Hello, friends,
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and welcome to
Behold the Lamb Presents.
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I'm Chris Shelton, your host,
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I want to thank
you for joining us.
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Today, we will
be studying a topic
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that nearly every
person ever born on this planet
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has asked about in
some form or fashion
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and that being the study of
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"What Happens to
Man after Death."
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What Happens to Man after Death
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is program number
17 in this study guide
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out of the 25 Bible
studies that is entitled
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"Sharing God's
Love Makes You Happier,
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What The Bible Says."
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Brother Richard Bland of
the United Prison Ministries
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has put this together,
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and we're working along with him
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to bring these
messages into one hour sermons.
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"What Happens to Man
After Death" is today's message
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and with most all truths,
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Satan has devised
several deceptions
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dealing with life after death,
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some of which are
overwhelmingly convincing,
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especially for those of us
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who have never searched
the scriptures thoroughly
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about this subject.
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So searching the
scriptures is precisely
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what we will be doing
today with Pastor Kenny Shelton.
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And in doing
so, we will discover
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what makes man a living soul,
where all men go after death,
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and where our spirit,
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our breath of
life goes when we die?
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And what the Bible says about
the dead praising the Lord.
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We will also discuss
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who has the
power to call the dead
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from the resting place,
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and what happens to the dead
at the Second Coming of Christ.
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It is an exciting message
that all need to understand
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and be grounded
in the truth of...
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I'm looking forward
to this study today.
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As I know that the Holy Spirit
will be leading, and guiding,
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and teaching all of us
through Pastor Kenny Shelton.
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But first,
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we're gonna go to
3ABN and will be blessed
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by a song that is
entitled "Face to Face,"
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as played on the
violin by Jaime Jorge.
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Thanks for joining us once
again here at Behold the Lamb.
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We do appreciate
you, want you to know that
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the beginning of every program
because without you we don't,
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wouldn't have a program.
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And we're very grateful
and thankful for your cards,
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your letters, phone calls,
support of Behold the Lamb
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that helps us to
go around the world
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with this message.
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And I think that
you're going, you know,
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already that this message as
we've already heard the title,
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you know, that needs
to go around the world.
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There's many, many people
who misunderstand this subject,
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what happens to man at death.
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What happens to man at death?
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Again, one really misunderstood,
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but today I believe
from the Word of God,
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it's gonna be very, very
clear and it needs to be.
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But before we get into
the Word of God, as usual,
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I'm going to kneel and
we'll have prayer together.
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Please join me
as we pray together.
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Merciful Father
in heaven, again,
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we thank You for
the privilege of prayer.
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Now we invite Your Holy Spirit
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to take possession
of each and every one.
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Take possession of my heart,
my mind, and Lord, my thoughts,
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and may not be in my
thoughts, but your thoughts.
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Bless us now we pray to this
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and bring conviction
upon each of our hearts
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and
understanding in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Again, be sure, have
your Bible, pencil, and paper,
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I say it every time,
I'm gonna continue to say it
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because some passages
I'm gonna break them down,
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paraphrase a little bit,
but you need to look them up.
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Because of our time
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we want to cover as
much as we possibly can.
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A warning on this subject,
a warning on this subject.
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You know, a lot of time
we love warnings, don't we?
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If something's
gonna maybe hurt us,
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or maybe it's misunderstood,
or we don't understand it,
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there's a warning
here on this subject.
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If we don't
understand it, listen,
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if we don't understand
it, we will be deceived.
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Did you get it?
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If we don't
understand this subject,
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we will be
deceived by the enemy.
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Bible says in 1
Timothy 4:1, notice quickly,
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a couple of passages we go here,
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it says, "Now the
Spirit speaketh expressly,
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in the latter times some
shall depart from the faith,"
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notice, "giving heed to," what?
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"Seducing spirits,
and doctrines of," what?
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"Of devils."
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So when always,
anybody say well,
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there's not any
doctrines of devils out there.
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There's a lot of
doctrines of devil.
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You think about it.
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If it's not the truth, it
is a doctrine of the enemy.
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So we need to
understand what truth is here.
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In the last days,
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the enemy's going to use
this subject to try to fool,
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deceive mankind.
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Revelation Chapter 14,
turn with to Revelation 16.
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Revelation Chapter 16,
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here's what the
Bible has to say,
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verse 14.
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Revelation 16:14,
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I know you've
read this many time
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but let's read it
again, the Bible says,
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"For they are
spirits of devils,"
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and what the devil's doing?
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"They're working miracles,
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which go forth unto
the kings of the earth
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and the whole
world," to do what?
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"To gather them, good,
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to the battle of that
great day of God Almighty."
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So the enemy is
going to be involved
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in these closing
hours of earth's history.
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He's going to deceive,
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he's going to try to
fool us on this very subject
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because he has deceived
multimillions of people.
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Bible says spirits of
demons working miracles.
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Remember, if it's not a truth
from God's Word, it is what?
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An untruth from the devil.
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Do we get that?
You remember that?
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It's a lie from the enemy
and the world is taking it,
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they say hook, line, and sinker.
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As you remember, as
what was said to Eve,
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you remember what
the enemy said to Eve?
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Genesis 3:4, he simply told Eve,
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you go ahead and
take of that tree.
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Don't you worry about it
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because "You
will not surely die."
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We all know that was what?
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The first lie was told
in the garden, was it not?
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But remember,
there's meaning of this,
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"Ye shall not surely die."
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He was telling her
that there was something
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that within her that
will continue to live on.
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Interesting.
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What a lie. What a set up.
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Eve I saw in Genesis 3:6,
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notice what she said here,
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the enemy had her
fooled because he began to,
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she began to
reason and talk with him.
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She said I, notice this,
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"I saw the tree
was good for food."
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How's the enemy
gets us lot of time?
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He gets us through food,
he gets us through the belly.
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Did you get it?
He works on that.
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She said, I saw it,
"Ooh, it was good for food."
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Number two, she
said I looked on it,
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"Ooh, it was
pleasant to the eye."
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How the devil works?
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Eye sometime,
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we look at something and
say, ooh, that looks good
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or that looks pleasant
when really, it's really not.
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It's not for us but
the devil makes you think
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that is pleasant to the eye.
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And number three,
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she said, "I know
this will make me wise."
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Remember, God had
given her all the wisdom
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that really needed, right?
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He said the tree
of knowledge of what?
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Good and evil.
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She knew nothing but what?
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But good.
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And now when she took
of this tree as it were,
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right the forbidden tree,
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now she's gonna
understand about evil thing.
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So we see the
devil, Adam and Eve failed.
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They sinned
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and now the whole
world we see has fallen, why?
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From one lie of the enemy.
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Let's deal with this
lie, what do you say?
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Let's deal with the lie,
if it's a lie of the devil
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when he said to her,
"Ye shall not surely die."
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What happens to a man at death?
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Think about it.
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What a question?
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Is it one that
deserves an answer?
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I think it does.
It deserves an answer.
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Not from maybe
the men of the world
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or maybe the minds of the world,
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but from the Word of God's
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where we want
to find the answer.
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It must be
considered here today.
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Some teach that when
one dies, think about it.
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They are reborn in the,
you know, in a different body.
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And there's
another life for them.
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Some really
believe that, in fact,
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multitudes believe that.
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Other say, that when you
die that something lives on,
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you die but something lives on
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and then you might go
straight to your reward.
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Still there's others and
many, list could go on and on.
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But still others
believe that when you die,
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you rest in your grave
and you wait till Jesus comes.
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Who's right?
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Again, there's
multitude that we go down,
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but we won't do it today.
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Remember, as taught by some.
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Now remember,
it's taught by some,
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believed by many.
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Somehow man's life is
lie his thoughts and his,
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you know, it
continue on after death.
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So somehow, even
though after he dies,
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he still lives.
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Does that really
make sense to us?
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If he lives after
death, he must live somewhere.
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Well, where?
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Well, if he
lives on after death,
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he must be, somebody said,
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well, in heaven
he must be living
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or if he went to
hell, he must be living.
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Still we think about it,
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nothing's in scriptures
so far but think about it.
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If he goes to
heaven or hell at death,
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then what need is
thereof a judgment.
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The Bible teaches of judgment,
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why are we giving
Three Angels' Message
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of a judgment
hour in the warning?
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What good, what need
is there of a judgment
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if someone who dies
already went to their reward?
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What is the deal we
need to think about that?
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Really it gets even
deeper if you think about it.
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What need is there
if we go to our reward
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when we die one way
or the other up or down?
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What need is
there of a resurrection?
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That sound like a waste of time.
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We're already where
we're supposed to be evidently.
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Huh.
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And then really get down to it.
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What need is there of
a Second Coming of Jesus.
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Can't you see the
devil behind this?
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This is our hope,
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this is our encouragement,
is the Second Coming of Jesus.
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Why is Jesus coming back?
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He's coming
back to take us home.
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We'll read the passage,
the dead in Christ rise first.
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We which are alive
remain will be caught up
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to meet Him in the air.
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The wicked are struck dead
by the brightness of His coming.
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There's a reason for His coming.
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But if we're already
there when we die, then why?
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Why worry about all this stuff?
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It doesn't seem right to me.
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I mean, it doesn't
even balance out at all.
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So if people go to
their reward at death,
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think about it.
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Before there's a
judgment, did you get it?
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It'd be like, if you
may be committed a crime,
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you did something
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and somebody just
look at you and say, okay,
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Mary, you're gonna get death.
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You mean before
she's had it, right?
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You know, you go to the jury.
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Before she's had a trial
and just all of a sudden,
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well, you did this,
okay, you're gonna...
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It doesn't sound right.
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All of us would say,
well, wait a minute here,
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I need to have a jury.
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I mean, we need to have a trial.
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Don't try
convicting me, I'm not guilty.
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So people go to
the reward at death.
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I want you to listen carefully,
before there's a judgment.
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This could cause
some real problems.
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What do you mean by that?
