Breath of Life
Ministries Presents:
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Sermon B554 The
State of the Dead
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[Breath of Life Theme Music]
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PB:  God, You're good.
You're all that, then some.
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And we praise You
tonight. Lord, You have been
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with us Saturday night,
Sunday night, Tuesday night,
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and you're with us
here tonight. We've seen You
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through the prayer
time, through the music,
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but now we need a Word from You.
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God, disappoint us not
we pray, and we give you
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all the praise, the
honor, and the glory.
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In the name of Jesus we
pray. Let everyone say amen.
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Aud.:  Amen.   PB:  Amen. Amen.
All right, let's go to work.
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Do you believe that God
is a good God?  Aud.:  Yes.
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PB:  What a mighty God
we serve. [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  Angels bow before
Him, heaven and earth adore Him,
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what a mighty God we serve.
Now, do you believe tonight
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that God is omnipotent?
Everybody say "omnipotent."
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Aud.:  Omnipotent.   PB:
Omnipotent means He's all
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powerful. He's all what,
everybody?  Aud.: Powerful.
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PB:  That means there
is nothing God can't do.
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God is not only omnipotent
but God is omniscient.
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Everybody say
"omniscient." Aud.:  Omniscient.
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PB:  That means God is
all knowing. God knows what
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you need before you
know you even need it.
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God is omniscient. But
not only is God omnipotent,
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omniscient, God is omnipresent,
which means He's all places.
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He's all what,
everybody?  Aud.: Places.
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PB:  And what the blessing
about God is, He's omnipresent
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and He's all places at
the same time. But not only
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is God omnipotent, not
only is God omniscient,
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not only is God omnipresent,
but God is also sovereign,
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which means God can do
what He wants, when He wants,
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where He wants, how He
wants, and He doesn't have to
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ask you or me for
permission to do as He wants.
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But not only is God
omnipotent, omniscient,
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omnipresent, not
only is God sovereign,
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but God is also
timeless. God is timeless.
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Everybody say
"timeless." Aud.:  Timeless.
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PB:  Which means
God was always here.
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Always has been
there, always will be here,
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always was and always is.
And because God is timeless,
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God is immortal.
Everybody say "immortal."
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Aud.:  Immortal.  PB: 
Which means God can't die.
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God is uncreated,
He is self-existent,
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He has no
beginning and He has no end.
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You didn't vote Him in
and you can't vote Him out.
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He is CEO of the universe.
Now, on the other hand,
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we as human beings are
mortal. Now, when you're mortal,
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mortal means you are subject
to death. What do I mean?
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Mortal is where we
get the word "mortuary."
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Everybody say
"mortuary." Aud.:  Mortuary.
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PB:  That's a funeral home.
Mortuary means house of death.
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A mortician is one
who works with the dead,
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and of course a
mortgage is when you will
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pay it until you're
dead.  [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  But God is
infinite. Humans are finite.
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God is eternal.
Humans, we are transitory.
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God is immortal.
Humans are mortal.
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No human being lives
forever. Human beings
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are subject to
death. The Bible is clear in
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Ecclesiastes 9:5 and
6, "For the living know
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that they shall die; but
the dead know not anything."
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God created this earth in
six literal days. On day one,
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God said in the Word,
Genesis 1:1, "In the beginning
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God created the heavens
and the earth, and the earth
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was without form and
void; darkness was upon the
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face of the deep and
the Spirit of God moved upon
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the face of the waters. And
God said 'Let there be light.'
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And there was light."  On
day six, Genesis 1:26, God said,
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"And let us make man in our
own image after our likeness."
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I love that text, because the
text reminds us of the Father,
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the Son, and the Holy
Ghost. They were all active in
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creation. It was the Father,
the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
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If it were not, the text
would not say "And God said,
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let us make man," but
the text would have said "
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And God said, let me make
man." Which means God made man.
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Man didn't come from
monkeys [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  Man came from God.
Man didn't come from a big
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bang theory. Man came
from God, and don't you let
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anybody else tell you man
came from anybody else but God.
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How did God create man
in the beginning? Well,
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let's see what the
Word says. Go to the book
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of Genesis. What book,
everybody?  Aud.:  Genesis.
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PB:  And we're going
to Genesis chapter 2,
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and we want to go
to verse number 7.
