In the sweet
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By and by
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We shall meet
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On that beautiful shore
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In the sweet
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By and by
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We shall meet
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On that beautiful shore
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We shall sing
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On that beautiful shore
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The melodious
songs of the blessed
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And our spirits
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Shall sorrow no more
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Not a sigh
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For the blessing of rest
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In the sweet
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By and by
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We shall meet
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On that beautiful shore
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In the sweet
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By and by
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We shall meet
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On that beautiful shore
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As the music keeps playing,
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as we sing the
rest of this song,
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I invite those of you who'd
like to come up to the front
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and join us in
our time of prayer.
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To our bountiful Father above
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We will offer
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Our tribute of praise
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For the
glorious gift of His love
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And the blessings
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That hallow our days
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In the sweet
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By and by
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We shall meet
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On that beautiful shore
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In the sweet
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By and by
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We shall meet
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On that beautiful shore.
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Till we see Him face to face,
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let us keep praying
even as we kneel now
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and pray to our God.
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Let us kneel together.
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Oh, God, someday
the sweet by and by,
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but today with all creation
wrapped in frigid white bath
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in shining
crystals, this Sabbath day.
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We bow down before our
Creator with grateful hearts,
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hearts that too much
of the time too timidly
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declare our
adoration and love for You
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who have so
extravagantly loved us first
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and who died for us
before we were ever us.
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Blessed be the name
of God for ever and ever.
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Forgive us patient
Savior, for allowing our faith
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to be frozen bridled
by the sophistication
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and skepticism of our age,
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thaw us with the glorious light
that still streams from Calvary,
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melt our stubborn
pride, warm our cold affections
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that we might yet
learn to love one another
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as You have loved us,
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forgive us our trespasses
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as we forgive those who
have trespassed against us.
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To, You Holy
Father, we come as a people
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on behalf of the
nation that is our homeland.
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It's true we are
gathered in this sanctuary
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as citizens from all the earth,
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but it is also
true that we have chosen
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to make the
United States our home
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for this journey, for this time
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and so today on the eve of
this historic inauguration,
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we are a united people
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and celebrating the election
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of a new young
African-American President,
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as Christian
brothers and sisters,
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we join with the nation
in thanking, You oh, Lord,
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for this glorious millstone
on our long and painful road
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to racial equality
and justice for all.
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We can only imagine what
inspired flights of oratory,
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Martin Luther King Junior
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Would ascend were he alive today
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to witness his dream
nearing its fulfillment,
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but we are not
there yet, oh, God.
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For as long as there
is religious bigotry,
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an ecclesiastical
segregation and personal bias,
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the love of Christ has yet
to concur our collective hearts
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and so may the
election of our new president
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become as it were
an enabling precedent
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for our own racial
unity in Christ Jesus.
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For our soon to be inaugurated
President Barack Obama,
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we pray two prayers.
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First, we plea for him the
gift of your righteous wisdom,
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grant to him, oh God,
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that in this time of dangerous
opportunity we call crisis.
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He might lead
this nation in paths
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that are right
and just and good.
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You have been a
counselor to kings
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and rulers
throughout the centuries,
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be one now for
our president, too.
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Secondly, we intercede
our Father for His protection
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and for the
protection of his wife Michelle
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and their
daughters Malia and Sasha.
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Dear God, be a protector
from the lunacy of this age,
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be their shield and buckler
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so that they shall not be
afraid for the terror by night
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nor for the arrow
that flieth by day
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for You shall give
Your angels charge over them
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to keep them in all their ways.
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We do not claim to know, oh God,
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what lies before us
as a nation, as a church,
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as a people, but
this much we do know,
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Yea, though we walk through
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the valley of
the shadow of death,
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we will fear no
evil, for You're with us.
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And for that alone, let
alone a thousand reasons more,
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we lift up our
voices today in gratitude
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and praise to the Christ to
as our resurrection in our life.
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We've not forgotten His promise
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because I live,
you shall live also.
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And because He does, we can come
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and we can go from
your house this day
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with your hope undiminished
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Amen.
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Earlier this week,
we took a video camera
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to some different
places around the campus
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and asked
students two questions.
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The following
are their responses.
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A lot of happiness and joy,
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a time where families
and friends can be together
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and be together
for eternal life.
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It means the end
of pain and confusion.
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I think it would
be one of the events
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that is going to have
the most impact on all of us
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'cause when Jesus comes back,
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it's like the
first thing happening.
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So I imagine it as
something you can't describe it.
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It will be just be
amazing, overwhelming
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and seeing all these people,
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you know, throughout
history just resurrecting
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will be so impressive.
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Time to go home.
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That's plainly
simple, time to go home.
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I think it's gonna be
one of the coolest things
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I'll ever see, of course.
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I think it's gonna be like,
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you see old beetles movies
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where everyone's
like screaming and crying
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and jumping and
they're so happy.
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I think it's gonna be like
ten times cooler than that.
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And I can't wait to see like
other Christians faces like--
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I don't know I just can't wait
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to see the
excitement and everything.
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The beginning
and the end, really,
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I mean it's the
end of everything bad,
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the beginning
of everything good.
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The resurrection means
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I guess getting a
piece of my heart back
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and I think for everyone,
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you know, when you lose someone,
you lose a part of your heart
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and being able to
see those people again,
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I think that's gonna be
the most amazing feeling.
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Symbolizes, you
know, the end of time
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and pretty much,
it's excitement to me
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even though it may not look like
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excitement on the camera but...
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The time when we get to
see Jesus for the first time
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and go home to live with Him
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in heaven forever and
see our loved ones again.
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I'm finally going home.
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That's a long list of people
so I guess I'll just say God.
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Definitely I'm looking
forward to see my mom's dad.
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He died before I was
born about six months, so...
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Definitely my
uncle, my mom's brother,
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he died over a
year-and-a-half ago
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and we're really,
really close to him
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and it was very, very
hard for me to see him go.
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So I'm definitely looking
forward to see him the most.
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I'm looking
forward to meeting Caleb
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because that's my name.
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All my family members who
were not Christians before,
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but by the grace of
God they died believing,
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they died as believers.
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I'm looking forward to see them.
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Well, my uncle's actually
he was pretty big in my life
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and he died pretty
young when I was so young too
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and I'd like to see him again.
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If I would have
to say Queen Esther
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because since I was
young, I'd always read her story
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and I was really touched by
it and I really admire her for,
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you know, everything
she did for her people
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and being so brave.
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I'm looking forward to
seeing my sister Kristy
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who died when she
was four-and-a-half
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and I was six, so
I'm looking forward
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to getting to know her
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and be able to see
her grow up in heaven.
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So who are you
looking forward to seeing?
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Do you have somebody?
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If I can be as
personal as the people
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on the screen right now,
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I need to tell you about a man
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that I loved with all my heart.
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He was strong, he was wise,
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he was good, he was very loving.
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As far as I was concerned then
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and as far as I'm concerned now,
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he was a greatest
dad who ever lived.
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He died at the age of 75.
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Too young. Too soon.
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There was stuff I
still needed to tell him.
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There were things he
still needed to teach me.
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But here comes the
really personal part now.
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I'm gonna put his picture
on the screen in a moment.
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My dad was cremated.
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The picture you're gonna
see is at the memorial service
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when with my
mother and my brother
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and my sister we wept.
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We surrounded the
picture by flowers
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that's what the reason.
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We put it on the
screen for you now.
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And as that picture goes up,
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I need to ask you a
question, you tell me.
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Is my dad in heaven?
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Is my dad in hell?
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Is my dad in
purgatory right now?
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Nearly every Christian
Church that I know teaches
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that he right now is in
one of those three places.
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So where is my dad right now?
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Once upon a long ago
time, Jesus told us the answer
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and for the life of me.
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I can't figure out
why we never got it.
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Let's pray. Oh,
God, we got to get it.
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We must know the truth.
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So listening to Jesus,
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teach us we pray in His name.
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Amen.
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Open your Bible with me, please,
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to that great story.
The Gospel of Saint John.
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Forgot your Bible?
You didn't bring a Bible?
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Grab the pew Bible
right in front of you
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because this is one
story you have got to track.
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Open your Bible
to John Chapter 11.
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I'm gonna read an
old story with you.
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How can we
never saw this before?
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Why didn't we get
it? John Chapter 11.
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The pew Bible, if
that's what you grabbed,
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it's page 723 in your pew Bible.
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Let's take just a
moment, reflect together.
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Great, great, great story.
All right, John Chapter 11.
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I'm in the New
King James Version.
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That would be the
version of your pew Bible
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that would be
what's on the screen.
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Let's go, John 11:1.
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"Now a certain man was
sick, Lazarus of Bethany,
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that's the town of
Mary and her sister Martha."
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And here's a little
parenthetical insertion.
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Verse 2, "It was
that Mary by the way
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who anointed the
Lord with fragrant oil
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and wiped His
feet with her hair,
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whose brother Lazarus was sick.
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Therefore--" Verse 3.