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Well, because some people
may go to the wrong place.
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Somebody's not with me,
you're not thinking along.
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They may have been
because there was no judgment.
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See, they may have been
sent to the wrong place.
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And then all of a sudden,
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they're sent to the wrong place,
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and then when
there's a judgment later,
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whatever, we're
gonna say, oh, you,
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well, you were sent to heaven,
but you should be in hell.
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Or somebody's in hell,
now you're gonna go to heaven.
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You have to say, you
can't make a judgment.
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You see, what it meant,
you can't go to your reward
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before there's a judgment.
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That makes sense, doesn't it?
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But yet we teach
that a lot of people.
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For instance, think
about Lazarus with me quickly.
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Lazarus was dead, how many days?
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Four days.
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And was he a righteous man?
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Yes, he was. He died
in the Lord, didn't he?
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So if it's like some
people teach, he's dead, he
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should have went to
where soon as he died?
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To heaven.
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People say at
death he went to heaven.
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So the man was in
heaven for four days.
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And then God,
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Jesus calls Him back
as it where and said,
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I made a mistake.
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Now, I'll be careful with that.
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Lazarus may have a right
to be a little bit upset.
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Don't call me back
to this miserable world.
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Man, I've already been tasting
of the glories of heaven.
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It has to be that way
if that teaching is true.
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He had to be there
because that's what happened.
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People say, the
righteous go to heaven at death.
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The Bible does not teach that.
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Interesting thought,
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that God would say,
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well, you don't
belong there right now.
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Come on back here for a while.
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None of us would
really like that at all
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in this whole world, will we?
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What happens to
the man at death?
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Question.
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In the beginning,
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did God create
man to live or to die?
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Did He create man
to live or to die?
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He created man to live
for eternity, didn't He?
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Forever, so that makes sense.
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Let's get together on
the same page, to live.
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But if he sinned,
then he would what?
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Then he would die.
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Genesis 2:17 says,
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"Of the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil,"
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Genesis 2:17,
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"Thou shalt not eat of
it, for in the day," what?
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"That thou eatest
thereof thou shalt, what?
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"You shall surely die."
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This is what God said.
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We need not question that.
God said, you're gonna die.
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The death sentence, you see,
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would be pronounced
the day that man sinned
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and he would what?
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There would be a
process of his dying.
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It would begin the
process, not immediately,
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but the process will
begin the day that he sinned,
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he begin to die.
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Here's a fact from the Bible.
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It's clear.
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Man was created,
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listen carefully
before you make judgment.
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Man was created,
notice this, in the beginning
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with the
possibility of immortality.
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Did you get it?
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When he was created
with the possibility of what?
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Immortality, but with what?
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If he met the
conditions of obedience.
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Adam and Eve were made
what, the possibility of what?
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Being immortal,
they could live forever
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as long as they didn't
touch or eat of the tree.
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They were made to
live forever, immortality.
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But they didn't, they disobeyed
and then if they sinned,
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then naturally the
death decree was out.
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Just a little proof
here quickly about man
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and about God
because people say,
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there's something
immortal about man.
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He must have something
that's immortal that lives on
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if you believe that he lives on,
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he goes places, and so on
and so forth as soon as he die.
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You remember, Job,
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would we say
he's a righteous man?
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Was Job a righteous man?
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You better believe
he was a righteous man.
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God said, he was righteous.
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But notice what the
Bible said in Job 4:1.
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Job 4:17, notice
this, it says here,
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"Shall mortal man
be more just than God?"
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We talked about there's proof.
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So man that is not
immortal, what is he?
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Job said, man is
mortal or subject to death.
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And then when you look at man
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and then you look at
God on the other side,
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we see that concerning
God in 1 Timothy 6:16.
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1 Timothy 6:16,
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talks about God,
"Who only hath," what?
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Immortality.
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"Who only has immortality?"
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This is the only
place in the Bible
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that this word is used.
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So there's no use for
stride a monkey around.
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And try to look at and say,
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well, other
people had this to say,
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this is the only place
it's used, immortality.
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Who has immortality?
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Only God has.
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So God is immortal, man is what?
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Mortal or subject to death.
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So how is it that
we believe that people,
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some people, you know,
they live on after death,
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they go to their reward.
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Kind of interesting thought.
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Many different
religions we know teach
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something about us is immortal.
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They have to.
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They teach us
something is immortal.
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That something lives on,
we talked about after death.
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Now, is this teaching biblical?
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We need to look
at, is this biblical?
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We got to get some, you know,
some Bible passages for it.
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We've got to prove it.
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Where does it come from then?
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If it's not, where
does it really come from?
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Well, there's a
story told of a lawyer,
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who held a debate.
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He held a debate with a
rabbi, and with a priest,
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and a pastor, and a
minister of a church.
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And it was on the
subject of immortality.
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Are you there?
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They sat down, had a
debate about immortality.
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And so as they sat
back and they began to talk,
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the men came up with, well,
that man is indestructible.
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And he's not subject to death.
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What do you mean
it? It's interesting.
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Now it was time for
the lawyer to speak.
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The other, the pastor,
and a priest, and rabbi,
00:20:20.12\00:20:21.88
they all spoke and said, well,
00:20:21.92\00:20:23.25
there's something
about man that's immortal.
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Even though the Bible
said that man is mortal.
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Only one that's
immortal is Jesus.
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He's not subject to death.
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Interesting, the
lawyer got up and say,
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you know, a lawyer has,
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usually have some
pretty good arguments.
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He just simply
got up and he spoke.
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He said this simple,
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"These men never
once used the Bible,"
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never once used the Bible,
"to prove their position."
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They didn't even
quote from the Bible.
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Now, if you're
wanting to find truth,
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surely you've
got to go to where?
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You've got to go to the truth,
you find it in the Word of God.
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But they all came
about hypothetical things.
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See, some say, oh, yeah,
but we preached from the Bible.
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The next pastor were,
we preach from the Bible.
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Well, yes, everybody say
we preach from the Bible,
00:21:08.63\00:21:11.03
they should at least,
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but there are some
who twist the scriptures.
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There are some who
stretch the scriptures,
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and then there are those
who wander completely away
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from the scriptures.
00:21:20.78\00:21:22.11
Did you get that one?
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Long way from scripture.
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And because many
teachers teach this position
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that there's something about
man that lives on after death.
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Many people believe
them because of who they are.
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Many big time
preachers and pastors
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will teach on this subject.
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And many people
say, well, he said.
00:21:40.60\00:21:44.27
Not because the Bible said
but because some teacher said.
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Let me give you an example.
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A well-known, you got
to keep this in your mind.
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Well-known,
respected man was speaking
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and he was
speaking to a group of,
00:21:56.18\00:21:57.85
you want to call
them elite scientists.
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And of people of,
you know, professors,
00:22:00.65\00:22:04.05
so he had the attention of
some people with good minds.
00:22:04.09\00:22:07.96
Listen carefully.
00:22:07.99\00:22:09.32
Remember, we're
talking about here
00:22:09.36\00:22:10.69
because someone
teaches something sometime,
00:22:10.73\00:22:13.16
and their name
is maybe big time,
00:22:13.19\00:22:14.90
we just believe it
because of big time,
00:22:14.93\00:22:16.90
big time name, not
because the Bible says so.
00:22:16.93\00:22:19.10
He sent out a bunch of
advertisements and said,
00:22:22.20\00:22:23.74
we're gonna have a meeting.
00:22:23.77\00:22:26.41
I've got some news
and I want to share it
00:22:26.44\00:22:28.34
with all my scientist friends,
the good minds of the world,
00:22:28.38\00:22:31.41
and all the professors
because you want to know this.
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He says, suppose that
you take a pail of water,
00:22:34.88\00:22:38.32
and you put it on a scale
and you put 10 pounds of water.
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When you weigh, you've
got 10 pounds of water in it.
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They're all thinking
because they're saying, man,
00:22:45.46\00:22:47.73
he's gonna try to fool us here
00:22:47.76\00:22:49.23
something like
we're gonna follow him
00:22:49.26\00:22:51.47
and we're gonna figure out
what he's coming up with here.
00:22:51.50\00:22:54.67
And then he said,
now suppose I've got,
00:22:54.70\00:22:56.64
the pail's got 10
pounds of water in it here.
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Now I take five pounds of fish
00:22:59.61\00:23:03.14
and I put the five
pounds of fish in this pail.
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Now what do I have?
How much does it weigh?
00:23:07.35\00:23:11.05
Now they begin to think.
00:23:11.09\00:23:12.42
He said, now what you to
think, think on this now,
00:23:12.45\00:23:14.96
the total weight
would be 15 pounds
00:23:14.99\00:23:16.89
but now think,
wait a minute now,
00:23:16.93\00:23:18.39
they said, oh,
there must be something
00:23:18.43\00:23:20.00
he knows that we don't know.
00:23:20.03\00:23:22.73
Because when we add 10 and 5,
00:23:22.76\00:23:25.30
it's always been 15 to me.
00:23:25.33\00:23:28.30
But yet he must have
something we don't know,
00:23:28.34\00:23:30.64
so we're gonna listen
to him after all he's in,
00:23:30.67\00:23:33.41
you know, high
position, he's well respected,
00:23:33.44\00:23:35.41
he must have
some good information.
00:23:35.44\00:23:37.05
Man said, why is it after
I added the 5 pounds of fish
00:23:40.12\00:23:44.12
to the 10 pounds of water,
it still weighs 10 pounds.
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Somebody's not with me.
00:23:48.62\00:23:50.56
You'll get it next day or two.
00:23:50.59\00:23:52.99
Think about it.
00:23:53.03\00:23:54.36
Now, mom is trying to
get it all figured out now.
00:23:54.40\00:23:57.80
Why after I add
five pounds of fish
00:23:57.83\00:23:59.70
does the scale
still say 10 pounds?
00:23:59.73\00:24:02.47
All of a sudden, the wise
men begin to scratch their heads
00:24:02.50\00:24:04.84
and the scientists said, man,
00:24:04.87\00:24:06.21
we can't be
outdone by this guy here.
