Welcome to 3ABN
Spring Camp Meeting 2017,
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Exposing the Counterfeit.
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Hi, I'm Shelley Quinn.
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And, boy, is it my privilege
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to introduce our
speaker for this hour.
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But first I just
want to welcome all of you
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who are here tonight
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and all who are
watching by television
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or on the radio.
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I could say so many things
about Pastor John Lomacang,
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but I want to be
respectful of his time,
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so this is what I'll say,
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he is an anointed
minister of the gospel
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and an anointed
minister of music.
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But he's my pastor,
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and most of all
he is a man of God.
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He walks the talk.
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Before he comes to
present to us a wonderful topic,
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"Can the Dead Speak to
Us" will be his topic tonight.
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Before he comes, however,
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we've got Reggie
and Ladye Love Smith
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who are going to
join us once again.
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And they're
going to be singing...
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Oh, and Tim Parton on the piano.
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And they will sing
"Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus".
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Thank you.
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O soul, are you weary
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And troubled?
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No light in the darkness
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You see?
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There's light for a look at
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The Savior
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And life more abundant
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And free
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Turn your eyes
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Upon Jesus
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Look full in His
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Wonderful face
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And the things of earth
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Will grow strangely dim
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In the light of His glory
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And grace
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Turn your eyes
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Upon Jesus
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Look full in His
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Wonderful face
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And the things of earth
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Will grow strangely dim
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In the light
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Of His glory and grace
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And the things of earth
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Will grow strangely dim
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In the light
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Of His glory
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And grace
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Amen.
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Can we say amen again? Amen.
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Thank you, Tim.
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Thank you,
Reggie, thank you, Ladye.
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Let us turn our
hearts to the Lord
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tonight as we open His
Word on a very potent topic,
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Can the Dead Speak to Us?
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Now I don't know what time it is
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where you are but
if it's late, don't die
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because the Lord wants to
speak to the living tonight.
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Can we say amen? Amen.
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Let us bow our heads.
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Loving Father in heaven,
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we thank You for the privilege
of opening Your Word tonight.
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We ask Word of God speak.
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In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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This is a topic that has
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eluded the minds of so many.
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Yet, I could end this
sermon with one simple answer.
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Can the dead speak to
us? And the answer is no.
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And I can close with prayer.
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But the
confusion would not cease.
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And so tonight
we're going to let
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the Word of God speak clearly.
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And if you give me your ear,
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I will let you hear
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what the Word of God has to say.
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The belief that
we have a living soul
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that keeps on going
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after we have physically died
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is a 6,000 year-old
lie that refuses to die.
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The only thing
that keeps on living
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is the lie not the soul.
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But for whatever reason
when that topic is discussed,
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and I've spoken to
people through the years about
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what happens when we die.
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We are not saying
that we don't go to heaven,
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we are saying that
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we don't go to
heaven immediately.
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Amen.
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But if you trace the
origin of this continued lie,
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you'll find clearly
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that it was born
in the Garden of Eden.
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One of the oldest
lies Satan ever told,
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consider Genesis 3:4.
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If you have your
Bibles, you can turn there,
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but if not it'll
be on the screen.
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"Then the serpent
said to the woman, together
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'You will not surely die.'"
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As a result of
that 6,000-year-old lie,
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today people believe
that their dead relatives
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can still contact them.
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Others believe that
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their dead relatives are
now their guardian angels.
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I have a niece who said,
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"Now I'm so glad my
mother is watching over me."
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I said, "No, your mother
is not your guardian angel.
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Your guardian angel
is your guardian angel."
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And I'm glad that
our dead loved ones
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are not in heaven watching us
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because heaven
really won't be heaven.
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Come on, say amen. Amen!
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If they see some of
the things that we do
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long after they're
gone, they would say,
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"Lord, could You
send me back to earth
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to straighten
out my loved ones?"
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Some even ask
the dead for advice
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and believe that the
dead periodically visit.
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I've heard that
before. Even in my own church.
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Not this one but in
the Adventist church.
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We have people that
have become Adventists
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and instead of letting the Bible
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get rid of the fairy
tales and the traditions
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that were formerly believed
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by their families
or in their culture.
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There are some cultures
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that believe in
ghosts and evil spirits.
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And in the West
Indian culture in Jamaica
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they call that "Duppy".
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There are some
individuals that...
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I remember one person said,
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"When you come to visit me,
knock on my door three times."
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He was one of my
elders. I said, "Elder, why?"
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He said, "Because
ghosts only knock twice."
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So my wife and I visited
him and we knocked twice.
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And he said, "Who is it?"
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I said, "It's the
pastor, open the door."
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He said, "Pastor, I told
you to knock three times."
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I said, "I'm going
to do everything I can
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to get rid of that Satanic lie."
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What do you say? Amen!
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Others talk openly to their dead
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waiting for answers
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as so many talk shows have said,
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"From the other side".
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There is another side,
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but our loved
ones are not there yet.
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Some go to the
cemetery and talk to the graves
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as though they are being heard.
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Some say they died and
floated above their bodies
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before returning.
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And sometimes the
devil uses children.
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I've seen books written
with children on the cover.
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There was a little boy that
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is the focal point of
a book that was written.
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And he said: "I
died and went to heaven."
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And he brought back a message.
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He said God gave him a message
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from the other side
that we really don't die.
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And the devil uses an
innocent face of a child
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to sometimes break
down our resistance to lies.
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But let me say this
clearly and with a lot of love,
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no matter where
the lie come from,
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no matter the
age, it's still a lie.
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Amen!
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Some say they died,
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went to heaven and returned
with a message from God.
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Some claim to have the ability
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to conjure up the
spirits of the dead.
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Had church members
that once said to me,
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"We have a ghost
that visits us on Sabbath
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when we're having lunch."
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And once again not
here. Thank the Lord.
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And they said,
"Oh, it's a funny ghost.
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It makes us laugh."
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There was one
family member that said,
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"Dad, that's not funny!"
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Oh, they said,
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"It's a ghost that gives us
jokes every time it shows up."
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I said, "It's breaking down
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your resistance
to spiritualism."
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And they said,
"What should we do?"
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And I told them what
to do and praise the Lord,
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it never continued that.
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That never continued
in their home. It ceased.
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But there are
those that embrace that,
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and somehow cultural
conditioning plays its role
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in the idea that
people continue to live
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after they die.
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Some say that they
embrace their dead children
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when they reappear.
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A lady talked about the fact.
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Matter of fact, I know
someone that sent me a message
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through Facebook.
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She said she had a
45-minute talk with her mother.
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I said, "Well, how did it go?"
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She said, "It went really well."
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Well, I said,
"Well, that's good."
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But then she told
me her mother died.
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I said, "That's
not your mother."
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And somebody said to me,
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No, don't tell her
that's not her mother.
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You're going to offend her."
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I said, "She'll be more offended
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if that lie
continues and one day
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she has a face-to-face
meeting with the devil."
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Amen!
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But, when you deal with
topics that are so ingrained,
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you've got to be truthful
but you have to be loving.
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You can't beat up the
person that believes it.
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You've got to beat up
the devil that told it.
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Come on, say amen. Amen!
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Sometimes it's
conveyed with such conviction
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that one would believe
it's based on scripture.
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But tonight, praise the Lord.
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Tonight, the
Bible is going to expose
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the counterfeit
behind this teaching.
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Only as we examine the Bible
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can we conclude
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what the teaching
is about after we die.
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What happens when we die?
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Don't allow the
talk shows to tell you.
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Don't allow the
movies to tell you.
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Don't allow those in
positions of power to tell you.
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If it's not based on God's Word,
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it is not a sure foundation.
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Amen!
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But since death is
the opposite of life,
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let's begin with the process.
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Go to Genesis 2:7.
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If there's anything
that survives death,
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the Bible will reveal it.
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Amen.
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Here's what the
Bible says, Genesis 2:7.
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And we go back to the
beginning and the Bible says,
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"And the Lord God formed
man of the dust of the ground,
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and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life:
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and man became a" what?
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"Man became a living soul."
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Now if you look at
in various translations,
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I'll share some of the other
translations in just a moment.
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But the Bible does not teach
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that man was
given a living soul,
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the Bible teaches that
man became a living soul.
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Simply put,
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when God formed man of
the dust of the ground,
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man was simply a pile of dust.
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I have a good friend of
mine that's a pathologist.
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You know, they do
autopsies when a person dies.
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And he says,
"When you read that text
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that the Lord God formed
man from the dust of the ground
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and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life."
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He said, "If you only understand
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what's between the
surface and the bone."
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He said, "It is
fascinating the layers
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that God put in place.
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The organism
that continues to work
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from the skin to the
bone, even inside the bone."
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He said, "God designed all that,
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so it's not just
flesh and breath."
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But somehow from
the Garden of Eden
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when the devil said to
Eve, "You will not surely die,"
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there are some of
you sitting here tonight
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that still believe that.
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Let me test it.
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How many of you would
spend the night in a cemetery?
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Raise your hands.
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Maybe you didn't hear me.
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I'm going to
say, some of you say
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"Not me, ain't no way."
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Let me tell you,
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the cemetery is the safest place
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in New York City.
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Amen? Amen.
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You could put your
wallet next to you.
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You want to find some
place safe in Chicago?
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Go to the cemetery.
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Everybody in
there is already dead.
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Amen somebody? Amen!
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And they put up fences.
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Nobody wants to go in
and nobody coming out.
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Now out here it's different.
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You can walk up
through the cemetery,
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drive down the street and stop
and read the cemetery stones.
