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Welcome to 3ABN
Australia Homecoming 2019
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and I am here with Pastor Alban.
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Good morning.
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Good morning, welcome to
the Program this morning.
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Good morning and
thank you for that.
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And he has recently
had a new child born.
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Yes, a young little girl.
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How old is she?
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She's just 10 days old.
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Aaah... and he's
getting some sleep, I hope.
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Right now, in this Program,
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we're going to be
listening to Diane Hope
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and she's going to sing
an Aaron Wilburn song called,
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"Four Days Late... "
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and then, John
Malkiewycz, my husband,
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is going to be speaking to us
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and he's going to
ask us a question,
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"Can the dead
really live again?"
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What is his key text, Pastor?
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His key text is taken from the
book of Ecclesiastes chapter 9,
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verses 5 and 6,
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and I would like to
read for you this morning,
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and it tells us,
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"For the living
know that they shall die:
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but the dead know not any thing,
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neither they have
any more a reward;
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for the memory of
them is forgotten.
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Also, their
love... their hatred...
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their envy... is now perished;
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neither they have any
more a portion for ever
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in anything that is
done under the sun. "
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Would you like to pray
for them before they come out?
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I'd like to do that.
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Let us bow our heads,
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"Precious loving Father,
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we thank You Lord
for this beautiful day.
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We pray that You
will be with us...
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in a very special way,
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we pray that You will
be with John and Diane,
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we pray that Your Holy
Spirit will guide them,
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we ask Your presence here
and we ask for Your leading,
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in Your name we
pray, Jesus, amen. "
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Amen.
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The news came to Jesus
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Please come fast
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Lazarus is sick
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And without Your
help he will not last
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Mary and Martha
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watched their brother die
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They waited for Jesus
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He did not come
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They wondered why
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The death watch was over
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Buried four days
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Somebody said,
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"He'll soon be here,
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the Lord's on his way"
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Martha ran to him
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and then she cried
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"Lord, if you had been here
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You could have healed him,
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He'd still be alive
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But You're four days late
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And all hope is gone
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Lord, we don't understand
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Why You waited so long?"
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But His way is God's way
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Not yours or mine
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And isn't it great
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When He's four days late
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He's still on time
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Jesus said, "Martha,
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show me the grave"
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But she said, "Lord,
You don't understand,
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He's been there four days"
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The grave stone was rolled back
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Then Jesus cried,
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"Lazarus come forth... "
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Then somebody said,
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"He's all right, he's alive"
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You might be fighting
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a battle of fear
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You cry to the Lord
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"I need You now"
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But He has not appeared
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Friend, don't be discouraged
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'Cause He's still the same
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He'll soon be here
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He'll roll back the stone
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And He'll call out your name
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But He's four days late
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And all hope is gone
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Lord we don't understand
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Why You waited so long
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But His way is God's way
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Not yours or mine
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And isn't it great
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When He's four days late
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He's still on time
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My God is great...
He's four days late...
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He's still on time...
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Pause...
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You know, that song
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really resonates with me.
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The first time I
heard it was in 3ABN in USA
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and we met Aaron Wilburn
and he is an incredible man...
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the Bible talks
about... "We have gifts. "
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Well, this man has the gift
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to make you laugh and be happy.
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He said, "You know, God
said that the fact that we laugh
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is merry to our heart...
it makes us feel really good.
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A joyful smile
brings something to you
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that will make you feel good
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and Diane, you sang that
very beautifully, thank you.
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In our title for our Program,
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it's "Certainty
Amid Uncertainty. "
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The world is
fully of uncertainty
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but unless we read the Bible,
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we will discover
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that every answer to
any uncertainty we have
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is found in the Word of God
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and I discovered that
when I first became a Christian
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because there
were a lot of things
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that I was uncertain about
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but God revealed
to me through His Word
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that there is
certainty in His Word.
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In our key Bible verse,
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in Ecclesiastes
chapter 9 and verse 5,
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I want to tell you,
Solomon got it right.
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"The living know
that they shall die... "
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has anyone seen
Solomon recently?
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No, he died...
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there's not a man or a woman
here or anywhere on this earth
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who does not have to
come to terms with death.
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It is a part of life.
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From the moment we are
born, we start our journey
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to the grave.
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In most countries,
everyone starts with...
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a what? A Birth Certificate...
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and if you go to
college and school,
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you'll end up with a...
with an educational certificate
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and then, if you're
blessed and you get married,
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you have a marriage certificate
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but at the end
of life's journey,
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you will receive
a death certificate
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confirming you died.
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Audience: Laughter.
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And you have legal access
to your last resting place.
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For some, it's
in a box like this
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and, you know, it
is even tailor made
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just to suit you.
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But in some cases, you
see a procession of cars
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of friends and family
following a funeral hearse
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traveling slowly...
bearing the body in a coffin
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to its final resting place.
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Just to make sure by-the-way,
you don't get out of that box...
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the lid on the coffin is secured
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and then, when it
gets to its destination,
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it is placed in a hole.
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You can see there,
it's covered with soil.
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That's doubly
sure you can't get out
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and then, in some cases,
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a granite slab is
placed over the coffin.
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That's triply
sure you won't get out.
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You may be smiling,
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but this box or whatever
method a body is disposed of
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in this world,
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awaits every one
of us when we die.
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It doesn't matter
if you're an Atheist.
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It doesn't matter
if you are a Hindu,
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or a Buddhist...
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it doesn't matter
if you're a Muslim...
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it doesn't matter even
if you are a Protestant,
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or even if you're a Catholic,
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or any other belief,
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what is sure...
that as time continues,
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sooner or later, whatever
we're doing in this life...
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it comes to an end.
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You know, when you are younger,
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you don't think
about these things,
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they are way out of your mind,
it seems to be so far away.
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However, as the years
roll by and you get older,
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you notice, the
body doesn't respond
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to what the
brain is telling you,
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and if you're older and you're
getting closer to retirement,
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you know that for a fact
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and we realize that
that final certificate,
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is not too far away.
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You know what we do?
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We start to think more about
the things that apply to us
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and it seems to
happen just automatically.
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We begin to think
and prepare and plan
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for the time we
think we have left
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and I know when we've
traveled around Australia,
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particularly with older people,
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they're traveling in
their caravans around Australia,
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and we often hear them say,
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"You know, the
last thing I want to do
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before I die,
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is travel around Australia
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and so, people
have these bucket lists
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that they want to
accomplish before they die.
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With each one of us,
there is a desire to know
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the answer to many questions
that confront us during our life
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and some are very basic
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but some are very challenging.