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"The sisters
sent to Jesus saying,
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'Lord, behold, he
whom You love is sick.'"
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Verse 5, look at that.
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"Now Jesus loved
Martha and her sister
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that would be Mary and Lazarus."
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I need to hit
the pause button here
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and I wish you
would lock those words
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in your heart right now.
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The one you love Jesus is sick.
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You know, why I
need to lock on to that?
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Because the people Jesus loves,
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the ones Jesus love do get sick,
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and they do die.
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I need you to remember
that. Should the day coming?
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That tiny little
medical examining room
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when the doctor walks back in
with his grave look on his face
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and he announces to
you, you have cancer.
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Listen, it doesn't
matter the name of the disease
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or its severity. You're sick.
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What's to
remember in that one line
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that the sister sent to Jesus?
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Is not the sick part
though. Forget the sick part.
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Remember the love part.
The one you love is sick.
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Which means that if
you're sick right now,
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you maybe dying right now.
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You need to know
that you are just
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as loved by
Jesus as was Lazarus.
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Verse 6, "So, when Jesus
heard that Lazarus was sick,
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He stayed two more days
in the place where He was."
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And the disciples
are flabbergasted.
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I mean, our dear, Lord,
and Master God bless him.
00:17:51.78\00:17:54.56
He is a strange
fellow, isn't he?
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I mean, here is His
very dear friend Lazarus
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definitely sick and Jesus hangs
around for another two days.
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What's up with that?
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How hard it is for us
mortals to learn the lesson
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that the ways of God are
not the ways of man or a woman?
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How often you and I
are utterly convinced
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we know the best
course of action for God
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to take for our
nation, for our families,
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our friends, ourselves?
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But to our great
chagrin and sorrow,
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he doesn't take that action.
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We cry, why, why,
why, why? What's going on?
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So we weep our salty tears into
those soggy midnight pillows.
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I need to lay a word of
comfort on your heart right now.
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It's from the classic
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on the life of
Jesus, the Desire of Ages.
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Put it on the screen for you.
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Isn't this
something? Read it there.
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"God never leads
His children otherwise
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than they would
choose to be led,
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if they could see the
end from the beginning
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and discern the glory of the
purpose they are fulfilling."
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Is that so? Is a
another a word, lift your heart?
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Look at this same book,
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"To all who are reaching out
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to feel the
guiding hand of God."
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Get this.
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"The moment of greatest,
greatest discouragement
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is the time when
divine help is nearest.
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They will look
back with thankfulness
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upon the darkest
part of their way."
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And so it was,
ladies and gentlemen,
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the two long days dragged by
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and then after
the two days are over,
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Jesus turns to His
12 friends and He says,
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"Hey, guys, what you
say if we go to Bethany?"
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Please. Verse 11.
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"These things He
said, and after that
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He said to His disciples,
'Our friend Lazarus sleeps,
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but I go that I
may wake him up.'
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Then His disciples said, 'Lord,
if he sleeps he'll get well.'"
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I mean, you can hear
the wise disciples clucking
00:19:54.80\00:19:56.92
and saying all over
again, he just doesn't get it.
00:19:56.95\00:20:01.38
If you're sick,
you got to sleep.
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And by the way these are
not med-school graduates either.
00:20:04.08\00:20:06.76
They did not know that just
this last week out of Chicago,
00:20:06.79\00:20:09.37
a new study was
released that discovered
00:20:09.40\00:20:13.01
that if you want to lick
the virus of the common cold,
00:20:13.04\00:20:15.56
get this, hang on to it,
00:20:15.59\00:20:17.02
you've got to sleep
eight hours or more.
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Anything under eight and
you're three times as likely
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to get infected with that cold.
00:20:22.86\00:20:24.98
Which means the
whole university is sick.
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Nobody around here
sleeps eight hours.
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I know. Yours truly included.
00:20:31.29\00:20:35.36
They didn't know the studies.
00:20:35.39\00:20:36.75
They just know
that if you're sick,
00:20:36.78\00:20:38.32
you got to sleep to get better.
00:20:38.35\00:20:41.18
Lazarus is sick.
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Jesus, please come
on, let the man rest.
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We get up verse 13.
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"However, Jesus
spoke of his death,
00:20:47.34\00:20:50.97
but they thought
that He was speaking
00:20:51.00\00:20:52.89
about taking rest in sleep.
00:20:52.92\00:20:54.30
And so then, Jesus
said to them plainly,
00:20:54.33\00:20:56.19
'Lazarus--'" Listen to me, guys.
00:20:56.22\00:20:58.82
"Lazarus is dead."
00:20:58.85\00:21:00.83
Apparently, for
the incarnated Creator
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and Savior of the
world death is a sleep.
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That point is so critical.
00:21:15.24\00:21:16.27
I wish you'd grab
your study guide right now
00:21:16.30\00:21:17.54
and scribble it
down before we forget it.
00:21:17.57\00:21:19.16
Go into that worship bulletin,
00:21:19.19\00:21:20.51
blow all the outdoor
off a bit and let's go.
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If you didn't get a study guide,
00:21:24.83\00:21:25.86
oh, you got to get this one.
00:21:25.89\00:21:26.92
Hold your hand up.
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They're gonna be
coming right by you,
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our friendly
ushers, hold your hand up.
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I want to make
sure that everybody here
00:21:30.52\00:21:31.69
gets a study guide in
the overflow room as well,
00:21:31.72\00:21:34.36
and while they're doing that,
00:21:34.39\00:21:35.42
we are so glad
to have those of you
00:21:35.45\00:21:36.81
who're joining us on
television right now.
00:21:36.84\00:21:39.02
You can get the
same study guide.
00:21:39.05\00:21:40.12
Let me take you to our
website www.pmchurch.tv.
00:21:40.15\00:21:45.55
You see there on your screen.
00:21:45.58\00:21:46.74
We're looking for
the little mini series.
00:21:46.77\00:21:48.33
It's only three parts
longer. This is part two.
00:21:48.36\00:21:51.63
Title of the series,
"The Truth About Death."
00:21:51.66\00:21:54.80
Last week was the
"Fork-Tongued Beast."
00:21:54.83\00:21:58.46
Today is the "Unmade Bed."
00:21:58.49\00:22:00.62
And don't you miss
the final piece next week?
00:22:00.65\00:22:03.81
"The Midnight Blitz."
00:22:03.84\00:22:05.80
All right, but you're
looking for the Unmade Bed,
00:22:05.83\00:22:07.61
and it says study guide
there, click on the study guide,
00:22:07.64\00:22:09.56
you'll find it
and you'll join us.
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All right, while it's
still fresh in our minds,
00:22:11.59\00:22:13.05
write it down.
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Number one, right there at
the top of the study guide.
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"For the Creator and
Savior of this world,
00:22:15.83\00:22:18.24
death is a sleep."
00:22:18.27\00:22:19.79
Write in all those
words. Death is a sleep.
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I realize that there
aren't a whole lot of people
00:22:25.34\00:22:26.71
around these days that
have discovered the truth
00:22:26.74\00:22:28.68
that Jesus has just plainly
declared to His followers.
00:22:28.71\00:22:33.39
How we missed it? I don't know.
00:22:33.42\00:22:34.53
Well, actually I do know.
00:22:34.56\00:22:35.59
And I'm gonna share that
story with you in just a moment.
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But clearly,
would you jot this down?
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"Jesus taught that when you
die, you don't go to heaven,
00:22:40.52\00:22:46.12
you don't go to
hell, you go to sleep."
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Keep writing.
These are His words.
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"Lazarus is asleep. He is dead."
00:22:52.11\00:22:57.41
Now come on,
pastor, did Jesus tell story
00:23:00.69\00:23:03.32
once upon a time about a
poor man who goes to heaven
00:23:03.35\00:23:05.42
and the rich man
who goes down to hell?
00:23:05.45\00:23:08.48
Well, you are
right. Absolutely right.
00:23:08.51\00:23:10.49
We need to take a look at that.
00:23:10.52\00:23:11.92
So put a little
marker there in John 11
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'cause we're
coming back to John 11.
00:23:13.94\00:23:15.56
Just go back one
gospel. To the Gospel of Luke.
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Just go back to Luke.
We'll take a look at this story.
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Fascinating
story. Luke Chapter 16.
00:23:22.35\00:23:25.49
This would be what page?
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This would be page
705 in your pew Bible.
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Luke Chapter 16. You
got to read letter Bible.
00:23:31.07\00:23:34.67
This is all read because
Jesus is telling the story.
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Luke 16:19. All right.
00:23:37.01\00:23:42.16
It's a great story.
Luke 16:19, here we go.
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"There was a certain rich
man who was clothed in purple
00:23:46.83\00:23:50.88
and fine linen and
fared sumptuously every day.
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But there was, verse 20,
00:23:55.77\00:23:57.71
"A certain
beggar named Lazarus."
00:23:57.74\00:24:00.88
Not the same
Lazarus, all right? Same name.