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But the reality is,
somewhere deep inside of us,
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and the movies
have messed us up.
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Some of us before
we became a Christian
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watched movies that
we wish we never watched.
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We had some friends
visiting us from New York City,
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I never forgot that.
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We were living
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I think on Angel Lane or
over here, wherever it was.
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And it was during camp meeting.
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And they said, "Would
you walk us to our car?"
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I said, "Why?" They
said, "It's dark outside."
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I said, "What's outside?"
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They said, "We don't know.
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But could you
walk us to our car?"
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I said, "This is not New York."
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He said, "That's
not what I'm concerned
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but I can't see what's outside."
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"It's not what's
happening outside,
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it's what's happening inside."
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The devil plants
seeds in our mind
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that germinate and they
go on to make us fearful.
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I'm not fearful
of the dark any more.
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Matter of fact,
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when I first left
New York City and moved,
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we eventually
moved to California,
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when we began to
live in Placerville
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with the Heritage Singers.
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My complaint was it
was too dark to sleep.
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But my wife can tell you now,
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if the light on my
phone lights up my room
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it's too bright to sleep.
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I like total
darkness. Anybody else?
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Got to be dark for me to sleep.
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And my wife says,
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"If you just close
your eyes it'll be dark."
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I said, "No, I know that
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there's still a
light on somewhere."
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That's how it
messes with your mind.
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There's a light somewhere
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so I put a towel
over the top of the phone
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'cause it's charging at
night, it blinks intermittently.
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She says, "Honey, really
if you just close your eyes."
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I said, "Honey, there's a light
on in this room, I know it."
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But it's not the dark
that we need to be afraid of.
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It is the lie sown in our lives
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through the
decades in some cases
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40, 50 years some people
still have that seed in them
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that keeps them fearful.
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The body is formed
from the dust of the ground.
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And when God completed
the construction of man,
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He breathed into man's
nostrils the breath of life,
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and then man
became a living soul.
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And so the fact of the matter
is until God breathed into man,
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this is huge.
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Until God breathed
into man, man was not alive.
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Now the sad reality of this,
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and I'm going to read a
text here in Ecclesiastes.
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The sad reality
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is if this next text
is ever used to believe
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that we go to
heaven when we die,
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then we have a serious problem.
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Let's look at Ecclesiastes 12:7.
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Look at life in
reverse. Life in reverse.
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Solomon says,
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"Then shall the
dust return to the" what?
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"Earth as it was:
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and the spirit
shall return unto God"
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who did what?
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"Who gave it."
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So some people say,
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"There it is, the
spirit goes back to God."
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But now here's the problem,
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if they say that the spirit
that goes back to God is a man,
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if they say the spirit
that goes back to God is a man,
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then they are saying
that man came from heaven,
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came down to
earth, got in the body,
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brought the body back to
life, and when the body dies,
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he gets out of the
body, and goes back to heaven.
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Man did not originate in heaven.
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Amen somebody? Amen!
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God formed him from
the dust of the ground
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and then
breathed into his nostrils
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the breath of life.
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It is not the
man that goes back,
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it is the breath of life.
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I was going to
bring a bulb with me.
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But most of you know
what a bulb looks like.
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If you turn your lamp off,
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where does the light go?
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I want to tell, the
light doesn't go anywhere.
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It just stops illuminating.
It ceases to function.
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It doesn't go back
to the power plant.
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There ain't no
lights hanging out
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somewhere in Thompsonville
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waiting to leave and
come back to my house.
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It is the
filament inside the bulb
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and the gas in the
bulb with the filament
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that causes it to illuminate.
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If the filament breaks,
the gas is going to do nothing,
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the gas doesn't go anywhere.
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When we die there's
nothing hanging out saying,
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"I can't wait to leave."
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But somehow some
people believe that.
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One scientist said they weighed
the body of a dead person
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after they died and they noticed
00:19:09.38\00:19:10.71
it was a few grams lighter.
00:19:10.78\00:19:12.38
"Ah, evidence, he's in heaven."
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But according to the Bible,
I said according to the Bible
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God makes it clear what is
in that brings man from death,
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from a comatose state to life.
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Look at Job 27:3.
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Here's what the Bible teaches.
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"All the while
my breath is in me,
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and the spirit of God is" where?
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"In my nostrils."
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How did the Spirit of God...
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And if you look at
the word there in Hebrew,
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it is the breath, the
life giving force of God
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is in my nostrils.
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How did that happen?
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God put it there
when He created Adam.
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And by the way,
we don't have that.
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If a person's
life is slipping away,
00:20:01.30\00:20:02.90
we can give them mouth-to-mouth
or nose-to-mouth resuscitation.
00:20:02.93\00:20:05.93
We can blow, but our
breath does not have life in it.
00:20:05.97\00:20:10.41
Only the breath of
God. Amen somebody?
00:20:10.47\00:20:13.01
Amen!
00:20:13.04\00:20:14.38
"In Him was life, and that
life was the light of man."
00:20:14.41\00:20:18.38
And the Apostle Paul says,
"Only God has immortality."
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We are not
naturally mortal by nature.
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And that's good.
00:20:25.79\00:20:27.12
I was listening
to a case one day
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about a lady who
killed another man's wife.
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And in court after
the case was decided
00:20:32.93\00:20:36.63
that this lady was going
to face the electric chair,
00:20:36.70\00:20:39.80
the husband of the wife
who was killed, the judge said,
00:20:39.83\00:20:42.60
"Do you have any
last words to say?"
00:20:42.64\00:20:45.21
And the man said, "I
cannot wait till she dies,
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so that she can go to heaven.
00:20:49.01\00:20:50.38
And my wife is
waiting to pay her back."
00:20:50.41\00:20:54.18
I'm not even laughing.
00:21:01.29\00:21:03.19
You know why?
Because that's a sad reality.
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That's what people believe.
00:21:05.69\00:21:07.50
I read the story when I
was living in California
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about a man who
was an immigrant,
00:21:09.63\00:21:12.07
a farm worker.
00:21:12.10\00:21:13.44
And they were so
poor, five family members,
00:21:13.50\00:21:15.97
that this man killed his family
starting with his grandmother,
00:21:16.00\00:21:21.38
killed his wife
and his three children,
00:21:21.41\00:21:24.21
and he wrote a note.
00:21:24.25\00:21:26.01
He said, "We are too
poor, we cannot live,
00:21:26.05\00:21:28.58
we cannot afford to live.
00:21:28.62\00:21:30.15
But at least now we
are in a better place."
00:21:30.19\00:21:33.56
That's what
that belief has done.
00:21:33.62\00:21:35.96
That's the
belief behind terrorism.
00:21:35.99\00:21:38.13
They believe
they're going to die
00:21:38.16\00:21:39.56
and there are
some kind of pleasure
00:21:39.59\00:21:43.10
waiting for them in heaven.
00:21:43.13\00:21:44.47
Let me tell you something.
00:21:44.50\00:21:45.83
You don't kill somebody
00:21:45.87\00:21:47.20
and go to heaven
and have pleasure.
00:21:47.27\00:21:48.60
Amen somebody? Amen!
00:21:48.64\00:21:49.97
Matter of fact,
when you kill somebody,
00:21:50.01\00:21:51.34
there's a judgment, you
don't even escape judgment.
00:21:51.37\00:21:52.87
There's a day
coming that every one of us
00:21:52.91\00:21:54.91
has to give an account for
what we've done in this life.
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But now listen to Genesis 2:7,
in the New King James Version.
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"And the Lord God formed
man of the dust of the ground,
00:22:05.25\00:22:08.06
and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life,
00:22:08.09\00:22:11.39
and man became a living being."
00:22:11.43\00:22:15.00
A living being,
a total individual.
00:22:15.03\00:22:17.33
If I stop breathing, I'm dead.
00:22:17.37\00:22:21.90
Death is not the continuance
of life in another location.
00:22:21.94\00:22:25.74
Death does not
change your address.
00:22:25.77\00:22:28.38
If the bulb dies in your lamp,
00:22:33.08\00:22:34.58
do you sell it for somebody else
00:22:34.62\00:22:35.95
to put it in their lamp?
00:22:35.98\00:22:37.62
I mean, think about it.
00:22:37.65\00:22:40.92
Death is the end of life,
00:22:40.96\00:22:43.32
not the continuance
of life somewhere else.
00:22:43.39\00:22:46.43
Man became a living
being and Adam understood that.
00:22:46.46\00:22:50.60
If you go back to Genesis
3:19, Adam understood his fate.
00:22:50.63\00:22:54.47
Adam had no preconceived
idea that he was going to die
00:22:54.50\00:22:58.21
and go right back to
heaven because Adam knew
00:22:58.24\00:23:00.21
he did not come from heaven.
00:23:00.28\00:23:01.68
The Lord made it very
clear in Genesis 3:19,
00:23:01.71\00:23:04.58
God revealed to Adam his fate.
00:23:04.61\00:23:06.65
It's clear.
00:23:06.72\00:23:08.12
Notice what the Bible says,
00:23:08.15\00:23:10.79
"In the sweat of your
face you shall eat bread..."
00:23:10.82\00:23:15.12
And follow carefully.
00:23:15.16\00:23:16.49
"Till you return to the ground."
00:23:16.52\00:23:20.70
How clear?
00:23:20.73\00:23:22.03
"For out of it you were
taken, for dust you are,
00:23:22.06\00:23:25.60
and to dust you shall return."
00:23:25.63\00:23:29.07
It's that clear?
00:23:29.10\00:23:30.67
You don't return to heaven
00:23:30.71\00:23:32.04
because you
didn't come from heaven.
