Harvest truly is plenteous,
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but the laborers are
few. Pray ye therefore,
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the Lord of the
harvest, that he will,
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he will send forth
laborers into his harvest.
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Also, I heard the
voice of the Lord saying,
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"Whom shall I send?
And who will go for us?"
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Then said I, "Here
am I, send me, send me".
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Life on the Edge
will enable you to be an
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effective
harvester for the Lord.
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We now invite you into our
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classroom to
come, experience LIFE.
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My friends, you have
joined us here at the
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Lay Institute for Evangelism.
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We're located this
year in Groveland, Florida.
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And before a
lady gives to us our
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19th Bible Study on
the state of the dead,
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what we're going to
do is we're gonna take
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several minutes to
go over a teaching tool.
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One of the things
that you will want to know
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as you give Bible
studies. We're gonna go over
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if you look on
the graphic that's on
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your screen there,
we're gonna go over
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Gaining Decisions.
Now you and I can gain
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decisions by logic but
that decision will not be
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a decision that
will last for eternity.
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So what you and I
need to do is we need to
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have the key to
gaining the decision.
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So you notice the
next graphic says,
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the key to
gaining a decision is...
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My friend, what do you think the
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key to gaining the decision is?
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I was in Oregon doing
an evangelistic meeting.
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And Pastor Warner
and I were visiting a
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gentleman that had
just been baptized.
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He had left the church
40 years prior to then,
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but had come to a
series of evangelistic meetings
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that we were holding
and he made a decision to
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be re-baptized. So
Pastor Warner and I
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went to his
home. His name was Joe,
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his wife's name was Marysol.
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And so we went into the
home of Marysol and Joe,
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and Pastor Warner was
sitting on the couch over
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here with me and Joe
was sitting over here in his
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easy-chair. And
Marysol was on that
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side of the living
room. And I remember sitting
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down, just doing a
little bit of chit-chat with
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Joe and Marysol and
then I asked Marysol,
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I said Marysol,
what Sabbath would
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you like to become a
Seventh-day Adventist?
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Then Marysol
was a Hispanic lady,
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so I'm gonna do my
best to mimic her accent.
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She said, you think I
need to be re-baptized?
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And as I wanted to
say absolutely Marysol.
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That's what, that's what you
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would wanted to
say too, isn't it?
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I mean, you learned
in these series already,
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that Sabbath keeping is
very important to Jesus.
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And she hadn't been
keeping the Sabbath.
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And so every answer of my being,
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just wanted to say
Marysol that's exactly right,
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you need to be re-baptized.
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But the spirit of
God spoke to my heart,
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right then. And God said to me,
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Scott, did you say
anything about baptism?
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And to catch
myself shaking my head no,
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because your God
is speaking with me,
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did you say
anything about baptism?
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And I thought. No,
I didn't say anything.
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And so I looked at
Marysol, and I said Marysol,
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did you hear me say
anything about baptism?
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She said. No. I
said, did Joe say anything
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about baptism?
No. Did Pastor Warner,
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of course I was
sitting over here.
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I said, did Pastor
Warner say anything
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about baptism?
No. I said Marysol,
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it's very evident that
someone is speaking to you.
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And that someone cannot be seen.
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She said, who
do you think it is?
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I said, Marysol,
who do you think it is?
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And then immediately she said,
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and you have to
forgive me again for mimicking
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not mocking, but
mimicking the accent,
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I love accents.
She said he beating me,
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he is smoking, he
drinking, he not even husband,
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he no love me, he
no love the children.
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He needed to be re-baptized.
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I don't need to be re-baptized.
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I said Marysol, did I
say anything about baptism?
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No. Did Joe say
anything about baptism?
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No. Did Pastor Warner
say, this is the second time
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this has happened?
And then I take my Bible,
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and I go over there and
I sit down beside Marysol.
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Now Marysol has
her Bible as well.
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And so I opened my
Bible to James Chapter 2.
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So if you at home have
your Bible go ahead and
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go to James Chapter
2. You know that's right
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after Hebrews, in
the New Testament,
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James Chapter 2 and verse 10.
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And so, I asked
Marysol to read for me
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James Chapter 2 and verse 10.
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And so she opened up her Bible.
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She is very, very
strong Christian lady.
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She loves studying her Bible.
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So she turned
right to James Chapter 2
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and she read this, she read,
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for whosoever shall
keep the whole law and yet
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offend in one
point, he is guilty of all.
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And then Marysol began to weep.
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She just began to
weep and to sob and,
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then of course I'm
sitting next to her and I put
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my hand on her
shoulder and I said, Marysol,
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are you all right?
And she said for 40 years,
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I never even had
mentioned the Sabbath.
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Never had to mention anything.
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She said for 40 years I
have not been keeping the
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Sabbath and I'm just
as guilty as my husband.
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And then I said
this my friend, I said,
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Marysol which Sabbath
would you like to become
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a Seventh-day
Adventist? And Marysol said,
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I think next
Sabbath. My friends,
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as long as you and
I will recognize that,
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it is the spirit of
God that is speaking to
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people's hearts.
When somebody asked
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us that question, you
and I we'll just wanna
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get out our dukes
and we'll just wanna say,
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yes, you need to
keep the Sabbath.
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Yes, you need to do
this, you need to do that.
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But if we point people
back to the spirit of God,
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the one that has
brought them under conviction.
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Then they begin to
argue with God rather than
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then with us. So let's go to
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our next slide
there. The key to gaining a
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decision is this,
the key to gaining a
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decision is conviction.
So, now let's ask ourselves
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this question, let's
ask ourselves this question,
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what is conviction?
Now you and I've felt
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conviction before, haven't we?
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Sometimes it's not comfortable.
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Yet sometimes were very
elated about what God is
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showing us.
Conviction. Notice this,
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notice the slide
here, conviction is the
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voice of God
speaking to the conscience.
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Conviction is the
voice of God speaking to the
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conscience. Have you ever been
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in a situation where
God was speaking to you?
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Maybe you are headed to
a place that you know you
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shouldn't go to,
and that voice in the
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back of your mind keeps saying,
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that's not
something you want to do.
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You want to stop
right here and go a
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different direction.
Conviction is not always
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comfortable, but it is
always comfortable when
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you and I listen
to the voice of God.
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It maybe very difficult
for us to make that decision,
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but we can make
difficult decisions,
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because we've had to
make them in the past.
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Let's go to our next slide here.
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There are positive
and negative indicators of
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conviction. Now a positive
indicator of conviction,
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gives a positive
response to conviction.
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A negative
indicator of conviction,
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is simply a negative
response to conviction.
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Whether it's positive
or whether it's negative
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it is conviction.
Now if you are giving
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these Bible studies,
if you give too little
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information instead of
someone being convicted,
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they will be
confused. So you wanna make sure
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that the
information has been there,
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that will lead to
conviction and then they will
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have a desire in their
hearts and they will want
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to act on that desire.
