What do the mysterious images
of Daniel and Revelation mean?
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When will the anti-Christ appear
and make his final move? How can
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I be ready for the final events
of earth's history? You'll be
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amazed and encouraged by what
the Bible reveals. Join us as
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Pastor Brian McMahon
leads out in Prophecy Unsealed.
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Our topic tonight we've entitled
Spiritualism Exposed and
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Death's Mystery Solved.
Some years ago I was attending a
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church where there was an older
couple, getting up in age, and
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one day the husband passed
to his rest. A week after the
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funeral his surviving spouse was
there in her living room on the
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couch and what should appear on
the other end of the couch was a
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being that looked exactly like
her recently deceased husband.
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He not only looked like him but
he talked like him, acted like
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him. Everything would seem to
say that this was her departed
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husband come back from the dead.
But was it really? What was it
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all about? Can the dead really
communicate with the living?
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We're going to find out tonight.
Spiritualism is growing by leaps
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and bounds across the United
States and around the world.
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There is an explosion of
interest in the supernatural.
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And people trying to find the
meaning of life have begun to
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experiment with all kinds of
things like fortune tellers and
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psychic hot lines and other
artists of the occult. In search
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for answers thousands of
Americans are getting involved
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in spiritualistic phenomena.
Thousands of Americans are
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asking questions about death. Is
it possible for those who have
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died to contact the living? Who
are those voices that people say
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they hear on the other side of
death? Or maybe just the simple
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question: Where are our beloved
dead? Magazines have picked up
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on this topic. Here's LIFE
Magazine Live After Death, The
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Ultimate Mystery. U.S. News
and World Report, Searching for
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Meaning in Near-Death
Experiences. They did a survey
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and they said almost 70 million
Americans think it's possible to
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communicate with the dead. Well
you heard of the Gallup Poll. It
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said about three in four
Americans profess at least one
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paranormal belief, according to
a recent Gallup survey. The most
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popular is extrasensory
perception, also known as ESP,
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mentioned by 41 percent
of people followed closely by
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belief in haunted houses, that
was 37 percent. And then there
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was ghosts or the idea that
spirits of the dead can come
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back in certain places or
situations, 32 percent believe
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in that. That people can
communicate mentally with
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someone who has died, 21 percent
And astrology, that's very big
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today; the idea of the position
of the stars and the planets
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affect people's lives, 25
percent of people believed in
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that. Now some people believe
that when you die everyone goes
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to a place called Paradise. And
then there are those that say,
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No, only the righteous go there
and the wicked go and experience
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some kind of immediate hell fire
There are those that believe
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that there's a place on the way
to heaven called purgatory where
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they stop off for an additional
cleansing of sin. Then there are
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those that believe that death
is the end of everything. Those
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are usually people that say
there is no God. There are those
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that believe in reincarnation,
you can come back in another
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life, a bird, a fish, a frog,
maybe another human being. And
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then there are those that
believe that death is a rest in
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the grave until the resurrection
day. Now obviously not all of
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these can be true at the same
time because they contradict
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each other. And so what is
the truth about death. I had a
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friend a long time ago that
died tragically in a motorcycle
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accident in his teenage years
and I attended his funeral.
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And I will call him Daryl
for the sake of the story and I
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remember going to Daryl's
funeral and I remember the
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minister at the funeral saying
don't worry, don't grieve.
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Daryl's up in heaven right now
having a wonderful time and not
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knowing anything about the Bible
I said okay that's fine. And
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later on in the same funeral
message he said Daryl is right
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here. He's all around the room.
He sees everything that's going
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on. I thought what? And then
later on at the grave side you
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know what goes on, ashes to
ashes, dust to dust. One day
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Daryl will come up in the
resurrection. I said wait a
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minute. He said he was in heaven
and then he said he's all around
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and now he says he's in the
grave. Where in the world is my
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friend Daryl. Is it any wonder
that people are confused when
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they get messages like that. And
you see the problem friend is
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when ministers are confused
their congregations are confused
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Well to be kept from the
deceptions of the evil one we're
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going to look tonight at
the Bible and see what the Bible
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really says. It gives us clear
information and the teachings of
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scripture are what we need to
keep from the deceptions of the
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evil one. We're going to see
what the author of life has to
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say on the subject of death.
Now I know from having talked on
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this for a long time that death
is kind of what we call a sticky
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subject you know. It's a
sensitive subject, so what we're
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going to do is stick close to
the word of God, Amen? Because
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think about it. Who else will
we go to? We can't go to the
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Reader's Digest and just take
those kinds of stories. We can't
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go to the National Inquirer or
some other tabloid magazine nor
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can we just go to a pastor
and take whatever he has to say
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because he has not experienced
it, but there is one who has
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experienced it and that is Jesus
And let's see what Jesus had to
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say. He says in Revelation 1:18
I am he that liveth, and was
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dead; and then he says and
behold, I am alive for evermore
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Amen; and have the keys of hell
and of death. Now when Jesus
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says keys here he has power over
the grave. But we also need a
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type of keys, we need keys
of understanding and the keys of
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understanding is right there in
the Holy Scriptures. Revelation
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chapter 12 and verse 9, it says:
The great dragon was cast out,
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that old serpent called
the Devil, and Satan, which
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does what to the whole world?
Deceives the whole world. So if
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the devil is a deceiver we would
not be surprised if he tried to
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deceive people on this subject.
And sure enough from the very
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beginning of time the devil has
tried to fool people about the
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subject of death. So now let's
go back to the beginning as we
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like to do on many subjects. We
go all the way back to the first
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book of the Bible we call
Genesis and let's see what took
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place there. Here, in case
you're new to the Bible the
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devil or Satan comes to Eve in
the form of a serpent in order
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to deceive her. Now the serpent
was more subtle than any beast
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of the field which the Lord God
had made. And he said unto the
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woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye
shall not eat of every tree of
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the garden? And the woman said
unto the serpent, We may eat of
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of the fruit of the trees of the
garden: But of the fruit of the
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tree which is in the midst of
the garden, God hath said, You
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shall not eat of it, neither
shall you touch it, lest ye,
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what folks? Die. So God says if
they eat of this fruit they will
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die. Now that was clear. Now the
devil responds with the first
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recorded lie in scripture. I'm
sure he told many lies before
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this but this is the first one
it records of him. It says: And
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the serpent said unto the woman,
You shall not surely die. What
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cunning. Here is the devil
contradicting God saying the
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opposite of what God said. And
you know the tragedy folks is
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that many, many people, even
multitudes of Christians have
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chosen, whether they know it or
not, to believe in the words of
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the serpent rather than the
plain words of our Creator God.
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God said they would die. The
devil says no. Now God always
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tells the truth doesn't he? And
yet again the majority of people
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have not listened to what God
had to say. They believe that
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people die but not surely
die. They simply go to another
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existence. And that lie that the
devil told Eve way back in the
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Garden of Eden is the foundation
of what we call spiritualism or
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spiritism. So the devil said
that they would not surely die.
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Jesus said the devil was a liar
and the father of it. Now the
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dictionary says that death is
the cessation of life. Life is
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over. It's ceased. So you would
think that people would listen
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to that. But let's now go on and
understand that the devil lied
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to Eve then and he's been lying
to people ever since. Do you
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know that the Bible teaches the
exact opposite of what the devil
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said. But in order to understand
what happens when you die, it
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really is beneficial to know how
did God create us in the first
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place. Once you understand that
it makes the subject a whole lot
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easier. So let's go back one
more chapter to Genesis chapter
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2 and let's look at verse 7
together. And here it says: And
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the Lord God formed man of
the dust of the ground...So it's
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made of dust it says and
then God did something else. He
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breathed into his nostrils the
breath of life; and man became a
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living soul. God took the
elements of the earth, he took
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the hydrogen and the oxygen and
the nitrogen and the calcium and
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the phosphorus and all of these
elements and he formed a body
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for Adam. But when he had that
body there there was something
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missing. He had a brain but
it wasn't thinking yet. He had
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lungs but they weren't expanding
yet. He had blood but it wasn't
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circulating yet. It was only a
body and God had to do something
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else. He breathed into that
body the breath of life which is
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simply a metaphor for
God's life-giving power. And man
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became a living being. So to put
that in equation form we've got
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the dust of the ground plus
God's life-giving breath and it
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equals a living soul or a living
person. Some of the modern
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Bible translations simply say
a living being. The elements of
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the earth plus God's life-giving
power equals a living person.
