Participants: Carlton P. Byrd
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000554A
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00:01 Breath of Life Ministries Presents:
00:06 Sermon B554 The State of the Dead 00:12 [Breath of Life Theme Music] 00:20 PB: God, You're good. You're all that, then some. 00:22 And we praise You tonight. Lord, You have been 00:25 with us Saturday night, Sunday night, Tuesday night, 00:28 and you're with us here tonight. We've seen You 00:30 through the prayer time, through the music, 00:31 but now we need a Word from You. 00:33 God, disappoint us not we pray, and we give you 00:36 all the praise, the honor, and the glory. 00:38 In the name of Jesus we pray. Let everyone say amen. 00:41 Aud.: Amen. PB: Amen. Amen. All right, let's go to work. 00:45 Do you believe that God is a good God? Aud.: Yes. 00:48 PB: What a mighty God we serve. [Aud. reaction] 00:52 PB: Angels bow before Him, heaven and earth adore Him, 00:56 what a mighty God we serve. Now, do you believe tonight 01:00 that God is omnipotent? Everybody say "omnipotent." 01:03 Aud.: Omnipotent. PB: Omnipotent means He's all powerful. 01:05 He's all what, everybody? Aud.: Powerful. 01:07 PB: That means there is nothing God can't do. 01:10 God is not only omnipotent but God is omniscient. 01:14 Everybody say "omniscient." Aud.: Omniscient. 01:16 PB: That means God is all knowing. God knows what 01:20 you need before you know you even need it. 01:22 God is omniscient. But not only is God omnipotent, 01:25 omniscient, God is omnipresent, which means He's all places. 01:30 He's all what, everybody? Aud.: Places. 01:32 PB: And what the blessing about God is, He's omnipresent 01:35 and He's all places at the same time. But not only 01:39 is God omnipotent, not only is God omniscient, 01:41 not only is God omnipresent, but God is also sovereign, 01:45 which means God can do what He wants, when He wants, 01:50 where He wants, how He wants, and He doesn't have to 01:54 ask you or me for permission to do as He wants. 01:57 But not only is God omnipotent, omniscient, 02:00 omnipresent, not only is God sovereign, 02:03 but God is also timeless. God is timeless. 02:08 Everybody say "timeless." Aud.: Timeless. 02:09 PB: Which means God was always here. 02:12 Always has been there, always will be here, 02:16 always was and always is. And because God is timeless, 02:21 God is immortal. Everybody say "immortal." 02:24 Aud.: Immortal. PB: Which means God can't die. 02:27 God is uncreated, He is self-existent, 02:32 He has no beginning and He has no end. 02:36 You didn't vote Him in and you can't vote Him out. 02:40 He is CEO of the universe. Now, on the other hand, 02:46 we as human beings are mortal. Now, when you're mortal, 02:51 mortal means you are subject to death. What do I mean? 02:56 Mortal is where we get the word "mortuary." 02:59 Everybody say "mortuary." Aud.: Mortuary. 03:01 PB: That's a funeral home. Mortuary means house of death. 03:06 A mortician is one who works with the dead, 03:10 and of course a mortgage is when you will 03:13 pay it until you're dead. [Aud. reaction] 03:16 PB: But God is infinite. Humans are finite. 03:23 God is eternal. Humans, we are transitory. 03:30 God is immortal. Humans are mortal. 03:36 No human being lives forever. Human beings 03:42 are subject to death. The Bible is clear in 03:46 Ecclesiastes 9:5 and 6, "For the living know 03:49 that they shall die; but the dead know not anything." 03:55 God created this earth in six literal days. On day one, 04:01 God said in the Word, Genesis 1:1, "In the beginning 04:05 God created the heavens and the earth, and the earth 04:09 was without form and void; darkness was upon the 04:12 face of the deep and the Spirit of God moved upon 04:14 the face of the waters. And God said 'Let there be light.' 04:20 And there was light." On day six, Genesis 1:26, God said, 04:27 "And let us make man in our own image after our likeness." 