Are you looking for an exciting
change in your life? Well, get
ready for a breath of new life.
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Today, Dr. Byrd speaks on the
topic "The State of The Dead."
And now, here he is,
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speaker/director of Breath
of Life Ministries, Dr. Carlton
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Byrd. PB:We have for the past
two nights, and tonight our
third night, we've been talking
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about death in so many words,
that the dead in Christ are
going to rise what, everybody?
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Aud: First. PB: Come on, the
dead in Christ rise what? Aud:
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First. PB: Then we which are
alive remain shall be caught up
together to meet the Lord in the
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what? Aud: Air. PB: We talked
about the fact that if the
righteous at their earthly death
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went straight to heaven, who
would Jesus be coming back for?
We talked about that and so
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tonight we dabble a little bit
on that, a little bit more, to
understand exactly what is
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death. And what happens to a
man, to a woman, after death.
Now, God is omnipotent.
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Everybody say omnipotent. Which
means God is all powerful. God
can do any and everything. But
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not only is he omnipotent, God
is omniscient, which means that
God knows everything. But then
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not only is he omnipotent and
omniscient, God is omnipresent.
Which means God is everywhere at
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the same time. But not only
that, God is sovereign. Which
means God can do what God wants
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when he wants where he wants and
how he wants. But not only is
God sovereign, God is timeless.
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Which means God always was here,
always has been here, always
will be here, always was and
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always is. And because God is
timeless, God is immortal.
Everybody say immortal. Which
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means God can't die. He is
uncreated, he is self-existent,
he has no beginning and he has
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no end. Now, on the other hand,
human beings are mortal. They
are what, everybody? Mortal
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means by definition that you are
subject to death. As human
beings we are subject to die.
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Now, I like saying this all the
time when we try to explain the
word mortal, because we
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recognize that a lot of words
are derived from the word
mortal. Now remember, mortal
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means we are subject to what,
everybody? We are subject to
death. We are subject to die.
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Well then, if mortal means
subject to death, mortuary means
house of death, mortician is
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somebody who works with the
dead, and when you have a
mortgage you pay it until you're
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dead. But God is infinite and
humans are finite. God is
eternal. Humans are transitory.
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God is immortal. Humans are
mortal. No human being lives
forever, because human beings
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are subject to death. So we know
we are supposed to die, but
tonight we deal with what
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happens after we die. The Bible
says in Ecclesiastes 9: 5 and 6:
"For the living know that they
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shall die: but the dead know not
any thing." Let's try that one
more time. For the living know
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that they shall what, everybody?
Die, but the dead know not what?
Aud: Anything. PB: Now, we're
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going to talk about this
tomorrow. But let me throw it
out here tonight. How many days
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are there in a week? Come on,
how many days are there in a
week? In six days God created
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this earth. There are seven days
in a week, but in six days God
created this earth, and on day
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six God created man. God created
whom, everybody? God created
man. Genesis 1:1 says, In the
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beginning God created the
heavens and the what? Come on,
in the beginning, God created
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the heavens and the what? Aud:
Earth. PB: Verse number 26, and
God said, let us make man. Let
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us make whom, everybody? Now, I
love this text because it proves
the fact that God made man. Man
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did not come from monkey. Man
came from God. Man did not come
from a big bang theory, but man
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came from God. God said, let us
make man. Notice in the text.
The Bible does not say, and God
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said, let me make man. But the
text says, God said, let us make
man. Pointing to the plurality
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in the Godhead. God the Father,
God the Son, and God the Holy
Spirit. Don't let anyone tell
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you that Jesus was just a good,
nice man. Jesus was God. God
said, let us make man. Not me,
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but us. The Father, the Son, and
the Holy Spirit. John 1:1, in
the beginning was the word and
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the word was with God and the
word was God and then the word
became flesh. Jesus is God, Holy
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Spirit is God, and the Father is
God. They are three in one. How
did God create man in the
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beginning? Go with me to the
Book of Genesis. What Book did I
say, everybody? And let's go to
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the beginning. Go to Genesis,
Chapter 2 and we're going to
verse 7. Genesis 2:7. The Word
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of God says to us, if you have
it, let me hear you say Amen.
The Word of God says in Genesis
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2:7, And the Lord God formed man
of the dust of the what? And
breathed into his nostrils
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the breath of what? Aud: Life.
PB: And man became a living
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what? Aud: Soul. PB: One more
time. The Lord God formed man of
the dust of the what, everybody?