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One challenging question...
and this one, I think,
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is very pertinent,
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and this is, "What
happens when we die?"
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It's a question that
confronts every one of us
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and the young may
not think about it,
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but you need to think about it.
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There are many differing views,
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but one thing that
none of us can argue with
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is the Scientific and
somewhat graphic reality
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of what actually takes
place to these bodies of ours
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when we die.
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You know, modern Science
has made great contributions
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in the battle
against illness and disease.
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You know that this world is
full of all sorts of diseases
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and I think of
Cancer in particular,
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they've made progress on that
and in any other way... but...
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at the best they can do,
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is give us some
additional time in this life,
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but the inevitable day does come
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and the heart stops
pumping blood through our bodies
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and we die.
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I want to say to you,
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if the heart beats at
about 70 times a minute,
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took... to...
took... to... took...
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with each beat, it
pumps 60 to 90 milliliters
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of blood out of the heart,
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that's about
two to three ounces.
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It can move five to seven
liters of blood in one minute
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and 7,600 liters in one day,
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that's 2,000
gallons, think about that.
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That's what your heart's doing
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as you're sitting
there... 2,000 gallons in a day.
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In a life time, it
beats over 2.5 billion times
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and pumps over
200 million liters,
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that's 50
million gallons of blood.
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This is an amazing organ
and it determines if we're dead
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or if we're alive.
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The Bible speaks
a lot about blood
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and it's right when it
says in Leviticus 17:11,
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"For the life of the
flesh is in the blood... "
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so, what does Science tell us
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happens when this
heart of ours stops beating
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and the blood flow stops?
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When a person's
heart stops beating,
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the body goes
through several stages,
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the heart is no
longer pumping blood,
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and within minutes,
the blood begins to settle
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in the lower parts of the body.
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Usually, eight
to 12 hours later,
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the skin becomes discolored
where the blood settles
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and is known as Liver mortis
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and you have the
postmortem stain.
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That's why during a
postmortem investigation,
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they can tell the
position of a body,
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when it... when you die.
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For example, if you
are lying on your back,
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the blood would flow to
the lower parts of your back.
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If you were lying on
your side when you died,
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the blood would flow to
the lower side of your body.
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In fact, that's how they know
if someone has moved the body.
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Pause...
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At the moment of death,
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the body
muscles relax completely
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and this is called,
"Primary Flaccidity. "
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The body
temperature also begins to drop,
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usually cooling to
match the surrounding
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environment temperature
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and begins to stiffen
two to six hours later
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known as Rigor Mortis.
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Now, I've got to tell you
something about Rigor Mortis.
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Now, I grew up on a farm...
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how many of you
have grown up on a farm?
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There's a... quite a
few have grown up on a farm
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and you know, we had cattle,
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and sometimes,
things would happen
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and some of
those animals might die
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and usually always
happens seemed to be at night
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and, you know, if
you left the body there,
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you had a problem in the morning
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because it had stiffened
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and so, we would all
have to dig a hole as kids
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and we would put
that dead body in that...
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the carcass of
that animal in the grave
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but there was a problem
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sometimes, it was
laid out like this
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and so, it was very difficult
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and you had to manipulate that
body to fit it into that hole.
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So, Rigor Mortis is a real thing
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and I saw it and it
is very interesting.
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Now, we're told the
body begins to decompose,
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and as bacteria and
insects break down the body,
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with it comes a notable stench
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often becoming unbearable.
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You know, I have to tell you,
00:17:14.76\00:17:17.07
Australia is a big country,
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and as we
traveled around Australia,
00:17:18.70\00:17:21.54
putting satellite dishes,
00:17:21.57\00:17:22.90
we traveled across the
vast lands of Australia,
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and unfortunately,
00:17:26.31\00:17:27.91
a lot of animals wander
up to the edge of the road,
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and often, they are killed by
these big road trains and trucks
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or vehicles...
00:17:35.98\00:17:37.32
you don't want to hit one of
these animals with the vehicles
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and they are killed
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and they are left
on the side of the road
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and it's interesting as
we would be driving along...
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what I said... that
stench is unbearable.
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As you're driving along,
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suddenly, something is
coming through the vent
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and I can
remember, Rosemary and I
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as we were driving
along, we would always say,
00:17:57.04\00:17:59.81
"Quick, close the vent... "
00:17:59.84\00:18:01.34
so that it won't come in
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and after a little
while, we'd open the vent
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and down the road, we would go.
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Pause...
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It's a reality.
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That's what happens to
the body... it decomposes.
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So, we see that over a period
of time, the body decomposes.
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Given sufficient
time, it breaks down
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to where there is no visible
evidence of its existence.
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We know that the body
left in the open environment
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decomposes the fastest...
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the quickest.
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It takes longer in water...
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it's quicker in an
acidic soil environment,
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and slower in an
alkaline soil environment.
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Science is clear
and it's accurate,
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the body returns to the ground.
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What does the Bible say?
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And before we go there,
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I'm just going to ask
you to bow your heads.
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"Father in heaven,
00:18:58.33\00:19:02.37
the Bible tells us that we are
fearfully and wonderfully made.
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You made us, Father,
00:19:07.04\00:19:08.71
and we thank you that we
have Your Word to confirm that
00:19:08.74\00:19:12.41
but You also give us hope.
00:19:12.45\00:19:14.52
Thank You for
Jesus Who is able to do
00:19:14.55\00:19:18.12
all that You have
said to give us life
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and to give it abundantly.
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Thank you, Father,
and I pray right now
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that the Holy Spirit will be
here as people open the Bible
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to learn more of what You
have to say on this subject,
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in Jesus' name, amen. "
00:19:33.54\00:19:35.70
Pause...
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I want you to turn
with me in your Bibles
00:19:37.24\00:19:40.84
to Ecclesiastes
chapter 3 and verse 20.
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Pause...
00:19:44.51\00:19:46.58
This is a book that Solomon...
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Solomon was supposed to be...
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well, he was, the
wisest man that ever lived,
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and the Bible is very clear
00:19:51.95\00:19:54.72
in relation to what
happens when we die...
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the Bible says,
"All go... " where?
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"unto one place...
00:20:01.56\00:20:03.57
all are of... " what?
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"the dust, and all
turn to the dust again. "
00:20:05.57\00:20:10.54
I think that that
text is very clear...
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Science confirms...
we go to one place...
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it returns to the ground
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and that's why we hear a
Minister at the graveside say,
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"Dust to dust
and ashes to ashes. "
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In the teachings of different
religions in this world,
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there are many
different doctrines and beliefs
00:20:33.80\00:20:36.26
but the Bible text is
clear... all go to one place.