Information, conviction,
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desire and action.
So there are positive
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indicators of
conviction and negative
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indicators of conviction.
If the information has been
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complete, then you have
conviction not confusion.
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So let's just take a
look here on our screen at
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some of those
indicators of conviction.
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You can see there on the
left side of your screen.
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The positive indicators,
Joy, sharing with others,
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personal application,
tears, they can't stay away,
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their face lights
up, they become friendly,
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they ask questions.
On the right hand side
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of the screen, in
most cases you'll see
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the opposite of that.
Or a negative indicator
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of conviction. So
I'll just go right back
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to the screen now and
I'll read those negative
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indicators of conviction.
Instead of being happy,
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they are sad. Instead
of sharing with others
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they reject it.
Instead of applying it to
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their lives in a personal
way they begin to argue.
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Instead of tears of joy,
they have tears of sadness.
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Instead of not
being able to stay away,
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they want to avoid you,
and you can read the rest
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of those on your screen there.
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We'll go to the next
slide. It even has more
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indicators for both positive and
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negative of conviction.
They want to study more
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or they refuse to
study. They have a positive
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attitude or they have
a very negative attitude.
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They want to change
their life or they want to
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rebel against what God
has been teaching them.
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Some people will have peace,
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other people will
have restlessness.
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Some people will say
I will pray about it,
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others will just get irritated.
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Now something you
and I need to remember,
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because the reason that
we're doing this class is
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to learn how to
draw others to Christ.
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What you and I need
to remember is this,
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we have this on
the graphic here.
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Let's read this together.
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"The wind
bloweth where it listeth,
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"and thou hearest
the sound thereof,
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"but canst not
tell whence it cometh,
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"and whither it goeth.
So is every one that is
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born of the Spirit,"
John Chapter 3 verse 8.
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So my friends just
like you and I can't see the
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wind blowing through the trees.
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We can see the effects
of the wind and we can't
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see the spirit of God.
But just like Marysol we
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can notice that the
person under conviction is
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being moved by the
wind of the spirit of God.
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And this next
quote is very powerful,
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look at this with
me. This is from the
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Desire of Ages page
306. "While those who yield
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"to the influence of
the Holy Spirit begin war
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"within themselves,
those who cling to sin,
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war against the truth
and its representatives."
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As you and I share
Bible truth some people will
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begin that battle on
the inside and they will
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give in to the
guidance of the Spirit of God.
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Some people will begin
that battle on the outside
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and they will
begin to battle with you,
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whatever the situation,
as long as it's clear,
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they are convicted.
And now Eleida is going
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to bring to us our Bible study.
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Thank you Scott.
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We're glad that
you're here and that you've
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joined us for our class today.
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We're going to be
teach, we're going to be
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learning about the
"State of the Dead."
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As we mark the
study in our Bible,
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we're going to use the code SD.
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The purpose of this
study is to show that man
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does not possess immortality.
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Only God is immortal.
Now we have learned how
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it's important as we
go through this study
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is to center them in
Christ. And to center this study
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we're going to be using
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1 John 5:12 where it says,
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"He that hath the Son hath life;
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"and he that hath not the
Son of God hath not life."
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As we go through
this study about death,
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we're gonna have in
mind that Jesus is life.
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So the solution to this
problem of death is right
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there in Jesus.
And if we have Him,
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we have life. In this study,
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we're going to be
going through 15 texts.
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The first ten texts
are here on the screen and
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the next five are
on the next slide.
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Here these texts
you're going to make sure that
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you have them placed somewhere,
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either on the
front of your Bible or
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on the back of your
Bible. So that you can reference
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them anytime you're
giving a Bible study on the
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State of the Dead.
Now the subject of death
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has intrigued the minds
of many throughout the ages.
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The questions,
what happens to a person
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when they die? Do
they go to heaven?
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Do they go to hell?
Can we talk to those
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who have passed away?
Are questions that are
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in many's mind. In
the search of answers
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to these questions
people have come up with
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all sorts of answers.
But is there a way that
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we can find certain
answers to these questions
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of the mystery of
death. Is there a place that
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we can go and find
certain answers to any
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question we have?
Yes. What is that place?
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Bible. The
Bible. We have learned
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as we have studied the
word of God that is the
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only place that we can
find pure, undefiled truths.
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So as we are finding our answers
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to the questions of
life, whatever those
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questions are, we
know here we can find
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certain answers.
The Bible gives us
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clear answers on
the questions of the
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mystery of death.
And we're gonna be
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looking at those
but before we open this
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study of the word of
God, we wanna always make
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sure that we pray and
invite the Holy Spirit
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to be with us as we
study His word. Let's pray.
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Dear Lord and heavenly Father,
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we thank you for the
privilege that you give us today
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to be able to study your word.
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As we seek for answers on
the questions about the death,
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we pray dear Lord that
you give us clarity of mind,
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that your spirit
will lead us as we seek
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these answers in
your word and that it will
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be clear to each
of us. These things we
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pray in the name of Jesus,
our Lord and our redeemer,
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amen, amen. Now
to understand death,
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we must first look at
where life originated.
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So we're gonna begin
on the story of creation,
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we're going to look
first at Genesis Chapter 2,
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and we're gonna
be reading verse 7,
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this is the very
first text of our study
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and as we have
describing forward,
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we mark this as we are
going to write the text number
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that we are on in the circle.
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So it would be 1SD,
is the code for this
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particular study.
Since we are in the beginning
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of our study we do not
put anything above the line,
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that's where we would put
the text that we just came from.
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Below the line you
will write the reference
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of where you're going
to and we'll be going to
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Ecclesiastes Chapter 12 verse 7.
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We are now in
Genesis Chapter 2 verse 7,
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Mike, can you read that for us?
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And the Lord God formed
man of the dust of the ground,
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and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life;
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and man became a living soul.
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Thank you, Mike.
Here it's describing how
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life even began. God
created man out of what?
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Out of the dust of the earth.
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Now when He formed
them, was he alive?
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No. No. What did he have to do
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for this body to
become a living soul?
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Breathe life into him. So
we see that this body when it
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receive the breath of life
then he became a living soul.
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And we see this
equation on the screen,
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the dust (body) +
Breath of the spirit =
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A living soul or a living being.
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We see that God
formed the man and he gives
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it breath and
then gives that spirit
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and then he
becomes a living soul.
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Now as we are
understanding the death itself,
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this becomes very
important and we're gonna see
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the next few verses what
the Bible says about death.
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And we're gonna see how
it actually represents the
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opposite of what life
is. The first verse that
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we're going to look at is
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Ecclesiastes Chapter 2 verse 7,
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Ecclesiastes 2 verse 7,
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and 12 verse 7, I'm sorry.
