Our message is entitled,
"Can the Dead Speak to Us?"
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In this topic we're
going to expose from God's word
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the devil's deadly deceptions,
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lovely lies and
confusing counterfeits.
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And friends, the
reason why this is important
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because there's
many different ideas
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and there's a lot of confusion
about what happens at death.
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Many people believe
that when a person dies
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they become a spirit or they go
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and wander around
through this world
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looking for a resting place.
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They go to the spirit
world or they become a ghost
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or they go on live
with their ancestors
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that have passed away before.
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Other people believe
that when a person dies
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they are reincarnated
into another form of life
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or they come back to
give messages to the living.
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Many eastern religions
like Buddhism and Confucianism
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and Hinduism
believe in reincarnation.
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They reincarnated
into another form of life
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whether it be a human
life or even an animal life,
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depending on the karma,
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depending on how you lived
your life in that lifetime.
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Most Christians however
believe that when a person dies
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they go straight
to heaven or hell
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and then there are
others who believe that
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they go to a mid
place call purgatory.
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Then there are
others who believe that
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when you die you
go into the ground,
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the grave and there you rest
until the resurrection of Jesus,
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the resurrection
when Jesus comes.
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And then there
are a lot of others
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who don't believe
in life after death.
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Atheist who said that
there's no such thing,
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that all we have is this life
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and after we die
that's it, the end.
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So we see that
there's a lot of confusion
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even in the Christian world
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about where
people go when they die
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and what exactly
happens after death.
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So with all
these conflicting ideas
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the question we
need to answer tonight
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is what really
happens when a person dies?
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Can the dead speak to us
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and can the living
communicate with the dead?
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You see, since the
very beginning of time
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Satan tried to
confuse man about death.
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In fact, did you
notice that his very first lie
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that Satan told was concerning
what happens at death.
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God said to Adam and Eve,
do not partake of this fruit
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for in the day
that you eat thereof
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you shall surely, what?
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Die.
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God made it clear that
sin result in death not life.
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But then the serpent came
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and said something
different than what God said.
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Notice what Genesis 3:4, 5 says,
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"And the serpent
said unto the woman,
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ye shall not surely die."
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Here Satan puts a question mark
where God had placed a period.
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God said you are going
to die but the serpent said,
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you won't surely die.
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Well, what's gonna happen then?
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It continues.
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"For God doth know that
in the day ye eat thereof,
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then your eyes shall be" what?
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"Opened, and ye
shall be as gods,
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knowing good and evil."
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Here Satan
contradicts the word of God,
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he says, "You won't surely die."
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In other words, you
will die but not surely
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but rather your
eyes are gonna be open.
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You are gonna be like God,
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you gonna know
more just like God.
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In others, Eve,
death is not as bad
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as God has made it out to be.
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Eve, you will
die but not surely.
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You see, Eve's death is
simply one phase of existence
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to much higher
exalted phase of existence.
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You see, when you
die your body may die
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but your soul will
live on in consciousness,
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your eyes are going to be open.
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In other words, Eve,
you are gonna see things
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that you've never seen before.
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Death is not the end.
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The body dies but the soul
lives in a state of conscious.
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You will be just like
God knowing good and evil.
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And friends, this is the origin
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of the doctrine
of the immortal soul.
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The doctrine of the what?
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The teaching that says
that when you die your body dies
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but your soul
lives on in consciousness
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because the soul is immortal.
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That's exactly what
the serpent was saying
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as he lied to our first parents.
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And by the way friends,
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almost every religion
believes in this doctrine,
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the doctrine of
the immortal soul.
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And how do I know that?
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You see, it will be
hard for me to find someone
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that is willing to
walk through a cemetery,
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12'o clock
midnight on Friday 13.
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Do you know, why people
are not comfortable doing that?
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Because everyone knows
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that the people in
the cemetery are dead
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but maybe not surely dead.
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They are not sure.
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They are dead-- they died
but maybe not surely dead.
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They believe--
most people believe
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that the dead are conscious
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or they are able to communicate
and scare the living.
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And friends, this is
the original spiritualism,
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this is the devil's doctrine.
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In fact, I want you to notice
the Fox sisters-- in New York,
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they are the ones that began
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to hear sounds of
rapping's and other things
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and this was the birthplace
of modern spiritualism.
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And the basic
fundamental foundational
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belief in spiritualism
is that there is no death
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and there are no dead.
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In other words, your body dies
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but your soul
lives on in consciousness
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that you will not surely die.
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This is the
foundational principal
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of all pagan religions.
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In fact, notice what
this one spiritualist said
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in a book about spiritualism,
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"The fundamental
principle of spiritualism
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is that human beings survive"
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what? "Bodily death.
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And that
occasionally, under conditions
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not yet fully understood,
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we can communicate with
those who have gone before."
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So what are the
foundational principals
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of spiritualism Satanic worship
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is that when a person
dies they do not really die.
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They survive bodily death.
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And friends, this
belief paves the way
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for demons in disguise
to come to deceive people.
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And friends, they acknowledge
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that this is
the devil's doctrine
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and they even quote the serpent
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as the
originator of this doctrine.
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I want you to notice
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what another
spiritualist have to say,
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"Spiritualism says that
the dead know more than" who?
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"Then the living.
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'And the serpent
said unto the woman,
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you shall not surely die.'
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In this, as in many
other Bible passages,
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the Devil told the truth
and the Lord is in error."
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You see, those who
believe in spiritualism
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they acknowledge that this
came directly from the serpent.
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That when the serpent
said, you won't surely die,
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that he was
actually telling the truth.
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And friends, while this
may sound shocking to us
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did you know that
almost every Christian church
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is saying the exact same thing.
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How do I know? Well,
friends, think about it.
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What do most Christians believes
happens when a person dies?
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Where did they go?
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Straight to heaven or
hell, isn't that right?
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And friends, if that were true,
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if it's true that when we die
we go straight to heaven or hell
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then that would mean
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that the dead know
more than the living.
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Because, if you died
and went straight to heaven
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that means you would know
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more than just what
took place in this world,
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you would also know
what's taking place in heaven.
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In Revelation 1:18 Jesus said,
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"I am He that
lives, and was dead,
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and behold, I am
alive for evermore, Amen.
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And have the keys of hell."
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That's the Greek word
Hades which means the grave.
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What is it mean? Grave.
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In other words, I have the keys
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of the grave and of death.
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In other words, friends,
if anyone knows that happens
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when a person dies
surely it would be Jesus
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because He
experienced that first hand.
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He died and rose again
therefore He can tell us clearly
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what really
happens when a person dies.
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Can you say, amen?
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And so now we go to the
words of Jesus in the Bible
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to find out what
really happens at death.
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And so here's what
I am gonna do tonight.
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Before we can
understand the mystery of death
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we first must
understand the equation of life.
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Before we can
understand the mystery of death
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we first must understand what?
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The equation of life.
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And only when we can--
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when we can
understand the equation of life
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that is how God made
us and what man made of,
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when we can
understand that clearly
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it's only then that
we can truly understand
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what exactly
happens when a person dies.
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And so this is what we
are going to do tonight.
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We are gonna put
the topic of death
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on the side for a moment
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and we're gonna
pick up this topic
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about how God made
us, the equation of life.
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And then we can
understand that clearly,
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we'll pick up death
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and then we will make a
logical congruent sense.
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Are you with me, yes or no?
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So I want you to notice
now how did God make us?
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What is the
creation equation of life?
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The Bible tells
us in Genesis 2:7,
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that God did not create us
by speaking us into existence.
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He created all things
by His word except for man.
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When it came to man He
got in His hands and knees
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and He formed us out of the dust
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and the reason why is because
action speaks louder than words.
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God wanted the human race
to realize that we are special
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and we are not
like the other animals
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like evolution
calls as man to think.
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Notice what it
says in Genesis 2:7,
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"And the Lord God
formed man of the" what?
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"The dust of the ground,
and breathed into his" what?
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"Nostrils the breath of life,
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and man became"
man, what is that word?
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"Became a living soul."
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Friends, this is the
creation equation of man,
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it is essential for
us to break this down
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and understand it clearly
before we can understand death.
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How did God make us?
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He took the dust of the
earth to form the body of man
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and after He got
that body together
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He then breath into the nostrils
of man the life giving breath
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and when He combines
His breath with the dust,
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when He brought these
two elements together,
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the Bible says that
man became a living soul.
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I emphasize the word became
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because it does not say
that man was given a soul,
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man became a soul.
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Man, what? Became.
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Because what is a soul?
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The soul is simply the
combination of the dust
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and the breath of the God.
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Here it is friends, the
creation equation of man.
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You can write this
down, God took the dust,
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He added His life giving breath
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and as a result these two
things equal a living soul.
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And friends, a living
soul is simply a living person.
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Note very carefully friends,
that man was not given a soul
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as if the soul is type of
spiritual entity inside of you
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but it says that
man became a living soul
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because of the
dust and the breath
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man became a living soul.
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Is that's clear so far
would you please say, amen?
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Now here's what's
important tonight.
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The confusion about death
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lies in the
confusion of terminology.
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The confusion of death
lies in the confusion of what?
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Terminology, in other words
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what words means
the definition of words.
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And so is we can define terms,
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if we can define
words clearly from the Bible
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then the confusion of death
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is going to be
dispelled from our minds.