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Yes, it doesn't
matter if you're an Atheist,
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it doesn't matter
if you're a Buddhist,
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it doesn't matter
if you're a Hindu,
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it doesn't matter
if you're a Muslim,
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or a Catholic...
00:20:53.98\00:20:55.32
or a Protestant...
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or any other religion.
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When we die, we all
go to the same place...
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back to the dust
and back to the earth.
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This leads to an
underlying thought,
00:21:07.13\00:21:10.50
and it's an important question,
00:21:10.53\00:21:14.40
"Can the dead
really live again?"
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"Can the dead...
really live again?"
00:21:18.61\00:21:22.64
I want you to turn with me
to Job chapter 14 and verse 14.
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Job chapter 14 and verse 14.
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Pause...
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Job, Psalms,
Proverbs, Song of Solomon,
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and Ecclesiastes.
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In Job 14:14, it says,
00:21:41.36\00:21:44.00
"If a man die,
shall he live again?"
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Now, you know Job,
had terrible boils...
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he was afflicted
with terrible boils
00:21:52.47\00:21:55.84
and he couldn't find any relief
and he just wanted to die,
00:21:55.88\00:22:02.08
but the question
was... if he did die,
00:22:02.12\00:22:04.85
what did he say?
00:22:04.89\00:22:06.22
"If a man die,
shall he live again?"
00:22:06.25\00:22:10.03
This was on his mind...
this is the same question
00:22:10.06\00:22:13.29
that I believe
many of us can ask.
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So, what would you say?
00:22:17.20\00:22:19.63
Would you say, "Yes... "
00:22:19.67\00:22:22.07
would you say, "No...?"
00:22:22.10\00:22:24.44
Would you say, "Maybe... "
00:22:24.47\00:22:26.98
or "I just don't know. "
00:22:27.01\00:22:29.48
Pause...
00:22:29.54\00:22:31.75
Science has only
one answer, "No... "
00:22:31.78\00:22:34.88
Science cannot
bring a body back to life
00:22:34.95\00:22:38.02
once the blood flow stops
00:22:38.05\00:22:40.62
and the blood flow settles
in the lower parts of the body,
00:22:40.66\00:22:44.09
and Rigor Mortis sets in.
00:22:44.13\00:22:46.09
They cannot make
the heart beat again,
00:22:46.13\00:22:49.10
the blood flows
through the body...
00:22:49.13\00:22:51.33
the brain... the
organs... and the tissues again.
00:22:51.37\00:22:54.70
You know how I know that?
00:22:54.74\00:22:56.44
It's true... they
can't because the Undertakers
00:22:56.47\00:23:00.41
are still in the "Dead" business
00:23:00.44\00:23:02.18
arranging funerals every day.
00:23:02.21\00:23:04.61
However, if
your answer was "Yes"
00:23:04.65\00:23:09.55
a resounding "Yes... "
00:23:09.58\00:23:11.05
then with absolute
certainty, you are right.
00:23:11.09\00:23:15.22
If you said, "Maybe"
or "I just don't know... "
00:23:15.26\00:23:19.69
then, I'm hoping you too will
discover why those who say "Yes"
00:23:19.73\00:23:25.43
know with absolute certainty
that they can live again
00:23:25.47\00:23:29.90
after they die.
00:23:29.94\00:23:31.41
Notice, I said, "Can... "
00:23:31.44\00:23:33.71
not "maybe live again"
00:23:33.74\00:23:35.94
it's true but
it's conditional...
00:23:35.98\00:23:38.71
it is a conscious decision
you make while you're living
00:23:38.75\00:23:44.02
that comes from the knowledge
and the writings of this book...
00:23:44.05\00:23:48.02
the Bible.
00:23:48.06\00:23:49.39
In fact, the
idea of living again
00:23:49.42\00:23:54.83
is a fundamental
teaching of all Christian faiths
00:23:54.86\00:23:58.93
and is called, "The Good News. "
00:23:58.97\00:24:01.04
It is God's plan for
all of us to know God
00:24:01.10\00:24:06.17
and His good news of the
plan of salvation for mankind
00:24:06.21\00:24:12.61
and if by faith,
we believe God's Word,
00:24:12.65\00:24:16.89
we will discover
how we can live again.
00:24:16.92\00:24:21.12
Pause...
00:24:21.16\00:24:23.89
I want to ask you this question,
"Why is it then that we die...
00:24:23.93\00:24:28.80
when we die, we
return to the ground?"
00:24:28.83\00:24:32.23
And I want you to turn
with me to the book of Genesis,
00:24:32.27\00:24:35.94
chapter 3 and verse 19.
00:24:35.97\00:24:38.67
Genesis chapter 3 and verse 19.
00:24:38.71\00:24:42.98
Pause...
00:24:43.01\00:24:45.25
And I want you to just
follow along with me here,
00:24:45.28\00:24:49.95
it says, "In the sweat of
thy face shalt thou eat bread,
00:24:49.98\00:24:55.59
till thou
return unto the ground;
00:24:55.62\00:24:58.29
for out of the ground...
00:24:58.33\00:25:00.36
for out of it wast thou taken:
00:25:00.40\00:25:05.43
for dust thou art,
00:25:05.50\00:25:06.84
and unto dust
shalt thou return. "
00:25:06.87\00:25:09.24
I need to say something here
00:25:09.27\00:25:11.44
that will help you
understand the thought...
00:25:11.47\00:25:13.58
why we return to the ground.
00:25:13.61\00:25:15.44
In Genesis chapter
2, God told Adam and Eve
00:25:15.48\00:25:19.91
to eat the fruit of
every tree except one
00:25:19.95\00:25:23.95
and if they ate
from this forbidden tree,
00:25:23.99\00:25:27.92
they would die.
00:25:27.96\00:25:29.72
In chapter 3, we
have the sad story
00:25:29.76\00:25:32.69
where Eve was deceived by Satan,
00:25:32.73\00:25:35.60
as she took of the
fruit and gave to Adam
00:25:35.63\00:25:38.33
and they did both eat.
00:25:38.37\00:25:39.70
And so, we see,
that they disobeyed God.
00:25:39.73\00:25:44.87
They were barred
access to the Tree of Life
00:25:44.94\00:25:50.05
and Adam and Eve
died... they died.
00:25:50.08\00:25:54.45
God tells Adam
exactly in that verse,
00:25:54.48\00:25:57.79
the
consequences for what he did.
00:25:57.82\00:26:01.09
Pause...
00:26:01.12\00:26:03.86
He says, "When you
die... " what happens?
