Hello, friends,
and welcome to another
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Wednesday night Bible
study here at A Sharper Focus.
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Thank you so much for
tuning into this study
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as we begin a new series
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on how to know the
truth about the truth.
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And we just peaked
into the topic on death
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and we're going
to continue tonight
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on that very important topic.
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So what the Bible teaches
can open our hearts and minds
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to hear God's Word
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and to clear up
any misunderstanding
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about what happens
when a person dies,
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how we are
created, what do we possess,
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what happens after
the point of death,
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do we have a
soul, are we a soul,
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is there a spirit that departs.
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All those questions
that do float around,
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no pun intended,
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is what we're going
to talk about tonight.
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So get your Bibles,
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invite your friends and
family members to sit down
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for just about an hour
with us as we go to God's Word.
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Now as you have tuned in,
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if you'd like to get
a copy of the lesson,
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go to this
website, asf.3abn.org,
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and download a
copy of the lesson,
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that's lesson number 19,
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The Truth about Life and Death.
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And as you get
that, get your Bibles,
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and you can follow along,
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as we open the Word
of the Lord together.
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But before we do anything,
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before we even
have our opening song,
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let's go to the Lord in prayer.
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Our Heavenly Father,
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we thank You for the opportunity
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to study Your Word,
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we thank You
for Your Holy Spirit
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who will teach us.
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Father, we want to know
the truth about the truth,
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we know the truth is Jesus
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but what has He
said in His Word,
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and so tonight, as we talk
about this all important topic,
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lead us, and
guide us, and teach us.
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We pray in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Now let's sing our theme
song together, Victory in Jesus.
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I heard an old, old story
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How the Savior came from glory
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How He gave His life on Calvary
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To save a wretch like me
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I heard about His groaning
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Of His precious blood's atoning
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Then I repented of my sins
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And won the victory
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior, forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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I heard about a mansion
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He has built for me in glory
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And I heard about
the streets of gold
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Beyond the crystal sea
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About the angels singing
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And the old redemption story
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And some sweet
day I'll sing up there
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The song of victory
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Key change.
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior, forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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Amen?
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Amen.
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You know, this topic,
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The Truth about
the Life and Death
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is a really important topic.
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I was thinking about
when we sometimes meet people,
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you never know
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what people
believe when you meet them.
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We were sitting down on a plane,
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and talking to a young man
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as we were getting ready
to take off in our flight,
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and we bowed our heads to pray,
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and my wife prayed, and
when she opened her eyes,
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she saw a young man next
to her praying, and she said,
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"I just prayed to the
Lord to give us a safe flight",
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and he said, "I just
prayed to my ancestors
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to give me a safe flight
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but I also
prayed to God, he said,
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"I prayed to God and I
prayed to my ancestors as well."
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Who told him to
tell my wife that.
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And she then began to say,
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"Well, why would you
pray to your ancestors,
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aren't they dead?"
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And he said, "Yes, but
we pray to our ancestors",
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and then I took over,
and I asked him a question,
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I said, "Now when
you are sleeping at night
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and someone talks to
you, can you hear them?"
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He said, "No."
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I said, "If you got a phone call
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and while you were
sleeping during the night,
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and would you
hear the phone ring?"
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He said, "No."
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I said, "If somebody
had a conversation with you
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while you were deep in
sleep, could you hear them?"
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He said, "No."
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I said, "Well,
neither can your ancestors
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because they're dead.
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If you can't hear
them when you're sleeping,
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they cannot hear
them when they're dead."
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But, you know,
there's so much being said
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about what happens
when a person dies.
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And it is not all the truth.
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Even the media
sometimes does the job and says,
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well, you know,
this very famous person
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just died, and, you
know, they're in heaven now,
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they're on the streets
of gold, either tap dancing,
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or playing the
piano, or they're singing,
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or they're talking to the Lord.
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And then
sometimes you go to funerals
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and the preacher would say,
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"Well, our dearly
departed loved one...
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Dearly departed loved
one is now looking down on us
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and I'm sure they're
glad you're all here today."
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And then later on at
the service, they'll say,
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"Well, as you pass by
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and give your last farewells..."
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They'll point to the body there
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and they'll say
they're somewhere else.
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So there's so much confusion
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about what happens
when a person dies.
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Tonight, we're going
to begin with the topic,
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the truth about the truth,
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how to know the truth, the
truth about life and death.
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Now, you know, when you
talk about a topic like this,
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the best place to
begin is in the beginning.
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In the where? Beginning.
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In the beginning.
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So let's begin with
our first question tonight,
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comes from the Book of Genesis.
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And we'll begin by
reading question number one,
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which is what does
the Bible teach about
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the creation of man?
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Once again, if you'd
like a copy of this lesson,
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go to this
website, don't put www, put
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asf.3abn.org.
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What does the Bible teach
about the creation of man?
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Now the reason why
we're going to Genesis 2:7 is,
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death is creation in reverse.
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As God gives life,
then when a person dies,
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life is no longer there.
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So in order to
understand clearly
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what happens,
what man possesses,
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how God made us, let's
begin with Genesis 2:7.
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And the Bible says,
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"And the Lord God
formed man of the,..." What?
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Dust.
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"Dust of the ground, and
breathed into his nostrils,
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the breath of life,
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and man became
a living..." What?
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Soul.
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"A living soul."
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Now the reason
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why I used the King
James Version on that text
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to begin tonight is
because the word "soul"
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is the word that is
often the confusion.
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You know, people say,
"Well, his soul has departed,
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" or "his soul is in heaven now,
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" or "man has an immortal soul."
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But what I want you to see,
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there is a
combination in the scripture,
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if you look at verse 2
again or verse 7 of Chapter 2,
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you will see two things
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that ultimately
forms this living soul.
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What was the first
thing that God formed?
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Somebody tell me.
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What was the first
thing according to the verse
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that God formed?
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Man.
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Okay, and what
did He do it from?
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Dust. Dust.
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Another word we
could use for dust is dirt.
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Okay?
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God is so magnificently large,
what seems like heavy material
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it was is dust to God.
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You know, the Bible...
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You know, we always
see in the funerals,
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"From dust thou art
unto dust thou shalt return."
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First of all, the
first thing you had,
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let's look at
this equation here,
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first you had the
dust of the ground.
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So God formed man.
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Man did not have a
form, God formed man.
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And if you look at
the Genesis record,
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it made it clear
that God formed man,
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God made man in His image.
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So that's the formation of
man but that was first the body.
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Before there was any
life, there was first a body,
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there was first a what?
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A body. A body.
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So what happens
when you go to a funeral
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and you have a body?
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Okay, but now let's
look what else God did.
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And then God,
according to the verse,
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"God breathed into
man's nostrils the..." What?
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"The breath of life."
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So if you could
think about it this way,
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we don't have
the breath of life.
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We could breathe, you
know, we inhale, we exhale,
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but we don't have
the breath of life.
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So we couldn't
breathe into a mound of clay
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and give it life but God can.
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So before man
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came to life, he was just dust.
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But when God
breathed it into his nostrils,
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that clay combined
with the breath of God,
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the life of God, man became...
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Say that word, man became.
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Now what you want to get here
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is not man wasn't
given a living soul,
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man became a living soul,
so the dust of the ground,
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the body, plus
the breath of life,
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the spirit from God
equals a living soul
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or as some of the
new translations say,
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a living being.
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So if you read the NIV,
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if you read the
New King James version,
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if you read the Amplified Bible,
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if you read the
American Standard,
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whatever translation you
read, they all say living being,
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the only one
that says living soul
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is the King James Version.
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But there's no confusion there.
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Let's see what man didn't have.
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So get this, man
wasn't given an immortal soul,
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man became a living soul.
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Now you may have
thought I was going to say
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man became an immortal soul.
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No, man wasn't
given an immortal soul,
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man became a living soul.
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Now the reason I
say that is because...
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If nothing survives death,
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if there's
nothing that continues on
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after man dies,
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then that mean there's nothing
about man that's immortal.
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Let's see what the Bible says.
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Question number
two. Question number two.
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So what does the Bible
teach about the creation of man?
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Man became a living soul.
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The answer is man
became a living soul.
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He wasn't given a living soul.
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He became a living soul.
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Now let's look at
question number two.
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When God created man,
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did man possess
an immortal soul?
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Go to 1 Timothy 6:16,
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1 Timothy 6:16.
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We've got to get
an answer to this
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because this
isn't straightforward
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as this sometimes may seem.
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For whatever reason,
it just happens to...
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It just happens
to miss the attention
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of those who read the Bible.
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Because many
churches teach that,
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you know, "They're in
heaven now looking down on us."
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Other people say,
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"Well, now my mom
is my guardian angel."
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Have you heard that one before?
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I know, unfortunately,
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not too long ago there was
a young man that was killed
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and his mother said,
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"Well, the thing
that gives me comfort now
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is he's my guardian angel."
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And then sometimes
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a person may die
in a car accident
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and somebody will say,
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"Well, you know,
God needed an angel,
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so He took your
mother" or "He took your son."
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And that kind of
makes God like a hitman.
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But God is not a hitman,
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God doesn't kill
people to populate heaven.
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And that's an
unfortunate rap that God gets.
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So we want to make it
clear how this all happens.
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So let's go ahead and
see what 1 Timothy 6:16 says.
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1 Timothy Chapter 6.
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When God created man,
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did man possess
an immortal soul?
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1 Timothy 6:16
speaking about God,
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it reads as follows,
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"Who alone has..."
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What is the next word?
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Immortality.
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"Immortality
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dwelling in
unapproachable light,
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whom no man has seen or can see,
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to whom the honor
and everlasting power, "
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and the next word is "amen."
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Okay, now what I
want to get here,
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if you read the
New King James Version,
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you see it says,
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"Who alone has immortality
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dwelling in
unapproachable light."
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But the King James Version says,
00:14:16.92\00:14:18.55
"Dwelling in the light
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which no man can approach unto."
00:14:19.95\00:14:22.56
Now this is really important
00:14:22.59\00:14:23.93
because I don't
know how many years ago,
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it's got to be...
