? (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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Now, dust of the
ground, breath of life,
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man 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?
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God.
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But a lot of people
try to equate that spirit
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with the soul, saying
that that soul at death
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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
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from 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 to heaven
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straight at death,
but we only go to heaven
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at the second coming of
Jesus when the dead of Christ
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rise 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 is in
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my nostrils."
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, breathed in
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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
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equal 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?
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Ground.
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Breath of what?
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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?
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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 soul
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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
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what?
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Die.
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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?
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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.
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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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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 that
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goeth down to the
grave shall come up no more.
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He shall return no more
to his house, neither shall
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his place know him any
more." My house is haunted.
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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.
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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 are earth
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are doing?
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Job 14:12: "So man lieth
down, and riseth not: till
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the heavens be no
more, they shall not awake,
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nor be raised out of
their sleep." Go to verse 21:
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"His sons come to
honour, and he knoweth it not;
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and they are brought
low, but he perceiveth it not
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of them." Dead people
don't know what you and I are
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doing right now.
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Because dead people
are what, everybody?
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Dead.
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Dead people are what?
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Dead.
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Let's get some more Word.
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Go to Book of Psalms,
Psalms 6:5, the Word of God
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says: "For in death there
is no remembrance of thee:
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in the grave who shall
give thee thanks?" The dead do
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not remember or give thanks
because the dead are what,
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everybody?
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Dead.
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Let's get some more Word.
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Go to Psalms 115:17,
the Word of God says to us
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tonight: "The dead
praise not the Lord, neither any
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that go down into silence."
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Oh, we had a good
time at the revival.
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We were blessing and
praising the name of the
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Lord and Mama and
Daddy, they dead, they were
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praising him too.
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No they weren't.
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"The dead praise not the
Lord, neither any that go
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down in silence." So
my attitude is, you know
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I'm going to praise God when
I get to heaven, but I ain't
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going to wait to praise
him when I get to heaven.
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I can't praise
him when I'm dead.
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So I might as well
praise him while I'm alive.
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Are you hearing what I'm saying?
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So that's why the
psalmist said, But we will
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bless the Lord.
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Verse 18: "From this
time forth and for evermore.
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Praise the Lord." The
dead cannot praise the Lord.
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Well, Pastor, can
dead people think?
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Psalms 146:4, can
dead people think?
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Psalms 146:4, if you have
it, let me hear you say Amen.
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The Word says: "His
breath goeth forth, he returneth
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to his earth; in that
very day his thoughts perish."
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Well, they're thinking about me.
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No, they're not.
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Dead people are what, everybody?
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Dead.
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At death the
body returns to what?
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Dust.
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The spirit returns to whom?
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God.
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The soul ceases to what?
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Exist.
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We are souls, we don't what?
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Have souls.
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The dead can't go
back and haunt houses.
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The dead do not know
what their loved ones on earth
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are doing.
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The dead do not
remember or give thanks.
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The dead do not praise the Lord.
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The dead cannot
think because dead people
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are dead.
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Let's go to Isaiah 38:18-19.
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The Word of God says in
Isaiah 38:18-19: "For the
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grave cannot praise
thee, death can not celebrate
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thee: they that go
down into the pit cannot
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hope for thy truth.
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The living, the living,
he shall praise thee, as I do
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this day: the father to
the children shall make known
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thy truth." Friends of mine,
the dead, unlike you and me,
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they cannot learn truth.
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They cannot learn
what you and I are learning
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from the Word of God.
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Praise God that we are alive.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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But dead people are dead.
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Who told you Big Mama
was looking down at you?
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Who told you
PawPaw was talking to you?
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Who told you your
house was haunted?
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That is not true.
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The Word of God says
that when an individual dies,
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their body returns to
dust, the spirit returns to God,
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the soul ceases to
exist, because dead people are
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dead people.
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Let me show you how
this works together.
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At Jesus' second coming
there are going to be how
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many groups of people?
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Four primary groups of people.
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Remember, we studied
from the Word of God that
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there will primarily
be two resurrections.
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There will be a
resurrection of the righteous
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that happens at the
second coming, then we
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have one thousand years,
or the millennium, and at
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the end of the millennium
there'll be a resurrection
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of the wicked.
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At Jesus' second
coming, the Bible is clear that
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the righteous dead rise what?
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First.
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The righteous living are
caught up to meet the Lord
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in the what?
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Air.
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The wicked living die
at the brightness of Jesus'
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what?
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(Aud: Coming.) The
wicked dead remain what?
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Dead.