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Notice what it does not say. It
does not say that God gave Adam
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a soul. It doesn't say he
poured a soul into Adam as some
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separate part of his being. The
living Adam, the living person,
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was the living soul. Very, very
important here. You are a soul
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according to the Bible. I am a
soul according to the Bible. Now
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let's go to Job 27 and verse 3
together shall we? Now before I
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read this I have to tell you
something. We're going into a
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book of poetry in the scriptures
and I want to tell you something
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about how the Hebrews
wrote poetry. Because once you
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understand this it really gives
great insight to a lot of the
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Bible verses when you
come to Job, Psalms, Proverbs,
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Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon,
right through there. When we
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write poetry in our modern,
Western culture we tend to
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rhyme the words at the end
of sentences. When the Hebrews
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wrote poetry they did not rhyme
the sounds of the words but they
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often paralleled the thought.
You don't have to remember this
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but it's called synonymous
parallelism. They would say it
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one way and then they would back
up and they would say it again
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but they would use different
words. It says: All the while my
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breath is in me, that's one way,
now God is going to repeat it,
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and the spirit of God is in my,
where, nostrils. Now over there
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in Genesis it says the breath of
God was in Adam's nostrils. So
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the spirit of God is simply
another way of saying the breath
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of God, God's life-giving breath
So God is the self-existing one.
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He's the author of life.
He gives life to all living
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creatures. So let's go now and
carry this thought on. This text
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makes it plain to see that when
a person dies that breath that
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God gave him is going to be
separated from the body. Let's
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go now to this equation where
we started out here tonight.
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The elements of the earth plus
God's power equal a living being
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Now to show you how this works
it's an old illustration but
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it's a good one. It works so I'm
going to use it again. In order
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for us to have light in
this room we basically need two
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components. We need a bulb or a
housing of some kind and we need
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the power source to flow through
it. Electricity. If we were to
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wherever there's power source
and unplug it, what are we going
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to have? We're still going
to have the bulb there. We're
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going to have it but we're not
going to have any illumination
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because there's no power going
through it. So in the same way
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that we need the power going
through the bulb in order for it
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to bring illumination to it.
We need God's life-giving breath
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to go through this body,
your body, in order to produce a
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living being or a living person.
And again it is so easy to
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understand that we basically
have two components to this. We
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have a body and we have God's
life-giving breath. Now the word
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soul is an interesting word. The
Bible uses it more than one way.
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But usually when it's talking
about a soul, it's talking about
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a living person. So the soul can
only exist when it has a body. A
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soul cannot exist apart
from the body because it is a
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combination of the body and the
breath of God or the life-giving
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power of God. And you know what
we use terminology very similar
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to this, okay. When we talk
about people, we sometimes refer
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to them Oh that poor soul.
We mean that poor person, right?
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Acts 2 verse 41, it says: Then
they that gladly received his
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word were baptized: and the same
day there were added unto them
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that is added to the church,
about three thousand what
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friends souls. Now what was
added to them. Not some kind of
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ghostly entity floating around
somewhere but people, right,
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three thousand people with
a body and the breath of life.
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Here's another one from Acts
27 and verse 37, it says: And we
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were all in the ship, as Luke
records it here, two hundred
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threescore that's 60 and 16
souls. So add it up, 276 souls.
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Now what is he talking about?
These again are not some kind of
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ghostly entities. These are real
people but the Bible calls them
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souls. So let's now go back to
Genesis chapter 3 and this time
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when we go to verse 19, I'll
just give you a little bit of a
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setup here By the time we get to
verse 19 man has already sinned
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and God is telling them the
consequences of his sin. So here
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it is, he says to Adam: In the
sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
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bread, till thou return unto the
ground for out of it wast thou
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taken: for dust thou art, and
unto dust shalt thou return. So
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where does man go ultimately?
God says, Adam inevitably I took
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you from the ground and you will
go back to the dust from which I
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took you. This is what God is
telling him here. But what about
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that Spirit or the breath of God
that God gave man. What happens
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to that? Well to find out now
let's go to Ecclesiastes chapter
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12 and we'll look at verse 7
together. Then shall the dust
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return to the earth as it was:
now this is exactly what we just
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read in Genesis 3:19, it's a
repeat of that, and the spirit
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shall return unto God who,
what now, gave it. God gave the
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spirit or the breath of life to
Adam as he gives it to all and
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at death, it is spoken of as
returning to God. Because God is
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the author of life the Bible
speaks about life returning to
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God. We certainly can't contend
from this verse that this is
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talking about the person going
back to heaven because this is
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talking about what happens
to every person and we know not
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every person is heaven-bound.
The same word for spirit in this
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verse is the same word that's
used in Genesis 6 and Genesis
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chapter 7 where it talks about
all the creatures under heaven
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wherein have the breath of life.
It's the same word. So we know
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it's talking about God's life-
giving breath. Now let's go to
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Psalm 146 verse 3 and here the
Bible says: Put not your trust
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in princes, nor in the son
of man in whom is no help. His
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breath goes forth, now he's
talking about what happens when
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this person dies, he returns to
his earth, again the same thing
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we've read in other places, the
body deteriorates. Now look what
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happens next, this is important.
When a person dies the life
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giving breath is separated from
him, the body deteriorates, it
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says, in that very day,
which means in that moment, his
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thoughts, what friends? Perish.
That's right. So the thinking
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processes stop when a
person dies. Now why is that so
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important? You're going to find
out very shortly here tonight.
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So we find out that the body
without the spirit of life is
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simply dead. It decomposes, goes
back to the earth. So there's
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nothing mysterious about
that. According to the Bible the
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processes of life are actually
quite simple. Now perhaps we
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need to take up something here
that you might have been taught
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as a child as I was taught from
a very, very young age. And that
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is this question of an immortal
soul. People are taught that we
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have this immortal soul within
us that at death it escapes the
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body and it goes to a place of
heaven if we've been righteous,
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or goes to a place in hell fire
if we've been wicked. You know
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the Bible uses the word soul or
spirit over 1100 times combined.
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Over 1100 times and yet of those
1100 times not once does it say
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immortal soul or immortal spirit
You would think that if we had
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an immortal soul within us that
at least one of some 1100-plus
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times it would say that. But it
doesn't friends. We ought to be
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sure what the Bible really
does say. So mortal means we are
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subject to death. Immortal means
we are not subject to death.
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We are called mortal in the
Bible because we can die. Now
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the idea of an immortal soul
comes right out of the pagan
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world and it's been adapted
and brought into the Christian
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church but its roots are
pagan. Now when we say pagan we
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usually mean one who has no God
or sometimes believes in many
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gods. They don't believe in the
true God. And the idea that a
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person that has a soul that
leaves the body and flies off
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into a spirit world is simply
not found in the Bible. So what
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we're going to do tonight
is we're going to look at every
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single verse in the Bible that
mentions the word immortal just
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to be sure that we're not
missing anything. Okay, don't
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worry, we'll get out on time.
So let's go to our first text
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here, 1 Timothy 1 verse 17:
Here's what it says: Now unto
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the King eternal, and
what's that next word? Immortal,
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there it is, invisible,
the only wise God, be honor and
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and glory for ever and ever.
Amen. Now ladies and gentlemen
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I've kept my promise to
you, because we just read every
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single text in the Bible
that mentions the word immortal.
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There's only one, it didn't take
us that long, did it? There's
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only one. You thought we'd be
here awhile didn't you? And it's
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clearly talking about the Lord.
It's not talking about human
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beings. What about this idea
of the immortal soul. It's not
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taught in the Bible. Now someone
will say now hey wait a minute
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now. Maybe it's not the word
immortal you're looking for.
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Maybe it's the word immortality
that we should be looking for.
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The Bible uses the word
immortality five times. First
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Timothy chapter 6 and verse 15
and onward. It says: The King of
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kings, and Lord of lords; Who
only has, what? Immortality. Now
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if God only has it then we must
not have it, right? Unless we
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are God and we are not, not that
we know any part of it we don't
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presently have it. So you say
well where in the world do we
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get this idea of an immortal
soul? Well, let me tell you. The
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present protestant churches
inherited from the church that
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ruled in the time of the dark
ages. Where'd they get it from?
