Hello, friends, and welcome
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to another
Wednesday Night Bible Study
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here at the 3ABN Worship Center.
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By the way, our local audience
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wants to welcome
you with a hearty amen.
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Can we do that? Amen.
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Thank you for tuning in,
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and I'll thank you all
for being here tonight.
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I see you've your
lessons and your Bibles,
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and we encourage you also
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to get your
lessons and your Bibles.
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If you like a
copy of our lesson,
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we're continuing on the
topic of the truth about death.
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What does the Bible
say about life and death?
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Everyone wants to know
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what the Bible
teaches about that.
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But if you want to
follow along with the lesson,
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go to this
website, don't put www,
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put asf.3abn.org
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and download lesson number 19
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"The Truth
about Life and Death,"
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and you'll be
able to follow along.
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Invite your family and friends
and those who are with you
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at your home or your church
to sit down for the next hour
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as we continue the topic
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of what the Bible
teaches about life
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and what the Bible
teaches about death.
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And what happens in between
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and really, what
happens when the Lord comes.
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But before we do anything,
let's bow our heads tonight
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and invite the Lord's
presence to be with us.
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Our Gracious Father in heaven,
we thank You that tonight,
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we can open our
hearts and open our Bibles
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and thank You for
Your presence here
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that will be our teacher
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for Your Holy Spirit
that will be our guide.
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For the fact
that the truth of God
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is ever
unfolding, it's like a book
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that never
loses its inspiration,
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but there are
some who are tuning
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into this program
that may not understand
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everything the Bible says
about this very important topic.
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And we want Your
truth to be understood
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and to be lovingly shared.
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So speak to our hearts,
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we pray this
night in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Now by the way, we sing here
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and for those of
you who know the song
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"Victory in Jesus,"
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we'd like you to join us
as we sing our theme song.
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It'll be on the
screen for us, and we'll sing
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so that those who are
tuning into the program
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can join us with this song.
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Let's sing our theme song
for tonight "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 sin
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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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That's our theme song.
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And I did say last week
that I will put the words up,
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I must rebuke myself tonight,
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I didn't put them
on the website yet,
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but they will be up.
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We'll try to get
them up tomorrow.
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So for those of
you who don't know
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the lyrics to the
song "Victory in Jesus"
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and some have
asked for the lyrics,
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we'll go ahead and
make it available to you.
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But tonight, once again,
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we're talking about the
subject of life and death.
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What is the
subject? Life and death.
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And, you know,
there are a lot of things
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that are being said
about this topic in the world.
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Unfortunately,
most of it is not true.
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And many of the
things that we believe
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are being shaped by what
people hear in the media,
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by what they're told,
by movies that they watch,
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by maybe a news broadcast.
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Unfortunately,
somebody sometimes would be...
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Their life would be taken
in a terrible car accident.
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And sometimes,
somebody would say,
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"Well, the Lord
needed another angel."
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Kind of make God
sound like a hit man.
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And these things are not true.
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So we want to make sure
that we understand clearly
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what the Bible
teaches about what happens
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when a person dies,
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what are we made
of, are we a soul,
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do we have a living soul,
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is the body and
the soul separate,
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are we three parts,
body, soul, and spirit.
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I mean, what
actually is going on,
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what survives death if anything.
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And we're going
to turn to the Bible
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to make sure that's clear.
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But I want to begin
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by going to one of the most
important books in the Bible,
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1 Corinthians Chapter 15.
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What book did I say?
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1 Corinthians and Chapter 15.
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Now the reason this
chapter is important
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is this is one of
the chapters in the Bible
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where Paul takes
as it were 58 verses,
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58 verses,
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and he talks
about the resurrection,
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he talks about death,
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he talks about the earthly body,
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the heavenly body,
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he talks about how we are
prior to the resurrection,
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how we will be
after the resurrection,
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he talks about the
first Adam, the last Adam,
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he talks about the
spirit, he talks about the soul.
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He makes it very
clear what we are.
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And sometimes,
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this great topic
about the resurrection
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is often left out.
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In Christianity today,
most of the topics, we hear is,
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well, they've died
and they've gone to where?
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They've gone to heaven.
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But we have to be clear
about what the Bible teaches.
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Now we're all going to go.
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Can you say amen to that? Amen.
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That is if you've
given your life to Jesus,
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and you're waiting for
the coming of the Lord,
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we are going to go to
heaven when Jesus returns.
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But death is not a detour.
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Death is not
another exit prior to death.
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In the discourse of
Jesus with His disciples,
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Jesus made it very
clear, when He said...
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Matter of fact,
hold your hand here,
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we're going to
spend a lot of time
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in 1 Corinthians 15.
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But I want to just
dive into John Chapter 14.
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Go there with me. That's before.
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John Chapter 14. Let's go there.
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I want to show you
something what Jesus said,
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okay?
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John Chapter 14.
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Okay?
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Okay.
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Okay?
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And this is probably
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one of the
greatest promises ever made
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because Jesus
was about to ascend
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and go back to heaven.
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And there He was
facing His disciples,
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and they were wondering,
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"Well, if You're leaving,
are You taking us with You?"
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And obviously
the answer was what?
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No.
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But He made a statement
that I want to break down
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from verse 1 to verse 3,
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and then we're going to look
at a number of other statements
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that Jesus made when
He said to the disciples,
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"Hey, I know where I'm going,
but you cannot come right now,
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you cannot follow Me,
you cannot go with Me."
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Look at John 14:1.
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And by the way,
just to be very clear
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about who this was directed to.
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This was directed
specifically to Peter
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because Peter was
just about to deny Jesus.
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Peter was just
about to deny Jesus.
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And we know in the Bible
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that there were no
chapters and verses.
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So right after
Jesus talked to Peter
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about the denial
that was going to come.
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He said to Peter,
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"Let not your
heart be troubled."
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Now while it
applies to all of us,
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it applies with
particular force to who?
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To Peter because He's
talking directly to Peter.
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But notice what He says.
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Matter of fact,
let's read this together.
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It says, "Let not
your hearts be," what?
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"Troubled.
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You believe in
God, believe also in Me.
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In My Father's
house are many," what?
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"Mansions.
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If it were not so,
I would have," what?
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"Told you.
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I go to prepare a place for you.
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And if I go and
prepare a place for you,
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I will do," what?
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"Come again, and
receive you to Myself,
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that where I am,
there you may be also."
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And He says in verse 4.
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"And where I go you
know, and the way you know.
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And Thomas said to Him,
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'Lord, we do not
know where You are going,
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and how can we know the way?'"
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And this is where
you find that statement.
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"Jesus said to them or to him,
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'I am the," what?
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"The way, the
truth, and the life.
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No one comes to the Father
except through Me or by Me.'"
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And so you see clearly,
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couple of things
that are pointed out.
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First of all, Jesus
says, "I'm going to do," what?
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"Prepare a," what?
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"Place."
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So is there a place
being prepared for us today.
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What is that place
called? It's called heaven.
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He says, "He's
going to get that ready."
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But then He made it
very clear, He says...
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How we're going to get there?
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Somebody tell me how
we're going to get there?
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Somebody?
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He will come again.
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Now get this, He
came the first time,
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and He said He's
going to come what?
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Again.
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And when He comes again,
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that's when the gathering
is going to take place.
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So lot of times
people don't understand
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there's a gathering
that's going to happen
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when Jesus comes again.
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And then He says,
"That where I am,"
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present tense,
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"there you may be also."
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That is going to
happen in the future.
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So we have reservations.
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Amen to that? Amen.
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We all got
reservations in heaven,
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but we're not going
to heaven when we die.
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Oftentimes, we
just bypass the process
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of the return of Jesus.
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The good news is
Jesus is coming again.
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Say that with me.
Jesus is coming again.
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We could never
grow weary of that truth
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because when you
grow weary of that truth,
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He says in Matthew Chapter 24,
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"In such an hour
as you think not,"
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what's going to happen?
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"The Son of man
is going to come."
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So we're living in a world,
we're living in a day and age
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where people are getting...
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When is He going to get here?
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How long is it going to be?
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"Oh, man, would
you please hurry up?
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Tired of waiting.
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And then we look at the wars,
and disasters, and earthquakes,
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and financial instability,
we'll look at death,
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and crime, and
violence, and kidnappings
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and all this perversion
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that's going on
in the world today,
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and we say how bad
does it have to get
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before Jesus comes back.
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But what many of us don't
know here in America is this,
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that there are
people around the world
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that don't know
the name of Jesus yet.
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So He's got to get
into all those corners
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of the world
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and doesn't have to
take long to do that.
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He's not going to
take as long as we think
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because the Bible says,
"He will cut the work short
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and finish it in righteousness."
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Finish it for our
sake. Amen to that?
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Now let's go to
1 Corinthians 15.
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We want to lay
some foundation here
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to get you to see that
this whole idea about death...
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And people often use the writing
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of the Apostle Paul to
say what he didn't say.
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Even sometimes,
people use the writings
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of the Apostle Paul
to battle what Jesus said
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because you find
Paul says one thing,
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and it appears that
Jesus says something else,
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but He doesn't say something
different than Paul says.
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He says the same thing
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because he is an
apostle of Christ.
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Apostles don't say
things that are opposite
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to the one who
sends them, all right?
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Now let's go ahead.
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And I want to
begin down at verse 12.
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I want to begin down at verse 12
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because there
was a big controversy
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among the Corinthians
and some of the Pharisees
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had said the
resurrection already happened,
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some of them said
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there is no
resurrection of the dead,
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so Paul is setting
the record straight.
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And what are you
going to find in this study,
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particularly, what
are you going to find
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as we read this is this.
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You are going to
find that Paul talks
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about who was resurrected.
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He's going to talk about
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when we are going
to be resurrected,
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that is, if we die
before Jesus comes.
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But I told you already,
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I'm praying to be
alive when Jesus gets here.
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Anybody else? I
thought I have more people.
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Somebody want to be
dead? I want to be ready.
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I want to be
alive when Jesus comes.
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Anybody else? Yes.
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I hope it's soon.
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I mean, I'm not
looking for the Lord to come
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in 200 more years?
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We don't need floating
cars before He gets here.
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You know, it's
bad enough, you know?
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"Even so come, Lord
Jesus," I want to say.
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But it's going to be
an amazing challenge.