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Ground. Breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life. And
man then became a living what?
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Aud: Soul. PB: So, how did God
create man in the beginning?
Number one, he took dust.
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He took what, everybody? And
then he took the breath of what?
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Aud: Life. PB: And then man
became a living what? Aud: Soul
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PB: In order for God to have
created man he took dust of the
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what? Ground. He took the breath
of what? And man became a living
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what? Aud: Soul. PB: If I have
dust, but I don't have breath,
do I have a living soul? Aud:
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No. PB: If I don't have dust,
but I do have breath, do I have
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a living soul? No. Either way I
don't have a living soul,
because in order for me to be a
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living soul, it takes dust of
the ground, breathing into man's
nostrils the breath of what,
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everybody? And then man becomes
a living what? Aud: Soul.
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PB: All right. That's how we're
formed. So now let's talk about
the reverse of that process.
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We know how we got here, dust of
the ground, breath of life, man
became a living soul.
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What the reverse of that? Go to
the Book of Ecclesiastes. What
book did I say, everybody?
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Remember, know what you believe,
know why you believe it, know
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where it's found. Get some Word
in you. Remember, you've got to
know what you're shouting about.
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Preaching is not just decibel
level. If you're going to shout,
say something worth shouting
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about. So, let's find out what
the Word of God says.
Ecclesiastes, Chapter 12, verse
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7. Ecclesiastes 12:7. If you
have it let me hear you say
Amen. The Word says, Then shall
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the dust return to the earth as
it was: and the spirt shall
return unto whom, everybody?
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Shall return unto whom? God, who
gave it. So, let's understand
what's going on. In order for
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one to be created, God took dust
of the what? Ground. Breathed
into its nostrils the breath of
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what, everybody? Aud: Life. PB:
And man became a living what?
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Aud: Soul. PB: Now, we just read
from Ecclesiastes 12:7, that at
death then shall the dust return
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to the what? Aud: Ground. PB: So
that means then the dust of the
ground returns to what it was
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and then the Bible says, the
spirit shall return to whom,
everybody? God who gave it. Now,
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this is where a lot of people
misunderstand the spirit.
Because a lot of people try to
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equate the spirit with the soul.
Are you hearing what I'm saying?
People try to equate and say,
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well, the soul goes back to God.
Well, we just read from Genesis
2:7, dust of the ground, breath
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of life, man became a living
what? Aud: Soul. PB: We just
read, if you don't have dust,
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but you have breath, you can't
have a living soul or the
converse of that. If you have
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breath but don't have dust, vice
versa, you can't have a living
soul. Now, we just read from the
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Bible that when a body, a
person, dies, their body returns
to dust. Then it says, the
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spirit returns to God. But how
do we know if the spirit is the
breath or whether the spirit is
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the soul? How do we know that
the spirit is the breath and not
the soul? The Bible is clear.
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Body returns to dust, spirit
returns to God. But what happens
to the soul, or is the soul
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spirit or is the spirit the
breath of life? Take your Bible
and go to the Book of Job. What
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book, everybody? Let's find out
what the Word of God says. It
gives us the answer. Remember,
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not my will but thy will be
done. Job, Chapter 27, verse 3.
Job 27:3. Right before the Book
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of Psalm. If you have it let me
hear you say Amen. The Word says
in Job 27:3, All the while my
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breath is where? In me and the
spirit of whom? Come on, the
spirit of whom? Aud: God. PB: Is
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in my what? Aud: Nostrils. PB:
Now, we read from Genesis 2:7
the Lord God formed man of the
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dust of the ground and breathed
in his what? Come on, breathed
in his nostrils the breath of
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what? Aud: Life. PB: And man
became a living soul. Then Job
27:3 says, all the while my
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breath is where? In me and the
spirit of whom? Aud: God. PB: Is
in my what? Aud: Nostrils.
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PB: So the spirit of God is
in my nostrils and the breath of
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God is in me, then that must
mean then that the spirit is
equated or synonymous with the
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breath. Not the soul. Are you
hearing what I'm saying? The
spirit is the breath.
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All the while breath is in me
and the spirit of God is in my
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nostrils. God breathed into my
nostrils the breath of life. The
spirit is the breath of life.
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So then when a person dies, the
body returns to what? Dust. The
spirit returns to whom? God.
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And the spirit is the breath.