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Maybe about 20 years
ago, all of a sudden,
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there's this new
phenomenon that came out,
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people kept saying,
00:14:31.63\00:14:32.97
"You know, when I was
on the operation table,
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I was pronounced dead,
and I went towards the light.
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I saw this bright
light, and it embraced me,
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and I felt like I was
in the presence of God."
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They didn't see an
image but they felt...
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"You know, I
felt this warm light
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and I went toward this light."
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And then there
are some that said,
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"You know,
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I went toward the
slide, and then I came back,
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and next thing I knew,
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I was awake on
the operating table."
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And so they call this
the blank death experience.
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What's that phrase
there? What's the word?
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Near death. Near
death experience.
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But I want you to
notice something here.
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Let me ask the question,
who alone has immortality?
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Somebody tell me.
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God. God alone.
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God alone.
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No man has
immortality, which means,
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if man does not
have immortality,
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when man dies, what happens?
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He dies.
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You know, have you ever bought
a car battery that's immortal?
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No, now you have,
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there are
rechargeable batteries,
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but there are no
immortal car batteries.
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When that battery dies,
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you don't put it in
another car for it to work.
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Right?
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In the very same
way, when man dies,
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he doesn't work in
the different environment.
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And that's the kind of teaching
that happens nowadays as well,
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and I don't want to be...
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I don't want to
sound like a broken record
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but I want to make a point,
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we think that
they're in heaven now,
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having a picnic
with God or well...
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And then we... and then...
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I know some people that
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one of the reasons
we have in America,
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we have something
called Memorial Day.
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And Memorial Day is a day
that people remember people.
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That's why it's called Memorial,
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kind of memory.
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And they have memorials.
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And a lot of people
visit the cemeteries.
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I remember being in
New York growing up,
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and sometimes
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we'd go to the
cemetery on Memorial Day,
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and we would put
flowers on the cemetery...
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on the grave.
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And I didn't
understand for years,
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what that was all about
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until I read the Bible
years later and it says,
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you know, his
sons come to honor him
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and he does not know it,
00:16:48.84\00:16:50.17
they have brought loaf
and he does not perceive it.
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And then I also saw
this happen in New York,
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some of the Asians
would bring fruits,
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they'd put
fruits on the cemetery.
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And I always wondered,
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how long those
fruits would be there
00:17:01.22\00:17:03.59
because I knew, I
knew their dead loved ones
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was not going to
eat those fruits.
00:17:07.19\00:17:09.89
So I wondered if they
were not there the next day,
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chances are somebody
knew that that's the place
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they could find
some food that night
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and when got the fruit.
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Because I want to
make it very clear,
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dead people don't eat anything.
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All right?
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So who only has immortality,
put the answer to number two,
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God only.
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When God created man,
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did man
possessed an immortal soul?
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No, only God.
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Go now to question number three.
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Very fascinating topic.
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It's a topic...
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Although we have 21 questions...
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I think there's a
game called 21 questions
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but this is not a game.
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Question number three,
a very important question.
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By the way, they
all are important
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because they
unfold something more
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about what the Bible
teaches concerning death.
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Question number three.
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So I'm going to give
a different tag to this,
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since man is not immortal,
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what classification
does the Bible give to man?
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Since man is not immortal,
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what classification
does the Bible give to man?
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Job 4:17.
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Now as you're turning to Job,
what I want to make very clear,
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do you think it's safe to
get our answers from the Bible?
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Come on, give me an
amen if you think so.
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Amen.
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So why is it not...
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Why is it not equally
as important to just base
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what we think on
what other people say?
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Why is it not important?
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Okay, let me just ask,
is it important to match
00:18:42.98\00:18:45.92
what the Bible says
with what people teach?
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Or which one supersedes which?
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The Bible is superseding men
00:18:51.93\00:18:53.40
because the Bible is God's Word.
00:18:53.43\00:18:55.86
So since God is the Creator,
He ought to be the only one
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that knows best what
happens to His creation
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when death comes, right?
00:19:02.34\00:19:03.84
So let's look at Job 4:17.
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Job is right before
the big book of Psalms.
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Okay, here's
what the Bible says.
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"Can a..."
00:19:12.45\00:19:14.35
Say the next word with me,
00:19:14.38\00:19:15.98
"can a mortal be
more righteous than God?
00:19:16.02\00:19:20.52
Can a man be more
pure than his maker?"
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Now what keyword did
we find in that passage?
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Say it. Mortal.
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Mortal.
00:19:29.26\00:19:30.60
God, immortal. Man, mortal.
00:19:30.63\00:19:34.00
So that right away, if
somebody ever tries to tell you
00:19:34.04\00:19:36.20
that you're God, no,
you're a mere mortal.
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A mere mortal.
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So the answer is,
00:19:43.31\00:19:44.65
what classification
does the Bible give to man,
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together, the answer is mortal.
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We are mortals.
00:19:51.22\00:19:53.15
Now I want to
just make it clear.
00:19:53.19\00:19:56.12
One day we will be immortal,
but it's not when we die,
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and it's not at
the point of creation.
00:20:01.13\00:20:03.16
We don't have a body
00:20:03.20\00:20:05.33
that has this
immortal facet to it.
00:20:05.37\00:20:08.90
And we'll discover why.
00:20:08.94\00:20:10.64
But we're laying the foundation.
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You see, one of
the things that...
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One of the reasons
00:20:14.44\00:20:15.78
why we cannot wait
for the Lord to come,
00:20:15.81\00:20:17.85
we live with a yearning,
what word did I just use?
00:20:17.88\00:20:20.58
A yearning. A yearning.
00:20:20.62\00:20:22.28
One of the
reasons why people say,
00:20:22.32\00:20:24.15
"I can't wait
for Jesus to come."
00:20:24.19\00:20:26.96
Let me ask you a very...
00:20:26.99\00:20:28.89
I want you to think
about this before you answer,
00:20:28.92\00:20:31.99
what is the mortality rate?
00:20:32.03\00:20:35.26
And I want you to
give me a percentage.
00:20:35.30\00:20:36.67
What is the mortality rate?
00:20:36.70\00:20:38.93
Okay, in other words,
what percentage of people die?
00:20:38.97\00:20:42.17
A hundred percent.
00:20:42.20\00:20:43.71
One hundred percent, okay.
00:20:43.74\00:20:45.34
So the mortality
rate to this day is what?
00:20:45.37\00:20:48.24
One hundred percent.
00:20:48.28\00:20:49.84
Except for two
characters in the Bible.
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Enoch walked with God and
was not, for God took him.
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All right? Enoch didn't die.
00:20:59.22\00:21:01.16
Who's the other guy?
00:21:01.19\00:21:02.82
Elijah was swept
away in a chariot of fire.
00:21:02.86\00:21:06.09
The only third
one we know of is?
00:21:06.13\00:21:09.83
Who came forth?
00:21:09.86\00:21:11.23
Moses.
00:21:11.27\00:21:12.60
So we only have record of three.
00:21:12.63\00:21:15.90
The other record we have
00:21:15.94\00:21:17.27
is that the
resurrection of Jesus,
00:21:17.31\00:21:18.91
those who came
forth and were taken as
00:21:18.94\00:21:21.64
first fruits of
those who had slept.
00:21:21.68\00:21:23.75
But outside of that,
00:21:23.78\00:21:25.11
we don't have records of people
00:21:25.15\00:21:26.48
just darting on their way
to heaven every time they die.
00:21:26.51\00:21:29.78
Have no scriptural
record of that at all.
00:21:29.82\00:21:31.85
So right now,
00:21:31.89\00:21:33.22
we've come up to a
very significant conclusion.
00:21:33.25\00:21:35.96
That is this.
00:21:35.99\00:21:37.49
We are mortal, God is immortal,
00:21:37.53\00:21:40.30
man does not
have an immortal soul,
00:21:40.33\00:21:43.20
man does not...
00:21:43.23\00:21:44.57
Man was not given a
soul, man is a soul,
00:21:44.60\00:21:50.01
which means simply
in the English language,
00:21:50.04\00:21:51.94
a living being.
00:21:51.97\00:21:53.94
Question number
four. Question number four.
00:21:53.98\00:21:57.01
Because Paul the
Apostle chimes in and hears...
00:21:57.05\00:22:00.08
Let me just lay some foundation,
00:22:00.12\00:22:02.02
you know, if you
don't have something,
00:22:02.05\00:22:04.02
you yearn for it or you desire
to have it, like children.
00:22:04.05\00:22:07.66
When November comes,
what is children yearning for?
00:22:07.69\00:22:12.23
What mindset do they get?
00:22:12.26\00:22:14.76
They begin to get
into the Christmas mindset.
00:22:14.80\00:22:17.33
They start yearning.
00:22:17.37\00:22:19.20
They start
putting the list together.
00:22:19.23\00:22:20.74
They start saying,
00:22:20.77\00:22:22.10
"Mommy, Daddy,
I want something."
00:22:22.14\00:22:24.77
And they wouldn't want
it, if they already have it.
00:22:24.81\00:22:27.61
All right?
00:22:27.64\00:22:28.98
Paul the Apostle,
00:22:29.01\00:22:30.35
Paul the Apostle
also sets it up this way,
00:22:30.38\00:22:32.41
he says,
00:22:32.45\00:22:33.78
"There's something that
00:22:33.82\00:22:35.78
we groan for, we yearn for,
00:22:35.82\00:22:39.52
and the reason
why we yearn for it
00:22:39.55\00:22:41.32
is because we don't have it."
00:22:41.36\00:22:43.63
All right.
00:22:43.66\00:22:44.99
What did Paul
the Apostle describe
00:22:45.03\00:22:47.26
as man's constant yearning?
00:22:47.30\00:22:49.40
2 Corinthians 5:4.
00:22:49.43\00:22:54.37
2 Corinthians 5:4.
00:22:54.40\00:22:57.31
Matter of fact,
you're turning there,
00:22:57.34\00:22:58.67
let me go ahead and turn there
00:22:58.71\00:23:00.04
because I may want to add more
than just one verse to that,
00:23:00.08\00:23:03.75
even though I suggested verse 4.