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But notice verse 12 of
1 Corinthians Chapter 15.
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The Bible says, "Now
if Christ is preached
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that He has been
raised from the dead,
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how do some among you say
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that there is no
resurrection of the dead?"
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Now I'm laying the
foundation this week
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because the next topic
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is going to be
on the resurrection.
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But I felt it
necessary tonight to go and say,
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"Well, why is it that
in the Christian world
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the resurrection
is kind of left out?"
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Do you hear sermons
about the resurrection?
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I watch many televangelists,
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you don't hear sermons
about the resurrection,
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but you hear about this
alternate route to heaven,
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"Well, they're in heaven now,
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my mom is up
there with the Lord,
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my daddy used to sing for Jesus
now he's up there in heaven,
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plan the banjo for Jesus."
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I don't want to be irreverent,
or don't want to be cynical,
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but it sounds ridiculous
and you ask the questions,
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"Well, how did he
get his banjo to heaven?"
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Think about it. How
did he get up there?
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How did he take all the...
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Playing the piano on the streets
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of the New Jerusalem.
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These are fables.
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Look at the next verse.
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How is it that some people
say there's no resurrection.
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Verse 13.
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"But if there is no
resurrection of the dead,
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then Christ is," what?
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"Is not risen.
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And if Christ is not risen,
then our preaching is," what?
00:15:20.65\00:15:24.75
"In vain and your
faith is also vain.
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Yes, and we are found
false witnesses of God,
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because we have testified of God
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that He raised up Christ,
whom He did not raise up,
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if in fact, the
dead do not rise."
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Now I want you to get this.
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There's a text here
that's so vitally important,
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the context of this
is, who raised up Christ?
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Let me get the
answer. Who raised up Christ?
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Say it again,
Robert? God raised up Christ.
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If He didn't raise Him up,
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then there is no
resurrection of the dead.
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If there is no
resurrection of the dead,
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then we need to start preaching.
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Right?
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And our faith is in vain.
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He says, "You've got this hope
that means absolutely nothing."
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If there's some place right now
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where the bones
of Jesus still is,
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then you are in trouble.
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And I want to declare
tonight there is no place
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that has been found
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where the body of
Jesus is to this day.
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What do you say? Amen.
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There's no place.
The tomb is empty.
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People argue that it's
one location or the other.
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It doesn't really
matter where it is.
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I know where He is.
That's all that really matters.
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But now let's
go on. Let's go on.
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And then He says in verse 16,
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"For if the dead do not
rise, then Christ is not risen.
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And if Christ is not
risen, your faith is futile,"
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that is in vain,
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"and you are
still in your," what?
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"Sins!"
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Let me stop right
there and make a point
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of what He's saying.
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He says,
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"Yes, the death of
Jesus was important."
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Aren't we glad He died for us?
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But even more than His
death is His resurrection
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because lots of
religious leaders died,
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but only one
conquered the grave.
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Amen? Amen.
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So if He just died for us,
then He's like everybody else.
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But Jesus not only died
for us, but He rose again.
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You see, death was the
payment for our transgression.
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The resurrection
was the assurance
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that our transgression
won't have the last word.
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You see if Christ
just paid the debt
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but could not deliver us,
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it's like somebody buying a car,
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but they can't
drive it off the lot.
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Think about it for a moment.
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It's like
somebody buying a house,
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but they will never be
given the right to inhabit it.
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Let's somebody
paying a big prize,
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but it's not yours.
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Jesus not only paid
the price for our ransom,
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but He also is
victorious over the very thing
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that would have
been our sentence
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had He not paid the
price for our salvation.
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But He goes on now
in verse 18, he says,
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"Then also those
who have done" what?
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"Fallen asleep in
Christ have," what?
00:18:06.08\00:18:08.75
"Perished."
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Well, now let's see
what he means by that.
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"And if in this life only...
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This is one of my
most repeated scriptures,
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I like the way that it
says in the King James Version,
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I'm going to try to
remember that by heart.
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But it says, "If in this life
only we have hope in Christ,
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we are of all
men most miserable."
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Ain't that a terrible word?
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It sounds a little more
depressing than pitiable.
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"If we only have
hope in this life,
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we are of all men the most,"
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say it, "miserable."
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Have you seen miserable people?
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You want to see
miserable Christians?
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Tell them that
Christ has not been risen.
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And if a
Christian believes that,
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it's a miserable
existence because here we are,
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I want to just give you a
terrible description here.
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Somebody once said,
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"It's a sad thing to miss out
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on all the fun the world has..."
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Now follow carefully,
00:19:02.54\00:19:03.87
I'm going to
qualify this in a moment.
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Lot of people says,
"It's terrible to miss out
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on all the fun the world
has and not have eternal life."
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Let me just tell you this.
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I like the way the
songwriter said it,
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"If heaven was
never promised to me,
00:19:16.58\00:19:19.69
neither God's
promise to live eternally,
00:19:19.72\00:19:23.99
it's been worth
00:19:24.03\00:19:25.79
just having the
Lord in our lives."
00:19:25.83\00:19:27.40
Amen somebody? Amen.
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He's made a major difference
a sane life, a clear life,
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a sane mind, a
respectable individual.
00:19:33.23\00:19:36.20
And what the
world is missing today
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is not just people
that have a constitution,
00:19:38.14\00:19:40.58
but people that have
the presence of Christ
00:19:40.61\00:19:42.88
in their lives.
00:19:42.91\00:19:44.28
Live a healthy life.
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If you only get one,
live a very healthy life
00:19:45.68\00:19:47.02
but thank Spirit of God,
00:19:47.05\00:19:48.55
we don't just get one go around,
00:19:48.58\00:19:49.95
we get a second
chance because of Christ.
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Amen.
00:19:51.72\00:19:53.05
But let's go on further and see.
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Now Paul is going to
get into the specifics.
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He's going to talk
about when Christ was rose,
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when Christ was raised,
00:20:00.03\00:20:01.56
and when we are
going to be raised.
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Very important.
00:20:03.20\00:20:04.80
"But now," verse 20,
00:20:04.83\00:20:06.37
"Christ is risen from the
dead, and has become the," what?
00:20:06.40\00:20:10.97
"Firstfruits of those
who have fallen asleep."
00:20:11.01\00:20:14.61
That's the harvest language.
00:20:14.64\00:20:17.05
Firstfruits mean when
the harvest time comes,
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He's the first one.
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It's like the
first crop of apples
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off of the apple tree.
00:20:22.85\00:20:24.29
It's like the
first basket of oranges
00:20:24.32\00:20:25.69
out of the orange grove.
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He's the first one, which means,
00:20:27.29\00:20:28.86
He represents a whole lot more
that have not yet been picked.
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So Christ is the
first one that's been risen,
00:20:32.76\00:20:35.13
that means
there's whole lot more
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that have not yet
been risen, right?
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He's the firstfruits.
00:20:38.03\00:20:39.37
Now let's go to
the next verse 21.
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"For since by man came," what?
00:20:41.67\00:20:44.17
"Death, by Man also came
the resurrection of the dead."
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Now does your
Bible have the word
00:20:48.54\00:20:49.98
the second Man capitalized?
00:20:50.01\00:20:52.91
Yes.
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It should be capitalized
00:20:54.32\00:20:55.65
because that
second Man is Christ.
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If both of them are small
M's, you want to correct that.
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I like the way the
New King James Version
00:21:00.39\00:21:01.82
corrected that.
00:21:01.86\00:21:03.19
The second M
should be capitalized.
00:21:03.22\00:21:05.59
"For since by man,"
small M, "came death,"
00:21:05.63\00:21:07.90
that's sinful man,
"by Man," that is Jesus,
00:21:07.93\00:21:11.67
"also came the
resurrection of the dead."
00:21:11.70\00:21:14.34
And verse 22.
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"For as in Adam," how many die?
00:21:15.74\00:21:18.34
"All die, even so in Christ,"
00:21:18.37\00:21:20.91
how many shall be
made alive? "All..."
00:21:20.94\00:21:23.65
What's the next word after all?
00:21:23.68\00:21:25.41
"Shall be made alive."
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This is something
you've got to get the process.
00:21:28.98\00:21:31.12
Paul is talking
about process here.
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"Shall be made alive,"
00:21:32.85\00:21:35.49
which means
they're not alive yet.
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Where are they then?
They are in the grave.
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They shall be made alive.
00:21:39.83\00:21:42.63
The Bible is
making it very clear.
00:21:42.66\00:21:44.47
But now this is the
crux of the passage.
00:21:44.50\00:21:48.90
Verse 23, "But each
one in his own order."
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Who's the first one?
00:21:54.98\00:21:56.44
"Christ the firstfruits,
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afterwards those
who are Christ's," when?
00:21:59.41\00:22:03.69
"At His coming."
00:22:03.72\00:22:06.05
1 Corinthians 15:23.
00:22:06.09\00:22:08.02
So one of those who
are resting in Jesus
00:22:08.06\00:22:11.13
going to come
forth from the grave.
00:22:11.16\00:22:12.56
Say it, really
quickly, as the Bible says.
00:22:12.59\00:22:14.56
"At His coming."
00:22:14.60\00:22:16.87
Say that with
me, "At His coming."
00:22:16.90\00:22:20.44
Not before.
00:22:20.47\00:22:22.30
Christ was the
only one to come out.
00:22:22.34\00:22:24.14
He says in Revelation,
00:22:24.17\00:22:25.51
"I've got the keys of
death and of the grave."
00:22:25.54\00:22:27.91
So when is that grave
going to be opened up?
00:22:27.94\00:22:31.18
And we're going to find
out that in the next lesson.
00:22:31.21\00:22:32.78
When he blows the
trumpet, when the earth quakes,
00:22:32.81\00:22:36.89
when the dead in
Christ rise first,
00:22:36.92\00:22:38.72
and then we which are alive
00:22:38.75\00:22:40.09
are caught up together with them
00:22:40.12\00:22:41.46
to meet the Lord in the air.
00:22:41.49\00:22:42.96
That means, we
haven't met Him yet.
00:22:42.99\00:22:44.79
And to show you that Paul
was very clear about this.
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Notice, what he says
in the very next verse,
00:22:46.66\00:22:48.50
in the very next verse.
00:22:48.53\00:22:49.86
He ends with the phrase,
00:22:49.90\00:22:51.33
"Those who are
Christs at His coming,"
00:22:51.37\00:22:53.27
And then in verse
24 just to verify it,
00:22:53.30\00:22:55.60
"Then comes the," what?