00:24:06.24\00:24:08.04
We're gonna
figure this thing out.
00:24:08.08\00:24:09.51
So they began to
talk among themselves.
00:24:09.54\00:24:11.55
Some made some deep
00:24:11.58\00:24:12.98
and hard to follow explanations.
00:24:13.01\00:24:16.62
They got so deep, they
couldn't even follow it.
00:24:16.65\00:24:19.02
They got so deep, the average
person couldn't understand
00:24:19.05\00:24:21.06
what was being said.
00:24:21.09\00:24:22.62
They were giving some reasons
00:24:22.66\00:24:24.53
it seem trying to
explain the situation
00:24:24.56\00:24:27.76
that seemed like it
didn't have an explanation.
00:24:27.80\00:24:31.27
All they heard was
a bunch of theories.
00:24:31.30\00:24:34.20
All they heard
was a bunch of maybes.
00:24:34.24\00:24:36.77
In fact, one
scientist said, "I've got it."
00:24:36.81\00:24:39.24
I've got it.
00:24:39.27\00:24:40.84
It must be that you added,
00:24:40.88\00:24:43.04
when you added that five pounds,
00:24:43.08\00:24:45.45
it must have
been the five pounds
00:24:45.48\00:24:47.38
that you added was
un-gravitating gravitation.
00:24:47.42\00:24:53.66
Well, I might as well sit down.
00:24:53.69\00:24:55.02
And the fish, but it was
un-gravitating gravitation.
00:24:57.86\00:25:01.93
See the
scientists gonna get deep
00:25:01.96\00:25:03.43
'cause they have to
come up with something,
00:25:03.47\00:25:05.07
they can't let
somebody outsmart them.
00:25:05.10\00:25:07.84
Another guy said, well, wait,
00:25:07.87\00:25:09.20
it may be that when he
added that five pounds,
00:25:09.24\00:25:12.21
it must be some
kind of a vacuum.
00:25:12.24\00:25:15.24
There's a vacuum that took place
00:25:15.28\00:25:16.95
that doesn't weigh anything
00:25:16.98\00:25:18.61
because the fish
may be filled with air
00:25:18.65\00:25:20.92
or the air was
taken out of them.
00:25:20.95\00:25:22.45
And so it didn't
weigh five pounds.
00:25:22.48\00:25:27.09
Oh, they tried their
best to come up with something
00:25:27.12\00:25:30.26
because they
were in that position,
00:25:30.29\00:25:32.56
just like some
preachers do some time.
00:25:32.59\00:25:37.33
Finally, the man
who was in charge
00:25:37.37\00:25:38.93
of the discussion said,
00:25:38.97\00:25:41.20
all of you are wrong.
00:25:41.24\00:25:44.17
What do you mean we're wrong?
00:25:44.21\00:25:45.97
Ten plus five equals fifteen.
00:25:46.01\00:25:50.41
It always has, it always will.
00:25:50.45\00:25:53.92
And all of you learned men,
and scientist, and professor,
00:25:53.95\00:25:57.25
you should have known that.
00:25:57.29\00:25:58.62
You should know
that's what it is.
00:25:58.65\00:26:01.82
Well, what happened here?
00:26:01.86\00:26:04.53
These scientists,
these professors were misled.
00:26:04.56\00:26:09.16
Did you get it?
00:26:09.20\00:26:10.53
By trusting too much
to a prominent leader.
00:26:10.57\00:26:15.54
You know, what the Bible
says about sometime the leaders
00:26:15.57\00:26:17.67
in Isaiah 9:16.
00:26:17.71\00:26:20.74
It says, "The leaders of
this people cause them to err."
00:26:20.78\00:26:25.28
Many times our leaders
go in the wrong direction.
00:26:25.31\00:26:28.25
God warns us in here,
00:26:28.28\00:26:29.62
the leaders
sometime cause them to err.
00:26:29.65\00:26:33.76
It was too simple.
00:26:33.79\00:26:36.89
You know, it's too
simple putting down to say what?
00:26:36.93\00:26:39.89
Ten plus five equals fifteen.
00:26:39.93\00:26:42.20
And they knew that
couldn't be that way.
00:26:42.23\00:26:44.90
So they wanted the
deeper explanation.
00:26:44.93\00:26:49.30
So they were fooled.
Isn't that interesting?
00:26:49.34\00:26:53.21
Isn't it strange
00:26:53.24\00:26:54.58
with so many Bible
passages that hopefully
00:26:54.61\00:26:56.91
we'll have some time to look
up a bunch here in a minute,
00:26:56.95\00:26:59.98
that tells us
once again about man.
00:27:00.02\00:27:02.72
Number one, Job 4:17.
00:27:02.75\00:27:05.05
Man is what?
00:27:05.09\00:27:06.69
Mortal, immortal? Mortal.
00:27:06.72\00:27:09.09
Man is mortal.
00:27:09.12\00:27:10.49
Bible says that, Job 4:17.
00:27:10.53\00:27:14.06
The Bible says
that God is immortal.
00:27:14.10\00:27:17.17
That's in 1 Timothy 1:17.
00:27:17.20\00:27:20.60
1 Timothy, we just
mentioned while ago, 6:16,
00:27:20.64\00:27:24.24
only God has immortality.
00:27:24.27\00:27:28.11
In Romans 2:7 quickly,
00:27:28.14\00:27:30.28
a Bible just comes up and says,
00:27:30.31\00:27:32.01
"Man must seek
after immortality."
00:27:32.05\00:27:35.88
What does man do?
What should we do?
00:27:35.92\00:27:37.25
We're mortal, but
we must seek for what?
00:27:37.29\00:27:39.95
Immortality. And that's what?
00:27:39.99\00:27:42.06
Having Jesus to come
into our life, isn't it?
00:27:42.09\00:27:44.66
And that which is
dead can be alive again,
00:27:44.69\00:27:47.03
we can live forever with Him.
00:27:47.06\00:27:50.50
Immortality is given,
00:27:50.53\00:27:52.57
the Bible said in 1
Corinthians 15:51-55,
00:27:52.60\00:27:58.01
immortality is given at
the Second Coming of Jesus.
00:27:58.04\00:28:03.14
But people say, no, immortality,
00:28:03.18\00:28:04.51
there must be
something because when we die,
00:28:04.55\00:28:06.31
we go to heaven,
or we go to hell.
00:28:06.35\00:28:09.62
That's what people
said, don't be surprised.
00:28:09.65\00:28:11.52
Remember don't be surprised
if people are confused.
00:28:11.55\00:28:15.99
The scientists,
and the scholars,
00:28:16.02\00:28:18.63
and the professors
said 10 plus 5 equals 10.
00:28:18.66\00:28:25.03
Carson knows better than that.
00:28:29.47\00:28:32.37
But all these
brains became confused.
00:28:32.41\00:28:38.48
It was too simple.
00:28:38.51\00:28:41.22
Ten plus five is fifteen.
00:28:41.25\00:28:42.68
Let's look at a few clear,
00:28:42.72\00:28:44.05
just easy steps as our
time takes away quickly here.
00:28:44.09\00:28:48.22
And see what two things
that God used in the beginning
00:28:48.26\00:28:52.66
to make a living soul.
00:28:52.69\00:28:55.40
Remember,
00:28:55.43\00:28:56.77
how many songs are
written out there, you know,
00:28:56.80\00:28:58.57
the undying soul,
the soul that never dies.
00:28:58.60\00:29:02.54
We have to be very careful
that either is truth in a song
00:29:02.57\00:29:05.37
or it's err.
00:29:05.41\00:29:07.24
What two things that God
made in the very beginning?
00:29:07.28\00:29:09.88
It's okay, that's
one of the questions here
00:29:09.91\00:29:11.45
to look at.
00:29:11.48\00:29:12.81
Genesis Chapter 2,
00:29:12.85\00:29:14.18
we always go back to
the beginning to find truth.
00:29:14.22\00:29:15.55
Why?
00:29:15.58\00:29:16.92
Because that's when
God made man, did He not?
00:29:16.95\00:29:18.45
Genesis 2:7, the Bible says,
00:29:18.49\00:29:21.19
"The Lord God
formed man out of," what?
00:29:21.22\00:29:24.03
"Out of the dust of the ground,
00:29:24.06\00:29:26.73
and then he breathed
into his nostrils," what?
00:29:26.76\00:29:29.93
"The breath of life, and
man became a living soul."
00:29:29.96\00:29:33.34
Notice what it says there.
00:29:33.37\00:29:35.20
Number two, God breathed.
00:29:35.24\00:29:37.64
Did you get it?
00:29:37.67\00:29:39.01
He breathed into Adam's nostrils
00:29:39.04\00:29:41.71
the breath of what?
00:29:41.74\00:29:43.08
The breath of life.
00:29:43.11\00:29:44.45
Nothing, notice this,
00:29:44.48\00:29:46.08
don't put things in that
we shouldn't be putting in.
00:29:46.11\00:29:48.65
Not here.
00:29:48.68\00:29:50.02
Nothing is said
here or indicated
00:29:50.05\00:29:51.89
that any immortal soul
was put into Adam's nostril.
00:29:51.92\00:29:57.29
Did you get it?
00:29:57.33\00:29:58.66
He never said
anything about an immortal
00:29:58.69\00:30:00.06
was put in there.
00:30:00.10\00:30:01.43
Instead, God simply
breathed into his nostrils.
00:30:01.46\00:30:03.10
Let's read it
for what it says here
00:30:03.13\00:30:04.73
and not go beyond that point.
00:30:04.77\00:30:06.70
Then it says here that
man became a living soul.
00:30:06.74\00:30:11.61
So it takes what?
00:30:11.64\00:30:13.17
Body and breath,
00:30:13.21\00:30:16.11
I'm breathing and
now, would you consider me
00:30:16.14\00:30:18.51
what I consider you as a soul.
