Participants: Carlton P. Byrd
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000150
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00:02 ♪ (Theme Song) ♪ ♪ Jesus is worthy ♪
00:11 ♪ oh yes, he's worthy ♪ ♪ worthy of all... ♪ 00:18 ♪ all The praise. ♪ [music] 00:21 Pastor Byrd: If you have your Bibles, hold them up 00:22 with me, everybody, come on. 00:24 Hold them up with me, whether they're on your phone, 00:25 your iPad or your regular, traditional Bible. 00:28 Repeat after me, say, Every promise in this book is mine. 00:30 [Aud. reaction] PB: Come on, say 00:32 every promise in this book is mine. 00:35 Aud.: Every promise in this book is mine. 00:37 PB: Every chapter, every verse, every line. 00:39 Aud.: Every chapter, every verse, every line. 00:41 PB: I am saved by His grace divine. 00:43 Aud.: I am saved by His grace divine. 00:45 PB: Every promise in this book is mine. 00:47 Aud.: Every promise in this book is mine. 00:49 PB: We're praying, Father in heaven, Lord, we thank You 00:51 tonight for the blessings that are ours, that we can 00:54 say You are our God. 00:56 That You are our Savior, that You're our Redeemer, that 00:59 You're our Waymaker, that You're a Problem solver, that 01:02 Lord, You are a wheel in the middle of a wheel. 01:05 Thank You just for being our God. 01:08 As we go and open up Your printed page tonight, we pray 01:11 for Your Spirit that may permeate in this room 01:14 tonight. 01:15 Teach us, guide us, direct us, inspire and motivate us, 01:18 that we might be willing and able and ready to live 01:22 better lives for Thee. 01:23 Now, forgive us of our sins; hide me behind Thy cross. 01:27 In the name of Jesus, we pray. 01:29 Let everyone say amen and amen. 01:31 Aud.: Amen. 01:32 PB: All right, quickly now, we've been here, this is our 01:34 third night. 01:35 This is what night for us, everybody? 01:37 Aud.: Third night. 01:38 PB: Come on, talk to me. 01:39 This is what night for us, everybody? 01:41 Aud.: Third. 01:42 PB: This is our third night, and we have been studying 01:44 the Word of God and we've discovered a lot of things 01:46 from the Word of God. 01:47 As Christians, we are looking forward to Jesus' second 01:49 coming. 01:50 Amen? 01:51 Aud.: Amen. 01:52 PB: Is anybody looking forward to Jesus' second 01:54 coming? 01:55 You are tired of living in this world from day to day 01:57 with all the strife and all the struggle that we face, 01:59 and so we are looking forward to Jesus' second coming. 02:03 Jesus' second return. 02:05 Now, do we know when Jesus is coming? 02:08 Aud.: No. 02:09 PB: Come on, do we know when Jesus is coming? 02:11 Aud.: No. 02:12 PB: No. 02:13 We don't know when Jesus is coming. 02:15 The only person that knows is the Father. 02:17 It's whom, everybody? 02:18 Aud.: The Father. 02:19 PB: Come on, the only person that knows is the Father. 02:21 It's whom, everybody? 02:22 Aud.: The Father. 02:23 PB: The Father. 02:24 Not even the angels, they do not know. 02:26 No man knoweth the day or the hour when Jesus the Son 02:28 of Man cometh. 02:29 But we recognize, the Bible has given us signs. 02:31 The Bible has given us things that show and tell us that 02:33 His coming is very soon. 02:34 One of them is that the Bible says just before His coming 02:37 there will be wars and rumors of what, everybody? 02:40 Aud.: Wars. 02:41 PB: Come on, wars and rumors of what, everybody? 02:43 Aud.: Wars. 02:44 PB: There will be earthquakes, there will be pestilence, 02:46 there will be nation rise against what? 02:48 Aud.: Nations. 02:49 PB: And kingdom against what? 02:50 Aud.: Kingdoms. 02:51 PB: And we discover in the world in which we live, we are 02:54 experiencing all of that right now. 02:56 Aud.: Amen. 02:57 PB: But the Bible lets us know that when Jesus Christ 02:59 comes back, praise be to God, that when He comes back, 03:02 every living eye is going to see Him. 03:05 And so we recognize there will be nothing secret 03:07 about Christ's coming. 