00:22:55.64\00:22:57.57
"End, 'when He
delivers the kingdom
00:22:57.61\00:23:00.68
to God the Father,
00:23:00.71\00:23:02.24
when He puts an
end to all rule and,"
00:23:02.28\00:23:05.21
how much authority?
00:23:05.25\00:23:06.58
"All authority
for and the power.
00:23:06.61\00:23:09.88
For he must
reign till He has put,
00:23:09.92\00:23:11.89
how many?
00:23:11.92\00:23:13.25
"All enemies under His feet."
00:23:13.29\00:23:14.69
And verse 26.
Let's read that together.
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"The last enemy that
will be destroyed is," what?
00:23:17.03\00:23:21.13
"Death."
00:23:21.16\00:23:22.93
So if that last enemy
00:23:22.96\00:23:25.43
that's going to be
destroyed is death,
00:23:25.47\00:23:27.44
how long is
death going to reign?
00:23:27.47\00:23:31.64
Somebody tell me? To the end.
00:23:31.67\00:23:34.18
To the end. Until it is, what?
00:23:34.21\00:23:36.95
Until it is, what?
00:23:36.98\00:23:39.61
Look at the verse.
Until death is what?
00:23:39.65\00:23:41.48
Destroyed. Say it again.
00:23:41.52\00:23:43.49
Destroyed.
00:23:43.52\00:23:44.85
Death is going to reign
until death is destroyed.
00:23:44.89\00:23:48.12
So has death been destroyed yet?
00:23:48.16\00:23:50.43
No. So death still happens.
00:23:50.46\00:23:53.83
All have sinned,
00:23:53.86\00:23:56.26
the wages of sin is what?
00:23:56.30\00:23:58.37
Death. That's the fact.
00:23:58.40\00:24:01.27
Death is still in effect today.
00:24:01.30\00:24:02.80
Sad reality, it's
still in effect today.
00:24:02.84\00:24:05.87
But now let's go to the very end
00:24:05.91\00:24:07.24
of this passage.
00:24:07.28\00:24:08.61
I want to show you something.
00:24:08.64\00:24:09.98
I don't want to go
to the middle part,
00:24:10.01\00:24:11.35
I'm going to leave
that for the major purpose.
00:24:11.38\00:24:12.71
But let's go to
the very last verse
00:24:12.75\00:24:15.02
in 1 Corinthians Chapter 15.
00:24:15.05\00:24:16.38
Actually the...
00:24:16.42\00:24:17.75
Okay.
00:24:22.52\00:24:23.86
Yeah, let's go to
verse 54, verse 54.
00:24:23.89\00:24:25.89
Okay. Okay. Verse 54.
00:24:29.16\00:24:34.47
"So when this corruptible..."
00:24:34.50\00:24:35.94
No, verse 55.
That's the one I'm getting.
00:24:35.97\00:24:38.14
Yes. Are we ready?
00:24:38.17\00:24:39.91
What verse did I say?
00:24:39.94\00:24:41.28
Fifty five. This is the one.
00:24:41.31\00:24:42.84
First of all, death
is going to be destroyed,
00:24:42.88\00:24:45.15
and then after
death is destroyed,
00:24:45.18\00:24:46.51
notice what Paul
writes about death.
00:24:46.55\00:24:49.02
It's almost like
he's speaking to death.
00:24:49.05\00:24:52.69
And he says, "O
Death, where is your," what?
00:24:52.72\00:24:55.66
"Sting? O Grave,
where is your," what?
00:24:55.69\00:24:59.13
"Victory?"
00:24:59.16\00:25:00.50
So let me just make this clear.
00:25:00.53\00:25:02.33
As we talk about the difference
between life and death,
00:25:02.36\00:25:04.87
the truth about life and death.
00:25:04.90\00:25:06.33
Let me make it
very clear tonight
00:25:06.37\00:25:07.70
at the beginning of the study,
00:25:07.74\00:25:09.20
death will not have the
final victory, life will.
00:25:09.24\00:25:13.88
What do you say? Amen.
00:25:13.91\00:25:15.44
The final victory is life.
The final victory is not death.
00:25:15.48\00:25:20.05
Death seems to be winning now
00:25:20.08\00:25:22.25
but the last
knockout punch is death itself
00:25:22.28\00:25:25.79
is going to be defeated.
00:25:25.82\00:25:27.66
Death itself is
going to be eliminated.
00:25:27.69\00:25:30.13
Death itself is
going to be destroyed.
00:25:30.16\00:25:32.89
Until then,
00:25:32.93\00:25:35.30
we will have all be
in one way or the other
00:25:35.33\00:25:38.63
affected by this stalker
00:25:38.67\00:25:41.64
that walks the
planet from home to home,
00:25:41.67\00:25:44.21
from family to family,
from situation to situation,
00:25:44.24\00:25:47.04
from life to life,
00:25:47.08\00:25:48.84
and knocks on the
door of somebody's house
00:25:48.88\00:25:51.08
at some point
in their existence,
00:25:51.11\00:25:53.92
a sad reality.
00:25:53.95\00:25:55.58
But I want to go ahead and dive
00:25:55.62\00:25:56.95
into question number 15 tonight.
00:25:56.99\00:25:58.32
If you have that question...
00:25:58.35\00:26:00.16
Question number 15.
00:26:00.19\00:26:01.52
And if you don't have a copy,
we have a few copies down here
00:26:01.56\00:26:03.63
if anybody wants one.
00:26:03.66\00:26:06.13
Question number 15.
Notice what the Bible says.
00:26:06.16\00:26:10.33
And by the way,
00:26:10.37\00:26:11.70
last week what we discovered
as we read the Book of Job,
00:26:11.73\00:26:15.20
we...
00:26:15.24\00:26:16.57
Matter of fact,
go to the Book of Job
00:26:16.60\00:26:17.94
that's where we're
going to find our answer.
00:26:17.97\00:26:19.31
I want to bring up
question 15 tonight.
00:26:19.34\00:26:20.68
And here it is.
00:26:20.71\00:26:23.04
How long does the Bible teach
00:26:23.08\00:26:27.25
that the dead will
remain in their graves?
00:26:27.28\00:26:30.59
How long does the Bible teach
00:26:30.62\00:26:32.59
that the dead will
remain in their graves?
00:26:32.62\00:26:35.99
What book did we say? Job.
00:26:36.02\00:26:37.86
We're going to go
to the Book of Job.
00:26:37.89\00:26:40.36
Now what I want to do
just because of last week,
00:26:40.40\00:26:42.46
I want to reiterate?
a couple of passages,
00:26:42.50\00:26:44.60
but we're going to
start with Job Chapter 14.
00:26:44.63\00:26:47.77
And I know the
answers of verse 11 and 12,
00:26:47.80\00:26:50.37
but I want to
begin with verse 10.
00:26:50.41\00:26:53.91
I want to begin
with the verse 7.
00:26:53.94\00:26:57.35
Okay, I apologize.
00:27:00.62\00:27:02.22
We did verse 7 and 10 earlier,
00:27:02.25\00:27:03.59
but I want to
begin with verse 7,
00:27:03.62\00:27:05.35
and then we're going to
get down to verse 12, okay?
00:27:05.39\00:27:07.72
So let's look at this.
00:27:07.76\00:27:09.19
Now if you're
thinking about this,
00:27:09.22\00:27:11.83
every one of us has
seen a tree cut down before.?
00:27:11.86\00:27:14.36
Have we all?
00:27:14.40\00:27:15.73
Even if you haven't
seen it cut down physically,
00:27:15.76\00:27:17.60
you've seen a tree stump
00:27:17.63\00:27:20.87
I'm facing the sad reality that
00:27:20.90\00:27:22.84
last year I had a
good friend of ours,
00:27:22.87\00:27:25.11
come to our house,
visited us, he's a landscaper,
00:27:25.14\00:27:27.11
and he cut of,
00:27:27.14\00:27:28.48
right by the
pond in our backyard,
00:27:28.51\00:27:30.68
right at the base of the pond
00:27:30.71\00:27:32.05
where the water
meets the ground.
00:27:32.08\00:27:34.78
You know all these weeds,
they just fall into the water,
00:27:34.82\00:27:36.89
and then they just grow before,
00:27:36.92\00:27:38.25
you know, they become a tree,
00:27:38.29\00:27:39.62
and then it gets so
big that you can't really
00:27:39.65\00:27:41.02
cut him down easily.
00:27:41.06\00:27:42.39
They start as a
small fledgling plant,
00:27:42.42\00:27:44.06
but then they
continue growing and growing.
00:27:44.09\00:27:46.16
Well, last year,
my pond looks so nice,
00:27:46.19\00:27:48.83
it was clear
all along the edges.
00:27:48.86\00:27:52.57
But you know what happened.
00:27:52.60\00:27:53.94
When he cut them, he
left the roots in there.
00:27:53.97\00:27:56.94
And he didn't put that
killer stuff on top of the...
00:27:56.97\00:28:00.24
He said there's
supposed to be something,
00:28:00.28\00:28:01.61
you paint on top of
the roots so it dies.
00:28:01.64\00:28:03.85
He didn't put that there.
00:28:03.88\00:28:05.41
And now they're coming
back, they're coming back.
00:28:05.45\00:28:10.25
You see the point of the matter
00:28:10.29\00:28:11.62
is when you begin
to read this passage,
00:28:11.65\00:28:13.99
Job is going to say,
00:28:14.02\00:28:15.72
"Learn the lesson about
life and death from the tree."
00:28:15.76\00:28:19.46
Let's start with verse 7.
00:28:19.49\00:28:23.23
"For there is hope..."
00:28:23.26\00:28:25.37
Job 14:7,
00:28:25.40\00:28:26.74
"For there is hope for
a tree, if it is cut down,
00:28:26.77\00:28:31.37
that it will sprout again.
00:28:31.41\00:28:34.51
And that its tender
shoots will not cease
00:28:34.54\00:28:38.61
Though its root may
grow old in the earth,
00:28:38.65\00:28:43.35
and its stump may
die in the ground,
00:28:43.39\00:28:46.55
yet at the," what?
00:28:46.59\00:28:48.42
"Scent of water it will bud
00:28:48.46\00:28:51.23
and bring forth
branches like a plant."