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They got it from the
pagan philosophies of Egypt and
00:19:03.87\00:19:08.61
Babylon and Greece that had gone
before it. Where did they get it
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They got it from the devil
himself who said to Eve in the
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garden, You shall not surely
what? Die. And that lie that
00:19:17.39\00:19:22.86
the devil told Eve has come from
the garden of Eden all the way
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down through history with mighty
appeal and it came right on into
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the Christian church during the
time of what we call the dark
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ages telling people that you
don't really die. You simply go
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into another type of existence.
Well we're going to look at a
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lot of things in this seminar
but you know there's an old
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saying goes like this: If you
tell a lie long enough and you
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say that lie sincerely enough
a lot of people are going to
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believe it. The ancient
Egyptians believed in the
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immortal soul. Babylon believed
in it. Greece believed in it.
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The Romans believed in it.
Now the Bible teaches and I just
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mentioned this to you that
we are mortal. That means we are
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subject to death. You can see
it here, Job 4:17, Romans 6:12,
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these are just some of them.
Romans 8:11, 2 Corinthians 4:11.
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Mortal means we can die.
The Bible on the other side says
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that God only has it and that we
are to seek it. Well why would
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we seek it if we already
had it The mortal will put on
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immortality at the time of the
resurrection. 1 Corinthians 15.
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Now let's go take a look at
this verse in the Old Testament.
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Ezekiel 18 and verse 4, and here
it says: The soul that sinneth,
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it shall, what folks, die.
Because if you look it up in the
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context it's simply talking
about a father or a son. It's
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talking about a human being.
So it says yes they can die.
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Here's a verse in the New
Testament though, James 5, and
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it says: Let him know, that he
which converts the sinner from
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the error of his way shall save
a soul from death. So again, a
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soul can be saved from death.
A soul can die because we're
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simply talking about a person.
Now the question comes to us.
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How does the Bible repeatedly
refer to death? Psalm 13 verse 3
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David says: Consider and hear me
O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes
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lest I sleep the sleep of, say
it out loud folks, death. That's
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right. David called death a
sleep. Here's one from the book
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of Daniel, it says: And many of
them that sleep in the dust of
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the earth shall awake, some
to everlasting life, and some to
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shame and everlasting contempt.
Daniel called death a sleep.
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In fact, did you know that in
the Old Testament over and over
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and over it uses that word, 53
times, by the way, it's uses the
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word sleep or slept referring to
those who have died. Jesus would
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never contradict the Old
Testament. Jesus would surely
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confirm it. So let's go to John
chapter 11 and verse 11. Here it
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says: These things said he: and
after he saith unto them, Our
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friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I
go, that I may awake him out of
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sleep. John 11 verse 12: Then
said his disciples, Lord if he
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sleep, he shall do well. Howbeit
Jesus spake of his, what folks,
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death: but they thought that
he had spoken of taking rest in
00:22:06.02\00:22:08.99
sleep. Then said Jesus unto them
plainly, Lazarus is dead. So
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what do we find here. He
said Lazarus is sleeping but his
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disciples did not
really comprehend that so he
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said very plainly Lazarus
is dead. You see God sees death
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from a different perspective.
From the human perspective death
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seems absolute, but not from
God's perspective friends. So
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according to the Bible when
a person dies he does not go
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directly to heaven. That might
shock some of you because it's
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a common teaching. He does
not go right down to some place
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called hellfire. We're going to
cover that very shortly in our
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seminar. Neither does he go to a
place called purgatory. In fact,
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he doesn't go anywhere at all.
Death is a temporary cessation
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of life until the resurrection
day when the resurrected body
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by God's power is brought back
to life when he puts back into
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it the breath of life and the
body is reunited again. Death is
00:23:03.51\00:23:07.02
a rest for just a seeming moment
to the person that has died.
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It's a safe rest and I love the
way the Bible says it for those
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that believe in Jesus. It says
they're sleeping in Jesus. Isn't
00:23:14.39\00:23:17.36
that a wonderful perspective.
It's a comforting thought.
00:23:17.39\00:23:19.73
God is saying
00:23:19.76\00:23:21.10
when they take their last
breath as a believer it says
00:23:21.13\00:23:24.10
they just sleep. I don't know
about you but I love getting a
00:23:24.13\00:23:26.43
good sleep you see. And it says
the righteous are sleeping in
00:23:26.47\00:23:30.57
the Lord. So you know there was
an old metaphor, we don't use it
00:23:30.61\00:23:34.44
that much anymore but
some of you remember this. When
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something is particularly noisy
they'll say that's loud enough
00:23:36.61\00:23:38.91
to wake the dead, right? So
let's now go back to the story
00:23:38.95\00:23:43.32
here where Jesus is dealing with
his good friend Lazarus who has
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just simply died. He's preserved
there and now he goes to his
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home. There he meets one of
the sisters of this man called
00:23:53.06\00:23:57.13
Lazarus and she's grieving over
her brother's death. And Jesus
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comforts her and says: Thy
brother shall rise again. Now
00:24:02.54\00:24:07.04
where did Jesus focus her hopes?
Did he say to her Martha your
00:24:07.08\00:24:13.92
brother is up in heaven right
now with the angels. Isn't that
00:24:13.95\00:24:16.89
a great thing. Did Jesus say
that? No, he didn't say that did
00:24:16.92\00:24:19.75
he? He said thy brother shall
rise again. Now look what she
00:24:19.79\00:24:23.56
said back to Jesus. She said: I
know that he shall rise again in
00:24:23.59\00:24:28.13
the, what now? Resurrection, and
when? At the last day. Now she
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learned this truth directly from
Jesus. Earlier on in the book of
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John we are going to see that
before we are through tonight.
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And now she's simply telling
it back to him. What she did not
00:24:40.21\00:24:43.31
understand is that in Jesus'
presence death has no hold
00:24:43.35\00:24:47.72
whatsoever. So he goes to
the very tomb of Lazarus here in
00:24:47.75\00:24:51.49
John 11: Jesus said unto her,
I am the resurrection and the
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life: he that believeth in me,
though he were dead, yet shall
00:24:54.66\00:24:57.29
he live. And when he thus
had spoken, he cried with a loud
00:24:57.33\00:25:00.80
voice, Lazarus, come forth. Now
notice what Jesus said and what
00:25:00.83\00:25:05.73
he did not say. He didn't
say Lazarus, come on down from
00:25:05.77\00:25:08.40
heaven. He didn't say Lazarus
come on up from somewhere in the
00:25:08.44\00:25:11.57
earth. He said, Lazarus, Come
forth. Lazarus had been dead how
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many days according to the Bible
Four days. That's right. When
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Lazarus comes back to life at
the command of Jesus and by the
00:25:17.95\00:25:21.28
way, what Jesus did for his
friend, then he has promised to
00:25:21.32\00:25:24.09
do for all of his friends that
follow him and give their trust
00:25:24.12\00:25:27.26
to him. But here he has
resurrected this man named
00:25:27.29\00:25:30.29
Lazarus to show us and give us
confidence that he can do it for
00:25:30.33\00:25:33.70
everybody. And so Lazarus has
come forth. Now if Lazarus had
00:25:33.73\00:25:40.77
been in heaven wouldn't
that have been a fantastic
00:25:40.80\00:25:44.07
opportunity to give a testimony
about it. If Lazarus had been
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walking the streets of gold,
if he had been conversing with
00:25:47.08\00:25:50.65
angels, if he had been eating
of the fruit of the tree of life
00:25:50.68\00:25:53.21
wouldn't that have been an
incredible opportunity to tell
00:25:53.25\00:25:56.89
about the joys of heaven. But
does the Bible say even one word
00:25:56.92\00:25:59.55
from Lazarus. Not one. Why?
Because he wasn't there. He was
00:25:59.59\00:26:03.96
sleeping the sleep of death. And
it says and when he had spoken,
00:26:03.99\00:26:07.53
he cried with a loud voice,
Lazarus, come forth. And it says
00:26:07.56\00:26:11.17
Psalm 146 when a person
dies: His breath goeth forth, he
00:26:11.20\00:26:13.90
returns to the earth; in
that very day his thought, what?