00:23:32.07\00:23:34.24
We went to...
00:23:34.28\00:23:37.11
Utah. What's that
major city in Utah?
00:23:37.15\00:23:40.22
Salt Lake City, Utah.
00:23:40.28\00:23:41.72
My wife and I
went a few years ago,
00:23:41.75\00:23:43.08
and we walked around
in the Mormon temple.
00:23:43.12\00:23:45.09
And we saw some
beautiful paintings,
00:23:45.12\00:23:47.16
some beautiful art work.
00:23:47.22\00:23:49.62
And one was called
the cycle of a life,
00:23:49.66\00:23:53.36
where they showed
a picture of a man
00:23:53.40\00:23:56.60
in heaven in spirit form.
00:23:56.63\00:24:00.37
And they showed a body on
earth that was not alive yet.
00:24:00.44\00:24:04.57
And if you
follow the cycle of life
00:24:04.61\00:24:06.57
they say that this man
that existed in spirit form
00:24:06.61\00:24:09.71
was sent down to
earth to inhabit his body
00:24:09.74\00:24:12.55
that was in physical form.
00:24:12.58\00:24:15.12
And he brought
that body to life.
00:24:15.15\00:24:17.59
And they say the spirit
and the body look identical.
00:24:17.62\00:24:20.96
And if he did not, so to speak,
learn the lesson in this life,
00:24:20.99\00:24:25.29
then he had another cycle to go.
00:24:25.33\00:24:28.43
We were in India and
went to the Hindu temples,
00:24:28.46\00:24:32.87
and we saw
there's a certain word,
00:24:32.90\00:24:34.97
that if you keep saying it,
and saying it, and saying it
00:24:35.00\00:24:37.37
and you repeat it
enough times before you die
00:24:37.41\00:24:40.24
you get a chance to come back.
00:24:40.28\00:24:43.04
A mantra.
00:24:43.08\00:24:45.61
But it's all
based on the same lie
00:24:45.65\00:24:47.62
that "Ye shall not
surely die," said another way,
00:24:47.65\00:24:51.29
"You'll die but not surely."
00:24:51.32\00:24:54.02
David the Psalmist
makes it very clear.
00:24:57.73\00:25:00.06
Psalms 146:4.
00:25:00.13\00:25:02.00
David said, "His
breath goeth forth,
00:25:06.40\00:25:11.14
he returneth to his" what?
00:25:11.17\00:25:13.38
"His earth, in that very day"
what happens to his thoughts?
00:25:13.41\00:25:16.78
"His thoughts perish."
00:25:16.85\00:25:18.88
That's a good thing
because can you imagine?
00:25:18.91\00:25:21.02
If people died and they thought
about you after they died.
00:25:21.05\00:25:25.65
There's some people
that say, "I can't wait.
00:25:25.69\00:25:28.36
My uncle's going to get
you for what you did to him."
00:25:28.39\00:25:30.63
We say, "How's
that going to happen?"
00:25:30.66\00:25:31.99
"He may be dead,
00:25:32.03\00:25:33.40
but he didn't
forget what you did."
00:25:33.43\00:25:34.73
Really?
00:25:37.87\00:25:39.37
In that very day
his thoughts what?
00:25:39.40\00:25:42.37
Perish. No more
thoughts after that.
00:25:42.40\00:25:47.04
I had an experience with my dad.
00:25:47.08\00:25:50.55
He was from
Barbados. He's resting now.
00:25:50.61\00:25:53.18
And I was going through a
difficulty financially once
00:25:53.21\00:25:56.02
and I called him, I said,
00:25:56.05\00:25:57.39
"Papa, I need X
amount of dollars."
00:25:57.45\00:26:00.59
And he said, "No."
00:26:00.62\00:26:02.59
Now I was raised
with the word no.
00:26:02.62\00:26:04.39
Everything I asked for, "No."
00:26:04.43\00:26:06.73
But I tried it again
and he still said, "No."
00:26:06.76\00:26:09.86
So I asked his wife
and she gave me the money.
00:26:09.90\00:26:15.07
And when she died he said,
00:26:15.10\00:26:16.60
"Don't forget you owe
me a thousand dollars."
00:26:16.64\00:26:18.07
I said, "No I don't. I owe her."
00:26:18.11\00:26:19.67
And I said, "All debts
are cancelled at death."
00:26:23.24\00:26:26.41
Amen.
00:26:26.45\00:26:28.88
I got a call from
Fingerhut one day.
00:26:28.92\00:26:34.16
They said, "We're
calling to speak to Rosie,"
00:26:34.19\00:26:36.49
that's my mother's name.
00:26:36.52\00:26:38.59
I said, "I'm her son.
She's not here right now."
00:26:38.63\00:26:42.10
They said, "She has a
debt, an outstanding debt
00:26:42.13\00:26:44.90
that we are making
an attempt to collect.
00:26:44.93\00:26:47.40
Can you put her on the phone?"
00:26:47.44\00:26:49.14
I said, "I would love to
but she's in the cemetery
00:26:49.17\00:26:52.34
in St. Thomas in
the Virgin Islands."
00:26:52.37\00:26:54.24
They said, "Sir, can
we please speak to her?"
00:26:54.28\00:26:57.01
I said, "If you think
I'm going to make up a lie
00:27:02.95\00:27:05.49
like that to prevent my
mother from paying a bill,
00:27:05.52\00:27:09.62
then you don't know me."
00:27:09.66\00:27:11.03
And I hung up the phone.
00:27:11.06\00:27:12.39
They never called back.
00:27:12.43\00:27:13.76
I guess they never
got a call from her.
00:27:13.83\00:27:15.26
When we die...
00:27:19.57\00:27:21.54
Amen somebody?
00:27:21.57\00:27:22.90
Our thoughts do
not continue going on.
00:27:22.94\00:27:26.91
As a matter of
fact, when the ark floated
00:27:26.98\00:27:30.75
only eight people
made it on the ark.
00:27:30.78\00:27:33.18
Everybody that was outside
of the ark did not make it.
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Genesis 7:15.
00:27:35.48\00:27:38.09
Notice what the Bible says,
00:27:38.12\00:27:42.29
"And they went
unto the ark of Noah,
00:27:42.32\00:27:44.83
two by two of all flesh
00:27:44.86\00:27:48.40
in which is the breath of life."
00:27:48.43\00:27:51.77
But look at
verse 23 of Genesis 7.
00:27:51.80\00:27:54.20
What happened to those
that did not go into the ark?
00:27:54.24\00:27:57.91
The Bible says, "So He destroyed
00:27:57.94\00:27:59.71
all living things which
were on the face of the ground,
00:27:59.74\00:28:04.08
both man and cattle,
00:28:04.11\00:28:07.28
creeping things
and bird of the air.
00:28:07.35\00:28:10.95
They were
destroyed from the earth,
00:28:11.02\00:28:13.62
only Noah and
those who were with him
00:28:13.69\00:28:17.19
in the ark remained alive."
00:28:17.26\00:28:21.90
So if you didn't
make it in the ark,
00:28:21.93\00:28:23.26
you didn't make
it through the flood.
00:28:23.30\00:28:25.13
There were no
people, there were no souls
00:28:25.17\00:28:26.77
outside of the flood
still swimming around
00:28:26.84\00:28:29.90
after the flood had subsided.
00:28:29.94\00:28:32.44
Only those in the ark of
safety continued to live.
00:28:32.47\00:28:36.11
And that's why the
word at the very end,
00:28:36.14\00:28:37.98
the last two
words, remained alive.
00:28:38.01\00:28:40.42
Say that with me.
00:28:40.45\00:28:41.78
Remained alive. Remained alive.
00:28:41.82\00:28:44.95
Which means if you
were not on the ark,
00:28:44.99\00:28:46.79
you did not remain alive.
00:28:46.86\00:28:48.19
You were dead.
00:28:48.22\00:28:50.43
Luke 17:27 say it
this way. Look at that.
00:28:50.46\00:28:55.03
The Bible says, "They ate,
they drank, they married wives,
00:28:55.06\00:29:01.30
they were given in marriage,
00:29:01.34\00:29:02.80
until the day that
Noah entered the ark,
00:29:02.84\00:29:05.81
and the flood
came and did" what?
00:29:05.84\00:29:08.38
"Destroyed them all."
00:29:08.41\00:29:11.11
Not only were the
wicked destroyed in Noah's day,
00:29:11.15\00:29:14.25
the Bible reiterates
that there is no such thing
00:29:14.28\00:29:18.55
as a soul that survives death.
00:29:18.59\00:29:22.89
Now I'm going to
give to you a scripture
00:29:22.92\00:29:24.26
that you may not
have read before,
00:29:24.29\00:29:25.99
'Cause you know
we know those verses.
00:29:26.03\00:29:27.76
But let's go to a Bible verse
you may not have read before
00:29:27.76\00:29:30.00
on this particular topic.
00:29:30.07\00:29:31.67
And you know, by the way,
00:29:31.70\00:29:33.03
this is a topic
that from Genesis
00:29:33.07\00:29:34.74
all the way to Revelation
00:29:34.77\00:29:36.10
is extremely clear in the Bible.
00:29:36.14\00:29:37.77
Joshua...
00:29:37.81\00:29:39.14
My wife and I are
reading the Bible together
00:29:39.17\00:29:41.01
and we are now in
the Book of Joshua.
00:29:41.04\00:29:43.11
Oh no, Judges now,
we just finished Joshua
00:29:43.14\00:29:45.15
a few weeks ago,
we're in Judges now.