00:30:18.55\00:30:20.82
I can say you're a soul, can
I? You can say I'm a soul, why?
00:30:20.85\00:30:23.69
Because I have a body.
00:30:23.72\00:30:26.55
At this point I'm breathing,
00:30:26.59\00:30:29.39
body plus spark of life
00:30:29.42\00:30:32.23
breath from God equals soul.
00:30:32.26\00:30:35.10
Oh! Wow, so it takes two things.
00:30:35.13\00:30:37.37
If one of those are
missing, then there is no soul.
00:30:37.40\00:30:39.87
Did you get it?
00:30:39.90\00:30:41.24
If one of those were missing,
it's kind of interesting,
00:30:41.27\00:30:43.00
we'll prove it as
we go, notice this.
00:30:43.04\00:30:46.54
God breathe, remember,
00:30:46.57\00:30:47.98
to his nostrils
the breath of what?
00:30:48.01\00:30:49.94
Life. Then he
became a living soul.
00:30:49.98\00:30:53.15
In the very beginning
when God created Adam,
00:30:53.18\00:30:56.12
think with me for
just a moment, notice.
00:30:56.15\00:30:58.29
Was Adam perfect
when God created him?
00:30:58.32\00:31:01.46
Yeah, but what was he?
00:31:01.49\00:31:04.16
Was he thinking and alive
and doing all kind of things
00:31:04.19\00:31:06.86
soon as God made him?
00:31:06.90\00:31:08.66
Well, think about
when He first made him,
00:31:08.70\00:31:10.73
God made the perfect Adam.
00:31:10.77\00:31:13.17
And I won't think
that he was laying out,
00:31:13.20\00:31:15.30
if you allow me to do that.
00:31:15.34\00:31:17.04
But he wasn't breathing.
00:31:17.07\00:31:20.04
Did you get it?
00:31:20.08\00:31:22.04
But he was a perfect
specimen of a human being,
00:31:22.08\00:31:25.25
like our eyes have never seen.
00:31:25.28\00:31:28.12
But he wasn't breathing yet.
00:31:28.15\00:31:30.72
Interesting, and so God said
00:31:30.75\00:31:33.46
then something
had to happen here.
00:31:33.49\00:31:35.79
It says, He
breathed into his nostrils,
00:31:35.82\00:31:37.79
he became what?
00:31:37.83\00:31:39.79
Yeah, a living soul.
00:31:39.83\00:31:41.16
See, he needed a
switch turned on,
00:31:41.20\00:31:43.80
perfect body, but
he needed some power.
00:31:43.83\00:31:47.64
And God gave the power
and I'm just paraphrasing it,
00:31:47.67\00:31:49.90
a little switch,
electrical switch.
00:31:49.94\00:31:53.94
Oh! Suddenly he
begin to breathe.
00:31:53.98\00:31:56.31
Then God said, now,
he's living, what? Soul.
00:31:56.34\00:31:59.91
You realize that
animals and human beings,
00:31:59.95\00:32:02.58
animal have a living soul.
00:32:02.62\00:32:05.72
You can refer to them
as a living soul, why?
00:32:05.75\00:32:07.79
Because they have a
body and they're breathing.
00:32:07.82\00:32:10.63
Now, what if
one part is missing,
00:32:10.66\00:32:13.60
what if a part is missing?
00:32:13.63\00:32:14.96
There's two things,
what, that make a soul,
00:32:18.20\00:32:21.24
so you can't have one
thing and call it a soul.
00:32:21.27\00:32:25.07
Body and what?
00:32:25.11\00:32:26.44
I'll go over till we get it.
00:32:26.47\00:32:27.81
Breath equals soul,
00:32:27.84\00:32:30.01
you know, how many
times you go into the kitchen
00:32:30.05\00:32:32.45
to just allow me to
ramble for a minute.
00:32:32.48\00:32:34.28
You go into the
kitchen, you have a toaster
00:32:34.32\00:32:36.69
and you have some bread,
now when you walk in there,
00:32:36.72\00:32:39.79
you don't walk over
to the bread and say,
00:32:39.82\00:32:41.76
"Hand me a piece
of toast, please."
00:32:41.79\00:32:45.96
See it's gonna take two things
to get some toast out there.
00:32:45.99\00:32:49.06
It's gonna take a toaster
00:32:49.10\00:32:51.23
and it's gonna take some bread.
00:32:51.27\00:32:53.64
There's still no toast, I
put it in the toaster, right,
00:32:53.67\00:32:57.07
put down, and all of a sudden
then when the toast comes out,
00:32:57.11\00:32:59.97
I've never heard anybody
when you have toast there,
00:33:00.01\00:33:01.41
you say give me the bread,
pass me the bread, please.
00:33:01.44\00:33:04.21
May I have a piece of toast?
00:33:04.25\00:33:05.68
Because it's toast,
it takes the toaster,
00:33:05.71\00:33:08.02
bread equals toast.
00:33:08.05\00:33:10.85
That makes sense.
00:33:10.89\00:33:13.12
Let's keep thinking,
we'll use some more illustration
00:33:13.15\00:33:14.82
as we go.
00:33:14.86\00:33:16.19
Remember, you can't get toast
if you just have the toaster,
00:33:16.22\00:33:18.39
you can't have toast
if you just have bread.
00:33:18.43\00:33:22.16
So what happens you
see, what's God saying?
00:33:22.20\00:33:26.53
"If one is missing,
then there is no soul.
00:33:26.57\00:33:32.37
The soul simply
ceases to exist."
00:33:32.41\00:33:36.95
Give you another illustration.
00:33:36.98\00:33:38.51
We had the light switch,
we got a light switch, right?
00:33:38.55\00:33:40.92
It has electricity, right?
00:33:40.95\00:33:42.28
You know the electricity
and I've got a light bulb.
00:33:42.32\00:33:47.26
Now what do...
Where's the light?
00:33:47.29\00:33:49.26
Only way I get
light is have electricity
00:33:49.29\00:33:51.23
and a light bulb and I
put those two together,
00:33:51.26\00:33:55.16
turn the switch
and light comes on.
00:33:55.20\00:33:57.47
When I turn the
light switch off,
00:33:57.50\00:33:59.17
where does the light go?
00:33:59.20\00:34:01.87
Somebody say it ceases to exist.
00:34:01.90\00:34:04.07
It ceases to exist
because it takes electricity
00:34:04.11\00:34:07.14
and a light bulb to make light,
00:34:07.18\00:34:10.58
does that make sense.
00:34:10.61\00:34:11.95
I'm building a
house. Let's go deeper here.
00:34:11.98\00:34:13.55
I'm building a house.
00:34:13.58\00:34:14.92
I've got a big
pile of wood over here,
00:34:14.95\00:34:16.69
I've got 50 pounds
of nails over here.
00:34:16.72\00:34:19.09
Does that make sense?
00:34:19.12\00:34:20.46
When you come out there
and you look at my boards
00:34:20.49\00:34:22.16
and you look at the nails,
00:34:22.19\00:34:23.53
no wonder, that's
a beautiful house.
00:34:23.56\00:34:25.39
Somebody get that.
00:34:28.46\00:34:30.20
Somebody think
for just a minute,
00:34:30.23\00:34:31.97
no one comes out
on a building project,
00:34:32.00\00:34:33.97
we've been on many of
them where a bunch of material
00:34:34.00\00:34:36.34
is delivered that
shell the whole house.
00:34:36.37\00:34:39.51
No one's ever come out
00:34:39.54\00:34:41.74
before they're put together
00:34:41.78\00:34:43.11
to look at the lumber
and the nails, will say,
00:34:43.14\00:34:44.78
"Man, what a
beautiful house you have here."
00:34:44.81\00:34:46.85
Oh, we know they'd be
blind because they couldn't see.
00:34:46.88\00:34:49.02
Are you still with me?
00:34:49.05\00:34:51.09
But now I take the two things
that I have, I take the lumber,
00:34:51.12\00:34:54.79
and I take the nails.
00:34:54.82\00:34:56.46
Right? I take the
nails and do what?
00:34:56.49\00:34:58.93
I put them into the lumber
and when you come out again,
00:34:58.96\00:35:01.86
you're gonna look, you say,
man, that's a beautiful house.
00:35:01.90\00:35:04.83
That's all you do,
it takes two things.
00:35:04.87\00:35:06.20
Did you get it?
00:35:06.23\00:35:07.57
My lumber and nails, boom,
boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
00:35:07.60\00:35:09.64
Oh! Okay, I've got
a beautiful house now.
00:35:09.67\00:35:11.97
Okay, then we say,
"Oh, now, wait a minute,
00:35:12.01\00:35:14.48
I made a mistake, I'm
gonna take the house apart."
00:35:14.51\00:35:17.65
So I pulled the
nails back out at day,
00:35:17.68\00:35:20.12
or you give me a day.
00:35:20.15\00:35:21.48
I pulled the nails back
out, I put them in over here
00:35:21.52\00:35:23.82
and I put the wood here.
00:35:23.85\00:35:25.25
Where do house go?
00:35:25.29\00:35:28.59
It ceases to exist
because it has to have boards,
00:35:28.62\00:35:32.19
lumber and nails,
then you have a house.
00:35:32.23\00:35:35.56
Bible says, if we remember,
you have to have a body,
00:35:35.60\00:35:39.30
plus the spark of
life, the Spirit of God.
00:35:39.33\00:35:43.07
And you become a soul.
00:35:43.10\00:35:45.07
But you can't have a soul,
if one of those are missing.
00:35:45.11\00:35:48.41
At death, our breath
returns back to God, don't we?
00:35:48.44\00:35:52.18
Now remember,
that's the spark of life.
00:35:52.21\00:35:53.55
That's not, people
say, oh, it goes back.
00:35:53.58\00:35:55.02
We'll talk more
about that as we go.