00:26:13.94\00:26:16.74
Perish. So Lazarus's thoughts
perished. He wasn't in heaven
00:26:16.77\00:26:21.58
He wasn't down in the
subterranean depths of the earth
00:26:21.61\00:26:24.58
somewhere. He was simply resting
sleeping the sleep of death in
00:26:24.61\00:26:28.58
the tomb. So death is as the
believer closed his eyes for a
00:26:28.62\00:26:31.52
seeming moment and in the
resurrection he opens up. To the
00:26:31.55\00:26:35.09
person that's died it seems like
only a moment. To the living,
00:26:35.12\00:26:37.73
they know time has gone on but
not to the dead. To people that
00:26:37.76\00:26:42.46
have had loved ones pass away
we don't have to worry if they
00:26:42.50\00:26:44.80
made it or not. We don't have
to worry if they're suffering
00:26:44.83\00:26:47.37
somewhere. We don't have to
worry if they're looking down on
00:26:47.40\00:26:49.50
us and seeing all of the
tragedies of this world. We can
00:26:49.54\00:26:51.67
know that they're simply
sleeping a peaceful sleep till
00:26:51.71\00:26:56.58
Jesus comes and gets them. Amen?
It is meant to give us a great
00:26:56.61\00:27:00.35
hope. Now Psalm 115 verse 17
says: The dead praise the Lord
00:27:00.38\00:27:04.79
or praise not the Lord? Praise
not the Lord, neither any that
00:27:04.82\00:27:08.42
go down into, what does it say?
Silence. Why silence? Because
00:27:08.46\00:27:12.56
you cannot have death and
life at the same time. For the
00:27:12.59\00:27:16.43
believer, there will be
life after death but catch the
00:27:16.46\00:27:20.24
difference. There's not life
during death. And there's a big,
00:27:20.27\00:27:23.00
it difference there. So here
this is the main question: Where
00:27:23.04\00:27:26.88
do the dead go? Let's go take a
look at it right from the words
00:27:26.91\00:27:29.18
of Jesus here. John 5 verse 28,
Jesus said: Marvel not at this:
00:27:29.21\00:27:33.98
for the hour is coming, notice
that's future tense, isn't it?
00:27:34.02\00:27:37.05
in the which all that are in the
where are they, folks? In the
00:27:37.09\00:27:41.99
grave shall hear his voice and
shall come forth; they that have
00:27:42.02\00:27:45.09
done good unto the resurrection
of life; and they that have done
00:27:45.13\00:27:47.76
evil, unto the resurrection
of damnation. So Jesus speaks of
00:27:47.80\00:27:51.53
two resurrections here. He
does have names for them. One is
00:27:51.57\00:27:54.74
called life and one is called
the resurrection of damnation.
00:27:54.77\00:27:57.91
In Ecclesiastes 9 and verse 5 it
says: For the living know that
00:27:57.94\00:28:02.28
they shall die: but the
dead know not, how much folks?
00:28:02.31\00:28:06.85
anything, neither have they any
more reward; for the memory of
00:28:06.88\00:28:09.82
them is forgotten. It says, Also
their love, and their hatred,
00:28:09.85\00:28:13.69
and their envy, is now perished;
neither have they anymore a
00:28:13.72\00:28:15.72
portion forever in anything that
is done under the sun. It says
00:28:15.76\00:28:22.06
those that have died will
never have anymore an ability to
00:28:22.10\00:28:25.27
affect what goes on in the land
of the living. For there is no
00:28:25.30\00:28:28.70
work, nor device, nor knowledge,
nor wisdom, in the grave,
00:28:28.74\00:28:31.57
whither thou go. When we're
alive we can make changes can't
00:28:31.61\00:28:35.64
we? But when we're dead we can't
that's it. No more. So if we're
00:28:35.68\00:28:41.38
going to change for the Lord
when do we got to do it? We got
00:28:41.42\00:28:44.19
to do it now. That's right. Now
I don't know if you've ever gone
00:28:44.22\00:28:47.46
through grave yards and looked
at some of the tombstones there.
00:28:47.49\00:28:49.69
I love to see how people, their
belief often is enshrined right
00:28:49.72\00:28:55.10
on the tombstone. Here is one
that says: He is not dead, but
00:28:55.13\00:28:59.33
sleepeth. This is a person that
understood the Biblical truth
00:28:59.37\00:29:03.71
about death. And right beside it
was his spouse that says Asleep
00:29:03.74\00:29:07.94
in Jesus. Now here's another one
it's an old one and along the
00:29:07.98\00:29:11.85
bottom of it there, it's a
little hard to read, but it says
00:29:11.88\00:29:13.78
She is not dead, but sleepeth.
From God's perspective, it's a
00:29:13.82\00:29:19.05
sleep. Why is it sleep? Because
there's going to be an awakening
00:29:19.09\00:29:21.02
from it. In the resurrection
that person is going to be
00:29:21.06\00:29:24.29
awakened. Now the question might
come to you well if that is the
00:29:24.33\00:29:27.16
case, is there anybody in heaven
now? And actually yes there is.
00:29:27.20\00:29:31.03
God has chosen to make what
we might call some exceptions to
00:29:31.07\00:29:35.64
the Biblical rule. In other
words, there are certain people
00:29:35.67\00:29:39.54
that he has privileged to take
to heaven ahead of the great
00:29:39.57\00:29:42.41
resurrection to come. For
example in Hebrews 11:5 we read:
00:29:42.44\00:29:46.01
By faith, Enoch was translated,
now he lived way of course back
00:29:46.05\00:29:48.92
in the days of Genesis before
the flood. But it says he was
00:29:49.78\00:29:52.19
translated that he should
not see death; and was not found
00:29:52.22\00:29:54.59
because God had translated him:
Enoch is in heaven tonight. Now
00:29:54.62\00:29:57.96
who else do we read about?
We read about Elijah, again a
00:29:57.99\00:30:01.33
prophet that stood for God
in a time of great idolatry and
00:30:01.36\00:30:04.50
because of his stance and his
faithfulness God chose to take
00:30:04.53\00:30:08.67
that servant of his directly
from earth to heaven. And so
00:30:08.70\00:30:12.04
once again Elijah is there in
heaven to night. Now there is a
00:30:12.07\00:30:14.98
story in the New Testament where
Jesus was on this mount and he
00:30:15.01\00:30:18.15
had two people appear to him,
Elijah and Moses. Now Moses did
00:30:18.18\00:30:24.42
die but God chose to resurrect
him. Does the Bible say directly
00:30:24.45\00:30:28.82
that? No, but it has a lot
of implication of it by the fact
00:30:28.86\00:30:31.73
that Moses is there. So
Moses, though he did die, was
00:30:31.76\00:30:35.36
resurrected and he was taken to
heaven too. But there is another
00:30:35.40\00:30:39.27
group not known by too many
found in Matthew 27 verse 52 and
00:30:39.30\00:30:44.01
here it says, this is talking
about the time period around
00:30:44.04\00:30:47.28
Jesus' death and his
resurrection. And it says:
00:30:47.31\00:30:50.28
And the graves were opened and
many bodies of the saints which
00:30:50.31\00:30:53.38
slept arose. Notice it doesn't
say all of the saints, it just
00:30:53.42\00:30:56.38
many of the saints arose. Notice
it uses the word slept again
00:30:56.42\00:31:00.72
to refer to death. And
came out of the graves after his
00:31:00.76\00:31:05.33
resurrection, and went into the
holy city and appeared unto many
00:31:05.36\00:31:08.53
So there is this group that
Jesus chose to take with him
00:31:08.56\00:31:12.40
when he ascended. I like to
refer to that as early trophies,
00:31:12.43\00:31:15.44
right? And they also are
in heaven. Now you might be
00:31:15.47\00:31:19.51
thinking, well what about these
things we hear today sometimes
00:31:19.54\00:31:21.94
out of Hollywood, sometimes out
of the psychics where they talk
00:31:21.98\00:31:26.25
about actually talking to people
that have died. Well, here's
00:31:26.28\00:31:31.32
where we get into this next part
of what we call spiritualism.