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And so this is
what we're gonna do.
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We want to find out
what exactly is the soul?
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What exactly is the dust
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and what exactly is the breath?
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Let's first start with the soul.
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What is the soul?
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Many people think that
soul is something inside of you
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that flees your body at
death and lives in a state
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of
consciousness and immortality.
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But friends, let's find out
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what the Bible
tells us about the soul.
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If you look at the word soul
in the original Hebrew language
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it's the word Nephesh.
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Can you say that? Nephesh.
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And the word
Nephesh literally means
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a living being,
person or creature.
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In other words, you
don't have a soul inside of you
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but you are a soul.
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Man became a living soul.
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Notice how the
Bible uses the word soul
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in the Book of Acts 2:41,
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this is on the day of Pentecost.
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Peter preached,
3,000 people are baptized
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but notice what it says,
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Acts 2:41 "Then they that gladly
received his word were baptized,
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and that day about
three thousand souls
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were added to them."
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Now the Bible tells us
3,000 souls were added,
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does that mean that
3,000 spiritualistic entities
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entered inside of people?
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What is it mean
when it says 3,000 souls
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were added to them?
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It simply means 3,000 people.
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Three thousand
people were baptized
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and became
members of the church.
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Have you ever
used the expression,
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"oh, you poor soul."
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Oh, you poor soul, have
you ever said that before?
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What do you mean when
you say you poor soul?
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Are you talking about
something inside of the person
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or are you
talking about the person?
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You are talking about the person
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and that's how the
Bible uses this word,
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it's referring to the
person, the living being.
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In fact you can also right down
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Acts 7:14 and Acts 27:37
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and over and over
again in the Bible
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a soul is not
something that you have,
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it is something that you are.
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Not something that is in
you, but something that is you.
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And if this is clear
would you please say, amen?
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So we are souls.
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Now the next question
is this, can the soul die?
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Satan says no,
you won't surely die.
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Your soul is going to
continue living in immortality.
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But can the soul die?
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Oh, all you have you do is
ask the question, can you die?
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So if you are a
soul and if you can die,
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can the soul die yes or no?
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And that's
exactly the Bible teaches.
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Notice what it says in the Book
of Ezekiel 18:4, write it down.
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And by the way
friends, you are about to get
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at least 40 scriptures tonight
from Genesis to Revelation
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so that we can have
a clear understanding.
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We are not gonna build a
doctrine one or two verses
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but what the
entire Bible has to say
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concerning this topic.
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Can you say, amen? Amen.
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And that's the only way
we can know what truth is.
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Look at all other
verses, put then together
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and compare them
and read the context.
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And so notice the Bible
is clear, the soul dies.
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Ezekiel 18:4,
"Behold, all souls are Mine,
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as the soul of the father,
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so also the soul
of the son is Mine,
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and the soul that
sins, it shall live forever."
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Is that what it says?
Does the soul live forever?
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The soul that sin, it shall die.
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Why, because the
wages of sin is death.
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And how many have sinned
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and fallen short of
the glory of the God?
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All have sinned
therefore all of us
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are subject to death.
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You see friends,
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man is not
immortal, man is mortal.
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Subject to death because of sin
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and the soul is
referring to you and me
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not something
that is inside of you.
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In fact notice, this same
verse in other translations
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make the soul or
pointing out that the soul
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is talking about
the whole person.
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Notice in
today's English version,
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the verse in Ezekiel 18:4 says,
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"The person who sins
is the one who will die."
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Why, because the
soul is the person.
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In the living Bible it says,
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"It is for man's own
sin that he will die."
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Because the soul, that's you.
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And then in the New
American Standard Bible,
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"The soul (person)
who sins will die."
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What is the soul?
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It's simply you,
not something in you
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but it is you.
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And if that's clear
would you please say, amen?
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In fact in the King James Bible
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he uses the word
soul over 1,600 times
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but never once you
finds the expression
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the immortal soul in the Bible
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because the soul is not immortal
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only God is immortal.
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In fact, notice in 1
Timothy 6:15, 16 the Bible says,
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"The King of Kings, and Lord
of Lords, Who only hath" what?
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And that word
immortality means can not die.
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Who is the only
one that can not die?
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God, friends.
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Why, because He
has life in Himself.
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He's the source of life.
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But man, friends,
derives his life from God.
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You see, our life
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is not something
that we have in ourselves,
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it is only a gift from God.
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But remember what
the serpent said to Eve,
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if you sin you will be like God
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and God is immortal.
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In other words, if you
sin you are gonna be immortal.
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And if you are
immortal then you don't need God
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and that's exactly what
Satan wants people to believe
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in this doctrine
of the immortal soul
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that most pagan,
all pagan in fact
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and most Christian
churches believe and teach.
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And so let's walk through
this together as we review.
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We are taking our time with this
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so we can have a
clear understanding.
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What is the
creation equation of man?
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God took the dust of the ground
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to form the body,
the physical body of man
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and then breathe
into the nostrils
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His-- what? Breath,
His life giving breath.
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So when God took the dust
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He added His breath.
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These two things
together equals a living soul
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which is simply a living person.
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If it's clear so far
would you please say, amen?
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Now here' the next question,
and everything hinges on this.
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Friends, listen, this is
where the confusion creeps in.
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Here' the question,
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is the breath a
part of the soul?
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Yes or no?
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Listen to the question,
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is the breath a
part of the soul?
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Yes or no? Yes,
at least 50%, right?
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We all agree that the breath
is at least a part of the soul.
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But now here's
the next question,
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is the breath the
same thing as the soul?
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Is the breath the
same thing as the soul?
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Yes or no? The
answer is no, friends.
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And that's' where
the confusion creeps in.
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Many people
think that the breath
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and the soul are
synonyms but its not.
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The breath is a part of the soul
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but it is not the soul,
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you are the soul
and I am the soul.
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The breath is
simply a part of us.
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And so now the
next question is this,
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what is the breath of
life? What is the breath?
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Let's take a look at the Bible,
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in the Book of Job
27:3, the Bible says,
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"All the while my
breath is in me, and the" what?
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"Spirit of God is" where?
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But what did God breath
into the nostrils of man?
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His breath.
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But this says the spirit
of God is in my nostrils.
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Do you know why?
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Because the breath and
the spirit are synonyms.
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What God breath
into our nostrils
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was His life giving breath
or His life giving spirit?
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In fact, notice another
one, in the Book of Job 33:4,
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the Bible says, "The
spirit of God hath made me"
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what hath made us?
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The spirit.
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"And the breath of the Almighty
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hath given me" what?
00:19:13.73\00:19:15.02
"Life."
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And so we find
that the word breath
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and the word spirit and
the word life are synonyms.
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God gave to the ball of clay--
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I mean, the form
of clay of our body
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he gave a life by
giving us the spirit
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or His breath in out nostrils.
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In fact, if you were
to look up the word breath
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in the original
Hebrew it's the word Ruwach.
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Can you say that? Ruwach.
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You go to kind of
bark it out, Ruwach.
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And it literally means the
spirit, breath, or the wind.
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So what is the breath?
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It's simply the spirit
or it's the spark of life.
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2 Corinthians 3:6 says,
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that the spirit gives what?
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So the breath or the
spirit is the spark of life.
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It's what cause
the form that of a body
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that clay, the
dust to come to life.
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Now that we
understand the origin of life,
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now we can
understand the mystery of death.
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You know why?
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Because death is
simply the life in reverse.
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Notice what the Bible says
happens when a person dies.
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It says in the Book of
Psalm 104:29, write it down.
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"Thou hidest thy
face, they are troubled,
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thou takest away their" what?
00:20:21.86\00:20:23.78
"Breath," and what happens?
00:20:23.81\00:20:25.59
"They die, and
return to their dust."
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And so here we find three parts,
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the breath, the
soul and the body.
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The bible tells us
that when the breath
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and the body separate we die.
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The souls simply dies,
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the body decomposes and goes
back to dust when that happens.
00:20:41.31\00:20:45.05
In fact, notice another
one, in the Book of Ecclesiastes
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they says the same thing
but little bit different.
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Ecclesiastes 12:7 says,
00:20:49.64\00:20:51.99
"Then shall the dust
return to the earth as it was
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and the spirit shall
return unto God who gave it."
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When you die
your body decomposes,
00:20:58.77\00:21:00.67
it goes back to dust.
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The spirit goes
back to God who gave it.
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But does that mean
that you back to God?
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Are you the spirit?
No, you are not the spirit.
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What are you?
00:21:09.08\00:21:10.11
You are the soul,
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the spirit is
just a spark of life.
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It's the breath.
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The breath goes
back to God who give it,
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you know why,
because there is no breath,
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there is no life outside of God.
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It simply goes
back to the source,
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but as for you, the
soul, you simply die.
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And I noticed another
one, in Psalms 146:3, 4,
00:21:26.02\00:21:30.29
the bible says, "Put
not your trust in princes,
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nor in the son of man,
in whom there is no help.
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His breath goes forth."
00:21:35.60\00:21:37.03
What happens when
breath separates from the body?
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"His breath goes forth,
and he returns to his earth,
00:21:39.37\00:21:43.96
in that very day
his thoughts" what?
00:21:43.99\00:21:46.45
"Perish."
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So the bible tells us
00:21:47.54\00:21:48.57
that when the breath
separates from the body
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the souls simply dies.