03:08 It will not be a secret rapture, it will not be where 03:11 Jesus comes to get a group of people here and then another 03:14 group of people there, but doesn't get these people. 03:16 When Jesus comes, He's coming to get the righteous and every 03:19 living eye is going to see Him. 03:22 The Bible lets us know not only that, but it shares with us 03:25 in Acts chapter 1, that the same way Jesus left this earth 03:29 is going to be the same way Jesus returns to this earth. 03:33 So, He left this earth in the air. 03:36 He left this earth in a cloud, which means then if He returns 03:40 the same way He left, He will return in a cloud 03:43 and He will return in the air. 03:45 Are you hearing what I'm saying, everybody? 03:47 [Aud. reaction] PB: Very good. 03:49 We then discover that when Jesus Christ comes back there 03:52 will be four primary groups of people. 03:55 Four primary groups of people. 03:58 The Bible lets us know, go to 1 Thessalonians. 04:00 What book did I say, everybody? 04:02 Aud.: First Thessalonians. 04:03 PB: First Thessalonians chapter 4, and we're going 04:05 to verses 16 and 17. 04:07 The Bible lets us know and defines these four groups 04:10 of people. 04:11 First Thessalonians chapter 4, verse number 16. 04:14 If you have it, let me hear you say amen. 04:17 Aud.: Amen. 04:18 PB: All right, 1 Thessalonians chapter 4, 04:20 verse number 16, the Word of God says, "For the Lord 04:23 himself shall descend from heaven with a," what? 04:26 Aud.: Shout. 04:27 PB: Come on, with a what? 04:28 Aud.: Shout. 04:29 PB: "With a shout, with the voice of the archangel, 04:31 and with the trump of," whom, everybody? 04:33 Aud.: God. 04:34 PB: And then the Bible says "The dead in," what? 04:36 Aud.: Christ. 04:37 PB: Come on, the dead in whom? 04:39 Aud.: Christ. 04:40 PB: "Shall rise" what? 04:41 Aud.: First. 04:42 PB: Then verse 17 says, "Then we which are alive and remain 04:44 shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, 04:46 to meet the Lord in the," what? 04:47 Aud.: Air. 04:48 PB: "And so shall we ever be with," whom, everybody? 04:50 Aud.: The Lord. 04:51 PB: Now, this lets us know about groups one and two. 04:53 Number one, the Bible is very clear that the righteous dead 04:57 at Jesus' second coming will rise, what? 05:00 Aud.: First. 05:01 PB: Group number two, the righteous living, the Bible 05:04 says, will be caught up to meet the Lord in the what? 05:07 Aud.: The air. 05:08 PB: Then we recognize, 2 Thessalonians chapter 2, 05:10 verses 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12, let us know that the wicked 05:15 living, those who are wicked and alive at the time 05:17 of Christ's return, the Bible says that they will die 05:21 at the brightness of His coming. 05:23 But then the Bible goes on, in Revelation chapter 20, 05:26 verse number 5. 05:28 And the Bible lets us know in Revelation 20:5 that 05:31 the wicked dead will remain dead. 05:33 They will remain what, everybody? 05:35 Aud.: Dead. 05:36 PB: So that means group number one, the righteous 05:38 dead, rise what? 05:39 Aud.: First. 05:40 PB: Come on, righteous dead rise what? 05:42 Aud.: First. 05:43 PB: Group number two, righteous living, are caught 05:45 up to meet the Lord in the - Aud.: Air. 05:47 PB: Group number three, the wicked living die 05:49 at the brightness of His what? 05:50 Aud.: Coming. 05:51 PB: Group number four, the wicked dead, remain what? 05:53 Aud.: Dead. 05:54 PB: All right, let me see how good you are. 05:56 They remain dead for how long? 05:58 Aud.: A thousand years. 05:59 PB: Come on, how long? 06:01 [Aud. reaction] PB: They remain 06:03 dead for how long? 06:04 [Aud. reaction] PB: Okay, during 06:06 the 1,000 years, where are the righteous? 06:08 Aud.: In heaven. 06:09 PB: They are where? 06:10 Aud.: In heaven. 06:11 PB: And they are participating in what? 06:13 Aud.: Judgment. 06:14 PB: They are participating in judgment. 06:16 Where are the wicked? 06:17 Aud.: Dead. 06:18 PB: They're dead, where? 