00:23:03.78\00:23:07.22
All right?
00:23:07.25\00:23:08.58
Okay, here we are.
00:23:08.62\00:23:10.25
2 Corinthians 5:4,
00:23:10.29\00:23:12.82
he says,
00:23:12.85\00:23:15.72
"For we
00:23:15.76\00:23:17.96
who are in this tent..."
00:23:17.99\00:23:21.10
Now what's another
word for tent in this verse?
00:23:21.13\00:23:23.90
Body.
00:23:23.93\00:23:26.10
Body, thank you there.
00:23:26.13\00:23:27.47
Body.
00:23:27.50\00:23:28.84
If you're in a tent,
he calls it there a tent,
00:23:28.87\00:23:32.17
"We who are in this
tent groan, being burdened,
00:23:32.21\00:23:37.88
not because we
want to be unclothed,
00:23:37.91\00:23:41.68
but further clothed."
00:23:41.72\00:23:44.92
And you'll find out in
just a moment what he means
00:23:44.95\00:23:46.86
because he's still in this
term back, clothed, unclothed,
00:23:46.89\00:23:50.49
not clothed, further clothed.
00:23:50.53\00:23:52.73
I'm going to go ahead
and tell you what he means
00:23:52.76\00:23:54.10
because this is a text
that if you take it by itself
00:23:54.13\00:23:57.50
and just didn't add
anything more to it,
00:23:57.53\00:23:59.50
you may come to the
conclusion that Paul is saying,
00:23:59.53\00:24:01.64
"Well, do I want
to be in this body?
00:24:01.67\00:24:03.34
Do I want to be
out of this body?"
00:24:03.37\00:24:05.01
What's the deal here?
00:24:05.04\00:24:06.44
But he goes on to
make his point very clear.
00:24:06.47\00:24:09.11
He says, "Not because
we want to be unclothed,
00:24:09.14\00:24:12.78
but further closed,
that," what is the next word?
00:24:12.81\00:24:17.45
"That mortality maybe
swallowed up by..." What?
00:24:17.49\00:24:20.89
Life. "Life."
00:24:20.92\00:24:22.26
Now I'm going to
jump ahead of the game
00:24:22.29\00:24:23.63
and come back to that.
00:24:23.66\00:24:24.99
Could I do that?
00:24:25.03\00:24:26.36
I'm going to jump way ahead
00:24:26.39\00:24:27.73
and I'm going to go to a passage
00:24:27.76\00:24:29.10
that does not
appear on our syllabus
00:24:29.13\00:24:31.53
and it's not there intentionally
00:24:31.57\00:24:33.13
because it's dealing
00:24:33.17\00:24:34.50
with the topic
of the resurrection.
00:24:34.54\00:24:37.17
But I have to dive
all the way down there
00:24:37.21\00:24:39.47
so that you can
understand what Paul means
00:24:39.51\00:24:41.91
when he says that
00:24:41.94\00:24:43.41
"Mortality maybe
swallowed up by life."
00:24:43.45\00:24:48.38
So let me ask you the two words,
00:24:48.42\00:24:50.52
he's looking
forward to life, right?
00:24:50.55\00:24:53.79
But he wants mortality
to be swallowed up by life.
00:24:53.82\00:24:57.46
So let's get this now.
00:24:57.49\00:24:58.93
Life, this is
life, this is mortality,
00:24:58.96\00:25:02.66
life comes along
and swallows mortality.
00:25:02.70\00:25:07.80
So what no longer exists?
00:25:07.84\00:25:09.74
Somebody tell me.
00:25:09.77\00:25:12.14
You can say it.
00:25:12.17\00:25:13.81
If life swallows up
mortality, what's left?
00:25:13.84\00:25:17.58
Life.
00:25:17.61\00:25:18.95
Life.
00:25:18.98\00:25:20.68
What's not left?
00:25:20.72\00:25:22.35
Mortality.
00:25:22.38\00:25:23.72
Mortality gets swallowed
up with something else.
00:25:23.75\00:25:26.86
So mortality in
other words is replaced.
00:25:26.89\00:25:30.63
Okay, now go to 1
Corinthians Chapter 15.
00:25:30.66\00:25:33.40
Mortality is replaced
00:25:33.43\00:25:35.66
and the reason I
ask you for the word...
00:25:35.70\00:25:37.57
What does the word tent mean
00:25:37.60\00:25:39.83
is because the entire
chapter of 1 Corinthians 15
00:25:39.87\00:25:44.01
deals with this tent and
deals with the very thing
00:25:44.04\00:25:49.01
that's going to
swallow up morality.
00:25:49.04\00:25:52.25
Now I'm going to
jump to these last verses,
00:25:52.28\00:25:54.08
and let's go ahead and look
at 1 Corinthians Chapter 15,
00:25:54.12\00:25:58.65
and let's go
ahead and go down to...
00:25:58.69\00:26:03.53
verse 53.
00:26:03.56\00:26:05.39
I want to leave some
of the other for later on
00:26:05.43\00:26:08.36
because after we understand
00:26:08.40\00:26:10.17
what happens when a person dies,
00:26:10.20\00:26:12.03
then we are going to deal
00:26:12.07\00:26:13.40
with why there needs
to be a resurrection.
00:26:13.44\00:26:16.10
All right?
00:26:16.14\00:26:17.47
But verse 53 of 1
Corinthians Chapter 15,
00:26:17.51\00:26:21.61
"But for this corruptible
must put on incorruption,
00:26:21.64\00:26:25.88
and this, " say it with me,
"mortal must put on..." What?
00:26:25.91\00:26:30.72
"Immortality."
00:26:30.75\00:26:33.42
"So when this corruptible
has put on incorruption
00:26:33.46\00:26:38.59
and this mortal
has put on immortality,
00:26:38.63\00:26:43.16
then shall be brought to
pass the saying that is written,
00:26:43.20\00:26:47.90
Death is..." What?
00:26:47.94\00:26:49.50
Swallowed.
00:26:49.54\00:26:50.94
"Swallowed up in..." What?
00:26:50.97\00:26:53.61
"Victory."
00:26:53.64\00:26:54.98
Now if you remember now,
00:26:55.01\00:26:56.44
you got to get your hats on now,
00:26:56.48\00:26:57.91
you got your hats on?
00:26:57.95\00:26:59.28
When we read 2 Corinthians 5:4,
00:26:59.31\00:27:02.12
there are two other
words that are there,
00:27:02.15\00:27:03.82
not only is mortality
00:27:03.85\00:27:06.05
but Paul uses
the word "swallowed"
00:27:06.09\00:27:08.12
in both of these verses.
00:27:08.16\00:27:10.33
Mortality swallowed
up by a life and here,
00:27:10.36\00:27:15.43
death swallowed up by victory.
00:27:15.46\00:27:18.13
Okay, we got to
get something here.
00:27:18.17\00:27:20.37
Are you ready? This is huge.
00:27:20.40\00:27:22.94
Call your friends, this is huge.
00:27:22.97\00:27:25.21
Are you ready?
00:27:25.24\00:27:26.57
Now mortality is
compared to death.
00:27:26.61\00:27:30.95
Because mortality
00:27:30.98\00:27:32.75
is going to be
swallowed up by life
00:27:32.78\00:27:34.78
and death is going to
be swallowed up by victory.
00:27:34.82\00:27:38.82
Did you get that?
00:27:38.85\00:27:40.32
So mortality is
equated to death.
00:27:40.36\00:27:45.13
If you're mortal,
you're going to die.
00:27:45.16\00:27:48.23
Can I get an amen? Amen.
00:27:48.26\00:27:50.13
Everybody
that's mortal has died.
00:27:50.17\00:27:52.93
Okay, we're still alive,
00:27:52.97\00:27:55.47
but if you're more
than 120 years old,
00:27:55.50\00:27:57.57
I don't know of anybody...
00:27:57.61\00:27:58.94
If there's somebody older
than 120 watching this program,
00:27:58.97\00:28:01.41
please, let me know.
00:28:01.44\00:28:03.14
I don't want to offend anybody.
00:28:03.18\00:28:05.25
But chances are in a 120 years,
00:28:05.28\00:28:07.28
almost everybody on this planet,
00:28:07.32\00:28:08.98
if the Lord
doesn't come, will be dead.
00:28:09.02\00:28:11.79
That's a fact.
00:28:11.82\00:28:13.99
So what has happened,
the reason why they're dead
00:28:14.02\00:28:15.56
is because
00:28:15.59\00:28:16.93
the only thing that
mortality can give you is death.
00:28:16.96\00:28:21.16
But when life
comes, victory comes.
00:28:21.20\00:28:23.70
Amen?
00:28:23.73\00:28:25.07
So what kind of life do you get?
00:28:25.10\00:28:27.87
What kind of life do you get?
00:28:27.90\00:28:30.21
Say it, Dan.
00:28:30.24\00:28:32.07
You get eternal life.
00:28:32.11\00:28:34.21
John 3:16, come on,
let's say it together,
00:28:34.24\00:28:36.85
"For God so loved the world,
00:28:36.88\00:28:39.21
that He gave His
only begotten Son,
00:28:39.25\00:28:42.02
that whosoever believeth
in Him shall not perish,
00:28:42.05\00:28:46.55
but have everlasting life."
00:28:46.59\00:28:50.03
So therefore, if death
is swallowed up by victory,
00:28:50.06\00:28:54.96
then mortality is
swallowed up by everlasting life
00:28:55.00\00:28:59.43
not just life because if it
was just swallowed up by life,
00:28:59.47\00:29:02.10
it'd be the very same thing
00:29:02.14\00:29:03.47
because we all
have life right now.
00:29:03.51\00:29:04.84
Right?
00:29:04.87\00:29:06.21
But what kind of
life do we have right now?
00:29:06.24\00:29:07.58
We have mortal life.