00:29:45.18\00:29:47.02
When you read your
Bible, let me just say this,
00:29:47.05\00:29:49.12
when you read your Bible,
00:29:49.15\00:29:51.62
no matter how
long it takes you...
00:29:51.65\00:29:52.99
There are some
people that read their Bible
00:29:53.02\00:29:54.36
through in a year.
00:29:54.39\00:29:55.72
I can't do that
'cause I'm a gleaner.
00:29:55.76\00:29:58.26
Which means I've got to stop
and get something out of it.
00:29:58.29\00:30:00.33
Amen, Brenda? Amen!
00:30:00.40\00:30:01.70
Got to get something out of it.
00:30:01.73\00:30:03.06
There are some people
that read through the Bible
00:30:03.10\00:30:04.43
like they're in a hurry.
00:30:04.47\00:30:05.93
I read through
my Bible in a year.
00:30:05.97\00:30:07.30
What did you learn?
It went by in a blur.
00:30:07.34\00:30:10.37
My wife and I took
seven years to read the Bible
00:30:10.41\00:30:12.51
through in one year.
00:30:12.54\00:30:14.38
But we learned something.
00:30:18.41\00:30:19.85
Now we're going
through it again,
00:30:19.88\00:30:21.22
and I found a
scripture that I didn't see
00:30:21.25\00:30:22.58
last time around.
00:30:22.62\00:30:23.95
Joshua 11:11.
Notice what the Bible says.
00:30:23.99\00:30:26.52
Joshua 11:11.
00:30:26.55\00:30:30.99
And they smote..."
00:30:31.03\00:30:32.36
This is King James Version.
00:30:32.39\00:30:34.03
"And they smote all
the souls that were therein
00:30:34.10\00:30:39.10
with the edge of
the sword" doing what?
00:30:39.13\00:30:42.67
"Utterly destroying them:
00:30:42.70\00:30:45.77
there was not
any left to breathe:
00:30:45.81\00:30:49.24
and he burned Hazor with fire."
00:30:49.28\00:30:51.35
They stopped breathing,
all the souls were destroyed.
00:30:51.38\00:30:54.75
Not a single soul was left.
00:30:54.78\00:30:57.22
So this idea that we have
souls that wait to be released
00:30:57.25\00:31:01.49
to go on living is
not a supported belief
00:31:01.52\00:31:04.96
by the scriptures.
00:31:04.99\00:31:06.33
It doesn't exist.
00:31:06.36\00:31:07.66
Matter of fact, Ezekiel
18:4 makes it even clear.
00:31:07.73\00:31:09.90
Look at Ezekiel 18:4.
00:31:09.93\00:31:14.60
The Bible says,
"Behold, all souls are mine.
00:31:14.64\00:31:17.94
The soul of the father as well
as the soul of the son is mine.
00:31:17.97\00:31:23.41
The soul who sins
shall" what? "Shall die."
00:31:23.45\00:31:27.58
Now there's a text in Matthew...
00:31:27.62\00:31:29.88
This is not in my notes,
00:31:29.92\00:31:31.25
so you're not
going to get a slide.
00:31:31.29\00:31:33.36
But I'm going to
go there very quickly
00:31:33.42\00:31:34.76
and read this one to you.
00:31:34.79\00:31:37.29
It's okay to add
extra verses. Is that right?
00:31:37.33\00:31:39.79
Amen!
00:31:39.83\00:31:41.13
Let's look at one in
the Bible. Here it is.
00:31:41.16\00:31:43.30
Matthew 10:28.
00:31:43.33\00:31:45.13
I'm going to read
a scripture to you
00:31:45.17\00:31:46.50
that a lot of people
read to support the idea
00:31:46.53\00:31:47.94
that souls don't die.
00:31:47.97\00:31:49.54
But when they read the scripture
00:31:49.57\00:31:51.31
the only reason they
come to that conclusion
00:31:51.34\00:31:53.61
is because they
don't read the scripture.
00:31:53.64\00:31:57.08
Follow me.
00:31:57.11\00:31:58.98
Matthew 10:28,
"And do not fear those
00:31:59.01\00:32:05.85
who kill the body,
but cannot kill the soul."
00:32:05.89\00:32:08.92
They stop right
there and say, "See there?"
00:32:08.96\00:32:11.46
But if you keep reading
you'll see that the soul
00:32:11.49\00:32:13.90
is not an immortal entity.
00:32:13.93\00:32:16.93
"But rather fear him
00:32:16.97\00:32:19.60
who is able to destroy both soul
00:32:19.63\00:32:23.37
and body in hell."
00:32:23.41\00:32:26.01
Now Pastor, how do you
get away from that one?"
00:32:26.04\00:32:29.44
Easy.
00:32:29.48\00:32:32.15
That is the very belief
00:32:32.18\00:32:35.22
that encouraged
Christians to be martyrs.
00:32:35.25\00:32:38.95
Because they knew that
all that man could do to them
00:32:38.99\00:32:41.36
is kill the body.
00:32:41.39\00:32:43.22
But they will come forth
in the first resurrection.
00:32:43.26\00:32:45.59
Come on say amen. Amen!
00:32:45.63\00:32:47.20
Only God can keep
you from coming forth
00:32:47.23\00:32:52.37
in the first resurrection.
00:32:52.40\00:32:53.77
But if the first death
00:32:58.27\00:33:02.04
eliminated any
possibility of living again,
00:33:02.08\00:33:04.81
then the Bible
would talk about that.
00:33:04.85\00:33:06.28
But I'm going to get
further in the message
00:33:06.31\00:33:07.65
and talk about
how we come forth.
00:33:07.68\00:33:10.09
But the soul is not immortal,
because if the soul is immortal
00:33:10.12\00:33:13.36
the word
immortal means cannot die.
00:33:13.39\00:33:16.59
But there's nothing
we have that cannot die.
00:33:16.62\00:33:19.09
Men could kill our
bodies but they cannot...
00:33:19.13\00:33:22.60
And the word there
soul means the living being.
00:33:22.63\00:33:25.50
They cannot take,
they cannot wipe you out.
00:33:25.53\00:33:30.27
Whether you die
in a car accident,
00:33:30.31\00:33:32.84
whether you die
in a plane accident.
00:33:32.87\00:33:37.01
Can I get little gruesome?
00:33:37.05\00:33:38.91
Whether a shark
has you for dinner.
00:33:38.95\00:33:42.52
No matter how you go out,
Jesus can bring you back in.
00:33:42.55\00:33:46.12
Amen! Amen?
00:33:46.15\00:33:47.79
Amen!
00:33:47.82\00:33:50.59
So it's not how you die.
00:33:50.63\00:33:52.19
When you read
Hebrews 11, the Bible says,
00:33:52.23\00:33:55.66
"That those who
chose not to be delivered
00:33:55.70\00:33:59.13
did not give their
life for a good funeral.
00:33:59.17\00:34:02.57
They sought a
better resurrection."
00:34:02.60\00:34:07.28
A better resurrection.
00:34:07.31\00:34:08.81
You can bury
somebody in a golden casket.
00:34:08.84\00:34:11.85
It will not guarantee
the first resurrection.
00:34:11.88\00:34:14.02
Amen!
00:34:14.05\00:34:15.38
And you can bury
somebody in a plastic bag,
00:34:15.42\00:34:17.59
it will not prevent
the first resurrection.
00:34:17.62\00:34:20.56
When we were in
Dubai a few years ago,
00:34:20.59\00:34:22.86
and we were
surrounded by opulent wealth.
00:34:22.89\00:34:26.09
But they humbled me
00:34:26.13\00:34:27.76
when I was amazed
by a 7 star hotel,
00:34:27.76\00:34:30.73
24 carat gold around the frames
and on the pieces in the rooms.
00:34:30.77\00:34:35.10
And by the way
we didn't stay there
00:34:35.14\00:34:36.47
just for the record.
00:34:36.50\00:34:39.94
And they showed the
pictures of the sheiks
00:34:39.97\00:34:41.54
and the men that have
this opulent massive wealth.
00:34:41.58\00:34:45.68
And I said, "Well, what
happened when they die?"
00:34:45.71\00:34:47.12
They said, "Oh, no
matter how much money they have
00:34:47.18\00:34:49.48
when they die, we
wrap them in a shroud,
00:34:49.52\00:34:52.35
take them to the desert,
dig a hole, drop them in.
00:34:52.39\00:34:55.72
And the only thing we say is,
00:34:55.76\00:34:57.09
"See ya,
wouldn't want to be ya."
00:34:57.13\00:35:00.43
No, I kind of
changed that a little bit.
00:35:00.46\00:35:03.67
'Cause I doubt they
talk that way in Dubai.
00:35:03.70\00:35:07.57
But they said, "In a
few days we don't even know
00:35:07.64\00:35:09.17
what happened to them
00:35:09.20\00:35:10.54
because the sand
covers them over."
00:35:10.61\00:35:12.34
Their wealth does not even
buy them an opulent funeral.
00:35:12.37\00:35:17.75
They just cover them over
00:35:17.78\00:35:19.31
because they realize, that's it.
00:35:19.35\00:35:22.92
No matter how wealthy you are,
00:35:22.95\00:35:24.29
your money can't do
anything for you right now.
00:35:24.32\00:35:26.96
Amen.
00:35:26.99\00:35:29.12
The soul that sins it will die.
00:35:29.16\00:35:32.39
Ecclesiastes
9:10. Go there with me.
00:35:32.43\00:35:35.63
Go there with me.