The spirit is the what,
everybody? It's not the soul,
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but the breath, which means
then, if you don't have dust,
you don't have breath, you can't
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have a soul. So when you don't
have dust, you don't have
breath. The soul then ceases to
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exist. God formed man of dust
and made a body. He then
combined his breath with his
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body and man became a living
soul. The biblical definition
for a soul is body plus breath
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equal living soul. One more
time, body plus what? Breath
equal living what? Dust of the
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ground, the breath of life is
also the spirit of God and when
you don't have either of them,
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the soul ceases to what,
everybody? Aud: Exist. PB: Now,
a living, breathing being is a
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soul. What the Bible's trying to
tell us is the fact that we are
souls. The truth is we don't
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have souls. The truth is we are
souls. I don't have a soul, I am
a soul. We are souls. Not that
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we have souls. And when the soul
sins, according to Ezekiel 18:4,
the soul that sinneth it shall
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die. That makes sense that when
I die then, my body returns to
dust, the spirit returns to God,
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there is no more soul. My soul
ceases to exist. Because I don't
have a soul, I am a soul. All
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have sinned and come short of
the glory of God. So then at
death, because the soul that
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sinneth it shall die, the body
returns to dust, the spirit
returns to God, and the soul
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ceases to exist. I said all of
this to say what? Dead people
are dead. I've said all of that
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to say that dead people are
dead. What do I mean? Take your
Bibles. You're in Job. Go to
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Job, Chapter 7. Job, Chapter
what, everybody? Come on
quickly. Let's give you some
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Word. Job 7 and we going to
verse 9. Job 7:9. Dead people
are dead. The Word of God says,
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As the cloud is consumed and
vanisheth away: so he that goeth
down to the grave shall come up
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no more. He shall return no more
to his house, neither shall his
place know him any more. What am
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I trying to say? Dead people
can't go back and haunt houses.
Why? Dead people are what,
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everybody? Dead people are what,
everybody? Well, Mama was
talking to me. No, Mama wasn't.
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You just ate before you went to
sleep. The dead do not come back
to your house, because dead
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people are what, everybody? Aud:
Dead. PB: Let's get some more.
Go to Job 14 and we're going to
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verse 12. Job 14:12, the Word of
God says, "So man lieth down,
and riseth not: till the heavens
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be no more, they shall not
awake, nor be raised out of
their sleep." Verse 21: "His
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sons come to honour, and he
knoweth it not; and they are
brought low, but he perceiveth
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it not of them." What am I
trying to say? Dead people do
not know what their loved ones
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on earth are doing, because dead
people are what, everybody?
They're dead. Let's get some
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more. Go to the Book of Psalms
and we're going to Psalms 6,
verse 5. Psalms 6:5, the Word of
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God says, "For in death there is
no more remembrance of thee: in
the grave who shall give thee
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thanks?" Which is what we're
trying to say. The dead do not
remember or give thanks. Why?
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Dead people are what? Dead.
That's why while I've got life
in my body, while I've got God's
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breath in my body, I'm going to
give God a praise. I'm going to
give God some thanks, because
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the dead cannot give thanks
because the dead are what,
everybody? Aud: Dead.
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PB: Go to Psalms 115, talking
about praising the Lord. Psalm
115 and we're going to verse 17.
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Psalms 115:17, the Word of God
says to us tonight. If you have
it let me hear you say Amen.
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The Word says: "The dead praise
not the Lord, neither any that
go down into silence."
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Dead people don't praise God
because dead people are what?
Dead people are what?
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Dead people are dead. Dead
people do not praise God because
dead people are dead.
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Psalm 146, verse 4. The Word of
God says to us tonight: "His
breath goeth forth,
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he returneth to his earth; in
that very day his thoughts
perish." Dead people can't
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think because dead people are
what, everybody? Dead people are
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dead. Dead people do not go
haunt houses because dead people
are what? Dead people do not
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know what their loved ones on
earth are doing because dead
people are what? Dead people do
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not remember or give thanks
because dead people are what?
Dead people do not praise the
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Lord because dead people are
what? Dead people do not think
because dead people are what,
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everybody? Because when a person
dies their body returns to dust,
the spirit returns to God, the
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soul ceases to exist, because
dead people are what? Aud: Dead.
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PB: Now let me show you how this
all works together. Are we ready
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now? Let's show you how all this
works together. At Jesus' second
coming the Bible says there's
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going to be a resurrection. And
this is the first resurrection,
which is a good resurrection
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because blessed and holy is he
that have part in the first
resurrection. At Jesus' second
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coming the dead in Christ are
going to rise what? Aud: First.