00:28:51.26\00:28:55.66
Now the question was how long
does the Bible teach that man,
00:28:55.70\00:28:59.00
that the dead
remain in the graves.
00:28:59.03\00:29:01.00
Look at verse 10.
00:29:01.04\00:29:04.54
"But man dies and is laid away.
00:29:04.57\00:29:07.41
Indeed he breathes his last,"
00:29:07.44\00:29:10.28
and what are
the next four words?
00:29:10.31\00:29:11.91
"And where is he?"
00:29:11.95\00:29:14.32
Now let's say
together. "And where is he?"
00:29:14.35\00:29:18.32
That's the
question. "Where is he?"
00:29:18.35\00:29:19.95
When he
breathes his last breath,
00:29:19.99\00:29:21.86
you go to the
hospital, unfortunately,
00:29:21.89\00:29:23.43
sometimes people
gather around the bed
00:29:23.46\00:29:25.09
of their loved ones
00:29:25.13\00:29:26.46
and, it's always a sad
thing when the person is expired
00:29:26.49\00:29:30.30
or anything happens in a person.
00:29:30.33\00:29:32.47
And somebody once said,
"There's always that point
00:29:32.50\00:29:35.30
where they breathe
their last breath."
00:29:35.34\00:29:38.27
Some people have
said, "I was right there,
00:29:38.31\00:29:40.61
when he
breathed his last breath.
00:29:40.64\00:29:41.98
I was right there,
00:29:42.01\00:29:43.35
when she
breathed her last breath."
00:29:43.38\00:29:45.45
So Job is saying,
00:29:45.48\00:29:46.98
"When he
breathes his last breath,
00:29:47.02\00:29:50.72
where is he?"
00:29:50.75\00:29:53.96
Because this is the point
where the preachers have said,
00:29:53.99\00:29:56.79
"Oh, he's on his way to heaven."
00:29:56.83\00:30:01.66
This is what
you've heard on the news,
00:30:01.70\00:30:03.03
this is what preachers
have taught in your churches.
00:30:03.06\00:30:05.03
Many of you that are
watching this program,
00:30:05.07\00:30:06.47
this is what your preacher
may have said just last week.
00:30:06.50\00:30:08.94
"They're in heaven now,
they are absent from the body,
00:30:08.97\00:30:12.47
they're present with the Lord."
00:30:12.51\00:30:14.11
We'll discuss that
passage in a moment.
00:30:14.14\00:30:15.91
And by the way,
it's just a hint,
00:30:15.94\00:30:17.45
that passage says
nothing about death,
00:30:17.48\00:30:19.88
not a single word
death is mentioned
00:30:19.91\00:30:21.38
in that entire passage.
00:30:21.42\00:30:23.42
So Job's
answering, "Where is he?"
00:30:23.45\00:30:25.45
Look at verse 11.
00:30:25.49\00:30:27.56
"As water
disappears from the sea..."
00:30:27.59\00:30:30.06
This is the
verses on the screen.
00:30:30.09\00:30:32.59
"As water
disappears from the sea,
00:30:32.63\00:30:34.90
and a river becomes," what?
00:30:34.93\00:30:37.20
"Parched and dries up,
so man lies down and," what?
00:30:37.23\00:30:43.24
"Does not rise."
00:30:43.27\00:30:46.34
He, what? "Does not rise."
00:30:46.37\00:30:51.31
"Man lies down and does not rise
00:30:51.35\00:30:55.68
till the heavens..."
00:30:55.72\00:30:57.05
And I'm reading
the Bible verse here.
00:30:57.09\00:30:58.42
"Till the heavens are no more,
00:30:58.45\00:31:00.19
they will not
awake nor be roused
00:31:00.22\00:31:04.69
from their sleep."
00:31:04.73\00:31:07.33
Is that clear?
00:31:07.36\00:31:08.70
"They will not
awake nor be roused
00:31:08.73\00:31:10.07
from their sleep."
00:31:10.10\00:31:11.43
So where they're going to be?
00:31:11.47\00:31:12.80
They're not going to be awaken,
nobody's going to wake them up.
00:31:12.83\00:31:14.57
They're going to be there.
00:31:14.60\00:31:15.94
They're going to
stay in that grave,
00:31:15.97\00:31:17.31
they will not be awakened
nor roused from their sleep.
00:31:17.34\00:31:20.88
What does that mean roused?
00:31:20.91\00:31:22.24
Has anybody have been
roused from their sleep?
00:31:22.28\00:31:25.41
Somebody tell me?
What does that mean?
00:31:25.45\00:31:28.85
Awaken. Wake up?
00:31:28.88\00:31:31.85
And what you do
when you wake up?
00:31:31.89\00:31:33.22
When you wake up, do you
say, "Oh, why do you wake me up,
00:31:36.86\00:31:39.39
I was just on my
way to the mall?"
00:31:39.43\00:31:42.70
Did you say that?
00:31:42.73\00:31:44.17
But according to
what happens when we die,
00:31:44.20\00:31:46.40
we make it appears
that when a person dies
00:31:46.43\00:31:48.10
they had all this
new activity going on.
00:31:48.14\00:31:50.67
"Wait, wait, wait,
wait, don't wake me up now,
00:31:50.71\00:31:52.34
I'm just singing a song to Paul
or singing a song to Jesus."
00:31:52.37\00:31:55.98
They kind of talk
like the moment you die,
00:31:56.01\00:31:58.65
"Hey, oh, I'm so
glad to be here."
00:31:58.68\00:32:01.52
That's not what
the Bible teaches.
00:32:01.55\00:32:03.62
"They will not
awake nor be roused
00:32:03.65\00:32:07.86
from their sleep."
00:32:07.89\00:32:09.22
And I want to go ahead.
So let's answer question 15.
00:32:09.26\00:32:12.66
How long does the
Bible teach that the dead
00:32:12.69\00:32:14.36
will remain in their graves?
00:32:14.40\00:32:16.16
Till the heavens are no more.
Till the heavens are no more.
00:32:16.20\00:32:22.77
And the Bible talks
about the coming of the Lord.
00:32:22.80\00:32:24.81
The heavens will pass
away with a great noise
00:32:24.84\00:32:28.51
and the elements will
melt with fervent heat,
00:32:28.54\00:32:32.38
until that day,
00:32:32.41\00:32:33.75
that's at the
second coming of Christ,
00:32:33.78\00:32:35.18
until that day they're
going to be in that grave.
00:32:35.22\00:32:39.85
Until that day,
they're not going anywhere.
00:32:39.89\00:32:43.96
They're right there.
00:32:43.99\00:32:45.33
So let me encourage you
because somebody may be saying,
00:32:45.36\00:32:49.00
"I've just found this out.
00:32:49.03\00:32:50.37
I've just learned
this for the first time.
00:32:50.40\00:32:52.63
What do I do about the
fact that I've been thinking
00:32:52.67\00:32:54.20
my mama's up
there all these years?"
00:32:54.24\00:32:56.74
Let me encourage you.
00:32:56.77\00:32:58.11
You and your mama
are going to go to heaven
00:32:58.14\00:32:59.91
to see Jesus together.
00:32:59.94\00:33:01.28
Can we say amen to that? Amen.
00:33:01.31\00:33:02.74
Mamas up there saying,
00:33:02.78\00:33:04.11
"Oh, man, I wonder
whatever happened to Jeffrey."
00:33:04.15\00:33:08.48
And what's even
worse, what's even worse
00:33:08.52\00:33:12.02
is that they make it appear
00:33:12.05\00:33:13.39
as though mom is
looking down on us.
00:33:13.42\00:33:17.73
Well, let me
tell you about my mom,
00:33:17.76\00:33:19.26
when my mom was alive,
00:33:19.29\00:33:20.63
she couldn't see
around the corner,
00:33:20.66\00:33:22.56
she couldn't see through walls.
00:33:22.60\00:33:24.80
Anybody else? Come on.
00:33:24.83\00:33:28.10
If I was on a block,
the best I could do is,
00:33:28.14\00:33:31.17
"Can't tell who that is."
00:33:31.21\00:33:32.54
But all of a sudden,
now this is the devil's lie.
00:33:32.57\00:33:34.74
All of a sudden,
now that you die,
00:33:34.78\00:33:36.64
you've got this
super human ability
00:33:36.68\00:33:39.01
and that's the
lie he told to Eve.
00:33:39.05\00:33:41.45
"You will be like
God. You will be like God.
00:33:41.48\00:33:46.52
If you disobey,
you'll be like God.
00:33:46.55\00:33:48.72
You won't really die."
00:33:48.76\00:33:51.19
Genesis 3:4, "You
won't really die."
00:33:51.23\00:33:54.40
That's a lie. Adam died.
00:33:54.43\00:33:56.77
I want to say what
somebody said last week,
00:33:56.80\00:33:58.13
and this is great.
00:33:58.17\00:33:59.50
I think Kim talked to
me about this last week.
00:33:59.53\00:34:01.77
She said, "How
long is a day for God?"
00:34:01.80\00:34:04.61
While the Bible
says, Peter says,
00:34:04.64\00:34:06.27
"A day with the
Lord is as a 1,000 years,
00:34:06.31\00:34:10.15
and a 1,000
years is as a," what?
00:34:10.18\00:34:12.18
"Day."
00:34:12.21\00:34:13.55
Now we're not saying
a day and a 1,000 years
00:34:13.58\00:34:14.92
are the same
thing but for the Lord,
00:34:14.95\00:34:16.28
a day is like a 1,000 years,
a 1,000 years is like a day.
00:34:16.32\00:34:19.55
And the Lord says,
00:34:19.59\00:34:20.92
"In the day you eat thereof
it, you shall surely die."
00:34:20.96\00:34:22.92
And old was Adam when he died?
00:34:22.96\00:34:25.13
Nine hundred and
thirty, he died within the day.
00:34:25.16\00:34:28.73
Did you get that?
00:34:28.76\00:34:30.10
If a day for God
is like a 1,000 years,
00:34:30.13\00:34:31.77
and a 1,000 years is like a day,
00:34:31.80\00:34:34.27
Adam died before
the day was over.
00:34:34.30\00:34:36.87
He didn't even
make it to 1,000 years.
00:34:36.91\00:34:38.97
Methuselah got really close 969,
00:34:39.01\00:34:43.75
but he didn't make it,
00:34:43.78\00:34:45.11
he died within the day.
