? (Theme Song) ?
? Jesus is worthy ?
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? oh yes, he's worthy
? ? worthy of all... ?
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? all the
praise... ? ? (Music) ?
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Pastor Byrd: If you
have your Bibles let me hear
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you say Amen.
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If you have your
Bibles, let's hold them up.
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If it's on your
iPad, hold it up.
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Come on, say Amen.
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Somebody's taking
their iPhone, whatever it is,
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hold it up.
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Repeat after me and say,
every promise in this book
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is mine.
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Come on, say it
like you mean it.
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Every promise in this
book is mine, every chapter,
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every verse, every line.
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I am saved by his grace
divine, for every promise
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in this book is mine.
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We're praying,
God, bless us now.
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Fellowship, one with
another, we are lifted by
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the melodious voices
of Committed but God now,
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it's time to
hear a word from you.
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God, disappoint us not.
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We come in this place,
Lord, to praise you and
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celebrate you,
but to learn from you.
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God, again, we ask
that you be in this place.
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God, be on the airways.
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Those persons that are
watching across the world,
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even be with them.
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God, we'll be careful
to give you the praise,
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the honor and the glory,
so we ask that, Lord, you
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-be the teacher.
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This is your classroom.
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The Bible is your textbook.
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We give you the
praise this evening, we pray.
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Hide me behind your
cross, forgive me of my sin,
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remove any and all
distractions, in Jesus'
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name we pray.
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Let the redeemed
of the Lord say Amen.
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And Amen.
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I need you to know that
this first week, Saturday
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night, Sunday night,
Wednesday night, many of
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you have e-mailed us,
you have Facebooked us, you
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have tried to communicate
with us, with our team,
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with this big
question regarding death.
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In fact, when we shared
with you on Sunday night,
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it was almost like a
light bulb went off, when we
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started going through
the four groups of people at
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Jesus' second
coming, the righteous dead,
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the righteous
living, the wicked living and
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the wicked dead, and where
we discovered, let me see how
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good you are tonight,
what happened at Jesus' second
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coming with the righteous dead?
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They rise what?
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Come on, you
all, they rise what?
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(Aud: First.) Then we
recognize the righteous living
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are caught up to
meet the Lord in the what?
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(Aud: Air.) Then we
discovered from the Word of God
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that the wicked living die
at the brightness of his what?
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(Aud: Coming.) So then
you have to strike the pose,
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to make sure I see the light,
that I can look at the light,
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that I don't die
at the brightness
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of the light.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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And then we have the
wicked dead that remain what?
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(Aud: Dead.) We then
posed the question to you,
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if, in fact, the righteous
went to heaven immediately
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at death here on this earth,
who would Jesus be coming back
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for at his second coming?
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There would be no dead
in Christ to rise first.
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Who would rise first,
because if they were already
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in heaven, who would
Jesus be coming back for?
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When we said that, it was
like a light bulb went off.
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That's what the
Word of God does for you.
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It illuminates you and opens
you up to see different things
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in his Word
that you perhaps have
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never seen before.
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That's why I
love the Word of God.
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Do I have some other lovers
of the Word of God tonight.
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So with that, a lot of
questions have come in.
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Pastor Byrd, then what is death?
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What happens at death?
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Because, Pastor Byrd, I
want to know what I believe,
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why I believe it,
and then I want to know
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where it's found.
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So based on your questions,
the demands of your questions,
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we're ready to answer
the question, what happens
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at death?
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Let's go to work.
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What a mighty God we serve.
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Angels bow before him.
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Heaven and earth adore him.
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What a mighty God we serve.
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We recognize that God is
omnipotent, which means God
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is all powerful.
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God is omniscient, which
means God is all knowing.
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God is also
omnipresent, which means God
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is everhere at the same time.
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God is sovereign,
which means God can do what
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he wants, when he wants,
where he wants, and how he wants
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and God doesn't have to
ask you and me for permission
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to do what he wants.
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I can't get a
witness in this place.
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God is also timeless,
which means God was always here,
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always has been here,
always will be here, always
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was, always is and,
because God is timeless,
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God is immortal,
which means God can't die.