00:31:31.35\00:31:33.99
Now the word spiritualism
and spiritism they mean the same
00:31:34.02\00:31:37.39
thing. So the fundamental
principles behind it are these:
00:31:37.43\00:31:41.83
Spiritism claims that the
dead are not really dead. The
00:31:41.86\00:31:45.67
fundamental principle of
spiritism is that human beings
00:31:45.70\00:31:48.40
survive bodily death and that
occasionally, under conditions
00:31:48.44\00:31:51.97
not yet fully understood, we can
communicate with those who have
00:31:52.01\00:31:55.11
gone before. So spiritualism
is based on the idea that the
00:31:55.14\00:31:59.38
essence of the human person
is immortal and that it has
00:31:59.41\00:32:02.72
survived bodily death and it
can therefore communicate after
00:32:02.75\00:32:05.89
death and so the second
fundamental principle of
00:32:05.92\00:32:07.42
spiritualism or spiritism is
that the dead can communicate
00:32:07.46\00:32:10.76
with the living. This author of
this book who is a spiritualist
00:32:10.79\00:32:13.43
he says: There's no death in the
graveyard. I have frequent talks
00:32:13.46\00:32:16.77
with the dead. So remember now
once again we go back to this
00:32:16.80\00:32:20.64
verse in Revelation 12 verse 9:
That the old serpent, called the
00:32:20.67\00:32:25.11
Devil, and Satan, who does what
to the world? He deceives the
00:32:25.14\00:32:28.04
world. That's right. He goes
on advantage. It's so important
00:32:28.08\00:32:31.51
that we know what the Bible says
because when we don't know Satan
00:32:31.55\00:32:36.02
takes advantage of that
and he lures us along a path of
00:32:36.05\00:32:40.36
destruction. He is not ignorant
folks. His mind, though he is
00:32:40.39\00:32:46.06
fallen, came from the realms
of heaven. The angels have the
00:32:46.09\00:32:49.80
ability to think far beyond the
greatest human mind. And Satan
00:32:49.83\00:32:54.50
knows how to deceive and from
the very beginning he has chosen
00:32:54.54\00:32:58.61
to deceive human beings on this
topic. And angels have, this is
00:32:58.64\00:33:02.71
important to know, angels have
the ability to materialize and
00:33:02.74\00:33:07.98
take the shape and form of human
beings. And once we know that we
00:33:08.02\00:33:11.05
know that they can come in the
form of our departed loved one
00:33:11.09\00:33:14.92
whether it be a grandmother or
an uncle or an aunt or something
00:33:14.96\00:33:19.33
like that and they can take
that form and they can take that
00:33:19.36\00:33:22.16
person's voice and they can take
that person's body language and
00:33:22.20\00:33:25.10
they can make it seem like that
person has come back from the
00:33:25.13\00:33:28.07
dead. And you know what? They
have the ability to remember
00:33:28.10\00:33:32.74
things that have gone on in
that person's life with perfect
00:33:32.77\00:33:34.68
recall. Did you know that? When
I started off tonight I told you
00:33:34.71\00:33:37.71
that story of that couple that
was getting up in age and the
00:33:37.75\00:33:41.28
husband died and the surviving
spouse was on her couch in the
00:33:41.32\00:33:44.62
living room. After one week a
being appeared at the other end
00:33:44.65\00:33:46.99
and it looked like her husband
talked like him. But she was a
00:33:47.02\00:33:50.53
Christian and she knew what the
Bible said. And because she knew
00:33:50.56\00:33:53.70
what the Bible said she said,
In the name of Jesus Christ get
00:33:53.73\00:33:57.97
behind me Satan and immediately
when she said those words that
00:33:58.00\00:34:01.67
being vanished. Because
that being of course was a demon
00:34:01.70\00:34:06.37
impersonating her dead husband
trying to lure her. Do you
00:34:06.41\00:34:11.15
realize that what I have just
described to you is going on by
00:34:11.18\00:34:13.75
the tens of thousands around
this country and around the
00:34:13.78\00:34:16.35
world tonight. The devil is
active friends. And people are
00:34:16.38\00:34:19.82
going to psychics and when they
go to a psychic or some kind of
00:34:19.85\00:34:24.36
fortune teller it's interesting
that the fortune teller or the
00:34:24.39\00:34:27.43
psychic always start by talking
about the person's past, right?
00:34:27.46\00:34:32.70
If this is not some kind of
a fraud type of psychic but is
00:34:32.73\00:34:36.10
really in contact with the demon
world as many psychics are that
00:34:36.14\00:34:40.68
person could get communication
from the demon about that person
00:34:40.71\00:34:44.05
that's sitting before them and
they start talking about their
00:34:44.08\00:34:47.05
past. You did this when you were
young didn't you? Yes. And you
00:34:47.08\00:34:49.52
got married at an early age.
Yes yes, yes. And you had that
00:34:49.55\00:34:51.59
accident right after marriage.
Yes. Folks, it's not hard for
00:34:51.62\00:34:57.26
the demons to bring up those
things. They know the past. Now
00:34:57.29\00:35:00.26
do the demons know the future
with perfect accuracy. No, they
00:35:00.30\00:35:03.37
don't. But they talk about
the past and when that person's
00:35:03.40\00:35:07.70
confidence is gained then they
go into the future and they put
00:35:07.74\00:35:10.67
a lie in there to try to lead
that person to his destruction.
00:35:10.71\00:35:15.54
Folks people get into these kind
of things like a Ouija board
00:35:15.58\00:35:19.21
which is really nothing
more than a type of s�ance and
00:35:19.25\00:35:23.02
they're trying to do something
that the Bible strictly forbids,
00:35:23.05\00:35:27.26
which is an attempt to contact
the dead. You've seen tabloids
00:35:27.29\00:35:30.13
like this, How to contact your
loved ones in heaven. That's
00:35:30.16\00:35:32.23
simply spreading the devil's
lie, right that you shall not
00:35:32.26\00:35:36.67
surely die. and that's simply
spreading that lie. So they go
00:35:36.70\00:35:40.04
to s�ances and of course when
they do those things the demons
00:35:40.07\00:35:42.40
are wanting to try to deceive
them so they tend to appear or
00:35:42.44\00:35:46.88
try to appear and of course more
and more people are saying well
00:35:46.91\00:35:50.01
I contacted my Aunt Sue or this
being appeared and said I'm your
00:35:50.05\00:35:53.62
Uncle Bob. Once again the
demonically inspired psychics
00:35:53.65\00:35:57.75
talk about the past till finally
a person believes in them and
00:35:57.79\00:36:03.59
then they say well you don't
really need to obey God. You
00:36:03.63\00:36:06.80
don't need those commandments
that God gave. You don't need
00:36:06.83\00:36:09.60
that Bible. There are people
up in heaven without any of
00:36:09.63\00:36:12.63
those things and you see people
start to believe it. When Satan
00:36:12.67\00:36:15.80
and his evil angels go out in
the last days folks around the
00:36:15.84\00:36:21.24
world calling people to stand
on the wrong side of the issues
00:36:21.28\00:36:25.88
that will divide this world in
the end of time how are we going
00:36:25.91\00:36:29.58
to be able to stand against
those deceptions? There's only
00:36:29.62\00:36:31.95
one way. To know what the Bible
really says, amen. And once you
00:36:31.99\00:36:36.42
know it...Ah folks if you know
the truth you will stand on the
00:36:36.46\00:36:41.30
right side. Job 7 verse 8:
The eye of him that hath seen me
00:36:41.33\00:36:44.20
shall see me no more: thine
eyes are upon me, and I am not.
00:36:44.23\00:36:47.47
Now Job is going to describe the
death process here. As the cloud
00:36:47.50\00:36:50.54
is consumed and vanishes away:
so he that goes down to the
00:36:50.57\00:36:54.44
grave shall come up, what folks,
no more. He shall return no more
00:36:54.48\00:37:00.85
to his house, neither shall
his place know him anymore. They
00:37:00.88\00:37:05.65
will not come up, they will
not return to their home and yet
00:37:05.69\00:37:09.12
millions and millions and
millions of people are believing
00:37:09.16\00:37:11.86
what they call ghosts. And I
remember cartoons on Saturday
00:37:11.89\00:37:14.80
morning and I remember Casper
the Friendly Ghost. Does anybody
00:37:14.83\00:37:18.27
remember Casper? Okay, yeah, you
guys...well now Casper the idea
00:37:18.30\00:37:22.80
of Casper, he's a friendly
cuddly guy that you know is
00:37:22.84\00:37:24.97
a friend of children and so on,
00:37:25.01\00:37:26.54
the idea is you can
cuddle up to the ghost, right?