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You're correct. It's
Ecclesiastes Chapter 12 verse 7,
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this is the
second text of our study.
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So at the end of this
reference you're going
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to be writing
2SD. We just came from
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Genesis chapter 2 verse
7, and we'll be going to
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Psalms 104 verses 29 and 30.
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We are in
Ecclesiastes Chapter 12 verse 7,
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Darlene, could
you read that for us?
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Then the dust will
return to the earth as it was:
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and the spirit will
return to God who gave it.
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Thank you Darlene. Here
it's talking about death,
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it says that the
dust returns, where?
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To the earth. You know
in this story of creation,
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we saw how God picked
up that dust from the earth
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and formed the man.
Now he is saying that goes
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back to the earth. And then it,
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what it says about the spirit.
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It goes back to God who gave it.
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We saw when life
originated a man that God
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actually put this breath of
life in it and he was alive.
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Now, talking about death,
it shows how that dust goes
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back to where it came from
on the earth and the spirit
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or the breath of life
goes back to God who gave it.
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Now we're going to see
this a little bit more clearer
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as we see a few more verses,
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we're gonna look at
Psalms Chapter 104 and
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verse 29 and 30. That
Psalm 104 verse 29 and 30.
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This is the third
text of our study,
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so you're gonna mark it as
it shows on the screen, 3SD.
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We just came from
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Ecclesiastes Chapter 12 verse 7
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and we're going to be going to
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James Chapter 2 verse
26. We're reading now from
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Psalm 104 and Chapter
29, I mean verse 29 and 30.
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Shalita, can you
read that for us, please.
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Thou hidest thy
face, they are troubled:
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thou takest away
their breath, they die,
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and return to their dust.
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Thou sendest forth thy spirit,
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they are created:
and thou renewest the
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face of the
earth. Thank you Shalita.
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Now here what does it
say happens when he takes
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away the breath. It dies.
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So if he takes away
their breath and it dies
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and returns to the dust.
Again we see the opposite
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of what happen in the creation.
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God put the
breath of life in the man
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and he became a living
soul. Now when He takes it
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away he dies
and returns to dust.
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Now let's look at one
more verse that talks about
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this in James
Chapter 2 verse 26,
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we're going to be going
to James Chapter 2 verse 26,
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to understand a little
bit more about how life,
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how death is
described in the Bible.
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James chapter 2
verse 26. And this is the
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fourth text on our
study; you're going to write
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at the end, this reference
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as it shows on the
screen. 4SD in the circle,
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above the line you're
gonna write Psalm 104:29 and 30
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that's where we came
from. And we'll be going to
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John Chapter 11
verses 11 through 14.
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We are reading now from
James Chapter 2 verse 26,
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Vanessa, could
you read that for us?
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For as the body
without the spirit is dead,
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so faith without
works is dead also.
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Thank you. Now here again it's
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talking about the
body and the spirit.
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And when the
spirit is not there,
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what happens to
the body? It's dead.
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The body is dead.
The word here for spirit
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in its original
language means current of air,
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which is breath.
And throughout the Bible
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this word sometimes
it's translated as spirits,
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sometimes it's
translated as breath.
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But it's talking
about that same thing.
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So here we know that
when that spirit is gone
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then the body is
dead. We're gonna look at,
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if you look at the
screen you see this equation,
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which is the opposite
of the one we saw when we
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were talking about
life. Here living soul minus
00:22:09.67\00:22:14.33
that breath of life
or that spirit equals
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Dust or Death. The
living soul once you take
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take away the breath of life
becomes a dust or dead person.
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We are going to be
looking now at a few verses
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in the Bible which
describes the state of a person
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when they are dead.
It's gonna describe what a
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person is going through,
what's happening to this
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person once the
person's spirit or
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breath of life is
gone. The first verse that we
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are going to look at is found in
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John chapter 11
verses 11 through 14.
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John 11 verses 11 through 14.
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This is the 5th
text in our study,
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you are going to mark it as it
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shows it on the screen 5SD.
We just came from James 2:26
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so that goes above the
line and we will be going to
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Ecclesiastes
Chapter 9 verses 5 and 6.
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We are in John Chapter
11 verses 11 through 14.
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Tom, can you read
that for us please?
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These things he
said, and after that
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he saith to them, Our
friend Lazarus sleeps;
00:23:34.86\00:23:38.75
but I go, that I
may awake him up.
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Then his disciples
said, Lord, if he sleeps,
00:23:42.04\00:23:44.44
he will get well.
However Jesus spoke
00:23:44.45\00:23:47.72
of His death:
but they thought that
00:23:47.73\00:23:50.12
he was speaking
about taking rest in sleep.
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Then Jesus said to them plainly,
00:23:54.27\00:23:55.82
Lazarus is dead. Thank you Tom.
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Now here Jesus is
talking about his friend Lazarus
00:24:00.10\00:24:02.41
and he had just died.
How does Jesus refers to
00:24:02.42\00:24:06.98
Lazarus who is
dead? As sleeping.
00:24:06.99\00:24:10.94
Now His
disciples, at first were a
00:24:11.76\00:24:13.23
little confused
because they thought that
00:24:13.24\00:24:15.18
he was talking about
he's actually just resting.
00:24:15.19\00:24:17.78
But Jesus here is
speaking about death
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There is actually more
than 50 references in the Bible
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where the dead,
that where dead is
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referred as sleep.
We're gonna see more things
00:24:30.60\00:24:34.77
that the Bible says about
the state of person who is dead.
00:24:34.78\00:24:38.75
We know they are in a
state of sleep, or rest.
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Let's look at
Ecclesiastes Chapter 9
00:24:41.47\00:24:44.85
and we're gonna be
reading verses 5 and 6.
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Ecclesiastes
Chapter 9 verses 5 and 6.
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This is the
sixth text in the study
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and you're going to mark
it, shows on the screen 6SD.
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We just came from
John Chapter 11, 11-14
00:25:05.29\00:25:09.60
and we are going to
be going to Psalm 146
00:25:10.04\00:25:13.99
and we're gonna read verse 4.
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We're in
Ecclesiastes 9, verse 5 and 6.
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Desjong, can you
read that for us please?
00:25:24.50\00:25:26.56
For the living know
that they shall die:
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but the dead know not anything,
00:25:29.48\00:25:31.78
neither have they
any more of a reward;
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for the memory of
them is forgotten.
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Also their love,
and their hatred,
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and their envy, is now perished;
00:25:39.96\00:25:42.60
neither have they any
more a portion forever
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in anything that
is done under the sun.
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Thank you
Desjong. Now here we see
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another description
of the state of a person
00:25:52.85\00:25:56.25
who is dead.
And is talking about
00:25:56.26\00:25:58.64
their memory what happens
to the memory of a person
00:26:01.23\00:26:02.20
whose dead? It's gone.