00:35:55.05\00:35:57.02
But think along
the line with me,
00:35:57.05\00:35:58.62
it's very important in
the Hebrew and the Greek,
00:35:58.65\00:36:00.79
for instance,
00:36:00.82\00:36:02.66
soul and
translate in English word,
00:36:02.69\00:36:05.23
soul and spirit.
00:36:05.26\00:36:06.59
You know, we read a lot,
soul and spirit in the Bible,
00:36:06.63\00:36:08.63
and people don't
realize what it is.
00:36:08.66\00:36:10.10
It's used over
1,700 times in the Bible.
00:36:10.13\00:36:13.87
So it could be
confusing unless maybe you study
00:36:13.90\00:36:15.94
except every time
1,700 times that this,
00:36:15.97\00:36:20.41
the Bible talks
about translation here
00:36:20.44\00:36:22.14
of soul or spirit,
00:36:22.18\00:36:23.81
think about, they
all mean the same thing.
00:36:23.85\00:36:27.45
Wow!
00:36:27.48\00:36:28.82
Not one time
00:36:28.85\00:36:31.45
are those words soul or spirit
00:36:31.49\00:36:34.39
said to be immortal.
00:36:34.42\00:36:36.32
Did you get it?
00:36:36.36\00:36:37.69
See, it can't be
too confusing to us,
00:36:37.73\00:36:39.06
we've made it
confusing because we've listened
00:36:39.09\00:36:40.43
to other people over the years.
00:36:40.46\00:36:42.96
And we just, you
know, surface read,
00:36:43.00\00:36:45.33
remember if his soul and
body, oh, I'm dying soon.
00:36:45.37\00:36:48.50
Every time it's
used in Scripture,
00:36:48.54\00:36:50.44
it's never said to be immortal.
00:36:50.47\00:36:53.14
It's never too said
to be a never dying.
00:36:53.17\00:36:56.08
It's never said to be
eternal, did you get it?
00:36:56.11\00:36:58.95
It's never said
to be everlasting
00:36:58.98\00:37:02.15
nor are the dead represented
00:37:02.18\00:37:06.15
to be capable of any kind
of consciousness after death.
00:37:06.19\00:37:09.72
Does that make sense?
00:37:09.76\00:37:11.09
Apart from the body,
00:37:11.13\00:37:12.89
there's no
consciousness, interesting.
00:37:12.93\00:37:15.93
Question two on our list is,
where do all men go at death?
00:37:15.96\00:37:19.10
Let's answer some
questions quickly as we go down.
00:37:19.13\00:37:21.07
Where do well men go at death?
00:37:21.10\00:37:22.70
Ecclesiastes 3:20
says, "All go to," what?
00:37:22.74\00:37:27.58
"One place, all are dust
and all return to dust again."
00:37:27.61\00:37:32.81
So at death, that's
what, God says what? Life.
00:37:32.85\00:37:35.08
He created man, man's up
and he got, he's thinking,
00:37:35.12\00:37:37.75
as long as man's
thinking, he is breathing,
00:37:37.79\00:37:39.15
he has a body, he's a soul.
00:37:39.19\00:37:40.56
But once he...
00:37:40.59\00:37:42.42
People say, oh,
he quit breathing,
00:37:42.46\00:37:43.79
that means he died.
00:37:43.83\00:37:46.83
So there's no
soul, it ceases to exist
00:37:46.86\00:37:49.00
because it takes two things.
00:37:49.03\00:37:51.90
So we all go to
one place, the dust.
00:37:51.93\00:37:54.07
The Bible said
we return to dust.
00:37:54.10\00:37:55.80
How many funerals have
you been to that says dust
00:37:55.84\00:37:57.71
that we're gonna return to dust,
00:37:57.74\00:37:59.37
that's what the Bible says,
00:37:59.41\00:38:01.48
all go to one place.
00:38:01.51\00:38:02.84
Job says, he said,
we go to the grave,
00:38:02.88\00:38:04.78
interesting.
00:38:04.81\00:38:06.15
Job Chapter 7,
00:38:06.18\00:38:07.52
so if you're
not writing it down,
00:38:07.55\00:38:08.88
you're not gonna
get any of them...
00:38:08.92\00:38:10.25
Job 7:9-10,
00:38:10.29\00:38:11.62
now, many of you
at home we're talking,
00:38:11.65\00:38:12.99
many people know what,
certainly understandable,
00:38:13.02\00:38:14.69
but those who do
not understand it,
00:38:14.72\00:38:16.26
you need to
study to show yourself
00:38:16.29\00:38:17.73
approved unto God
because I can tell you this,
00:38:17.76\00:38:19.79
I guarantee you will be
deceived before the Lord comes
00:38:19.83\00:38:22.63
if you don't
know it, interesting.
00:38:22.66\00:38:24.53
We'll prove that as we go along.
00:38:24.57\00:38:25.90
Remember Job 7:9-10
says, "We all go to one place."
00:38:25.93\00:38:29.74
Job said, "Everybody goes
to one place that's to grave."
00:38:29.77\00:38:33.88
All turn Genesis 2:7,
00:38:33.91\00:38:36.04
all return to the
dust, remember that.
00:38:36.08\00:38:38.81
Question number three,
00:38:38.85\00:38:40.18
how much does the
man know at a death?
00:38:40.22\00:38:43.35
Ecclesiastes 9:5-6,
00:38:43.39\00:38:46.59
Ecclesiastes
9:5-6, the Bible said,
00:38:46.62\00:38:50.19
"For the living," what?
00:38:50.23\00:38:51.69
"The living know."
00:38:51.73\00:38:53.06
See I know
everybody's breathing here,
00:38:53.09\00:38:55.16
you have a body, you are a soul,
00:38:55.20\00:38:56.87
you know that one
day you're going to die
00:38:56.90\00:38:59.30
if Jesus doesn't come.
00:38:59.33\00:39:00.67
The Bible said,
00:39:00.70\00:39:02.04
"The living know that
they're going to die,"
00:39:02.07\00:39:03.44
but no, "but the
dead know not anything,
00:39:03.47\00:39:07.28
neither have portion."
00:39:07.31\00:39:08.71
What is that?
00:39:08.74\00:39:10.71
"Any more a
reward for the memory
00:39:10.75\00:39:12.71
of them is forgotten."
00:39:12.75\00:39:14.08
Verse 6, also notice this,
"That death is said their love,
00:39:14.12\00:39:18.49
their hatred, their
envy is now perished,
00:39:18.52\00:39:22.06
neither have they any
more a portion forever
00:39:22.09\00:39:25.23
and anything that's
done under the sun."
00:39:25.26\00:39:27.93
People say, my loved
ones came back to me.
00:39:27.96\00:39:30.20
That's an impossibility
according to Scripture.
00:39:30.23\00:39:33.34
Because once you die,
00:39:33.37\00:39:34.70
the Bible said, you
can never come back again.
00:39:34.74\00:39:36.97
You have no portion.
00:39:37.01\00:39:38.34
You don't love
anymore, you don't hate anymore,
00:39:38.37\00:39:40.51
you have no portion of anything
00:39:40.54\00:39:41.94
that's done
under the sun anymore.
00:39:41.98\00:39:44.71
You never come back and
the passage of Scripture
00:39:44.75\00:39:46.88
says you never come
back to your house again,
00:39:46.92\00:39:49.02
even though people swear
00:39:49.05\00:39:50.49
that their loved
ones have come back,
00:39:50.52\00:39:52.55
and that they've talked to them
and they delivered a message
00:39:52.59\00:39:55.02
is exactly what the
enemy is going to be doing
00:39:55.06\00:39:56.89
before Jesus comes,
00:39:56.93\00:39:58.26
and you are going
to be sucked into this.
00:39:58.29\00:39:59.76
If you don't know the difference
00:39:59.79\00:40:01.13
that that's an impossibility
because the devil can do it.
00:40:01.16\00:40:04.53
He's going to impersonate
Jesus Christ Himself,
00:40:04.57\00:40:06.60
is he not?
00:40:06.63\00:40:07.97
And he has his ministering
spirits, they're gonna...
00:40:08.00\00:40:09.90
They know your
relatives and your friends
00:40:09.94\00:40:11.81
better than you know them.
00:40:11.84\00:40:13.31
Why? Because they've
observed them all their life.
00:40:13.34\00:40:15.21
They know exactly
what they've been doing
00:40:15.24\00:40:16.64
in the secret
confines of their own house,
00:40:16.68\00:40:18.61
you don't know.
00:40:18.65\00:40:20.38
They know their voice,
00:40:20.42\00:40:21.75
they know secrets that you said,
00:40:21.78\00:40:23.12
they know where
you buried things,
00:40:23.15\00:40:24.49
they know all kinds of things.
00:40:24.52\00:40:25.85
These are demons,
00:40:25.89\00:40:27.39
a dead man
doesn't know anything.
00:40:27.42\00:40:29.49
So when a man
dies, where does he go?
00:40:29.52\00:40:32.09
And how much does he know?
00:40:32.13\00:40:35.66
When a man dies,
it's exactly the opposite
00:40:35.70\00:40:38.93
of the creative
process, does that makes sense?
00:40:38.97\00:40:41.74
When you die it's
exactly the opposite.
00:40:41.77\00:40:44.01
First his breath
goeth forth from him.
00:40:44.04\00:40:47.08
Psalms 146:4,
00:40:47.11\00:40:49.58
what happens when a man dies?
00:40:49.61\00:40:51.35
How many people have you said,
well, he took his last breath.
00:40:51.38\00:40:54.25
And some of you been
around for that sad to say,
00:40:54.28\00:40:56.28
you've heard,
you've seen people,
00:40:56.32\00:40:57.75
they took their last...
00:40:57.79\00:41:01.29
They don't breathe anymore.
00:41:01.32\00:41:04.36
They were soul,
they are not now,
00:41:04.39\00:41:05.93
their soul cease to exist
because spark of life is gone.
00:41:05.96\00:41:10.30
Job said this, notice, Job said,
00:41:10.33\00:41:12.20
"The breath of the
Almighty hath given me life."