00:26:03.89\00:26:07.16
"You will
return to the ground. "
00:26:07.20\00:26:08.80
let me read it again to you,
"In the sweat of thy face... "
00:26:08.83\00:26:11.90
now, these are the consequences,
Adam would have to now work
00:26:11.93\00:26:15.00
when you
work... and you men know
00:26:15.04\00:26:17.61
and some of you
ladies that work hard,
00:26:17.64\00:26:19.57
sweat comes upon
you, does it not?
00:26:19.61\00:26:21.51
And so... and He said...
"This will happen for you...
00:26:21.54\00:26:25.11
you would have to
feed your family...
00:26:25.15\00:26:27.55
you'll have to care for them...
00:26:27.58\00:26:28.92
you will have to work
00:26:28.95\00:26:30.29
and then, at the end
of that, when you die,
00:26:30.32\00:26:35.29
you will know what happens,
you return to the ground. "
00:26:35.32\00:26:39.03
Pause...
00:26:39.06\00:26:42.06
It was our Creator's plan
00:26:42.10\00:26:45.80
that none of us should
have ever or would die.
00:26:45.83\00:26:50.11
It was His aim that you and
I would live forever with Him
00:26:50.17\00:26:55.24
in the earth throughout eternity
00:26:55.28\00:26:58.95
but because of this
one act of disobedience,
00:26:58.98\00:27:02.08
death came upon all men.
00:27:02.12\00:27:05.52
it was our Creator's
plan that we would not die.
00:27:05.55\00:27:11.06
How does this Bible
describe human beings
00:27:11.09\00:27:14.53
and I want you to just
come back to Genesis chapter 2
00:27:14.56\00:27:17.73
and verse 7.
00:27:17.77\00:27:19.53
Genesis chapter 2 and verse 7.
00:27:19.57\00:27:23.00
And the Bible says,
00:27:23.04\00:27:26.07
"And the LORD God formed
man of the dust of the ground,
00:27:26.14\00:27:31.21
and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life;
00:27:31.25\00:27:35.25
and man became a living soul. "
00:27:35.28\00:27:37.49
I want to tell you this morning,
00:27:37.52\00:27:39.62
if you can imagine dust
with water... it's like clay
00:27:39.65\00:27:44.09
and I can see a sculpture...
a sculptor... sorry...
00:27:44.13\00:27:48.46
with a large piece of clay
00:27:48.53\00:27:51.43
and He works on it and
he molds it and He makes it
00:27:51.47\00:27:54.90
but I want to tell you
that this piece of clay
00:27:54.94\00:27:58.37
stood about 16 or 17 feet high
00:27:58.41\00:28:01.24
and there it is...
there... there it is...
00:28:01.28\00:28:04.78
the form of the first man...
00:28:04.81\00:28:07.68
you know, man was
made in the image of God
00:28:07.72\00:28:11.52
male and female...
00:28:11.55\00:28:13.09
and then, when God had finished,
00:28:13.12\00:28:15.99
I can imagine
God leaning over...
00:28:16.02\00:28:18.83
Jesus leaning over and
breathing into his nostril
00:28:18.86\00:28:21.93
and suddenly, you could see
the eyes of that creature...
00:28:21.96\00:28:27.14
that new person... open...
00:28:27.20\00:28:30.01
and you could see the
body beginning to work
00:28:30.04\00:28:33.81
and I can just imagine
him meeting Jesus' eyes
00:28:33.84\00:28:37.55
and the smile that would
have come across his face.
00:28:37.61\00:28:41.45
What an experience
that would have been!
00:28:41.48\00:28:44.65
Pause...
00:28:44.69\00:28:48.66
It is often
believed by many people
00:28:48.69\00:28:52.09
that a human is
comprised of a body and soul...
00:28:52.13\00:28:58.03
two separate entities
00:28:58.10\00:28:59.77
which is not
what the Bible says,
00:28:59.80\00:29:02.40
as a formula it looks like this,
00:29:02.44\00:29:06.44
Dust + Breath = Living Soul
00:29:06.47\00:29:10.45
or a Living Being.
00:29:10.48\00:29:11.98
Many modern
translations of Genesis 2:7,
00:29:12.01\00:29:16.38
read, "And man
became a living being. "
00:29:16.45\00:29:20.19
"Soul" and "Being"
are interchangeable
00:29:20.22\00:29:23.93
and encompass the whole person.
00:29:23.96\00:29:26.63
In English, we use the
word "soul" in the same way
00:29:26.66\00:29:31.97
for example, we
send an emergency SOS
00:29:32.00\00:29:37.37
Save Our Souls...
00:29:37.41\00:29:41.28
we refer to
someone as an "honest soul"
00:29:41.31\00:29:45.95
or a "soul of discretion" etc...
00:29:46.01\00:29:48.48
in each case, we are
referring to the whole person.
00:29:48.52\00:29:53.52
Pause...
00:29:53.56\00:29:55.72
The soul... being a
separate immortal entity
00:29:55.76\00:30:00.30
that exists apart from the body
is not a Biblical notion at all.
00:30:00.36\00:30:06.94
Furthermore, the Bible
states and if you come with me
00:30:06.97\00:30:11.94
to Ezekiel chapter 18 verse 4,
00:30:11.97\00:30:15.38
we will find that it's very
clear in Ezekiel 18 verse 4,
00:30:15.41\00:30:24.59
the Bible says,
"Behold, all souls are mine;
00:30:24.62\00:30:31.39
as the soul of the father,
00:30:31.43\00:30:32.86
so also the soul
of the son is mine:
00:30:32.89\00:30:36.70
the soul that
sinneth, it shall die. "
00:30:36.73\00:30:40.50
It's very clear...
00:30:40.54\00:30:42.30
very clear.
00:30:42.34\00:30:44.41
What else does the Bible
say happens to us when we die?
00:30:44.44\00:30:49.58
And I want to come to
our key text that we used
00:30:49.61\00:30:53.11
at the very beginning,
00:30:53.15\00:30:54.48
and it's found in Ecclesiastes
chapter 9, verses 5, 6
00:30:54.52\00:31:01.82
and I'm adding one,
Ecclesiastes chapter 9,
00:31:01.86\00:31:05.19
verses 5, 6, and I'm adding 10.
00:31:05.23\00:31:10.03
So this is... what else does
the Bible say happens at death?
00:31:10.07\00:31:13.97
And we read... we read in
our text at the beginning,
00:31:14.00\00:31:19.31
"For the living know
that they shall die... "
00:31:19.34\00:31:21.51
tick one... okay...