00:24:00.91\00:24:03.35
"Named Lazarus full of
sores, who was laid at his gate,
00:24:03.38\00:24:07.08
desiring to be
fed with the crumbs
00:24:07.11\00:24:08.89
which fell from
the rich man's table.
00:24:08.92\00:24:10.48
Moreover the dogs
came and licked his sores.
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So it was--" Jesus is telling
the story, says verse 22.
00:24:16.29\00:24:19.07
"That the beggar died
00:24:19.10\00:24:20.65
and was carried by the
angels to Abraham's bosom.
00:24:20.68\00:24:23.35
The rich man also
died and was buried.
00:24:23.38\00:24:25.04
And being in
torments in Hades or hell,
00:24:25.07\00:24:29.65
he lifted up his eyes
and saw Abraham afar off,
00:24:29.68\00:24:33.46
and Lazarus in his bosom.
00:24:33.49\00:24:35.09
And then he cried
out verse 24 and said,
00:24:35.12\00:24:36.90
hey, 'Father
Abraham, have mercy on me,
00:24:36.93\00:24:39.70
and send Lazarus that he may dip
00:24:39.73\00:24:41.48
the tip of his finger in
the water and cool my tongue,
00:24:41.51\00:24:44.44
for I am
tormented in this flame.'"
00:24:44.47\00:24:46.90
Hey, well, that
seems pretty clear to me.
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While one went to heaven,
00:24:51.76\00:24:52.79
the other one
went to hell at death.
00:24:52.82\00:24:56.70
Well, if the point of
Jesus parable is to present
00:24:56.73\00:25:01.30
the literal truths of
heaven and hell and death,
00:25:01.33\00:25:04.08
then, ladies and gentlemen,
00:25:04.11\00:25:05.14
we have some very major dilemmas
00:25:05.17\00:25:07.72
that we're gonna
have to deal with.
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Jot them down.
00:25:08.81\00:25:09.84
Dilemma number one,
Heaven is Abraham's bosom.
00:25:09.87\00:25:15.72
Now look, he may
have a soft bosom,
00:25:15.75\00:25:17.67
but I sure hope heaven
00:25:17.70\00:25:19.03
is more than lying
on that fleshy pillow.
00:25:19.06\00:25:23.10
Do you think anybody believed
heaven is Abraham's bosom?
00:25:23.13\00:25:29.79
All right, number
two. Write it down.
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Heaven and hell, if
he's telling the truth,
00:25:32.12\00:25:35.55
heaven and hell are
within shouting distance.
00:25:35.58\00:25:38.36
Hey, yo, it's hot down here.
Anybody got water up there?
00:25:38.39\00:25:40.78
Does anybody believe that?
00:25:43.94\00:25:45.61
No. Nobody in the
universe believes that.
00:25:45.64\00:25:48.75
And number three,
relief in hell is a single.
00:25:48.78\00:25:51.65
I just need one
drop, just one drop.
00:25:51.68\00:25:54.34
A single drop of water, please.
00:25:54.37\00:25:56.53
Does anybody
believed that was Jesus point?
00:25:56.56\00:25:58.52
Of course not.
This is a parable.
00:25:58.55\00:26:00.89
A story crafted to
drive home a single point.
00:26:00.92\00:26:04.05
You don't make a
parable ever walk on all force.
00:26:04.08\00:26:06.05
What's the
point? What's the point?
00:26:06.08\00:26:07.68
Ah, right it down.
00:26:07.71\00:26:09.29
Jesus parable of
the rich man and Lazarus
00:26:09.32\00:26:12.03
is not the truth about death,
00:26:12.06\00:26:13.87
but rather the truth about life.
00:26:13.90\00:26:16.90
Our response to
opportunity and privilege here
00:26:16.93\00:26:20.20
will determine
our destiny there.
00:26:20.23\00:26:23.24
That's the point.
00:26:23.27\00:26:25.17
In fact Abraham makes
the point in Jesus' parable.
00:26:25.20\00:26:27.40
Look at verse 25.
00:26:27.43\00:26:29.57
"But Abraham said to
the rich man, verse 25.
00:26:29.60\00:26:31.72
"Son, remember
that in your lifetime
00:26:31.75\00:26:34.44
you received your good things,
00:26:34.47\00:26:36.42
and likewise
Lazarus evil things,
00:26:36.45\00:26:38.12
but now he is
comforted and you're tormented.
00:26:38.15\00:26:40.41
You got what you live for."
00:26:40.44\00:26:43.14
That's the point. Hey,
well, then listen, listen.
00:26:43.17\00:26:45.16
Will you send Lazarus
to my living brothers?
00:26:45.19\00:26:47.35
I don't want them ending
up down here and this stuff
00:26:47.38\00:26:50.45
and Abraham
response the punch line.
00:26:50.48\00:26:52.91
Verse 31, "But
Abraham said to the rich man,
00:26:52.94\00:26:55.88
'If they do not hear
Moses and the prophets,
00:26:55.91\00:26:59.03
neither will they be persuaded
00:26:59.06\00:27:01.04
though one rise from the dead."
00:27:01.07\00:27:03.87
If you don't
believe the written word,
00:27:03.90\00:27:07.24
you'll never believe
the truth about death.
00:27:07.27\00:27:09.77
You have to go by the book
what is written is the truth.
00:27:09.80\00:27:16.10
Lazarus is asleep. He is dead.
00:27:16.13\00:27:22.12
Yes, but come on, Dwight?
00:27:24.00\00:27:25.68
Didn't Jesus promised
the thief on the cross
00:27:25.71\00:27:29.01
that the two of them
that Good Friday afternoon
00:27:29.04\00:27:30.94
at the end of the
day the two of them
00:27:30.97\00:27:32.37
will be in paradise together?
00:27:32.40\00:27:35.29
Well, that's an interesting one.
00:27:35.32\00:27:36.60
Yeah, let's take a look at that.
00:27:36.63\00:27:37.89
Good for you.
00:27:37.92\00:27:39.08
Since we're in Luke,
let's just go over to Luke 23.
00:27:39.11\00:27:43.07
This is the crucifixion
chapter in the Gospel of Luke.
00:27:43.10\00:27:46.93
Let's check it out.
00:27:46.96\00:27:48.57
Luke 23, that would
be drop down to verse 39.
00:27:48.60\00:27:55.43
Verse 39.
00:27:55.46\00:27:56.83
"Then one of the criminals,
these are the two thieves
00:27:56.86\00:27:58.96
who were hanged on either
00:27:58.99\00:28:00.85
and crucified in
either side of Jesus,
00:28:00.88\00:28:02.28
then one of the
criminals who were hanged
00:28:02.31\00:28:04.04
blasphemed Jesus
saying, 'If you are the Christ?
00:28:04.07\00:28:07.88
Save yourself and us!'"
00:28:07.91\00:28:09.79
But the other thief,
answering, rebuked him, saying,
00:28:09.82\00:28:13.76
"Do you not even fear God,
00:28:13.79\00:28:15.44
seeing you are under
the same condemnation?
00:28:15.47\00:28:17.14
And indeed we justly,
00:28:17.17\00:28:18.96
for we receive the
due reward of our deeds,
00:28:18.99\00:28:20.78
but this Man has
done nothing wrong."
00:28:20.81\00:28:24.09
And then the thief
verse 42 said to Jesus,
00:28:24.12\00:28:26.47
"Lord, remember me
00:28:26.50\00:28:28.94
when You come
into Your kingdom."
00:28:28.97\00:28:30.52
And Jesus said to him,
00:28:30.55\00:28:33.45
"Assuredly, I say to you,
00:28:33.48\00:28:36.34
today you will be
with Me in Paradise."
00:28:36.37\00:28:42.28
I told you, there it is.
00:28:42.31\00:28:43.97
They both went to
paradise that day.
00:28:44.00\00:28:46.97
Ooh, not so quick.
Not so fast, my friend.
00:28:47.00\00:28:50.42
And what are we gonna do?
00:28:50.45\00:28:51.48
What are we gonna do
with what Jesus said to Mary
00:28:51.51\00:28:53.71
on resurrection Sunday morning?
00:28:53.74\00:28:56.48
We're gonna have
to deal with this.
00:28:56.51\00:28:58.23
Let's go to John 20.
00:28:58.26\00:29:00.33
Let's just take a
look what did Jesus say.
00:29:00.36\00:29:01.55
You remember Mary is
sobbing in the garden
00:29:01.58\00:29:03.03
because the tomb is empty.
00:29:03.06\00:29:04.42
She doesn't know where
they've taken body of Jesus.
00:29:04.45\00:29:07.17
You remember that
she's sobbing in the garden?
00:29:07.20\00:29:09.58
There's nobody there.
00:29:09.61\00:29:11.71
And then Jesus
comes up behind her.
00:29:11.74\00:29:13.97
Oh, I love this moment.
00:29:14.00\00:29:15.34
This is John 20:15, page 731.
00:29:15.37\00:29:23.30
Jesus comes up behind
her and He said to her,
00:29:23.33\00:29:25.58
"Woman, why are you
weeping? Whom are you seeking?
