beautiful, 31:49 the devil makes a lie sound beautiful, 31:54 and you end up singing that hymn, 31:57 "One glad morning when this life is over, 32:01 I'll fly... " you ain't flying nowhere, 32:04 you'd better be on a plane, that's the only place... 32:07 until Jesus comes, you ain't flying nowhere, 32:11 can I tell the truth tonight? 32:12 "Just a few more weary days and then... I'll fly away... " 32:19 remember you got these ridiculous teachings... 32:22 I mean, these are all inserted in Christianity 32:26 and they came in during the Dark Ages, 32:28 you see, when the light is off, 32:30 hear me carefully, when the light is off, 32:33 I can come into your house and change your furniture around 32:36 but now, follow this, 32:37 if your lights were off for 1,260 years... 32:41 and I change your furniture around... 32:45 a thousand years ago 32:47 and every person born in your family 32:49 was born into a dark house, 32:51 when the lights finally come on 1,260 years later, 32:54 they assume that that's where the furniture already was, 32:57 that's what the devil did, he changed the furniture around 33:00 1,260 years ago... 33:03 but it's more than that by now, 33:05 by 1798, the Dark Ages came to a close 33:10 and for 1,260 years, Satan... 33:13 during the church... by the church of Rome, 33:17 inserted one lie after the other in Christianity, 33:20 the devil lied over and over and men swallowed those lies, 33:26 you know why? Because the Bible... 33:28 the book that breathes 33:29 was no longer in the possession of anybody, 33:31 so they had to believe what the Bishops and the Popes said 33:35 and so, the doctrine of purgatory came into existence, 33:39 if a baby died before they were "baptized," 33:43 they say, "The baby is in limbo 33:45 and if you pray... and if you pay me... 33:47 I'll pray that baby out of limbo... " 33:50 and the alternative was a horrible thing, 33:52 they said, "If you didn't pay within 30 days, 33:54 that baby would be in the fires of hell 33:56 being tormented forever" 33:57 and people under that darkness 33:59 gave money to the churches of Rome 34:01 that's where all these cathedrals in Europe came from 34:04 built on the lie that the soul is immortal 34:07 purgatory was for the babies, limbo was for the adults, 34:10 that's why they baptized babies 34:13 and then to make it even more stringent, 34:16 they came up with the doctrine of eternally burning hell, 34:19 all inserted in the church during the Dark Ages, 34:22 but I'm going to tell you, the Dark Ages may have been dark 34:26 but it's not as bright as God's Word, what do you say? 34:28 God can brighten anything that used to be dark. 34:31 When a person that claims to believe the Bible 34:34 has the same beliefs... listen to me tonight 34:37 as a witch, a medium, one who channels, a mystic, 34:41 a clairvoyant, a soothsayer... something is wrong, 34:46 when witches and Christians believe the same thing, 34:50 something is wrong, 34:52 pause... 34:54 people think that people in heaven 34:57 are having a praise session but listen to the Word of God, 35:00 let the Word of God speak clearly. 35:02 Psalm 115 verse 17, 35:05 here's what David the Psalmist said, 35:08 "The dead do not praise the LORD... 35:10 the dead do not praise the LORD... " 35:13 come on somebody... stick with me now, 35:15 "the dead... " what? "do not praise the Lord, 35:18 Nor any who go down... " what? 35:21 "down into silence... " get it? 35:23 "down into silence... " not up into praise... 35:27 "down into... " what? 35:29 "silence... " not up into praise... 35:33 David continues, Psalm 146 verse 4, 35:37 "His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his... " what? 35:42 "he returneth to his... " what? 35:45 "earth; in that very day... " what happens to his thoughts? 35:50 "His thoughts perish. " 35:52 So, is it safe to conclude... 35:55 have you ever heard the phrase, "brain dead... " 35:57 have you ever heard the phrase, "they're in a coma" 36:00 and then, have you ever heard them say, 36:03 "we're going to pull the plug?" 36:04 Because when the brain stops functioning naturally, 36:07 they say, "It's no use... " 36:10 they can't think, there are no natural functions, 36:14 they'll be that way for a long time, 36:16 if you want to keep them on life support, 36:18 that's the only kind of life they would have, 36:21 they can't think, they can't make decisions 36:24 they are brain dead... 36:26 the Bible also suggests that, now get this, 36:29 but they say, "but the heart... 