00:41:12.23\00:41:15.47
Did you get it?
00:41:15.50\00:41:16.84
God breathe in, Job
said this, the what?
00:41:16.87\00:41:19.64
"The breath of the Almighty
giveth me life," Job 33:4.
00:41:19.67\00:41:25.01
Breath in would
be life, wouldn't it?
00:41:25.05\00:41:27.08
Did you notice that?
00:41:27.12\00:41:28.72
Again, Job 27:3, the Bible said,
00:41:28.75\00:41:32.29
"All the while
my breath is in me
00:41:32.32\00:41:34.39
and the Spirit of
God is in my nostrils."
00:41:34.42\00:41:37.93
Remember, this is
called the Spirit of God here,
00:41:37.96\00:41:40.26
the breath, the spark of life.
00:41:40.30\00:41:42.96
He's repeating
here when he says,
00:41:43.00\00:41:44.77
the breath is in me
and the Spirit of God,
00:41:44.80\00:41:47.44
that's the same thing,
that's a spark of life.
00:41:47.47\00:41:49.40
Who gives life?
00:41:49.44\00:41:51.01
God gives life.
Absolutely, He gives life.
00:41:51.04\00:41:53.94
God gives it to
all men, we know that.
00:41:53.98\00:41:56.11
Question four, what
happens to the breath
00:41:56.14\00:41:58.18
and the spirit at death?
00:41:58.21\00:41:59.71
See, people just
read one little passage.
00:41:59.75\00:42:01.18
They won't read
all the other stuff.
00:42:01.22\00:42:02.55
And they'll say,
what happens at death?
00:42:02.58\00:42:04.85
What happens to the breath
and what happens to the spirit?
00:42:04.89\00:42:06.79
It says here, the
spirit shall return to God,
00:42:06.82\00:42:09.52
who gave it.
00:42:09.56\00:42:10.89
What is he talking about?
00:42:10.93\00:42:12.26
Spirit here
translated, the breath,
00:42:12.29\00:42:13.76
the spark of life, what?
00:42:13.80\00:42:15.83
He can't... He do
not breathe, he's dead.
00:42:15.86\00:42:19.53
He's alive.
00:42:19.57\00:42:20.94
God takes it...
00:42:20.97\00:42:22.34
There's nothing that
floats up because there can't be
00:42:22.37\00:42:24.27
because the body is still here.
00:42:24.31\00:42:25.87
It's dead and it's in the grave.
00:42:25.91\00:42:27.94
And it takes the body and breath
00:42:27.98\00:42:29.94
and then you have a soul.
00:42:29.98\00:42:31.31
So the devil has
hoodwinked so many people.
00:42:31.35\00:42:35.32
I mean, he's hoodwinked him.
00:42:35.35\00:42:37.92
And after all, wouldn't we say,
00:42:37.95\00:42:39.29
if this be a truth that
we're talking about today,
00:42:39.32\00:42:41.19
isn't God's way the best?
00:42:41.22\00:42:43.59
Isn't God's way really the best?
00:42:43.63\00:42:45.13
Sure, it is.
00:42:45.16\00:42:46.49
We may have been taught
the other way all of our life
00:42:46.53\00:42:47.86
but it doesn't matter.
00:42:47.90\00:42:49.23
God's way is always the best.
00:42:49.26\00:42:51.53
And he talks
about death as asleep.
00:42:51.57\00:42:53.94
Do you remember that?
00:42:53.97\00:42:55.74
And then it goes
on, the Bible goes on,
00:42:55.77\00:42:57.21
Genesis 3:19,
00:42:57.24\00:42:58.57
it says once again
we've talked about,
00:42:58.61\00:42:59.94
"Dust thou art and
dust shalt thou," what?
00:42:59.97\00:43:02.54
"Dust to they will return."
00:43:02.58\00:43:03.91
Again, Psalms 146:4 says,
00:43:03.95\00:43:08.08
"In that very day,
his thoughts perish."
00:43:08.12\00:43:10.82
See, we think
something lives on,
00:43:10.85\00:43:12.45
it said that in very
day he's cannot capable
00:43:12.49\00:43:14.59
of loving anymore.
00:43:14.62\00:43:15.96
He's not capable
of communicating.
00:43:15.99\00:43:17.33
He can't come back anymore.
00:43:17.36\00:43:18.73
He can't think anymore.
00:43:18.76\00:43:20.10
He can't reason anymore
00:43:20.13\00:43:21.46
and will give you a
passage in the moment.
00:43:21.50\00:43:22.90
It said, the dead
praise not the Lord.
00:43:22.93\00:43:27.40
Can't do anything
because he doesn't know,
00:43:27.44\00:43:29.44
he's dead.
00:43:29.47\00:43:30.81
Spark of life goes, in
that very day his thoughts.
00:43:30.84\00:43:32.97
Remember,
Ecclesiastes 9:6 talks about
00:43:33.01\00:43:35.98
the feelings are
gone, the emotion's gone,
00:43:36.01\00:43:38.35
the love is gone, the
hatred if there be any is gone.
00:43:38.38\00:43:40.98
Envy is
perished, the Bible said.
00:43:41.02\00:43:44.55
Remember for Adam,
00:43:44.59\00:43:45.92
for God gave Adam the
spark of life or breath.
00:43:45.95\00:43:49.56
That's what it gave him.
00:43:49.59\00:43:53.26
He did not think or
he did not feel, did he?
00:43:53.29\00:43:56.03
Remember we talked about
it, when He first created Adam,
00:43:56.06\00:43:58.73
he did not
think, he did not feel
00:43:58.77\00:44:00.44
because he was what?
00:44:00.47\00:44:01.80
He was dead.
Actually, he was dead.
00:44:01.84\00:44:04.61
God had not yet given him life,
00:44:04.64\00:44:08.88
then he became a soul.
00:44:08.91\00:44:10.25
Now, this is something
00:44:13.35\00:44:14.68
we need to really be looking at.
00:44:14.72\00:44:17.05
Question number five.
00:44:17.09\00:44:18.42
Who alone has
power to call the dead
00:44:18.45\00:44:19.95
from the resting place?
00:44:19.99\00:44:21.52
Who alone can do that?
00:44:21.56\00:44:23.53
John 11:25, time's
going quickly, notice,
00:44:23.56\00:44:26.56
it said, "Jesus said unto
him," I like this passage.
00:44:26.59\00:44:29.10
If I shout and get
excited, you shout with me.
00:44:29.13\00:44:31.23
Notice what it says here.
00:44:31.27\00:44:32.60
"Jesus said unto her,
00:44:32.63\00:44:33.97
I am the
resurrection," and what?
00:44:34.00\00:44:36.07
"And the life: he
that believeth in me,
00:44:36.10\00:44:38.87
though he were
dead, yet shall he live."
00:44:38.91\00:44:41.54
Isn't that beautiful?
00:44:41.58\00:44:42.91
Jesus says, I
am the resurrection
00:44:42.94\00:44:44.85
and the life.
00:44:44.88\00:44:46.68
When Jesus said,
the dead when they die,
00:44:46.72\00:44:48.78
they are asleep
until I come again.
00:44:48.82\00:44:52.02
Then I give them
immortality, but not until,
00:44:52.05\00:44:55.02
there's nothing
immortal about a man
00:44:55.06\00:44:57.16
because he's mortal,
because we've all sinned
00:44:57.19\00:44:59.53
and come short
of the glory of God.
00:44:59.56\00:45:01.56
Notice that, Job 14:14
00:45:01.60\00:45:04.83
some questions
that answered here
00:45:04.87\00:45:06.20
are just beautiful,
it helps us understand.
00:45:06.23\00:45:07.97
Job 14:14 says this.
00:45:08.00\00:45:10.14
Listen, Job's
asking a question here,
00:45:10.17\00:45:14.14
and he says, if a man
die, will he live again?
00:45:14.18\00:45:17.58
See the good news.
00:45:17.61\00:45:18.95
If a man dies,
that's not going to be it.
00:45:18.98\00:45:21.08
Will he live again?
00:45:21.12\00:45:22.45
Oh! It's good.
00:45:22.48\00:45:23.82
And then he
answered his own question
00:45:23.85\00:45:26.09
in Job 14:14, he
says, "All" notice this,
00:45:26.12\00:45:28.96
"All the days of my
appointed time will I," what?
00:45:28.99\00:45:32.49
"Will I wait
until my change comes."
00:45:32.53\00:45:35.56
That's
beautiful, did you get it?
00:45:35.60\00:45:36.97
What did he say?
00:45:37.00\00:45:38.33
All the appointed days...
00:45:38.37\00:45:39.70
Notice this here,
appointed time will I wait
00:45:39.73\00:45:42.60
till my change come.
00:45:42.64\00:45:43.97
He said, I'm gonna die.
00:45:44.01\00:45:45.34
I'm gonna go back into the grave
00:45:45.37\00:45:46.71
if it's long period of
time, I'm returning to dust.
00:45:46.74\00:45:48.94
Did you get it?
00:45:48.98\00:45:50.31
He said, I'm going
to wait in the grave.
00:45:50.35\00:45:52.05
Did you notice that,
until my change come?
00:45:52.08\00:45:54.28
He didn't talk about a change...
00:45:54.32\00:45:56.28
He just said
till my change comes.
00:45:56.32\00:45:59.42
Now, what does he mean by that?
00:45:59.45\00:46:01.39
Job 17:13,
00:46:01.42\00:46:03.22
"Where would he be
then if he's waiting,
00:46:03.26\00:46:05.79
where's he waiting at?
00:46:05.83\00:46:07.86
He answers own question again,
00:46:07.90\00:46:09.26
Job 17:13, where would he be?
00:46:09.30\00:46:12.60
He said, "If I wait,
the grave is my house."
00:46:12.63\00:46:16.34
If I wait, the grave is what?
00:46:16.37\00:46:18.37
In my house.
00:46:18.41\00:46:20.11
When would the change come?