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Genesis chapter 2,
verse number 7. Man, yes,
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came from God, but
how did God create man?
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Genesis chapter 2, verse
number 7. Genesis 2, verse 7.
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The Word of God says,
"And the Lord God formed
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man of the dust of
the"--what, everybody?
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Aud.:  Ground.  PB: 
"And breathed into his
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nostrils the breath
of" what? Aud.:  Life.
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PB:  "And man became a
living" what?  Aud.:  Soul.
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PB:  Let's read
it one more time.
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"The Lord God formed man of
the dust of the" what?  Aud.:
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Ground. "Breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life;
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and man became a
living" what? Soul.
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So  we discover
man came from God.
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God created man using
the dust of the ground.
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Then God breathed into
man's nostrils, his nose,
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the breath of life, and
man became a living soul.
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Which then means, in order for
a person to be a living soul,
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you need two things:
You need dust of the ground
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and you need the
breath of life in order for a
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man to be a living
soul. Dust plus breath equals
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living what? Soul. One
more time. Dust plus breath
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of life equals
living what? Aud.:  Soul.
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PB:  That's what
God used to create man.
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But what is the
reverse of that process?
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That's what gave man
life. What happens to
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man at death? Let's
see what the Word says.
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Ecclesiastes
chapter 12, verse number 7.
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Ecclesiastes
chapter 12, verse number 7.
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What happens to man
at death? The Word of God
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says in Ecclesiastes
chapter 12, verse number 7-
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-if you have it, let me
hear you say amen.  Aud.:  Amen.
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PB:  The Word says,
"Then shall the dust return to
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the earth as it was,
and the spirit shall return"
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unto whom,
everybody? "God, who gave it."
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"Then shall the dust
return to the earth as it was,
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and the spirit shall
return unto God, who gave it."
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So, we discover when man
was created, God used dust
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of the ground; breathed
into his nostrils the breath
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of what, everybody?  Aud.: Life.
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PB:  And man became a
living what?  Aud.:  Soul.
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PB:  All right, so dust plus
breath equals living what? Aud.:
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Soul. PB:  If I don't
have dust, but I have breath,
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do I have a
living soul?  Aud.: No.
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PB:  No, because I
need dust and I need what?
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Breath. Are you
hearing what I'm saying?
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If I do have dust
but I don't have breath,
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do I have a
living soul?  Aud.: No.
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PB:  Because I
need dust plus what?
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Breath in order to be a living
what, everybody?  Aud.:  Soul.
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PB:  When a person
dies, the reverse of that
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process takes place. The
body returns to what? Dust.
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The body returns to
what, everybody?  Aud.:  Dust.
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PB:  It returns to dust. We
recognize that the Word says,
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the spirit
returns to whom? God. Now,
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the question
becomes for many people,
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what is the spirit?
Is the spirit the soul,
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or is the spirit
the breath of life? Now,
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remember we read in Genesis
chapter 2, verse number 7,
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"And the Lord God formed
man of the dust of the ground,
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breathed into his nostrils
the breath of--what, everybody?
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Life. Man became a
living what? Aud.:  Soul.
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PB:  When a person dies,
the body returns to what? Dust,
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and the spirit returns
to whom? God. But how do we
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know what the spirit is? Is
the spirit the breath of life,
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or is the spirit the
soul? Take your Bibles,
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go with me to the book of
Job, and let's find out what the
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spirit is. Job 27, and we're
going to verse number 3. Job 27,
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and we're going to verse
number 3. The Word of God
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speaks in Job chapter
27 and verse number 3.
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If you have it, let me
hear you say amen.  Aud.:  Amen.
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PB:  All right, Job
27, verse 37, I'm reading.
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The Word says, "All the
while my breath is in me,
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and the Spirit of
God is in my nostrils."
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Which means the breath is the
spirit which is in our nostrils.
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When man was created,
God took dust of the ground,
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breathed into his nostrils
the breath of life the spirit,
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and man became a living
what? Soul. When a person dies,
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the body returns to dust, the
breath or the spirit returns to
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God, and there is no
more soul. It ceases to exist,
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because you can't have
a soul if you don't have
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breath and dust. Are
you hearing what I'm saying?