00:35:35.66\00:35:39.67
The Bible says,
"Whatever your hand
00:35:39.70\00:35:41.07
finds to do, do
it with your might."
00:35:41.10\00:35:43.57
In other words
do it energetically.
00:35:43.61\00:35:45.51
And here is why?
00:35:45.54\00:35:46.88
"For there is no work
or device or knowledge
00:35:46.94\00:35:50.75
or wisdom in the grave..."
00:35:50.81\00:35:52.65
And get these last
three words, four words.
00:35:52.68\00:35:56.32
"Where you are going?"
00:35:56.35\00:35:59.79
Is that clear?
00:35:59.82\00:36:02.82
So if somebody says,
"Where are you going?"
00:36:02.86\00:36:04.59
Read this text. "In the grave."
00:36:04.63\00:36:06.93
What does the text
say? "In the grave."
00:36:06.96\00:36:10.87
When I was in New York recently,
00:36:10.90\00:36:13.00
my sister works
for the Fire Department
00:36:13.03\00:36:14.50
in New York, and
she was there for 9/11.
00:36:14.54\00:36:16.84
And she spent 90 days
just collecting body parts.
00:36:16.91\00:36:22.64
She said they found
the head of the chaplain
00:36:22.68\00:36:26.31
of New York City.
00:36:26.35\00:36:27.68
That when the
buildings came down,
00:36:27.72\00:36:29.05
his body was obliterated.
00:36:29.08\00:36:31.55
Pieces of fingers, arms,
limbs that are separated.
00:36:31.59\00:36:35.59
They spent 90 days
and she said to me,
00:36:35.62\00:36:38.13
"I can quit now on
insanity and get a full salary
00:36:38.16\00:36:43.83
because of all
the things I've seen
00:36:43.87\00:36:45.37
over the last few years."
00:36:45.40\00:36:47.44
And so I said, "Now where have
all these people been buried?"
00:36:51.91\00:36:55.11
She said,
"There is no more place
00:36:55.14\00:36:56.64
in New York to bury anybody."
00:36:56.71\00:36:59.65
Unless you had a
pre-purchased plot,
00:36:59.68\00:37:02.62
there's no space in
New York to bury anybody."
00:37:02.65\00:37:06.65
So said, "Where
did they bury them?
00:37:06.69\00:37:08.02
"In New Jersey."
00:37:08.06\00:37:11.29
Do you realize that
00:37:11.33\00:37:12.99
if the Lord doesn't
return in the next 100 years
00:37:13.03\00:37:17.27
we won't have any
place to be buried.
00:37:17.30\00:37:19.40
No amens required.
00:37:23.04\00:37:24.64
That alone ought to tell you
that we ain't going to heaven.
00:37:29.98\00:37:34.22
We need a place to be buried.
00:37:34.25\00:37:38.12
And there we stay
until Jesus comes again.
00:37:38.15\00:37:42.22
Amen somebody? Amen!
00:37:42.26\00:37:43.63
That's why when
I hear pastor say,
00:37:43.66\00:37:44.99
"Well, we're
having a home-going sermon
00:37:45.03\00:37:46.80
or a home-going
service. You ain't going home.
00:37:46.83\00:37:50.27
You sure ain't
going back to your house.
00:37:50.33\00:37:53.70
So they try to dress it up
00:37:53.74\00:37:55.14
where we're having
a home-going service."
00:37:55.17\00:37:57.94
The home-going idea is
not supported by scripture
00:37:57.97\00:38:02.08
except you believe what Job says
00:38:02.11\00:38:04.85
"The grave is my house."
00:38:04.88\00:38:07.38
That's the only home
that we're going to be in
00:38:07.45\00:38:09.55
until Jesus comes back.
00:38:09.58\00:38:10.92
Amen? Amen!
00:38:10.95\00:38:12.29
Look at Psalm 115:17.
00:38:12.32\00:38:15.72
I'm teaching tonight.
00:38:15.76\00:38:17.56
I'm not preaching, I'm
teaching, is that okay?
00:38:17.59\00:38:19.96
I want to teach, the
Word of God is important
00:38:20.03\00:38:22.40
because people believe
00:38:22.43\00:38:23.77
that family
members reunite in heaven.
00:38:23.80\00:38:25.60
People believe
that people up in heaven
00:38:25.63\00:38:27.27
are having praise services.
00:38:27.34\00:38:28.74
They say that when
Michael... You know what also?
00:38:28.77\00:38:31.84
In the world, no
matter how you live,
00:38:31.87\00:38:33.78
you're going to
go to heaven anyhow.
00:38:33.81\00:38:36.38
Michael Jackson
they say is in heaven.
00:38:36.41\00:38:37.91
I don't know where he
is. I'm not the judge.
00:38:37.95\00:38:41.15
They say the Rat Pack.
Anybody know who that is?
00:38:41.18\00:38:44.09
Sammy Davis?
00:38:44.12\00:38:46.79
Well, you know, who I mean.
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
00:38:46.86\00:38:50.16
Is that the other one?
00:38:50.23\00:38:51.86
Well, whatever
you know who I mean.
00:38:51.89\00:38:54.30
Frank Sinatra.
00:38:54.30\00:38:55.63
They say the Rat
Pack are in heaven.
00:38:55.66\00:38:57.57
They say Liberace is in
heaven playing his piano.
00:38:57.60\00:39:00.17
My question is how
did his piano get there?
00:39:00.20\00:39:02.04
That's why we've got to
let the Bible speak for itself.
00:39:09.11\00:39:11.88
Can I get an amen? Amen!
00:39:11.91\00:39:14.05
Look at Psalm 115:17.
00:39:14.08\00:39:15.58
The Bible says,
00:39:15.62\00:39:16.95
"The dead do not
praise the Lord."
00:39:17.02\00:39:18.99
The dead do not praise the Lord.
00:39:19.02\00:39:21.39
So while you're alive
00:39:21.42\00:39:23.19
you get a chance
to praise the Lord.
00:39:23.22\00:39:25.06
Praise the Lord. Amen!
00:39:25.09\00:39:26.53
But the dead
don't praise the Lord,
00:39:26.56\00:39:28.36
nor any who go
down into silence,
00:39:28.40\00:39:32.37
not up into praise.
00:39:32.40\00:39:35.70
But now let me go ahead
00:39:35.74\00:39:37.11
and share an
amazing concept with you.
00:39:37.14\00:39:40.08
If our thoughts
perish when we die,
00:39:40.11\00:39:44.48
is it safe to say
00:39:44.51\00:39:45.85
that the brain
also ceases to function?
00:39:45.88\00:39:47.52
Yes or no? Yes.
00:39:47.55\00:39:48.88
Okay. Now it's
going to get deeper.
00:39:48.92\00:39:51.79
If the brain...
00:39:51.82\00:39:53.22
If people can be
declared brain dead
00:39:53.25\00:39:56.93
while their
heart is still beating,
00:39:56.96\00:40:00.90
are they still thinking
00:40:00.93\00:40:02.73
long after the
heart stops beating?
00:40:02.76\00:40:07.50
That was deep, wasn't it? Yes.
00:40:07.54\00:40:10.11
If the heart is still beating
00:40:10.17\00:40:12.01
and they are
declared brain dead,
00:40:12.04\00:40:15.68
meaning they
ain't thinking diddly.
00:40:15.71\00:40:21.62
If the brain is dead
00:40:21.65\00:40:23.08
while their
heart is still beating,
00:40:23.12\00:40:25.95
wouldn't it be safe to say that
00:40:25.99\00:40:27.32
when the heart stops
00:40:27.36\00:40:29.69
the brain also
ceases to function?
00:40:29.72\00:40:34.56
Ecclesiastes 9:5-6.
00:40:34.56\00:40:37.73
That's why God
teaches the following,
00:40:37.77\00:40:40.57
"For the living
know that they will die,
00:40:40.60\00:40:44.14
but the dead know nothing.
00:40:44.17\00:40:47.24
And they have no more reward,
00:40:47.31\00:40:48.98
for the memory of
them is forgotten."
00:40:49.01\00:40:51.45
It doesn't mean you forgot them,
00:40:51.48\00:40:52.81
it means the
memory ceases to function.
00:40:52.85\00:40:55.92
"Also their love, their hatred,
00:40:55.95\00:40:57.75
and their envy
have now perished,
00:40:57.79\00:41:01.02
nevermore..."
00:41:01.06\00:41:02.39
Say nevermore. Nevermore.
00:41:02.42\00:41:03.93
"Nevermore will
they have a share
00:41:03.96\00:41:06.26
in anything done under the sun."
00:41:06.29\00:41:08.86
So the next time
you have a dinner,
00:41:08.90\00:41:10.57
don't set a plate.
00:41:10.63\00:41:13.74
People do that.
00:41:13.80\00:41:15.14
Don't set a plate
for your loved ones.
00:41:15.17\00:41:17.07
Don't throw salt
over your shoulder.
00:41:17.11\00:41:18.81
And don't fall for the idea
00:41:23.24\00:41:24.58
that they're trying
to send you a signal
00:41:24.61\00:41:25.95
'cause the clock is at 7:30.
00:41:25.98\00:41:29.85
This is what we are
being bombarded with.
00:41:29.88\00:41:32.45
This is what the
media wants you to believe.
00:41:32.49\00:41:34.56
Look for the signs.
00:41:34.59\00:41:35.92
If you can look for the signs,
00:41:35.96\00:41:37.29
you'll find that they're
trying to communicate somehow.
00:41:37.33\00:41:38.66
No, they ain't communicating.
00:41:38.69\00:41:40.06
You know who's
trying to communicate?