00:31:21.54\00:31:22.94
"but the dead know not anything,
00:31:22.98\00:31:25.05
pause...
00:31:25.08\00:31:27.35
neither have they
any more a reward;
00:31:27.38\00:31:29.98
for the memory of
them is forgotten.
00:31:30.02\00:31:32.62
Also their
love... their hatred...
00:31:32.65\00:31:35.49
and their envy, is now perished;
00:31:35.52\00:31:38.26
neither have they any
more a portion for ever
00:31:38.29\00:31:42.06
in any thing that
is under the sun. "
00:31:42.10\00:31:44.30
And verse 10 says,
00:31:44.33\00:31:46.23
"Whatsoever thy
hand findeth to do,
00:31:46.30\00:31:48.94
do it with thy might;
00:31:48.97\00:31:50.71
for there is no work nor device,
00:31:50.74\00:31:54.04
nor knowledge, nor wisdom,
00:31:54.08\00:31:56.81
in the grave,
whither thou goest. "
00:31:56.85\00:31:59.15
Very clear... very clear.
00:31:59.21\00:32:02.18
Where you're going in the grave,
00:32:02.22\00:32:05.05
there's no wisdom...
00:32:05.09\00:32:08.06
there's no knowledge...
00:32:08.09\00:32:11.03
there's no device.
00:32:11.06\00:32:13.60
In Psalm 146 verse 4,
"His breath goeth forth,
00:32:13.63\00:32:20.64
he returneth to his earth;
00:32:20.70\00:32:22.94
in that day his
thoughts perish. "
00:32:22.97\00:32:25.47
So where... what does the
Bible say happens at death?
00:32:25.51\00:32:28.08
Where do we go?
00:32:28.11\00:32:29.44
To the earth.
00:32:29.48\00:32:30.81
What happens to your thoughts?
00:32:30.85\00:32:32.18
They perish...
00:32:32.21\00:32:33.55
It's very clear...
00:32:33.58\00:32:34.92
come back with me
now to Job chapter 7
00:32:34.95\00:32:37.59
verses 9 and 10.
00:32:37.65\00:32:39.95
Just one back...
book back more...
00:32:39.99\00:32:43.86
Job chapter 7 verses 9 and 10.
00:32:43.89\00:32:47.73
Pause...
00:32:47.76\00:32:52.47
It says, "As the cloud is
consumed and vanisheth away:
00:32:52.50\00:32:57.61
so he that goeth
down to the grave
00:32:57.64\00:33:01.61
shall come up no more.
00:33:01.64\00:33:03.21
He shall return
no more to his house,
00:33:03.24\00:33:06.72
neither shall his
place know him any more. "
00:33:06.75\00:33:10.55
To me that's a...
a very clear text.
00:33:10.59\00:33:13.22
You know, you wake up in the day
00:33:13.25\00:33:15.26
and there are clouds in the sky,
00:33:15.29\00:33:17.56
you see them
move across the sky...
00:33:17.63\00:33:19.86
do you ever see them again?
00:33:19.89\00:33:21.56
No...
00:33:21.60\00:33:22.93
do they ever come
back to the same place?
00:33:22.96\00:33:24.67
No.
00:33:24.70\00:33:26.03
That's exactly
what happens to us.
00:33:26.07\00:33:28.80
The Bible tells us... this is
what happens to us when we die,
00:33:28.84\00:33:33.27
Pause...
00:33:33.31\00:33:37.65
I want you to
turn... and by the way
00:33:37.68\00:33:39.25
if we... he goes down to
the grave and does not come up,
00:33:39.28\00:33:44.05
that's what happens to us...
00:33:44.09\00:33:45.42
we go down to the
grave and we do not come up.
00:33:45.45\00:33:48.39
Life is over as we know it.
00:33:48.42\00:33:50.23
The Bible tells
us, we can live again
00:33:50.26\00:33:53.16
but it's very
different to this life
00:33:53.19\00:33:56.03
and I want you to
come with me as we read
00:33:56.06\00:33:58.40
Revelation 21 verse 4,
00:33:58.43\00:34:00.40
that's the last
book... Revelation...
00:34:00.44\00:34:03.07
John chapter 21 and verse 4,
00:34:03.10\00:34:08.04
21 and verse 4...
00:34:08.08\00:34:12.75
pause...
00:34:12.78\00:34:16.48
Revelation 21 and verse 4,
00:34:16.52\00:34:19.45
the Bible says,
00:34:19.49\00:34:23.22
"And God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes;
00:34:23.26\00:34:29.06
and there shall
be no more death,
00:34:29.10\00:34:30.60
neither sorrow, nor crying,
00:34:30.67\00:34:33.64
neither shall
there be any more pain:
00:34:33.67\00:34:36.30
for the former
things are passed away. "
00:34:36.34\00:34:38.94
Now, at the beginning,
00:34:38.97\00:34:40.51
Solomon made a very
profound statement...
00:34:40.54\00:34:43.14
"The living know
that they shall die... "
00:34:43.21\00:34:45.88
but there's a profound
statement here... even two...
00:34:45.91\00:34:49.25
because the living
know that they shall live...
00:34:49.28\00:34:52.59
it is true that there will be
no more death... yes absolutely.
00:34:52.65\00:35:00.40
Here is what the Bible records
00:35:00.43\00:35:03.37
and if you turn with me...
00:35:03.40\00:35:04.90
if you turn with me to
John chapter 1, verses 1 to 4,
00:35:04.93\00:35:09.80
we will discover that God is
not only the Creator of life,
00:35:09.87\00:35:15.04
He's the Intelligent Designer
00:35:15.11\00:35:17.01
and the Bible says, "In
the beginning was the Word,
00:35:17.05\00:35:20.78
and the Word was with God,
00:35:20.82\00:35:22.48
and the Word was God.
00:35:22.52\00:35:24.02
The same was in
the beginning with God.
00:35:24.09\00:35:26.42
All things... "
you notice that...
00:35:26.45\00:35:28.76
"all things were made by Him;
00:35:28.82\00:35:30.76
and without Him was not
any thing made that was made.
00:35:30.79\00:35:34.20
In Him was life;
00:35:34.26\00:35:36.40
and the life was
the light of men. "
00:35:36.43\00:35:39.53
Beautiful passage of Scripture.
00:35:39.57\00:35:42.27
Come with me to
Psalm 36 and verse 9...
00:35:42.30\00:35:50.21
pause...
00:35:50.25\00:35:54.05
And we read, Psalm 36 verse 9,
00:35:54.08\00:35:56.92
what is it telling us...