00:34:45.15\00:34:46.92
The point of the
matter is death reign to all,
00:34:46.95\00:34:50.35
for all have sinned.
00:34:50.39\00:34:52.09
Death reign to all
because all have sinned.
00:34:52.12\00:34:54.99
So according to the answer here,
00:34:55.02\00:34:58.13
how long will they be in there?
00:34:58.16\00:34:59.79
Tell me the answer?
Till the heavens are no more.
00:34:59.83\00:35:04.20
Till the coming of the Lord.
00:35:04.23\00:35:05.57
Now question number
16. Question number 16.
00:35:05.60\00:35:10.74
What does the Bible say...
00:35:10.77\00:35:12.87
What does the Bible say
00:35:12.91\00:35:14.54
we must pass before
the dead are raised...
00:35:14.58\00:35:17.95
Sorry.
00:35:17.98\00:35:19.31
What does the
Bible say must pass
00:35:19.35\00:35:20.72
before the dead are raised?
00:35:20.75\00:35:22.48
I looked at my own question
00:35:22.52\00:35:23.85
and added another word in there.
00:35:23.89\00:35:25.22
What does the Bible say
00:35:25.25\00:35:26.59
must pass before
the dead are raised?
00:35:26.62\00:35:30.63
Stay in the Book of
Job. Stay in the Book of Job.
00:35:30.66\00:35:35.16
Some of you guys are
really on top of it tonight.
00:35:35.20\00:35:38.27
Job answers the question.
00:35:38.30\00:35:39.63
You know what?
Well, let me just say,
00:35:39.67\00:35:41.00
isn't it good to know
the Bible has the answers?
00:35:41.04\00:35:42.57
Can you say amen to that? Amen.
00:35:42.60\00:35:44.04
It's so good to know
00:35:44.07\00:35:45.41
that we don't
have to sit and say,
00:35:45.44\00:35:46.78
"Well, now let me see,
00:35:46.81\00:35:48.14
what does my
theological professor say?
00:35:48.18\00:35:49.51
What does the
pastor say on television?
00:35:49.54\00:35:51.21
What does that church say?
00:35:51.25\00:35:52.58
What does that
denomination say?"
00:35:52.61\00:35:53.95
No. What does the Bible say?
00:35:53.98\00:35:55.95
Whatever happened to the Bible?
Forget about, it sounds good.
00:35:55.98\00:36:00.16
If it's a lie, it
shouldn't sound good.
00:36:00.19\00:36:02.09
Never allow a lie to sound good.
00:36:02.12\00:36:05.66
Amen. "Well,
it's so comforting."
00:36:05.69\00:36:07.76
Don't get comfort from a lie.
00:36:07.80\00:36:11.97
And what's
happening in our world today
00:36:12.00\00:36:13.34
I've seen this on television.
00:36:13.37\00:36:14.70
There are some
channels on television
00:36:14.74\00:36:16.07
that will lie to you and
ask you to send the money.
00:36:16.10\00:36:18.24
Let me say something,
3ABN will not lie to you,
00:36:18.27\00:36:20.78
and ask for your
financial support.
00:36:20.81\00:36:22.14
Amen somebody? Amen.
00:36:22.18\00:36:23.91
This is the channel of truth.
00:36:23.95\00:36:26.15
The whole truth and
nothing but the truth.
00:36:26.18\00:36:29.78
So if you don't want the truth,
then watch some other channels.
00:36:29.82\00:36:34.39
But if you want the
truth, you're at the right one.
00:36:34.42\00:36:35.92
Come on say amen.
00:36:35.96\00:36:37.29
Because we're going
to tell it like it is.
00:36:37.33\00:36:38.66
The comfort is knowing
this that when Jesus comes back,
00:36:38.69\00:36:42.36
everybody who is
in the grave resting
00:36:42.40\00:36:44.50
will go to heaven
together to meet the Lord.
00:36:44.53\00:36:47.64
That's why we look forward
to the second coming of Christ.
00:36:47.67\00:36:53.34
I apologize if
I'm excited tonight.
00:36:53.38\00:36:56.14
But I like to the
truth. Anybody else?
00:36:56.18\00:36:57.78
Amen. Nothing but the truth.
00:36:57.81\00:36:59.98
So let's answer the question.
00:37:00.02\00:37:02.58
Job 14:13,
00:37:02.62\00:37:04.75
and it's going
to be on the screen.
00:37:04.79\00:37:06.29
Look what Job says,
00:37:06.32\00:37:07.66
"Oh, that You would," do what?
00:37:07.69\00:37:09.92
"Hide me," where?
00:37:09.96\00:37:11.39
"In the grave,
00:37:11.43\00:37:12.76
that You would conceal me
until Your wrath is," what?"
00:37:12.79\00:37:16.40
"Past, that You will appoint
me a set time, and," what?
00:37:16.43\00:37:20.37
"Remember me!" So
here's the answer.
00:37:20.40\00:37:24.34
What does the
Bible say must pass
00:37:24.37\00:37:27.11
before the dead are raised?
00:37:27.14\00:37:28.98
Say it? God's wrath.
00:37:29.01\00:37:31.98
God is going to hide
Job. Now, I want to get this.
00:37:32.01\00:37:35.28
This is a powerful statement.
00:37:35.32\00:37:37.79
When you read the Book of
Job, the Bible says of Job,
00:37:37.82\00:37:41.32
there was not a
person in the earth like him.
00:37:41.36\00:37:45.49
He's a righteous man.
00:37:45.53\00:37:46.90
So if anybody
qualified based on that
00:37:46.93\00:37:52.23
to go right to heaven was what?
00:37:52.27\00:37:53.74
Job.
00:37:53.77\00:37:55.10
The Bible says, "He was
a man that shunned evil,
00:37:55.14\00:37:57.97
he was a righteous man."
00:37:58.01\00:37:59.57
And He even said to the devil,
00:37:59.61\00:38:01.58
"Have you
considered my servant Job
00:38:01.61\00:38:03.65
that there is none
like him on the earth."
00:38:03.68\00:38:07.08
But Job is not in heaven. Yes.
00:38:07.12\00:38:09.75
And the thief on
the cross said...
00:38:09.78\00:38:11.92
Okay.
00:38:11.95\00:38:13.29
See my wife is
right on top of that.
00:38:13.32\00:38:14.66
See we lived together 30 years,
I know where she's headed.
00:38:14.69\00:38:17.63
She knows where I'm headed.
00:38:17.66\00:38:18.99
Now I want to get this now.
00:38:19.03\00:38:20.36
The very same
thing that Job said
00:38:20.40\00:38:23.37
is the very same thing
the thief on the cross said.
00:38:23.40\00:38:28.20
We often look at the
phrase where he says.
00:38:28.24\00:38:32.51
Where Jesus responds and says,
00:38:32.54\00:38:34.04
"Today you will be
with Me in paradise."
00:38:34.08\00:38:35.84
We know that the comma
has been incorrectly place
00:38:35.88\00:38:38.85
because that's not
the answer to the question
00:38:38.88\00:38:42.05
that the thief asked.
00:38:42.08\00:38:43.45
He said to Jesus,
00:38:43.49\00:38:45.12
"Remember me when You
come into Your kingdom.
00:38:45.15\00:38:51.06
Remember me when you
come into Your kingdom."
00:38:51.09\00:38:52.99
Did we just read
in 1 Corinthians 15
00:38:53.03\00:38:54.90
where Paul says,
00:38:54.93\00:38:56.70
"Then the kingdom
is delivered up " when?
00:38:56.73\00:38:59.83
"At the end."
00:38:59.87\00:39:01.20
Then comes the end
00:39:01.24\00:39:02.57
when the
kingdom is delivered up.
00:39:02.60\00:39:03.94
And the thief on
the cross said to Jesus,
00:39:03.97\00:39:06.51
"Remember me when You
come in Your kingdom."
00:39:06.54\00:39:09.28
And Jesus made the
promise to him that day
00:39:09.31\00:39:13.31
that He will be
with him in paradise.
00:39:13.35\00:39:14.95
He didn't say, "You
are going to paradise
00:39:14.98\00:39:16.32
with Me that day."
00:39:16.35\00:39:17.69
But somebody may
say, "But, yes, He did."
00:39:17.72\00:39:19.82
Well, let me ask
you the question.
00:39:19.85\00:39:21.39
Did Jesus go to heaven that day?
00:39:21.42\00:39:23.53
Yes or no? No.
00:39:23.56\00:39:25.03
Because after He was raised,
00:39:25.06\00:39:26.63
and Mary was
there in the garden,
00:39:26.66\00:39:28.20
and she began to
hold on to Christ
00:39:28.23\00:39:30.00
when she
recognized Him by His voice.
00:39:30.03\00:39:32.80
He said to Mary,
"Do not cling to Me,
00:39:32.83\00:39:36.81
I have not yet," what?
00:39:36.84\00:39:38.84
"Ascended to My
Father and to your Father.
00:39:38.87\00:39:43.04
I haven't gone
yet, this is third day.
00:39:43.08\00:39:45.75
I haven't gone yet."
00:39:45.78\00:39:47.12
So how could Jesus
say it to the thief,
00:39:47.15\00:39:48.62
"We're going today."?
00:39:48.65\00:39:51.45
He didn't say that
00:39:51.49\00:39:52.82
because when He
rose on the third day,
00:39:52.85\00:39:55.86
Jesus Himself said,
"I haven't gone yet.
00:39:55.89\00:40:01.33
I haven't gone,
don't hold me, Mary,
00:40:01.36\00:40:03.67
I haven't gone to My
Father and to your Father."
00:40:03.70\00:40:06.30
So the Bible is clear,
00:40:06.33\00:40:07.70
when the wrath of God is passed,
00:40:07.74\00:40:09.64
then the Lord...
00:40:09.67\00:40:11.01
And get this, the text says,
00:40:11.04\00:40:13.34
"Appoint me a,"
what type of time?
00:40:13.38\00:40:16.04
"A set time."
What is that set time?
00:40:16.08\00:40:18.25
Somebody tell me? I
know you got your hats on.
00:40:18.28\00:40:19.71
What's the set time?
Second coming, resurrection.
00:40:19.75\00:40:23.05
Thank you. Say it together.
Second coming, resurrection.