00:21:50.04\00:21:51.70
The body decomposes
from ashes to the ashes
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and from dust to dust, right?
00:21:53.93\00:21:56.76
The breath goes back to God,
00:21:56.79\00:21:57.89
the life giving energy of God
00:21:57.92\00:21:59.37
and the soul simply
perishes, it simply dies.
00:21:59.40\00:22:02.53
And then noticed
another one in James 2:26,
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it says that, "The body without
the spirit is simply" what?
00:22:05.48\00:22:08.55
"Dead."
00:22:08.58\00:22:09.61
So there is no
life, when the breath
00:22:09.64\00:22:11.70
and the body
separate the soul simply dies.
00:22:11.73\00:22:14.87
It goes to the grave.
00:22:14.90\00:22:15.93
In fact, we can
say it like this,
00:22:15.96\00:22:17.35
the body minus the breath
00:22:17.38\00:22:19.73
or separate from the breath
of the life equals a dead soul
00:22:19.76\00:22:24.01
which is simply a dead, what?
00:22:24.04\00:22:26.25
Person. Person.
00:22:26.28\00:22:27.39
In fact, let me
illustrate it like this.
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If that's clear
would you please say, amen?
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Oh, but it's going to
get clearer, don't worry.
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What is that on the screen?
00:22:32.39\00:22:33.95
Now friends, tell me,
00:22:33.98\00:22:35.01
does the light
bulb have light in
00:22:35.04\00:22:36.85
and of itself, yes or no?
00:22:36.88\00:22:38.76
No, it's just a shell, right?
00:22:38.79\00:22:40.31
In the same way this
body is just a shell.
00:22:40.34\00:22:43.56
We do not have
life in ourselves.
00:22:43.59\00:22:45.83
This body is just a
shell, it's gonna turn to dust.
00:22:45.86\00:22:48.36
But what happens when we
take the shell of the light bulb
00:22:48.39\00:22:51.52
and connect it
to the power source?
00:22:51.55\00:22:53.93
What happen when we connect
the shell to the power source?
00:22:53.96\00:22:56.71
We now have light.
00:22:56.74\00:22:59.03
In the same way when
you connect the body,
00:22:59.06\00:23:00.86
the shell with the power
source that breath of God,
00:23:00.89\00:23:04.14
that the spirit of
God, we have a life.
00:23:04.17\00:23:07.28
We have a soul, a living soul.
00:23:07.31\00:23:10.53
That's what happens.
00:23:10.56\00:23:11.89
Now what happens when
we disconnect the shell
00:23:11.92\00:23:16.46
from the power source?
00:23:16.49\00:23:17.52
What happens when we disconnect
the shell from the power source?
00:23:17.55\00:23:20.63
The light
simply goes out, right?
00:23:20.66\00:23:24.86
In the same way,
00:23:24.89\00:23:26.04
when this body is separated
from the breath of God,
00:23:26.07\00:23:27.96
the soul the
light simply goes out.
00:23:27.99\00:23:31.22
Now here is the next question,
00:23:31.25\00:23:32.80
where did the light go?
00:23:32.83\00:23:34.97
Where did it go?
00:23:35.00\00:23:36.76
Did it go to some light heaven
00:23:36.79\00:23:38.19
or light hell
or light purgatory?
00:23:38.22\00:23:40.89
Where it go, friends?
It's simply ceases to exist.
00:23:40.92\00:23:46.39
What happen is the electrical
current goes back to the source
00:23:46.42\00:23:49.32
and now all you
have is the shell
00:23:49.35\00:23:51.24
and where is the light?
00:23:51.27\00:23:52.30
It simply gone,
it ceases to exist.
00:23:52.33\00:23:54.64
Well, what needs to
happen in order for the light
00:23:54.67\00:23:56.54
to turn back on again,
in the light bulb scenario?
00:23:56.57\00:23:58.85
We have to reconnect the
shell with the power source
00:23:58.88\00:24:03.18
and as we do this, the
light turns back on again.
00:24:03.21\00:24:07.30
And that's what death is like.
00:24:07.33\00:24:09.84
When the breath
in the body separates
00:24:09.87\00:24:12.04
the light of your
soul ceases to exist
00:24:12.07\00:24:16.67
except in the
memory and the mind of God.
00:24:16.70\00:24:22.28
He, friends, is
the keeper of our soul
00:24:22.31\00:24:26.11
and He has the power
00:24:26.14\00:24:27.55
to resurrect our
soul back to life, how?
00:24:27.58\00:24:30.55
By reconnecting the
body and the breath together,
00:24:30.58\00:24:34.21
but when would
He reconnect the--
00:24:34.24\00:24:35.71
when He's gonna
turns on the light again?
00:24:35.74\00:24:37.27
Not at death but
when He comes again
00:24:37.30\00:24:39.78
at the resurrection, its then
00:24:39.81\00:24:41.82
that the soul will
be raised back the life.
00:24:41.85\00:24:44.17
Can you say, amen? Amen.
00:24:44.20\00:24:45.46
Notice what it says in
1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17,
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"For the Lord himself shall
00:24:48.54\00:24:49.57
descend from
heaven with a shout,
00:24:49.60\00:24:51.00
with the voice of the archangel,
and with the trump of God
00:24:51.03\00:24:53.38
and the dead in
Christ shall" what?
00:24:53.41\00:24:56.20
"Rise first.
00:24:56.23\00:24:58.00
Then we which
are alive and remain
00:24:58.03\00:25:00.22
shall be caught up together
00:25:00.25\00:25:02.26
with them in the
clouds, to meet the Lord" where?
00:25:02.29\00:25:05.14
"In the air, and so shall
we ever be with the Lord."
00:25:05.17\00:25:08.24
The Bible tells us that when
a dies they go into the grave
00:25:08.27\00:25:10.87
and they remain there
until the resurrection.
00:25:10.90\00:25:14.01
When the trump sounds,
when the Lord Jesus comes,
00:25:14.04\00:25:16.63
the dead in Christ shell rise,
00:25:16.66\00:25:18.77
and then those who are
living in the last days,
00:25:18.80\00:25:20.62
we who are alive will remain
will be caught up with them
00:25:20.65\00:25:23.15
in the clouds to
meet Jesus in the air.
00:25:23.18\00:25:25.60
On the great
gathering in the morning
00:25:25.63\00:25:27.27
the trumpet is gonna sound,
00:25:27.30\00:25:28.68
the Lord is gonna give a
shout, and it's gonna be so loud
00:25:28.71\00:25:31.25
that those who are sleeping
in the graves are gonna wake up
00:25:31.28\00:25:33.67
and just like popcorn,
popping on a shot stove
00:25:33.70\00:25:36.37
they are going to
burst out of their tombs
00:25:36.40\00:25:38.21
and they are gonna ascend
to meet the Lord in the air.
00:25:38.24\00:25:40.53
And its then that the
soul in going to receive
00:25:40.56\00:25:42.76
a brand new immortal body,
00:25:42.79\00:25:45.24
a new computer you can
say, to put the hard drive in.
00:25:45.27\00:25:48.11
And in 1 Corinthians
15:52, 53, the Bible says,
00:25:48.14\00:25:51.13
"In a moment, in
the twinkling of an eye,
00:25:51.16\00:25:53.27
at the last trump, for
the trumpet shall sound,
00:25:53.30\00:25:56.22
and the dead shall
be raised incorruptible,
00:25:56.25\00:26:00.34
and we shall be changed,
00:26:00.37\00:26:01.88
for this corruptible
must put on incorruption,
00:26:01.91\00:26:03.98
and this mortal
must put on" what?
00:26:04.01\00:26:06.90
"Immortality."
00:26:06.93\00:26:07.96
Friends, when does the
soul receive its immortality?
00:26:07.99\00:26:10.66
Not at death but
at the resurrection,
00:26:10.69\00:26:13.61
at the last trump,
when Jesus comes again
00:26:13.64\00:26:16.94
its then that we're
going meet Him in the air.
00:26:16.97\00:26:19.44
And friends, don't miss that,
00:26:19.47\00:26:21.25
the Bible says, the dead
in Christ are gonna rise,
00:26:21.28\00:26:23.61
then those who are
living in the last days
00:26:23.64\00:26:25.13
will be caught up
to meet them in the air
00:26:25.16\00:26:27.75
which shows that Jesus,
00:26:27.78\00:26:28.81
when He comes again is not
gonna step foot on planet earth.
00:26:28.84\00:26:31.32
We're going to rise up
to meet Him in the air.
00:26:31.35\00:26:34.06
And that's the
reason why they say to you,
00:26:34.09\00:26:35.71
the Christ is in the desert,
you know that that's not Christ.
00:26:35.74\00:26:38.60
If He's in the secret chamber,
you know that, that's not Him,
00:26:38.63\00:26:41.17
because when He comes,
we got to meet Him in the---
00:26:41.20\00:26:44.48
Friends, that one
of verse will save you
00:26:44.51\00:26:45.96
a lot of
deception in the last days,
00:26:45.99\00:26:47.83
will spare you from
deception in the last days.
00:26:47.86\00:26:50.95
Now friends, think about it,
00:26:50.98\00:26:52.20
let's say it was true
00:26:52.23\00:26:55.02
that when you die you
go straight to heaven.