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PB: Then we which are alive, the
righteous living, are going to
be caught up to meet the Lord in
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the what? Aud: Air. PB: If we
were already in heaven there
would be nobody to rise.
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Why would Jesus need to come
back to redeem people who were
already with him? The fact is,
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Mama and Daddy aren't in heaven
because the Bible says when they
die the body returns to dust,
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the spirit returns to God, the
soul ceases to exist. When Jesus
comes back, the dead in Christ
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are going to rise first and the
righteous living are caught up
to meet with the Lord in the
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air. When Lazarus died, Lazarus
did not go straight to heaven
because if he had Jesus would
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have said, Lazarus, come down.
But Jesus said, Lazarus, come
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forth. (Applause) PB: He was in
the grave. He was not in heaven.
Jesus said, come forth.
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Righteous dead rise first.
Righteous living are caught up
to meet the Lord in the what?
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Aud: The air. PB: The wicked
living die at the brightness of
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his what? PB: The wicked dead
remain what, everybody? They
remain dead for how long? How
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long, everybody? A thousand
years, because there's a second
resurrection at the end of the
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one thousand years. This is a
resurrection of the wicked. We
talked about it Sunday night.
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Why would God resurrect wicked
people only for them to die
again? Because at the end of the
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one thousand years, this is the
only time in earth's history
where all of us who have ever
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lived will be alive at the same
time. Everybody who's lived on
this earth, we must be alive,
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because the prophecy must come
to pass that one day every knee
is going to bow, every tongue is
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going to confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord. At his first
coming he comes to save his
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people. At his second coming he
comes to get his people. And at
his third coming, he's coming
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back with his people.
Hallelujah, somebody. But Satan
is alive. He wants us to believe
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that dead are alive and can be
contacted. But the Bible says
the living know that they shall
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die, but the dead know not
anything. The dead are dead. So,
you know what? Leave all this
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voodoo, these Ouija boards,
these crazy spirits alone. I
tell people, some people get
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offended, but I tell it like it
is. If the Lord said it, you can
count on it. If it ain't in the
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Word, it doesn't deserve to be
heard. I wish I had a witness in
this place. Understand, that's
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why I can't deal with crazy
spirits. If you don't believe in
the spirit of God, then you need
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to get from around me. I don't
ask everybody to pray for me
because if you ain't praying to
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God's Holy Spirit. Sometimes
when I go visit folk in the
hospital room, there are people
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in there with doubting,
faithless spirits. I got to say,
get out of this room. God has
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sent me to clean this room out.
Because if you don't believe
that my God can just speak a
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word, can say a word, can touch
somebody, then you have no
business praying to my God.
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Isaiah 20 says, to the Lord, to
the testimony. If they speak not
according to this Word it is
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because there is no light in
them. Let me tell you something.
Can I preach a minute? Satan
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knows the Bible better than you.
Satan can quote Scripture better
than you. Satan can preach
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better than you. If Satan will
tempt Adam and Eve, if Satan
will tempt Jesus, don't you know
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he will tempt you. Satan will
transform himself into an angel
of light. He's not in a red
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suit. He does not have horns
sticking out of his head. He
does not have a tail coming out
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of his backside. Satan is not
walking around with a pitchfork.
Some of you work for the devil.
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Some of you live with the devil.
Satan will transform himself
into an angel of light, making
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him pure as a minister. He'll
deceive you on the Word. He'll
deceive you on life. He'll
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deceive you on death. He'll
deceive you on resurrection
power, making you think that he
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has power to give life and
resurrect, but Satan can't
resurrect anybody. Satan can't
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give life. Only Jesus can give
life. He said, I have come that
you might have life and have it
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more abundantly. He said, I am
the resurrection and the life.
At the cross, Satan thought he
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had defeated Jesus. But he went
and died on Friday, laid resting
in the grave on the Sabbath,
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---. Jesus got up because Jesus
said I am the resurrection and
the life, and because he lives,
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I live. I serve a risen Savior.
He's in the world today. Behold
I show you a mystery that one
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day we shall not all seek, but
one day in a moment, in a
twinkle of an eye, we shall be
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changed. This mortal will put on
immortality. This corruptible
will put on incorruption. And
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death will be swallowed up in
victory. Victory is mine.