00:40:23.08\00:40:26.02
If you said either one of those,
00:40:26.05\00:40:27.39
you're correct.
00:40:27.42\00:40:28.76
The set time is
the second coming
00:40:28.79\00:40:30.13
and the resurrection.
00:40:30.16\00:40:31.49
That's the set
time. That's the set time.
00:40:31.53\00:40:34.16
God's got His time set.
00:40:34.20\00:40:36.60
It's like,
"Okay, time to wake up."
00:40:36.63\00:40:39.87
The time is set.
00:40:39.90\00:40:41.30
He's got that divine alarm
and voice is going to be loud,
00:40:41.34\00:40:46.34
voice is going to be loud.
00:40:46.37\00:40:48.08
David says in, I
think in Psalms 25:9.
00:40:48.11\00:40:51.45
I think it is,
00:40:51.48\00:40:53.31
"My Lord shall come
and shall not keep silent."
00:40:53.35\00:40:57.35
What does Paul
say He's going to do
00:40:57.39\00:40:58.72
when He come back?
00:40:58.75\00:41:00.09
He's going to come
back with a trumpet,
00:41:00.12\00:41:02.22
the voice of the
archangel, with a shout.
00:41:02.26\00:41:05.79
That's the set time.
00:41:05.83\00:41:07.16
He is going to wake up
everybody that's resting in.
00:41:07.20\00:41:09.70
Amen? Amen.
00:41:09.73\00:41:11.10
Let's go to the next
one. Nothing is secret.
00:41:11.13\00:41:13.23
Okay, nothing is
secret about that.
00:41:13.27\00:41:15.00
That's right.
Nothing is secret about that.
00:41:15.04\00:41:17.04
My wife is helping me
teaching. I praise the Lord.
00:41:17.07\00:41:19.34
My wife is on fire tonight.
She's excited about the topic.
00:41:19.37\00:41:22.48
I appreciate that, honey.
00:41:22.51\00:41:24.01
Question number 17,
00:41:24.05\00:41:25.38
how does the Bible
describe the condition of Adam?
00:41:25.41\00:41:29.25
How does the Bible
describe the condition of Adam
00:41:29.28\00:41:32.05
to be after his death?
00:41:32.09\00:41:34.16
Okay?
00:41:34.19\00:41:35.52
Little typo there
but that's all right.
00:41:35.56\00:41:39.76
How does the Bible
describe the condition of Adam
00:41:39.79\00:41:42.16
after his death?
00:41:42.20\00:41:43.60
Take out the word be.
00:41:43.63\00:41:45.03
I was getting
excited and typed faster
00:41:45.07\00:41:46.63
than I thought I should have.
00:41:46.67\00:41:48.34
Genesis 3:19. Genesis 3:19.
00:41:48.37\00:41:53.51
All right, let's go there.
00:41:53.54\00:41:55.88
Genesis 3:19. Got to go quickly.
00:41:55.91\00:42:01.68
Okay, here it is.
It's on the screen.
00:42:01.72\00:42:04.52
Look at what the Lord
said to Adam, Genesis 3:19.
00:42:04.55\00:42:08.49
He says, "In the
sweat of your," what?
00:42:08.52\00:42:12.06
"Face you shall
eat bread till you,"
00:42:12.09\00:42:15.73
say it together,
"return to the ground,"
00:42:15.76\00:42:19.83
and get this, "for
out of it you are," what?
00:42:19.87\00:42:23.20
"Taken for dust
you are, and to," what?
00:42:23.24\00:42:26.91
"Dust you shall return."
00:42:26.94\00:42:29.18
Did you see the word
return, return twice?
00:42:29.21\00:42:31.78
Return, where he's going?
00:42:31.81\00:42:33.15
Returning to where he came from.
00:42:33.18\00:42:34.52
Where did Adam
come from? The ground.
00:42:34.55\00:42:35.92
He's not returning to heaven
00:42:35.95\00:42:37.29
because Adam
didn't come from heaven,
00:42:37.32\00:42:39.19
God came from heaven.
00:42:39.22\00:42:40.79
We're going to go to heaven,
we're not returning to heaven.
00:42:40.82\00:42:44.13
But there are some denominations
00:42:44.16\00:42:45.49
that teach that this,
00:42:45.53\00:42:46.86
they started in
heaven as some spirit babies,
00:42:46.90\00:42:49.60
they came down
and inhabited bodies.
00:42:49.63\00:42:51.63
I'm going to tell
like it is tonight.
00:42:51.67\00:42:53.77
Spirit babies all
populated up in heaven
00:42:53.80\00:42:57.74
waiting for another
body, and they came down
00:42:57.77\00:42:59.87
and went to the body
to learn their lesson,
00:42:59.91\00:43:01.74
then they go back
and complete the cycle.
00:43:01.78\00:43:03.75
That's not true.
That's not scriptural.
00:43:03.78\00:43:06.08
We didn't start in heaven,
00:43:06.11\00:43:07.72
God started in heaven. Amen?
00:43:07.75\00:43:10.69
The only one that
came out of heaven,
00:43:10.72\00:43:12.05
that's not God, it's
the devil and his angels.
00:43:12.09\00:43:15.49
They got kicked
out. They got evicted.
00:43:15.52\00:43:20.26
And by the way,
00:43:20.30\00:43:21.63
they are not able to procreate.
00:43:21.66\00:43:24.47
We had no beginning there.
00:43:24.50\00:43:25.97
The Lord formed us
from the dust of the ground
00:43:26.00\00:43:28.40
and that's why He
says, "From dust you are..."
00:43:28.44\00:43:31.01
"For dust you are,
00:43:31.04\00:43:32.47
and to dust you shall," what?
00:43:32.51\00:43:34.64
"Return." Very, very clear.
00:43:34.68\00:43:37.35
Is that correct? Very clear.
00:43:37.38\00:43:39.05
So where're we
going? Where're we going?
00:43:39.08\00:43:42.88
We're going back to the ground.
00:43:42.92\00:43:44.82
That's why we
go to the cemetery.
00:43:44.85\00:43:46.72
We return people to the ground.
00:43:46.76\00:43:49.39
Except if you have ashes,
00:43:49.42\00:43:50.79
you know, in an urn
or somebody may have
00:43:50.83\00:43:53.13
an above ground crypt
like in the Virgin Islands.
00:43:53.16\00:43:55.50
You can't dig too far
down because you'll hit ocean,
00:43:55.53\00:43:59.00
lot of water.
00:43:59.03\00:44:00.37
When you live on an island
that's only 32 square miles.
00:44:00.40\00:44:02.37
Hello, all those
in the Virgin Islands.
00:44:02.40\00:44:04.37
That's my
hometown, my family there.
00:44:04.41\00:44:06.81
When you're in a
place that is shallow
00:44:06.84\00:44:08.18
as the Virgin Islands,
00:44:08.21\00:44:09.54
you don't dig six feet under,
00:44:09.58\00:44:11.38
your relatives will float
away or they'll be in water.
00:44:11.41\00:44:16.18
And the coffin would,
00:44:16.22\00:44:17.79
you know, corrode
from the moisture.
00:44:17.82\00:44:19.82
They built it above the
ground so they build up.
00:44:19.85\00:44:23.43
But as it is, the
Bible makes it clear.
00:44:23.46\00:44:26.43
We came from dust when
He formed us in Genesis,
00:44:26.46\00:44:29.96
when He breathed
into our nostrils,
00:44:30.00\00:44:31.60
the breath of life.
00:44:31.63\00:44:32.97
And then when that
breath of life ceases,
00:44:33.00\00:44:34.90
we go back to the
place that we've come from.
00:44:34.94\00:44:37.41
All right, now let's
go to question number 18.
00:44:37.44\00:44:40.81
When we cease to breathe
and we die where do we go?
00:44:40.84\00:44:46.51
We just got the
answer. But you know what?
00:44:46.55\00:44:47.98
We want to see
with the Bible says
00:44:48.02\00:44:49.35
in other places.
00:44:49.38\00:44:50.72
Don't you know that?
00:44:50.75\00:44:52.15
When we cease to
breathe and we die,
00:44:52.19\00:44:56.42
where do we go? Psalms 104:29.
00:44:56.46\00:45:01.30
Where do we go? Where do we go?
00:45:01.33\00:45:03.70
Let me see how
quickly you can get there.
00:45:03.73\00:45:05.07
Where do we go? That's right.
00:45:05.10\00:45:08.40
David the psalmist
said it so clearly.
00:45:08.44\00:45:11.07
Psalms 104:29.
00:45:11.11\00:45:12.84
Okay, here it is on the screen.
00:45:12.87\00:45:14.21
Just for the
benefit of all of those
00:45:14.24\00:45:15.58
of you are here.
00:45:15.61\00:45:16.95
He says, the Lord
says, "You hide Your," what?
00:45:16.98\00:45:18.75
"Face, they are," what?
00:45:18.78\00:45:20.68
"Troubled. You
take away their," what?
00:45:20.72\00:45:23.05
"Breath, they," do what?
"Die and return to," what?
00:45:23.08\00:45:26.59
"Their dust."
00:45:26.62\00:45:28.42
Their dust because
that's where we came from.
00:45:28.46\00:45:31.63
I hope I'm not
being repetitious here.
00:45:31.66\00:45:33.80
I'm using various Bible verses.
00:45:33.83\00:45:36.93
You see one of the
principles of establishing truth
00:45:36.97\00:45:40.34
is that you don't
just use one verse
00:45:40.37\00:45:41.80
and build an entire house on it.
00:45:41.84\00:45:43.81
You go from verse to
verse to verse to verse,
00:45:43.84\00:45:46.07
Isaiah 42:21.
00:45:46.11\00:45:47.91
Here a little, here a little,
there a little, there a little,
00:45:47.94\00:45:51.85
line upon line, line upon line,
00:45:51.88\00:45:54.18
precept on
precept, precept on precept.
00:45:54.22\00:45:56.79
And from the Old
to the New Testament,
00:45:56.82\00:45:58.52
it's very clear,
00:45:58.55\00:45:59.89
that they die and
return to their dust.
00:45:59.92\00:46:01.72
That's why the Lord
calls us out of the dust
00:46:01.76\00:46:04.16
when He returns.
00:46:04.19\00:46:05.63
Let's look at
another one. Psalm 115:17.
00:46:05.66\00:46:10.13
Psalm 115:17.