00:46:20.14\00:46:22.94
Job 14:15 says
this, notice this,
00:46:22.98\00:46:26.11
"Thou shalt call, Job knew this,
00:46:26.15\00:46:27.88
he said, when you call, oh Lord,
00:46:27.92\00:46:29.65
that I'm gonna be waiting
in the grave till You come.
00:46:29.68\00:46:31.95
But when you call, notice this,
00:46:31.99\00:46:33.92
"When thou shalt call, I
will answer thee, thou wilt,"
00:46:33.96\00:46:37.86
notice this, "have a desire
to the works of thine hand."
00:46:37.89\00:46:42.53
He knew
00:46:42.56\00:46:43.90
that when the resurrection
time came, when Jesus call,
00:46:43.93\00:46:46.53
that's when he
would put on immortality,
00:46:46.57\00:46:48.80
that's when he
would come back to life.
00:46:48.84\00:46:50.64
Notice that word desire, if
you look that word up there,
00:46:50.67\00:46:53.41
I think it's in Hebrew.
00:46:53.44\00:46:54.91
It says, notice this,
I'm gonna say it again,
00:46:54.94\00:46:56.91
thou wilt have the desire
of the works of thine hands.
00:46:56.95\00:47:01.92
If you look at that,
it's talking about here.
00:47:01.95\00:47:04.52
God is going to raise us up
00:47:04.55\00:47:06.05
and he's going to look
at something remarkable.
00:47:06.09\00:47:11.39
When we come out of the grave,
we're going to be remarkable,
00:47:11.43\00:47:14.90
because we're
going to be changed
00:47:14.93\00:47:16.26
and we're going
to be like Jesus.
00:47:16.30\00:47:18.40
Notice that, He's
going to, notice this,
00:47:18.43\00:47:20.74
that word is translated,
He's going to inspect.
00:47:20.77\00:47:25.11
When He calls us
out of the grave,
00:47:25.14\00:47:26.47
God's going to look at,
He's going to inspect, what?
00:47:26.51\00:47:28.68
The work of His
hands, how wonderful it is.
00:47:28.71\00:47:31.45
All that He ever went
through, He says well worth it.
00:47:31.48\00:47:34.32
Isn't that wonderful?
00:47:34.35\00:47:35.68
He inspects the
works of His hands.
00:47:35.72\00:47:37.95
Job said, "I know
you're gonna call,
00:47:37.99\00:47:39.32
I'm going to answer.
00:47:39.35\00:47:41.29
You know, Jesus
said in John Chapter 5,
00:47:41.32\00:47:43.86
we have seven or eight
minutes. Come on, stay with me.
00:47:43.89\00:47:46.09
John 5:28-29, it says,
00:47:46.13\00:47:49.23
"All that are in the grave..."
00:47:49.26\00:47:50.60
How many in the grave?
00:47:50.63\00:47:51.97
Bible says, "All
that in the grave
00:47:52.00\00:47:53.77
shall hear his voice,
and shall come forth."
00:47:53.80\00:47:57.97
Wow!
00:47:58.01\00:47:59.34
That goes on, but notice
that, they're going to hear it
00:47:59.37\00:48:01.14
and then they're
going to come forth.
00:48:01.18\00:48:02.51
Question six.
00:48:02.54\00:48:03.88
When will the dead
come out of their grave?
00:48:03.91\00:48:06.78
Bible says in 1 Thessalonians 4,
00:48:06.82\00:48:09.52
what's going to happen here?
00:48:09.55\00:48:11.89
What does the Bible say?
00:48:11.92\00:48:13.25
Turn with to
first or jot it down
00:48:13.29\00:48:14.76
1 Thessalonians 4, it's
13 all through 16 there,
00:48:14.79\00:48:18.33
but I just want to
read a couple of them.
00:48:18.36\00:48:20.96
Yeah, 1 Thessalonians Chapter 4.
00:48:21.00\00:48:25.43
Yeah, 13, 14, 15, and 16,
00:48:25.47\00:48:29.14
but notice this verse 16.
00:48:29.17\00:48:30.51
It says, "For the
Lord himself shall descend
00:48:30.54\00:48:31.94
from heaven with a," what?
00:48:31.97\00:48:33.44
"A shout, with the
voice of the archangel
00:48:33.48\00:48:35.61
and the trump of God:
00:48:35.64\00:48:36.98
and the dead in
Christ shall rise," what?
00:48:37.01\00:48:38.61
"First."
00:48:38.65\00:48:39.98
Remember, if they
went to the reward,
00:48:40.02\00:48:41.35
what good is it coming
back, put them back in the grave
00:48:41.38\00:48:44.35
and then bringing
them back out again.
00:48:44.39\00:48:46.35
God doesn't
operate that, He's busy.
00:48:46.39\00:48:48.32
They're gonna
come out of the grave,
00:48:48.36\00:48:49.69
that's beautiful.
00:48:49.72\00:48:51.06
Question seven.
00:48:51.09\00:48:52.43
How many will be resurrected
according to the Bible?
00:48:52.46\00:48:54.16
We just read it in John 5:28-29,
00:48:54.20\00:48:57.87
but we'll read a little bit
on the next couple of lines,
00:48:57.90\00:48:59.93
notice, "All that are in
the grave will do," what?
00:48:59.97\00:49:03.97
"They'll hear his
voice and come forth,
00:49:04.01\00:49:05.71
they that have done good
unto the resurrection of life,
00:49:05.74\00:49:08.74
and they that have done evil
00:49:08.78\00:49:10.15
to the
resurrection of damnation."
00:49:10.18\00:49:12.15
It says two
resurrections, right?
00:49:12.18\00:49:13.95
One for the righteous
and one for the wicked,
00:49:13.98\00:49:16.45
kind of interesting thought.
00:49:16.48\00:49:17.82
Question eight.
00:49:17.85\00:49:19.19
What will happen
to the righteous dead
00:49:19.22\00:49:20.79
at Christ's second coming?
00:49:20.82\00:49:22.39
We know that in 1
Thessalonians 4:16-17,
00:49:22.42\00:49:26.23
1 Thessalonians Chapter, what?
00:49:26.26\00:49:28.73
Four notice this,
00:49:28.76\00:49:31.07
and it says here verse 15,
00:49:31.10\00:49:32.83
am I there?
00:49:32.87\00:49:35.47
Yeah, I'm gonna read
verse, 1 Thessalonians 4:15,
00:49:35.50\00:49:38.47
"For this we say unto
you by the word of the Lord,
00:49:38.51\00:49:40.98
that we which
are alive and remain
00:49:41.01\00:49:43.28
unto the coming of the
Lord shall not prevent them
00:49:43.31\00:49:46.28
that are sleep."
00:49:46.31\00:49:47.65
This is very important passage
of scripture, did you get it?
00:49:47.68\00:49:49.95
Paul makes it clear.
00:49:49.98\00:49:51.32
1 Thessalonians 4:15,
00:49:51.35\00:49:53.96
"We which are," what?
00:49:53.99\00:49:55.36
"Alive and remain
into the coming of the Lord
00:49:55.39\00:49:57.56
shall not
prevent," come on somebody,
00:49:57.59\00:49:59.79
"then which are asleep."
00:49:59.83\00:50:01.16
You know, what
prevent means here,
00:50:01.20\00:50:02.53
in the original language?
00:50:02.56\00:50:03.90
It says here, a go before.
00:50:03.93\00:50:06.00
Did you get it?
00:50:06.03\00:50:07.37
God says, the Lord says,
00:50:07.40\00:50:08.74
here unto the coming of the Lord
00:50:08.77\00:50:10.11
shall not prevent or go
before those that are dead.
00:50:10.14\00:50:12.87
You know those that are
alive will not go to heaven
00:50:12.91\00:50:15.21
before those that are asleep.
00:50:15.24\00:50:16.91
Does that make sense?
00:50:16.95\00:50:18.28
That's what it
says, will not prevent,
00:50:18.31\00:50:20.42
that means go before
those which are asleep.
00:50:20.45\00:50:23.18
We're all gonna
see the Lord right
00:50:23.22\00:50:24.55
coming in the clouds of glory,
00:50:24.59\00:50:25.92
how wonderful
that's going to be.
00:50:25.95\00:50:29.46
Those who died
will not reach heaven
00:50:29.49\00:50:32.16
before those who
live to see Christ come.
00:50:32.19\00:50:36.16
Answer me this one
because this is something
00:50:36.20\00:50:37.60
that we have to consider
00:50:37.63\00:50:38.97
when we're
looking for what truth is.
00:50:39.00\00:50:41.14
You remember 1,000
years after David's death,
00:50:41.17\00:50:46.21
Peter said in the New Testament,
00:50:46.24\00:50:48.21
Acts 2:29-34,
00:50:48.24\00:50:51.41
notice what it says,
00:50:51.45\00:50:52.81
"David has not yet
ascended to heaven.
00:50:52.85\00:50:56.45
Thousand years
after he was dead,
00:50:56.48\00:50:58.49
now either Peter was
not telling the truth
00:50:58.52\00:51:00.56
and he's a liar, or
he's telling the truth.
00:51:00.59\00:51:02.66
Now let's get down to it.
00:51:02.69\00:51:04.39
He said, David
has not yet, what?
00:51:04.43\00:51:06.70
Ascended into the heavens,
it's been over 1000 years.
00:51:06.73\00:51:10.53
Because Peter knew the truth,
00:51:10.57\00:51:12.00
we rest and sleep in
the grave till Jesus comes.
00:51:12.03\00:51:14.54
And then we're
resurrected together.
00:51:14.57\00:51:17.64
With the living
and with the righteous
00:51:17.67\00:51:19.54
and we meet the
Lord certainly in air.
00:51:19.57\00:51:20.91
Question nine.
00:51:20.94\00:51:22.28
How will the
righteous be changed?
00:51:22.31\00:51:24.85
And when will they be changed?
00:51:24.88\00:51:27.08
Yeah, it says here, very simple.