36:31 we're keeping the lungs through a life-support apparatus, 36:34 the heart has not stopped beating yet, 36:37 but the brain is dead... " now, 36:39 are you ready? 36:41 If the brain can be declared dead 36:44 while the lungs are still being kept functioning 36:48 and the heart is still functioning, 36:50 can we conclude that when the heart finally stops 36:55 and the lungs no longer work 36:58 and there is no more blood coursing through that vein, 37:02 and they are as stiff as a board, 37:04 is it safe to conclude that they can still think? 37:07 No, not at all... 37:10 that's why the wise man Solomon said these words, 37:14 Ecclesiastes 9 verse 5 and 6, he says it clearly, 37:18 go quickly now, the Bible says, 37:20 "For the living know that they will do... " what? 37:21 Audience: "Die... " 37:23 they've got intellectual understanding, 37:24 their minds are working, 37:25 they know that one day they're going to die, 37:27 "but the dead know... " how much? 37:29 "nothing... " 37:30 "and they have no more reward, 37:32 for the memory of them is forgotten. " 37:35 That means, when you die, as time goes on, 37:37 your memory ceases 37:38 but people tend to forget who you are 37:41 as time goes on... Whitney Hwho...? 37:44 Audience: Laughing... 37:47 Elvis... who? 37:49 Verse 6, "Also their love, their hatred, 37:54 and their envy have now perished; 37:56 Nevermore will they have a share in... " 37:59 how much? "anything done under the sun. " 38:03 If you smell your dearly departed father's cologne, 38:06 you don't have to worry about anything, 38:07 just put the cologne up again, just put the cap on it, 38:10 ain't nobody is sending messages from the grave 38:13 because you smell cologne, 38:14 the devil turns some of us into fools, 38:17 "I smelled his cologne... " 38:20 "the clock is at 23... 38:24 2 and a 3... he's sending me a message" 38:27 the devil's messing with your mind, 38:30 what many of you don't know and they say, 38:32 "Well, somebody told me something 38:34 that only my grandmother would know... " 38:35 well evil angels have been around a long time, 38:38 they recorded what your grandmother said, 38:40 that's why they're called "mediums" 38:43 between death and hell, mediums... 38:46 read the story of Solomon... I mean, Saul... 38:50 found a witch... 38:52 and told the witch that she has God's protection, 38:55 nothing is further from the lie, 38:57 witches don't have God's protection 38:59 those that follow the Lord, do... 39:00 can you say "amen... " 39:02 Furthermore, the Bible teaches 39:04 that sleep is an unconscious condition 39:06 just like the death is an unconscious condition 39:09 just like sleep, John 11 verse 11 to 14, 39:11 here's what the Bible talks about, 39:13 the Bible speaking of Lazarus, "These things He said... " 39:17 that is... Jesus... "and after He said to them" 39:19 that is... to the disciples, "Our friend Lazarus... " 39:22 does what? "sleeps, but I will go that I may wake him up. " 39:26 "Then His disciples said, 39:28 'Lord, if he sleeps he will get well. '" 39:30 In other words, Lazarus was sick... they last heard, 39:32 "However, Jesus spoke of his... " what? 39:36 "death, but they thought that He was speaking about 39:39 taking rest in sleep. 39:41 Then Jesus said to them plainly... " 39:43 are you ready? Let's say together, 39:44 "Lazarus is dead. " 39:47 the dead remain in their graves. 39:52 Jesus did something special for Mary and Martha, 39:55 He brought Lazarus back to life 39:57 but Martha was not... and Mary was not dark about 40:00 the understanding of what happens when you die. 40:03 Look at verse 23 and 24 of John chapter 11, 40:06 first of all they said, 40:08 "If you had been here, Lazarus would not have died" 40:10 and the Lord said... here's what he said. 40:12 "Jesus said to her, 'Your brother will rise... '" 40:15 what? "again... " 40:16 "Martha said to Him, I know that he will rise again" 40:19 when? "in the resurrection at the last day. " 40:23 For the life of me, I cannot understand why 40:27 the Christian world has deleted the teaching of the resurrection 40:32 they make death seem like an alternate route 40:35 and then when you die they cry, 40:37 why do you cry if your mamma is in heaven? 40:39 Unless she's been paying your bills. 40:42 Audience: Laughing... 