04:32 I love that text, because the text reminds us of the Father, 04:36 the Son, and the Holy Ghost. They were all active in creation. 04:41 It was the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. 04:44 If it were not, the text would not say "And God said, 04:46 let us make man," but the text would have said " 04:49 And God said, let me make man." Which means God made man. 04:54 Man didn't come from monkeys [Aud. reaction] 04:58 PB: Man came from God. Man didn't come from a big 05:02 bang theory. Man came from God, and don't you let 05:07 anybody else tell you man came from anybody else but God. 05:11 How did God create man in the beginning? Well, 05:14 let's see what the Word says. Go to the book 05:16 of Genesis. What book, everybody? Aud.: Genesis. 05:18 PB: And we're going to Genesis chapter 2, 05:20 and we want to go to verse number 7. 05:22 Genesis chapter 2, verse number 7. Man, yes, 05:26 came from God, but how did God create man? 05:30 Genesis chapter 2, verse number 7. Genesis 2, verse 7. 05:34 The Word of God says, "And the Lord God formed 05:38 man of the dust of the"--what, everybody? 05:40 Aud.: Ground. PB: "And breathed into his 05:42 nostrils the breath of" what? Aud.: Life. 05:44 PB: "And man became a living" what? Aud.: Soul. 05:46 PB: Let's read it one more time. 05:48 "The Lord God formed man of the dust of the" what? Aud.: Ground. 05:50 "Breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; 05:53 and man became a living" what? Soul. 05:55 So we discover man came from God. 05:59 God created man using the dust of the ground. 06:03 Then God breathed into man's nostrils, his nose, 06:06 the breath of life, and man became a living soul. 06:10 Which then means, in order for a person to be a living soul, 06:14 you need two things: You need dust of the ground 06:17 and you need the breath of life in order for a 06:20 man to be a living soul. Dust plus breath equals 06:24 living what? Soul. One more time. Dust plus breath 06:31 of life equals living what? Aud.: Soul. 06:33 PB: That's what God used to create man. 06:36 But what is the reverse of that process? 06:39 That's what gave man life. What happens to 06:42 man at death? Let's see what the Word says. 06:47 Ecclesiastes chapter 12, verse number 7. 06:53 Ecclesiastes chapter 12, verse number 7. 06:59 What happens to man at death? The Word of God 07:05 says in Ecclesiastes chapter 12, verse number 7- 07:07 -if you have it, let me hear you say amen. Aud.: Amen. 07:09 PB: The Word says, "Then shall the dust return to 07:12 the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return" 07:16 unto whom, everybody? "God, who gave it." 07:19 "Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was, 07:21 and the spirit shall return unto God, who gave it." 07:26 So, we discover when man was created, God used dust 07:30 of the ground; breathed into his nostrils the breath 07:34 of what, everybody? Aud.: Life. 07:35 PB: And man became a living what? Aud.: Soul. 07:37 PB: All right, so dust plus breath equals living what? Aud.: Soul. 07:43 PB: If I don't have dust, but I have breath, 07:46 do I have a living soul? Aud.: No. 07:47 PB: No, because I need dust and I need what? 07:50 Breath. Are you hearing what I'm saying? 07:52 If I do have dust but I don't have breath, 07:55 do I have a living soul? Aud.: No. 07:57 PB: Because I need dust plus what? 07:59 Breath in order to be a living what, everybody? Aud.: Soul. 08:02 PB: When a person dies, the reverse of that 08:04 process takes place. The body returns to what? Dust. 08:08 The body returns to what, everybody? Aud.: Dust. 08:11 PB: It returns to dust. We recognize that the Word says, 08:14 the spirit returns to whom? God. Now, 08:17 the question becomes for many people, 08:20 what is the spirit? Is the spirit the soul, 08:23 or is the spirit the breath of life? Now, 08:27 remember we read in Genesis chapter 2, verse number 7, 08:29 "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, 08:31 breathed into his nostrils the breath of--what, everybody? 