00:51:27.12\00:51:28.68
1 Corinthians 15:51-54,
00:51:28.72\00:51:32.95
notice when the
change take place,
00:51:32.99\00:51:34.42
will it change
this as soon as I die,
00:51:34.46\00:51:35.79
boom, I'm gone.
00:51:35.82\00:51:37.16
The Bible does not teach that.
00:51:37.19\00:51:38.53
It is never taught
that, not trying to be ugly,
00:51:38.56\00:51:40.86
smart about it, but
I'm telling you it does.
00:51:40.90\00:51:42.50
Here's what the Bible said,
I will paraphrase here quickly,
00:51:42.53\00:51:45.23
it says, "In a moment,"
00:51:45.27\00:51:46.60
when are we going to be changed?
00:51:46.63\00:51:47.97
The Bible said, "In a moment,
00:51:48.00\00:51:49.34
in the twinkling of
an eye at the," what?
00:51:49.37\00:51:51.54
"At the last trump, is
when we put on immortality?"
00:51:51.57\00:51:55.24
We don't have it.
00:51:55.28\00:51:56.61
We don't...
00:51:56.64\00:51:57.98
Didn't breathe the soul into us,
00:51:58.01\00:51:59.35
we became a soul, right?
00:51:59.38\00:52:00.72
But when we had
body and we're breath,
00:52:00.75\00:52:02.08
we're soul when
one's missing, what?
00:52:02.12\00:52:03.62
It ceases to
exist, we go over that.
00:52:03.65\00:52:05.59
It's very, very
important, but what,
00:52:05.62\00:52:07.82
we're talking about
putting on immortality
00:52:07.86\00:52:10.06
at the coming of Jesus.
00:52:10.09\00:52:12.59
Who alone will
have the privilege
00:52:12.63\00:52:14.83
of everlasting life?
00:52:14.86\00:52:16.56
John 3:16, question number 10.
00:52:16.60\00:52:18.90
Just have about
three minutes left,
00:52:18.93\00:52:20.27
little less, think about it.
00:52:20.30\00:52:21.70
Who alone will
have the privilege
00:52:21.74\00:52:23.07
of everlasting life?
00:52:23.10\00:52:24.44
You remember John 3:16,
00:52:24.47\00:52:26.17
"God so loved the
world that," what?
00:52:26.21\00:52:27.54
"He gave His
begotten son" right?
00:52:27.58\00:52:29.84
"Whoever believes
in Him shall not..."
00:52:29.88\00:52:31.91
But we need to believe in
Him and be willing to follow Him
00:52:31.95\00:52:34.55
and follow His Word.
00:52:34.58\00:52:36.28
If we don't, we will
be fooled in the last day,
00:52:36.32\00:52:38.19
I wish we could
talk more, we can't.
00:52:38.22\00:52:39.55
Question number 11 the last one.
00:52:39.59\00:52:41.09
What does the Bible
say about the possibility
00:52:41.12\00:52:43.49
of the dead praising the Lord?
00:52:43.53\00:52:44.86
Oh!
00:52:44.89\00:52:46.23
We get to, we
die, we go to heaven,
00:52:46.26\00:52:47.60
we're gonna be
praising the Lord,
00:52:47.63\00:52:48.96
we'll be
shouting, we're gonna be...
00:52:49.00\00:52:50.33
I'll tell you when
the real thing happened,
00:52:50.37\00:52:51.70
we will be shouting, we
will be praising the Lord.
00:52:51.73\00:52:54.04
Psalms 115, just look it up,
00:52:54.07\00:52:56.67
verse 17, Psalms 115:17,
00:52:56.71\00:52:59.87
"The dead praise not the Lord,
00:52:59.91\00:53:02.01
neither any that
go down into silence."
00:53:02.04\00:53:04.88
Did you get it?
00:53:04.91\00:53:06.25
The dead praise not the Lord,
00:53:06.28\00:53:07.62
neither any that
go down into silence,
00:53:07.65\00:53:09.25
any that die.
00:53:09.28\00:53:10.62
Not until the time after
He comes the second time.
00:53:10.65\00:53:13.82
How wonderful that is.
00:53:13.86\00:53:15.82
Think about it with me.
00:53:15.86\00:53:17.19
The theory of immortality
as we close of the soul
00:53:17.23\00:53:20.53
was one of those false doctrines
00:53:20.56\00:53:23.53
that Rome
borrowed from paganism.
00:53:23.57\00:53:25.60
Are you still with me?
00:53:25.63\00:53:27.04
Yeah, it came into
the Christian church.
00:53:27.07\00:53:30.84
You know what Martin
Luther said about it.
00:53:30.87\00:53:33.48
He said he clashed it
with a monstrous fables
00:53:33.51\00:53:37.11
that form a part
of the Roman dunghill.
00:53:37.15\00:53:41.48
Now, that's pretty
powerful, isn't it?
00:53:41.52\00:53:43.49
Even Martin Luther said,
00:53:43.52\00:53:46.02
he clashed that
with the dunghill.
00:53:46.05\00:53:49.02
That came from
paganism that I'm dying soul
00:53:49.06\00:53:52.13
that you live on
or you can come back
00:53:52.16\00:53:53.63
and be something else
that you go to your reward,
00:53:53.66\00:53:56.06
never comes
from the Word of God.
00:53:56.10\00:53:57.53
Seventeen hundred times,
00:53:57.57\00:53:59.00
remember spirit and breath used?
00:53:59.03\00:54:00.87
Never one time, never one time
00:54:00.90\00:54:03.84
does it really
refer to or talk about,
00:54:03.87\00:54:05.57
you know, the
soul takes body, what?
00:54:05.61\00:54:07.08
Body and breathe
to make the soul.
00:54:07.11\00:54:09.54
The belief that
the spirit of dead
00:54:09.58\00:54:12.85
returns to
minister to the living
00:54:12.88\00:54:15.98
has prepared the way
for modern spiritualism,
00:54:16.02\00:54:19.59
did you get it?
00:54:19.62\00:54:21.46
The belief that the spirit,
the dead can come back to us
00:54:21.49\00:54:25.03
and talk to us, we've
had out of body experiences
00:54:25.06\00:54:27.30
and people have said,
they're on operating...
00:54:27.33\00:54:29.43
All this kind of
business right here
00:54:29.46\00:54:31.03
is preparing the way
for modern spiritualism
00:54:31.07\00:54:34.54
that the enemy
can use the spirit,
00:54:34.57\00:54:36.40
his evil spirits to
bring false messages
00:54:36.44\00:54:38.87
goes
contradicts the Word of God.
00:54:38.91\00:54:41.11
You know, I pray
today that Holy Spirit's
00:54:41.14\00:54:42.64
been impressing your mind,
00:54:42.68\00:54:44.01
you're gonna read
these passages and study,
00:54:44.05\00:54:45.51
see whether it be soul or not.
00:54:45.55\00:54:46.88
Because I
guarantee if you don't,
00:54:46.92\00:54:48.28
you will be fooled.
00:54:48.32\00:54:49.65
We've got to know
the truth on this issue.
00:54:49.68\00:54:51.15
Let's pray, shall we?
00:54:51.19\00:54:53.56
Loving Father in heaven again,
00:54:53.59\00:54:54.92
we thank You for
Your precious word.
00:54:54.96\00:54:56.29
Thank you, Jesus,
You've made it so clear.
00:54:56.32\00:54:58.09
Let's not become
confused because it's so clear
00:54:58.13\00:55:00.16
because we look around and say,
00:55:00.20\00:55:01.53
oh, yeah, but all
these learned people,
00:55:01.56\00:55:02.90
everybody.
00:55:02.93\00:55:04.27
Well, we have
the 10 we have the 5,
00:55:04.30\00:55:05.73
does it equal 10 or does it 15.
00:55:05.77\00:55:08.04
Lord help us today
we pray and we thank you
00:55:08.07\00:55:09.67
for what you've done,
the choice and decisions
00:55:09.70\00:55:11.37
have been made right now
for truth in Jesus' name.
00:55:11.41\00:55:14.14
Amen.
00:55:14.18\00:55:15.98
We love you, God loves you.
00:55:16.01\00:55:17.35
We look forward to
seeing you next time.
00:55:17.38\00:55:21.45
Hi, and welcome back.
00:55:21.48\00:55:22.92
I hope rather
than disappointment
00:55:22.95\00:55:24.79
concerning the
state of the dead,
00:55:24.82\00:55:26.65
you are elated to
now know the truth.
00:55:26.69\00:55:30.76
I find comfort in
knowing that my family members
00:55:30.79\00:55:33.83
who have passed before
me are not looking down
00:55:33.86\00:55:37.17
and taking note of
every aspect of my life,
00:55:37.20\00:55:40.34
praise God that we
can trust all of that
00:55:40.37\00:55:43.61
to our Heavenly Father
and His ministering angels.
00:55:43.64\00:55:46.94
Our friends and loved ones
00:55:46.98\00:55:48.91
who have died are truly at rest.
00:55:48.94\00:55:51.55
And that is a blessed thought.
00:55:51.58\00:55:53.62
Those who are alive
and remain those of us
00:55:53.65\00:55:55.95
at the coming of Jesus Christ
00:55:55.98\00:55:57.95
will not be preceded
into the courts of glory
00:55:57.99\00:56:01.06
by those who
have lived before us.
00:56:01.09\00:56:03.32
Of course, there have been a few
00:56:03.36\00:56:05.59
whom God has
seen fit to translate
00:56:05.63\00:56:08.03
or resurrect early such
as Enoch, Moses, Elijah,
00:56:08.06\00:56:11.90
and those who were resurrected
00:56:11.93\00:56:13.87
at the time of Christ.
00:56:13.90\00:56:15.70
But the Bible is very clear
00:56:15.74\00:56:17.97
where the
majority of the persons
00:56:18.01\00:56:20.08
whom have died are resting.
00:56:20.11\00:56:22.44
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