06:19 [Aud. reaction] PB: Has there been 06:21 a funeral for them? 06:22 Aud.: No. 06:23 PB: Why can there be no funeral for them? 06:25 [Aud. reaction] PB: Nobody ever, 06:27 'cause they're what? 06:28 Aud.: Dead. 06:29 PB: They're dead. 06:30 What happens to Satan during this 1,000 years? 06:32 [Aud. reaction] PB: He's bound? 06:34 Why is he bound? 06:35 [Aud. reaction] PB: He's bound by a set 06:37 of circumstances, why? 06:38 The righteous are in where? 06:39 Aud.: Heaven. 06:40 PB: And the wicked are what? 06:41 Aud.: Dead. 06:42 PB: Here on this what? 06:43 Aud.: Earth. 06:44 PB: Now, the Bible speaks of two resurrections. 06:47 The first resurrection happens at the second coming 06:49 when the dead in Christ rise, what? 06:51 Aud.: First. 06:52 PB: Then we recognize there is a resurrection of the wicked 06:54 at the end of the 1,000 years. 06:55 Now, during the 1,000 years, where the righteous 06:57 are in heaven and the wicked are dead here on this earth, 06:59 can the righteous pray their wicked loved ones 07:01 off this earth into heaven? 07:02 Aud.: No. 07:03 PB: Is there such thing as limbo? 07:05 Aud.: No. 07:06 PB: Is there such thing as purgatory? 07:08 Aud.: No. 07:09 PB: No. 07:10 That's not biblical. 07:11 The Bible is very clear, the wicked are dead, 07:13 the righteous are in heaven until the 1,000years 07:15 are finished. 07:16 At the end of the 1,000 years there's another resurrection, 07:18 correct? 07:19 Aud.: Yes. 07:20 PB: And there's a resurrection of the wicked, a resurrection 07:22 of the what, everybody? 07:24 Aud.: Wicked. 07:25 PB: Wicked. 07:26 We recognize the wicked are resurrected. 07:28 And what will Satan seek to do one last time? 07:30 Aud.: Deceive. 07:31 PB: He will seek to deceive the wicked into thinking they 07:33 can overtake the righteous and the Holy City. 07:35 The Bible is very clear in Revelation chapter 20 07:37 that the New Jerusalem, the Holy City, it will come down out 07:40 of heaven, the Bible teaches us the Bride adorned for her 07:42 husband. 07:43 But the wicked will think that they can overtake 07:45 the righteous and the Holy City, and so they will circle 07:48 this city and they will seek to overtake it. 07:50 But at that point, God will rain down what? 07:52 Aud.: Fire. 07:53 PB: Come on, He will rain down what? 07:55 Aud.: Fire. 07:56 PB: Fire. 07:57 Remember, God comes back to this earth and walks this 07:59 earth until this earth has been cleansed. 08:01 Remember, there are only two ways anything can be cleansed. 08:03 Either you wash it or you what? 08:05 Aud.: Burn it. 08:06 PB: Burn it. 08:07 God washed this earth at the flood, but He said it won't 08:09 be water but fire next time. 08:12 So at the end of the 1,000 years, recognize there will 08:15 be a resurrection of the wicked, and this resurrection 08:18 of the wicked will mean that they will seek to overtake 08:21 the New Jerusalem. 08:22 God will rain down fire and sin will never raise its ugly 08:25 head like that anymore. 08:26 Now, quickly, I want to make sure you're with me. 08:29 Remember what we studied on Sunday night. 08:31 At the end of the 1,000 years, there is a resurrection 08:34 of the wicked. 08:36 We shared with you that this is a special time in earth's 08:39 history, because it's at this time, at the end of the 1,000 08:42 years, that everyone who has ever lived, we will all be 08:45 alive at the same time. 08:48 This will be the only time in earth's history, at the end 08:50 of the 1,000 years, when the wicked are resurrected, that 08:53 everyone who has ever lived, we will all be alive 08:57 at the same time. 08:58 And so the question is asked, why would God resurrect 09:02 wicked people only to kill them again? 09:04 [Aud. reaction] PB: If they're going to be dead 09:06 anyway, why is He resurrecting them? 09:09 Is He just trying to trick them into thinking that they 09:11 can be resurrected and they can be alive and they can 09:13 live again? 09:14 Why are they resurrected only to die again? 