00:29:25.61\00:29:29.73
'And She, supposing
him to be the gardener,
00:29:29.76\00:29:31.35
said to him, oh Sir, if
you have carried him away,
00:29:31.38\00:29:34.25
tell me where You have laid him,
00:29:34.28\00:29:35.55
and I will take him away
00:29:35.58\00:29:37.00
and Jesus said to her, 'Mary!'"
00:29:37.03\00:29:39.82
And just like, I tell you what
00:29:39.85\00:29:42.24
when you hear Jesus
called you name one day,
00:29:42.27\00:29:44.45
you will recognize that voice
00:29:44.48\00:29:45.88
and it will be the way
your name should be called
00:29:45.91\00:29:49.02
and when He said "Mary."
00:29:49.05\00:29:52.40
She hurls around
and she turned to him
00:29:52.43\00:29:55.94
and she said, "Rabboni!
Which is to say teacher."
00:29:55.97\00:29:58.53
And Jesus said oh, verse 17.
00:29:58.56\00:30:00.28
"Do not cling to me,
00:30:00.31\00:30:01.76
for I have not yet
ascended to my Father.
00:30:01.79\00:30:07.41
But go to my
brothers and say to them,
00:30:07.44\00:30:09.06
'I am ascending to my
Father and your Father,
00:30:09.09\00:30:10.79
and to my God and your God.'"
00:30:10.82\00:30:12.05
Would you jot that down, please?
00:30:12.08\00:30:13.46
Get it in your study guide.
00:30:13.49\00:30:14.52
Jesus tells Mary Sunday morning.
00:30:14.55\00:30:16.62
I have not yet
ascended to my Father,
00:30:16.65\00:30:19.36
who by the way
lives in paradise.
00:30:19.39\00:30:20.70
Paradise is the home of God.
00:30:20.73\00:30:22.27
I haven't been there yet.
00:30:22.30\00:30:23.52
Which means that either
Jesus is lying to the thief
00:30:23.55\00:30:26.73
or He's lying to Mary?
00:30:26.76\00:30:28.47
To which one is He lying?
00:30:28.50\00:30:32.14
To which one is He lying?
00:30:32.17\00:30:34.15
Oh, that's an untenable
position to put you and me
00:30:34.18\00:30:36.43
who love and
adore and worship Jesus.
00:30:36.46\00:30:38.65
There has to be some
sort of discrepancy here
00:30:38.68\00:30:41.40
to figure this
one out and there is.
00:30:41.43\00:30:43.63
Let me give you a
little lesson from history.
00:30:43.66\00:30:46.92
Jot it down when
Luke wrote his Gospel,
00:30:46.95\00:30:48.76
there was no
commas or word divisions.
00:30:48.79\00:30:52.85
In fact the
comma wasn't introduced
00:30:52.88\00:30:53.91
scribble this in
your margin, until 1490.
00:30:53.94\00:30:58.31
The original Greek manuscripts
00:30:58.34\00:31:00.44
had neither
punctuation nor word divisions.
00:31:00.47\00:31:02.42
They were just one
long line of letters.
00:31:02.45\00:31:04.85
So that if we could
recreate an English sentence
00:31:04.88\00:31:06.92
to look like Luke's
Greek, it would look like this.
00:31:06.95\00:31:09.58
We'll put it on
the screen, that's it.
00:31:09.61\00:31:11.67
Now you're gonna
have to sit there
00:31:11.70\00:31:12.97
and look at that for a while.
00:31:13.00\00:31:14.31
Figure out, are
there divisions here?
00:31:14.34\00:31:16.00
Should there be
any punctuation here?
00:31:16.03\00:31:17.95
That's the way it was--
That's the way Luke wrote.
00:31:17.98\00:31:21.55
Now once they introduced
the comma, you can understand.
00:31:21.58\00:31:24.75
Translators would have to decide
00:31:24.78\00:31:26.37
where are we
gonna put the comma?
00:31:26.40\00:31:28.80
Now here's the one way,
we'll put it on the screen.
00:31:28.83\00:31:31.04
Assuredly I say to you,
00:31:31.07\00:31:33.63
today you will be
with Me in paradise."
00:31:33.66\00:31:37.20
You could do it in another way.
00:31:37.23\00:31:38.26
Assuredly I say to you today,
00:31:38.29\00:31:40.40
you will be
with me in paradise."
00:31:40.43\00:31:43.32
How? You see the
placement of a single comma
00:31:43.35\00:31:45.71
makes all the
difference in the world.
00:31:45.74\00:31:47.84
In fact, let's put
another sentence up.
00:31:47.87\00:31:49.28
Women, without
her, man is a beast!
00:31:49.31\00:31:54.08
Or Women, without
her man, is a beast!
00:31:54.11\00:31:59.93
Come on, girls.
00:31:59.96\00:32:01.37
Where do we put that comma?
00:32:01.40\00:32:03.90
Because it's either
telling the truth about you
00:32:03.93\00:32:05.72
or about your man.
00:32:05.75\00:32:08.23
The placement of a comma
00:32:08.26\00:32:09.51
makes all the
difference in the world.
00:32:09.54\00:32:11.37
Do you get the
point? Of course, you do.
00:32:11.40\00:32:14.13
Where do we put the comma?
00:32:14.16\00:32:17.76
Or where we're gonna
put it in this sentence?
00:32:17.79\00:32:20.02
What we have to do is we
have to take Jesus word for it.
00:32:20.05\00:32:22.76
Jesus said I have not
yet ascended to my father.
00:32:22.79\00:32:25.88
Jesus said, Lazarus
is asleep, he's dead.
00:32:25.91\00:32:28.48
Do you know what that means?
00:32:28.51\00:32:29.54
That means the
Jesus and the thief
00:32:29.57\00:32:31.38
and Lazarus didn't go to heaven.
00:32:31.41\00:32:35.03
They didn't. They went to sleep.
00:32:35.06\00:32:37.54
In fact, would you
jot this down, please?
00:32:37.57\00:32:39.48
Based on Jesus' statements
00:32:39.51\00:32:40.97
in John 11:11 and John 20:17.
00:32:41.00\00:32:43.63
The comma in Luke 23:43
must come after, after "today."
00:32:43.66\00:32:49.94
So how would it
read? Put it on the screen.
00:32:49.97\00:32:52.09
"Assuredly, I say to you today,
00:32:52.12\00:32:55.55
you will be
with me in paradise."
00:32:55.58\00:32:57.61
Well, hey pastor, then how
did the Kings James translate?
00:32:57.64\00:33:00.89
It gets so fowled up
that they put the comma
00:33:00.92\00:33:02.57
in the wrong place
and every translation
00:33:02.60\00:33:04.68
following has
copied the King James.
00:33:04.71\00:33:07.57
Oh, now the story and now,
00:33:07.60\00:33:10.56
by the way the crowning work
00:33:10.59\00:33:13.14
and my friends
Samuele Bacchiocchi
00:33:13.17\00:33:15.91
who die at the
Sabbath before Christmas.
00:33:15.94\00:33:19.17
I hold it right
here on my hands.
00:33:19.20\00:33:22.09
Last conversation I had with Sam
00:33:22.12\00:33:23.78
just a few days before he died.
00:33:23.81\00:33:25.79
Sam was just-- By the
way, a church history professor
00:33:25.82\00:33:28.92
and theologian here
at Andrews University.
00:33:28.95\00:33:30.79
He's a writer.
00:33:30.82\00:33:33.53
I told Sam I was
working on this series
00:33:33.56\00:33:36.06
"The Truth About Death"
00:33:36.09\00:33:37.12
and he had given me
the book this summer.
00:33:37.15\00:33:38.94
I said, "Sam, I'm gonna
be quoting from that book."
00:33:38.97\00:33:41.19
Because I tell you what.
00:33:41.22\00:33:44.91
This book, popular
believes are they biblical.
00:33:44.94\00:33:47.24
His chapters on death contained
00:33:47.27\00:33:49.64
the most scholarly
examination of the subject
00:33:49.67\00:33:52.06
I have ever read.
00:33:52.09\00:33:56.15
So how do we get into this mess?
00:33:56.18\00:33:57.98
Let me quote a few
lines from Sam's book.
00:33:58.01\00:34:02.07
He tells a story about Socrates.
00:34:02.10\00:34:03.13
You remember who Socrates
was? Where was Socrates from?
00:34:03.16\00:34:05.47
From Greece, all right.
00:34:05.50\00:34:07.56
So it tells a story
about the philosophers Socrates
00:34:07.59\00:34:09.34
who went down to Egypt to study
00:34:09.37\00:34:12.15
the Egyptian
teaching of the immortality,
00:34:12.18\00:34:13.93
pagan teaching the
immortality of the soul.
00:34:13.96\00:34:16.76
He went back to Athens
00:34:16.79\00:34:19.07
and you remember
the story of Socrates.
00:34:19.10\00:34:20.82
Eventually he was executed,
00:34:20.85\00:34:21.96
had to drink the cup of
hemlock, you remember that?