00:29:07.61\00:29:08.94
But what kind of
life did Paul say
00:29:08.98\00:29:10.35
we're going to have in
1 Corinthians 15:53-54?
00:29:10.38\00:29:14.92
What kind of life
are we going to have?
00:29:14.95\00:29:16.65
Immortal life.
00:29:16.69\00:29:19.49
Amen? Amen.
00:29:19.52\00:29:20.86
We don't have it yet.
00:29:20.89\00:29:22.52
And when are we
going to have it?
00:29:22.56\00:29:23.89
Now let's go back to verse 52,
00:29:23.93\00:29:25.89
matter of fact, go to verse 51.
00:29:25.93\00:29:28.10
I know you're
going to remember this
00:29:28.13\00:29:29.46
when I come back
00:29:29.50\00:29:30.83
but I need to go
over this pavement twice,
00:29:30.87\00:29:33.34
need to go over
this pavement twice.
00:29:33.37\00:29:35.37
Verse 51 of 1
Corinthians Chapter 15,
00:29:35.40\00:29:38.14
"Behold, I show you
or tell you a mystery,
00:29:38.17\00:29:41.68
we shall not all sleep,
but we shall all be..." What?
00:29:41.71\00:29:44.31
"Changed."
00:29:44.35\00:29:45.68
We're going to change from what?
00:29:45.71\00:29:47.05
Verse 52.
00:29:47.08\00:29:48.42
When are we going to
change is the first question.
00:29:48.45\00:29:50.02
"In a moment, in the twinkling
of an eye, at the..." What?
00:29:50.05\00:29:55.59
"At the last
trump or last trumpet,
00:29:55.62\00:29:59.46
for the trumpet will sound
00:29:59.49\00:30:01.60
and the dead will be
raised incorruptible,
00:30:01.63\00:30:05.07
and we shall be..." What?
00:30:05.10\00:30:06.43
"Changed."
00:30:06.47\00:30:07.80
Now let me also
add something here,
00:30:07.84\00:30:09.20
incorruptible, and death,
and mortality are brothers.
00:30:09.24\00:30:14.94
Sorry, corruptible,
corruptible, mortality,
00:30:14.98\00:30:19.41
and death are brothers.
00:30:19.45\00:30:20.85
I just said
incorruptible, right?
00:30:20.88\00:30:22.72
Corruptible, mortality,
and death are brothers.
00:30:22.75\00:30:26.65
Let me go ahead
and add this together.
00:30:26.69\00:30:29.06
What does corruptible mean?
00:30:29.09\00:30:31.33
That means we
get to a peak in life
00:30:31.36\00:30:33.70
and then we start dying.
00:30:33.73\00:30:35.86
Life is like a cycle,
it's like a wave, a sine wave.
00:30:35.90\00:30:39.60
But it doesn't
keep growing like this,
00:30:39.63\00:30:41.60
it just goes like this,
00:30:41.64\00:30:43.71
and then it
starts going like this.
00:30:43.74\00:30:45.77
In other words, we all
have a peak in the world
00:30:45.81\00:30:48.34
at some point in our lives,
00:30:48.38\00:30:49.98
and then we all start
heading down the sliding board,
00:30:50.01\00:30:52.55
and at the end
of the siding board,
00:30:52.58\00:30:53.92
there's a big old
hole, six feet deep.
00:30:53.95\00:30:56.95
It's called a grave.
00:30:56.99\00:30:58.32
Grave.
00:30:58.35\00:30:59.85
And we don't know
when that's going to be
00:30:59.89\00:31:01.79
because we don't know
when our death date is,
00:31:01.82\00:31:03.76
you know, like my
good friend Richard Ofield,
00:31:03.79\00:31:05.76
He says, "I know when
I'm going to die, 2000...
00:31:05.79\00:31:10.03
I can't see the
last two numbers."
00:31:10.07\00:31:12.83
We're all going to die.
00:31:12.87\00:31:14.30
We're all going to
die. It's a sad, sad truth.
00:31:14.34\00:31:18.31
That's why we all
need Jesus, right?
00:31:18.34\00:31:19.71
Amen.
00:31:19.74\00:31:21.08
Because He said, Paul...
00:31:21.11\00:31:22.44
I mean, Peter said,
00:31:22.48\00:31:23.81
he is not willing that
any should perish, and John,
00:31:23.85\00:31:28.08
"Whosoever believeth
in Him should not perish."
00:31:28.12\00:31:31.25
He is not
willing for us to perish
00:31:31.29\00:31:32.92
and John said, "If
you believe in Him,
00:31:32.95\00:31:34.29
you won't perish.
00:31:34.32\00:31:36.29
You'll go from
mortal..." To what?
00:31:36.32\00:31:38.76
"Immortal, from
corruptible to..." What?
00:31:38.79\00:31:41.40
"Incorruptible," which means...
00:31:41.43\00:31:43.16
What does corruptible mean?
00:31:43.20\00:31:44.53
Well, you know
what corruptible means.
00:31:44.57\00:31:45.90
There was a time I
didn't need contact lenses
00:31:45.93\00:31:48.87
but I need it now, why?
00:31:48.90\00:31:50.24
Because my eyes are corruptible.
00:31:50.27\00:31:52.87
That means they're getting bad.
00:31:52.91\00:31:55.98
And I'll leave it right there.
00:31:56.01\00:31:58.25
Every one of us has
something that reminds us
00:31:58.28\00:32:01.32
that the grave is closer.
00:32:01.35\00:32:02.88
You know, what they say in life,
00:32:02.92\00:32:04.25
you know, when
you're a teenager,
00:32:04.29\00:32:06.52
you think that
you've got all the gusto,
00:32:06.55\00:32:08.72
you've about to rear up,
and everything is ahead of you.
00:32:08.76\00:32:11.83
When you hit 20,
you're even more excited.
00:32:11.86\00:32:14.33
When you hit 30,
00:32:14.36\00:32:15.70
you start diving in your career.
00:32:15.73\00:32:17.50
When you hit 40,
00:32:17.53\00:32:18.87
you are spending
money like a nut.
00:32:18.90\00:32:21.20
When you hit...
00:32:21.24\00:32:22.57
You get into your 50s
you start slowing down
00:32:22.60\00:32:24.14
because you realize you
have so much possessions.
00:32:24.17\00:32:26.34
They say, "When you hit 60s
00:32:26.37\00:32:27.71
you start thinking
about a giving step away."
00:32:27.74\00:32:30.21
And if by God's
chance you make 70,
00:32:30.25\00:32:31.95
you start
thinking of your legacy,
00:32:31.98\00:32:33.38
what am I going to leave behind.
00:32:33.42\00:32:35.08
If you make it pass
that, to God be the glory
00:32:35.12\00:32:37.09
because He says
man's life span is what?
00:32:37.12\00:32:39.55
Threescore and 10.
00:32:39.59\00:32:42.69
It's amazing how that works.
00:32:42.72\00:32:44.26
We've got this
up and down cycle.
00:32:44.29\00:32:46.26
For people that
don't want to believe that,
00:32:46.29\00:32:48.00
they all face a midlife crisis.
00:32:48.03\00:32:50.73
That's the fact.
00:32:50.77\00:32:52.10
They don't want
to go down that road.
00:32:52.13\00:32:53.47
So you have some guys
that are getting to the point
00:32:53.50\00:32:55.34
where they realize,
"I'm at the top of my..."
00:32:55.37\00:32:57.84
"I'm way past my peak
and I'm on my way down
00:32:57.87\00:33:00.31
but I don't want
to look like it."
00:33:00.34\00:33:02.14
So they go out,
you know, way before,
00:33:02.18\00:33:05.31
way past their youthful years
and they start dressing like
00:33:05.35\00:33:07.58
they're young men.
00:33:07.62\00:33:08.95
Yeah.
00:33:08.98\00:33:10.32
They start hanging
around with way young people
00:33:10.35\00:33:11.69
than they should
be hanging around
00:33:11.72\00:33:13.05
and start doing things
that their bodies cannot handle.
00:33:13.09\00:33:15.46
That's a midlife crisis.
00:33:15.49\00:33:17.13
We've got to come
to the realization
00:33:17.16\00:33:18.86
that if you want life,
00:33:18.89\00:33:20.23
you've got to get
eternal life from Jesus.
00:33:20.26\00:33:21.76
Amen? Amen.
00:33:21.80\00:33:23.16
It doesn't come from
us, it comes from the Lord.
00:33:23.20\00:33:26.20
Now so let's go back
to question number four,
00:33:26.23\00:33:29.10
what did Paul
the Apostle describe
00:33:29.14\00:33:30.77
as man's constant yearning?
00:33:30.81\00:33:32.91
His constant yearning is that
00:33:32.94\00:33:34.91
mortality may be
swallowed up by life.
00:33:34.94\00:33:38.68
His constant
yearning is to be immortal.
00:33:38.71\00:33:42.35
To be immortal.
00:33:42.38\00:33:44.25
People are...
00:33:44.29\00:33:46.15
One person, I remember
one person said that...
00:33:46.19\00:33:50.93
Asked the
question whether or not
00:33:54.16\00:33:56.00
he would like to live forever
00:33:56.03\00:33:58.40
and he said,
00:33:58.43\00:33:59.77
"Only if all my
friends could also live forever
00:33:59.80\00:34:03.74
because," he said,
"If I am the only one
00:34:03.77\00:34:05.17
that can live forever,
00:34:05.21\00:34:07.08
I'll be watching
people die my whole life."
00:34:07.11\00:34:12.45
But the beauty of heaven
is we're going to all have
00:34:12.48\00:34:14.78
eternal life together.
00:34:14.82\00:34:16.15
Amen? Amen.
00:34:16.18\00:34:17.59
But if you're
faithful, if you're faithful,
00:34:17.62\00:34:20.36
one day this mortal body
00:34:20.39\00:34:22.82
will be replaced
with one that's perfect,
00:34:22.86\00:34:24.83
no more signs of death.
00:34:24.86\00:34:27.00
Would not be able
to be corruptible,
00:34:27.03\00:34:29.43
in other words, hair won't
be falling out, turning gray,
00:34:29.46\00:34:32.00
our joints won't be hurting,
our back won't be aching.