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Dust plus breath equals
spirit. When a person dies,
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the body returns to
dust, spirit returns to God,
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the soul ceases to
exist. The Bible definition for
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a soul is body plus breath,
the spirit, is a living soul.
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A living, breathing
being is a soul. The Bible then
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is telling us that we
are souls. The reality is,
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we don't have souls, we
are souls. Let me say that
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one more time. We are
souls. We don't have souls,
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we are souls. The soul
that sins, Ezekiel 18:4 says,
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"The soul that sins, it shall
die." All of us have sinned
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and come short of the glory
of God. If it weren't for Jesus,
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if it weren't for the
blood of Jesus, all of us would
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be destined to hell. For
the wages of sin is death,
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but the gift of God is eternal
life through Jesus Christ our
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Lord. Let's review this one
more time, make sure we have it.
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Repetition
deepens the impression.
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When God created us,
God took dust of the what?
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Ground, breathed into man's
nostrils the breath of what?
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Aud.:  Life. PB:  Man then
became a living what?  Aud.: 
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Soul. PB:  When a person dies,
the body returns to what? Dust.
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The spirit returns
to whom? Aud.:  God.
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PB:  God. And the soul ceases to
what, everybody?  Aud.:  Exist.
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PB:  Because the reality is, I
don't have a soul, I am a soul,
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and the soul that sins,
it shall die. Now, I said all
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of that to say this one
thing: Dead people are dead.
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[Aud. reaction]  PB:  Dead
people are dead. When a person
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dies, the body returns to what?
Dust. The spirit and the breath
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return to whom? God. The
soul ceases to what? Exist.
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Dead people are dead. So
if you don't get anything
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else tonight--what did he
preach on? Dead people are dead.
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Are you hearing what I'm
saying, everybody? All right,
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let me give you some proof. Stay
in Job. Go to Job chapter 7.
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Go to Job chapter 7, quickly,
we're going to verse 9 and 10.
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Job chapter 7, and we're
going to verses 9 and 10.
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Job chapter 7, verses 9
and 10. The question is,
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Do dead people go back
and haunt their houses?
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No, no, no. Job 7: 9
and 10, the Word says, "
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As the cloud is
consumed and vanisheth away:
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so he that goeth down to
the grave shall come up no more.
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He shall return
no more to his house,
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neither shall his
place know him any more."
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Well, Big Mama
was talking to me.
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Grandmama came and
visited me. No, she didn't.
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Grandmama, Big Mama,
is dead. Are you hearing
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what I'm saying? The
Bible says dead people do
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not go back and haunt
houses. Well, I thought Mama
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was talking--no, Mama
wasn't talking to you.
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You just ate before you
went to bed, and so your
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mind is 
wandering. Come on, say amen.
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[Aud. reaction]  PB:  Dead
people are what, everybody?
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[Aud. reaction]Dead.  PB:
 Dead. Let's get some more.
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Go to Job 14. Well,
they don't haunt houses,
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but do dead people know
what we're doing on earth?
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Let's read the Word. Job
chapter 14, verse number 12.
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Job chapter 14, verse
number 12. The Word of God says
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in Job chapter 14,
verse 12, "So man lieth down,
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and riseth not: till
the heavens be no more,
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they shall not awake, nor
be raised out of their sleep."
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Verse 21: "His sons come to
honour, and he knoweth it not;
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and they are brought low, but
he perceiveth it not of them."
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Dead people do not know what
their loved ones on earth are
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doing, because dead people are
what, everybody?  Aud.:  Dead.
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PB:  Come on, dead people are
what, everybody?  Aud.:  Dead.
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PB:  Do dead people
haunt people's houses? No.
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Because dead people
are what? Aud.:  Dead.
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PB:  Do dead people
know what their loved ones
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on earth are doing? No, because
dead people are what?  Aud.:
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Dead. PB:  Go to Psalms, the
book of Psalms. And we're going
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to Psalm 6, and we're going to
verse number 5. Psalm 6, verse
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5. The dead do not remember
or give thanks. The Word of
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God says in Psalm 6,
verse 5, "For in death there is
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no remembrance of thee: in
the grave who shall give thee
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thanks?" Dead people do not
remember, nor do dead people
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give thanks, because dead people
are what, everybody?  Aud.: 
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Dead. PB:  Dead. Psalm 115,
let's go there. Do dead people
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praise the Lord? Psalm 115, and
we're going to verse number 17.