00:41:40.10\00:41:41.40
The devil is
trying to communicate.
00:41:41.43\00:41:45.37
That's why the Bible uses
the word in the Old Testament
00:41:45.40\00:41:47.47
"familiar spirits".
00:41:47.50\00:41:49.34
Somebody said, "But it
looked just like mama."
00:41:49.37\00:41:51.87
Well, how long has
the devil been around?
00:41:51.91\00:41:53.24
Don't you think he could
take a picture of your mama
00:41:53.31\00:41:54.81
and re-duplicate it?
00:41:54.84\00:41:57.58
"But she said
something only I knew."
00:41:57.61\00:42:00.12
He also has a tape recorder.
00:42:00.15\00:42:03.79
So don't be amazed
that you heard something
00:42:03.82\00:42:06.76
that only you
and your mama know.
00:42:06.79\00:42:09.96
The devil knows more about
00:42:10.03\00:42:11.36
some of us than we
know about ourselves.
00:42:11.39\00:42:13.70
That's why the Lord made
it very clear in John 11.
00:42:13.73\00:42:16.63
Come on, go quickly now.
00:42:16.67\00:42:18.00
John 11:14, verse 11-14.
00:42:18.03\00:42:21.10
Jesus said, speaking to Martha,
speaking to His disciples,
00:42:21.14\00:42:25.21
"These things He said..."
00:42:25.24\00:42:27.14
Verse 11 of John 11.
00:42:27.18\00:42:29.04
"And after that He said to them,
00:42:29.08\00:42:31.01
'Our friend Lazarus sleeps,
00:42:31.05\00:42:33.88
but I go that I
may wake him up.'
00:42:33.92\00:42:36.85
Then His disciples said,
00:42:36.89\00:42:38.22
'Lord, if he
sleeps he will get well.'"
00:42:38.25\00:42:41.32
However, verse 13,"
Jesus spoke of His death,
00:42:41.36\00:42:44.69
but they thought
that He was speaking
00:42:44.73\00:42:46.06
about taking rest in sleep.
00:42:46.09\00:42:48.80
Then Jesus said
plainly to them together
00:42:48.83\00:42:52.23
"Lazarus is dead."
00:42:52.27\00:42:54.44
I was talking to a
pastor once, and he got upset.
00:42:54.47\00:42:56.64
He said, "Do you
believe in soul sleep?"
00:42:56.67\00:43:00.81
I said, "No, I
believe in death."
00:43:00.88\00:43:02.54
This is not my topic,
00:43:08.38\00:43:09.72
but I want to
add one more thing.
00:43:09.75\00:43:11.22
They said, "You don't
believe in hell either."
00:43:11.25\00:43:12.79
I said, "No, we believe in
a hotter hell than you do."
00:43:12.82\00:43:17.23
Amen? Amen!
00:43:17.26\00:43:18.76
'Cause there ain't nobody
in the rotisserie forever.
00:43:18.79\00:43:21.83
When they burn up they are...
00:43:21.86\00:43:23.20
Amen somebody? Amen!
00:43:26.13\00:43:28.14
Then he give me that topic
so I can't preach that one.
00:43:28.17\00:43:32.27
But the clarity of what happened
00:43:32.31\00:43:33.84
when Lazarus died was understood
00:43:33.88\00:43:35.24
by Mary and Martha.
00:43:35.28\00:43:36.61
Look at verse 23-24.
00:43:36.64\00:43:38.35
"Jesus said to her,
'Your brother will rise again.'
00:43:38.38\00:43:41.42
Martha said to Him..."
00:43:41.45\00:43:42.78
I like this "I know
that he will rise again..."
00:43:42.82\00:43:46.19
When did she say,
00:43:46.22\00:43:47.66
"In the
resurrection at the last day."
00:43:47.69\00:43:51.13
Clearly.
00:43:51.16\00:43:52.49
Let's look at the resurrections,
00:43:52.53\00:43:53.86
it's John 5:28-29.
00:43:53.90\00:43:55.90
By the way,
00:43:55.93\00:43:57.50
this is the teaching
that has been deleted
00:43:57.53\00:44:01.04
from Christianity.
00:44:01.07\00:44:02.50
Deleted. Deleted.
00:44:02.54\00:44:05.37
They don't talk about it.
00:44:05.41\00:44:07.48
Death is somehow
an alternate route
00:44:07.51\00:44:08.98
they don't talk
about the resurrection.
00:44:09.01\00:44:11.98
I had a Baptist manual once,
00:44:12.01\00:44:13.65
or a Baptist pamphlet that said,
00:44:13.72\00:44:15.15
"Yeah, they'll be resurrected
00:44:15.18\00:44:16.62
so the body can
be connected back
00:44:16.69\00:44:18.12
with the spirit.
00:44:18.15\00:44:19.49
The spirit comes
down, goes back in the body,
00:44:19.52\00:44:21.02
and takes the body back up."
00:44:21.06\00:44:22.69
That's the only
kind of resurrection
00:44:22.72\00:44:24.33
that is even
surfacing to some degree.
00:44:24.36\00:44:26.56
But here's what the
Bible says, John 5:28 and 29.
00:44:26.59\00:44:30.17
The Bible says,
"Do not marvel at this,
00:44:30.23\00:44:31.87
for the hour is
coming in which all..."
00:44:31.90\00:44:34.57
How many?
00:44:34.60\00:44:35.94
"All who are in the graves
00:44:35.97\00:44:37.31
will hear His
voice and come forth.
00:44:37.37\00:44:39.54
Those who have
done good, to the "what?
00:44:39.57\00:44:42.08
"Resurrection of life,
and those who have done evil,
00:44:42.11\00:44:45.08
to the resurrection of" what?
00:44:45.11\00:44:46.88
"Condemnation."
00:44:46.92\00:44:48.25
There are only
two resurrections.
00:44:48.28\00:44:49.78
The dead will be
00:44:49.82\00:44:51.15
in one
resurrection or the other.
00:44:51.19\00:44:53.52
Each resurrection has
a different destination.
00:44:53.56\00:44:56.79
The wages of sin is death
00:45:00.56\00:45:02.33
but the gift of
God is eternal life.
00:45:02.36\00:45:04.60
Now follow carefully.
00:45:04.63\00:45:06.60
If the wages of sin is death,
who receives the wages of sin?
00:45:06.63\00:45:11.04
The righteous or
the wicked? The wicked.
00:45:11.07\00:45:13.61
Who receives the gift of
life which is eternal life?
00:45:13.68\00:45:15.68
The righteous or the
wicked? The righteous.
00:45:15.71\00:45:17.45
So how can the wicked
00:45:17.48\00:45:18.81
who don't receive
eternal life live eternally?
00:45:18.85\00:45:22.45
Doesn't make sense.
00:45:22.48\00:45:24.62
The wages of sin is still death.
00:45:24.65\00:45:26.35
Amen somebody? Amen!
00:45:26.39\00:45:27.72
Revelation 20:6,
00:45:27.76\00:45:29.12
The Bible talks
about the resurrection.
00:45:29.16\00:45:30.99
If you die before Jesus comes,
00:45:31.03\00:45:32.93
this is the
resurrection you want to be in.
00:45:32.96\00:45:35.73
Amen.
00:45:35.76\00:45:37.13
"Blessed and holy
is he who has part
00:45:37.17\00:45:38.63
in the first resurrection.
00:45:38.67\00:45:40.04
Over such the
second death has no power,
00:45:40.10\00:45:42.54
but they shall be
priests of God and of Christ,
00:45:42.57\00:45:45.31
and shall reign
with Him" how long?
00:45:45.34\00:45:47.74
"A thousand years."
00:45:47.78\00:45:49.38
The second death does
not affect the Christian
00:45:49.41\00:45:54.12
but the first
death affects everybody.
00:45:54.18\00:45:56.55
Everybody dies. Everything dies.
00:45:56.58\00:46:00.59
There's nothing that
has natural immortality.
00:46:00.62\00:46:03.96
Everything dies.
00:46:03.99\00:46:06.43
But only those
00:46:06.46\00:46:07.76
that are raised in
the first resurrection
00:46:07.83\00:46:10.47
doesn't die a second time.
00:46:10.50\00:46:11.83
So here's the formula,
00:46:11.87\00:46:13.77
born once
without Jesus, die twice.
00:46:13.84\00:46:18.87
Born twice with Jesus, die once.
00:46:18.91\00:46:22.24
Amen.
00:46:22.28\00:46:23.75
Remember that formula.
00:46:23.78\00:46:25.51
Jesus said in John 11:25-26,
00:46:25.55\00:46:28.22
he made it very clear
00:46:28.25\00:46:29.58
about the blessing
of the resurrection,
00:46:29.62\00:46:30.99
He says, and this
another one I have to clear up.
00:46:31.02\00:46:33.76
"Jesus said to Martha,
00:46:33.79\00:46:35.22
'I am the
resurrection and the life.
00:46:35.26\00:46:37.63
He who believes in Me,
00:46:37.66\00:46:39.03
though he may
die, he shall live.
00:46:39.06\00:46:43.53
And whoever lives and
believes in me shall never die.
00:46:43.57\00:46:47.74
Do you believe this?" Now
what was He talking about?
00:46:47.77\00:46:50.67
Now you all know,
you're theological.
00:46:50.71\00:46:53.21
Jesus meant that
if you, now, get it,
00:46:53.24\00:46:56.24
He already said
00:46:56.28\00:46:57.61
"Whoever lives
and believes in Me,
00:46:57.65\00:46:59.58
though he were
dead yet shall he live."