00:26:55.05\00:26:57.81
Let's say, husbands, you
die and you go to heaven,
00:26:57.84\00:27:01.87
and from heaven you
looking down upon the earth
00:27:01.90\00:27:05.40
and you see your wife
and her heart is broken
00:27:05.43\00:27:09.00
because she doesn't
have you with her anymore.
00:27:09.03\00:27:11.29
And she's weeping,
her heart is broking,
00:27:11.32\00:27:13.74
she's so sad she
misses you so much
00:27:13.77\00:27:16.92
and you just want to
comfort her but you can't.
00:27:16.95\00:27:20.43
And you see her
crying but as the years go on
00:27:20.46\00:27:25.10
suddenly she's
not crying anymore.
00:27:25.13\00:27:27.23
Not as much as
she used to at least.
00:27:29.61\00:27:32.04
And the few years
after that goes by
00:27:32.07\00:27:34.17
and then you see
your wife get remarried
00:27:34.20\00:27:39.28
and now she is
sleeping with another man.
00:27:39.31\00:27:43.37
Friends, there's
nothing wrong getting married
00:27:43.40\00:27:44.76
if you are a widow,
the bible says you can.
00:27:44.79\00:27:47.12
But if it's true that
you die, you go to heaven
00:27:47.15\00:27:49.12
and you see your wife
has been with other man,
00:27:49.15\00:27:51.39
could you be happy in
heaven in watching that?
00:27:51.42\00:27:53.89
Would you be at peace?
00:27:53.92\00:27:55.60
Absolutely not, that
would be torture, amen.
00:27:55.63\00:28:00.77
And praise the Lord
that that is not true,
00:28:00.80\00:28:02.85
that that's not how it's like.
00:28:02.88\00:28:05.03
What about parents?
00:28:05.06\00:28:06.09
Parents, let's say
you die, you go to heaven.
00:28:06.12\00:28:07.80
From heaven you are
looking down upon world,
00:28:07.83\00:28:09.28
you see your children
and you see them doing drugs.
00:28:09.31\00:28:12.44
You see them
wasting their lives.
00:28:12.47\00:28:14.39
Parent's, could you
have peace in heaven
00:28:14.42\00:28:16.40
seeing the children
waste their lives in the world?
00:28:16.43\00:28:18.98
Not at all, right?
00:28:19.01\00:28:20.08
But friends, heaven
is a place of peace.
00:28:20.11\00:28:22.37
Heaven is a place
where there is no tears,
00:28:22.40\00:28:23.94
no worry, no sorrow.
00:28:23.97\00:28:25.63
But if you are in heaven,
you would have all of that
00:28:25.66\00:28:27.78
watching the terrible things
that are taken in this world.
00:28:27.81\00:28:30.91
You see friends,
you wouldn't find peace.
00:28:30.94\00:28:34.31
And praise God,
00:28:34.34\00:28:35.86
that the truth is so much
better than the counterfeit.
00:28:35.89\00:28:38.94
Can you say, amen? Amen.
00:28:38.97\00:28:40.15
The truth is
that when Jesus comes
00:28:40.18\00:28:41.79
the dead in Christ will rise
00:28:41.82\00:28:43.41
and then we which are
alive, will be called with then
00:28:43.44\00:28:46.00
and we are gonna
go to heaven together
00:28:46.03\00:28:48.10
at the same time to
experience the surprise
00:28:48.13\00:28:51.78
and the bliss and the
joy of heaven together.
00:28:51.81\00:28:54.44
You see, friends, your loved
ones are all in a better place.
00:28:54.47\00:28:57.40
But if they were in heaven
00:28:57.43\00:28:58.46
that would not be a
better place seeing you suffer.
00:28:58.49\00:29:01.03
The better place
that your love ones are at
00:29:01.06\00:29:02.75
is in the grave
resting and waiting
00:29:02.78\00:29:05.74
for the second
coming of Jesus Christ
00:29:05.77\00:29:07.62
so that we can go to
heaven together after same time.
00:29:07.65\00:29:11.16
And friends, if that's clear
would you please say, amen?
00:29:11.19\00:29:13.67
It gets clear
friends, don't worry,
00:29:13.70\00:29:14.94
we are gonna
have more scriptures.
00:29:14.97\00:29:16.61
Notice what it
says in Acts 2:34,
00:29:16.64\00:29:19.37
on the day of Pentecost
Peter preached and he said,
00:29:19.40\00:29:21.63
"For David did not
ascent into the heavens."
00:29:21.66\00:29:24.00
Now friends, if
anyone should die
00:29:24.03\00:29:25.12
and go to heaven
surely it would be David,
00:29:25.15\00:29:26.56
because David was a
man after God's own heart.
00:29:26.59\00:29:28.79
But Peter said,
David is a not in heaven.
00:29:28.82\00:29:31.00
Well, where is he, Peter?
00:29:31.03\00:29:32.43
In Verse 29, "Men and brethren,
00:29:32.46\00:29:34.90
let me speak freely to
you of the patriarch David,
00:29:34.93\00:29:37.14
that he is both dead and buried,
00:29:37.17\00:29:40.79
and is tomb is
with us to this day."
00:29:40.82\00:29:43.21
We find brother and sisters,
00:29:43.24\00:29:44.30
that David as well
as the other saints,
00:29:44.33\00:29:45.87
they died and they
are buried in the grave
00:29:45.90\00:29:48.26
and they are
waiting the resurrection
00:29:48.29\00:29:49.84
when Jesus comes again.
00:29:49.87\00:29:51.70
Now friends, we do know
that there are some saints
00:29:51.73\00:29:54.15
that are in heaven
today but none of them died
00:29:54.18\00:29:57.06
and went straight to.
00:29:57.09\00:29:58.37
Who is the first one we
know that he is in heaven today,
00:29:58.40\00:30:01.12
the first person
that went to heaven
00:30:01.15\00:30:02.69
that we know of?
00:30:02.72\00:30:03.75
His name is
Enoch. Did Enoch die?
00:30:03.78\00:30:06.53
No, he was
translated without seeing death.
00:30:06.56\00:30:10.03
God took him.
00:30:10.06\00:30:11.32
And the other
person that was translated
00:30:11.35\00:30:12.79
without seeing death is Elijah,
caught up in the fiery chariot.
00:30:12.82\00:30:16.41
He's in heaven, we know for sure
00:30:16.44\00:30:18.25
but we also know
that there was another man
00:30:18.28\00:30:20.05
that's in heaven that
did die, what is his name?
00:30:20.08\00:30:22.74
Moses.
00:30:22.77\00:30:24.32
We know that Moses did die,
00:30:24.35\00:30:25.71
the Bible is clear about that
00:30:25.74\00:30:27.04
and we know that
Moses is in heaven today.
00:30:27.07\00:30:29.36
And the reason
why we know that is
00:30:29.39\00:30:30.46
because in the Book
of Matthew Chapter 17,
00:30:30.49\00:30:32.42
on the Mount of Transfiguration
00:30:32.45\00:30:34.06
we find Moses and
Elijah speaking with Jesus
00:30:34.09\00:30:37.19
showing very clearly
that they are in heaven today.
00:30:37.22\00:30:41.05
But Moses died but I
want you to consider that
00:30:41.08\00:30:42.98
Moses did not die and
go straight to heaven.
00:30:43.01\00:30:45.98
Moses died and was
buried and he was resurrected,
00:30:46.01\00:30:50.58
resurrected early
but still resurrected.
00:30:50.61\00:30:53.77
And the reason--
00:30:53.80\00:30:54.83
the way in which we
know this is in two verses.
00:30:54.86\00:30:56.69
Notice, write them down,
look it up when you get home.
00:30:56.72\00:30:58.64
In Jude 1:9, in this
passage we find the Lord Jesus
00:30:58.67\00:31:03.38
arguing with Satan over
the deceased body of Moses.
00:31:03.41\00:31:08.06
And then the Bible says
that the Lord rebuked him
00:31:08.09\00:31:10.51
which implies that the
Lord would resurrect Moses.
00:31:10.54\00:31:13.44
Satan was saying, you can't
resurrect him, he is a sinner.
00:31:13.47\00:31:16.50
But the Lord rebuked him
and the Lord resurrected him.
00:31:16.53\00:31:19.09
And we also see that in
Romans 5:14, write it down,
00:31:19.12\00:31:22.88
the bible says in
Romans 5:14 that from Adam--
00:31:22.91\00:31:26.69
it says that death
reigned from Adam to Moses.
00:31:26.72\00:31:30.80
Death reigned from
when? From Adam to Moses.
00:31:30.83\00:31:33.56
Which shows that after
Moses death no longer reigned.
00:31:33.59\00:31:36.86
Do you know why?
00:31:36.89\00:31:37.92
Because Moses was the first one
00:31:37.95\00:31:39.14
that was
resurrected from the grave.
00:31:39.17\00:31:41.14
Now here's the next question,
00:31:41.17\00:31:42.20
is there any
consciousness in death?
00:31:42.23\00:31:44.63
In other words,
when a person dies
00:31:44.66\00:31:45.80
and go to the grave
are they there waiting
00:31:45.83\00:31:47.94
and just so bored
out of their minds
00:31:47.97\00:31:49.68
and just can't wait
for the resurrection.
00:31:49.71\00:31:50.98
Is that how it's
like? Well, let's find out.