00:34:32.03\00:34:35.90
When I was a
young man, nothing hurt.
00:34:35.94\00:34:38.11
Now everything hurts.
00:34:38.14\00:34:39.87
We all know what
we're talking about, right?
00:34:39.91\00:34:41.74
But, you know,
sometimes we get in denial,
00:34:41.78\00:34:43.55
we say, "Well, I
just twisted my knee."
00:34:43.58\00:34:45.75
That's a good excuse,
but one day you discover,
00:34:45.78\00:34:48.28
you twist your knee all the time
00:34:48.32\00:34:49.65
because it's always hurting.
00:34:49.68\00:34:51.15
That's the fact of
the matter is the death...
00:34:51.19\00:34:53.46
The death knell is
getting a lot closer.
00:34:53.49\00:34:55.82
So let's all make sure
that if you start feeling pain
00:34:55.86\00:34:58.33
that shouldn't be there,
00:34:58.36\00:34:59.69
you better become
acquainted with Jesus.
00:34:59.73\00:35:01.83
That's your only hope. Amen.
00:35:01.86\00:35:03.63
But even the young
00:35:03.67\00:35:05.00
because you can never
tell when that day will come.
00:35:05.03\00:35:07.14
Okay, now question number five.
00:35:07.17\00:35:09.87
Question number five.
00:35:09.90\00:35:11.71
What reward will the
Lord give to the righteous
00:35:11.74\00:35:14.44
when He returns?
00:35:14.48\00:35:16.21
What reward will the
Lord give to the righteous
00:35:16.24\00:35:19.15
when He returns?
00:35:19.18\00:35:20.68
Romans 2:7.
00:35:20.72\00:35:22.88
You know, we don't
often see this verse.
00:35:22.92\00:35:24.42
It's a powerful verse,
00:35:24.45\00:35:26.25
nestled away in
the Book of Romans.
00:35:26.29\00:35:28.62
We don't often turn to
Romans to look for eternal life.
00:35:28.66\00:35:32.26
That is...
00:35:32.29\00:35:33.63
But there's a
beautiful passage here
00:35:33.66\00:35:35.43
that I want to introduce you to,
00:35:35.46\00:35:36.80
if you haven't found it before.
00:35:36.83\00:35:38.17
Romans Chapter 2
00:35:38.20\00:35:39.53
and we're going to look together
00:35:39.57\00:35:41.50
at verse 7.
00:35:41.54\00:35:43.67
Romans 2:7.
00:35:43.71\00:35:45.57
And I want to kind of go
back and start with verse 4
00:35:45.61\00:35:49.48
because if you
start with verse 7,
00:35:49.51\00:35:51.78
you kind of
don't get the context.
00:35:51.81\00:35:53.45
We want to get
the context, right?
00:35:53.48\00:35:55.52
Okay, let's look at verse 4.
00:35:55.55\00:35:57.19
"Or do you despise the
riches of his goodness,
00:36:02.42\00:36:05.49
forbearance, and long suffering,
00:36:05.53\00:36:07.66
not knowing that
the goodness of God
00:36:07.70\00:36:09.83
lead you to do..." What?
00:36:09.86\00:36:11.50
"To repentance.
00:36:11.53\00:36:12.87
But in accordance
with your hardness
00:36:12.90\00:36:14.90
and your impenitent heart,
00:36:14.94\00:36:17.91
you are treasuring
up for yourselves wrath,
00:36:17.94\00:36:20.88
in the day of
wrath and revelation
00:36:20.91\00:36:23.75
of the righteous
judgment of God."
00:36:23.78\00:36:25.58
He's saying,
00:36:25.61\00:36:26.95
"If you're not
getting your act together,
00:36:26.98\00:36:28.48
then you've got a
bad future ahead of you."
00:36:28.52\00:36:31.12
Now notice what he says,
00:36:31.15\00:36:33.05
this is where
the rewards come in,
00:36:33.09\00:36:35.29
"Who will render to each
one according to his deeds."
00:36:35.32\00:36:39.06
Now here's where
our answer comes in.
00:36:39.09\00:36:40.96
Once again, the
question, what reward will Lord
00:36:41.00\00:36:42.90
give to the
righteous when He returns?
00:36:42.93\00:36:45.23
Here it is, on
the screen, it says,
00:36:45.27\00:36:47.84
"Eternal life to
those who by..." What?
00:36:47.87\00:36:51.37
By patient...
00:36:51.41\00:36:52.81
"By patient
continuance in doing good, "
00:36:52.84\00:36:57.21
notice what
they are seeking for,
00:36:57.25\00:36:58.58
you got to get...
00:36:58.61\00:36:59.95
They see for three
things, they seek for what?
00:36:59.98\00:37:02.12
"Glory," what else?
00:37:02.15\00:37:04.05
"Honor," and what else?
00:37:04.09\00:37:05.45
"Immortality."
00:37:05.49\00:37:06.92
That's beautiful.
00:37:06.96\00:37:08.29
Now if they had it,
they wouldn't seek for it.
00:37:08.32\00:37:12.33
Now why do they seek for glory?
00:37:12.36\00:37:13.96
Because when we are
forgiven, we get justification.
00:37:14.00\00:37:17.27
As we grow as Christians,
we get sanctification.
00:37:17.30\00:37:21.07
But when we are made
perfect, we get glorification.
00:37:21.10\00:37:24.91
So they are seeking for it
because they don't have it.
00:37:24.94\00:37:28.78
Now why are they
seeking for honor?
00:37:28.81\00:37:31.41
Wow.
00:37:31.45\00:37:32.78
You may...
00:37:32.81\00:37:34.15
Well, why are
they seeking for honor?
00:37:34.18\00:37:36.02
Some people will
say, "Well, you know,
00:37:36.05\00:37:37.75
you go to court
and say Your Honor."
00:37:37.79\00:37:39.22
That's not the honor
that they are seeking for.
00:37:39.25\00:37:42.12
Or when somebody maybe
honored for a good deed,
00:37:42.16\00:37:44.73
that's not the honor
Paul is talking about.
00:37:44.76\00:37:47.63
Okay, we now, we know
what the glory is, right?
00:37:47.66\00:37:49.73
That's glorification.
00:37:49.76\00:37:51.10
We know what the immortality
is but why the honor?
00:37:51.13\00:37:53.60
Go once again, back with me
to 1 Corinthians Chapter 15.
00:37:53.64\00:37:57.41
And here's the
answer to number five,
00:37:57.44\00:37:59.44
what reward will the
Lord give to the righteous
00:37:59.47\00:38:01.31
when He returns,
00:38:01.34\00:38:02.68
the answer we're
looking for is immortality.
00:38:02.71\00:38:04.91
Because that's
what they're seeking,
00:38:04.95\00:38:06.95
they are seeking immortality.
00:38:06.98\00:38:09.48
When He returns, that's
exactly what He's going to give.
00:38:09.52\00:38:12.45
And what you want
to get is the context.
00:38:12.49\00:38:14.96
What you want to
get is the context.
00:38:14.99\00:38:17.36
And it says in
verse 6, "Who will render
00:38:17.39\00:38:20.46
to each one
according to his deeds."
00:38:20.50\00:38:22.36
Now I told you to go to
1 Corinthians 15, didn't I?
00:38:22.40\00:38:25.53
Hold it there,
00:38:25.57\00:38:26.90
put a piece of
paper right there,
00:38:26.94\00:38:28.27
but I want to break
this down in context
00:38:28.30\00:38:29.74
because, you know what,
00:38:29.77\00:38:31.74
it says, "Who
will render to each one
00:38:31.77\00:38:33.84
according to his deeds."
00:38:33.88\00:38:35.24
We want to
first get that answer.
00:38:35.28\00:38:36.61
All right?
00:38:36.64\00:38:37.98
Go to Revelation Chapter 22.
00:38:38.01\00:38:40.55
Because the question is...
00:38:40.58\00:38:41.92
And I want to make it
clear, I want this topic to be
00:38:41.95\00:38:43.65
abundantly clear.
00:38:43.69\00:38:45.82
Some people may
get you to believe
00:38:45.85\00:38:47.72
that you get your
reward when you die.
00:38:47.76\00:38:49.92
No, your reward is set
but you don't get it yet.
00:38:49.96\00:38:53.73
Right?
00:38:53.76\00:38:55.10
Your reward is set,
00:38:55.13\00:38:56.46
it's determined but
you don't get it yet.
00:38:56.50\00:38:58.83
When do you get it?
00:38:58.87\00:39:00.57
All right, when do you
get it, Revelation Chapter 22.
00:39:00.60\00:39:04.47
Okay.
00:39:04.51\00:39:06.04
And we're going to
look together at verse 12.
00:39:06.07\00:39:10.45
All right?
00:39:10.48\00:39:13.88
It's so wonderful
00:39:13.92\00:39:15.25
when you can connect
the scriptures together.
00:39:15.28\00:39:17.59
Revelation 22:
12, the Bible says,
00:39:17.62\00:39:20.16
"And, behold, I am coming..."
00:39:20.19\00:39:21.52
How?
00:39:21.56\00:39:22.89
"Quickly, and my
reward is..." Where?
00:39:22.92\00:39:25.46
"With me to give to everyone
according to his..." What?
00:39:25.49\00:39:29.06
"Work."
00:39:29.10\00:39:30.43
So when do we get that?
00:39:30.47\00:39:31.80
When He what?
00:39:31.83\00:39:33.20
When He comes.
00:39:33.23\00:39:34.57
The second coming of Christ is
when the rewards are given out.
00:39:34.60\00:39:37.41
So if you look back
at Romans 2, verse...
00:39:37.44\00:39:39.87
down to verse 7,
eternal life to those...
00:39:39.91\00:39:44.21
Well, verse 6, "Who
will render to each one
00:39:44.25\00:39:46.92
according to his deeds."
00:39:46.95\00:39:48.28
You want to ask the question,
00:39:48.32\00:39:49.65
when does that
reward get given out?