08:35 Life. Man became a living what? Aud.: Soul. 08:37 PB: When a person dies, the body returns to what? Dust, 08:39 and the spirit returns to whom? God. But how do we 08:43 know what the spirit is? Is the spirit the breath of life, 08:47 or is the spirit the soul? Take your Bibles, 08:51 go with me to the book of Job, and let's find out what the spirit is. 08:58 Job 27, and we're going to verse number 3. Job 27, 09:04 and we're going to verse number 3. The Word of God 09:08 speaks in Job chapter 27 and verse number 3. 09:11 If you have it, let me hear you say amen. Aud.: Amen. 09:13 PB: All right, Job 27, verse 37, I'm reading. 09:15 The Word says, "All the while my breath is in me, 09:19 and the Spirit of God is in my nostrils." 09:25 Which means the breath is the spirit which is in our nostrils. 09:33 When man was created, God took dust of the ground, 09:37 breathed into his nostrils the breath of life the spirit, 09:41 and man became a living what? Soul. When a person dies, 09:45 the body returns to dust, the breath or the spirit returns to God, 09:51 and there is no more soul. It ceases to exist, 09:55 because you can't have a soul if you don't have 09:58 breath and dust. Are you hearing what I'm saying? 10:02 Dust plus breath equals spirit. When a person dies, 10:06 the body returns to dust, spirit returns to God, 10:09 the soul ceases to exist. The Bible definition for 10:14 a soul is body plus breath, the spirit, is a living soul. 10:19 A living, breathing being is a soul. The Bible then 10:24 is telling us that we are souls. The reality is, 10:31 we don't have souls, we are souls. Let me say that 10:35 one more time. We are souls. We don't have souls, 10:41 we are souls. The soul that sins, Ezekiel 18:4 says, 10:48 "The soul that sins, it shall die." All of us have sinned 10:56 and come short of the glory of God. If it weren't for Jesus, 11:01 if it weren't for the blood of Jesus, all of us would 11:05 be destined to hell. For the wages of sin is death, 11:10 but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. 11:15 Let's review this one more time, make sure we have it. 11:18 Repetition deepens the impression. 11:19 When God created us, God took dust of the what? 11:23 Ground, breathed into man's nostrils the breath of what? Aud.: Life. 11:27 PB: Man then became a living what? Aud.: Soul. 11:29 PB: When a person dies, the body returns to what? Dust. 11:32 The spirit returns to whom? Aud.: God. 11:34 PB: God. And the soul ceases to what, everybody? Aud.: Exist. 11:38 PB: Because the reality is, I don't have a soul, I am a soul, 11:41 and the soul that sins, it shall die. Now, I said all 11:47 of that to say this one thing: Dead people are dead. 11:54 [Aud. reaction] PB: Dead people are dead. When a person dies, 12:04 the body returns to what? Dust. The spirit and the breath 12:09 return to whom? God. The soul ceases to what? Exist. 12:14 Dead people are dead. So if you don't get anything 12:20 else tonight--what did he preach on? Dead people are dead. 12:26 Are you hearing what I'm saying, everybody? All right, 12:28 let me give you some proof. Stay in Job. Go to Job chapter 7. 12:32 Go to Job chapter 7, quickly, we're going to verse 9 and 10. 12:35 Job chapter 7, and we're going to verses 9 and 10. 12:39 Job chapter 7, verses 9 and 10. The question is, 12:43 Do dead people go back and haunt their houses? 12:46 No, no, no. Job 7: 9 and 10, the Word says, " 12:48 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: 12:51 so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. 