00:31:51.01\00:31:53.07
One day Jesus was
teaching the disciples
00:31:53.10\00:31:55.29
when He received news
that his friends Lazarus
00:31:55.32\00:31:57.09
was sick unto death.
00:31:57.12\00:31:58.17
He wasn't dead yet, he was sick.
00:31:58.20\00:32:00.03
Jesus did not go
immediately to heal him.
00:32:00.06\00:32:02.41
He remained in the
same place for two days.
00:32:02.44\00:32:04.54
And during that time period
00:32:04.57\00:32:05.92
the Bible says that
Lazarus died from his sickness.
00:32:05.95\00:32:09.56
And then notice what
Jesus said to the disciples,
00:32:09.59\00:32:11.86
in John 11:11-14.
00:32:11.89\00:32:14.90
Please write it
down, very important verse,
00:32:14.93\00:32:16.76
"Jesus said unto them,
Our friend Lazarus sleeps,
00:32:16.79\00:32:20.50
but I go that I may
awake him out of sleep.
00:32:20.53\00:32:22.99
Then said his disciples, Lord,
if he sleep, he shall do well."
00:32:23.02\00:32:26.34
In other words, Jesus
why you gonna wake him up,
00:32:26.37\00:32:27.75
he's sick, he
need to get his rest.
00:32:27.78\00:32:30.20
He's doing good in sleeping.
00:32:30.23\00:32:32.37
And then notice,
00:32:32.40\00:32:33.86
"Howbeit Jesus
spoke of his death,
00:32:33.89\00:32:37.76
but they thought
that he had spoken
00:32:37.79\00:32:38.95
of taking of rest in sleep.
00:32:38.98\00:32:40.74
Then said Jesus unto them
plainly, Lazarus is" what?
00:32:40.77\00:32:45.02
"Dead."
00:32:45.05\00:32:46.08
So how did Jesus
like in death too?
00:32:46.11\00:32:47.73
To that of sleep.
00:32:47.76\00:32:49.28
And friends, sleep is a
good thing, is that right?
00:32:49.31\00:32:51.66
You see, many
times we look upon death
00:32:51.69\00:32:53.24
is something that is so terrible
00:32:53.27\00:32:55.08
but friends, in
reality in God's mind
00:32:55.11\00:32:57.50
whenever His saints die
they were just sleeping.
00:32:57.53\00:33:00.75
That's what it is.
00:33:00.78\00:33:02.91
The death experience
is like that of sleep.
00:33:02.94\00:33:06.82
And so now Jesus was gonna go
00:33:06.85\00:33:08.19
to resurrect
Lazarus from the grave
00:33:08.22\00:33:10.36
to awaken him out of his sleep
00:33:10.39\00:33:12.55
and as He goes there
00:33:12.58\00:33:13.92
he meets the
grieving sisters of Lazarus,
00:33:13.95\00:33:16.76
Mary and Martha.
00:33:16.79\00:33:17.86
They fall on His feet
and they began to say, Jesus,
00:33:17.89\00:33:20.14
if you'd have been here our
brother would have not died.
00:33:20.17\00:33:23.39
Their heart is broken,
00:33:23.42\00:33:24.57
they are moaning
the loss of a loved one.
00:33:24.60\00:33:26.32
And I want you to
notice how Jesus is comforting
00:33:26.35\00:33:28.13
those who sawed because
they lost the loved one.
00:33:28.16\00:33:30.71
In John 11:23, 24,
Jesus said unto her,
00:33:30.74\00:33:35.12
don't worry, your
brother is in heaven right now.
00:33:35.15\00:33:38.32
They are walking
on the streets of God,
00:33:38.35\00:33:39.92
they are
singing with the angels,
00:33:39.95\00:33:41.46
they are in a better place,
00:33:41.49\00:33:42.52
they are suffering anymore.
00:33:42.55\00:33:43.90
They are in heaven,
don't worry, don't cry.
00:33:43.93\00:33:45.57
Did Jesus say that? No.
00:33:45.60\00:33:47.30
Did He comfort the
grieving sisters of Lazarus
00:33:47.33\00:33:50.60
the same way many ministers
are comforting love ones today?
00:33:50.63\00:33:53.98
He didn't say
that he was in heaven.
00:33:54.01\00:33:55.19
Why, because he
was not in heaven
00:33:55.22\00:33:56.91
even though he
was a righteous man.
00:33:56.94\00:33:58.77
How did Jesus
comfort the grieving
00:33:58.80\00:34:01.92
loved ones of the deceased?
00:34:01.95\00:34:04.75
"Thy brother shall rise again."
00:34:04.78\00:34:07.85
Friends, what was
the hope that Jesus gave?
00:34:07.88\00:34:09.96
The resurrection.
00:34:09.99\00:34:11.66
Friends, if you
want to comfort someone
00:34:11.69\00:34:12.88
that has lost a loved one,
00:34:12.91\00:34:14.24
the hope is not saying
that they are in heaven
00:34:14.27\00:34:16.83
because that's not true.
00:34:16.86\00:34:18.23
The hope is the resurrection.
Your brother shall rise again.
00:34:18.26\00:34:21.54
And you see, Martha
understood the topic of death.
00:34:21.57\00:34:24.02
Notice what she said, "I
know that he shall rise again
00:34:24.05\00:34:27.76
in the
resurrection at the last day."
00:34:27.79\00:34:31.85
So they were clear
about what exactly happens
00:34:31.88\00:34:33.78
when a person dies.
00:34:33.81\00:34:35.30
And so now Jesus--
00:34:35.33\00:34:36.50
you know, Martha thought that
00:34:36.53\00:34:38.10
she had to wait till the
resurrection of the last day
00:34:38.13\00:34:39.75
but Jesus has
more in mind than that.
00:34:39.78\00:34:41.91
She wanted a healing
00:34:41.94\00:34:43.35
but Jesus would come
to give a resurrection.
00:34:43.38\00:34:45.71
And so He goes to the
place where Lazarus was laid
00:34:45.74\00:34:48.53
and then as He sees the
mourners amongst the tomb
00:34:48.56\00:34:51.38
we find then the shortest verse
in the Bible, only two words.
00:34:51.41\00:34:56.95
But these two
words speak volumes
00:34:56.98\00:35:00.80
about the God
that we serve tonight
00:35:00.83\00:35:03.89
that is touched by human sorrow.
00:35:03.92\00:35:05.32
And I am so grateful
00:35:05.35\00:35:06.55
that our God can turn
sorrows into sweet joy.
00:35:06.58\00:35:09.51
Can you say, amen? Amen.
00:35:09.54\00:35:10.57
And so listen, if
you've lost a loved one,
00:35:10.60\00:35:11.94
if your heart is broken
God understands your pain.
00:35:11.97\00:35:15.76
God knows what
it's like, friends.
00:35:15.79\00:35:17.96
You may feel like
no one understands
00:35:17.99\00:35:20.23
but you have a God in
heaven that does understand
00:35:20.26\00:35:22.84
and He wants to take
your sorrow and your pain
00:35:22.87\00:35:25.13
and He wants to
give you His sweet joy,
00:35:25.16\00:35:27.87
assurance and hope tonight.
00:35:27.90\00:35:30.04
Can you say, amen? Amen.
00:35:30.07\00:35:32.24
And then Jesus commands
the people to remove the stone
00:35:32.27\00:35:36.68
and they began to protest, Lord,
00:35:36.71\00:35:38.21
he's already
been dead four days,
00:35:38.24\00:35:39.64
by this time he's stinking.
00:35:39.67\00:35:41.24
Jesus says, remove the stone.
00:35:41.27\00:35:42.94
They removed the stone
and then the life giving God
00:35:42.97\00:35:46.25
called into the
place of the dead.
00:35:46.28\00:35:48.73
He said three
words, Lazarus, come down.
00:35:48.76\00:35:54.72
Is that what Jesus said?
00:35:54.75\00:35:56.96
Did Jesus said,
Lazarus, come down
00:35:56.99\00:35:58.70
as if Lazarus was in heaven?
00:35:58.73\00:36:00.12
No, friends,
because he wasn't up there.
00:36:00.15\00:36:03.70
He said, "Lazarus, come forth."
00:36:03.73\00:36:06.26
Because where
was he? In the grave.
00:36:06.29\00:36:09.31
And friends,
when the word of God
00:36:09.34\00:36:11.69
mixed up with that dead body,
00:36:11.72\00:36:14.28
that living word had
the power to do exactly
00:36:14.31\00:36:17.53
what it said would do
and Lazarus came to life.
00:36:17.56\00:36:20.15
He came forth from the tomb
and they removed the bandages.
00:36:20.18\00:36:23.75
And then
Lazarus began to testify
00:36:23.78\00:36:25.95
and he began to say, Jesus,
00:36:25.98\00:36:27.98
why did you have to bring
me back down to this world?
00:36:28.01\00:36:30.29
I was having such a
good time in heaven,
00:36:30.32\00:36:32.43
I was singing with the angels,
00:36:32.46\00:36:34.20
I was walking on
the streets of God,
00:36:34.23\00:36:35.49
I was having a wonderful time.
00:36:35.52\00:36:36.68
Why you have to bring me
back down here to this world?
00:36:36.71\00:36:38.90
Why did you do this, Jesus?