00:39:49.68\00:39:52.05
When He comes. Why?
00:39:52.09\00:39:54.36
This is powerful,
00:39:54.39\00:39:55.72
because His reward is
not given to you when you die
00:39:55.76\00:39:58.23
but His reward is with him.
00:39:58.26\00:40:00.80
His reward is with him.
00:40:00.83\00:40:02.96
So if somebody is coming
to your house to bring a gift,
00:40:03.00\00:40:06.63
the reward is with them.
00:40:06.67\00:40:09.87
You get the
reward when they arrive.
00:40:09.90\00:40:12.44
We get the reward
when Jesus arrives.
00:40:12.47\00:40:15.78
What am I saying,
00:40:15.81\00:40:17.15
we don't get
immortality until He arrives,
00:40:17.18\00:40:20.28
that's why that
trumpet is going to sound.
00:40:20.32\00:40:22.78
That's why the trumpet sounds,
the trumpet sounds His return,
00:40:22.82\00:40:26.05
all right?
00:40:26.09\00:40:27.42
Now 1 Corinthians 15,
00:40:27.46\00:40:29.69
I told you we're
going to find out
00:40:29.72\00:40:31.06
about this honor thing.
00:40:31.09\00:40:32.83
In that we are
going to find out?
00:40:32.86\00:40:35.36
Yes.
00:40:35.40\00:40:36.73
Okay.
00:40:36.77\00:40:38.17
Just want to
make sure you with me.
00:40:38.20\00:40:40.40
1 Corinthians 15.
00:40:40.44\00:40:42.70
And we're going to look at...
00:40:42.74\00:40:46.04
Okay, here it is.
00:40:49.11\00:40:51.58
1 Corinthians 15.
00:40:51.61\00:40:53.05
Let's go ahead and look at
these different kinds of bodies
00:40:53.08\00:40:57.65
the two bodies, this
is such a wonderful thing.
00:40:57.69\00:41:00.86
Okay.
00:41:00.89\00:41:02.22
Let's go...
00:41:02.26\00:41:03.59
Okay, verse 42.
00:41:03.63\00:41:04.96
And this is where
you see the combination,
00:41:09.66\00:41:11.93
you're going to see...
00:41:11.97\00:41:13.30
Now look up at me real
quickly, look up, look up
00:41:13.34\00:41:15.47
because you're reading ahead,
00:41:15.50\00:41:16.84
you're going to see glory,
and you're going to see honor,
00:41:16.87\00:41:19.11
all right?
00:41:19.14\00:41:20.48
Let's look at this.
00:41:20.51\00:41:21.84
Verse 42 is where
we're going to start.
00:41:21.88\00:41:23.55
"So also in the
resurrection of the dead..."
00:41:23.58\00:41:26.11
In the what?
00:41:26.15\00:41:27.82
"In the
resurrection of the dead.
00:41:27.85\00:41:30.09
The body is sown in
corruption, it is raised..."
00:41:30.12\00:41:33.12
In what?
00:41:33.15\00:41:34.49
"In corruption,
it is sown in..."
00:41:34.52\00:41:37.89
Next word,
00:41:37.93\00:41:39.26
"dishonor, it is
raised..." In what?
00:41:39.29\00:41:42.00
"Glory, it is sown..." In what?
00:41:42.03\00:41:44.93
"Weakness, it is
raised..." In what?
00:41:44.97\00:41:46.53
"Power."
00:41:46.57\00:41:47.90
So Paul is saying this
glory and honor are synonymous
00:41:47.94\00:41:53.27
because right now
it is sown in dishonor.
00:41:53.31\00:41:55.44
Now let's go ahead
and put this together.
00:41:55.48\00:41:57.45
I want to try to get
this clear without messing up.
00:41:57.48\00:41:59.85
Right now we are corruptible,
right now we are mortal,
00:41:59.88\00:42:04.75
right now we have dishonor.
00:42:04.79\00:42:09.06
This is not as
anybody would say...
00:42:09.09\00:42:14.03
Well, let me just
put this together,
00:42:14.06\00:42:15.43
as somebody would say,
00:42:15.46\00:42:17.37
"I did not accept
Jesus just to stay this way,
00:42:17.40\00:42:21.14
this is not, this should
not be the end of the story,
00:42:21.17\00:42:25.54
there's got to be
something better that's coming."
00:42:25.57\00:42:27.71
So Paul is in essence saying,
here the verse we just read,
00:42:27.74\00:42:30.55
"It is sown in dishonor."
00:42:30.58\00:42:32.41
What is the sowing mean?
00:42:32.45\00:42:33.82
That's just the
way our bodies are.
00:42:33.85\00:42:35.62
Sown means that's how it begins.
00:42:35.65\00:42:38.25
But when it's all over
that is in the resurrection,
00:42:38.29\00:42:41.12
when we are given the new
body, it is going to be what?
00:42:41.16\00:42:44.79
Glorious.
00:42:44.83\00:42:46.16
And we'll find
out in just a moment
00:42:46.19\00:42:47.53
what that all means, all right?
00:42:47.56\00:42:49.46
Okay, now let's go
back to question number six.
00:42:49.50\00:42:52.33
So the answer that you
put for question number five,
00:42:52.37\00:42:55.67
what reward will the
Lord give to the righteous
00:42:55.70\00:42:59.04
when He returns?
00:42:59.07\00:43:00.41
And He'll give them what?
00:43:00.44\00:43:01.78
Immortality.
00:43:01.81\00:43:03.95
Well, we spent some time.
00:43:03.98\00:43:05.31
And now let's go
to question six now,
00:43:05.35\00:43:06.68
here it is.
00:43:06.72\00:43:08.05
Question number six.
00:43:08.08\00:43:09.42
What happens to a man
at the time of his death?
00:43:12.25\00:43:16.62
And the word man,
it's talking about mankind,
00:43:16.66\00:43:18.96
it's not a gender
00:43:18.99\00:43:20.33
but a mankind, that is humanity.
00:43:20.36\00:43:22.33
What happens to
humanity at the time of death?
00:43:22.36\00:43:25.13
And we're going to
turn to Ecclesiastes 12:7.
00:43:25.17\00:43:30.94
I want to go ahead and
deal with a difficult passage,
00:43:30.97\00:43:33.61
Ecclesiastes 12:7.
00:43:33.64\00:43:36.34
I sat down with
the pastor, one time,
00:43:36.38\00:43:38.75
and he prided himself in
pulling out the text that,
00:43:38.78\00:43:44.09
"If you leave
them by themselves,
00:43:44.12\00:43:45.89
they could build a
whole new doctrine."
00:43:45.92\00:43:47.86
But thank the Lord
00:43:47.89\00:43:49.22
there are 66 books
in the Bible, right?
00:43:49.26\00:43:51.06
Right, Dan? Not just one.
00:43:51.09\00:43:52.56
So we're going to
build the foundation.
00:43:52.59\00:43:54.33
If you left it all
by itself, you may say,
00:43:54.36\00:43:57.17
"Ha! Gotcha."
00:43:57.20\00:44:00.24
But no, it's not by itself.
00:44:00.27\00:44:02.70
All right?
00:44:02.74\00:44:04.07
Where did I say to
turn to? Ecclesiastes.
00:44:04.11\00:44:05.47
I knew it.
00:44:05.51\00:44:06.84
So why am I in
the Book of Psalms?
00:44:06.88\00:44:08.78
Here I am.
00:44:08.81\00:44:10.15
Okay, here we go.
00:44:10.18\00:44:11.51
Okay, here, Ecclesiastes 12.
00:44:11.55\00:44:13.75
What? Ecclesiastes 12:7.
00:44:13.78\00:44:15.95
What happens to man
at the time of death?
00:44:15.98\00:44:18.32
Ecclesiastes
12:7, the Bible says,
00:44:18.35\00:44:21.56
"Then the dust
will return to the earth
00:44:21.59\00:44:27.03
as it was,
00:44:27.06\00:44:28.70
and the spirit
will return to," who?
00:44:28.73\00:44:31.83
"God who gave it.
00:44:31.87\00:44:34.84
Okay, now where
does the dust go?
00:44:34.87\00:44:38.14
What is the dust?
00:44:38.17\00:44:41.21
Okay, I just heard somebody say,
00:44:41.24\00:44:43.11
the dust is our...
00:44:43.14\00:44:44.48
Body. The body.
00:44:44.51\00:44:45.85
So the body goes, back to what?
00:44:45.88\00:44:47.55
Back to the earth.
00:44:47.58\00:44:48.92
Thus you get that
phrase from dust thou art
00:44:48.95\00:44:52.35
unto dust thou shall return.
00:44:52.39\00:44:56.06
This is really powerful
00:44:56.09\00:44:57.43
because if you
don't put this together,
00:44:57.46\00:45:00.56
you get a
distorted understanding
00:45:00.60\00:45:02.03
where we end up.
00:45:02.06\00:45:05.17
Then the dust will,
what's the next word?
00:45:05.20\00:45:08.97
Then the dust will,
what's the next word?
00:45:09.00\00:45:11.54
Say return with
me everybody, return.
00:45:11.57\00:45:13.94
So okay, the dust is going
back to where it came from.
00:45:13.98\00:45:19.65
Now let's go to
the rest of it now,
00:45:19.68\00:45:21.78
"It's going back to the earth,
00:45:21.82\00:45:24.32
and the spirit will return..."
00:45:24.35\00:45:27.72
You see the word in this
verse twice return, return,
00:45:27.76\00:45:31.69
the spirit returns to God
the dust returns to the earth.
00:45:31.73\00:45:35.20
Now before I give
you the rest of this,
00:45:35.23\00:45:37.57
I want you write this down.
00:45:37.60\00:45:39.13
What happens to man
at the time of death?
00:45:39.17\00:45:41.67
Dust goes to the
earth, spirit returns,
00:45:41.70\00:45:44.64
dust returns, spirit returns.