Wow! This is so clear.
00:46:10.17\00:46:16.20
Man, I didn't
know these were here.
00:46:16.24\00:46:17.84
I've heard people teach
00:46:17.87\00:46:19.21
on the subject
of death before...
00:46:19.24\00:46:20.58
You know what
I've also discovered,
00:46:20.61\00:46:21.94
they have left out 99%
00:46:21.98\00:46:25.08
of what the Bible
teaches about death.
00:46:25.11\00:46:26.98
You never hear them teach.
00:46:27.02\00:46:28.92
Ecclesiastes 9:5-6,
00:46:28.95\00:46:30.59
"The living know
that they will die,
00:46:30.62\00:46:31.95
but the dead know nothing."
00:46:31.99\00:46:33.32
You never hear those verses.
00:46:33.36\00:46:34.69
But look at Psalm 115:17.
00:46:34.72\00:46:36.49
The Bible says,
this is powerful,
00:46:36.52\00:46:39.26
"The dead do not," what?
00:46:39.29\00:46:41.20
"Praise the Lord,
00:46:41.23\00:46:42.56
nor any who go down into," what?
00:46:42.60\00:46:45.30
"Silence."
00:46:45.33\00:46:46.67
Notice, down into
silence not up into praise.
00:46:46.70\00:46:50.81
In heaven praising
God, uh-oh, they will be,
00:46:50.84\00:46:54.91
but they are not now.
00:46:54.94\00:46:57.11
We're going down into silence.
00:46:57.15\00:46:59.31
And by the way,
there is no block party
00:46:59.35\00:47:01.22
going on in the grave.
00:47:01.25\00:47:03.39
Nobody passing out
CDs in the graveyard.
00:47:03.42\00:47:06.49
Nobody saying, "Hey,
how long you've been here?"
00:47:06.52\00:47:08.02
"Well, it's been
like 750 years, I think.
00:47:08.06\00:47:10.76
Check the calendar."
00:47:10.79\00:47:12.13
There's no
communication in the grave.
00:47:12.16\00:47:14.36
None whatsoever. They're silent.
00:47:14.40\00:47:16.33
Go to the graveyard at night.
00:47:16.36\00:47:18.97
For those of you who believe
the dead are really dead,
00:47:19.00\00:47:21.20
you should fear nothing.
00:47:21.24\00:47:22.80
And take a tape recorder
00:47:22.84\00:47:24.81
and record all the conversations
00:47:24.84\00:47:26.27
happening in the graveyard.
00:47:26.31\00:47:28.11
You're going to come home
with a blank cassette, I hope.
00:47:28.14\00:47:34.62
Because the devil
could play tricks on you.
00:47:34.65\00:47:37.19
I'm not going to
give him any glory at all.
00:47:37.22\00:47:39.25
But I've been to
cemeteries, and I tell you,
00:47:39.29\00:47:41.49
it's the quietest place
in the city of New York.
00:47:41.52\00:47:44.23
You want to get some quiet,
go to Evergreens Cemetery,
00:47:44.26\00:47:48.53
go to Cypress Hill Cemetery,
it's going to be quiet.
00:47:48.56\00:47:51.00
If you want to get
away from the hip-hop music
00:47:51.03\00:47:52.90
and the rock
music, go to the cemetery,
00:47:52.93\00:47:55.37
no parties in there.
00:47:55.40\00:47:56.74
Amen somebody?
00:47:56.77\00:47:58.11
Because they go
down into what? Silence.
00:47:58.14\00:47:59.97
You could be the
most prolific singer.
00:48:00.01\00:48:01.34
You ain't singing when you die.
00:48:01.38\00:48:04.05
You could be the
most wonderful dancer,
00:48:04.08\00:48:05.48
you're not
dancing after you die.
00:48:05.51\00:48:07.45
When you go to heaven you might.
00:48:07.48\00:48:09.38
And that's a glorious stance.
00:48:09.42\00:48:10.75
You think they
would be hip-hopping
00:48:10.79\00:48:12.12
on the streets of gold.
00:48:12.15\00:48:14.56
But until that happens,
00:48:14.59\00:48:15.92
we'll all be
down at the silence,
00:48:15.96\00:48:18.23
one day we'll all
ascend, and we'll all together
00:48:18.26\00:48:21.26
when we meet
the Lord in the air,
00:48:21.30\00:48:22.93
we'll be up on the praise.
00:48:22.96\00:48:24.30
Amen? Amen.
00:48:24.33\00:48:25.67
Number 19. Let's move
on. We just got two more.
00:48:25.70\00:48:27.04
We're going to get it.
00:48:27.07\00:48:30.71
When death comes
00:48:30.74\00:48:32.07
do the righteous and
wicked go to separate places?
00:48:32.11\00:48:35.74
When death comes
00:48:35.78\00:48:37.11
do the righteous and
wicked go to separate places?
00:48:37.15\00:48:41.92
I tell you, this is
a beautiful passage.
00:48:41.95\00:48:43.52
What I like about it is,
Solomon includes in this,
00:48:43.55\00:48:47.29
the fact that the
Lord made the righteous,
00:48:47.32\00:48:50.83
the Lord made man
differently than He made beast.
00:48:50.86\00:48:55.60
Look at Ecclesiastes 3:20.
00:48:55.63\00:49:01.20
All right?
00:49:01.24\00:49:03.14
Here it is on the screen
just for the benefit of time.
00:49:03.17\00:49:05.91
And I think we'll
have a little bit time
00:49:05.94\00:49:07.28
to move around here
because I want to add
00:49:07.31\00:49:08.71
a few more verses to this, okay?
00:49:08.74\00:49:10.81
Look at Ecclesiastes
3:20. Let's read this together.
00:49:10.85\00:49:15.75
"All go to," what? "One place.
00:49:15.78\00:49:18.45
All are," what?
00:49:18.49\00:49:20.06
"From the dust,
and all," do what?
00:49:20.09\00:49:22.62
"Return to dust."
00:49:22.66\00:49:26.23
What do we all come from? Dust.
00:49:26.26\00:49:28.96
Now, is there a difference
between man and animal,
00:49:29.00\00:49:32.80
please somebody say yes?
00:49:32.83\00:49:34.90
Oh, yes. Okay. Say yes.
00:49:34.94\00:49:37.51
There is a difference
between animal and man.
00:49:37.54\00:49:40.14
Now we're animals
formed in the image of God.
00:49:40.18\00:49:44.41
Yes or no? No.
00:49:44.45\00:49:46.01
So how did they get here?
00:49:46.05\00:49:47.75
He spake and it was done,
00:49:47.78\00:49:49.85
He commanded and it stood fast.
00:49:49.88\00:49:51.75
Animals were
called into existence,
00:49:51.79\00:49:54.19
but God literally formed man.
00:49:54.22\00:49:56.09
Did God breathed into
the nostrils of animals?
00:49:56.12\00:49:58.63
Yes or no? No.
00:49:58.66\00:50:00.00
He simply called
them into existence.
00:50:00.03\00:50:01.36
So that's why the
breath that God gave to us
00:50:01.40\00:50:05.60
came from Him,
00:50:05.63\00:50:06.97
but the breath that
keeps animals alive,
00:50:07.00\00:50:08.47
God simply
called into existence,
00:50:08.50\00:50:11.17
He spake and it was done.
00:50:11.21\00:50:14.44
I want to say this reverently.
00:50:14.48\00:50:15.81
There is no animal
breath going back to God
00:50:15.84\00:50:18.58
because they are of a
different fabric than us.
00:50:18.61\00:50:22.28
They are of a
different method of creation.
00:50:22.32\00:50:24.72
By the way, just
to emphasize that,
00:50:24.75\00:50:26.39
look at this.
00:50:26.42\00:50:27.76
Look at verse 19 and
verse 20 and then verse 21.
00:50:27.79\00:50:31.89
"For what happens
to the sons of men
00:50:31.93\00:50:34.00
also happens to the beasts.
00:50:34.03\00:50:36.33
One thing befalls
them, as one dies, so," what?
00:50:36.36\00:50:40.44
"Dies the other.
00:50:40.47\00:50:42.04
Surely, they all have," what?
00:50:42.07\00:50:44.97
"One breath,
man has no advantage
00:50:45.01\00:50:47.41
over beasts, for all is," what?
00:50:47.44\00:50:49.28
"Vanity.
00:50:49.31\00:50:50.65
All go to one place,
all are from the dust,
00:50:50.68\00:50:53.08
and all return to the dust."
00:50:53.11\00:50:54.45
And then he adds in verse 21.
00:50:54.48\00:50:55.88
The fact that this spirit
00:50:55.92\00:50:57.25
that God put into our
nostrils came from God,
00:50:57.29\00:50:59.95
and it returns to God at death.
00:50:59.99\00:51:02.42
Ecclesiastes 12:7, and
we also read in Job 27:3.
00:51:02.46\00:51:06.86
"All the while
my breath is in me,
00:51:06.90\00:51:09.70
and the Spirit of
God is in my nostrils."
00:51:09.73\00:51:12.80
So the breath
that God put there,
00:51:12.83\00:51:14.24
the living breath
of life returns to God.
00:51:14.27\00:51:17.87
Look at the verse that
says. Now look at verse 21.
00:51:17.91\00:51:21.34
"Who knows the
spirit of the sons of men,
00:51:21.38\00:51:23.81
which goes upward, and
the spirit of the beast,
00:51:23.85\00:51:27.62
which goes," what?
00:51:27.65\00:51:28.98
"Down to the earth?
00:51:29.02\00:51:30.35
So I perceive that
there is nothing better
00:51:30.39\00:51:33.09
than that a man should
rejoice in his own works,
00:51:33.12\00:51:36.09
for that is his heritage.
00:51:36.12\00:51:38.33
For who can bring him to
see what will happen after him?"
00:51:38.36\00:51:45.00
No one can. So watch this now.
00:51:45.03\00:51:48.07
When man dies, his
spirit returns to God.
00:51:48.10\00:51:51.97
Follow carefully,
00:51:52.01\00:51:53.34
his spirit returns to God
and where is the Spirit of God?
00:51:53.38\00:51:57.28
In His nostrils,
00:51:57.31\00:51:58.88
not a separate entity floating
around roaming the earth.
00:51:58.91\00:52:03.35
Job 27:3, you must look at that.