09:17 We discover that they must be resurrected at the end 09:20 of the 1,000 years, everyone must be alive at the same time, 09:23 because the prophecy must come to pass that a day will 09:26 come where every knee shall bow. 09:28 [Aud. reaction] PB: Every tongue 09:31 must confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. 09:34 So at the end of that 1,000 years, everyone who has ever 09:37 lived must acknowledge He is Lord. 09:39 Everyone must acknowledge He is Savior. 09:42 Everyone must acknowledge He is Redeemer. 09:45 For all the agnostics, for all the atheists, for all the people 09:49 that did not believe He is God, at the end 09:51 of the 1,000 years they must say He is Lord. 09:54 He is Lord. 09:55 Aud.: Amen. 09:56 PB: At His first coming, when He came as a babe, He came 10:03 to save His people. 10:05 At His second coming, when He comes back to redeem 10:11 the righteous from the earth, He's coming to get His people. 10:13 At His third coming, at the end of the 1,000 years, He's coming 10:21 back with His people. 10:25 First coming to what, everybody? 10:28 Aud.: Save. 10:29 PB: Come on, first coming to what? 10:31 Aud.: Save. 10:32 PB: Second coming to what? 10:33 Aud.: Get. 10:34 PB: Get. 10:35 Third coming to what? 10:36 [Aud. reaction] PB: All right, so at His first 10:38 coming He comes to save, as a babe. 10:40 He went to Calvary, He died for our sins. 10:42 At His second coming, He's coming to get His people. 10:45 At his third coming, He's coming back with his people. 10:50 All right, now, let's expand our minds. 10:54 Remember now, rather if I teach you that I preach you. 10:56 Expand your minds. 10:58 We said it on Saturday night. 10:59 If all the righteous went to heaven at their earthly 11:09 death, who would Jesus be coming back to get at His 11:16 second coming? 11:17 If all the righteous now, went straight to heaven. 11:21 Because we hear that all the time. 11:23 We have funerals, we go to funerals, people die. 11:25 And you hear people say all the time, he's in a better 11:27 place. 11:28 She's in a better place. 11:30 They're looking down on us. 11:32 Have you heard that? 11:34 [Aud. reaction] PB: All right, if all 11:37 of the earthly living, who died on this earth before 11:41 Jesus came back, went to heaven, there would be 11:45 no dead in Christ to rise. 11:47 Because if they were all in heaven, who would get up? 11:50 Now, if they didn't get up and they were already in heaven, 11:56 then that would make the Bible out to be a lie. 11:58 Because we just read from the Scriptures 12:01 in 1 Thessalonians 4:16, "For the Lord himself shall 12:03 descend from heaven with a" what, everybody? 12:06 Aud.: Shout. 12:07 PB: Shout. 12:08 With the voice of the archangel, the trump of God, 12:10 and the Bible says that the dead in Christ shall rise what? 12:13 Aud.: First. 12:14 PB: If they were already in heaven, who would rise first? 12:17 [Aud. reaction] PB: So my question 12:19 tonight is, who told you 12:23 that somebody who died went straight to heaven? 12:26 Where did you read in the Bible, because this is not 12:30 the gospel according to Carlton Byrd. 12:33 This is not the gospel according to Pastor Byrd. 12:36 Where did you read the Bible where it showed or told you 12:40 that when a person dies they go straight to heaven? 12:46 So then, Pastor Byrd, all right, that makes sense. 12:49 What you're saying is what's right from the Word of God. 12:52 If then, Pastor, a person who dies doesn't go straight 12:57 to heaven at death, what happens to a person when they die? 13:03 What really is death? 13:07 What does death mean? 13:09 Well, we understand that you know, God is omnipotent. 13:13 Come on, say amen. 13:15 Aud.: Amen. 13:16 PB: Which means, God is all powerful, But not only is God 13:20 omnipotent, God is omniscient, which means He's all knowing. 13:24 God is omnipresent, which means God is everywhere all 13:27 at the same time. 13:28 God is also, friends of mine, sovereign, which means God 13:31 can do what He wants, when He wants, where He wants, how He 13:34 wants, and He doesn't have to ask you and me for permission 13:37 to do as He wants. 