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God is uncreated.
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God is self-existent.
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God has no
beginning and God has no end.
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Now, on the other
hand, we as human beings,
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we're mortal.
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Everybody say mortal.
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When we say we're
mortal, we're saying then,
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we are subject to death.
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Mortal means subject to death.
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Mortuary means house of death.
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Mortician means a
person who works with the dead,
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and mortgage means you
will pay it until you're dead.
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You like that
one, don't you? Amen.
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But God is infinite.
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Humans, we are finite.
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God is eternal.
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Humans are transitory.
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God is immortal.
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Humans are mortal.
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No human lives forever.
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Humans are subject to death.
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The Bible is clear
in Ecclesiastes 9:5-6:
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"For the living know that
they shall die: but the dead
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know not know any thing."
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James 4:14 in the New
Testament describes the lives
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of humans as a vapor
that appears for a little time
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and then vanishes away.
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Now, the Bible
teaches in Genesis 1:1.
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We've gone there quite a bit.
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The Word of God says in
Genesis 1:1, in the what,
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everybody?
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In the beginning who, everybody?
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God created the
heavens and the what?
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(Aud: Earth.) Now, we recognize
there are how many days
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in a week?
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Come on, how
many days in a week?
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Don't be afraid of that,
that's not a trick question.
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Come on, we're going
to talk more about that.
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There are seven days in a week.
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But the Bible teaches
in Genesis 1:26 that on day
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six God created man.
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We know this because in
Genesis 1:26, we're read it
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all week, the Bible
says, and God said, let whom,
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everybody?
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Come on, you all.
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Let whom?
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Let us make what?
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(Aud: Man.) After
our own what? Image.
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After our own what?
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Likeness.
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Which means that
text tells us a lot.
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Number one, the text
tells us that God, as we shared
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with you, is three in
one, the Father, the Son,
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the Holy Spirit, all
working about to bring about
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our salvation.
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The Bible does not say
and God said, let me make man.
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The Bible does not
say, and God said, let me
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make man in my image.
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But the Bible says, and God
said, let us make man in our
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own image after our
likeness, and we discover
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this happened on day number six.
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That let's you and me
know the Bible believes
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in the followers of Christ.
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Man didn't come from monkeys.
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Man came from God.
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I can't get a
witness in this place.
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Man did not come
from a big-bang theory.
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Man came from God.
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In the beginning,
God created the heavens
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and the what, everybody?
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Earth.
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So how did God
create man in the beginning.
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Take your Bible, let's
go to the Book of Genesis.
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What book did I say, everybody?
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And we're going to
Genesis, Chapter 2 and
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we're going to verse 7.
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Genesis 2:7, the
Word of God says to us:
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"And the Lord God
formed," whom, everybody?
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"Man of the dust of the" what?
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(Aud: Ground.) "And
breathed into his" what,
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everybody?
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"Breathed into his
nostrils the breath of" what?
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(Aud: Life.) "And man
then became a living" what?
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(Aud: Soul.)
Again, repetition deepens
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the impression.
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The text says, and
"God formed man of the dust
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of the ground, and
breathed into his nostrils
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the breath of life; and
man became a living" what?
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(Aud: Soul.) So, how did God
create man from the beginning?
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The Bible is clear,
dust plus breath equal living
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what? Soul.
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Let's try that again.
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Dust plus what?
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Breath equal living what?
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Soul.
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Now, in order then for
there to be a living soul,
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one plus one must equal two.
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Dust of the ground plus
breath of life, man becomes
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a living what?
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Soul.
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If I don't have
dust, but I have breath,
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do I have a living soul?
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Because zero plus
one does not equal two.
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Are you hearing what I'm saying?
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If I have dust, but I
don't have breath, do I have
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a living soul?
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No, because one plus
zero does not equal two.
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But in order for
you, in order for me to be
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a living soul it takes
dust plus what, everybody?
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Breath, and man
becomes a living what? Soul.
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So if that's what
God used to create man,
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dust of the ground and
breathed into his nostrils
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the breath of life,
man became a living soul,
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what, Pastor Byrd, then
happens when a man dies?