00:52:03.39\00:52:05.95
"All the while
my breath is in me,
00:52:05.99\00:52:09.16
and the Spirit of
God is in my nostrils."
00:52:09.19\00:52:11.89
Now I'm going
to try to be heroic
00:52:11.93\00:52:13.26
and hit the last two questions.
00:52:13.29\00:52:15.00
And I think we can do
that. Question number 20.
00:52:15.03\00:52:18.23
Here it is. Question number 20.
00:52:18.27\00:52:22.20
What must happen to determine
the destination of those
00:52:22.24\00:52:24.81
who have, that have died?
00:52:24.84\00:52:26.17
What must
happen? What must happen?
00:52:26.21\00:52:29.24
John 5:28 and
29. Can I turn there?
00:52:29.28\00:52:33.62
John 5:28 and 29.
00:52:33.65\00:52:37.05
And if I have
time, I want to include
00:52:37.09\00:52:38.42
what happened to
David the patriarch.
00:52:38.45\00:52:40.26
If not this week, next week.
00:52:40.29\00:52:42.12
Very powerful
passage. Here it is.
00:52:42.16\00:52:44.83
The Bible says in John
5:28, "Do not marvel at this,
00:52:44.86\00:52:48.63
for the hour is coming in
which all who are," where?
00:52:48.66\00:52:52.53
"In the graves will
hear His voice and,"
00:52:52.57\00:52:54.87
will do what?
00:52:54.90\00:52:56.24
"Come forth."
00:52:56.27\00:52:58.07
What has happened
to those, after that,
00:52:58.11\00:53:00.54
"Those that have done evil,
to the resurrection of life,
00:53:00.58\00:53:05.51
those who have done good,
to the resurrection of life,
00:53:05.55\00:53:08.38
and those who have done," what?
00:53:08.42\00:53:10.15
"Evil, to the
resurrection of," what?
00:53:10.19\00:53:14.06
"Condemnation."
00:53:14.09\00:53:15.42
I didn't have it on my screen,
00:53:15.46\00:53:16.79
but they have it
on 3ABN's screen.
00:53:16.83\00:53:18.16
Praise the Lord for that.
00:53:18.19\00:53:19.53
"Those that have done good,
to the resurrection of," what?
00:53:19.56\00:53:21.26
"Life, those
that have done evil,
00:53:21.30\00:53:22.96
to the resurrection of," what?
00:53:23.00\00:53:24.40
"Condemnation."
00:53:24.43\00:53:26.43
How many
conditions will there be
00:53:26.47\00:53:27.80
in the resurrection?
00:53:27.84\00:53:29.20
I just threw you a curve,
there can be two resurrections,
00:53:34.31\00:53:37.48
there be two conditions,
the resurrection of life,
00:53:37.51\00:53:40.42
the
resurrection of condemnation.
00:53:40.45\00:53:43.42
You're only going
to be in one condition
00:53:43.45\00:53:44.79
in the resurrection.
00:53:44.82\00:53:46.15
You got to be in the
resurrection of, what?
00:53:46.19\00:53:47.52
Life, on the
resurrection of, what?
00:53:47.56\00:53:50.16
Death. That's it.
00:53:50.19\00:53:51.53
The second death.
00:53:51.56\00:53:53.36
Revelation 20:6.
Blessed and holy...
00:53:53.40\00:53:56.60
Go quickly now.
You got to get this.
00:53:56.63\00:53:59.13
Tonight, we are turning
our Bible pages very quickly.
00:53:59.17\00:54:02.27
Revelation 20:6.
00:54:02.30\00:54:07.94
It says, "Blessed and holy is he
00:54:07.98\00:54:10.91
who has part in
the first resurrection.
00:54:10.95\00:54:14.48
Over such the
second death has no power,
00:54:14.52\00:54:18.05
but they shall be
priests of God and of Christ,
00:54:18.09\00:54:20.19
and shall reign
with Him," how long?
00:54:20.22\00:54:22.39
"A thousand years."
00:54:22.42\00:54:23.76
So which resurrection
do you want to be in
00:54:23.79\00:54:27.06
if you die?
00:54:27.10\00:54:28.43
First. Come on say first. First.
00:54:28.46\00:54:29.86
That's the one we want to be in.
00:54:29.90\00:54:31.60
Now let's go ahead and
get question number 21,
00:54:31.63\00:54:34.70
question number 21.
00:54:34.74\00:54:36.07
We're going to
wind this up tonight.
00:54:36.10\00:54:38.94
Through what
event does the Bible say
00:54:38.97\00:54:41.51
that the dead
will come back to life?
00:54:41.54\00:54:43.35
Through what
event? Through what event?
00:54:43.38\00:54:46.65
Let's look at that together.
00:54:46.68\00:54:48.02
We're going to go to John 11:24.
00:54:48.05\00:54:52.05
You know what's so wonderful
about the friends of Jesus,
00:54:52.09\00:54:54.26
Mary, Martha and Lazarus
00:54:54.29\00:54:56.29
is they understood
the topic of death,
00:54:56.32\00:54:58.19
they made it so clear.
00:54:58.23\00:54:59.93
Jesus had no earthly
home, but Mary, Martha
00:54:59.96\00:55:02.90
and Lazarus were
close friends of His.
00:55:02.93\00:55:05.87
So when Lazarus died,
00:55:05.90\00:55:08.10
she knew as she met
Jesus as He returned,
00:55:08.14\00:55:11.07
as He came to their home
00:55:11.11\00:55:12.64
after Lazarus had
been dead for four days,
00:55:12.67\00:55:14.88
they had this
discussion about Lazarus
00:55:14.91\00:55:16.41
and his whereabouts.
00:55:16.44\00:55:18.25
And they never said
Lazarus was in heaven.
00:55:18.28\00:55:20.58
Matter of fact Jesus
said, "Show me the place
00:55:20.62\00:55:21.95
where he lay."
00:55:21.98\00:55:23.45
And then Mary, I mean,
Martha discussed the topic
00:55:23.49\00:55:26.76
that was very clear,
00:55:26.79\00:55:28.96
she was clear
about what would happen.
00:55:28.99\00:55:32.26
So through what
event does the Bible say
00:55:32.29\00:55:33.76
the dead will come back to life?
00:55:33.80\00:55:35.13
Look at it.
00:55:35.16\00:55:36.50
"Martha said to
Him," that is to Jesus.
00:55:36.53\00:55:38.80
Come on together. "I
know that he will," what?
00:55:38.83\00:55:42.07
"Rise again in the
resurrection at the," what?
00:55:42.10\00:55:45.67
"Last day."
00:55:45.71\00:55:47.91
See, that's when
he's coming back to life,
00:55:47.94\00:55:49.81
not before that time.
00:55:49.84\00:55:51.41
Matter of fact, write
this down for extra credit.
00:55:51.45\00:55:53.98
If you can turn your
Bibles quickly there,
00:55:54.02\00:55:55.82
I'll give you time,
I'm going to do that.
00:55:55.85\00:55:57.85
Acts Chapter 2, Acts Chapter 2.
00:55:57.89\00:56:00.39
You Bible students, you
know exactly where that is,
00:56:00.42\00:56:02.69
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts.
00:56:02.72\00:56:05.46
Acts Chapter 2,
look at what the Bible
00:56:05.49\00:56:06.93
says about David.
00:56:06.96\00:56:08.50
"Men and
brethren..." What verse?
00:56:08.53\00:56:10.57
Verse 29. Acts 2:29.
00:56:10.60\00:56:13.03
"Men and brethren," he says,
00:56:13.07\00:56:14.90
"Let me speak freely to
you of the patriarch David
00:56:14.94\00:56:18.87
that he is both dead and buried,
00:56:18.91\00:56:20.68
and his tomb is
with us to this day."
00:56:20.71\00:56:23.38
Somebody says,
"Well, his tomb is there,
00:56:23.41\00:56:24.95
but he's not...
00:56:24.98\00:56:26.31
I'm not done reading.
00:56:26.35\00:56:28.02
Verse 34,
00:56:28.05\00:56:29.92
"For David did not
ascend into the heavens,
00:56:29.95\00:56:35.29
but he says himself,
'the Lord said to my Lord,'
00:56:35.32\00:56:38.83
'Sit at My right hand,
00:56:38.86\00:56:40.26
till I make Your
enemies Your footstool.'"
00:56:40.30\00:56:42.46
So what does the
Bible say, "David," what?
00:56:42.50\00:56:44.83
"Did not ascend
into the heavens."
00:56:44.87\00:56:47.90
The Bible said, "David was a man
00:56:47.94\00:56:49.27
after God's own heart.
00:56:49.30\00:56:50.64
Job was a righteous man."
00:56:50.67\00:56:52.01
Job said, "Hide me in the grave
until your wrath is passed.
00:56:52.04\00:56:55.11
Appoint me a set
time and remember me.
00:56:55.14\00:56:57.55
Men will lie down
and will not rise again
00:56:57.58\00:56:59.55
till the heavens are no more."
00:56:59.58\00:57:00.92
Is the Bible
clear? Can you say amen?
00:57:00.95\00:57:02.45
Amen.
00:57:02.48\00:57:03.82
Friends, what
all we've got to do
00:57:03.85\00:57:05.25
to understand the difference
between truth and error
00:57:05.29\00:57:08.36
is read the
Bible, study the Bible,
00:57:08.39\00:57:12.99
trust the Bible.
00:57:13.03\00:57:14.86
There's no other book.
00:57:14.90\00:57:16.23
No matter how
wonderful it sounds...
00:57:16.26\00:57:18.37
As one young lady said to me,
00:57:18.40\00:57:19.73
"If it's not from the
Bible, it's not for me.
00:57:19.77\00:57:22.54
If it's not from God's
Word, it's not for me."
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So here's the point,
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you may have a loved one
that has been laid to rest.
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Comfort yourself with the fact
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that they are not in
heaven today without you,
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they're not rejoicing,
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there is no party
going on in heaven,
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there is no
celebration in your absence,
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they're not looking
down wondering whether or not
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things are going
just fine for you,
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they're not sad
that you're not there,
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they are waiting in the
grave until Jesus comes.
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And you know what?
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Together with them,
if you are faithful,
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you will rise to
meet them in the air.
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So, friends, keep
studying God's Word.
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And let me tell you,
if it does not make sense,
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keep on studying and one day
it will become A Sharper Focus.
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