13:38 God is also timeless, which means God has always been 13:42 here, always has been, always will be, always was and 13:46 always is, and because God is timeless, God is immortal, 13:51 which means God can't die. 13:55 God is uncreated. 13:57 God is self-existent. 13:59 God has no beginning. 14:01 Neither does God have an end. 14:05 We on the other hand are human beings. 14:08 As human beings, we are mortal, which means, friends 14:12 of mine, we are subject to death. 14:15 Mortal means subject to death. 14:18 And because mortal means that, that's where we get 14:20 all the words dealing with mortal. 14:22 For example, dealing with the dead. 14:24 Mortal mans death. 14:26 Mortuary means house of death. 14:29 Mortician means one who works with the dead, and mortgage 14:32 means you'll pay it until you're dead. 14:37 [Aud. reaction] PB: No human being 14:43 lives forever, because we're mortal. 14:47 We're what, everybody? 14:48 Aud.: Mortal. 14:49 PB: Come on, say we're mortal. 14:51 We're mortal, we're what, everybody? 14:53 Aud.: Mortal. 14:54 PB: All right, Ecclesiastes 9:5 and 6 teaches that the 14:56 living know that they shall die, but the dead know 15:00 not anything. 15:01 So, if a person doesn't go straight to heaven, if they 15:03 don't go straight to hell, then they die, well, what 15:05 does death really mean? 15:07 Go to Genesis chapter 2, and let's go to verse number 7. 15:12 Genesis chapter 2 and we're going to verse number 7. 15:16 Genesis 2, verse number 7. 15:18 Genesis chapter 2, verse number 7. 15:22 If you have it, let me hear you say Amen. 15:24 Aud.: Amen. 15:25 PB: The Word of God says to us tonight in Genesis chapter 15:28 2, verse number 7, "And the Lord God." 15:31 The Lord, whom, everybody? 15:32 Aud.: God. 15:33 PB: "And the Lord God." 15:34 The Lord, whom, everybody? 15:35 Aud.: God. 15:36 PB: "Formed man of the dust of the," what? 15:39 Aud.: Ground. 15:40 PB: "And breathed into his nostrils the breath of," 15:42 what? 15:43 Aud.: Life. 15:44 PB: "And man became a living," what, everybody? 15:47 Aud.: Soul. 15:48 PB: All right, number one, from the text we're clear 15:50 that man came from God. 15:51 Man did not come from monkey. 15:52 Man did not come from a big bang theory. 15:55 Man did not come when there was just this loud boom, 15:58 and then man began to exist. 16:00 Man came from God. 16:02 And the Lord God formed Man of the dust of the ground, 16:06 breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man 16:10 became a living what, everybody? 16:12 Aud.: Soul. 16:13 PB: Now, the Bible is clear that there are two elements 16:15 in order for one to be a living soul. 16:17 You need, number one, dust of the ground. 16:19 Dust of the what, everybody? 16:20 Aud.: Ground. 16:21 PB: Come on, dust of the what, everybody? 16:23 Aud.: Ground. 16:24 PB: And then you need the breath of what? 16:26 Aud.: Life. 16:27 PB: The breath of life in order to become a living 16:29 soul. 16:30 So then, dust plus breath equals living what? 16:32 Aud.: Soul. 16:33 PB: If you have dust but don't have breath, do you have 16:37 a living soul? 16:38 Aud.: No. 16:39 PB: No. 16:40 If you don't have dust, but you do have breath, do you 16:43 have a living soul? 16:44 Aud.: No. 16:45 PB: No, because you need dust plus what, everybody? 16:47 Aud.: Breath. 16:48 PB: Breath. 16:49 Now, God formed man of the dust of the ground 16:53 and made a body, combining breath 16:55 and body man became a living soul. 16:57 Now, that's what happens when a man is created. 17:02 What happens then when a man dies? 17:05 What is then the reverse of life? 17:11 Dust plus breath equals living soul. 17:14 What happens then to a man when a man dies? 17:18 Go to Ecclesiastes chapter 12, what does the Word of God 17:22 say? 17:23 Ecclesiastes chapter 12, and we're going to 17:27 verse number 7. 17:29 Ecclesiastes chapter 12, and we're going to verse 17:33 number 7. 17:36 Ecclesiastes chapter 12, Psalms, Proverbs, Song 17:40 of Solomon, Ecclesiastes 12, verse number 7. 