00:45:44.67\00:45:47.24
So now what we have is
00:45:47.28\00:45:48.61
a reversing of
creation process, right,
00:45:48.64\00:45:51.68
because the dust
came from the ground
00:45:51.71\00:45:53.65
but where did
the spirit come from?
00:45:53.68\00:45:55.68
God.
00:45:55.72\00:45:57.05
Okay, okay.
00:45:57.09\00:45:58.89
How did it come from God?
00:45:58.92\00:46:01.09
He breathed it.
00:46:01.12\00:46:02.66
He breathed it.
Say it again, Glenn.
00:46:02.69\00:46:04.66
He did...
00:46:04.69\00:46:06.03
He breathed it. He breathed it.
00:46:06.06\00:46:07.53
Now this is why this
is so vitally important.
00:46:07.56\00:46:10.53
If the spirit
here represented man,
00:46:10.57\00:46:14.40
then man would be going
back to where he came from.
00:46:14.44\00:46:19.71
This is really huge,
00:46:19.74\00:46:21.54
this would be teaching
that man came from heaven,
00:46:21.58\00:46:24.65
so man is going back to heaven
00:46:24.68\00:46:26.88
but it didn't say man
it said spirit, all right?
00:46:26.92\00:46:31.42
Now let's get this clearly,
00:46:31.45\00:46:33.56
we talked about in
the beginning, the dust,
00:46:33.59\00:46:36.16
plus the breath of
life equals a living being,
00:46:36.19\00:46:39.79
a living soul.
00:46:39.83\00:46:41.16
So now when you separate
them, is there anything living?
00:46:41.20\00:46:43.77
Yes or no? No.
00:46:43.80\00:46:45.13
No, nothing's living.
00:46:45.17\00:46:46.50
There is no living human
being that's existing now.
00:46:46.53\00:46:50.77
But we must answer the question.
00:46:50.81\00:46:52.61
What actually went back?
00:46:52.64\00:46:53.98
Let's go ahead
and go to Psalms 146.
00:46:54.01\00:46:57.98
Psalms 146.
00:46:58.01\00:47:00.38
Spirit goes back to God,
dust goes back to the earth.
00:47:03.49\00:47:08.12
We've got the
separation of life.
00:47:08.16\00:47:10.56
Okay, Psalms 146.
00:47:10.59\00:47:14.23
And we're going to look again.
00:47:14.26\00:47:16.03
We're going to make the
Bible teach us, all right?
00:47:16.06\00:47:19.97
Okay. Okay.
00:47:20.00\00:47:22.67
Now this passage is
going to give us clarification,
00:47:22.70\00:47:27.08
this passage is going
to give us clarification.
00:47:27.11\00:47:29.34
This passage is now going to add
00:47:29.38\00:47:32.08
what
Ecclesiastes 12:7 did not add.
00:47:32.11\00:47:38.32
This passage is now going
to give us some specifics.
00:47:38.35\00:47:41.96
All right, let's go
now and see what it says,
00:47:41.99\00:47:45.09
"His spirit departs..."
00:47:45.13\00:47:48.00
verse 4, "His spirit departs."
00:47:48.03\00:47:51.60
All right?
00:47:51.63\00:47:52.97
But where does he go?
00:47:53.00\00:47:55.60
He returns to his earth,
00:47:55.64\00:47:58.64
he all of a sudden a
gender is now included, he.
00:47:58.67\00:48:02.34
Why he
00:48:02.38\00:48:03.71
because Adam was the
first one that God created.
00:48:03.75\00:48:05.81
When Adam died,
where did Adam go back to?
00:48:05.85\00:48:08.18
Adam returned to, what?
00:48:08.22\00:48:09.98
His earth.
00:48:10.02\00:48:12.05
Adam didn't return to heaven
00:48:12.09\00:48:13.42
because Adam
didn't come from heaven.
00:48:13.46\00:48:17.53
Is it clear?
00:48:17.56\00:48:18.89
Adam returned to the earth.
00:48:18.93\00:48:21.03
How did Ecclesiastes
said, "He went back to dust."
00:48:21.06\00:48:25.63
That's what the
word corruptible mean
00:48:25.67\00:48:28.50
in 1 Corinthians 15.
00:48:28.54\00:48:30.91
That's why when Jesus
00:48:30.94\00:48:32.27
was in the grave
for only three days,
00:48:32.31\00:48:34.38
the Bible says,
00:48:34.41\00:48:35.74
"His father did not
allow Him to seek corruption."
00:48:35.78\00:48:40.02
He didn't start to decay
00:48:40.05\00:48:42.05
so when the body
goes back to the earth,
00:48:42.08\00:48:44.95
one thing, "His spirit departs,
00:48:44.99\00:48:46.76
He returns to His earth
in that very day," His what,
00:48:46.79\00:48:50.83
"His plans perish."
00:48:50.86\00:48:52.79
Which means now
what's not functioning?
00:48:52.83\00:48:55.13
If his plans perish,
what's not functioning?
00:48:55.16\00:48:57.70
I'm pointing at
it, somebody tell me,
00:48:57.73\00:48:59.60
what's not functioning?
00:48:59.63\00:49:00.97
His brain is not functioning.
00:49:01.00\00:49:02.40
If his plans stop when he dies,
00:49:02.44\00:49:05.84
then his brain is
ceasing to function.
00:49:05.87\00:49:08.14
The only way his
plans will continue
00:49:08.18\00:49:10.08
is if there's somebody
to carry out those plans,
00:49:10.11\00:49:12.81
right?
00:49:12.85\00:49:14.18
But now we got to
answer the question.
00:49:14.22\00:49:15.75
The word spirit came up twice,
00:49:15.78\00:49:19.12
the word spirit came up twice,
00:49:19.15\00:49:21.12
and we got to
find out what that is.
00:49:21.16\00:49:23.12
Okay, now let's go
to one more passage.
00:49:23.16\00:49:26.46
Go to question number
seven, question number seven.
00:49:26.49\00:49:32.10
And we're going to find out
what this spirit is all about.
00:49:32.13\00:49:34.37
So far, we've discovered
that man returns to the earth.
00:49:34.40\00:49:38.14
And what does that mean?
00:49:38.17\00:49:39.51
He goes back to dust.
00:49:39.54\00:49:40.94
But both times we found
out that this spirit departs,
00:49:40.98\00:49:44.65
the spirit not only departs,
the spirit returns to God.
00:49:44.68\00:49:48.35
If it returns to God,
00:49:48.38\00:49:49.75
whatever returns to me,
came from me, am I right?
00:49:49.78\00:49:54.62
So if it returns to
me, I am the source of it
00:49:54.66\00:49:58.69
that's where it came from.
00:49:58.73\00:50:00.26
If it returns to
me, it came from me.
00:50:00.30\00:50:04.10
Okay, I just
want to make it clear.
00:50:04.13\00:50:06.27
Now how does the Bible describe
the spirit that returns to God,
00:50:06.30\00:50:11.67
Job 27:3.
00:50:11.71\00:50:14.31
And by the way,
00:50:14.34\00:50:15.68
this one is best described
in the King James Version.
00:50:15.71\00:50:19.88
This one is best described
in the King James Version.
00:50:19.91\00:50:23.35
The New King
James does a good job,
00:50:23.39\00:50:25.65
but it uses the word, it
uses the same word twice.
00:50:25.69\00:50:28.89
When, in fact,
00:50:28.92\00:50:30.29
it's a slight
difference in the Hebrew.
00:50:30.33\00:50:32.96
Here we go.
00:50:32.99\00:50:34.33
Let's read this together,
"All the while my," what?
00:50:34.36\00:50:38.10
"Breath is in me,
00:50:38.13\00:50:40.00
and the Spirit
of God is," where?
00:50:40.04\00:50:42.94
"In my nostrils."
00:50:42.97\00:50:44.31
Now in the New King
James Version, it says,
00:50:44.34\00:50:47.11
"And the breath of
God is in my nostrils."
00:50:47.14\00:50:49.18
Well, the breath of
God, and the Spirit of God
00:50:49.21\00:50:51.78
are the same thing,
00:50:51.81\00:50:54.78
are the same thing.
00:50:54.82\00:50:56.28
So how did the Spirit
of God get in my nostrils,
00:50:56.32\00:50:59.89
someone tell me?
00:50:59.92\00:51:02.19
He breathed it there, right?
00:51:02.22\00:51:05.03
Like some parents, I've
seen some parents do this
00:51:05.06\00:51:07.10
and it's kind of a
grose illustration,
00:51:07.13\00:51:08.93
but I think it fits right here,
00:51:08.96\00:51:11.27
I've seen a mother do this.
00:51:11.30\00:51:14.30
Sometimes the baby is
having a hard time breathing,
00:51:14.34\00:51:16.71
and the mother will
put her hand on her mouth
00:51:16.74\00:51:19.21
over the baby's nose
and try to gentle breaths
00:51:19.24\00:51:23.38
in the nostrils of the
baby to help the baby breathe,
00:51:23.41\00:51:25.95
maybe to clear up something
00:51:25.98\00:51:27.32
that may be
obstructing the passageways.
00:51:27.35\00:51:31.59
But the mother could
never give a life to the baby.
00:51:31.62\00:51:34.36
When you go back to Genesis 2:7,
00:51:34.39\00:51:37.09
and then you compare
Genesis 2:7 to Job 27:3,
00:51:37.13\00:51:40.93
you find, "Okay, I get it now."
00:51:40.96\00:51:43.03
Man was just a pile of dust
until God breathed into him.
00:51:43.06\00:51:47.60
Now when that breath
that when man is dead,
00:51:47.64\00:51:51.91
that breath is no
longer functioning
00:51:51.94\00:51:54.04
and it returns to who?
00:51:54.08\00:51:55.54
To God.
00:51:55.58\00:51:56.91
That's where it came from.
00:51:56.95\00:51:58.28
What does that mean?
00:51:58.31\00:51:59.65
God is the only
source of life, right?
00:51:59.68\00:52:04.12
Didn't John say
that in John chapter?
00:52:04.15\00:52:05.95
In Him was life...
00:52:05.99\00:52:07.86
"In Him is life,
unborrowed, underived."