00:37:26.57\00:37:29.64
Well now they don't have
Casper anymore. They got cute
00:37:29.68\00:37:32.71
and funny little Harry Potter,
right? Sorcerer. You just cuddle
00:37:32.75\00:37:36.55
up to him for a change. He's the
devil. He just changes agencies
00:37:36.58\00:37:39.32
but it's still the same lie. The
New Age of Angels. You remember
00:37:39.35\00:37:42.86
back about 10, oh I guess you
know maybe 15 years or so angels
00:37:42.89\00:37:46.53
were really big. They had angel
movies and angel TV shows. They
00:37:46.56\00:37:50.53
had angel statues and angel
greeting cards. You know shows
00:37:50.57\00:37:53.23
like Touched by an Angel and on
and on and on. Angels of course
00:37:53.27\00:37:56.50
were being used just
for merchandise purposes but
00:37:56.54\00:37:59.14
nevertheless what people didn't
realize is there are two kinds
00:37:59.17\00:38:02.04
of angels, right? There are
the holy angels that are God's
00:38:02.08\00:38:05.21
ministers and there's the
demonic or the fallen angels.
00:38:05.25\00:38:08.08
And once we realize that not all
angels are followers of God then
00:38:08.12\00:38:11.85
we are much more able to
perceive when we might be fooled
00:38:11.89\00:38:18.53
by the demonic realm. How
do they fool us? Here's a life
00:38:18.56\00:38:23.16
magazine. It says: The Mystery
of Mary. Have you noticed that
00:38:23.20\00:38:27.10
Mary, and I need to be very
sensitive here and I understand
00:38:27.14\00:38:31.67
that. For some Mary is a very
close part of their faith but
00:38:31.71\00:38:35.14
what we're talking about here
is not the real Mary but how the
00:38:35.18\00:38:39.78
devil has used Mary to deceive
people. So here Mary is coming
00:38:39.81\00:38:43.39
to the forefront. That was
Life Magazine. Here's Newsweek
00:38:43.42\00:38:46.99
Magazine: The Meaning of
Mary A struggle over her role
00:38:47.02\00:38:50.69
grows within the church.
00:38:50.73\00:38:52.06
We didn't need to
struggle about her role in the
00:38:52.09\00:38:54.40
church. It was very plain. Time
Magazine again, it says: Hail,
00:38:54.43\00:38:58.43
Mary and then the subtitle
Catholics have long revered her
00:38:58.47\00:39:00.44
Now protestants are finding
their own reasons to celebrate
00:39:00.47\00:39:04.34
the mother of Jesus. We know
that Mary was blessed to bear
00:39:04.37\00:39:07.64
the Christ Child, right? She had
a very important part to raise
00:39:07.68\00:39:10.91
the Son of God but are we to
celebrate her? No. But again it
00:39:10.95\00:39:15.15
devil is using this personage of
Mary to deceive people. Here's
00:39:15.18\00:39:19.22
one from Christianity Today.
It says: The Blessed Evangelical
00:39:19.25\00:39:22.29
Mary; Why we shouldn't ignore
her any longer. I didn't know we
00:39:22.32\00:39:26.80
were ignoring her. The attention
now is coming away from Jesus
00:39:26.83\00:39:29.66
and onto someone else. I want
you to follow how all of this
00:39:29.70\00:39:33.07
goes. Here's one from a magazine
Notice now what they're doing
00:39:33.10\00:39:36.17
with Mary. They're piercing her
hands. They're giving her the
00:39:36.20\00:39:41.24
title of Holy Redemptorist and
she's redeeming along with Jesus
00:39:41.28\00:39:44.61
It says she's the mediatrix
of all graces and she meting out
00:39:44.65\00:39:49.68
the graces rather than the Lord
and the Holy Spirit. It says an
00:39:49.72\00:39:54.49
advocate like she's the one that
goes to the Father rather than
00:39:54.52\00:39:55.86
Jesus. So they're counterfeiting
the ministry of Jesus and
00:39:55.89\00:39:59.63
substituting Mary in its place.
Life Magazine again: Do You
00:39:59.66\00:40:03.67
Believe in Miracles. And who are
they portraying as the one who's
00:40:03.70\00:40:05.60
dispensing miracles. Again
Mary. Is she appearing now. Well
00:40:05.63\00:40:12.74
around the world tonight
people are saying that Mary is
00:40:12.77\00:40:14.88
appearing to them. Here is one:
100,000 show for Mary's message.
00:40:14.91\00:40:20.42
This is not happening anymore
but this lady who had a farm in
00:40:20.45\00:40:23.79
Georgia, she said that every
year that Mary was giving her a
00:40:23.82\00:40:27.82
message and 100,000 people would
gather to hear what that message
00:40:27.86\00:40:30.76
was. Now Satan loves this
because he only has to deceive
00:40:30.79\00:40:34.03
one to reach 100,000 you see.
So he gives a false message to
00:40:34.06\00:40:37.43
one, she gives that false
message to the rest and of
00:40:37.47\00:40:39.80
course they think it's of God
and it is not. Here's one from
00:40:39.83\00:40:43.34
where I live way back some years
ago in Maryland. It said Visions
00:40:43.37\00:40:46.54
of Mary attract crowds. Now the
same kind of thing was going on
00:40:46.57\00:40:49.38
where this woman would say a
prayer in a hypnotic way. She'd
00:40:49.41\00:40:54.02
kind of go into a trance and
that should tell us enough right
00:40:54.05\00:40:56.48
there. But nevertheless then
she'd say that Mary gave her
00:40:56.52\00:40:59.02
some kind of vision or some kind
of words from heaven and then
00:40:59.05\00:41:02.89
she would tell the crowd. Now
once again the devil just goes
00:41:02.92\00:41:05.99
on the offensive, by deceiving
one he deceives many. Here's one
00:41:06.03\00:41:09.40
from a tabloid: Virgin Mary's
Urgent Message to Mankind. Does
00:41:09.43\00:41:12.60
the Bible ever say that the
Virgin Mary is going to have an
00:41:12.63\00:41:14.70
urgent message for all the world
No. Here's a book I have in my
00:41:14.74\00:41:19.11
own personal library called The
Thunder of Justice. It's really
00:41:19.14\00:41:21.08
just about spiritualism
but it says in this book it's
00:41:21.11\00:41:25.48
supposedly about the true Mary.
It says Mary had said she will
00:41:25.51\00:41:27.42
appear, if necessary, in every
single household. Now of course
00:41:27.45\00:41:31.39
that would take a divine act but
they're putting Mary in place of
00:41:31.42\00:41:34.26
the Divine. Here's another one.
Mary's Message to the World.
00:41:34.29\00:41:37.83
It says: Tell other that there
is no devil. Well we know that's
00:41:37.86\00:41:40.23
not true. Heaven and hell are
simply mental states, it says in
00:41:40.26\00:41:43.40
that book. Well, that's a lie.
In one lifetime, it says, Joseph
00:41:43.43\00:41:45.63
was a monk in Spain,...we have
all lived many lives. It goes on
00:41:45.67\00:41:50.24
to say: The real message
how to prepare ourselves for our
00:41:50.27\00:41:51.74
re-entry into the spirit world
after physical death. So it's
00:41:51.77\00:41:54.61
talking about reincarnation.
Again, it's a lie. It's not Mary
00:41:54.64\00:41:59.31
at all. It's simply a
counterfeit. Here's one from my
00:41:59.35\00:42:03.79
homeland of Canada. It's kind
of like Canada's Time Magazine,
00:42:03.82\00:42:06.89
Maclean's Magazine and it
said, You've heard the term the
00:42:06.92\00:42:10.86
immaculate conception so it's
kind of a play on words there.
00:42:10.89\00:42:12.23
The Immaculate Misconception.
It says: About 7000 people
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gathered around Joseph
Janhuszkiewicz's Marlboro, New
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Jersey home on August the
second to see the Virgin Mary
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appear (she did not).
Jankuszkiewicz claims that the
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mother of Christ, sometimes
accompanied by St. Joseph, has
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been visiting him on the first
Sunday of every month for the
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past year and a half. Now what's
he wearing? It goes on saying
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St. Joseph apparently sports a
cutoff shirt, short pants, and a
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wide belt. Well I guess he wants
to be up with the times. Well
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folks that's not Joseph right
there. That is truly a lie. Have
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you been reading all about
statues that cry or statues that
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bleed. Folks those are typical
things for Satan to do. Now of
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course some of these are
outright fraudulent. But again
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even if they weren't that's not
difficult for Satan to do that
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kind of thing. People get caught
up in all kinds of crazy things.
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Here was a window on the
side of a building and of course
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after a while, it began to
disintegrate from age and people
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looked at that and said Oh that
looks to me like a picture of
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the virgin Mary. And they made
kind of a shrine underneath it.