12:54 He shall return no more to his house, 12:56 neither shall his place know him any more." 12:59 Well, Big Mama was talking to me. 13:01 Grandmama came and visited me. No, she didn't. 13:06 Grandmama, Big Mama, is dead. Are you hearing 13:10 what I'm saying? The Bible says dead people do 13:14 not go back and haunt houses. Well, I thought Mama 13:17 was talking--no, Mama wasn't talking to you. 13:18 You just ate before you went to bed, and so your 13:20 mind is wandering. Come on, say amen. 13:23 [Aud. reaction] PB: Dead people are what, everybody? 13:24 [Aud. reaction]Dead. PB: Dead. Let's get some more. 13:27 Go to Job 14. Well, they don't haunt houses, 13:30 but do dead people know what we're doing on earth? 13:34 Let's read the Word. Job chapter 14, verse number 12. 13:36 Job chapter 14, verse number 12. The Word of God says 13:39 in Job chapter 14, verse 12, "So man lieth down, 13:42 and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, 13:43 they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep." 13:46 Verse 21: "His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; 13:50 and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them." 13:54 Dead people do not know what their loved ones on earth are doing, 13:58 because dead people are what, everybody? Aud.: Dead. 14:00 PB: Come on, dead people are what, everybody? Aud.: Dead. 14:03 PB: Do dead people haunt people's houses? No. 14:04 Because dead people are what? Aud.: Dead. 14:06 PB: Do dead people know what their loved ones 14:09 on earth are doing? No, because dead people are what? Aud.: Dead. 14:12 PB: Go to Psalms, the book of Psalms. And we're going to Psalm 6, 14:16 and we're going to verse number 5. Psalm 6, verse 5. 14:20 The dead do not remember or give thanks. The Word of 14:22 God says in Psalm 6, verse 5, "For in death there is 14:26 no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?" 14:30 Dead people do not remember, nor do dead people give thanks, 14:34 because dead people are what, everybody? Aud.: Dead. 14:36 PB: Dead. Psalm 115, let's go there. Do dead people praise 14:40 the Lord? Psalm 115, and we're going to verse number 17. 14:43 Psalm 115, and we're going to verse number 17. Psalm 115, 14:48 verse number 17. The Word of God says, "The dead praise 14:52 not the Lord, neither any that go down into silence." 14:56 The dead cannot praise the Lord, because the dead are what, everybody? 15:00 Aud.: Dead. PB: That's why I make sure I come to 15:02 church and I'm alive, 'cause I can't be dead. Come on, say amen. 15:05 Aud.: Amen. PB: God does not want anything dead. 15:06 God says present your bodies a living sacrifice, 15:10 holy and acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 15:13 So because the dead can't praise the Lord, while I've got life, 15:16 I ought to praise the Lord. Are you hearing what I'm saying? 15:19 [Aud. reaction] PB: The dead do not praise the Lord, 15:21 because dead people are what, everybody? Aud.: Dead. 15:23 PB: The dead do not remember or give thanks, 15:25 because dead people are what, everybody? Aud.: Dead. 15:27 PB: The dead do not know what their loved ones on earth are doing, 15:30 because dead people are what, everybody? Aud.: Dead. 15:31 PB: The dead do not come back and haunt houses, 15:33 because dead people are what, everybody? Aud.: Dead. 15:36 PB: Dead. Psalm 146, verse number 4. Psalm 146, 15:43 verse number 4. Can dead people think? The Word says, 15:53 "His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; 15:59 in that very day his thoughts"--do what, everybody? Aud.: Perish. 16:05 PB: Perish. Dead people can't think, 16:07 because dead people are dead. Dead people can't 16:12 praise the Lord, because dead people are dead. 16:17 Dead people cannot remember or give thanks, 16:19 because dead people are what, everybody? Aud.: Dead. 16:22 PB: Dead people do not know what their loved 16:25 ones on earth are doing, because dead people are what, everybody? 