00:35:56.95\00:35:59.09
what is the Bible telling us?
00:35:59.12\00:36:00.46
"For with thee is
the fountain of life:
00:36:00.49\00:36:03.49
in thy light
shall we see light. "
00:36:03.53\00:36:06.49
In Acts chapter 37,
00:36:06.53\00:36:10.00
sorry 17 and 24 and 25,
00:36:10.03\00:36:13.44
that's Matthew,
Mark, Luke, John, Acts...
00:36:13.47\00:36:18.34
chapter 17 and
verses 24 and 25, we read,
00:36:18.37\00:36:25.28
"God has made the
world and all things therein,
00:36:25.31\00:36:28.82
seeing that He is
Lord of heaven and earth,
00:36:28.85\00:36:31.99
dwelleth not in
temples made with hands;
00:36:32.02\00:36:34.76
neither is
worshipped with men's hands,
00:36:34.79\00:36:37.49
as though He needed any thing,
00:36:37.53\00:36:39.16
seeing He giveth to all life,
and breath, and all things. "
00:36:39.19\00:36:45.03
Beautiful passage of Scriptures
00:36:45.07\00:36:47.90
telling us that God is
the One Who gives us life
00:36:47.94\00:36:51.77
and He sustains it also.
00:36:51.81\00:36:54.08
Did you know that God not
only gives life to human beings
00:36:54.11\00:37:00.15
but also to the animals.
00:37:00.18\00:37:01.52
God formed the beasts of the
land and the fowls in the air
00:37:01.55\00:37:05.52
out of the dust of the
ground and He gave them life.
00:37:05.55\00:37:09.62
Those same creatures...
they also die like we die,
00:37:09.66\00:37:13.66
as a result of
man's disobedience.
00:37:13.70\00:37:17.50
How does the
Bible describe death?
00:37:17.53\00:37:21.27
The Bible clearly records ten
people that were raised to life.
00:37:21.30\00:37:28.04
Young... old...
male... female...
00:37:28.08\00:37:30.85
but I want to look at Lazarus
00:37:30.88\00:37:33.55
and that song that Diane
sang is one of those songs
00:37:33.58\00:37:39.62
that tells me
something very special
00:37:39.65\00:37:41.99
and I want you to turn
with me to John chapter 11:11
00:37:42.02\00:37:48.03
to see what Jesus
said what death really is,
00:37:48.06\00:37:55.10
John chapter 11...
00:37:55.14\00:37:56.64
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John,
00:37:56.67\00:38:00.24
chapter 11 and verse 11,
00:38:00.28\00:38:03.81
and the Bible says,
"These things said He:
00:38:03.85\00:38:07.52
and after that
He said unto them,
00:38:07.55\00:38:09.95
'Our friend Lazarus sleepeth;
00:38:09.98\00:38:13.29
but I go, that I may
awake him from death. '"
00:38:13.36\00:38:17.23
Pause...
00:38:17.26\00:38:19.83
Did you hear what Jesus said?
00:38:19.86\00:38:22.06
Death is a sleep...
00:38:22.10\00:38:26.74
Jesus describes
death as a sleep.
00:38:26.77\00:38:28.90
I want to read to
you the full account.
00:38:28.94\00:38:33.24
In John chapter
11... just a page or two...
00:38:33.27\00:38:37.51
a page over... we're
going to read verses 39 to 44
00:38:37.55\00:38:41.45
but I want you
to know something,
00:38:41.48\00:38:43.08
this is the exciting thought
that I get from that song...
00:38:43.12\00:38:46.55
and the thought that I get
from this portion of Scripture,
00:38:46.59\00:38:49.96
the account that
Jesus said... gives us...
00:38:49.99\00:38:53.83
it doesn't matter how
long we have been dead,
00:38:53.86\00:38:57.63
it doesn't matter if
we've been dead for one year...
00:38:57.67\00:39:01.20
one thousand years...
00:39:01.24\00:39:03.81
six thousand years...
00:39:03.84\00:39:06.34
God, through what
Jesus has revealed,
00:39:06.37\00:39:10.51
can bring us back to life.
00:39:10.55\00:39:11.88
Four days... it's never too late
for God to bring you to life.
00:39:11.91\00:39:17.15
Let's read the full
account in John 11:39-44.
00:39:17.19\00:39:21.36
Jesus said, 'Take
ye away the stone. '"
00:39:21.39\00:39:24.86
He's now at the graveside.
00:39:24.89\00:39:26.59
"Martha, the sister of him
that was dead, saith unto Him,
00:39:26.63\00:39:30.27
'Lord, by this time he stinketh:
00:39:30.30\00:39:33.13
for he hath been
dead four days. '
00:39:33.17\00:39:35.94
Jesus said unto her,
'Said I not unto thee,
00:39:35.97\00:39:39.47
that, if thou wouldest believe,
00:39:39.51\00:39:42.14
thou shouldest
see the glory of God?'
00:39:42.18\00:39:44.38
Then they took away
the stone from the place
00:39:44.41\00:39:46.65
where the dead was laid,
00:39:46.68\00:39:48.02
And Jesus lifted
up His eyes, and said,
00:39:48.05\00:39:50.05
'Father, I thank thee
that thou hast heard me.
00:39:50.09\00:39:52.29
And I knew that
thou hearest me always:
00:39:52.32\00:39:54.79
but because of the people
which stand by... I said it,
00:39:54.82\00:39:58.23
that they may believe
that thou hast sent me. '
00:39:58.26\00:40:02.93
And when he had thus spoken,
He cried with a loud voice,
00:40:02.96\00:40:07.37
'Lazarus, come forth. '
00:40:07.40\00:40:09.27
And he that was dead came forth,
00:40:09.30\00:40:12.67
bound hand and
foot with grave clothes:
00:40:12.74\00:40:15.74
and his face was
bound about with a napkin.
00:40:15.81\00:40:18.75
Jesus said unto them,
'Loose him, and let him go. '"
00:40:18.81\00:40:22.72
Folk, Jesus has the power to
bring a person back to life...
00:40:22.75\00:40:29.06
even a person who has been
dead for more than four days...
00:40:29.12\00:40:35.40
pause...
00:40:35.43\00:40:38.03
then there's Jesus Himself.
00:40:38.07\00:40:39.50
It doesn't matter... we
are sleeping in the grave
00:40:39.53\00:40:44.71
and Jesus can
bring us back to life.
00:40:44.74\00:40:47.51
Then there's Jesus Himself...
00:40:47.54\00:40:49.41
please take time to read
the story in the gospels...