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Psalm 115, and we're going
to verse number 17. Psalm 115,
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verse number 17. The Word
of God says, "The dead praise
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not the Lord, neither any
that go down into silence."
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The dead cannot praise the
Lord, because the dead are what,
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everybody? Aud.:  Dead.  PB: 
That's why I make sure I come to
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church and I'm alive, 'cause
I can't be dead. Come on, say
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amen. Aud.:  Amen.   PB: 
God does not want anything dead.
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God says present your
bodies a living sacrifice,
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holy and acceptable unto
God, which is your reasonable
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service. So because the dead
can't praise the Lord, while
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I've got life, I ought to praise
the Lord. Are you hearing what
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I'm saying? [Aud. reaction] 
PB:  The dead do not praise the
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Lord, because dead people are
what, everybody?  Aud.:  Dead.
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PB:  The dead do not
remember or give thanks,
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because dead people are
what, everybody?  Aud.:  Dead.
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PB:  The dead do not know what
their loved ones on earth are
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doing, because dead people are
what, everybody?  Aud.:  Dead.
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PB:  The dead do not
come back and haunt houses,
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because dead people are
what, everybody?  Aud.:  Dead.
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PB:  Dead. Psalm 146,
verse number 4. Psalm 146,
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verse number 4. Can dead
people think? The Word says,
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"His breath goeth forth,
he returneth to his earth;
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in that very day his
thoughts"--do what, everybody?
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Aud.:  Perish. PB: 
Perish. Dead people can't think,
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because dead people
are dead. Dead people can't
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praise the Lord,
because dead people are dead.
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Dead people cannot
remember or give thanks,
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because dead people are
what, everybody?  Aud.:  Dead.
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PB:  Dead people do
not know what their loved
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ones on earth are doing, because
dead people are what, everybody?
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Aud.:  Dead.  PB:  Dead people
do not go back and haunt houses,
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because dead people are
what, everybody?  Aud.:  Dead.
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PB:  Dead people are dead.
Dead people are not in heaven
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looking down on you.
Dead people are dead.
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If dead people were in
heaven looking down on you,
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when Lazarus died Jesus
would have told him "come down."
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Jesus told him to
"come forth." [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  Dead people are dead. So
how does this all work together.
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Well, let's go back to
our time line. How does this
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all work together. Remember,
at Jesus' second coming,
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the Bible teaches
there's a first resurrection.
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There's a what resurrection,
everybody?  Aud.:  First.
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PB:  And the resurrection is
a resurrection of the righteous.
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At Jesus' second coming, the
righteous dead rise what?  Aud.:
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First. PB:  Come on, the
righteous dead rise what? First.
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The righteous living are caught
up to meet the Lord in the what?
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Aud.:  Air. PB:  If the
righteous were already in
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heaven, who would
Jesus be coming back for?
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If the dead in Christ
were already in heaven,
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who would rise first
at Jesus' second coming?
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"But God is not a
man that he should lie;
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neither is he the Son of
man that he would repent."
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If the Lord said
it, you can count on it.
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He will do just what
He says. The Lord said,
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"He shall descend
from heaven with a shout,
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with the voice of the
archangel and the trump of God;
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and the dead in
Christ shall rise first."
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At Jesus' second coming, the
righteous dead rise what? First.
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The righteous living are called
up to meet the Lord in the what?
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Air. The wicked living die
at the brightness of His what?
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Aud.:  Coming. PB:  The wicked
dead remain what?  Aud.:  Dead.
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PB:  For how many
years?  Aud.: A thousand.
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PB:  How many
years?  Aud.:  A thousand.
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PB:  A thousand years. At
the end of the thousand years,
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is there a
resurrection?  Aud.: Yes.
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PB:  It's a
resurrection of the wicked.
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A resurrection of the what,
everybody?  Aud.:  The wicked.
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PB:  But during the 1,000 years,
the righteous are in where?
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Aud.:  Heaven. PB:  In heaven.
And the wicked are what?  Aud.: 
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Dead. PB:  Dead, here
on this what? Aud.:  Earth.
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PB:  Can Satan
deceive?  Aud.: No.
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PB:  He can't deceive because
the righteous are in where?
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Aud.:  Heaven. PB:  And the
wicked are what? Aud.:  Dead.