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One thousand years they're
dead, until the end of the
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one thousand years
and then the resurrection
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of the wicked.
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At his first coming
Jesus came to save his people.
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At his second coming Jesus
is coming to get his people.
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At his third coming Jesus
is coming back with his people.
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But Satan is a liar.
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He's a bold-faced liar.
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He wants people to believe
that the dead are alive and
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can be contacted.
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The living know that
they shall die, but the dead
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know not anything.
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Let's me tell you all something.
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Don't be caught up in
all this spiritualism and
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superstitious foolishness.
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You better leave voodoo,
these Ouija boards and all
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these crazy spirits alone.
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That's why I don't ask
everybody to pray for me.
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Everybody can't lay
hands on me, because if you are
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not of the spirit of God,
you need to get from around me.
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I wish I had a
witness in this place.
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Isaiah 8:20 is clear to
the law and to the testimony.
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If they speak not according
to this Word, it is because
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there is no life in them.
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Let me tell you
something, Satan knows the Bible
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better than you.
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Satan can quote
scripture better than you.
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He can preach better than you.
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He can sing better than you.
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He can teach better than you.
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If Satan tempted Jesus
you better know he will
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sure enough tempt you.
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Satan will transform
himself into an angel of light.
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Satan is not in a red suit.
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Satan doesn't have horns.
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Satan doesn't have
a tail or a pitchfork.
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Let me tell you something:
Satan will transform himself
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into an angel of light.
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That's why you better know
the Word of God for yourself.
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You better know what
you believe, know why
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you believe it,
where it's found.
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Satan will make
himself appear as a minister.
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That's why I told you,
everything I preach and teach
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from this pulpit, you
better check it out for yourself
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from the Word of God.
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I told you the other
night, you didn't come into this
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church, we'll give you a
little water, but we don't
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give you Jim Jones' juice.
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You read and study the
Word of God for yourself.
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Let me tell you something,
Satan will deceive you
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on the Word.
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He'll deceive you on life.
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He'll deceive you on death.
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He'll deceive you on
resurrection power, making
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you think he has the
power to give life and to
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resurrect, but Satan
can't resurrect anybody.
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Satan cannot give life.
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Only Jesus can give life.
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Jesus said, I am the
way, the truth and the life.
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Understand, Satan
thought he had defeated Jesus
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on the cross.
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He thought Jesus
was down for the count.
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Jesus died on Good
Friday, he lay resting
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in the grave according
to the commandment of the
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seventh day, but on the
third appointed day he got up
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with all power in his hands.
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Power over death,
hell and the grave,
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and because he lives I live.
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Because he got up, one day
the dead in Christ are going
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to get up.
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I serve a risen Savior.
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He's in the world today.
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I know that he is
living, whatever men may say.
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I see his hand of mercy,
I hear his voice of cheer
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and just the time I
need him, he's always near.
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Does anybody know, just
in the nick of time, I said,
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just in the nick of
time Jesus is always there,
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because one day, I'll show
you a mystery, that one day
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we shall not all sleep.
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One day we're
going to be changed.
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In a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye.
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That one day this
mortal will put on immortality.
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This corruptible
will put on incorruption.
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And death will be
swallowed up in victory.
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Victory is
mine, victory is mine,
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victory today is I
told Satan, get thee behind.
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Victory I have.
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Victory today is mine.
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When we all get to
heaven, what a day of rejoicing
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that's going to be.
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When we all see
Jesus, we're going to sing
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and shout.
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The, victory.
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Lord, you're
worthy of all the praise.
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Lord, you're
worthy of all the glory.
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God, you're
worthy of all the honor.
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Hallelujah.
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One day death is
going to be dead.
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You know, I want to
see the look upon his face.
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There to sing
forever f his saving grace.
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On the streets of glory
I plan to lift my voice.
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Cares are all passed,
home at last, ever to rejoice.
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Don't let the devil punk you.
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Don't let the devil deceive you.
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If the devil will
deceive you on Jesus' coming,
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making somebody
think there's going to be
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a secret rapture, don't
you know he'll deceive you
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on death.
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(piano music)
Think about it, y'all.
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The devil deceived
one-third of the angels.
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The devil deceived
Adam and Eve in the Garden.
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(piano playing
softly in background)
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Don't you know the
devil will try to deceive
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you and you?
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Oh, but, Pastor
Byrd, it makes sense now.
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It makes sense
now why the dead don't
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go straight to heaven
because now we fully understand
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the whole context.