40:44 If I could die and go to heaven now... wouldn't you... 40:47 who would want to die tonight and go to heaven, 40:48 come on raise your hand, 40:50 I mean, just don't take your life, 40:52 I mean, if I died in a car accident 40:54 and I was in heaven... like... that quick, 40:56 I'd say, "Hey, no more taxes" 40:58 amen, somebody... Audience: "Amen... " 41:02 No more sneezing, 41:03 no more people with bad attitudes 41:05 and then I even heard one lady say, 41:07 this is insane... I've got to tell you the story, 41:10 one lady who is standing in court 41:13 and the husband of the wife that this lady killed, 41:17 was in the court and the husband... 41:19 after this lady was sentenced, he had final words... 41:22 and to the lady who took his wife's life, 41:26 he said to her... who was sentenced to death... 41:29 he said to her... "I can't wait till you die 41:32 so that when you get to heaven, 41:34 my wife could beat you up... " 41:35 Audience: Laughing... 41:37 Ain't going to be no fist fights in heaven, amen somebody... 41:42 Audience: "Amen... " 41:43 Their love, their hatred and their envy has now... what? 41:48 perished... 41:49 ain't nobody going to meet you at the Tree of Life 41:52 and say, "Give me that apple" 41:53 huh... huh... huh... huh... we're going to be changed 41:57 we're going to all be like Jesus, can somebody say, amen. 42:00 Audience: "Amen... " 42:01 The Bible teaches that resurrection 42:03 is the way that we that we get out of whatever circumstances 42:06 you see... the life you life now 42:08 you've got to make sure that you are 42:09 in one of the two resurrections, 42:10 first of all, let me repeat... 42:12 let me re-phrase that... sorry, I messed up... 42:14 you already are in one of them... 42:16 you'd better make sure that you're in the other one... 42:19 we are born stuck to the second resurrection... 42:23 the joy is... Jesus came to give us the new resurrection, 42:27 when you read the book of Hebrews chapter 11, 42:29 the Bible says that those who face suffering and hardship 42:32 and lions and persecution, the Bible says, 42:34 "These all died in faith not having received the promise 42:37 and they desired a better resurrection... 42:41 not a better funeral... 42:42 some folk have 30,000 dollar funerals, 42:45 you ain't getting to heaven based on the coffin you're in, 42:48 you're going to heaven based on the Savior that you're in, 42:51 look at what John chapter 5 verse 28 and 29 says... 42:54 the Bible says, "Do not marvel at this... " 42:58 don't be surprised, 42:59 "for the hour is coming in which" 43:02 what's the next word? 43:04 "all who are... " where? 43:05 "in the graves will hear His voice and come forth... " 43:10 verse 29, here are the two categories, 43:12 "those who have done good, to the resurrection of... " 43:16 what? "life... " 43:17 "those who have done evil, to the resurrection of... " 43:20 what? "condemnation" 43:21 everybody is going to be in one or the other, 43:24 but tonight, because of Jesus, 43:26 you could be in the resurrection of life, what do you say? 43:28 That's why, when I make a call tonight 43:30 and you leave here without making a decision, 43:32 it doesn't make any common sense... 43:35 you've got to be out of your mind, 43:38 you've got to be insane to leave here tonight 43:43 satisfied that you're going to be 43:45 in the resurrection of condemnation, 43:47 you've got to really... 43:50 you've got to be almost demon possessed 43:54 to be invited to accept Jesus and you say, 43:57 "no... no... I want to be in the resurrection 44:01 where I'm going to burn in hell" 44:02 I'm making it clear, 44:04 now, you're not going to be burning forever 44:06 but I want to tell you 44:08 it ain't going to like getting a suntan, 44:11 it's going to be a terrible situation, 44:14 that's why when Jesus came and He said 44:16 "that whosoever believeth in Him shall not.. " 44:19 what? "perish... " 44:21 Jesus is the way out, when He rose, He said, 44:24 "I've got the keys to death and the grave" 44:27 and so, if you die, 44:30 you can come out of the right resurrection, 44:32 not the wrong resurrection. 44:34 That's why the Bible says in Revelation 20 and verse 6, 44:37 notice the words... the Bible says, 44:39 "Blessed and Holy is he who has part in the... " 44:42 what? "first resurrection 44:44 over such the second death has... " 44:46 how much power? "no power... 