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What happens when he dies?
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Now, when he
became a living soul
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it was dust plus breath.
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So, now what
happens when a man dies.
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Let's go to the word of God.
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Go to Ecclesiastes.
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What book did I say, everybody?
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And I want you to
go to Ecclesiastes,
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Chapter 12, verse 7.
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Now, remember,
we're here as family.
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Fourth night, we
know each other by now.
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So if you need
help in finding text,
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just ask your neighbor.
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If you see them needing help,
help your neighbor as we help
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one another
read the Word of God.
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Know what you believe,
know why you believe it,
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and know where it's found.
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The Word of God says to us
tonight in Ecclesiastes 12:7:
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"Then shall the" what?
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"Dust return to the" what?
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(Aud: Earth.) "And the
spirit shall return unto" whom?
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(Aud: God.) "Who gave it."
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So then the Bible teaches,
at death the dust returns
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to the what? Ground.
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It returns to the earth.
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Then the breath, or the
spirit, returns to whom,
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everybody? God.
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Now, remember, it
takes dust plus what?
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Breath in order for
there to be a living what?
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Soul.
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Now, the Bible says
that when an individual dies
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the body returns to what?
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Dust.
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The spirit or the
breath returns to whom? God.
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Now, a lot of people
try to equate that spirit
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is synonymous with a soul.
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Now, dust of the
ground, breath of life, man
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became a living what?
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Soul.
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Body returns to what?
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Dust.
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The spirit or the
breath returns to whom? God.
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But a lot of people
that spirit with the soul,
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saying that that soul
at death returns to God.
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Pastor Byrd, how do we know
that the spirit and the breath
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from the nostrils
are the same thing?
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Because we let the
Bible speak for itself.
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We can't preach what
we want to preach or teach
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what we want to
teach, we have to preach
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thus sayeth the Lord.
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So how do we know that
the spirit and the breath from
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the nostrils are
one and the same?
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I'm so glad you asked.
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Take your Bible and
go to the Book of Job.
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Job 27:3.
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Because when you leave
here, you've told your friends,
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you told your family,
you told your coworkers,
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I heard this
preacher say that we don't go
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to heaven straight at
death, but we only go to heaven
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at the second coming of Jesus
when the dead of Christ rise
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first and we which are
alive remain are caught up
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to meet the Lord in the air.
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Now he's told me how it works.
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I understand how it works.
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Then you're going to
be able to tell them.
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Come on, say Amen.
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Now Job 27:3, the Word
of God says: "All the while
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my breath is in me,
and the spirit of God
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is in my nostrils."
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Body returns to what?
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Dust.
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The spirit, the breath
which is in my nostrils
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returns to God and
the soul ceases to exist.
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You can't have a soul
because you don't have dust
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and breath and so
you can't have a soul.
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Two things happen at
death, the body returns to what?
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Dust and the
spirit returns to whom?
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God.
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God formed man of
the dust of the ground,
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breathed in his
nostrils the breath of life,
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man became a living soul.
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When you don't have dust,
when you don't have breath,
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the soul ceases to exist.
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God formed man of
the dust and made a body.
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He then combined his
breath with this body and man
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became a living what?
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Soul.
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The Bible definition for
soul is body plus breath equal
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living soul.
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A living,
breathing being is a soul.
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The Bible in the text,
friends of mine, is saying
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that we are souls.
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The truth of the matter
is, we don't have souls,
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but we are souls.
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Let's rewind.
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I've got to
make sure you get it.
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Dust of the what? Ground.
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Breath of what? Life.
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Man became a living what?
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Soul.
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When the individual dies
the body returns to what?
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Dust.
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The spirit or the breath
from the nostrils returns
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to whom? God.
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And the soul
ceases to what? Exist.
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The reality is we are souls
and that we don't have souls.
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Who told you otherwise?
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Okay, Pastor
Byrd, I've got it now.
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Well, do souls die?
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Let's get some more Word.
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Know what you believe,
know why you believe it,
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and know where it's found.
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Go to Ezekiel.
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What book did I say, everybody?
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Old Testament, Ezekiel 18:4.