00:34:21.99\00:34:24.46
Why? Because he was
poisoning the Athens youth,
00:34:24.49\00:34:26.74
the young man
leading them to reject gods
00:34:26.77\00:34:28.75
and turn toward atheism.
00:34:28.78\00:34:31.05
Plato his dear disciple
00:34:31.08\00:34:35.32
wrote up what Socrates taught.
00:34:35.35\00:34:37.48
Plato describes
the last conversation
00:34:37.51\00:34:40.02
Socrates ever has alive
00:34:40.05\00:34:42.34
and he spends the day
before drinking the hemlock,
00:34:42.37\00:34:44.71
discussing the
nature of the human being,
00:34:44.74\00:34:47.62
the soul and
death and immortality.
00:34:47.65\00:34:52.00
Now I'm gonna let Sam
pick it up right there.
00:34:52.03\00:34:54.34
You have in your study guide.
00:34:54.37\00:34:55.84
He's describing that dialogue.
00:34:55.87\00:34:57.38
In the dialogue, on
the day of his execution,
00:34:57.41\00:35:00.62
Socrates repeatedly
declares death to be--
00:35:00.65\00:35:03.35
Now these are words from
Plato's according to Socrates.
00:35:03.38\00:35:05.83
"The death is the separation
of the soul from the body
00:35:05.86\00:35:09.44
in which it is encased."
00:35:09.47\00:35:10.50
Socrates goes on.
00:35:10.53\00:35:11.56
"The soul whose
inseparable attribute is life
00:35:11.59\00:35:14.79
will never admit to
life's opposite, death.
00:35:14.82\00:35:18.09
Thus the soul is
shown to be immortal,
00:35:18.12\00:35:21.02
and since
immortal indestructible."
00:35:21.05\00:35:24.08
Socrates
concluded death is merely
00:35:24.11\00:35:26.43
the separation
of soul and body."'
00:35:26.46\00:35:29.70
And that, ladies and gentlemen,
is where it all came from.
00:35:29.73\00:35:34.80
The pagan
philosophers Socrates and Plato
00:35:34.83\00:35:37.48
introduced the
concept of immortal soul
00:35:37.51\00:35:39.65
into Hellenistic philosophy
00:35:39.68\00:35:41.17
and then the
concept was introduced
00:35:41.20\00:35:43.16
in the Hellenistic Judaism
through the-- Just pardon me.
00:35:43.19\00:35:46.10
Through the
philosopher, Philo Judaeus
00:35:46.13\00:35:48.21
and later injected into
Christianity through Tertullian,
00:35:48.24\00:35:51.84
Origin,
Augustine Thomas Aquinas.
00:35:51.87\00:35:55.92
But not once is the
concept of immortal soul
00:35:55.95\00:36:00.12
taught in the Holy
Scriptures of the Jews
00:36:00.15\00:36:02.25
or the New Testament
of Christianity, not once.
00:36:02.28\00:36:05.83
In fact, you
remember from last week,
00:36:05.86\00:36:07.95
the Fork-Tongued Beast.
00:36:07.98\00:36:10.18
And by the way, if
you didn't get last week,
00:36:10.21\00:36:11.44
you need that
piece to set this one up.
00:36:11.47\00:36:13.80
You can download
the podcast from here.
00:36:13.83\00:36:15.91
You remember last week
we noted that the words
00:36:15.94\00:36:17.74
soul and spirit are used
over 1,700 times in the Bible
00:36:17.77\00:36:21.67
and not a single
instance is the additive
00:36:21.70\00:36:25.27
immortal
attached to either word.
00:36:25.30\00:36:29.21
In fact, it comes as
surprise to some people.
00:36:29.24\00:36:31.58
But that teaching gets
traced all the way back
00:36:34.75\00:36:39.50
to the garden and
the fork-tongued serpent
00:36:39.53\00:36:42.50
who said, hey,
you're not gonna die.
00:36:42.53\00:36:44.14
When you die?
You're not really dying.
00:36:44.17\00:36:46.38
You just go on.
00:36:46.41\00:36:48.07
But what really
surprises people,
00:36:50.57\00:36:52.15
is when they discover
that the Bible actually
00:36:52.18\00:36:54.35
carefully teaches
that the soul can die.
00:36:54.38\00:36:57.65
Hold on. Jot
this down, will you?
00:36:57.68\00:36:58.80
Jot this down.
00:36:58.83\00:37:00.60
Nephesh, you see that in
the study guide, Nephesh,
00:37:00.63\00:37:03.00
which is Hebrew for soul appears
754 times in the Old Testament
00:37:03.03\00:37:06.32
and is rendered
in 45 different ways,
00:37:06.35\00:37:08.18
but not a single instance
is it ever declared "immortal."
00:37:08.21\00:37:12.18
The Bible teaches if the soul
dies-- Keep your pen moving.
00:37:12.21\00:37:15.23
Let's take a
look at some of these.
00:37:15.26\00:37:16.41
There's a whole string
of these Ezekiel 18:20,
00:37:16.44\00:37:19.21
"The soul Nephesh
who sins shall die."
00:37:19.24\00:37:23.13
Does it what? It
dies. The soul dies.
00:37:23.16\00:37:26.67
Here's is another
one. Numbers 23:10.
00:37:26.70\00:37:28.65
This is a prayer. Let me--
Now the English says let me.
00:37:28.68\00:37:31.54
The Hebrew read let my
soul, let "my soul" die
00:37:31.57\00:37:36.06
the death of the righteous
and let my end be like his."
00:37:36.09\00:37:39.03
Here's another
one, Numbers 35:30.
00:37:39.06\00:37:41.52
Whoever kills a person--
Now in English it's person,
00:37:41.55\00:37:44.32
but the Hebrews it's Nephesh.
00:37:44.35\00:37:45.46
Whoever kills a soul
shall be put to death.
00:37:45.49\00:37:48.86
Reading Samuele Bacchiocchi
too conclude. Jot it down.
00:37:48.89\00:37:51.43
"The fate of the soul is
linked to fate of the body.
00:37:51.46\00:37:54.94
The destruction
of the body is seen
00:37:54.97\00:37:57.76
as the destruction of the soul."
00:37:57.79\00:38:00.70
Ladies and gentlemen, apparently
00:38:00.73\00:38:03.02
Jesus knew what
He was talking about,
00:38:03.05\00:38:05.29
when He taught
that death is a sleep.
00:38:05.32\00:38:07.48
In fact, as the
pre-incarnate Christ,
00:38:07.51\00:38:10.69
that's what He
taught from Genesis
00:38:10.72\00:38:12.26
all the way through the Malachi.
00:38:12.29\00:38:13.92
Let me run some text by.
00:38:13.95\00:38:15.35
Lazarus is asleep, he said.
00:38:15.38\00:38:17.59
Lazarus is asleep.
00:38:17.62\00:38:20.17
Can you show that
in the Old Testament?
00:38:20.20\00:38:23.32
Some scholars
believe that the Book Job
00:38:23.35\00:38:25.50
is the oldest of
the Old Testament books,
00:38:25.53\00:38:27.04
older predates
Genesis, same author as Genesis.
00:38:27.07\00:38:30.61
But in Job 7:21, jot this down.
00:38:30.64\00:38:32.92
For now I shall sleep where?
00:38:32.95\00:38:35.69
I shall sleep where? In
my bed, what does it say?
00:38:35.72\00:38:37.79
"I sleep in the dust and
now I shall sleep in the dust
00:38:37.82\00:38:40.85
and thou shall seek me in the
morning, but I shall not be."
00:38:40.88\00:38:43.85
By the way, take a
look at those verses
00:38:43.88\00:38:45.11
in parenthesis sometime later.
00:38:45.14\00:38:46.48
That's a stoning
of Stephen, Acts 7:60.
00:38:46.51\00:38:48.56
He's being stone to death
00:38:48.59\00:38:49.76
and then it says
in the New Testament
00:38:49.79\00:38:52.76
and he fell asleep.
00:38:52.79\00:38:53.82
I'm telling you, it's
that way all the way through.
00:38:53.85\00:38:55.73
Here's another one
just like Jesus taught it.
00:38:55.76\00:38:57.80
Here's another
one, Deuteronomy 31:16,
00:38:57.83\00:39:00.26
"And the Lord said to Moses,
'Behold, you are about to sleep
00:39:00.29\00:39:03.46
with your fathers."'
00:39:03.49\00:39:05.76
2 Peter 3:4 says they
slept with their fathers.
00:39:05.79\00:39:08.09
Death is a sleep.
00:39:08.12\00:39:09.15
All go to sleep.
All who die go to sleep,
00:39:09.18\00:39:12.96
Jesus taught that.
The Bible teaches it.
00:39:12.99\00:39:14.02
Here's another
one. Ecclesiastics 9:5.
00:39:14.05\00:39:16.87
"For the living
know that they will die,
00:39:16.90\00:39:19.81
but the dead know how much?"