00:52:07.89\00:52:12.13
He doesn't borrow that
life from anybody else, okay?
00:52:12.16\00:52:15.33
So now let's
answer the question.
00:52:15.36\00:52:17.17
Onto question number seven.
00:52:17.20\00:52:18.53
How does the Bible describe
the spirit that returns to God?
00:52:18.57\00:52:22.40
It is the breath of
life, the breath of life.
00:52:22.44\00:52:27.31
When man doesn't
have the breath of life,
00:52:27.34\00:52:30.28
what condition is he in?
00:52:30.31\00:52:32.71
It starts with the
letter D, ends with letter D.
00:52:32.75\00:52:35.32
What is it? Dead.
00:52:35.35\00:52:38.55
And I've heard people
say in a very kind of,
00:52:38.59\00:52:40.86
matter of fact, way,
"He is dead as a doornail."
00:52:40.89\00:52:45.43
That means last hit on the head,
00:52:45.46\00:52:47.36
dead as a doornail,
00:52:47.40\00:52:48.86
doornails doesn't move
because it's a doornail.
00:52:48.90\00:52:53.23
When you drive
it in, right, Mike?
00:52:53.27\00:52:55.27
It's going to stay there
00:52:55.30\00:52:56.64
because it's dead as a doornail.
00:52:56.67\00:52:58.47
When a person dies...
00:52:58.51\00:53:00.21
We are as dead as a doornail
00:53:03.68\00:53:05.61
until the Life Giver comes back.
00:53:05.65\00:53:07.92
Amen.
00:53:07.95\00:53:10.75
There's no party
going on anywhere,
00:53:10.79\00:53:14.49
the party's over,
00:53:14.52\00:53:16.86
there is no people not
down looking at their watch,
00:53:16.89\00:53:20.20
"Man, I wonder,
00:53:20.23\00:53:21.56
how long it's going to
be before He gets back,
00:53:21.60\00:53:22.93
I'm kind of hot down here."
00:53:22.96\00:53:24.97
There's no burning hell.
00:53:25.00\00:53:26.63
We can even talk about that.
00:53:26.67\00:53:28.17
There's no body
in heaven wondering,
00:53:28.20\00:53:31.81
looking down at
his daughter or mother
00:53:31.84\00:53:33.88
looking down at her son,
and I'm so glad for that.
00:53:33.91\00:53:36.38
I'm so glad
there's no divine periscope
00:53:36.41\00:53:39.48
that people are
looking up from the grave,
00:53:39.51\00:53:41.48
there's no divine telescope
00:53:41.52\00:53:43.15
that people
looking down from heaven
00:53:43.18\00:53:44.92
but that's what
people teach in society.
00:53:44.95\00:53:48.02
You know, how awful it would be.
00:53:48.06\00:53:49.42
Let me go and put
a scenario together.
00:53:49.46\00:53:50.99
You know, how awful it would be
00:53:51.03\00:53:52.79
if a mom and her
daughter are on their way home
00:53:52.83\00:53:57.93
and a car accident occurs,
00:53:57.97\00:54:00.14
and the mother dies,
and the daughter lives
00:54:00.17\00:54:02.50
and somebody
says, somebody says,
00:54:02.54\00:54:07.31
"Your mother is
looking down on you now.
00:54:07.34\00:54:10.35
And the reason why
your mother is in heaven is
00:54:10.38\00:54:13.21
because God needed an
angel, so God took your mother."
00:54:13.25\00:54:17.52
Would that young girl love God?
00:54:17.55\00:54:21.16
If God steps in
the midst of the joy
00:54:21.19\00:54:23.16
of a young girl's life
and snatches her mother away,
00:54:23.19\00:54:27.16
that's just like
kind of robbing a soul.
00:54:27.20\00:54:29.60
One of the reasons
why he became an atheist.
00:54:29.63\00:54:33.17
It's because he believes
God to be an unjust tyrant,
00:54:33.20\00:54:37.97
one that tortures babies
as his father taught him,
00:54:38.01\00:54:40.91
one that tortures babies
00:54:40.94\00:54:42.71
throughout the
ceaseless ages of eternity,
00:54:42.74\00:54:45.55
one that
snatches families apart,
00:54:45.58\00:54:47.82
rips the child out of
the arms of the mother,
00:54:47.85\00:54:50.12
rips the mother out
of the arms of the child
00:54:50.15\00:54:52.62
and that's an unfortunate thing.
00:54:52.65\00:54:53.99
But no, the beauty of the
story is when death comes,
00:54:54.02\00:54:56.32
we are all sleeping,
waiting for Jesus to come.
00:54:56.36\00:54:58.79
Amen? Amen.
00:54:58.83\00:55:00.16
Let's go ahead and get the facts
00:55:00.20\00:55:01.53
about this Genesis 7:22,
00:55:01.56\00:55:04.67
which leads us to
question number eight.
00:55:04.70\00:55:06.17
I think that's about maybe
00:55:06.20\00:55:07.54
what we're going to get tonight.
00:55:07.57\00:55:08.90
Question number eight,
00:55:08.94\00:55:10.27
how does the
Bible describe those
00:55:10.31\00:55:11.64
that perished in the flood?
00:55:11.67\00:55:13.58
Just to make it clear,
00:55:13.61\00:55:14.94
you know, when
you read the Bible,
00:55:14.98\00:55:16.51
the Bible is a book that
would not leave you confused,
00:55:16.54\00:55:19.25
it always clears
up the confusion.
00:55:19.28\00:55:22.05
Genesis 7, let's
go there very quickly
00:55:22.08\00:55:25.39
and verse 22.
00:55:25.42\00:55:27.49
Genesis 7, and what verse, 22.
00:55:27.52\00:55:31.09
Let's look at that. Here it is.
00:55:31.13\00:55:32.99
Genesis 7:22.
00:55:33.03\00:55:35.43
And the answer is...
00:55:35.46\00:55:38.77
And it says, "All
in whose nostrils..."
00:55:38.80\00:55:44.11
I left that slide out.
00:55:44.14\00:55:45.47
"All in whose nostrils
00:55:45.51\00:55:48.68
was the breath of
the, spirit of life
00:55:48.71\00:55:53.58
all that was on the dry land..."
00:55:53.62\00:55:55.95
They did what?
00:55:55.98\00:55:57.32
"They died."
00:55:57.35\00:55:58.69
So now where was the
breath of life very quickly?
00:55:58.72\00:56:02.69
Where was the breath of life?
00:56:02.72\00:56:04.13
In their nostrils.
00:56:04.16\00:56:05.86
So now you get it.
00:56:05.89\00:56:07.23
So when we read
Ecclesiastes 2:7,
00:56:07.26\00:56:10.60
Psalms 146:4, Job 27:3,
00:56:10.63\00:56:14.07
it all lead to Genesis 7:22.
00:56:14.10\00:56:16.74
Everyone that died, it says,
00:56:16.77\00:56:19.54
"In whose nostrils
00:56:19.57\00:56:21.24
was the breath of
the spirit of life,
00:56:21.28\00:56:24.25
all that was on the
dry land died," why?
00:56:24.28\00:56:27.78
Because the breath of
life was no longer there.
00:56:27.82\00:56:31.45
Thus you get the word was,
00:56:31.49\00:56:34.69
all in whose nostrils was.
00:56:34.72\00:56:37.43
That means it's no longer there.
00:56:37.46\00:56:38.86
Amen?
00:56:38.89\00:56:40.23
That's what
happened in the flood.
00:56:40.26\00:56:41.60
Anybody who was outside the ark,
00:56:41.63\00:56:43.67
did not survive the flood
00:56:43.70\00:56:46.27
because the breath of life
00:56:46.30\00:56:47.67
was taken from
them, they all died.
00:56:47.70\00:56:49.84
And how did they die?
00:56:49.87\00:56:51.21
Somebody tell
me, how did they die?
00:56:51.24\00:56:53.11
How did they die?
00:56:53.14\00:56:54.48
If they died in the
flood, how did they die?
00:56:54.51\00:56:56.44
They drowned.
00:56:56.48\00:56:57.81
That's the unfortunate
demise of the Antediluvians.
00:56:57.85\00:57:01.18
So here, I want to summarize,
00:57:01.22\00:57:02.82
so I don't run away from myself.
00:57:02.85\00:57:04.52
What we learned
tonight is simply this.
00:57:04.55\00:57:07.16
When God created man,
00:57:07.19\00:57:09.72
God formed him from
the dust of the ground,
00:57:09.76\00:57:12.29
God breathed into his
nostrils, the breath of life,
00:57:12.33\00:57:15.26
and then man came to life.
00:57:15.30\00:57:17.40
The other thing we discovered
00:57:17.43\00:57:18.80
is man was not
given an immortal soul,
00:57:18.83\00:57:22.30
man was given, man
became a living soul,
00:57:22.34\00:57:26.34
the only one that
has immortality is God.
00:57:26.37\00:57:29.74
But we also discovered in
the Bible 1 Corinthians 15
00:57:29.78\00:57:33.35
that one day this
mortal will put on, what?
00:57:33.38\00:57:37.05
Immortality.
00:57:37.09\00:57:38.42
One day we will all be
mortal but when does it happen?
00:57:38.45\00:57:41.66
At the last trumpet,
the trumpet will sound,
00:57:41.69\00:57:45.33
and then the changes
are going to take place
00:57:45.36\00:57:47.76
from mortal to immortal.
00:57:47.80\00:57:49.83
So, my friends, the
most important thing is
00:57:49.86\00:57:52.10
that you know the Lord.
00:57:52.13\00:57:54.30
If you know the Lord,
00:57:54.34\00:57:55.67
you will know the
truth about the truth,
00:57:55.70\00:57:57.37
and the truth will
never discourage you,
00:57:57.41\00:57:59.34
so continue studying
00:57:59.37\00:58:00.84
and it will
become a Sharper Focus.
00:58:00.88\00:58:03.24
God bless you.
00:58:03.28\00:58:04.81
Let us pray.
00:58:04.85\00:58:06.75