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The Word of God says to us
tonight: "Behold, all souls
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are mine; as the soul
of the father, so also the
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soul of the son is
mine: the soul that sinneth,
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it shall" what, everybody?
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(Aud: Die.) Now, we've
studied the Word of God,
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that all of us have sinned,
all of us have come short
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of the glory of God.
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If you say you have no
sin in you, you're lying,
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because all of us
have sin and come short
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of the glory of God.
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There are no big I's,
not little you's the ground
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is level at the cross.
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I have shared with
everybody up in this place
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that we all are an
ex-something, so quit
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looking down at
somebody else, because you don't
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live in a glass house.
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I wish I had a
witness in this place.
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All of us have sinned.
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All sinners need a savior.
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I get excited
because Jesus is my savior.
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Jesus died to set me free.
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The text says that the soul
that sinneth, it shall what?
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Die. I'm a soul.
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I don't have a
soul, we are souls.
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Body plus breath
equal living soul.
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When a person dies,
body returns to dust,
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spirit returns to
God, soul ceases to exist.
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The soul that
sins, it shall what? Die.
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Dead people are dead.
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Let me try that one more time.
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You know, I try to be flowery
with this, but, you know.
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Dead people, you all, are dead.
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Dead people can't go
back and haunt houses.
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I'm preaching the Word of God.
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Go with me to the Book of Job.
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Job, Chapter 7.
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Come on, let's get some Word.
00:18:42.83\00:18:44.40
Know what you believe,
know why you believe it,
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and know where it's found.
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Job 7:9, the Word of
God says to us tonight:
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"As the cloud is consumed
and vanisheth away: so he
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that goeth down to the
grave shall come up no more.
00:19:01.26\00:19:04.40
He shall return no more
to his house, neither shall
00:19:04.40\00:19:13.26
his place know him any more."
00:19:13.26\00:19:14.86
My house is haunted.
00:19:14.86\00:19:17.63
Big Mama was talking to me.
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You ate too much
before you go to bed.
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Go to sleep.
00:19:26.33\00:19:30.73
The dead do not come
back and haunt your house.
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Let's get some more Word.
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Go to Job 14.
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Do dead people know
what their loved ones
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are earth are doing?
00:19:45.13\00:19:47.30
Job 14:12: "So man
lieth down, and riseth not:
00:19:47.30\00:19:57.06
till the heavens be no
more, they shall not awake,
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nor be raised
out of their sleep."
00:19:58.53\00:20:01.26
Go to verse 21:
"His sons come to honour,
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and he knoweth it not;
and they are brought low,
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but he
perceiveth it not of them."
00:20:05.60\00:20:09.43
Dead people don't
know what you and I
00:20:09.43\00:20:12.50
are doing right now.
00:20:12.50\00:20:16.26
Because dead people
are what, everybody?
00:20:16.26\00:20:18.66
Dead.
00:20:18.66\00:20:19.23
Dead people are what?
00:20:19.23\00:20:20.53
Dead.
00:20:20.53\00:20:21.46
Let's get some more Word.
00:20:21.46\00:20:22.43
Go to Book of Psalms,
Psalms 6:5, the Word of God
00:20:22.43\00:20:33.23
says: "For in death there
is no remembrance of thee:
00:20:33.23\00:20:37.26
in the grave who shall
give thee thanks?" The dead do
00:20:37.26\00:20:41.43
not remember or give thanks
because the dead are what,
00:20:41.43\00:20:44.43
everybody?
00:20:44.43\00:20:47.26
Dead.
00:20:47.26\00:20:48.20
Let's get some more Word.
00:20:48.20\00:20:48.93
Go to Psalms 115:17,
the Word of God says to us
00:20:48.93\00:20:58.63
tonight: "The dead
praise not the Lord, neither any
00:20:58.63\00:21:04.23
that go down into silence."
00:21:04.23\00:21:09.30
Oh, we had a good
time at the revival.
00:21:09.30\00:21:11.23
We were blessing
and praising the name
00:21:11.23\00:21:13.36
of the Lord and Mama and
Daddy, they dead, they were
00:21:13.36\00:21:15.36
praising him too.