16:27 Aud.: Dead. PB: Dead people do not go back and haunt houses, 16:30 because dead people are what, everybody? Aud.: Dead. 16:33 PB: Dead people are dead. Dead people are not in heaven 16:38 looking down on you. Dead people are dead. 16:43 If dead people were in heaven looking down on you, 16:45 when Lazarus died Jesus would have told him "come down." 16:49 Jesus told him to "come forth." [Aud. reaction] 16:51 PB: Dead people are dead. So how does this all work together. 16:59 Well, let's go back to our time line. How does this 17:02 all work together. Remember, at Jesus' second coming, 17:06 the Bible teaches there's a first resurrection. 17:09 There's a what resurrection, everybody? Aud.: First. 17:11 PB: And the resurrection is a resurrection of the righteous. 17:14 At Jesus' second coming, the righteous dead rise what? Aud.: First. 17:18 PB: Come on, the righteous dead rise what? First. 17:20 The righteous living are caught up to meet the Lord in the what? Aud.: Air. 17:23 PB: If the righteous were already in heaven, 17:25 who would Jesus be coming back for? 17:29 If the dead in Christ were already in heaven, 17:33 who would rise first at Jesus' second coming? 17:37 "But God is not a man that he should lie; 17:40 neither is he the Son of man that he would repent." 17:42 If the Lord said it, you can count on it. 17:46 He will do just what He says. The Lord said, 17:49 "He shall descend from heaven with a shout, 17:51 with the voice of the archangel and the trump of God; 17:53 and the dead in Christ shall rise first." 17:57 At Jesus' second coming, the righteous dead rise what? First. 18:02 The righteous living are called up to meet the Lord in the what? 18:04 Air. The wicked living die at the brightness of His what? Aud.: Coming. 18:08 PB: The wicked dead remain what? Aud.: Dead. 18:10 PB: For how many years? Aud.: A thousand. 18:12 PB: How many years? Aud.: A thousand. 18:13 PB: A thousand years. At the end of the thousand years, 18:15 is there a resurrection? Aud.: Yes. 18:17 PB: It's a resurrection of the wicked. 18:18 A resurrection of the what, everybody? Aud.: The wicked. 18:20 PB: But during the 1,000 years, the righteous are in where? Aud.: Heaven. 18:24 PB: In heaven. And the wicked are what? Aud.: Dead. 18:27 PB: Dead, here on this what? Aud.: Earth. 18:28 PB: Can Satan deceive? Aud.: No. 18:31 PB: He can't deceive because the righteous are in where? Aud.: Heaven. 18:33 PB: And the wicked are what? Aud.: Dead. 18:35 PB: Here on this what? Aud.: Earth. 18:36 PB: Satan has no resurrection power, because God took 18:39 six days to speak life and speak something out of nothing. 18:44 Satan will have 1,000 years. Satan, if you've got so much power, 18:48 if you've got so much authority, then in 1,000 years 18:52 raise somebody from the dead. But Satan can't do it, 18:56 because Jesus said "I am the resurrection and the life." 18:59 Satan can't do anything without the permission of God. 19:03 The righteous are participating in judgment. 19:07 They are looking over the books, because Satan has been 19:10 an accuser of the brethren. Satan has told people that God is unjust; 19:15 that God is unfair; that God is not right; that God doesn't 19:20 want to save people. No, no, no, no. People will be able to 19:23 look over the books in heaven during the 1,000 years, 19:25 and the righteous will see where God gave everybody an 19:28 opportunity to be saved. If you are lost, if I am lost, 19:32 if we are lost, it's nobody's fault but ours. Aud.: Amen. 19:36 PB: At the end of the 1,000 years--we learned it last night, 19:40 there's going to be another resurrection. This is a 19:43 resurrection of the wicked. Satan will deceive the 19:47 wicked one more time. He will deceive the wicked 19:50 one more time. You can hear him say it: I resurrected you. 19:53 I resurrected you. The Bible says in Revelation 21 19:55 that the new Jerusalem is going to come down at 19:58 that time out of heaven, as a bride adorned for her husband. 