00:40:49.44\00:40:52.11
Matthew, Mark, Luke
and John have the account,
00:40:52.18\00:40:54.88
of how Jesus died.
00:40:54.92\00:40:56.45
In summary,
certain people conspired
00:40:56.48\00:40:59.05
to murder Jesus Christ.
00:40:59.12\00:41:02.09
After a mock trial, He was
scourged and taken to Golgotha,
00:41:02.12\00:41:05.96
till just outside Jerusalem,
00:41:05.99\00:41:08.53
where Roman soldiers
nailed Him to a cross,
00:41:08.56\00:41:11.10
but it was all part of God's
plan of salvation for humanity,
00:41:11.13\00:41:15.57
Jesus died on a Friday
00:41:15.60\00:41:17.51
and that afternoon,
before the Sabbath began,
00:41:17.57\00:41:19.67
His lifeless
body was put in a tomb
00:41:19.74\00:41:21.78
belonging to
Joseph of Arimathea.
00:41:21.81\00:41:23.85
He was in the tomb all Sabbath.
00:41:23.88\00:41:25.88
Soldiers guarded the place.
00:41:25.91\00:41:27.88
Sunday morning, the
stone was found rolled away,
00:41:27.92\00:41:30.85
the tomb was empty...
00:41:30.89\00:41:32.52
angels said, "Jesus
is risen from the dead. "
00:41:32.55\00:41:36.12
He has risen as He said
00:41:36.16\00:41:37.86
and appeared
first to Mary Magdalene,
00:41:37.89\00:41:40.46
then to His apostle...
00:41:40.50\00:41:42.06
then to many
others around the city,
00:41:42.13\00:41:44.23
Jesus died and rose again
00:41:44.27\00:41:47.90
and it gives us
certainty that we too can live.
00:41:47.94\00:41:51.57
He is able to
bring us back to life.
00:41:51.61\00:41:54.21
God is eager to do the same
for all of you... all of us...
00:41:54.24\00:41:57.81
the last enemy that
shall be destroyed is death.
00:41:57.85\00:42:01.55
God sees death as His enemy.
00:42:01.58\00:42:04.32
He longs to have you live
with Him throughout eternity.
00:42:04.35\00:42:08.09
He has defeated the enemy
when He rose from the dead,
00:42:08.12\00:42:11.49
He has told us that
there will be a resurrection,
00:42:11.53\00:42:14.90
and I want you to turn
with me to 1st Thessalonians
00:42:14.93\00:42:18.50
chapter 4 and verse 13
00:42:18.53\00:42:20.90
and the Bible
tells us something here,
00:42:20.94\00:42:24.27
it's a
beautiful, beautiful account
00:42:24.31\00:42:27.58
of what is going to happen
when Jesus comes to take us
00:42:27.61\00:42:31.21
to bring us back to life
00:42:31.25\00:42:35.92
and verse 13 through to 18,
00:42:35.95\00:42:39.15
and we read from the Bible,
00:42:39.19\00:42:42.36
"But I would not
have you ignorant... "
00:42:42.39\00:42:45.23
what does Jesus say, "I
would not have you ignorant,
00:42:45.26\00:42:47.80
brethren, concerning
them which are asleep,
00:42:47.83\00:42:51.07
that ye sorrow not,
00:42:51.10\00:42:52.73
even as others
which have no hope.
00:42:52.77\00:42:55.00
For if we believe that
Jesus died and rose again,
00:42:55.04\00:42:59.31
even so them also
which sleep in the dust...
00:42:59.34\00:43:03.58
Jesus will bring with Him.
00:43:03.61\00:43:05.31
For this we say unto
you by the Word of the Lord,
00:43:05.38\00:43:09.18
that we which
are alive and remain
00:43:09.22\00:43:11.79
unto the coming of the Lord
00:43:11.85\00:43:13.19
shall not prevent
them which are asleep.
00:43:13.22\00:43:15.89
For the Lord Himself
shall descend from heaven
00:43:15.92\00:43:19.83
with a shout, with the
voice of the archangel,
00:43:19.86\00:43:23.73
and with the trump of God:
00:43:23.77\00:43:25.40
and the dead in
Christ shall rise first.
00:43:25.43\00:43:29.47
Then we which
are alive and remain
00:43:29.50\00:43:32.01
shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds,
00:43:32.04\00:43:34.48
to meet the Lord in the air:
00:43:34.51\00:43:36.75
and so shall we
ever be with the Lord. "
00:43:36.78\00:43:40.85
We are going to live again.
00:43:40.88\00:43:44.32
Then He says,
"Wherefore comfort one another
00:43:44.35\00:43:48.32
with these words. "
00:43:48.36\00:43:50.19
Living again...
it will be a reality.
00:43:50.23\00:43:53.90
You know, when
we had our building
00:43:53.93\00:43:56.23
when it was being built,
00:43:56.26\00:43:57.73
a lady who loved 3ABN
and had a radio station,
00:43:57.77\00:44:01.37
said, "I want to
give you something
00:44:01.40\00:44:03.91
to put in that building... "
00:44:03.94\00:44:05.27
and she commissioned an
artist to paint that picture,
00:44:05.31\00:44:09.21
and I want you to look at
it because a messenger of God
00:44:09.24\00:44:13.15
by the name of
Ellen White said this
00:44:13.18\00:44:15.28
and it's found in
the Review and Herald,
00:44:15.32\00:44:17.39
of September 5, 1899.
00:44:17.42\00:44:20.96
When you look at that picture,
listen to what I'm saying,
00:44:20.99\00:44:24.33
"No human language
00:44:24.39\00:44:26.73
can portray the
scenes of the Second Coming
00:44:26.76\00:44:29.86
of the Son of Man in
the clouds of heaven.
00:44:29.90\00:44:32.93
He is to come
with His own glory,
00:44:32.97\00:44:35.77
and with the glory of the
Father and of the holy angels.
00:44:35.80\00:44:39.41
He will come clad
in the robe of light
00:44:39.44\00:44:42.61
which He has worn
from the days of eternity.
00:44:42.64\00:44:45.68
Angels will accompany Him.
00:44:45.71\00:44:47.98
Ten thousand times ten thousands
will escort Him on His way.
00:44:48.02\00:44:52.65
The sound of the
trumpet will be heard
00:44:52.69\00:44:56.73
calling the
sleeping dead from the grave.
00:44:56.76\00:45:00.60
The voice of Christ
will penetrate their tomb
00:45:00.66\00:45:04.47
and pierce the ears of the dead,
00:45:04.53\00:45:06.84
and all that are in the
graves shall come forth. "
00:45:06.87\00:45:11.17
Do you see in that picture...