00:46:59.61\00:47:03.72
But if you live
and believe in Me,
00:47:03.75\00:47:05.09
you shall never die."
00:47:05.12\00:47:06.45
What did He mean?
00:47:06.49\00:47:07.82
He means the second death
because everybody is affected.
00:47:07.86\00:47:12.46
Even Jesus Himself
00:47:12.49\00:47:17.63
was dead for three days.
00:47:17.67\00:47:20.14
Everybody is
affected by the first death.
00:47:20.17\00:47:22.50
Let's look at the second death.
00:47:22.54\00:47:23.91
What happens at
the second death?
00:47:23.94\00:47:25.74
Matter of fact, what happens
at the first resurrection?
00:47:25.77\00:47:31.31
1 Corinthians 15:51-55.
00:47:31.35\00:47:34.32
Go there with me.
00:47:34.35\00:47:36.22
The fact of the
matter is the righteous
00:47:36.25\00:47:37.62
will never die the second death.
00:47:37.65\00:47:39.82
Here it is.
00:47:39.85\00:47:41.29
Speaking about the
coming of the Lord,
00:47:41.32\00:47:42.99
"Behold, I tell you a
mystery: We shall not all sleep,
00:47:43.02\00:47:46.80
but we shall all be changed."
00:47:46.83\00:47:48.40
Every time I read that,
00:47:48.43\00:47:49.76
I remember seeing that
sign on a mother's room.
00:47:49.80\00:47:53.30
You'll get that on Tuesday.
00:47:53.34\00:47:56.77
In one of the
churches on the mother's room
00:47:56.81\00:47:58.31
where they change babies,
00:47:58.34\00:47:59.67
we shall not all sleep,
but we shall all be changed."
00:47:59.71\00:48:01.94
You are alive.
00:48:06.41\00:48:09.32
"When will we be
changed in a moment,
00:48:09.35\00:48:13.99
in the twinkling of an
eye, at the last trumpet.
00:48:14.02\00:48:17.06
For the trumpet will sound,
00:48:17.09\00:48:18.56
and the dead will be
raised incorruptible.
00:48:18.59\00:48:23.37
And we shall be changed
00:48:23.40\00:48:25.70
for this corruptible
must put on incorruption.
00:48:25.73\00:48:28.94
This mortal must
put on immortality.
00:48:28.97\00:48:33.11
So when this corruptible
has put on incorruption,
00:48:33.14\00:48:35.91
and this mortal
has put on immortal,
00:48:35.94\00:48:39.78
then shall be brought to
pass the saying that is written:
00:48:39.81\00:48:42.82
'Death is
swallowed up in victory.'
00:48:42.85\00:48:44.35
'O Death, where is your sting?
00:48:44.39\00:48:46.22
O grave or Hades,
where is your victory."
00:48:46.25\00:48:48.39
Amen somebody? Amen!
00:48:48.42\00:48:49.76
But now here's the point.
00:48:49.79\00:48:51.13
We've got to be
changed before we go to heaven.
00:48:51.16\00:48:54.00
You're not going
to go in the condition
00:48:54.00\00:48:55.33
you went into the grave.
00:48:55.36\00:48:56.87
Look at Job 14:14.
00:48:56.93\00:48:59.27
He made it very clear.
00:48:59.30\00:49:00.70
Job knew this is Old
Testament and New Testament.
00:49:00.77\00:49:03.30
Paul says, "We will be
changed from mortal to immortal,
00:49:03.34\00:49:06.37
from corruptible
to incorruptible."
00:49:06.41\00:49:08.01
Notice what Job
says in Job 14:14.
00:49:08.04\00:49:10.18
He says,
00:49:10.21\00:49:11.55
"If a man die,
shall he live again?"
00:49:11.58\00:49:15.28
And notice this,
00:49:15.32\00:49:16.82
"All the days of
my appointed time
00:49:16.85\00:49:19.12
I will wait together
till my change comes."
00:49:19.15\00:49:25.23
I'm waiting for my change.
00:49:25.26\00:49:26.59
Let me say this,
00:49:26.63\00:49:27.96
even if you
live till Jesus comes
00:49:27.96\00:49:29.30
you've got to be changed.
00:49:29.33\00:49:30.67
Come on, somebody. Amen!
00:49:30.70\00:49:32.43
This hair that turns gray,
00:49:32.47\00:49:34.44
these limbs that hurt
for no apparent reason
00:49:34.47\00:49:36.57
will not be
taken into the kingdom.
00:49:36.60\00:49:38.44
What do you say?
00:49:38.47\00:49:39.81
We will all be changed.
00:49:39.84\00:49:41.18
The Bible says, "He will
change our corruptible bodies
00:49:41.21\00:49:44.58
that it may be fashioned
like unto His glorious body."
00:49:44.61\00:49:49.15
So here's the point.
00:49:49.18\00:49:50.79
If you haven't gotten
to the first resurrection,
00:49:50.82\00:49:53.66
if Jesus has not returned,
you have not been changed.
00:49:53.69\00:49:56.93
If you have not been changed,
00:49:56.96\00:49:58.29
you cannot die and go to heaven.
00:49:58.33\00:50:00.53
Mortal man cannot exist
00:50:00.60\00:50:02.66
in the presence
of an immortal God.
00:50:02.70\00:50:04.93
Our God is a consuming fire.
00:50:04.97\00:50:07.40
Look at Job 14:10.
00:50:10.91\00:50:14.54
We cannot go to
heaven until we are changed.
00:50:14.58\00:50:17.95
"But man dies and is laid away,
00:50:17.98\00:50:19.71
the Bible says, indeed
he breathes his last..."
00:50:19.75\00:50:23.49
And look at the
next three words.
00:50:23.55\00:50:25.45
"Where is he?"
00:50:25.49\00:50:27.72
Instead of us
saying let the Bible speak.
00:50:27.76\00:50:30.49
"As water
disappears from the sea,
00:50:30.53\00:50:33.26
and a river becomes
parched and dries up.
00:50:33.29\00:50:36.26
So man lies down and
together does not rise.
00:50:36.30\00:50:40.50
Till the heavens are no more.
00:50:40.57\00:50:42.74
They shall not awake
00:50:42.77\00:50:44.14
nor be roused from their sleep."
00:50:44.17\00:50:45.51
And Job says,
00:50:45.54\00:50:46.88
"Oh, that You would
hide me in the grave,
00:50:46.91\00:50:48.58
that You would conceal
me until Your wrath is past.
00:50:48.61\00:50:52.21
That You would
appoint me a set time..."
00:50:52.25\00:50:54.28
And do what? "Remember me!"
00:50:54.32\00:50:56.02
Now I'm going to
say it very quickly.
00:50:56.05\00:50:57.42
What Job asked is the same thing
00:50:57.45\00:51:00.36
the thief on the cross asked.
00:51:00.39\00:51:03.66
The reason why we believe
00:51:03.73\00:51:05.06
that he went to
paradise right away
00:51:05.09\00:51:07.60
is because we don't
read the verse before that.
00:51:07.66\00:51:10.27
Look at what the thief asked.
00:51:10.33\00:51:11.83
Luke 23:42.
00:51:11.87\00:51:14.57
The thief said,
"Then he said to Jesus,
00:51:14.60\00:51:17.41
'Lord, remember me
00:51:17.47\00:51:20.54
when You come
into Your kingdom."
00:51:20.58\00:51:23.55
Job said, "Appoint me a set time
00:51:23.61\00:51:25.75
and remember me."
00:51:25.78\00:51:27.12
The thief said,
"Remember me when You come."
00:51:27.18\00:51:30.59
And the fact of the matter
00:51:30.65\00:51:31.99
is Jesus did not
go to heaven that day.
00:51:32.02\00:51:33.72
He went three days later.
00:51:33.76\00:51:36.99
If you read both
verses, it's cleared up.
00:51:37.03\00:51:39.26
What about the fate
of David the apostle?
00:51:39.29\00:51:41.16
David the patriarch
that is, Acts 2:29 and 34.
00:51:41.20\00:51:45.97
The fate of
David was made clear.
00:51:46.00\00:51:47.47
You see the Old Testament
00:51:47.50\00:51:48.84
and the New
Testament jive together.
00:51:48.87\00:51:50.64
Praise God for that.
00:51:50.67\00:51:52.01
"Men and brethren,
00:51:52.04\00:51:53.41
let me speak freely of you
00:51:53.44\00:51:57.38
or to you of the
patriarch David..."
00:51:57.41\00:52:02.35
Speak on.
00:52:02.38\00:52:04.09
"That he is both dead and" what?
00:52:04.12\00:52:06.86
"Buried.
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And his tomb is
with us unto this day."
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If you stop there you
say, "Well, where is his tomb?
00:52:13.40\00:52:15.10
I'd like to go visit David."
00:52:15.13\00:52:16.87
But verse 34 says,
00:52:16.93\00:52:18.50
"For David did not
ascend into heaven."
00:52:18.53\00:52:23.51
He did not
ascend into the heavens.
00:52:23.57\00:52:25.91
So where is David?
00:52:25.94\00:52:27.28
He's waiting for the
resurrection morning.
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Can we say amen to that? Amen!
00:52:28.71\00:52:30.45
You see, the reality is,
and let me reiterate this.
00:52:30.51\00:52:32.78
I said this earlier
but it fits right here.
00:52:32.81\00:52:35.15
We are not saying
00:52:35.18\00:52:36.52
that we're not
going to go to heaven.
00:52:36.55\00:52:37.89
I don't know why
people hear that.
00:52:37.92\00:52:40.22
So they say, "Are you saying
my mother's not in heaven?"