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We understand the context
now that at Jesus' second
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coming we understand
now why the dead in Christ
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at that time will rise.
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We now understand why
when Jesus comes the second
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time, the righteous
living will be caught up to meet
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the Lord in the air.
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We understand that now,
because at death the body
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returns to what?
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Dust.
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The spirit returns to whom?
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God.
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And the soul ceases to exist.
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Now, I don't know what
anyone else has told you,
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but I know what the
Lord has told us tonight.
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Now, tonight before you
came here, some of you may
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not have known this.
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But others who have come
tonight, you may have known
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that at death we don't
go to heaven, but now, from
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the Word of God you
can tell somebody why.
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Know what you believe,
know why you believe it,
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and know where it's
found in the Word of God.
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Now, everybody's not
going to preach this.
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Everybody's not
going to teach this.
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Because this is not popular.
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See, we think it's
comforting when a family member
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or loved one dies
and they roll them
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in the church
and put them up here
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and people stand up
and they say, well, they're
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in a better place, we
think that's comforting.
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But really, if you think
about it, it's not comforting.
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Why would a dead
relative want to be in heaven
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looking down on you and me
and all the mess and confusion
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we have to go
through each and every day.
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Why would that
be better for them?
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That's why the Apostle Paul
said in 1 Thessalonians 4:18:
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"Comfort one
another with these words."
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When Jesus comes there's
going to be a great reunion
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with Christ, and when Jesus
comes there's going to be a
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great reunion
with our loved ones.
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Now, there are some
people that know me and know my
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wife and they know our
story and now you understand
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a little better why I'm
so passionate about this.
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Now you understand a little
better why I'm so tough on this
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and why I want to expose
Satan for who he really is.
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You see, for those
that don't me, I'm going
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to get personal now.
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We had a four-and-a-half
month-old daughter.
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She would be 13
next month, May 11th.
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We were in this
terrible car accident.
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When you have a
four-and-a-half month-old
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baby girl and I want
to say she looked like me.
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Come on, say Amen.
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And you look at your
little baby girl and she had
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five fingers on her left hand,
five fingers on her right hand,
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two eyes, two noses
and her heart is beating,
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10 toes.
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Did I say two noses?
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Two nostrils, you
all know what I mean.
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(Laughter.) I'm just checking
to see if you're all listening.
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Come on, say Amen.
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You're just thankful to
God that you have a healthy
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child.
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We were in that terrible
car accident and we lost
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our daughter.
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Parents aren't
supposed to bury their children.
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Children are supposed
to bury their parents.
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You all, I was mad.
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God, how could you allow
this to happen to me and my
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wife?
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How could you allow
this to happen to us?
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Lord, I'm a good guy.
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Whenever I teach this
lesson, when I preach this
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sermon, I get excited
because there is something
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that just gets up in me.
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There's something that's
in me that I can't explain.
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There's something within
me that banishes all of my
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pain and my hurt, because
when I preach this sermon
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I'm reminded that,
yes, when an individual dies
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their body returns to dust,
their spirit returns to God
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and their soul ceases to exist.
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But when I preach this
sermon, I'm reminded that
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one day the trumpet
is going to sound and I'm
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reminded that the dead
in Christ, which includes my
00:24:09.70\00:24:14.63
four-and-a-half month-old
baby girl, they're going to
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rise first.
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And then I'm reminded
that the rest of us who are
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alive and remain are going
to be caught up to meet the
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Lord in the air.
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And so shall we
ever be with the Lord.
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And I'm so glad
troubles don't last always.
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I'm so glad that weeping
may endure for a night but
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joy comes in the morning time.
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I'm so glad that after
the rain the sun is going to
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shine again.
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Serving the Lord is
going to pay off after awhile.
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For me, 'tis so sweet,
to trust in Jesus, just to
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take him at his word,
just to rest upon his promise,
00:25:19.20\00:25:22.70
just to know that tonight
for that man, that woman,
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that boy, that girl,
you've lost a family member,
00:25:25.60\00:25:27.63
you've lost a loved one,
they're just sleeping right
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now.
00:25:29.73\00:25:31.83
But one day the
trumpet is going to sound.
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Time is going to be no
more and the dead are going to
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start rising up like popcorn.
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They won't need an alarm clock.
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The alarm clock will be
the voice of Jesus, the trump
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of God, and they'll just
start popping up all saying
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hallelujah.
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So, hold on just a
little while longer.
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He's coming very soon.
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Death is going to be dead.
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Put your hands together
and give God some praise.
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Hallelujah.
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One plus one must
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plus breath of life man
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