00:39:19.84\00:39:21.59
Say it that loud to
me. The dead know how much?
00:39:21.62\00:39:23.91
Zero, naught,
nothing. The dead know nothing.
00:39:23.94\00:39:27.48
Talking about death as a sleep.
00:39:27.51\00:39:30.22
I mean, has it happened to you?
00:39:30.25\00:39:31.35
Has this-- Come on, be honest.
00:39:31.38\00:39:32.41
Has it ever happened to you?
00:39:32.44\00:39:33.47
You come home so
weary and specked
00:39:33.50\00:39:38.34
that when you crawl on the bed
00:39:38.37\00:39:39.66
before your head
even hits the pillow.
00:39:39.69\00:39:42.29
You ever had those times?
Now we have this in English.
00:39:42.32\00:39:44.86
I don't know what
it is in Portuguese.
00:39:44.89\00:39:46.42
I don't know
what it is in Chinese.
00:39:46.45\00:39:48.32
We say it in English.
You are dead to the world.
00:39:48.35\00:39:52.46
Do you have that
in your language?
00:39:52.49\00:39:54.75
You're dead to the
world. What's the mean?
00:39:54.78\00:39:56.61
Gone, the next thing
you here is that-- Kill it.
00:39:56.64\00:40:03.55
The alarm clock going off.>>
00:40:03.58\00:40:06.37
No concept of
the passage at times.
00:40:06.40\00:40:08.40
Nothing, I was
dead to the world.
00:40:08.43\00:40:12.52
The dead know
not a nothing, zero.
00:40:12.55\00:40:19.17
They're asleep that's why.
00:40:19.20\00:40:21.12
Because you see the
Bible truth about death
00:40:21.15\00:40:23.55
is that when you die,
you don't go to heaven,
00:40:23.58\00:40:26.22
you don't go to hell, you
go sleep, you go to sleep.
00:40:26.25\00:40:31.44
That's what Jesus taught.
00:40:31.47\00:40:32.50
By the way,
that's what Peter taught.
00:40:32.53\00:40:35.14
Oh, take a look at this.
00:40:35.17\00:40:36.20
This is Pentecost. This is
the mighty Pentecost sermon.
00:40:36.23\00:40:37.58
Look at this. Acts 2:29 and 34.
00:40:37.61\00:40:40.76
If you asses 24,
clause it out and put 34.
00:40:40.79\00:40:43.34
It supposed to say
34. Acts 2:29 and 34.
00:40:43.37\00:40:46.19
This is Peter
preaching and he say,
00:40:46.22\00:40:47.58
"Hey, let me speak freely
to you of the patriarch David,
00:40:47.61\00:40:51.20
that he is both dead and buried,
and his tomb is with us today.
00:40:51.23\00:40:55.86
For the David did not ascend,
00:40:55.89\00:40:59.07
woe he did not
ascend into the heavens."'
00:40:59.10\00:41:02.20
Could it be clearer than that?
00:41:03.37\00:41:05.77
When you die, you don't go
to heaven, you don't go to hell.
00:41:05.80\00:41:07.66
You go to sleep.
You didn't go to heaven.
00:41:07.69\00:41:11.10
You have the
authority of scripture.
00:41:11.13\00:41:13.01
Even the great King
David sleeps in the grave
00:41:16.09\00:41:18.62
over and over the
Bible truth is repeated death
00:41:18.65\00:41:20.96
you say sleep, but
you know what? Come on.
00:41:20.99\00:41:22.68
Just put that down for a minute.
00:41:22.71\00:41:25.19
Think with me.
00:41:25.22\00:41:26.73
This has to be the most
philosophical satisfying
00:41:26.76\00:41:30.34
and reassuring truth about death
that their possibly can be.
00:41:30.37\00:41:35.02
If I were A God of
love, I would do it this way.
00:41:35.05\00:41:40.65
I mean, you think about.
00:41:40.68\00:41:41.71
Just think what kind of a God
00:41:41.74\00:41:44.61
would take people
to heaven after death
00:41:44.64\00:41:46.69
and then let them
observe the wretched headache
00:41:46.72\00:41:49.70
of their surviving
families back on earth
00:41:49.73\00:41:51.77
enduring since their death.
00:41:51.80\00:41:54.66
Do you think heaven
would be heaven to a mother
00:41:54.69\00:41:58.38
who watches her family go
through hell after she dies?
00:41:58.41\00:42:02.62
There would heaven at all.
00:42:02.65\00:42:04.63
The truth about
death that Jesus teaches,
00:42:09.49\00:42:11.40
that the Bible
teaches is the only true
00:42:11.43\00:42:14.31
that is utterly faithful
to God's relentless love
00:42:14.34\00:42:17.43
for all of His earth children.
00:42:17.46\00:42:19.39
Good and bad, doesn't matter.
00:42:19.42\00:42:21.36
This is what happens.
00:42:21.39\00:42:22.85
You go to sleep, it will be
just like that, just like that.
00:42:22.88\00:42:29.68
But wait a minute. Why?
You know, what you're doing?
00:42:29.71\00:42:33.08
You're taking my
mother out of heaven
00:42:33.11\00:42:36.83
and you're putting your
back in a whole in the ground
00:42:36.86\00:42:39.87
that's what you're doing.
00:42:39.90\00:42:40.93
No, no, no, my friend,
00:42:40.96\00:42:42.44
that's not what
the Bible is doing.
00:42:42.47\00:42:44.24
Do you know what
the Bible is doing?
00:42:44.27\00:42:45.76
The Bible is taking your mother
00:42:45.79\00:42:47.95
and putting her in
the arms of Jesus, asleep.
00:42:47.98\00:42:54.15
You don't this very
well, but your happiest days
00:42:54.18\00:42:58.95
when you were embraced
in the arms of your mother,
00:42:58.98\00:43:03.80
you were at
peace, you were secure.
00:43:03.83\00:43:07.07
Nothing mattered.
Her arms were around you.
00:43:07.10\00:43:10.77
That is the truth about death.
00:43:10.80\00:43:14.53
You don't go to
heaven, you don't go to hell,
00:43:14.56\00:43:19.08
you go to sleep.
00:43:19.11\00:43:21.82
You know nothing.
You just go to sleep.
00:43:21.85\00:43:27.70
I know what you're saying.
00:43:27.73\00:43:28.76
You're saying, oh,
come on. Do I? Please.
00:43:28.79\00:43:29.82
I mean, what is the matter?
00:43:29.85\00:43:30.88
You go to heaven, you
need to die, you go to sleep.
00:43:30.91\00:43:31.94
You're gonna get there,
00:43:31.97\00:43:33.00
it's gonna seem like
an incidence either way.
00:43:33.03\00:43:34.20
You're right, my friend.
00:43:34.23\00:43:35.43
But I will tell
you why it matters.
00:43:35.46\00:43:36.63
Don't you dare miss part three
in this little three patter.
00:43:36.66\00:43:39.53
The mid night blitz. Guess what?
00:43:39.56\00:43:41.96
That serpent in the garden,
00:43:41.99\00:43:43.63
we have yet to
hear the last from him.
00:43:43.66\00:43:46.95
This is the crucial
piece that tells you why
00:43:46.98\00:43:50.25
God is so urgent that you
get the truth about death.
00:43:50.28\00:43:55.15
Don't miss next
week. Don't miss it.
00:43:55.18\00:43:58.12
But anyway, you
know, what the good news
00:43:58.15\00:43:59.94
about death is
not that it's sleep.
00:43:59.97\00:44:01.32
Write this down.
00:44:01.35\00:44:02.38
The good news about death is
00:44:02.41\00:44:03.61
that it is asleep from
which God will awaken us.
00:44:03.64\00:44:06.78
Write that down. Put
it on the screen, please.
00:44:06.81\00:44:08.47
It is a sleep from
which God will awaken us.
00:44:08.50\00:44:13.13
I love this text Daniel
12:2 rather just fill it.
00:44:19.37\00:44:23.38
And many of-- This
is when Christ returns.
00:44:23.41\00:44:25.30
"And many of those who
sleep in the dust of the earth
00:44:25.33\00:44:28.50
shall awake, some
to everlasting life
00:44:28.53\00:44:31.41
and some to shame and
everlasting contempt."
00:44:31.44\00:44:33.81
One more text
before we wrap the story,
00:44:33.84\00:44:36.50
1 Thessalonians 4:15-18.
00:44:36.53\00:44:39.35
This is one of
the pinnacles of hope
00:44:39.38\00:44:41.09
in the whole scriptures.
00:44:41.12\00:44:42.70
Jot it down.
00:44:42.73\00:44:43.76
For this we say to you
the mighty Apostle Paul
00:44:43.79\00:44:46.42
by the word of the
Lord we're telling you this
00:44:46.45\00:44:48.69
that we who are alive and remain
until the coming of the Lord,
00:44:48.72\00:44:53.15
will by know means
precede those who are asleep.
00:44:53.18\00:44:56.60
Where did you get this
word, Paul, you just told us?
00:44:56.63\00:44:58.31
I go it from the Lord.