No more memory, it is gone.
00:26:02.21\00:26:06.46
Now it talks also
about their emotions,
00:26:06.47\00:26:08.74
their anger, their love,
their hatred, their envy,
00:26:08.75\00:26:11.28
what happens
with those emotions?
00:26:11.29\00:26:13.38
They're gone also.
No motions, no memory,
00:26:13.39\00:26:18.74
they have ceased to exist.
Now we're going to look at
00:26:19.45\00:26:23.68
another verse that describes
the state of a dead person
00:26:23.69\00:26:26.93
in Psalms 146 verse
4. Psalm 146 verse 4,
00:26:26.94\00:26:33.61
so far we have seen
that the Bible refers as dead
00:26:34.16\00:26:38.14
as someone who is asleep.
And we see that this person
00:26:38.15\00:26:42.31
no longer has
memory of their lives
00:26:42.32\00:26:46.50
and their motions
are gone. We are now in
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Psalms 146 verse 4,
you go into Mark this text
00:26:49.73\00:26:54.40
as shown on the screen.
This is the seventh text
00:26:54.41\00:26:57.89
of our study,
you're gonna write 7SD.
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We just came from
Ecclesiastes 9 verses 5 and 6.
00:27:01.03\00:27:05.84
And we will be going to
Revelation chapter 4 verse 13.
00:27:05.85\00:27:10.45
We are at Psalms 146, verse 4.
00:27:11.01\00:27:15.40
Well Brett, can you
read that for us please?
00:27:15.41\00:27:17.40
His spirit departs,
he return to his earth;
00:27:18.13\00:27:22.67
in that very day
his plans perish.
00:27:23.33\00:27:26.32
Thank you. What
this tells us about
00:27:28.03\00:27:30.24
the person who's
dead? Their thoughts perish,
00:27:30.25\00:27:34.84
their plans are
perished. So far what has the
00:27:34.85\00:27:38.63
Bible told us the
state of a person who's dead?
00:27:38.64\00:27:40.93
They are asleep. What else?
00:27:42.19\00:27:43.73
They don't know
anything. What else?
00:27:45.47\00:27:48.14
Their feelings and emotions
are gone and here tells us
00:27:49.51\00:27:53.47
that their thoughts
or plans are also gone.
00:27:53.48\00:27:56.30
We're gonna see one
more verse that just
00:27:57.36\00:28:00.11
describes the
state of being dead,
00:28:00.12\00:28:02.20
a person who is dead.
Revelations 14 and 13.
00:28:02.21\00:28:06.53
Let's see what it
tells us about the state of
00:28:06.54\00:28:09.25
someone who is dead.
Revelation Chapter 13,
00:28:09.26\00:28:13.50
I mean Chapter 14 verse 13.
00:28:14.12\00:28:16.62
This is the eighth
text on this study.
00:28:17.54\00:28:19.88
You're gonna mark at
the end of this reference
00:28:20.85\00:28:22.91
as it shows on the screen 8SD.
00:28:22.92\00:28:26.20
We just came from Psalm 146
verse 4 and we will be going to
00:28:27.20\00:28:31.08
Ezekiel Chapter 18
verse 4. We are reading
00:28:31.09\00:28:35.76
Revelations 14 verse 13.
00:28:35.77\00:28:39.29
Ryan, can you read that for us?
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And I heard a voice
from heaven saying unto me,
00:28:41.76\00:28:44.62
Write, Blessed are the
dead which die in the Lord
00:28:44.63\00:28:47.98
from henceforth:
Yea, saith the Spirit,
00:28:47.99\00:28:50.86
they may rest from their labors;
00:28:51.10\00:28:52.88
and their works do follow them.
00:28:52.89\00:28:54.44
Thank you Ryan.
00:28:55.25\00:28:56.22
Now here's talking about those,
00:28:56.23\00:28:58.60
it's talking about the
ones that are righteous.
00:28:59.84\00:29:02.72
And how does it
describe them as?
00:29:02.73\00:29:05.74
They are doing what? Resting.
00:29:08.12\00:29:10.98
They are resting
from their works.
00:29:10.99\00:29:13.25
They are resting
from their works.
00:29:13.26\00:29:15.04
We have seen the Bible
describes death as a sleep.
00:29:15.05\00:29:19.76
Once a man dies their
thoughts have perished,
00:29:20.56\00:29:24.23
their emotions are
gone, their plans are gone,
00:29:24.24\00:29:28.91
they are resting
in a state of rest.
00:29:29.59\00:29:31.83
Their lives
have ceased to exist.
00:29:31.84\00:29:35.59
Then what about this idea
of the soul being immortal,
00:29:36.36\00:29:39.69
is that's something
that the Bible teaches.
00:29:39.70\00:29:44.91
We're going to see what the
Bible truly teaches about the
00:29:44.92\00:29:47.54
soul and its immortality.
In Ezekiel Chapter 18 verse 4,
00:29:47.55\00:29:53.45
Ezekiel Chapter 18 verse 4.
Now we're looking at verse 4,
00:29:53.46\00:30:00.11
this is the 9th
text in our study,
00:30:01.79\00:30:03.78
you will mark it as it
shows on the screen, 9SD.
00:30:03.79\00:30:08.72
We just came from
Revelation Chapter 14 verse 13.
00:30:08.73\00:30:13.38
We will be going to
First Timothy Chapter 6
00:30:13.85\00:30:16.90
verse 15 and 16.
We're reading from
00:30:16.91\00:30:21.13
Ezekiel Chapter 18
and we're reading verse 4,
00:30:21.14\00:30:27.47
Anita, can you read that for us?
00:30:27.48\00:30:29.29
Behold, all souls are
mine; as the soul of the father,
00:30:30.45\00:30:35.02
so also the soul
of the son is mine:
00:30:35.43\00:30:38.06
the soul that
sinneth, it shall die.
00:30:38.94\00:30:42.01
Thank you Anita.
What does it say here
00:30:43.18\00:30:45.71
about the soul that
sinneth? It will die.
00:30:45.72\00:30:49.95
It will die.
00:30:50.52\00:30:51.49
Now is there any human
being that has not sinned?
00:30:52.30\00:30:58.12
No. The Bible said is
that every one has sinned
00:30:58.58\00:31:01.84
and come short
of the glory of God.
00:31:01.85\00:31:03.68
So then can we say that
any of our souls are immortal?
00:31:04.33\00:31:07.23
No, not according to this verse,
00:31:08.39\00:31:10.41
because this verse says if
the soul has sinned, it dies.
00:31:10.42\00:31:13.86
So the Bible does not
teach that soul is immortal.
00:31:13.87\00:31:16.97
We see here that
the soul can die.
00:31:17.54\00:31:19.65
Now we're going to see
that the Bible actually teaches
00:31:20.86\00:31:25.71
that there is only
one who is immortal.