00:36:38.93\00:36:40.25
Is that what Lazarus said? No.
00:36:40.28\00:36:41.85
Did Lazarus give any report
00:36:41.88\00:36:43.51
that he was in
heaven, yes or no?
00:36:43.54\00:36:44.74
No. Why?
00:36:44.77\00:36:45.92
Because he wasn't
there, he was in the grave
00:36:45.95\00:36:47.99
awaiting the resurrection
after second coming of Christ.
00:36:48.02\00:36:51.74
You see, death in the Bible in
God's mind is simply sleeping.
00:36:51.77\00:36:56.05
The death of the saints,
00:36:56.08\00:36:57.33
it's the sleep that
last till the resurrection.
00:36:57.36\00:36:59.55
In fact, notice another example,
00:36:59.58\00:37:00.69
write this one down,
in the Book of Acts 7:60,
00:37:00.72\00:37:04.32
it's the story of Stephen
the deacon who was preaching.
00:37:04.35\00:37:07.49
And as he was preaching
he's giving his last sermon.
00:37:07.52\00:37:09.81
The people won't
like what he's saying,
00:37:09.84\00:37:11.54
and I hope you
cannot relay with that.
00:37:11.57\00:37:13.56
They don't like what he's saying
so much that they rush upon him
00:37:13.59\00:37:16.20
and they began to stone him.
00:37:16.23\00:37:18.18
And the Bible says that
as Stephen was being stoned
00:37:18.21\00:37:21.01
that he fell asleep.
00:37:21.04\00:37:22.07
Now how do you read that?
00:37:22.10\00:37:23.59
Steven is getting stoned
00:37:23.62\00:37:24.92
and he says, well,
I feel kind of tired,
00:37:24.95\00:37:26.43
let me just take
a nap real quick.
00:37:26.46\00:37:27.94
Is that what happened?
00:37:27.97\00:37:29.15
What it mean when
he says he was stoned
00:37:29.18\00:37:30.66
and he fell asleep?
00:37:30.69\00:37:31.72
It simply means
that he died, why?
00:37:31.75\00:37:34.15
Because death is simply sleep.
00:37:34.18\00:37:36.70
And friends, you
can find this over
00:37:36.73\00:37:37.88
50 times all
throughout the Bible.
00:37:37.91\00:37:39.12
In fact, I am
gonna give you handout
00:37:39.15\00:37:40.20
that has all of those scriptures
00:37:40.23\00:37:41.38
so that you can
see for yourself.
00:37:41.41\00:37:43.65
Now here's the next question,
00:37:43.68\00:37:45.28
is there any consciousness
in the sleep of death?
00:37:45.31\00:37:48.67
Sometimes we go to sleep
but we don't get any rest
00:37:48.70\00:37:51.67
but we are gonna see
that the sleep of death
00:37:51.70\00:37:53.30
is a totally
dreamless, unconscious sleep.
00:37:53.33\00:37:56.87
Notice what it says
in Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6,
00:37:56.90\00:38:00.70
please write it down.
00:38:00.73\00:38:01.86
It says, for the living
know that they shall die
00:38:01.89\00:38:05.50
but the dead know
more than the living.
00:38:05.53\00:38:07.53
Is that what it says?
00:38:07.56\00:38:08.59
How much do the
dead know, folks?
00:38:08.62\00:38:10.46
"The dead know not anything,
00:38:10.49\00:38:12.43
neither have
they any more a reward
00:38:12.46\00:38:13.88
for the memory of
them is forgotten.
00:38:13.91\00:38:15.53
Also their love,
and their hatred,
00:38:15.56\00:38:17.08
and their envy, is now perished
00:38:17.11\00:38:18.64
neither have they any
more a portion for ever
00:38:18.67\00:38:21.22
in anything that is
done under the sun."
00:38:21.25\00:38:23.11
The Bible says
that when a person dies
00:38:23.14\00:38:24.86
they are totally unconscious,
00:38:24.89\00:38:26.04
they have no feelings,
no thoughts, no desires,
00:38:26.07\00:38:29.12
their love and
hatred are all perished.
00:38:29.15\00:38:32.00
They don't know
anything, friends.
00:38:32.03\00:38:33.54
It's a dreamless
unconscious sleep.
00:38:33.57\00:38:35.91
And therefore, you
don't have to worry
00:38:35.94\00:38:37.85
about the dead
coming back to haunt you.
00:38:37.88\00:38:41.02
Friends, the dead
people can't hurt you,
00:38:41.05\00:38:44.24
only living people can
hurt you, isn't that right?
00:38:44.27\00:38:47.08
You should be
afraid of the living
00:38:47.11\00:38:48.40
more than the dead friends,
00:38:48.43\00:38:50.01
because the dead
know not anything.
00:38:50.04\00:38:51.84
And then notice in
verse 10, the Bible says,
00:38:51.87\00:38:54.91
"Whatsoever thy
hand finds to do,
00:38:54.94\00:38:56.82
do it with thy
might, for there is no work,
00:38:56.85\00:38:59.82
nor device, nor
knowledge, nor wisdom,
00:38:59.85\00:39:02.30
in the grave,
whither thou goest."
00:39:02.33\00:39:05.06
In other words for those who die
00:39:05.09\00:39:08.91
they don't know, a
thousand years could go by
00:39:08.94\00:39:12.29
but they don't know it.
00:39:12.32\00:39:13.70
Death is like pressing
pause on a person's life.
00:39:13.73\00:39:17.92
Let's say you are
listening to a song
00:39:17.95\00:39:20.41
on your iPod or your CD player
00:39:20.44\00:39:22.94
or your cassette
player or you're A Track
00:39:22.97\00:39:24.35
or your record whatever you use,
00:39:24.38\00:39:26.07
you are listening to a
song and you press pause,
00:39:26.10\00:39:28.68
what's gonna happen?
00:39:28.71\00:39:30.11
The song is gonna stop
but does time stop, yes or no?
00:39:30.14\00:39:32.90
No, time continues on.
00:39:32.93\00:39:34.99
And let's say you do
something for an hour
00:39:35.02\00:39:36.61
or day or a year
or you know 10 years
00:39:36.64\00:39:40.16
and you go back to that iPod--
00:39:40.19\00:39:42.02
assuming you have
batteries and it's still running
00:39:42.05\00:39:46.54
and now you press
play, what's gonna happen?
00:39:46.57\00:39:49.80
It's gonna start but
where is it going to start from?
00:39:49.83\00:39:52.70
Right where you left off.
00:39:52.73\00:39:55.77
Death is like pressing pause,
00:39:55.80\00:39:58.46
1,000 years could go by
before the one that died
00:39:58.49\00:40:02.53
is as if they died and
the very next thing they know
00:40:02.56\00:40:05.75
is the resurrection.
00:40:05.78\00:40:07.45
So it's not as if
they are in the grave
00:40:07.48\00:40:08.97
tweeting their thumbs
just bored out of their minds.
00:40:09.00\00:40:12.36
They died and
the very next thing
00:40:12.39\00:40:14.25
is the
resurrection of Jesus Christ
00:40:14.28\00:40:16.34
and that's good news.
00:40:16.37\00:40:17.40
Can you say, amen?
And where did they start?
00:40:17.43\00:40:20.02
Right where they left off
00:40:20.05\00:40:21.08
and that's why every single day
00:40:21.11\00:40:22.54
and every moment of every day
00:40:22.57\00:40:23.99
we need to give
our heart to Jesus
00:40:24.02\00:40:25.67
and let Him be the
keeper of our souls.
00:40:25.70\00:40:27.60
Can you say, amen? Amen.
00:40:27.63\00:40:29.12
Because the death
probation is closed.
00:40:29.15\00:40:31.84
Now some people might
be ask, you know wondering,
00:40:31.87\00:40:34.15
what about near
death experiences
00:40:34.18\00:40:37.20
where a person died and they
claim to have consciousness,
00:40:37.23\00:40:40.72
they heard a voice,
they saw a bright light
00:40:40.75\00:40:42.84
and they saw
things and heard things
00:40:42.87\00:40:45.18
and God said it
wasn't their time,
00:40:45.21\00:40:46.77
what about that?
00:40:46.80\00:40:48.12
Well friends, listen,
00:40:48.15\00:40:49.63
modern medical science has shown
00:40:49.66\00:40:51.09
and explained
near death experiences.
00:40:51.12\00:40:53.47
They have shown a
person's heart can stop beating
00:40:53.50\00:40:56.17
and their pulse can stop,
they may not be breathing.
00:40:56.20\00:40:59.74
But friends, you are not
dead until your brain is dead.
00:40:59.77\00:41:03.68
And in a moment
when a person falters
00:41:03.71\00:41:05.37
between life and
death they did not die yet
00:41:05.40\00:41:09.47
because once there's no
death there's no conscious,
00:41:09.50\00:41:11.90
there's no
reality, there's nothing
00:41:11.93\00:41:13.86
to know or hear or see.
00:41:13.89\00:41:16.91
And friends, in the moments
00:41:16.94\00:41:18.70
where a person
falters between life and death
00:41:18.73\00:41:21.15
the brain can still function
00:41:21.18\00:41:22.71
but because of lack of oxygen
00:41:22.74\00:41:24.93
the brain can
actually hallucinate.