00:44:58.34\00:44:59.44
What did the Lord
teach? Lazarus is asleep.
00:44:59.47\00:45:01.79
He's dead. Death is asleep.
00:45:01.82\00:45:03.63
Well, do I? Why do we wake up?
00:45:03.66\00:45:06.03
Ah, here it comes.
"For the Lord Himself."
00:45:06.06\00:45:08.72
When Christ returns,
00:45:08.75\00:45:09.78
"The Lord Himself will descend
from heaven with a shout,
00:45:09.81\00:45:13.64
with the voice of the archangel
and with the trumpet of God.
00:45:13.67\00:45:15.73
And the dead in
Christ will rise first.
00:45:15.76\00:45:18.77
Then we who are alive
and remain shall be caught up
00:45:18.80\00:45:20.99
together with them in the clouds
to meet the Lord in the air,
00:45:21.02\00:45:23.47
and thus so we shall
always be with the Lord."
00:45:23.50\00:45:25.93
No wonder, Paul.
Puts the punch line.
00:45:25.96\00:45:28.41
"Therefore comfort one
another with these words."
00:45:28.44\00:45:35.59
Samuele Bacchiocchi
is absolutely right.
00:45:35.62\00:45:37.59
Listen, listen, listen.
00:45:37.62\00:45:39.30
The hope of the Christian is
not the immortality of the soul.
00:45:39.33\00:45:46.73
It is the
resurrection of the body.
00:45:46.76\00:45:51.22
Soul is an immortal.
Never was taught once.
00:45:51.25\00:45:55.77
It's the
resurrection. That's our hope.
00:45:55.80\00:46:00.29
And so it was
four days too late that
00:46:00.32\00:46:04.24
Jesus in His twelve
striding in the Bethany
00:46:04.27\00:46:07.51
and the word slips to the
house of grief Martha hears.
00:46:07.54\00:46:14.12
Go back, let's
finish this story.
00:46:14.15\00:46:15.68
Martha hears
that Jesus is in town.
00:46:15.71\00:46:17.96
A little late, a little
late, but he is here at least.
00:46:17.99\00:46:23.57
Martha hears verse 20,
00:46:23.60\00:46:26.76
"Then Martha, as
soon as she heard
00:46:26.79\00:46:28.62
the Jesus was coming to
the edge of the village there
00:46:28.65\00:46:30.74
she went and met him, but Mary
was still sitting in the house.
00:46:30.77\00:46:33.43
Now Martha said to Jesus,
oh, Lord, if you had been here,
00:46:33.46\00:46:37.66
my brother would not have died."
00:46:37.69\00:46:39.03
How many people?
00:46:39.06\00:46:40.09
How many funerals have
I conducted for a baby,
00:46:40.12\00:46:42.31
a tiny little casket for a baby?
00:46:42.34\00:46:44.02
A casket for a
six-year-old about this big,
00:46:44.05\00:46:47.24
a casket for a
teenage about this big,
00:46:47.27\00:46:49.42
a casket for young
adult, a casket for an adult,
00:46:49.45\00:46:52.16
a casket for a senior citizen.
00:46:52.19\00:46:53.85
How many funerals
have I been were the words
00:46:53.88\00:46:56.50
have tastily been wept out.
00:46:56.53\00:46:58.38
Oh, God, if only
You would been here.
00:46:58.41\00:47:00.37
My husband would
have not have died.
00:47:00.40\00:47:01.89
My child would not have died.
00:47:01.92\00:47:03.12
My mother would not have died.
00:47:03.15\00:47:04.55
She's only saying
whatever human heart cries out.
00:47:04.58\00:47:08.28
At the moment of partying,
00:47:08.31\00:47:10.18
oh, God, where were
You when we need You?
00:47:10.21\00:47:15.07
Oh, Jesus, if you
would have been here,
00:47:15.10\00:47:16.25
my brother would not have died,
00:47:16.28\00:47:17.66
but even now she
goes on verse 22.
00:47:17.69\00:47:19.84
Even now I know that
whatever You ask of God,
00:47:19.87\00:47:21.97
God will give You.
00:47:22.00\00:47:23.03
And Jesus said to Martha,
00:47:23.06\00:47:24.66
"Your brother will rise again."
00:47:24.69\00:47:26.69
And Martha said to
him, "Oh, I know that
00:47:26.72\00:47:28.78
he will rise again in the
resurrection at the last day."
00:47:28.81\00:47:31.26
And then comes these
words and they're immortal now.
00:47:31.29\00:47:34.42
Verse 25 and Jesus said to her.
00:47:34.45\00:47:36.43
"I am the
resurrection and the life."
00:47:36.46\00:47:39.99
Martha, look at me, look at me.
00:47:40.02\00:47:41.35
"I, I am the
resurrection in the life.
00:47:41.38\00:47:44.64
He who believes in me, though
he may die, he shall live."
00:47:44.67\00:47:48.53
And whoever lives and
believes in me will never die.
00:47:48.56\00:47:52.05
Do you believe this?
00:47:52.08\00:47:54.61
Do you believe this?
00:47:54.64\00:48:00.42
Do you think that the insanity
00:48:00.45\00:48:02.59
and up sanity of
death makes God happy?
00:48:02.62\00:48:05.63
Well, serves him right.
00:48:05.66\00:48:09.43
Can you imagine that?
00:48:09.46\00:48:11.28
Do you know what
happens if the heart of God
00:48:11.31\00:48:12.90
when death stocks
another of his children.
00:48:12.93\00:48:16.08
Look at verse 35,
the shortest verse
00:48:16.11\00:48:18.17
in all the Bible two
words, write them down.
00:48:18.20\00:48:20.74
Jesus wept. That's
what happens. God weeps.
00:48:20.77\00:48:25.29
I was listening just a few
days ago of the young husband
00:48:25.32\00:48:28.40
who lost his wife
just like that, gone,
00:48:28.43\00:48:31.30
leaving two little children.
00:48:31.33\00:48:33.39
I mean, his home late at night
and his heart two years later,
00:48:33.42\00:48:39.13
two years later, a still
broken in a thousand shorts.
00:48:39.16\00:48:45.06
Jesus weeps with those who weep.
00:48:45.09\00:48:49.00
Some of you're
still weeping right now.
00:48:49.03\00:48:50.86
You can't get over
the death that astound
00:48:50.89\00:48:54.67
your hope and your dream
and your love Jesus weeps.
00:48:54.70\00:48:59.39
He weeps.
00:48:59.42\00:49:02.86
Verse 38.
00:49:05.77\00:49:07.65
William Blake-- Let me
share this with you by the way.
00:49:12.27\00:49:15.58
The great poet William Blake
00:49:15.61\00:49:17.47
went to literature of
the university. Look at this.
00:49:17.50\00:49:19.57
William Blake put it this way.
00:49:19.60\00:49:21.87
"Till our grief
is fled and gone,
00:49:21.90\00:49:25.42
He doth sit by us and moan."
00:49:25.45\00:49:31.92
You beg God weeps with you.
00:49:31.95\00:49:33.92
It was never to been
this way, never, never, never,
00:49:33.95\00:49:38.15
but he's making the best of
what he can until he writes,
00:49:38.18\00:49:45.49
finish to the
story of rebellion.
00:49:45.52\00:49:51.36
Verse 38, and Jesus
again groaning in Himself,
00:49:51.39\00:49:56.29
came to the tomb.
00:49:56.32\00:49:57.41
It was a cave, and a
stone lay against it.
00:49:57.44\00:49:59.40
Jesus said, "Take
away the stone, move it.
00:49:59.43\00:50:02.58
Martha, the sister of him
00:50:02.61\00:50:03.64
who was dead came
running up there and said, Lord,
00:50:03.67\00:50:05.31
by this time there is a stench,
00:50:05.34\00:50:06.93
please he has
been there four days."
00:50:06.96\00:50:09.32
You can't take the stone away.
00:50:09.35\00:50:10.79
Jesus looked that,
"Didn't I tell you--
00:50:10.82\00:50:12.60
Didn't I tell you
that if you believed,
00:50:12.63\00:50:15.61
God's glory would be shown.
00:50:15.64\00:50:17.57
Take the stone away."
00:50:17.60\00:50:20.52
And then he lifts
up his eyes to heaven
00:50:20.55\00:50:22.29
and where is this in verse 41
00:50:22.32\00:50:23.65
and Jesus lifted up
His eyes and he said,
00:50:23.68\00:50:25.29
"Father, I thank You
that You have heard Me."
00:50:25.32\00:50:28.09
And I know that
You always hear Me,
00:50:28.12\00:50:29.76
but because of the people
00:50:29.79\00:50:31.14
who are standing by I said this,
00:50:31.17\00:50:33.07
that they may
believe that You sent Me."
00:50:33.10\00:50:35.57
And now when He
said these things,
00:50:35.60\00:50:37.71
He cried out with a loud voice,
00:50:37.74\00:50:39.83
in the Greek ias Megala phone
00:50:39.86\00:50:42.23
from whence comes
our word megaphone
00:50:42.26\00:50:44.93
"Lazarus, come out!"