17:45 The Word of God is clear to us tonight. 17:48 It says in Ecclesiastes 12:7. 17:49 If you have it, let me hear you say amen. 17:51 The Word says, Ecclesiastes 12:7, "Then shall the dust 17:54 return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return 17:58 unto," whom, everybody? 18:00 Aud.: God. 18:01 PB: Unto whom, everybody? 18:02 Aud.: God. 18:03 PB: God, who gave it. 18:04 So, when a person dies, the body returns to what? 18:07 Aud.: Dust. 18:08 PB: The body returns to dust. 18:10 Not only does the body return to dust, the second part 18:12 of that is the spirit returns to whom? 18:15 Aud.: God. 18:16 PB: God. 18:17 All right, so then, dust of the ground, breath of life, 18:19 living soul. 18:20 When a person dies, the body returns to what? 18:23 Aud.: Dust. 18:24 PB: The dust. 18:25 The breath, or the spirit, returns to whom? 18:28 Aud.: God. 18:29 PB: And the soul no longer exists. 18:32 Because remember, we said, you have to have dust plus 18:35 breath in order to have a living soul. 18:37 So some people are trying to take it literally and they 18:39 say well, Pastor Byrd, I hear you. 18:41 Dust plus breath equals a living soul. 18:43 The body returns to dust, spirit returns to God, 18:45 but how do we know the spirit and the soul are not one 18:48 and the same? 18:49 Because you're saying the spirit returns to God. 18:52 How do we know that the spirit is not the soul? 18:56 How do we know that the spirit is actually 18:59 the breath? 19:01 Now, remember Genesis 2:7. 19:03 "The Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground 19:05 and breathed" into its what, everybody? 19:07 Aud.: Life. 19:08 PB: The breath of what? 19:09 Aud.: Life. 19:10 PB: Man became a living soul. 19:11 We're saying, the Bible said, dust body, breath spirit. 19:16 Body returning to dust, spirit returning to God. 19:19 But we've got to make sure that the spirit and the soul 19:22 are not the same. 19:23 So how do we know? 19:24 Go to the book of Job. 19:28 Job, let the Bible speak for itself. 19:31 Job chapter 27, verse number 3. 19:35 Job, chapter 27, verse number 3. 19:42 The Bible is very clear, the Word says, "All the while 19:46 my breath is in me, and the spirit of," whom, 19:49 everybody? 19:50 Aud.: God. 19:51 PB: Come on, the spirit of whom, everybody? 19:53 Aud.: God. 19:54 PB: "Is in my," what? 19:55 Aud.: Nostrils. 19:56 PB: Nostrils. 19:57 The spirit of God is in my, what? 19:59 Aud.: Nostrils. 20:00 PB: So then, the spirit of God, the breath of God, 20:02 is synonymous. 20:03 Not the spirit and the soul, but the spirit and the breath. 20:07 When a person dies, the body returns to what? 20:10 Aud.: Dust. 20:11 PB: Dust. 20:12 The spirit or the breath returns to whom? 20:14 Aud.: God. 20:15 PB: And then the soul ceases to exist because you can't 20:17 have a soul without the dust of the ground and the breath 20:21 of life in order to make a living soul. 20:24 This makes sense, because God formed man of dust 20:28 and breathed into his nostrils breath. 20:31 The biblical definition for soul is body plus breath 20:35 equals living soul. 20:36 A living, breathing being is the soul. 20:40 The Bible then is trying to tell us tonight, in the text, 20:43 it is saying that we are souls. 20:46 The truth is we don't have souls, but we are souls. 20:55 The confusion that many people think is that we have 20:58 a soul. 20:59 We don't have a soul, we are a soul. 21:03 When a person dies, the body returns to dust, spirit 21:07 returns to God, and the soul ceases to exist 'cause we 21:11 don't have it, we are it. 21:13 [Aud. reaction] PB: Now, the Bible 21:17 goes on. 21:19 Ezekiel, chapter 18, verse number 4, it says then, 21:23 that "The soul that sinneth, it shall die." 21:27 Now, the reality is, Romans 6 teaches that "All have sinned 21:32 and come short of the glory of God," which means, I don't 21:36 care if you have your suit on tonight, I don't care if you 21:38 have a dress on tonight, I don't care if you look good 21:40 for an outside world. 