00:41:24.96\00:41:27.05
And hallucination
is a mental illusion
00:41:27.08\00:41:29.96
that is perceived as reality.
00:41:29.99\00:41:32.46
Altered psycho-chemistry
00:41:32.49\00:41:34.49
can create illusionary
experiences in our mind
00:41:34.52\00:41:37.76
and this is not reality
00:41:37.79\00:41:39.54
it simply precede reality,
00:41:39.57\00:41:42.31
not actual reality.
00:41:42.34\00:41:44.33
And drugs are
major factor in this
00:41:44.36\00:41:47.01
in causing these
different illusions.
00:41:47.04\00:41:49.71
And friends,
modern science have shown
00:41:49.74\00:41:51.82
that the simulation of
the right angular gyrus,
00:41:51.85\00:41:54.08
that's an organ of the brain.
00:41:54.11\00:41:55.69
The stimulation of
that specific organ
00:41:55.72\00:41:58.27
can actually produce
an out of body illusion.
00:41:58.30\00:42:01.65
Not a real experience,
it's just an illusion.
00:42:01.68\00:42:05.36
And so those who
felt like they died
00:42:05.39\00:42:07.43
and their soul left their
body, they did not really die.
00:42:07.46\00:42:10.21
It was all in the brain,
00:42:10.24\00:42:11.68
it was an illusion,
it was a hallucination.
00:42:11.71\00:42:13.54
It wasn't an actual reality,
it was a perceived reality.
00:42:13.57\00:42:17.09
And friends, let
me make it clear,
00:42:17.12\00:42:18.41
I truly believe that God
can work in those situations
00:42:18.44\00:42:21.79
and perhaps impress
upon that person's mind
00:42:21.82\00:42:23.79
that he is not yet dead,
that's it's not their time yet
00:42:23.82\00:42:26.41
and can give them comforting
thoughts and what not.
00:42:26.44\00:42:28.90
God surely can work but friends,
00:42:28.93\00:42:30.53
you can be sure that
devil will work as well.
00:42:30.56\00:42:32.99
The devil can
work and give someone
00:42:33.02\00:42:35.05
a false impression.
00:42:35.08\00:42:36.87
And so we have to test all
things not by an experience
00:42:36.90\00:42:40.06
but by the word of God.
00:42:40.09\00:42:41.52
Can you say, amen? Amen.
00:42:41.55\00:42:42.84
And most of these
experiences are neutral.
00:42:42.87\00:42:45.56
They are neither good nor bad.
00:42:45.59\00:42:47.30
They are neither
of God or of Satan,
00:42:47.33\00:42:49.50
it's just a chemical
reaction in the brain
00:42:49.53\00:42:52.47
by altered psycho-chemistry,
it's an illusion,
00:42:52.50\00:42:55.58
its precede reality
and not actual reality.
00:42:55.61\00:42:59.56
You see, every
earthly experience
00:42:59.59\00:43:01.65
must be tested by the Bible.
00:43:01.68\00:43:03.74
And friends, the word of God
00:43:03.77\00:43:04.80
is more real than
our perceived reality.
00:43:04.83\00:43:07.83
Can you say, amen? Amen.
00:43:07.86\00:43:08.89
And so that's how we understand
near death experiences.
00:43:08.92\00:43:10.83
The person did not really die,
00:43:10.86\00:43:12.35
it was near death experiences
not death experiences.
00:43:12.38\00:43:16.88
And if that make sense
would you please say, amen?
00:43:16.91\00:43:18.75
Now notice the next
verse in Psalms 115:17,
00:43:18.78\00:43:22.68
the Bible says, "The
dead do not praise the Lord."
00:43:22.71\00:43:25.69
Friends, if I die
and went to heaven
00:43:25.72\00:43:27.26
you won't be able to stop
me from praising God, amen.
00:43:27.29\00:43:30.47
But the Bible says, the dead
do not praise the Lord, why?
00:43:30.50\00:43:33.05
Because they are in the grave,
00:43:33.08\00:43:34.18
totally unconscious,
waiting the resurrection.
00:43:34.21\00:43:36.71
Notice another one, Psalms 6:5,
00:43:36.74\00:43:39.31
"For in death there is
no remembrance of thee,
00:43:39.34\00:43:41.45
in the grave who
shall give thee thanks?"
00:43:41.48\00:43:44.41
Those who die
and are in the grave
00:43:44.44\00:43:45.64
cannot give God thanks
00:43:45.67\00:43:46.99
because they are sleeping,
waiting the resurrection.
00:43:47.02\00:43:49.20
So who's gonna
give God thanks then?
00:43:49.23\00:43:51.37
The living, you and
I while we have life.
00:43:51.40\00:43:54.02
Isaiah Chapter 39,
00:43:54.05\00:43:56.11
excuse me, Isaiah 38:18, 19,
00:43:56.14\00:43:58.85
the Bible says, "For the
grave cannot praise thee,
00:43:58.88\00:44:01.25
death cannot celebrate thee,
00:44:01.28\00:44:02.84
they that go down into the pit
00:44:02.87\00:44:04.50
cannot hope for thy" what?
00:44:04.53\00:44:06.19
"Truth."
00:44:06.22\00:44:07.61
There goes purgatory, friends.
00:44:07.64\00:44:08.95
Purgatory does not exist.
00:44:08.98\00:44:10.89
Once a person dies
they can't hope for truth.
00:44:10.92\00:44:14.49
They can't hope
for a second chance.
00:44:14.52\00:44:16.53
Probation is
closed upon their life
00:44:16.56\00:44:19.07
and that's the reason
00:44:19.10\00:44:20.29
why we must make
a decision right now
00:44:20.32\00:44:23.40
while we have life to
live it for Jesus Christ.
00:44:23.43\00:44:27.07
It says, "The living, he shall
praise thee, as I do this day."
00:44:27.10\00:44:31.05
You see friends, what
we do we must do it now
00:44:31.08\00:44:33.81
while the blood is
flowing warm in our veins
00:44:33.84\00:44:36.16
and while we still have breath.
00:44:36.19\00:44:37.67
Let us use it to
live and honor and glorify
00:44:37.70\00:44:40.79
and worship and praise our God.
00:44:40.82\00:44:42.78
Can you say, amen? Amen.
00:44:42.81\00:44:43.84
Oh brothers and sisters,
00:44:43.87\00:44:44.90
you need to show
people love right now
00:44:44.93\00:44:46.37
while they can appreciate it.
00:44:46.40\00:44:48.64
Young people you
need to give flowers
00:44:48.67\00:44:50.38
to your parents right now
00:44:50.41\00:44:51.74
while they can
see them, smell them,
00:44:51.77\00:44:54.05
touch them and enjoy them
00:44:54.08\00:44:55.44
because no matter how
many flowers you bring
00:44:55.47\00:44:57.35
at the funeral they
can't see or smell it.
00:44:57.38\00:45:00.15
We need to apologies to those
00:45:00.18\00:45:01.74
who we have done wrong right now
00:45:01.77\00:45:03.23
because no matter how
many times at the cascade
00:45:03.26\00:45:05.35
you say, I am sorry, I am sorry,
00:45:05.38\00:45:08.27
I didn't mean it, I am sorry.
00:45:08.30\00:45:10.05
They can't hear you, friends.
00:45:10.08\00:45:12.17
What we do, we
must do it right now
00:45:12.20\00:45:15.14
before it is too late.
00:45:15.17\00:45:16.69
Can you say, amen? Amen.
00:45:16.72\00:45:17.98
And so now we know
what happens at death.
00:45:18.01\00:45:19.74
The next question is this,
00:45:19.77\00:45:21.49
how do the false
doctrines of the immortal soul
00:45:21.52\00:45:24.27
creep within the
Christian church?
00:45:24.30\00:45:26.26
How is it that almost
every Christian church today
00:45:26.29\00:45:30.01
believes exactly what
the serpent said to Eve
00:45:30.04\00:45:33.27
in the Garden of Eden,
the doctrine of immortal soul?
00:45:33.30\00:45:35.52
Where did it come from?
00:45:35.55\00:45:36.58
Let me tell you, friends,
00:45:36.61\00:45:37.64
it came from the same place
00:45:37.67\00:45:39.14
that Sunday worship came from.
00:45:39.17\00:45:41.09
It came from paganism
00:45:41.12\00:45:42.94
creeping within
the Christian church.
00:45:42.97\00:45:45.66
You see the
doctrine of the immortal soul
00:45:45.69\00:45:47.45
was a pagan belief.
00:45:47.48\00:45:49.01
Notice what one
historian had to say.
00:45:49.04\00:45:50.94
William
Gladstone, he made it clear.
00:45:50.97\00:45:52.88
Now "The Pagan
doctrine of the immortality
00:45:52.91\00:45:54.61
of the human soul
00:45:54.64\00:45:55.73
crept into the back
door of the church."
00:45:55.76\00:45:57.98
You see, the Egyptians
believed in these teaching,
00:45:58.01\00:46:00.53
the Babylonians, the Grecians,
00:46:00.56\00:46:02.65
the Romans,
Satanists also believe
00:46:02.68\00:46:04.96
and many
Christians also believe it.
00:46:04.99\00:46:06.79
And it crept within the church
00:46:06.82\00:46:08.40
but friends, how
many of you are thankful
00:46:08.43\00:46:10.31
for the truth tonight?