00:50:44.96\00:50:48.02
Just like that he
yells at the tomb.
00:50:48.05\00:50:53.34
Mesmerized, the crowd, frozen,
00:50:53.37\00:50:58.89
stairs at that gaping hole
00:50:58.92\00:51:04.53
and suddenly stepping
into the shaft of sunlight
00:51:04.56\00:51:07.76
that falls on the
floor of the tomb,
00:51:07.79\00:51:10.46
there was a mummy wrapped
00:51:10.49\00:51:17.06
in exciding.
00:51:17.09\00:51:20.73
And verse 44,
00:51:20.76\00:51:21.91
"And he who had
died came out bound
00:51:21.94\00:51:24.65
hand and foot
with grave clothes,
00:51:24.68\00:51:26.90
and his face was
wrapped with a cloth
00:51:26.93\00:51:29.02
and Jesus said to them,
00:51:29.05\00:51:30.44
'Loose him, and let him go.'"
00:51:30.47\00:51:34.22
Oh, death, loose her.
00:51:34.25\00:51:37.43
Oh, grave, let him grow.
00:51:37.46\00:51:42.76
I am the
resurrection in the life.
00:51:42.79\00:51:46.10
He who believes in Me,
00:51:46.13\00:51:49.04
though he dies,
yet shall he live.
00:51:49.07\00:51:52.41
She who believes in
me even though she dies.
00:51:52.44\00:51:54.81
Yet shall she lives.
00:52:00.04\00:52:02.07
You see, ladies and
gentlemen, it's true.
00:52:02.10\00:52:04.65
If you have Jesus--
00:52:04.68\00:52:07.08
This is it, if you have Jesus,
00:52:07.11\00:52:09.31
you will have all
you will ever need
00:52:09.34\00:52:13.60
to wake up one day
from the sleep of death.
00:52:13.63\00:52:18.88
You just need Jesus.
That's it. That's it.
00:52:18.91\00:52:25.13
Brennan Manning in his
wonderful book "Lion and Lamb."
00:52:25.16\00:52:29.73
He tells a touching
story of an old man dying
00:52:29.76\00:52:32.80
when the priest
came to visit him,
00:52:32.83\00:52:35.36
he noticed an empty
chair at the bed side
00:52:35.39\00:52:37.99
of the dying man and he said,
00:52:38.02\00:52:39.60
oh, you just had a visit, huh?
00:52:39.63\00:52:42.50
Oh, no. The old man said no.
00:52:42.53\00:52:47.35
You see, pastor, I--
00:52:47.38\00:52:49.90
Some years ago, I was having
a hard time praying at all
00:52:49.93\00:52:53.74
and a friend of mine.
00:52:53.77\00:52:54.80
I was sharing this with
my friend and he said to me,
00:52:54.83\00:52:56.49
you know, you need to do,
00:52:56.52\00:52:57.79
you need to imagine
that Jesus is right there.
00:52:57.82\00:52:59.94
Why don't you put a chair
in the room whenever you pray
00:52:59.97\00:53:02.60
and pretend that you're
talking to Him right there?
00:53:02.63\00:53:06.02
And so the old
man told his pastor.
00:53:06.05\00:53:09.91
I've been praying
like that ever since
00:53:09.94\00:53:11.29
and I've never
had a problem again.
00:53:11.32\00:53:13.32
Some days later,
00:53:17.42\00:53:19.04
the daughter of the
old man came to inform
00:53:19.07\00:53:23.04
the pastor at the parsonage
00:53:23.07\00:53:24.67
that her father had just died.
00:53:24.70\00:53:27.71
And she said, you know,
because you seem so contend.
00:53:27.74\00:53:29.44
I left him alone for few hours
00:53:29.47\00:53:31.89
and when I came
back, he was dead.
00:53:31.92\00:53:35.52
But you said, you know,
there was something strange
00:53:35.55\00:53:40.73
because when I came back,
00:53:40.76\00:53:44.66
his head was not on the bed,
00:53:44.69\00:53:49.95
his head was on the chair.
00:53:49.98\00:53:54.86
I am the
resurrection in the life.
00:53:54.89\00:53:58.72
He who believes in
me yet sure he live.
00:53:58.75\00:54:05.51
She who lives and
believes will never die.
00:54:05.54\00:54:11.61
Do you believe this?
00:54:11.64\00:54:13.94
Do you believe this?
00:54:13.97\00:54:18.87
Ever since we're
saying that last week,
00:54:18.90\00:54:21.92
I have been singing it,
00:54:21.95\00:54:23.35
just singing that
stanza over and over again.
00:54:23.38\00:54:27.16
Oh, when I come to
die. Oh, when I come to die.
00:54:27.19\00:54:33.37
Oh, when I come
to die. How is it go?
00:54:33.40\00:54:36.22
Give me, Jesus.
Just give me, Jesus.
00:54:36.25\00:54:39.02
I want to sing with you.
00:54:39.05\00:54:40.16
I just want to sing.
No organ, no nothing.
00:54:40.19\00:54:44.04
Just stand with me, will you?
00:54:44.07\00:54:45.24
Let's just sing now.
00:54:45.27\00:54:46.57
Oh, when I come to
die Oh, when I come to die
00:54:46.60\00:54:53.41
Oh, when I come to die
00:54:53.44\00:54:58.25
Oh, when I come to die
00:54:58.28\00:55:03.06
Oh, when I come to die
00:55:03.09\00:55:08.10
Give me Jesus
00:55:08.13\00:55:13.68
Give me Jesus
00:55:13.71\00:55:19.24
Give me Jesus
00:55:19.27\00:55:25.35
You can have all this world
00:55:25.38\00:55:32.55
Give me Jesus
00:55:32.58\00:55:40.17
That's all we pray for Father,
00:55:40.20\00:55:41.66
just give us Jesus.
00:55:41.69\00:55:43.76
He's our
resurrection, he's our life,
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gives us Jesus
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when we come to
die, just give us Jesus.
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And now may the God
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who gave us
Jesus in the beginning
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and the Christ who came
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to shatter the bonds of the tomb
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and the Holy Spirit
who will keep us singing,
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give me Jesus.
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Be with you and me in the
unsheltered journey before us.
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Amen.
00:56:19.42\00:56:21.23
It's been a pleasure to be
able to worship with you today.
00:56:36.08\00:56:38.45
I hope that the spirit of
Jesus has blessed your time
00:56:38.48\00:56:41.47
with us right here in
the Pioneer Memorial Church
00:56:41.50\00:56:43.37
and the Campus of
Andrews University.
00:56:43.40\00:56:44.92
Do you know
that around the world
00:56:44.95\00:56:46.62
people join us every
week for this hour worship?
00:56:46.65\00:56:48.76
We're always
looking as a consequence
00:56:48.79\00:56:50.96
for new ways to bridge,
00:56:50.99\00:56:52.16
somehow to
connect with these people
00:56:52.19\00:56:54.10
who come here to
worship view the telecast.
00:56:54.13\00:56:57.21
One of the areas that is quickly
growing for us is our website.
00:56:57.24\00:57:00.43
We have more than
1,40,000 visitors last year.
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It's an incredible opportunity
00:57:04.26\00:57:06.33
that God is given us
to expand His kingdom.
00:57:06.36\00:57:09.30
If you'd like to
help partner with us
00:57:09.33\00:57:11.32
as we seek to spread
the everlasting gospel,
00:57:11.35\00:57:13.91
I'd love to have you
call our toll free number.
00:57:13.94\00:57:16.65
We got very friendly
operator standing by.
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Here's a number 877-His-Will,
00:57:19.23\00:57:21.94
877 and then the
two words-His-Will.
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One of the operators will be
happy to give you the details
00:57:24.38\00:57:27.77
of how you can partner
with this global ministry.
00:57:27.80\00:57:30.47
If you prefer listen,
you can do it all online.
00:57:30.50\00:57:32.77
Go to website,
please www.pmchurch.tv
00:57:32.80\00:57:36.68
and beyond it to have a
privilege of partnering with you
00:57:36.71\00:57:39.72
as we seek to spread the truth
about God for this generation.
00:57:39.75\00:57:43.19
We are living in urgent
times not more than ever.
00:57:43.22\00:57:47.11
We've got to go to the world
00:57:47.14\00:57:49.47
for the good
news entrusted to us.
00:57:49.50\00:57:51.36
So once again here's
that toll free number
00:57:51.39\00:57:53.10
877-His-Will.
00:57:53.13\00:57:55.81
Thank you in
advance for your generosity
00:57:55.84\00:57:58.05
that blesses me and
you grow this ministry
00:57:58.08\00:58:01.16
and pray that
the spirit of Christ
00:58:01.19\00:58:02.99
will abide with you
every step of the way
00:58:03.02\00:58:05.33
and I hope you come back
again next time right here
00:58:05.36\00:58:08.56
as we continue our
worship journey together.
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