00:21:15.36\00:21:16.93
No they weren't.
00:21:16.93\00:21:18.60
"The dead praise not the
Lord, neither any that go down
00:21:18.60\00:21:20.33
in silence." So my attitude
is, you know I'm going to praise
00:21:20.33\00:21:23.50
God when I get to heaven,
but I ain't going to wait
00:21:23.50\00:21:25.86
to praise him
when I get to heaven.
00:21:25.86\00:21:28.60
I can't praise
him when I'm dead.
00:21:28.60\00:21:31.33
So I might as well
praise him while I'm alive.
00:21:31.33\00:21:33.33
Are you hearing what I'm saying?
00:21:33.33\00:21:34.83
So that's why the
psalmist said, But we will bless
00:21:34.83\00:21:38.03
the Lord.
00:21:38.03\00:21:39.33
Verse 18: "From this
time forth and for evermore.
00:21:39.33\00:21:42.70
Praise the Lord." The
dead cannot praise the Lord.
00:21:42.70\00:21:48.46
Well, Pastor, can
dead people think?
00:21:48.46\00:21:51.10
Psalms 146:4, can
dead people think?
00:21:51.10\00:22:02.06
Psalms 146:4, if you have
it, let me hear you say Amen.
00:22:02.06\00:22:07.30
The Word says:
"His breath goeth forth,
00:22:07.30\00:22:10.56
he returneth to his
earth; in that very day
00:22:10.56\00:22:15.30
his thoughts perish."
00:22:15.30\00:22:19.43
Well, they're thinking about me.
00:22:19.43\00:22:22.16
No, they're not.
00:22:22.16\00:22:25.63
Dead people are what, everybody?
00:22:25.63\00:22:27.30
Dead.
00:22:27.30\00:22:28.93
At death the
body returns to what?
00:22:28.93\00:22:30.93
Dust.
00:22:30.93\00:22:31.90
The spirit returns to whom?
00:22:31.90\00:22:32.73
God.
00:22:32.73\00:22:33.50
The soul ceases to what?
00:22:33.50\00:22:34.53
Exist.
00:22:34.53\00:22:37.26
We are souls, we don't what?
00:22:37.26\00:22:40.43
Have souls.
00:22:40.43\00:22:41.53
The dead can't go
back and haunt houses.
00:22:41.53\00:22:43.76
The dead do not know
what their loved ones
00:22:43.76\00:22:46.26
on earth are doing.
00:22:46.26\00:22:47.06
The dead do not
remember or give thanks.
00:22:47.06\00:22:49.00
The dead do not praise the Lord.
00:22:49.00\00:22:51.10
The dead cannot think
because dead people are dead.
00:22:51.10\00:22:58.60
Let's go to Isaiah 38:18-19.
00:22:58.60\00:23:07.86
The Word of God
says in Isaiah 38:18-19:
00:23:07.86\00:23:13.03
"For the grave
cannot praise thee,
00:23:13.03\00:23:20.46
death can not celebrate thee:
they that go down into the pit
00:23:20.46\00:23:25.90
cannot hope for thy truth.
00:23:25.90\00:23:28.63
The living, the
living, he shall praise thee,
00:23:28.63\00:23:31.93
as I do this day: the
father to the children
00:23:31.93\00:23:33.76
shall make known thy truth."
00:23:33.76\00:23:36.56
Friends of mine, the
dead, unlike you and me,
00:23:36.56\00:23:40.86
they cannot learn truth.
00:23:40.86\00:23:43.43
They cannot learn
what you and I are learning
00:23:43.43\00:23:45.73
from the Word of God.
00:23:45.73\00:23:47.96
Praise God that we are alive.
00:23:47.96\00:23:50.36
Do I have a
witness in this place?
00:23:50.36\00:23:52.16
But dead people are dead.
00:23:52.16\00:23:56.60
Who told you Big Mama
was looking down at you?
00:23:56.60\00:23:59.93
Who told you
PawPaw was talking to you?
00:23:59.93\00:24:02.93
Who told you your
house was haunted?
00:24:02.93\00:24:06.70
That is not true.