00:31:25.72\00:31:28.89
And we're going to see that in
00:31:29.25\00:31:30.61
First Timothy
Chapter 6 verse 15 and 16,
00:31:30.62\00:31:35.06
First Timothy
Chapter 6 verse 15 and 16.
00:31:36.27\00:31:40.26
Here it's going to show us
the only one who is immortal.
00:31:41.24\00:31:46.21
This is the 10th
text in our study.
00:31:46.96\00:31:49.27
We're going to mark a
10SD. We just came from
00:31:49.68\00:31:52.78
Ezekiel Chapter 18 verse
4 that goes above the line,
00:31:52.79\00:31:58.11
and we'll be going
to Job 21 verse 32.
00:31:58.56\00:32:02.60
We're in First Timothy
Chapter 6 and verse 15 and 16.
00:32:03.36\00:32:12.48
Gloria, could you
read that for us please.
00:32:12.49\00:32:14.70
Right, lets see. Excuse me.
00:32:16.07\00:32:19.11
Which He will
manifest in His own time,
00:32:20.34\00:32:23.30
He who is the
blessed and only Potentate,
00:32:23.31\00:32:27.59
the King of Kings
and Lord of Lords.
00:32:27.60\00:32:31.34
Who alone has the immortality,
00:32:32.28\00:32:34.60
dwelling in
unapproachable light,
00:32:35.11\00:32:38.32
whom no man has seen or can see,
00:32:38.70\00:32:41.45
to whom be honor and
everlasting power. Amen.
00:32:42.31\00:32:49.02
Amen, thank you Gloria.
Now according to this text,
00:32:49.40\00:32:53.60
who is the only one
who has immortality?
00:32:53.61\00:32:57.95
God, God is the
only one who is immortal.
00:32:58.54\00:33:01.39
Then where do the
dead go when they die,
00:33:01.40\00:33:08.04
where do the
dead go when they die?
00:33:08.05\00:33:09.49
We're going to look at
Job Chapter 21 verse 32,
00:33:09.50\00:33:13.43
Job chapter 21 verse
32. Seeking to find the
00:33:13.44\00:33:18.15
answer of where
people go when they die.
00:33:18.16\00:33:21.60
Job 21 verse 32, this is
a 11th text of our study,
00:33:23.19\00:33:28.72
and you're gonna mark it as
it shows on the screen, 11SD.
00:33:29.85\00:33:34.24
We just came from
First Timothy Chapter 6
00:33:34.25\00:33:36.92
verse 15 and 16.
And we'll be going to
00:33:36.93\00:33:40.02
Acts Chapter 2 verse 29 and 34.
00:33:40.03\00:33:44.91
We're now on Job 21 verse 32.
00:33:44.92\00:33:50.16
Jessica, could
you read that for us.
00:33:50.17\00:33:52.10
Ye, he shall be
brought to the grave,
00:33:53.31\00:33:55.28
And a vigil kept over the tomb.
00:33:55.29\00:33:57.63
Thank you. Now, here
talking about the dead.
00:33:59.39\00:34:02.32
It says he shall
be brought to where?
00:34:02.33\00:34:04.26
To the grave. And in
the King James Version
00:34:05.15\00:34:07.76
it says, Yet shall
be brought to the grave,
00:34:07.77\00:34:10.74
and shall remain in his
tomb. So not only does it say
00:34:10.75\00:34:14.72
it will go to the
grave, but it says that
00:34:14.73\00:34:16.37
it will remain there.
So, the dead when they die,
00:34:16.38\00:34:20.75
a person when they die,
they just go to the tomb
00:34:21.29\00:34:23.86
and remain there.
Now does that mean that
00:34:23.87\00:34:27.04
a good person when they die,
they don't just go to heaven.
00:34:27.05\00:34:30.10
Wait, when we look at the Bible,
00:34:31.40\00:34:33.31
the Bible teaches us,
and we see clearly there
00:34:33.32\00:34:36.63
that David was saved,
and yet we're going to see in
00:34:36.64\00:34:41.04
the Bible what
it says about David,
00:34:41.05\00:34:42.43
to see if David
actually went to heaven.
00:34:42.44\00:34:44.38
And this is going to
help us answer the question.
00:34:44.39\00:34:46.39
If a person is
good when they die,
00:34:46.40\00:34:49.43
do they go to
heaven? This is found in
00:34:49.44\00:34:52.02
Acts Chapter 2
verse 29 and verse 34,
00:34:52.03\00:34:57.07
Acts Chapter 2
verse 29 and verse 34.
00:34:57.08\00:35:01.77
We're going to look to
see what does it say about
00:35:01.78\00:35:06.39
those who are saved,
do they go to heaven?
00:35:06.40\00:35:11.22
This is our 12th
text in our study.
00:35:11.85\00:35:14.54
You are going to mark
as 12SD, we just came from
00:35:14.55\00:35:17.60
Job 21 verse 32,
and we'll be going to
00:35:17.61\00:35:21.13
First Corinthians
Chapter 15 verse 51-53.
00:35:21.14\00:35:27.21
Acts chapter 2:29
through 34, Acts chapter 2,
00:35:27.58\00:35:32.42
no not through 34, I'm sorry,
00:35:33.54\00:35:34.89
you are gonna read
verse 29 and verse 34.
00:35:34.90\00:35:38.66
Tim, can you read that for us.
00:35:39.16\00:35:40.94
Men and brethren, let
me freely speak unto you
00:35:42.85\00:35:46.04
of the Patriarch David,
00:35:46.05\00:35:47.57
that he is both dead and buried,
00:35:48.61\00:35:49.81
and his sepulcher is
with us unto this day.
00:35:49.82\00:35:52.54
For David is not
ascended into the heavens:
00:35:54.11\00:35:56.57
but he saith himself,
The Lord said unto my Lord,
00:35:58.12\00:36:01.19
Sit thou on my right hand.
00:36:01.20\00:36:03.43
Thank you Tim. What does it say,
00:36:05.49\00:36:07.26
here about David,
where does the Bible
00:36:07.27\00:36:10.26
say that he is? He is buried,
00:36:10.27\00:36:12.88
he is buried, he is buried.
00:36:15.04\00:36:16.01
He says he is
both dead and buried.
00:36:16.02\00:36:17.43
And then in verse 34
even clarifies that he has not
00:36:18.51\00:36:23.19
ascended to heaven.
Now we can see clearly
00:36:23.20\00:36:27.55
here that David even
though he is saved when he died,
00:36:27.56\00:36:30.95
he just went to the
grave, he is not in heaven,
00:36:30.96\00:36:35.94
and that's what
the Bible tells us.
00:36:35.95\00:36:37.68
We've learned that the Bible
describes death as a sleep,
00:36:38.60\00:36:43.21
that a man when he
dies, his thoughts,
00:36:43.96\00:36:46.51
his feelings, his
plans, they all perish.