Victory is mine. Victory today
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is when we all get to heaven.
What a day that's going to be
when we all see Jesus. We're
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going to sing and shout. Someone
give him glory in this place.
Somebody give him honor in this
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place. God's at work. God we
praise. The devil's alive. I'm
going to stop. The devil's
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alive. The devil is scared. He
knows he has but a short time.
Death is not a period, only a
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comma in the story of life.
Because he's coming back. Again.
Yes, he's coming back. Glory
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Hallelujah. Glory Hallelujah.
Bless his name. Lift him up.
Praise God. Praise God. He's
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coming back again. Dear God, I
have to praise right now.
(Continuous music) PB: Big Mama
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is not looking down on you. Big
Daddy is not looking down on
you. The body has returned to
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dust. The spirit has returned to
God. And the soul ceases to
exist. If they were already in
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heaven, who would Jesus come
back and get? I don't know who
told you. I'm not mad at who
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told you that. All I know is the
devil is alive. You better read
the Bible and go to the Bible
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for yourself. Yes, soon and very
soon. I don't know about you,
but I'm going to see the King.
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No more dying. No more crying.
No more sickness. No more pain.
Hallelujah. Hallelujah. We're
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going to see. Let's go to
screen, quickly, quickly. Let's
go to screen. Sanctify them
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through they what, everybody?
Thy truth, because thy word is
what? Now understand. God's
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truth is most important, because
it's God's truth that's going to
set you free. Now let me tell
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you. I know this may be
unpopular with some people, but
if God said it, friends of mine,
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that settles it. I wish I had a
witness in this place. Whether
you believe it or not, if God
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said it, that settles it. That's
the end of the matter. If God
said it. The Bible says the Lord
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God formed man of the dust of
the what, everybody? Dust of the
what, everybody? And breathed
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into his nostrils the breath of
what? And man became a living
what? Man became a living what,
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everybody? Which means then,
dust plus breath of life, which
is the spirit, is equivalent to
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a living what? A living soul.
Then the dust will return to
earth as it was and the spirit
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returns to whom, everybody? God,
who gave it in the first place.
Behold, all souls are mine. As
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the soul of the prophet, so also
the soul of the son, is mine.
The soul that sinneth, it shall
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what, everybody? Marvel not at
this for the hour is coming in
the which that all that are in
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the grave shall hear his what?
Hear his voice. God's voice. The
voice of Jesus. Satan does not
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have power over life and death.
Are you hearing what I'm saying?
If he had power over life and
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death, he would have killed Job,
but he couldn't do because he
don't have that kind of power.
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Are you hearing what I'm saying?
The day is coming when all who
are in the grave will hear
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Jesus' voice. They shall come
forth. They that have done good
unto the resurrection of what,
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everybody? Light. They that have
done evil to the resurrection of
damnation. For the Lord himself
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shall descend from heaven with a
shout, with the voice of the
archangel and the trump of God
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and the dead in Christ shall
rise what? Then we which are
alive remain to be caught up
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together with him in the clouds
to meet the Lord in the air and
so shall we ever be with the
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Lord wherefore comfort one
another with these words. You
will never be the same again,
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because you have not. You will
never be able to be lied to
again about this because you
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know what the Word of God says.
You hear people all the time,
oh, they're in a better place.
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They're in the grave. Are you
hearing what I'm saying? Jesus
said comfort one another with
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the words that when I will come
back the dead in Christ I will
rise first then. So, remember at
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Jesus' second coming there are
four primary groups of people.
Number one, the righteous dead,
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they rise what? Number two, the
righteous living are caught up
to meet the Lord in the what?
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Number three, the wicked living
die at the brightness of his
what? And then, number four, the
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wicked dead remain what,
everybody? Because if all the
righteous went to heaven when
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they died, then who would Jesus
be coming back to get at his
second coming? The righteous do
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not go to heaven at death,
because if they did there would
be no one for Jesus to come and
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get. Satan wants to deceive
people into thinking that dead
people are alive and can be
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contacted, but dead people are
what, everybody? Dead. The
living know that they shall die,
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but the dead know not anything
and they have no more reward,
for the memory of them is what,
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everybody? Also, their love,
their hatred, and their envy
have now perished, never more
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will they have a share in
anything done under the sun. His
breath goeth forth, he returneth
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to his earth. In that very day
his thoughts do what, everybody?
They perish. So, understanding
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this making clear we are not to
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