20:02 Satan will deceive the wicked one last time, 20:04 as the city is coming down, into making them think 20:06 they can circle the city and they can overthrow the city. 20:10 But it's at that time, friends of mine, that God's 20:13 going to rain down fire. Remember, I told you last night, 20:17 he said at the flood, it won't be water but fire next time. 20:20 He's going to burn this place up. Satan and his imps 20:24 are going to be destroyed forever and ever and ever. 20:27 The wicked are going to be destroyed forever and ever and ever. 20:32 Pastor Byrd, why must Jesus resurrect the wicked 20:36 only for them to die again in hell's lake of fire? 20:39 At the end of the 1,000 years, that will be the only 20:42 time in earth's history when everyone who has ever lived, 20:45 we will all be alive at the same time. 20:48 Hitler will be alive, Donald Trump will be alive, 20:51 Barack Obama will be alive, I will be alive, 20:54 you will be alive. We will all be alive, 20:56 because the prophecy must come to pass that 20:58 one day every knee shall bow, every tongue must 21:02 confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. [Aud. reaction] 21:08 PB: At His first coming, He came to save His people. 21:13 At His second coming, He comes to get his people. 21:18 But at his third coming, He's coming back--hallelujah- 21:23 -with His people. Are you hearing what I'm saying? 21:27 [Aud. reaction] PB: Hallelujah. Home at last. 21:29 We, the redeemed, will be home at last. But Satan 21:32 is a liar. Satan is a liar. He wants people to think 21:36 that dead people are alive and can be contacted. 21:40 But the living know that they shall die. But the 21:43 dead know not anything. The dead are dead! 21:49 Let me tell you something tonight in the name of Jesus. 21:52 You'd better leave all these evil, crazy spirits, 21:55 all this voodoo, all this Ouija board mess alone. 22:01 Are you hearing what I'm telling you, everybody? 22:04 Some people take issue with me, but I'm going 22:06 to say it anyhow. I don't ask everybody to pray for me, 22:09 because if you are not of the same Spirit of God, 22:13 I don't need crazy spirits praying on me. 22:17 I don't need people touching me who don't 22:20 believe in the God that--Are you hearing what I'm saying? 22:23 [Aud. reaction] PB: Leave that crazy stuff alone! 22:27 To the law and to the testimony. If they speak 22:30 not according to this Word, it is because there 22:33 is no light in them. Satan knows the Bible 22:37 better than you. Satan can quote Scripture 22:40 better than you. Satan can preach better than you. 22:43 Satan tempted Jesus, and he will sure enough tempt you. 22:46 I told you Saturday night, he's not in a red suit. 22:49 He doesn't have horns. He doesn't have a tail. 22:54 He doesn't have a pitchfork. I told you Saturday night, 22:57 some of you work for the devil. 22:59 Some of you live with the devil. 23:03 Some of you sleep with the devil. 23:05 Some of you are sitting next to the devil. 23:08 Satan will transform himself into an angel of light, 23:13 and he will appear as a minister. 23:16 That's why you've got to know the Word of 23:17 God for yourself. Everything I preach, 23:19 everything I teach, you'd better check it 23:22 out against the Word of God. Because if it 23:24 ain't in the Word, it doesn't deserve to be heard! 23:27 Satan will deceive you on the Word, 23:29 Satan will deceive you on life; 23:30 Satan will deceive you on death; 23:32 Satan will deceive you on resurrection power, 23:34 making himself think and appear that he 23:36 can resurrect anybody. But Satan can't 23:39 resurrect anybody. If he could do it, 23:42 he would do it during the thousand years. 23:43 Satan can't give life. Only Jesus can give life. 23:47 Jesus said, I have come that you might have life, 23:50 and you might have it more abundantly. 23:52 I am the resurrection and the life. 23:55 Understand at Calvary, Satan thought he defeated Jesus. 24:01 But on the third appointed day, Jesus got up, 24:06 and He got up with all power in His hands. 