44:49 for they shall be priests of God and of Christ 44:51 and shall reign with Him... " 44:53 reign with Him... how long? 44:55 "a thousand years... " 44:57 you see, the righteous... the righteous... 44:59 will never die the second death, 45:02 the righteous will never die the second death. 45:06 You may die once but if you're born twice, 45:10 what a formula... 45:11 born twice... you might die once, 45:13 but born once... you will die twice... 45:16 you will die twice. 45:19 "The wages of sin is death 45:21 but the gift of God is eternal life... " 45:24 look at... go to Romans 5 and verse 12 45:26 very quickly with me, 45:27 Romans 5 and verse 12, this is why we know 45:29 that everybody is destined to die, 45:31 the Bible says, 45:32 "Therefore, just as through one man... " 45:34 how many men? "one man sin entered the world, 45:37 and death through sin, and thus death spread to" 45:42 how many? "all... " 45:44 because how many have sinned? 45:45 "all have sinned. " 45:46 Now, when you read that text 45:49 are you ready for a text that also is misunderstood? 45:51 You see in John chapter 11, 45:53 when Jesus had this conversation with Martha, 45:56 what He said at the end of these two verses 45:59 I'm going to share with you, people misunderstand that 46:01 and somehow they miss what He said earlier 46:03 and they only pay attention to what He said later, 46:06 let's read this together, John 11 verse 25 and 26, 46:09 "Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the... '" 46:12 what? "and the life. 46:14 He who believes in Me, though he may die, 46:17 he shall live... " or yet shall he live, 46:20 in other words, "when he dies... he will live" 46:24 but this is the part that's been twisted, 46:27 "And whosoever lives and believes in Me 46:30 shall never... " what? 46:31 "never die. Do you believe this?" 46:33 Now, when people read that they say, "See there Pastor... 46:37 if you believe in Jesus, you will never die. " 46:40 You introduce me to somebody that believed in Jesus 46:43 150 years ago that's still alive. 46:45 Ain't going to find them because He said, 46:50 "though they may die... yet they will live... " 46:52 what Jesus was talking about here was the "second death. " 46:56 "Blessed and holy is he 46:58 who has part in the first resurrection 47:01 over such, the second death has... " 47:03 how much? "no power" 47:06 they will never die the second death. 47:09 Let's see that in beautiful focus, 47:11 1st Corinthians 15 verse 51 to 55... 47:14 the apostle Paul makes it clear... 47:17 he says to us tonight, let's read this all together, 47:21 are you ready? Here we go... 47:23 "Behold, I tell you a... " 47:24 what? "a mystery: 47:25 We shall not all... " what? 47:27 "sleep, but we shall all be... " what? 47:30 "changed... in a moment, 47:33 in the twinkling of an eye, at the... " what? 47:36 "last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, 47:40 and the dead will be raised... " how? 47:42 "incorruptible, and we shall be... " 47:45 what? "changed. " 47:46 Let me pause right here, real quickly, 47:48 nobody dies and goes to heaven, 47:51 you know why? 47:52 Because you don't get changed until the last trumpet. 47:57 The change happens... when the final trumpet blows 48:01 and it does not sound 48:04 at the time of your death, 48:06 it sounds at the time of the return of Jesus. 48:09 Mortal man cannot exist in the presence of an immortal God, 48:16 "our God is a consuming... " what? 48:19 "fire... " we got to be changed, 48:22 let's continue, verse 53, 48:23 "for this corruptible... " what? 48:26 "must put on incorruption, this mortal... " 48:29 what? "must put on immortality. " 48:32 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, 48:35 and this mortal has put on immortality, 48:38 then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written... " 48:41 let's say together, 48:43 "Death is swallowed up in victory. 48:45 O Death, where is... " what? 48:47 "thy sting? O Hades, or grave... where is your... " 48:50 what? "victory?" 48:51 When we come forth on the resurrection 48:53 we can wave at the grave and say, 48:55 "I'm out of here" amen, somebody... 48:57 Audience: "Amen... " 48:58 And the grave can't do anything 49:00 because the power over the grave would have been broken 49:03 because we would then... and only then 49:06 be immortal... 