00:45:11.24\00:45:13.31
I've seen many pictures
00:45:13.34\00:45:14.68
and you see those
people coming to life again...
00:45:14.71\00:45:19.35
coming for... and
the others are waiting...
00:45:19.38\00:45:22.62
they will rise to
meet Jesus first in the air
00:45:22.65\00:45:25.82
followed by those
who are His people
00:45:25.85\00:45:28.56
who have been
waiting for Jesus to come.
00:45:28.59\00:45:31.26
What a beautiful picture!
00:45:31.29\00:45:34.13
The resurrection
assures us we can live again.
00:45:34.16\00:45:39.57
There is life after life...
00:45:39.60\00:45:44.64
with absolute
certainty we can live again.
00:45:44.67\00:45:49.58
It's your choice...
00:45:49.61\00:45:51.21
for if we believe in God
and Jesus Christ Whom He sent,
00:45:51.25\00:45:56.69
it will be a reality.
00:45:56.72\00:46:01.22
So, what will we do up there?
00:46:01.26\00:46:03.53
There's no end to
what we will do...
00:46:03.56\00:46:05.89
we will be able to do...
00:46:05.93\00:46:07.80
everything you
ever wanted to do,
00:46:07.83\00:46:10.27
but didn't have the
time... the skill...
00:46:10.30\00:46:13.07
or the resources to accomplish
00:46:13.10\00:46:15.74
will be freely
available to every one of us,
00:46:15.77\00:46:19.91
and I want you to turn
with me to Isaiah chapter 6...
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65 and verse 22...
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Isaiah 65 and verse 22,
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Isaiah 65 and verse 22...
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I like this text,
listen to what it says,
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I'll actually read verse 21
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but there will be on
the screen only verse 22,
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"And they shall build
houses, and inhabit them;
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and they shall plant vineyards,
and eat the fruit of them. "
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Verse 22 now says,
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"They shall not
build, and another inhabit;
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they shall not
plant, and another eat:
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for as the days of a tree
are the days of my people,
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and mine elect shall long enjoy
the works of their hands. "
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What a beautiful thought!
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You know, in my short life,
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I built four houses
for myself to dwell in,
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and I don't live
in any one of them,
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I don't live in any one of them.
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Someone else has bought them
and is living and enjoying them
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and I often thought, you know,
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when I know Jesus is coming,
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I won't hesitate to strike
up a match and let it all go
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because it's not my final home.
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My final home is in heaven.
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God... Jesus said,
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"I've gone to
prepare a place for you...
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that where I am,
there ye may be also. "
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Pause...
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In my wildest...
in our wildest dreams,
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we never even come
close to what God has in store
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for His people.
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Pause...
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1st Corinthians
chapter 2 and verse 9,
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1st Corinthians has
come over quickly...
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1st Corinthians
chapter 2 and verse 9,
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pause...
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1st Corinthians
chapter 2 and verse 9...
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the Bible says,
"But it is written,
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eye hath not seen...
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eye hath not
seen, nor ear heard,
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neither have entered
into the heart of man,
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the things which God
has prepared for them
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that love Him. "
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Isn't that fantastic?
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We think we know it all,
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but the Bible tells us,
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it doesn't even enter
our hearts and mind...
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you see, we have only the vision
of what we see here on earth.
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God is going to
give you a vision
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that goes beyond eternity.
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What a thought!
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Best of all...
God will be there,
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what peace...
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the most wonderful
people will be there too,
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everyone will be kind,
loving, considerate and joyful.
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The experience is
literally out of this world.
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Is there anyone who
wouldn't want to live in a kind,
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loving, considerate,
deathless and joyful society?
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Is there anyone
who wouldn't want that?
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It's simple, really,
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All we need to do
is tell God... we do...
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and if you'd never before heard
of what I'm speaking about,
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or sharing to
you from the Bible,
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Jesus makes it possible.
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Please take time
to pray and read.
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Pause...
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I want to say something,
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remember back there
in the Garden of Eden,
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Adam and Eve were
barred from entering it
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and having access
to the Tree of Life,
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I want you to turn with me
to Revelation 22 and verse 2,
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Revelation 22 and verse 2,
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the Bible is very clear here,
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Revelation 22 and verse 2,
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it says, "In the midst
of the street of it... "
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this is talking about
the new heaven and earth
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when Jesus comes
and takes us home,
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"there is the Tree of Life
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which bear
twelve manner of fruits,
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and these yielded
her fruit every month...
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the leaves of
the tree were there
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for the healing of nations. "
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God is going to give you
access back to the Tree of Life
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and in
Revelation 22:40, it says,
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"Blessed are they
that do His commandments,
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that they may have
right to the tree of life,
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and may enter in through
the gates into the city. "
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What a blessed place
that will be... no more death.
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I want to conclude now
with what we've learnt.
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The ability to
bring us back to life
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does not come through
Science or medical discoveries,
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instead, it comes
through the teachings
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revealed through the Bible
by knowing the only Creator God
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and Jesus Christ Whom
He sent to this world.
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Would you believe and
look to Jesus and live again?
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Here is the summary, at
creation there was no death...
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Sin brought death
to all living beings...
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The living know
they shall die...
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All the dead go to one place...
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Science confirms we
all return to the earth...
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Science is not able to
take a decomposing body
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and make it live again...
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The Creator God of the Bible
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Who with His hands formed
man from the dust of the ground
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can bring a body
back to life at any time
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whether it's four
days or 6,000 years...
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The body and breath equal a
living soul... a living being...
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They are not separate
entities but the same...
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Jesus said, "Death
is like a sleep... "
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Jesus raised
Lazarus from the dead...
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Jesus Himself
rose from the dead...
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He will raise us at
His second coming...
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We will see
Jesus when He comes...
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The righteous
will live forever...
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They will again have
access to the Tree of Life...
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Look to Jesus Christ,
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believe in Him,
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and walk by faith and
keep His Commandments...
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You can live
again, it's your choice.
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Let me conclude with Job's
answer to his earlier question
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and I want to
quickly go to Job 19...
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pause...
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"For I know that
my redeemer liveth,
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and that he shall stand at
the latter day upon the earth:
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and though after my
skin worms destroy this body,
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yet in my flesh
shall I see God. "
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If a man dies,
shall he live again?
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Job answered that question.
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I pray we will
maintain confidence like Job,
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believe our Redeemer lives...
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rise to meet Him in the air
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and live for Him forever.
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God bless you
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and the church
said, "Amen and amen. "
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Audience: Amen.
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