00:36:46.52\00:36:51.05
The Bible
describes that as a rest.
00:36:51.82\00:36:54.37
That the one that
dies goes to the grave
00:36:56.35\00:36:58.62
and he remains there,
even though who are saved,
00:36:58.63\00:37:01.63
they do not go to heaven,
they remain in the grave.
00:37:01.64\00:37:04.94
Then the question remains
when is it that though the
00:37:05.43\00:37:11.03
people of God will
receive immortality.
00:37:11.04\00:37:14.39
And we're going to
look at that answer in
00:37:14.40\00:37:16.32
First Corinthians
Chapter 15 verses 51 through 53,
00:37:16.33\00:37:21.44
First Corinthians
Chapter 15 verses 51 through 53.
00:37:21.45\00:37:27.19
This is the 13th
text of our study.
00:37:27.93\00:37:31.39
We're going to mark it as
you see it on the screen 13SD.
00:37:31.40\00:37:36.24
We just came from Acts
Chapter 2 verse 29 and 34,
00:37:37.08\00:37:40.57
and after this we'll
be going to be going to
00:37:41.17\00:37:43.10
First Thessalonians
Chapter 4 verses 14 through 17.
00:37:43.11\00:37:50.05
We're on First
Corinthians Chapter 15.
00:37:50.42\00:37:53.91
We'll be gonna be
reading verses 51 through 53.
00:37:53.92\00:37:58.10
Danielle, can
you read that for us.
00:37:58.11\00:37:59.76
Behold, I show you a mystery:
We shall not all asleep,
00:38:00.89\00:38:04.64
but we shall all be
changed in a moment,
00:38:04.65\00:38:07.48
in the twinkling of an
eye, at the last trump:
00:38:07.49\00:38:10.22
for the trumpet shall sound,
00:38:10.73\00:38:12.24
and the dead shall
be raised incorruptible,
00:38:12.25\00:38:14.86
and we shall be
changed. For this corruptible
00:38:14.87\00:38:17.79
must put on incorruption,
00:38:17.80\00:38:19.31
and this mortal
must put on immortality.
00:38:19.32\00:38:21.71
Thank you Danielle. Now
here it begins by saying
00:38:23.15\00:38:27.88
that he is going
to show us something,
00:38:27.89\00:38:30.10
what is that it talks
about? That he is going to show,
00:38:32.71\00:38:33.68
a mystery. Mystery, now
this the State of the Dead
00:38:33.69\00:38:37.92
seems to be a mystery to many.
People are wondering exactly
00:38:37.93\00:38:42.29
what happens to a
person when they die,
00:38:42.30\00:38:44.59
and many people come up
with the wrong conclusions.
00:38:44.60\00:38:48.27
So, here the Bible says
is, I'm going to show you
00:38:48.28\00:38:50.95
this mystery. And it says that
00:38:50.96\00:38:54.68
talking about
those who are dead,
00:38:55.46\00:38:57.55
it describes them as sleep.
He says we shall not all sleep,
00:38:57.56\00:39:01.27
but we shall be
changed, so we're going to
00:39:01.28\00:39:05.07
receive that
change. He says in a moment,
00:39:05.08\00:39:07.87
in a twinkle of an
eye in the last trump.
00:39:07.88\00:39:10.82
What is it referring to
here? Christ's second coming,
00:39:10.83\00:39:15.43
Christ's second coming.
00:39:16.00\00:39:16.97
So here in
Christ's second coming,
00:39:17.82\00:39:19.37
he says that corruptible
must put on incorruption,
00:39:19.38\00:39:23.45
and this body that we already,
we already saw the Bible says
00:39:23.89\00:39:28.13
is mortal will
become immortal, immortal.
00:39:28.14\00:39:32.94
And we're gonna
see even more clear in
00:39:33.21\00:39:35.24
First Thessalonians Chapter 4,
00:39:35.25\00:39:36.79
First Thessalonians
Chapter 4 verses 14 through 17,
00:39:36.80\00:39:42.60
First Thessalonians
chapter 4 verses 14 through 17.
00:39:43.47\00:39:48.44
This is the 14th
text of our study,
00:39:48.45\00:39:50.85
which you are going
to mark it as it shows
00:39:51.79\00:39:53.46
on the screen,
14SD. We just came from
00:39:53.47\00:39:56.62
First Corinthians 15
verses 51 through 53,
00:39:56.63\00:40:00.54
and we're gonna be going to
00:40:00.55\00:40:02.16
First John Chapter 5
verses 11 through 13.
00:40:02.17\00:40:07.38
We're on First
Thessalonians Chapter 4
00:40:07.39\00:40:11.65
verses 14 through 17.
00:40:11.66\00:40:15.25
Bill, can you read that for us.
00:40:15.26\00:40:16.75
For if we believe that
Jesus died and rouse again,
00:40:17.25\00:40:20.44
even so God will bring with
Him those who sleep in Jesus.
00:40:20.45\00:40:23.94
For this we say to you
by the word of the Lord,
00:40:24.57\00:40:27.14
that we who are
alive and remain until
00:40:27.15\00:40:29.65
the coming of the Lord
will by no means precede
00:40:29.66\00:40:32.05
those who are asleep.
For the Lord Himself will
00:40:32.06\00:40:35.13
descend from
heaven with a shout,
00:40:35.14\00:40:36.82
with the voice of an archangel,
00:40:37.28\00:40:38.73
and with the trumpet of God.
00:40:38.74\00:40:40.06
And the dead in
Christ will rise first.
00:40:40.35\00:40:42.53
Then those who are alive
and remain shall be caught up
00:40:43.04\00:40:46.08
together with them in the clouds
00:40:46.09\00:40:48.07
to meet the Lord in the air.
00:40:48.08\00:40:49.81
And thus we shall
always be with the Lord.
00:40:49.82\00:40:52.29
Thank you Bill.
Now here describing
00:40:53.24\00:40:55.38
the second
coming, a beautiful scene,
00:40:55.39\00:40:57.53
it's talking that.
First it describes Jesus
00:40:58.55\00:41:00.58
talking about it says,
describes it as sleep again.
00:41:00.59\00:41:04.63
He sees even so then,
also which sleep in Jesus
00:41:04.64\00:41:07.93
will God bring with him.
He now says for this way,
00:41:07.94\00:41:12.96
for this we say unto
you by the word of the Lord.
00:41:12.97\00:41:16.99
This is what the
word of God says.
00:41:17.46\00:41:19.96
What happens to those
who are alive and remain?
00:41:20.34\00:41:26.93
We will not precede
the ones that were asleep,
00:41:29.74\00:41:33.54
so that means
those who went to sleep,
00:41:33.99\00:41:35.55
who die are now still
there, they are sleeping.