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Here's one from...it was a
concrete underpass and again
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chemicals are leaching out of
the concrete and someone looked
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at that and said well that looks
to me like it was Mary. Well it
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doesn't look to me that way but
nevertheless, someone thought
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and they made a place of worship
out of it. Here's one from a
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tree. Now the tree had an injury
of some kind and when it had it
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they looked inside and they had
some kind of markings inside to
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some people looked like Mary and
what did they do? They started
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gathering around crowds and
thinking that God visited him
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with a sign from heaven in this
tree. Now again someone did cut
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a log in two and when they did
it had some interesting shapes
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inside that they said well it
looks like Mary holding Jesus so
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once again they're taking a sign
from a log. Now here's the most
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famous one. I saved the most
famous one till last. Some lady
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was in her kitchen making a
grilled cheese sandwich and when
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she was making the grilled
cheese sandwich you know she
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lifted it up and she said there
is the face of Mary. Now if that
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wasn't crazy enough she sold
that grilled cheese sandwich
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on EBay, get this now, for
$28,000. It makes you want to
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grill now more these days.
Forget boiling, just grill,
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right? Folks when God wants to
give a message He's not going to
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do it through leaching concrete
and stained windows and grilled
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cheese sandwiches, amen.
Remember now. Revelation 16:14
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it says For in the last days
they'll go up the spirits of
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devils working miracles, which
go forth unto the kings of the
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earth. Matthew 24:24, we were
here last night. For there shall
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arise false Christs and false
prophets, and they shall show,
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notice now, great signs and
wonders. Now one from 1 Timothy
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chapter 4: Now the Spirit speaks
expressly, Paul said, that in
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the latter times some shall
depart from the faith, giving
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heed to, what kind of spirit,
seducing spirits, and doctrines
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of devils. The spirits
are trying to seduce us into
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communicating with them because
once they do that, oh folks,
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listen. Demonic spirits try to
get us into demonic games. And
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unfortunately our youth today
are so susceptible to that but
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playing or watching demonic
games is not innocent fun. Amen?
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It is not simply exploring
the unknown. It is contact with
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demons, angels who rebelled
against God and they want to
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destroy us. Spiritualism claims
to contact the dead. But they're
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really contacting the demons
that are impersonating the dead.
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And so those who practice those
kind of divinations if you want
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to call it to use the
Bible terms. They're violating a
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direct command of God-Thou
shalt have no other gods before
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me and they are actually
allowing, when you get into
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demonic games like that you're
actually allowing demons to take
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control of your mind. When I
have had seminars like this I
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will have people come up to
me and they'll say, this has
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happened many times folks.
They'll say I've got voices in
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my home that shouldn't be there.
I've got things moving that I
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know indicate demonic activity.
Why is this happening? And I'll
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say, Hey listen, I've got two
questions to ask you. Have you
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visited a fortune teller or a
psychic of some kind? Well yeah
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but nothing wrong with that.
It was just innocent. We thought
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we'd fool around with it. Or
I'll say have you played with a
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Ouija board or some kind of
demonic game like that. Well
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yeah. It's just innocent isn't
it? Well it's just often one of
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those two things. Because when
we play with the devil's toys
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the devil claims to have access
to us in that home. Did you know
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that? If you have an Ouija board
in your home do the very best
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thing. You take that outside and
you burn it, Amen? Get rid of it
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Because it's just practicing
a form of divination. It's
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basically trying to obtain
secret information from the
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spirit world. It's basically
just a kind of s�ance. So it's a
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real tool of the demons. Belief
in the supernatural has become
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immensely popular. It's drawing
people in increasingly large
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numbers through books
and through games and through
00:47:12.83\00:47:16.20
television shows and through
movies and of course these
00:47:16.23\00:47:20.77
shows that feature demons and
feature witchcraft. Harry Potter
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we've already mentioned that.
Halloween is all about the dead
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coming back to life, it's just
perpetuating that lie. So Satan
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loves to get us playing with
those satanic demons because it
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breaks down our defenses but it
all goes back to the devil's lie
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Back in the garden of Eden when
Satan said to Eve, You shall not
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surely, what? Die. Now
again here is some good news. We
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looked at this already tonight
but in Ecclesiastes 9 and verse
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5 it says: For the living know
that they shall die: but the
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dead know not, how much?
Anything. That one verse folks
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can save us from a thousand
forms of spiritualism. It's a
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wall of protection. And when you
understand that nothing or no
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one who passes unto the dead can
contact us in the land of the
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living. When you understand that
the devil can't get to you that
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way. You see spiritualism does
for the demons what lures do for
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the fisherman. When a fisherman
goes out with his tackle box
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right full of lures, he doesn't
have one lure; he has many lures
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Why? Because different fish bite
on different kinds of bate. In
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the same way Satan has all kinds
of forms of spiritualism because
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what will fool your mind may
not fool mine and what will fool
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mine may not fool yours.
So he has different kinds of
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spiritualism to fool different
kinds of people's thinking. Now
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let's go into the New Testament.
Once you've seen this folks it
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absolutely brings to life
these great verses of the New
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Testament. 1 Corinthians 15 says
in verse 51, Behold I show you a
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mystery; we shall not all sleep.
What does Paul call death? Sleep
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But we shall all be changed, in
a moment, in the twinkling of an
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eye, at the last trump: for
the trumpet shall sound and the
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dead shall be raised
incorruptible, and we shall be
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changed. For this corruptible
must put on incorruption, and
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this mortal must put on
immortality. Let me pause right
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there. If we are going to put on
immortality why would we put it
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on if we already had it? Right?
Again, truth is logical friends.
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If it doesn't make sense, it's
not going to be the truth. So
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let's keep going here. So when
this corruptible shall put on
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incorruption and when this
mortal shall put on immortality,
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then shall be brought to
pass the saying that is written,
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Death is swallowed up in victory
Then meaning at that time and
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not before. Here's one I love
from Colossians. Colossians 3
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and verse 4. It says: When
Christ, who is our life shall
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appear, then shall you appear
with him in glory. This is what
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I call friend a when/then text.
A when/then text. When something
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happens then something else is
going to occur. So it says when
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Christ appears in glory then we
will appear with him. Has Christ
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appeared in glory yet? No.
It would be an impossibility for
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people to be in heaven right now
because Jesus hasn't appeared in
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glory yet. Just look at the
verses of the Bible text. Here
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from Luke 14:14. This is from
the New King James. It says: And
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you will be blessed, for they
cannot repay you. They being the
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blind, the maimed, the lame and
so on. For you shall be repaid
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at the, say it folks,
resurrection of the just. It
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just makes so much sense, friend
It says that's when your reward
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will come, when the resurrection
comes. In fact, the only way the
00:50:31.63\00:50:36.46
resurrection has any relevance
is that the dead are in the
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grave waiting to be brought back
to life, right? Because if the
00:50:38.83\00:50:42.20
dead are already in heaven why
have a resurrection, right? Are
00:50:42.24\00:50:45.94
the dead going to rise down?
Does that make any sense? Well
00:50:45.97\00:50:48.01
of course not. Now let's keep
going here. John 5, we looked at
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this: All that are in the graves
shall hear his voice and come
00:50:54.22\00:50:56.02
forth. So Jesus is teaching this
in John 5. Remember I told that
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in John 11 Martha said back to
Jesus, I know he will rise again
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in the resurrection at the
last day. Here's what Jesus is
00:51:04.23\00:51:07.36
teaching in John 5 and now
in John 6. But before we get to
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John 6 let me just say one other
thing. In the days of Paul the
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pagans of Paul's day they
had lost hope in the future. For
00:51:15.70\00:51:20.18
them death was a dark hole in
the ground from which there was
00:51:20.21\00:51:24.18
no hope and Paul comes along
with the Gospel message and he
00:51:24.21\00:51:27.42
says if you believe in the
Messiah Jesus, there will be a
00:51:27.45\00:51:32.02
life to come. There will be a
resurrection to come and so the
00:51:32.05\00:51:36.29
Bible uses the word resurrection
about 41 times and many other
00:51:36.32\00:51:39.43
times it refers to the
resurrection. But Paul is always
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referring over and over and
over to that event called the
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resurrection. Now let's go take
a look here at what Jesus said
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here in John 6 verse 39: And
this is the Father's will which
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has sent me, that of all which
he has given me I should lose
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nothing, but should raise it up
again, say it out loud friends;
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at the last day. Okay now
when Jesus wants to emphasize
00:52:00.18\00:52:04.92
something he repeats it. So he
says, I'll raise the church up
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at the last day. Now here it is
in verse 40, the next verse: And
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this is the will of him that
sent me, that every one which
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seeth the Son, and believes
on him, may that be all of us
00:52:14.23\00:52:17.63
tonight folks, may have ever
lasting life and I will raise
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him up, say it friend at the
last day. Is twice enough or did
00:52:21.04\00:52:26.44
Jesus have to tell us again?