00:52:40.26\00:52:42.62
No, I'm saying,
"She didn't go yet."
00:52:42.66\00:52:46.76
Right? Right.
00:52:46.80\00:52:48.16
I'm not saying she's not
there. Saying she didn't go yet.
00:52:48.20\00:52:51.10
God's got a good plan,
00:52:51.13\00:52:52.47
I'm going to go
when my mother goes.
00:52:52.50\00:52:54.20
Come on. Amen!
00:52:54.24\00:52:55.57
I'm going to go when my friends
that are sleeping in Jesus...
00:52:55.60\00:52:57.97
We're going to
go together. Amen.
00:52:58.01\00:53:00.58
Ain't nobody up in
heaven having dinner.
00:53:00.61\00:53:04.41
Nobody moved into
their mansions yet.
00:53:04.45\00:53:06.82
I don't know if
Elijah lives in a mansion.
00:53:06.85\00:53:08.55
I don't know if
Enoch lives in a mansion.
00:53:08.58\00:53:11.25
I don't know where Moses lives.
00:53:11.29\00:53:12.99
But we're going to all
have a celebration together.
00:53:13.02\00:53:16.16
Read 1 Corinthians 15.
00:53:16.19\00:53:18.56
Don't go there now but
read the whole chapter.
00:53:18.59\00:53:20.50
It's all about the resurrection.
00:53:20.53\00:53:22.00
It's all about what
happens after you die.
00:53:22.03\00:53:24.03
The beauty of it is the
Lord is going to come back.
00:53:24.07\00:53:26.40
Nobody outside of these
three individuals mentioned
00:53:26.43\00:53:29.40
and the 24 elders
have met Jesus yet.
00:53:29.44\00:53:33.44
We're all waiting
for that grand reunion.
00:53:33.48\00:53:35.94
It's like the camp meeting
00:53:35.98\00:53:37.61
that will outlast
all camp meetings.
00:53:37.65\00:53:40.52
Amen!
00:53:40.58\00:53:42.32
You want to talk
about being happy?
00:53:42.35\00:53:44.35
Some of you that
have never said amen
00:53:44.39\00:53:45.79
will finally say it.
00:53:45.82\00:53:48.49
I guarantee you that.
00:53:48.52\00:53:50.33
Some people said
saying amen is cultural.
00:53:50.39\00:53:51.93
No, that's going to
be dispelled in heaven.
00:53:51.96\00:53:55.00
Some of you have
never said praise the Lord.
00:53:55.03\00:53:56.63
You will when you get there.
00:53:56.70\00:53:58.87
Somebody's going to shout.
00:53:58.90\00:54:00.34
I will be one, I guarantee you.
00:54:00.37\00:54:01.87
I remember years ago,
00:54:01.90\00:54:03.24
Doug doesn't always sing
00:54:03.27\00:54:05.04
but I'm going to try to
get him to sing one day.
00:54:05.07\00:54:07.11
He likes to sing
00:54:07.18\00:54:08.51
but he's very
nervous to do it publicly.
00:54:08.54\00:54:10.25
But he said, I said, Doug said,
00:54:10.28\00:54:11.75
"John, when I get to heaven
it'll be easy to find me."
00:54:11.78\00:54:15.75
I call him Doug
'cause we're good friends.
00:54:15.78\00:54:17.39
I said, "How?"
00:54:17.42\00:54:18.75
He said, "I'll be
the only one singing
00:54:18.79\00:54:20.16
throughout eternity."
00:54:20.19\00:54:21.52
But here is the grand reunion,
now are you ready for it?
00:54:25.39\00:54:28.20
1 Thessalonians 4:15-18.
00:54:28.23\00:54:32.90
We're going to
meet Him together.
00:54:32.93\00:54:34.54
Praise the Lord.
Let's go quickly.
00:54:34.57\00:54:37.57
"For this we say to you
by the word of the Lord,
00:54:37.61\00:54:40.54
that we who are alive and remain
00:54:40.58\00:54:42.51
until the coming of the Lord
00:54:42.54\00:54:43.91
will by no means
precede those who are asleep.
00:54:43.95\00:54:47.58
For the Lord Himself
will descend from heaven
00:54:47.62\00:54:50.35
with the shout, with
the voice of an archangel,
00:54:50.39\00:54:53.02
and with the trumpet of God.
00:54:53.05\00:54:54.46
And the dead in
Christ will rise" when?
00:54:54.49\00:54:56.52
"First.
00:54:56.56\00:54:57.89
Then we who are alive and remain
00:54:57.93\00:55:01.53
shall be caught up" how?
00:55:01.56\00:55:03.67
"Together." Mama resurrected.
00:55:03.70\00:55:05.87
My other mother resurrected.
My friends resurrected.
00:55:05.90\00:55:08.70
And then we say,
"You ready to go?"
00:55:08.74\00:55:10.31
"I'm ready. You
ready? Let's go."
00:55:10.34\00:55:11.84
Caught up how? Together.
00:55:11.87\00:55:13.88
To do what? To meet
the Lord in the air.
00:55:13.91\00:55:17.25
We haven't met Him yet.
00:55:17.28\00:55:19.91
And nobody who
has died has met Him.
00:55:19.95\00:55:23.99
Let the Bible speak.
00:55:24.02\00:55:25.59
"To meet the Lord in the air.
00:55:25.62\00:55:27.46
And thus we shall
always be with the Lord.
00:55:27.49\00:55:29.79
Therefore" do what?
00:55:29.82\00:55:31.16
"Together comfort one
another with these words."
00:55:31.19\00:55:34.00
That's why I end
00:55:34.00\00:55:35.33
with the most
beautiful promise of Jesus,
00:55:35.36\00:55:37.60
John 14:3.
00:55:37.63\00:55:39.60
He says, "I will come again."
00:55:39.63\00:55:42.47
Come on, say
amen somebody. Amen!
00:55:42.50\00:55:44.67
For what?
00:55:44.71\00:55:46.11
"And receive you to
Myself, that where I am,
00:55:46.14\00:55:50.45
there you may be also."
00:55:50.51\00:55:52.01
You see, friends,
00:55:52.05\00:55:53.38
the dead can't speak to
us but the Word of God can.
00:55:53.42\00:55:56.05
Come on. Amen!
00:55:56.08\00:55:57.99
Dear friend, we laid
to rest a few years ago,
00:55:58.02\00:56:01.16
he was a member of
another denomination.
00:56:01.19\00:56:04.69
Never forgot him.
00:56:04.73\00:56:06.06
He was a pilot,
00:56:06.09\00:56:07.46
professional pilot
for a commercial airline
00:56:07.50\00:56:09.10
many years ago.
00:56:09.13\00:56:10.47
He would always sit in
our Sabbath School class
00:56:10.50\00:56:11.87
right upstairs.
00:56:11.90\00:56:13.54
Always tell us
his pilot stories.
00:56:13.57\00:56:15.00
I said, "Did you fly a
Cessna?" "No, commercial plane."
00:56:15.04\00:56:18.51
He told me all of
his years of experience.
00:56:18.54\00:56:20.88
And he was so
excited about Jesus,
00:56:20.91\00:56:23.14
he gave me a picture of
the resurrection of Jesus,
00:56:23.18\00:56:25.65
the cross of Christ, and a poem,
00:56:25.68\00:56:27.32
and a little
pendant that had a cross.
00:56:27.35\00:56:28.75
And he said,
"Pastor, hold on to that."
00:56:28.78\00:56:31.39
And one day he missed it
00:56:31.42\00:56:32.75
so much he said,
"Pastor, I need it back."
00:56:32.79\00:56:34.16
We were at prayer meeting.
00:56:34.19\00:56:35.52
I said, "I'll give it
back to you next week."
00:56:35.56\00:56:37.13
I said, "Bud, here it is."
00:56:37.16\00:56:39.66
He came to my
office after prayer meeting
00:56:39.69\00:56:41.43
and he said, "Oh, I'm waiting...
00:56:41.46\00:56:42.80
I've been waiting for that.
00:56:42.83\00:56:44.17
I want to put that on
my wall when I go home."
00:56:44.23\00:56:46.70
He drove down the driveway
00:56:46.74\00:56:48.77
to exit Angel Lane
and he died right there.
00:56:48.80\00:56:52.94
When he left my office
00:56:52.97\00:56:54.64
he said, "Pastor,
I'll see you on Sabbath,"
00:56:54.68\00:56:58.55
because of the promise of Jesus,
00:56:58.58\00:57:01.02
we're going to spend
Sabbath together in heaven
00:57:01.05\00:57:02.92
with my good friend Bud.
00:57:02.95\00:57:04.52
You see, friends,
Bud is not there now.
00:57:04.55\00:57:06.49
If we let the Word of God speak,
00:57:06.52\00:57:08.66
the promise of Jesus
will always be our security.
00:57:08.69\00:57:12.86
Not some alternate route.
Let the Word of God speak.
00:57:12.89\00:57:16.13
We will see Jesus.
00:57:16.16\00:57:17.57
We will be raised,
but the fact of the matter
00:57:17.60\00:57:19.93
is according to the
authority of God's Word
00:57:19.97\00:57:22.10
the dead cannot speak to
us but the Word of God can.
00:57:22.14\00:57:26.07
What do you say? Amen!
00:57:26.11\00:57:27.48
Thank the Lord for His Word.
00:57:27.51\00:57:28.84
Hold on to that
until Jesus comes again.
00:57:28.88\00:57:31.35
Let us pray.
00:57:31.38\00:57:32.71