00:41:35.56\00:41:38.38
It says now for the Lord
himself shall descend from
00:41:38.39\00:41:41.62
heaven with a shout,
its all clear when He comes
00:41:41.63\00:41:44.51
the second time,
and they are again
00:41:44.52\00:41:47.16
mentions the trump light,
we read in First Corinthians
00:41:47.17\00:41:50.50
and then it says
that we who are alive,
00:41:50.51\00:41:53.61
and remain will be
caught up together with those
00:41:54.51\00:41:57.59
who were raised,
and we will go together
00:41:57.60\00:42:01.06
to heaven, together to heaven.
00:42:01.92\00:42:04.05
Here it goes step by step of
what happens when Jesus comes,
00:42:04.06\00:42:08.65
and it shows us that
those who have died in Christ,
00:42:08.66\00:42:12.20
it says those
who sleep in Jesus,
00:42:12.21\00:42:15.10
they're not in heaven,
they will be resurrected
00:42:15.68\00:42:19.84
in the second coming.
And they will be caught up
00:42:19.85\00:42:23.74
with us together in the clouds,
00:42:23.75\00:42:26.20
and we will together go
to spend eternity with God.
00:42:26.21\00:42:32.03
The Bible is clear on the
state of a person who is dead.
00:42:32.66\00:42:38.56
The Bible shows us
that God created man,
00:42:38.86\00:42:42.42
it put the
breath of life in man,
00:42:43.33\00:42:46.24
and man became a living
soul. And so when that breath or
00:42:46.25\00:42:51.37
that Spirit is
taken away, then man dies.
00:42:51.38\00:42:55.84
We saw that when a man dies,
then his thoughts are gone,
00:42:56.92\00:43:00.85
his feelings are
gone, his plans gone.
00:43:01.20\00:43:05.32
The person has ceased to exist.
00:43:06.91\00:43:09.75
And the Bible
describes this as sleep,
00:43:10.23\00:43:13.81
or a state of
rest. They're resting,
00:43:14.24\00:43:18.35
waiting for the second coming.
And on the second coming,
00:43:18.75\00:43:24.46
those who are resting in
Jesus will be resurrected,
00:43:24.47\00:43:29.03
and those who
have remained or alive,
00:43:29.33\00:43:32.84
will be caught up together
and together the Bible says
00:43:32.85\00:43:36.40
together we shall go to heaven.
00:43:36.41\00:43:38.52
We shall go to heaven
together. Let's look at
00:43:39.39\00:43:42.05
First John Chapter 5
verses 11 through 13,
00:43:42.06\00:43:47.32
First John Chapter 5
verses 11 through 13.
00:43:48.51\00:43:52.84
As we think about
this beautiful day,
00:43:52.85\00:43:55.79
the scene that we just
saw of Jesus coming again,
00:43:55.80\00:43:59.29
we're going to see the
promise as given to us in
00:43:59.30\00:44:02.15
First John
Chapter 5 11 through 13.
00:44:02.16\00:44:05.26
This is the 15th
text of our study.
00:44:05.27\00:44:07.78
You are going to
mark it on your Bible,
00:44:08.64\00:44:10.01
as it shows on the screen, 15SD.
00:44:10.02\00:44:12.65
We just came from
First Thessalonians Chapter 4
00:44:13.46\00:44:15.97
verses 14 through 17.
00:44:15.98\00:44:18.76
And this is the
last text of our study,
00:44:18.77\00:44:21.18
so you are going to put
end at the bottom of that line.
00:44:21.19\00:44:25.05
We're in First John
Chapter 5 verses 11 through 13.
00:44:25.35\00:44:31.60
Mike, can you read that for us.
00:44:32.44\00:44:34.05
And this is the
record that God hath
00:44:35.39\00:44:37.01
given to us eternal life,
and this life is in his Son.
00:44:37.02\00:44:40.21
He that hath the Son hath life;
00:44:40.99\00:44:42.83
and he that hath not the
Son of God hath not life.
00:44:42.84\00:44:46.46
These things have I
written unto you that believe
00:44:47.18\00:44:49.40
on the name of the Son of God;
00:44:49.41\00:44:51.38
that ye may know
that ye have eternal life,
00:44:51.39\00:44:53.77
and that ye may believe on
the name of the Son of God.
00:44:53.78\00:44:57.35
Thank you Mike.
Now, here it gives us a
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record that God
has given us what?
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Eternal life.
Where is this life?
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In His son
Jesus, in His son Jesus.
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So, if we have His son, we
can have this eternal life.
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Now why is John
writing this here?
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It says so that we can believe,
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he says that you will
know that you eternal life,
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and you will believe,
so that we may believe
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on the name of the son of God.
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The Bible makes it clear,
that only God is immortal.
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Eternal life is found in Jesus,
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and only by receiving Him
can we receive immortality.
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It says your
desire to receive the life
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that Jesus offers.
Amen. That's my desire too.
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You know when He
comes that second time,
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and we receive that
body, the immortal body and
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everything that He has for us,
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we're going to be so
grateful, and there is nothing
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that you have gone
through on this life,
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nothing that will
seem like a big thing.
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Everything will
look small compared
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to what He has for us,
life eternal, life eternal.
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Let us pray. Dear
Lord, and Heavenly Father,
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we thank you that You
have given us answers,
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clear answers from Your word,
on what happens to a person
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when they die.
And we thank you Lord
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that we do not have
to just think about death
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as the end of a person's life,
but that we've been promised
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more beyond the
grave. We thank you Lord that
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You have made it possible
for us to receive salvation,
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to receive life
eternal to Jesus, Your son.
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And Lord today we all desire
to have that eternal life,
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and we want to
receive Jesus in our hearts.
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And I pray dear Lord, that
You help us to do our part Lord,
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that we will be
able to receive Him,
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and to keep Him in our lives,
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this is our prayer in
Jesus name, amen, Amen.
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Now we're gonna go over
a text that seems to pop up
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every time this study is done.
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It's a text that some
people are confused about,
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and found in Luke
Chapter 23 verse 42 and 43.
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And this verse says "Today you
will be with Me in Paradise."
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Jesus talking to the one that
was next to Him on the cross,
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He promised him
to be in Paradise.
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And now because of
the way He has word it,
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people think well if He is
going to be that same day in
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Paradise with Him.
He is promising him that
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He die and goes
straight to heaven.
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But we saw in the study that's,
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that's not what
the Bible teaches,
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so we're gonna see what
is the misconception on this.
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We know the Bible
will not contradict itself,
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so we've to look carefully
at this text to see why it
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seems to say this. We're in
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Luke chapter 23
verse 42 and verse 43.
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I'm sorry, let
me get there myself,
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chapter 23 verse 42
and 43. And it says,
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and he said unto Jesus,
Lord, remember me when thou
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comest into thy kingdom.