00:24:06.70\00:24:07.50
The Word of God says
that when an individual dies,
00:24:07.50\00:24:10.36
their body returns to
dust, the spirit returns to God,
00:24:10.36\00:24:13.60
the soul ceases to
exist, because dead people
00:24:13.60\00:24:18.33
are dead people.
00:24:18.33\00:24:20.80
Let me show you how
this works together.
00:24:20.80\00:24:23.00
At Jesus' second coming
there are going to be how
00:24:23.00\00:24:24.73
many groups of people?
00:24:24.73\00:24:25.66
Four primary groups of people.
00:24:25.66\00:24:26.93
Remember, we
studied from the Word of God
00:24:26.93\00:24:28.53
that there will
primarily be two resurrections.
00:24:28.53\00:24:30.96
There will be a
resurrection of the righteous
00:24:30.96\00:24:32.66
that happens at the
second coming, then we
00:24:32.66\00:24:34.33
have one thousand years,
or the millennium, and at
00:24:34.33\00:24:37.33
the end of the millennium
there'll be a resurrection
00:24:37.33\00:24:39.53
of the wicked.
00:24:39.53\00:24:41.63
At Jesus' second coming,
the Bible is clear that the
00:24:41.63\00:24:43.73
righteous dead rise what?
00:24:43.73\00:24:44.86
First.
00:24:44.86\00:24:45.56
The righteous living
are caught up to meet
00:24:45.56\00:24:47.63
the Lord in the what?
00:24:47.63\00:24:48.43
Air.
00:24:48.43\00:24:48.93
The wicked living die
at the brightness of Jesus'
00:24:48.93\00:24:50.43
what?
00:24:50.43\00:24:51.36
(Aud: Coming.) The
wicked dead remain what?
00:24:51.36\00:24:53.03
Dead.
00:24:53.03\00:24:53.83
One thousand years they're
dead, until the end of the
00:24:53.83\00:24:58.43
one thousand years
and then the resurrection
00:24:58.43\00:25:00.73
of the wicked.
00:25:00.73\00:25:01.60
At his first coming
Jesus came to save his people.
00:25:01.60\00:25:06.53
At his second coming Jesus
is coming to get his people.
00:25:06.53\00:25:09.33
At his third coming Jesus
is coming back with his people.
00:25:09.33\00:25:13.93
But Satan is a liar.
00:25:13.93\00:25:16.36
He's a bold-faced liar.
00:25:16.36\00:25:18.20
He wants people to
believe that the dead are alive
00:25:18.20\00:25:21.70
and can be contacted.
00:25:21.70\00:25:23.10
The living know that
they shall die, but the dead
00:25:23.10\00:25:26.00
know not anything.
00:25:26.00\00:25:27.46
Let's me tell you all something.
00:25:27.46\00:25:29.63
Don't be caught up
in all this spiritualism
00:25:29.63\00:25:32.53
and superstitious foolishness.
00:25:32.53\00:25:34.86
You better leave voodoo,
these Ouija boards and all
00:25:34.86\00:25:39.76
these crazy spirits alone.
00:25:39.76\00:25:42.73
That's why I don't ask
everybody to pray for me.
00:25:42.73\00:25:45.30
Everybody can't lay
hands on me, because if you are
00:25:45.30\00:25:47.93
not of the spirit
of God, you need to get
00:25:47.93\00:25:50.50
from around me.
00:25:50.50\00:25:51.56
I wish I had a
witness in this place.
00:25:51.56\00:25:54.40
Isaiah 8:20 is clear to
the law and to the testimony.
00:25:54.40\00:25:58.60
If they speak not according
to this Word, it is because
00:25:58.60\00:26:02.80
there is no life in them.
00:26:02.80\00:26:05.23
Let me tell you
something, Satan knows the Bible
00:26:05.23\00:26:07.43
better than you...
00:26:07.43\00:26:08.56
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One plus one must
equal two Dust of the ground
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plus breath of life man
becomes, a living what?,
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a living soul.
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If I don't have
dust, but I have breath,
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do I have a living soul?
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From this time
forth and forever more,
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