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PB:  Here on this
what?  Aud.: Earth.
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PB:  Satan has no resurrection
power, because God took
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six days to speak life and
speak something out of nothing.
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Satan will have 1,000 years.
Satan, if you've got so much
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power, if you've got so much
authority, then in 1,000 years
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raise somebody from the
dead. But Satan can't do it,
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because Jesus said "I am
the resurrection and the life."
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Satan can't do anything
without the permission of God.
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The righteous are
participating in judgment.
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They are looking over the
books, because Satan has been
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an accuser of the brethren.
Satan has told people that God
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is unjust; that God is unfair;
that God is not right; that God
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doesn't want to save people. No,
no, no, no. People will be able
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to look over the books in
heaven during the 1,000 years,
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and the righteous will see
where God gave everybody an
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opportunity to be saved.
If you are lost, if I am lost,
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if we are lost, it's nobody's
fault but ours.  Aud.:  Amen.
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PB:  At the end of the 1,000
years--we learned it last night,
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there's going to be
another resurrection. This is a
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resurrection of the
wicked. Satan will deceive the
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wicked one more time.
He will deceive the wicked
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one more time. You can hear
him say it: I resurrected you.
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I resurrected you. The
Bible says in Revelation 21
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that the new Jerusalem
is going to come down at
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that time out of heaven, as a
bride adorned for her husband.
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Satan will deceive
the wicked one last time,
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as the city is coming
down, into making them think
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they can circle the city
and they can overthrow the city.
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But it's at that time,
friends of mine, that God's
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going to rain down fire.
Remember, I told you last night,
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he said at the flood, it won't
be water but fire next time.
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He's going to burn this
place up. Satan and his imps
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are going to be destroyed
forever and ever and ever.
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The wicked are going to be
destroyed forever and ever and
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ever. Pastor Byrd, why
must Jesus resurrect the wicked
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only for them to die
again in hell's lake of fire?
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At the end of the 1,000
years, that will be the only
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time in earth's history when
everyone who has ever lived,
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we will all be
alive at the same time.
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Hitler will be alive,
Donald Trump will be alive,
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Barack Obama will be
alive, I will be alive,
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you will be alive.
We will all be alive,
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because the prophecy
must come to pass that
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one day every knee
shall bow, every tongue must
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confess that Jesus Christ
is Lord.   [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  At His first coming,
He came to save His people.
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At His second coming,
He comes to get his people.
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But at his third coming,
He's coming back--hallelujah-
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-with His people. Are
you hearing what I'm saying?
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[Aud. reaction]   PB:
Hallelujah. Home at last.
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We, the redeemed, will
be home at last. But Satan
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is a liar. Satan is a
liar. He wants people to think
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that dead people are
alive and can be contacted.
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But the living know
that they shall die. But the
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dead know not
anything. The dead are dead!
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Let me tell you something
tonight in the name of Jesus.
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You'd better leave all
these evil, crazy spirits,
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all this voodoo, all
this Ouija board mess alone.
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Are you hearing what
I'm telling you, everybody?
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Some people take
issue with me, but I'm going
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to say it anyhow. I don't
ask everybody to pray for me,
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because if you are not
of the same Spirit of God,
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I don't need crazy
spirits praying on me.
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I don't need people
touching me who don't
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believe in the God that--Are
you hearing what I'm saying?
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[Aud. reaction]   PB: 
Leave that crazy stuff alone!
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To the law and to the
testimony. If they speak
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not according to this
Word, it is because there
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is no light in them.
Satan knows the Bible
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better than you.
Satan can quote Scripture
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better than you. Satan
can preach better than you.
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Satan tempted Jesus, and
he will sure enough tempt you.
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I told you Saturday
night, he's not in a red suit.
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He doesn't have horns.
He doesn't have a tail.
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He doesn't have a pitchfork.
I told you Saturday night,
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some of you work for the devil.
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Some of you live with the devil.
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Some of you
sleep with the devil.
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Some of you are
sitting next to the devil.
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Satan will transform
himself into an angel of light,
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and he will
appear as a minister.
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That's why you've
got to know the Word of
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God for yourself.
Everything I preach,
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everything I teach,
you'd better check it
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out against the Word
of God. Because if it
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ain't in the Word, it
doesn't deserve to be heard!