Here it is, verse 44, you got it
00:52:26.47\00:52:30.15
No man can come to me except
the Father which has sent me
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draw him: and I will raise him
up, say it out loud folks, at
00:52:33.01\00:52:37.22
the last day. Is three-time
enough or does Jesus have to say
00:52:37.25\00:52:40.06
it a fourth time? Here it is:
Verse 54. Whoso eateth my flesh,
00:52:40.09\00:52:45.06
and drinketh my blood, hath
eternal life; once again, and I
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will raise him up, when folks?
At the last day. Is the Bible
00:52:48.56\00:52:54.87
making it clear to us. Oh isn't
Bible study great. Death is a
00:52:54.90\00:52:58.31
peaceful sleep till Jesus raises
us up. Now notice something
00:52:58.34\00:53:03.35
interesting here. People who
try to get around the obvious
00:53:03.38\00:53:08.45
they'll say oh well at death
your soul flies off to heaven
00:53:08.48\00:53:12.55
and at the resurrection God
raises the body up and he takes
00:53:12.59\00:53:15.92
your soul down and he puts them
together like that. It doesn't
00:53:15.96\00:53:19.83
say that folks. That's
just crazy thinking really. He
00:53:19.86\00:53:22.76
doesn't say I will raise the
body up. It says I will raise
00:53:22.80\00:53:25.13
him up. I will raise her up at
the last day. The entire person.
00:53:25.17\00:53:32.17
I will put my breath of life
back into that person and then
00:53:32.21\00:53:37.35
their character, their
personality will come back and
00:53:37.38\00:53:40.92
he said they will rise again. So
don't fall into that idea that
00:53:40.95\00:53:44.29
somehow he's just raising bodies
up. It's a beautiful truth for
00:53:44.32\00:53:47.52
many to know that their dead
loved ones are not in purgatory
00:53:47.56\00:53:50.26
or their not down in hellfire
somewhere but their just
00:53:50.29\00:53:54.53
sleeping peacefully. It's a
comforting thought. Some of you
00:53:54.56\00:53:58.57
were here last night. Chapter 4
verse 13 says: I would not have
00:53:58.60\00:54:00.67
to be ignorant brethren,
concerning them which are asleep
00:54:00.70\00:54:03.00
What did Paul call death here?
Asleep. That you sorrow not,
00:54:03.04\00:54:06.71
even as others which have no
hope. Now there were many others
00:54:06.74\00:54:09.08
that didn't believe and of
course they were going to sorrow
00:54:09.11\00:54:11.15
because they had no hope in the
future. But he goes on. For if
00:54:11.18\00:54:14.42
we believe that Jesus died and
rose again, even so them also
00:54:14.45\00:54:17.92
and here's that term friends...
them also which sleep in Jesus
00:54:17.95\00:54:22.62
Isn't that a beautiful term?
That's where they got it from,
00:54:22.66\00:54:23.99
sleeping in Jesus, will God
bring with him, for this we say
00:54:24.03\00:54:27.10
to you by the word of the Lord,
that we which are alive and
00:54:27.13\00:54:29.03
remain unto the coming of
the Lord shall not prevent, that
00:54:29.06\00:54:31.77
means proceed them, which are
asleep. Again he's talking about
00:54:31.80\00:54:34.47
death being a sleep. For the
Lord himself will descend from
00:54:34.50\00:54:37.97
heaven...Here's the second
coming folk with a shout, with
00:54:38.01\00:54:40.68
the voice of the archangel, and
with the trump of God: and the
00:54:40.71\00:54:43.61
dead in Christ shall rise first:
And once again if the dead are
00:54:43.65\00:54:47.52
in heaven where they going
to rise from? Wouldn't make any
00:54:47.55\00:54:50.19
sense would it? So many people
they don't think of it logically
00:54:50.22\00:54:53.66
like that. It goes on, verse
17: Then we which are alive and
00:54:53.69\00:54:57.76
remain shall be caught up
together with them in the clouds
00:54:57.79\00:54:59.89
to meet the Lord in the, where
again? Keep in mind this isn't
00:54:59.93\00:55:05.03
our subject tonight, it was last
night. But if anyone is walking
00:55:05.07\00:55:08.67
this earth claiming to be Jesus
you just remember this verse
00:55:08.70\00:55:10.51
right here. We're going to meet
Jesus in the air, not walking
00:55:10.54\00:55:12.51
around down here. And so shall
we ever be with the Lord. And
00:55:12.54\00:55:18.01
then he says in verse 18:
Wherefore comfort one another
00:55:18.05\00:55:21.18
love this, with these words.
Have you ever been to a funeral
00:55:21.22\00:55:25.49
and a person's really grieving
You want to say something that
00:55:25.52\00:55:30.06
is comforting. You want to say
something that's meaningful. And
00:55:30.09\00:55:33.63
many people because they don't
understand the Bible, they'll
00:55:33.66\00:55:35.70
they think the best thing to say
would be if they're a Christian
00:55:35.73\00:55:39.77
they'd say, Listen, it's all
right. They're in heaven right
00:55:39.80\00:55:43.17
now with Jesus. And it seems
like a comforting thing to say.
00:55:43.20\00:55:46.64
But the Bible never says to
say that. It says comfort one
00:55:46.68\00:55:50.75
another with what words? These
words and what words are these
00:55:50.78\00:55:55.22
words, he's just said it, Jesus
is coming again. Jesus is going
00:55:55.25\00:56:00.39
to return, he's going to raise
the dead. Those which are alive
00:56:00.42\00:56:04.23
and believe in him will be
caught up together with them in
00:56:04.26\00:56:06.16
the clouds, we'll meet them in
the air and so shall we always
00:56:06.19\00:56:09.13
be with him. No more death, no
more parting. Oh friends, that's
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to be our comforting thought.
Now in John 14, remember this
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from last night too? It says:
I go to prepare a place for you.
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And if I go prepare a place
for you, I will come again, and
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receive you. It's the
resurrection that makes
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that possible. Jesus wants us
to be with him. He says: I will
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come. And when he comes he
raises them up and then we're
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together with Jesus. Now if
ever was a man that we knew was
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probably saved it would be
the apostle Paul, right? Now the
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apostle Paul he describes his
soon death. He says, 2 Timothy 4
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and verse 6. He says: For I am
now ready to be offered. And the
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time of my departure is at hand.
I have fought a good fight. I
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have finished my course. I have
kept the faith. Don't you want
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to have those words on your lips
when you're about to face death?
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Oh friends I hope I would. He
says: Henceforth is laid up for
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me a crown of righteousness
which the Lord the righteous
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judge shall give me, at the
moment I die and go to heaven to
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be with Jesus. Is that what
it says? No it doesn't say that.
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People read that into it
very strongly don't they but it
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doesn't say that. It says: Will
give me at that what? Day. Now
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what day is he talking about. He
goes on to say it. And not to me
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only but unto all them also that
love his, what's that next word?
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appearing. The day that he's
talking about, the day when he
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will get his crown is the day of
his appearing. Now what day is
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that? Well we just looked
at that our last time together.
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Matthew 24 verse 30. It says:
And then shall, what's that next
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word? Appear, here's the
appearing, the sign of the Son
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of man in heaven: and then shall
all the tribes of the earth
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mourn, and they shall see
the Son of man, that's of course
00:57:43.32\00:57:47.13
Jesus, coming in the clouds
of heaven with power and great
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glory. That's the second coming.
That's when he appears, that's
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when Paul says he's looking
forward to that time and he says
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I will get my crown in that day.
Wow. Say Amen out there friends.
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It's so plain. How crystal clear
the Bible is. There's no room
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for misinterpretation here. Paul
said, I know I'm saved, I know
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I've got a crown of
righteousness waiting for me
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and I know when I'm going to
get it. I'm going to get it when
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Jesus comes. At his appearing.
And all the things that trouble
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us now will be
passed away forever.
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