49:07 nobody is immortal tonight, 49:10 immortality has been introduced to the gospel... 49:14 through the gospel... 49:15 but you don't put it on until Jesus comes, 49:18 that's why Job said, this is Job 14:14... 49:22 look at what he said, he said, 49:24 "If a man die, shall he live again?" 49:27 And listen to this... this is not just New Testament, 49:30 it's Old Testament, he said, 49:31 "All the days of my appointed time will I wait, 49:34 till my... " what? "till my change comes. " 49:37 Job said, "I'm going to be... 49:38 I'm going to be right here" 49:40 and that's where Job is, right there. 49:45 Nowhere else, he is nowhere else, 49:49 but where he said he was going to be. 49:52 Now, there's a text that I want to include 49:56 that is not in my notes 49:58 but I know I gave it to the people in the back, 50:00 it is in Acts chapter 2 50:01 and bring that up on the screen for me, if you like, 50:05 I want to talk about... not just Job, 50:07 I think it's right here, but it's Acts chapter 2, 50:09 let me read it very carefully to you, 50:10 Acts chapter 2 because it's all about David, 50:13 you know, David... the Bible says, 50:15 after the Lord forgave him, the Bible says, 50:17 "David was a man after God's own... " what? 50:20 "after God's own heart" 50:22 and here is what the Bible says about David, 50:23 is it on the screen? 50:25 Here it is, the Bible says, 50:26 "Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you 50:29 of the patriarch David, 50:31 that he is both... " what? "dead... " 50:34 and what else? "buried, and his tomb is with us 50:37 to... " what? "to this day... " 50:39 and then, look at the next verse, verse 34, 50:42 "For David... " what? 50:43 "did not ascend into the heavens... " 50:47 David didn't go nowhere... Job didn't go anywhere, 50:51 Ezekiel didn't go anywhere neither did Solomon... 50:54 they're all waiting for the voice of the Life Giver... 50:57 can the church say, amen? 50:59 But look at Job chapter 14 verses 10 to 13, 51:01 here it is, Job makes it clear, 51:04 "But man dies and is laid away; Indeed he breathes his last... " 51:08 and look at the question, "where is he?" 51:11 "As water disappears from the sea, 51:13 And a river becomes parched and dries up, 51:16 so man lies down and does not rise. 51:18 Till the heavens are... " what? are no more, 51:21 "They will not awake nor be roused from their sleep. " 51:25 and then... Job says, 51:27 "Oh, that You would hide me... " where? 51:29 "in the grave, 51:31 That you would conceal me until Your... " 51:33 what? "Your wrath is past, 51:36 That You would appoint me a set time... " 51:38 and do what? Audience: "remember me!" 51:40 How many of you want Jesus to remember you when He gets back? 51:42 That's what the thief on the cross asked, 51:44 "remember me when you come into your kingdom... " 51:48 people didn't hear that... 51:49 all they heard was the twisted idea that, 51:51 "Today you'll be with me in paradise. " 51:54 Jesus didn't go to heaven that day, 51:56 He went two days later, 51:58 the thief didn't say, "Remember me when you go now" 52:01 he said, "Remember me when you come in Your kingdom" 52:05 God's Word is clear 52:06 because tonight, the only one that has immortality is God. 52:09 1st Timothy 6:16... let the Bible continue speaking 52:12 let the Word of God speak, somebody ought to say, amen. 52:15 Speaking of Jesus, the Bible says, 52:18 "Who alone hath immortality, 52:20 dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; 52:24 whom no man hath seen, nor can see: 52:28 to Him be honour and power everlasting... " 52:30 and what does it say? 52:31 Now, get this, 52:33 people say they died and they went towards the light, 52:37 about last 25 years, that lie came out... 52:40 it wasn't being told before that, 52:42 about 25 years ago, people started saying, 52:44 "I saw the light... I went toward the light... " 52:46 and then all of a sudden all these books came out, 52:49 "Going toward the light... " 52:51 But the bible says, "The Lord dwells in the light 52:55 that no one can approach, whom no one has seen, 52:59 nor can see... so the question is... 53:01 if they've been seeing the light... 53:04 what light have they been seeing? 53:06 Look at the Bible... the Bible even answers that, 53:09 praise God for His accuracy in His Word, 53:11 2nd Corinthians 11 and verse 14 even answers that. 53:15 The Bible says, "And no wonder! 