24:09 Power over death, power over heal, 24:12 power over the grave, and because He lives, 24:16 I live. Because He got up, one day the dead 24:22 in Christ are going to get up. I serve a 24:25 risen Savior; He's in the world today. 24:27 I know that He is living, whatever men may say. 24:30 I see His hand of mercy, I hear His voice of cheer. 24:32 And just the time I need Him, He's always near. 24:37 Behold, I show you a mystery, that one day we 24:39 shall not all sleep, but we shall be changed. 24:42 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, 24:45 one day this mortal will put on immortality. 24:48 One day this corruptible will put on incorruption, 24:50 and death is going to be swallowed up in victory. 24:54 Victory is mine, victory is mine, 24:57 victory today is mine. I told Satan, 25:00 get thee behind. Victory today is mine. 25:04 Some of you all don't like to sing. 25:05 Some of you don't like to shout. 25:07 Some of you don't like to see me stomp my feet. 25:09 Some of you don't like to see me when I 25:11 beat this desk like this. But if you don't 25:13 like it down here, I don't know what you're 25:15 going to do when we get up there. Because when 25:16 we all get to heaven, what a day of rejoicing 25:19 that will be. When we all see Jesus, 25:22 we'll sing and shout the victory! 25:25 Somebody ought to give Him glory in this place. 25:27 Somebody ought to give Him honor in this place. 25:30 Somebody ought to give Him praise in this place. 25:32 Has God been good to anybody? Has God picked 25:36 anybody up, turned him around, placed him 25:39 on solid ground. Has God been good? [Music] 25:41 [Aud. reaction] PB: I praise Him. I praise Him. 25:46 I praise Him. I praise Him. Wild horses can't keep 25:51 me back from the Kingdom. I praise Him. I ain't 25:54 going to hell or jail for anybody. I praise Him. 25:57 Jesus got a mansion with Byrd's name written all over it. 26:02 Dead people are dead. Oh, but when we get to God's kingdom, 26:12 our loved ones, our family, our friends, 26:20 if they've died in the Lord, the Bible says they are 26:25 going to rise first. Can you imagine that? For your mother, 26:30 for your father who has died in the Lord, 26:34 they fell asleep in Jesus. But the next voice they're 26:38 going to hear is going to be the voice of Jesus. 26:42 Their eyes are just going to light up and they're 26:44 going to see Jesus in all His glory. 26:48 But you know, the sad thing is at the second coming, 26:51 if a person doesn't rise first, that's not a good thing. 26:56 If they don't rise first, that's not a good thing. 27:02 But you know what, at the second coming I ain't 27:05 going to be worried about who rising first. 27:07 I ain't going to be looking around trying to 27:09 figure out who's getting up, who's not getting up. 27:11 I'm just going to be thankful, Lord, I got up. 27:13 Are you hearing what I'm saying? [Aud. reaction] 27:16 PB: Ha ha! So that's why I praise Him. 27:23 That's why I praise Him. That's why I lift Him up. 27:30 That's why I magnify His name. And I don't 27:37 care what anyone says or thinks. I'm getting 27:38 older and I could care less. [Aud. reaction] 27:40 PB: I know what Jesus has done for me. 27:44 I've been through too much not to worship Him. 27:50 I've been through too much not to praise Him. 27:56 Some of you, all of you, know what I'm talking about. 27:58 You were strung out somewhere until Jesus touched you 28:01 and He picked you up and He turned you around. 28:04 I wish you would let somebody mean-mug you like 28:07 you can't praise God. I know what God has done for me! 28:10 [Aud. reaction] 28:15 >: Thank you for joining us for another exciting 28:18 Breath of Life television broadcast. 28:20 Tune in next week at the same time, 28:22 as Dr. Byrd will deliver another dynamic message 28:25 from the Lord, just for you. 28:27 Until next time, may God bless you. 28:29 END |
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