21:41 Friends of mine, all of us are sinners. 21:44 [Aud. reaction] PB: All of us have done wrong. 21:46 We try to point out sin. 21:48 This is red sin, this is white sin, this is black sin, 21:52 this is little sin. 21:53 Sin is sin. 21:55 Everybody up in here is an ex-something. 21:58 [Aud. reaction] PB: All of us have 22:02 sinned, so all of us if it weren't for the grace of God, 22:07 where would we be? 22:08 For all of us, if it hath not been for the Lord on my side, 22:13 then tell me where would I be? 22:15 It then goes on to point out in Ecclesiastes 12, 22:18 so the living know that they shall die. 22:20 The living have to know that they're going to die, because 22:22 all that have sinned have come short of the glory of God, 22:25 and the soul that sinneth, it's going to what? 22:28 Die. 22:29 The body returns to dust, spirit returns to God, soul 22:38 ceases to exist. 22:41 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. 22:43 All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. 22:49 I've gone through all of this to tell you one simple thing: 22:56 Dead people are dead. 22:59 [Aud. reaction] PB: Dead people are 23:04 not in heaven, because if they were in heaven, who would 23:08 Jesus be coming back to get? 23:10 Dead people are dead. 23:14 Dead people are not walking up and down the earth. 23:18 Why? 23:19 Because the body returns to dust. 23:22 The spirit returns to God. 23:25 The soul ceases to what? 23:26 Aud.: Exist. 23:27 PB: We don't have souls, because we are souls. 23:33 Dead people are what, everybody? 23:37 Aud.: Dead. 23:38 PB: Come on, dead people are what? 23:40 Aud.: Dead. 23:41 PB: Go to Job 7. 23:42 Look at Job 7, verse number 9. 23:44 To prove to you dead people are dead. 23:46 Let's get what the Word of God says. 23:48 Job chapter 7, verse number 9. 23:50 Job chapter 7, and verse number 9. 23:53 The Word of God says to us in Job chapter 7, 23:57 verse number 9. 23:58 The Word says, "As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth 24:00 away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no 24:04 more." 24:05 Verse 10, "He shall return no more to his house, neither 24:08 shall his place know him any more." 24:11 Which means then, that dead people do not go back 24:14 and haunt their houses. 24:15 [Aud. reaction] PB: Well, Mama was 24:19 talking to me. 24:20 No, she was not. 24:21 Gramma was talking to me. 24:24 No, she was not. 24:26 Daddy was looking down on me. 24:27 No, he was not. 24:28 I had a dream and saw them alive last night. 24:31 No, you did not. 24:33 The dead are dead. 24:35 Dead people can't go back and haunt houses. 24:38 But we've got this crazy TV show coming on now. 24:41 Talking about people that are dead, now I saw them. 24:44 You didn't see anything. 24:45 You ate a full meal before you went to bed, and now 24:47 you're dreaming stuff in your head. 24:50 [Aud. reaction] PB: Dead people are 24:53 what, everybody? 24:54 Aud.: Dead. 24:55 PB: Now get some more. 24:56 Go to Job 14. 24:58 And go to verse number 14. 25:01 Job chapter 14, and go to verse number 12 and then 25:04 we're going to read 12 and 21. 25:06 Job chapter 14, verse number 12, the Word of God says 25:08 to us tonight. 25:09 Job chapter 14, verse number 12. 25:12 "So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens 25:15 be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised 25:18 out of their sleep." 25:19 Everybody say sleep. 25:20 Aud.: Sleep. 25:21 PB: Verse 21, "His sons come to honour, and he knoweth 25:23 it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth 25:26 it not of them." 25:28 Dead people do not know what their loved ones on earth 25:31 are doing. 25:32 Because dead people are what, everybody? 25:34 Aud.: Dead. 25:35 PB: Think about it, folks. 25:36 Why would God, a loving God that we serve, allow our 25:39 loved ones who have died in Him to be in heaven, looking 25:41 down on us going through all the mess we go through. 25:44 Why would God do that? 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