53:18 For Satan himself transforms himself... " 53:22 into what? "an angel of light. " 53:25 A doctor did a survey on that and he said... 53:29 as they did... a medical doctor did a survey on that 53:32 about all these people that claimed to see lights 53:34 when they had traumas in their lives, 53:36 they said, "I saw a bright light... " 53:37 he said, "the body produces a chemical reaction 53:41 that mimics the bursting of light... " 53:44 and we tend to see it because it messes with our... 53:47 and I'm not a doctor... our visual nerves, 53:50 I don't know the actual words 53:51 but he said, it messes with our visual nerves 53:53 and so they see these things 53:54 because the body is going through a trauma, 53:57 he said... 78 percent of those who have said that 54:00 have experienced that condition 54:02 but he said he cannot account for the other 22 percent 54:05 and then somebody did a survey and said 54:08 the other 22 percent had that belief already in their head 54:10 that they die and go to heaven, 54:12 so they re-created this belief 54:14 by an existing belief system that already was in place 54:18 but if they saw God's face, 54:21 why would Revelation 22 and verse 4 be so special? 54:23 Here it is, Revelation 22 and verse 4 54:26 one of the privileges of going to heaven is this verse, 54:29 "They shall see... " let's say together... 54:30 "His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. " 54:34 If they saw His face when they died, 54:37 why would there be such a privilege of seeing His face, 54:40 when we go to heaven, 54:42 if they've already seen Him? 54:43 But let's get the last Scripture in, let's go for it now, 54:45 1st Thessalonians 4 verses 15 to 18, here it is, 54:49 "For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, 54:52 that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord 54:57 will by no means precede... " or go before... 55:00 "those who are... " what? 55:01 "are asleep... " 55:02 "For the Lord Himself 55:04 will descend from heaven with a... " what? 55:08 "shout, with the voice of an archangel, 55:10 and with the trumpet of God. 55:11 And the dead in Christ will rise... " when? 55:15 "first... Then we who are alive and remain 55:18 shall be caught up... " how? 55:20 "together with them in the clouds 55:23 to meet the Lord in the air. 55:26 And thus we shall always be with the Lord. " 55:29 Can you all say, "amen?" Audience: "Amen... " 55:32 Now, follow this... we are caught up together 55:35 with our loved ones 55:36 that were raised in the first resurrection. 55:39 Audience: "Amen... " 55:40 Now, here it is, you're ready for it? 55:43 They aren't going nowhere until we go... 55:46 and we ain't going nowhere until they go, 55:48 come one somebody... Audience: "Amen... " 55:51 So God answered that for me, 55:53 He said, "I'll tell you what... 55:54 don't worry about your mother in New York, 55:57 don't worry about your mother in the Virgin Islands, 56:00 because, together you'll be caught up 56:02 to meet... come on say "meet... " 56:05 "to meet... " say what? 56:07 To meet... she hasn't met Him, 56:09 and I haven't met Him... 56:12 but we're going to meet Him... how? 56:13 together... 56:14 We shall be caught up... how? 56:16 "Together... to meet the Lord in the air. " 56:21 Audience: "Amen... " 56:23 That's why the promise that Jesus made is so sweet, 56:26 He said, "I go to prepare a place for you... " 56:28 Audience: "Amen... " 56:30 "and if I go and prepare a place for you... " 56:31 give me my last verse... John 14 verse 3... 56:34 here is the beauty of the coming of the Lord, 56:36 "if I go to prepare a mansion for you... " 56:38 together... "I will come again and receive you to Myself; 56:44 that... " what? 56:45 "where I am, there you may be also. " 56:48 Can somebody all say, "Amen... " 56:49 Audience: "Amen... " 56:51 When Jesus comes back, we're going back with Him, 56:53 He said to His disciples in John chapter 13, 56:56 just before this passage, He said, 56:58 "You know the way... but you can't go... 57:01 you know where I'm going, 57:04 but you can't come now, but I'm coming back to get you," 57:07 amen... somebody... Audience: "Amen... " 57:09 He's coming back to get us, praise the Lord, 57:11 so... away with this idea that you die and go to heaven, 57:15 there is hope beyond the grave, 57:17 and His name is Jesus. Audience: "Amen. " |
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