Now this man has recognized
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Jesus to be the Savior,
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in his very
last moments in life,
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and he has
chosen to receive Jesus.
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And because he
chose to receive Jesus,
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we saw how the Bible says that,
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if you receive Jesus,
you receive life eternal.
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So, because he
chose to receive Jesus,
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Jesus answers. And
Jesus said unto him,
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Verily I say unto thee,
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shalt thou be
with me in Paradise,
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thou shall be
with me in Paradise.
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Jesus is making a
promise to this man, right here.
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Now we saw through the Bible
study which we went through,
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that the Bible teaches
that people do not go straight
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to heaven, so why
is Jesus promising
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here that today
in that same day,
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He will be in Paradise with him.
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Now we're going to see,
we're going to keep reading
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a little bit more in
this same story to see exactly
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what's happening
here. Now if you go down to
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verse 54, its says,
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And that day
was the preparation,
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and the Sabbath drew on.
This is the day that Jesus
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died on the cross,
preparation which is what day?
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Friday, so Jesus died on
Friday on the preparation day,
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continuing on verse 55.
And the women also which
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came with him from
Galilee, followed after,
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and beheld the sepulcher
and how his body was laid.
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And they returned,
and prepared spices
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and ointments; and rested in the
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Sabbath day
according to the commandment.
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So, He died on the Friday,
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they rested the following
day, and now lets look at
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verse 1 on Chapter
24, it says now upon the
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first day of the
week, what day is that?
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Sunday, so now as
the day has passed in
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between and a Sunday,
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now upon the
first day of the week,
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very early in the morning
they came unto the sepulcher,
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bringing the spices
which they had prepared and so
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in others with
them. So, we see Jesus die
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on Friday, and
Sunday this is happening.
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Now we're going to continue
seeing a little bit more about
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what happens on this
day, Luke Chapter 23,
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I mean John
Chapter 20 verse 16 and 17,
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John Chapter 20 verse 16 and 17.
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We left it where it was Sunday,
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He had died on
Friday, and this is Sunday.
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The woman had prepared
the spices, it is Sunday.
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We're in Chapter
20 verse 16 and 17.
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Actually list our,
I'm gonna read verse 1,
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it says, the first
day of the week cometh
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Mary Magdalene
early, when it was yet dark,
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unto the sepulcher, and
seeth the stone taken away
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from the sepulcher. So,
here its just establishing
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that again that is
the first day of the week.
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Then going down, we're
gonna read starting from
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verse 11. It says:
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But Mary stood without
at the sepulcher weeping:
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and as she wept,
she stooped down,
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and looked into the sepulcher.
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And seeth two
angels in white sitting,
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the one at the head,
and the other at the feet,
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where the body
of Jesus had lain.
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And they say unto her, Woman,
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why weepest thou?
She saith unto them,
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Because they have
taken away my Lord,
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and I know not
where they have laid him.
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And when she had thus
said, she returned herself back,
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and saw who, Jesus standing,
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and knew not that it was Jesus.
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And Jesus saith unto
her, Woman, why weepest thou?
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Whom seekest
thou? She, supposing
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him to be the
gardener, saith unto him,
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Sir, if thou
have borne him hence,
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tell me where
thou hast laid him,
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and I will take him
away. Now Jesus says unto her,
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Mary. She turned
herself, and saith unto him,
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Rabboni; which is to say Master.
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So, at this point you recognizes
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who she is talking to.
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And Jesus says
unto her, Touch me not;
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for I am not yet
ascended to my Father:
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but go to my
brethren, and say unto them,
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I ascend unto my
Father, and your Father;
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and to my God, and your God.
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Now this is Sunday,
Jesus died on Friday,
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the women rested on the Sabbath,
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and came back on Sunday,
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here is Mary looking for Jesus,
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weeping because
she can't find Him,
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and Jesus tells her
not to touch Him why?
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He has not
ascended on to heaven.
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Now Jesus promised
that man on the cross
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that He that day would
be with him in Paradise,
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and Jesus has not
gone onto heaven yet,
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what does that make Jesus?
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A liar. Now we know that
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Jesus cannot lie, so
there has to be something
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here that is leading us to
misunderstand this passage.
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So, we're gonna
back to the passage in
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Luke 23 verses 42 and
43. When these passages were
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written in the original,
there is no punctuation.
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The punctuation was put later.
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Now if you see that same
statement that Jesus said,
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I say to you today you
will be with me in Paradise.
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If you look at the
screen, the top portion is how
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it's written on the
Bible. "I say to you,
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today you will be
with Me in Paradise."
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This is a comma that
was added afterwards.
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The people who
were working with this
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and added those punctuations,
thought it to go best there.
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But if we move that comma
after today, then it will say,
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"I say to you today you
will be with Me in Paradise."
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Now because we know that
He did not go that same day,
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then we know He could
not have meant that today
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He was going to be
in heaven with him.
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We know the Bible shows us that,
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so then we can
safely say that the comma
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was just in the wrong
place. If we just move the comma
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then it will say,
Jesus is just making a point,
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and showing us something
important today I tell you.
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And usually we use phrases
like that or words like this
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to emphasize what
we're about to say.
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Jesus wanted this man who
had lived a sinful life to have
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certainty that his
sins had been forgiven.
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This man, he was in the
last moments of his life.
00:56:08.96\00:56:11.27
He had lived a sinful life,
00:56:11.28\00:56:12.55
he knew that he deserved death.
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But at that last moment he
recognized Jesus as the Savior
00:56:17.26\00:56:21.39
and he received
Him. And the Bible says
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Jesus has life
eternal, and if we receive Him,
00:56:25.08\00:56:28.61
we shall be saved. So,
this man as he receive Jesus,
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he received life eternal.
00:56:32.31\00:56:33.29
Jesus was just
assuring him of that.
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Anytime we find
ourselves in something
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in the Bible
where we're confused,
00:56:41.88\00:56:43.68
or not understanding, it
seems like a contradicts,
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we need to spend
time really trying to see
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what the Bible is saying,
and because we found evidences
00:56:49.60\00:56:53.01
that He was not
there on that day,
00:56:53.02\00:56:55.16
then we look at what
else could be there that
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could be wrong. We
don't know where the commas
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or the
punctuations would have gone.
00:57:00.81\00:57:02.97
These people just put it where
it make more sense to them.
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So, it is only because of
the evidences that we have,
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we can conclude that the comma
was just in the wrong place,
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and this is something that
just clarifies the whole idea of
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Jesus promising a man to be
in heaven right after he died,
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when the Bible clearly
teaches that this is not so.
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Does that make it clear?
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Thank you very much,
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we thank you for
joining us in our study.
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We're going to continue
to do more studies on the
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different
teachings of the Bible,
00:57:39.71\00:57:41.34
and we want you to join
us, so, please keep us in mind,
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and join us next time.
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