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Satan will
deceive you on the Word,
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Satan will deceive you on life;
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Satan will deceive you on death;
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Satan will deceive
you on resurrection power,
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making himself
think and appear that he
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can resurrect
anybody. But Satan can't
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resurrect
anybody. If he could do it,
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he would do it
during the thousand years.
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Satan can't give life.
Only Jesus can give life.
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Jesus said, I have come
that you might have life,
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and you might have
it more abundantly.
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I am the
resurrection and the life.
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Understand at Calvary,
Satan thought he defeated Jesus.
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But on the third
appointed day, Jesus got up,
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and He got up with
all power in His hands.
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Power over
death, power over heal,
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power over the
grave, and because He lives,
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I live. Because He
got up, one day the dead
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in Christ are going
to get up. I serve a
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risen Savior; 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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Behold, I show you a
mystery, that one day we
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shall not all sleep,
but we shall be changed.
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In a moment, in the
twinkling of an eye,
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one day this mortal
will put on immortality.
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One day this corruptible
will put on incorruption,
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and death is going to
be swallowed up in victory.
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Victory is
mine, victory is mine,
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victory today is
mine. I told Satan,
00:24:57.99\00:25:00.80
get thee behind.
Victory today is mine.
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Some of you all
don't like to sing.
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Some of you don't like to shout.
00:25:05.97\00:25:07.44
Some of you don't like
to see me stomp my feet.
00:25:07.47\00:25:09.70
Some of you don't
like to see me when I
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beat this desk like
this. But if you don't
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like it down here, I
don't know what you're
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going to do when we
get up there. Because when
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we all get to heaven,
what a day of rejoicing
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that will be.
When we all see Jesus,
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we'll sing and
shout the victory!
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Somebody ought to give
Him glory in this place.
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Somebody ought to give
Him honor in this place.
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Somebody ought to give
Him praise in this place.
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Has God been good to
anybody? Has God picked
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anybody up, turned
him around, placed him
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on solid ground. Has
God been good?  [Music]
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[Aud. reaction]  PB:  I
praise Him. I praise Him.
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I praise Him. I praise
Him. Wild horses can't keep
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me back from the
Kingdom. I praise Him. I ain't
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going to hell or jail
for anybody. I praise Him.
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Jesus got a mansion with
Byrd's name written all over it.
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Dead people are dead. Oh, but
when we get to God's kingdom,
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our loved ones, our
family, our friends,
00:26:12.63\00:26:20.08
if they've died in the
Lord, the Bible says they are
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going to rise first. Can you
imagine that? For your mother,
00:26:25.15\00:26:30.22
for your father who
has died in the Lord,
00:26:30.25\00:26:34.16
they fell asleep in Jesus.
But the next voice they're
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going to hear is going
to be the voice of Jesus.
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Their eyes are just
going to light up and they're
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going to see
Jesus in all His glory.
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But you know, the sad
thing is at the second coming,
00:26:48.07\00:26:51.61
if a person doesn't rise
first, that's not a good thing.
00:26:51.64\00:26:56.78
If they don't rise
first, that's not a good thing.
00:26:56.81\00:27:02.42
But you know what, at
the second coming I ain't
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going to be worried
about who rising first.
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I ain't going to be
looking around trying to
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figure out who's getting
up, who's not getting up.
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I'm just going to be
thankful, Lord, I got up.
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Are you hearing what
I'm saying? [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  Ha ha! So
that's why I praise Him.
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That's why I praise Him.
That's why I lift Him up.
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That's why I magnify
His name. And I don't
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care what anyone says
or thinks. I'm getting
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older and I could
care less. [Aud. reaction]
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PB:  I know what
Jesus has done for me.
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I've been through too
much not to worship Him.
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I've been through too
much not to praise Him.
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Some of you, all of you,
know what I'm talking about.
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You were strung out somewhere
until Jesus touched you
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and He picked you up
and He turned you around.
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I wish you would let
somebody mean-mug you like
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you can't praise God. I
know what God has done for me!
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>:  Thank you for
joining us for another exciting
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Breath of Life
television broadcast.
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Tune in next
week at the same time,
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as Dr. Byrd will
deliver another dynamic message
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from the Lord, just for you.
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Until next time,
may God bless you.
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