00:46:10.34\00:46:12.21
Jesus said, you
shall know the truth
00:46:12.24\00:46:14.38
and the truth
shall set you free.
00:46:14.41\00:46:17.05
We don't have to be confused
00:46:17.08\00:46:18.33
by the
counterfeits of the antichrist.
00:46:18.36\00:46:20.25
We don't have to be seduced
00:46:20.28\00:46:21.83
by the lies of the serpent.
00:46:21.86\00:46:24.13
As long as we stick to the Bible
00:46:24.16\00:46:26.37
there is safety
and there is security.
00:46:26.40\00:46:28.73
Amen. Amen.
00:46:28.76\00:46:29.93
Now friends, some of
you might be wondering,
00:46:29.96\00:46:31.32
well, what about
the thief on the cross?
00:46:31.35\00:46:34.00
What about the parable
of the rich man and Lazarus?
00:46:34.03\00:46:37.21
What about when Paul
said, absent from the body
00:46:37.24\00:46:39.37
and present with the Lord?
00:46:39.40\00:46:40.76
What about the Witch of Endor?
00:46:40.79\00:46:41.82
What about baptism for the dead?
00:46:41.85\00:46:42.99
What about this
verse and that verse?
00:46:43.02\00:46:44.34
You see friends,
there are a few verses
00:46:44.37\00:46:46.37
that seem to
indicate the opposite
00:46:46.40\00:46:49.50
of what all the
verses said in the Bible.
00:46:49.53\00:46:52.00
There are few
scripture that seem to indicate
00:46:52.03\00:46:53.77
that there is
consciousness in death.
00:46:53.80\00:46:55.93
But friends, what are you
gonna built a doctrine on?
00:46:55.96\00:46:58.69
If you have 50
verses saying something
00:46:58.72\00:47:01.36
very clearly about a topic
00:47:01.39\00:47:03.44
and then you have
five or six verses
00:47:03.47\00:47:04.83
that say something
that seems to contradict
00:47:04.86\00:47:06.95
are you gonna
build your doctrine on
00:47:06.98\00:47:08.31
five or six verses or
the majority of the verses?
00:47:08.34\00:47:11.80
The majority, right?
00:47:11.83\00:47:13.19
And then you study
these few other verses
00:47:13.22\00:47:15.45
in light of what the
entire Bible has to say
00:47:15.48\00:47:17.79
and you'll find
that a contextual
00:47:17.82\00:47:19.40
careful study of the verses
00:47:19.43\00:47:21.07
shows that the
Bible is in complete
00:47:21.10\00:47:22.78
harmony with each other.
00:47:22.81\00:47:24.37
And so there are few verses
00:47:24.40\00:47:25.43
that seem to
indicate the opposite,
00:47:25.46\00:47:26.69
rich man and Lazarus,
00:47:26.72\00:47:28.09
absent in the body
present with the Lord.
00:47:28.12\00:47:29.38
And friends, we
don't have the time
00:47:29.41\00:47:30.54
to go through
all of them tonight
00:47:30.57\00:47:32.28
but I am gonna give
you about 11 page handout
00:47:32.31\00:47:34.44
that explains each one
of those verses in detail
00:47:34.47\00:47:37.42
and in context and you will see
00:47:37.45\00:47:38.97
that the Bible is in
complete harmony with itself.
00:47:39.00\00:47:42.12
Can you say, amen? Amen.
00:47:42.15\00:47:43.18
But let's do one--
00:47:43.21\00:47:44.24
since we still
have few more minutes,
00:47:44.27\00:47:45.97
let's take the story
about the thief on the cross.
00:47:46.00\00:47:50.00
Here Jesus was
dying and two thieves--
00:47:50.03\00:47:52.04
and one of the
thieves said to Jesus,
00:47:52.07\00:47:53.63
remember me when You
come into Your kingdom.
00:47:53.66\00:47:56.03
The thief was not asking
to go to heaven that day.
00:47:56.06\00:47:58.49
Remember me when you
come into Your kingdom.
00:47:58.52\00:48:00.12
When would Jesus
come in His kingdom?
00:48:00.15\00:48:01.65
At the second coming.
00:48:01.68\00:48:02.83
Now Jesus responds to
this thief and He says,
00:48:02.86\00:48:06.04
"Assuredly I say to you,
00:48:06.07\00:48:08.27
today you will be with" who?
00:48:08.30\00:48:11.49
"Me" where? "In paradise."
00:48:11.52\00:48:13.55
So people read
this and they say,
00:48:13.58\00:48:14.77
the thief went to
paradise that day,
00:48:14.80\00:48:16.18
he died and went to heaven.
00:48:16.21\00:48:18.00
But I want you to
notice, look at it carefully.
00:48:18.03\00:48:19.90
Who did Jesus say the
thief would be with in paradise?
00:48:19.93\00:48:23.73
You will be with me in paradise.
00:48:23.76\00:48:26.79
But here's the problem, friends.
00:48:26.82\00:48:28.72
Jesus did not go
to paradise that day.
00:48:28.75\00:48:31.90
So it's impossible for
the thief to be with Jesus
00:48:31.93\00:48:35.43
in paradise on that day,
00:48:35.46\00:48:36.51
if Jesus Himself
wasn't there that day.
00:48:36.54\00:48:39.43
Do you see the
problem, yes or no?
00:48:39.46\00:48:41.45
So how do we understand this?
00:48:41.48\00:48:43.11
Remember, Jesus died on that day
00:48:43.14\00:48:44.83
that He was-- His boy
was placed in the tomb
00:48:44.86\00:48:46.72
and He was resting in
the tomb on the Sabbath.
00:48:46.75\00:48:49.43
And then the
early Sunday morning,
00:48:49.46\00:48:50.63
the first day of
the week He resurrected
00:48:50.66\00:48:52.54
and even on
that resurrection day
00:48:52.57\00:48:54.57
Mary met Him in the
garden and in John 20:17,
00:48:54.60\00:48:57.85
"Jesus said to her,
"Do not cling to Me,
00:48:57.88\00:49:00.43
for I have not yet
ascended to My Father."
00:49:00.46\00:49:04.13
So even on the day
of the resurrection
00:49:04.16\00:49:05.67
he had not yet gone to paradise,
00:49:05.70\00:49:07.50
not yet gone back
to the Father that day.
00:49:07.53\00:49:10.65
So how do we understand this?
00:49:10.68\00:49:11.71
It seems to be a
contradiction, doesn't it?
00:49:11.74\00:49:14.15
Well, here's how
we understand it.
00:49:14.18\00:49:15.89
It all lies in a little comma.
00:49:15.92\00:49:18.62
You see in the
original language of the Bible
00:49:18.65\00:49:20.34
Hebrew and Greek it does
not have punctuation marks
00:49:20.37\00:49:23.13
that we have in English.
00:49:23.16\00:49:24.83
When the
translators translated Bible
00:49:24.86\00:49:26.27
from Greek and
Hebrew into English language
00:49:26.30\00:49:28.32
they had to add
punctuation marks
00:49:28.35\00:49:30.48
so that we can make sense of it.
00:49:30.51\00:49:32.39
Now friends, punctuation
marks makes a huge difference
00:49:32.42\00:49:36.29
in the structure
of the sentences.
00:49:36.32\00:49:38.10
Let me give you
an example of this.
00:49:38.13\00:49:39.58
Notice this sentence
with me on the screen,
00:49:39.61\00:49:41.57
"A woman,
without her man is lost."
00:49:41.60\00:49:44.46
Question, who is
lost in the sentence?
00:49:44.49\00:49:47.98
Is the man lost
or is the woman lost?
00:49:48.01\00:49:50.79
How many of you
say the man is lost?
00:49:50.82\00:49:53.86
How many of you
say the woman is lost?
00:49:53.89\00:49:56.16
How many of you are lost?
00:49:56.19\00:49:57.54
Well, all depends on
where you put the comma.
00:50:00.54\00:50:03.19
So notice, we put
the comma right here
00:50:03.22\00:50:05.06
after the word her and reads,
00:50:05.09\00:50:06.95
"A woman without
her," who's lost?
00:50:06.98\00:50:10.78
"Man is lost."
00:50:10.81\00:50:12.59
But notice what
happens when we move the comma
00:50:12.62\00:50:14.44
to after the word man.
00:50:14.47\00:50:15.50
It now reads, "A woman
without her man, is lost."
00:50:15.53\00:50:20.55
Who's lost in that
sentence? Is the woman.
00:50:20.58\00:50:22.75
Friends, does a comma
make a huge difference?
00:50:22.78\00:50:25.78
And by the way some people say
00:50:25.81\00:50:26.96
that the comma
has to be inspired.
00:50:26.99\00:50:29.51
The commas cannot be
inspired, you know why?
00:50:29.54\00:50:30.98
Because in Acts 19:12
00:50:31.01\00:50:33.03
the comma is in the
wrong place in that passage.
00:50:33.06\00:50:35.51
And in that passage
handkerchiefs can get sick.
00:50:35.54\00:50:39.62
How many of you
believe in sick handkerchiefs?
00:50:39.65\00:50:43.07
There's no such thing as
sick handkerchiefs, right?
00:50:43.10\00:50:45.53
But if commas are inspired
00:50:45.56\00:50:46.67
then you have to
believe in sick handkerchiefs
00:50:46.70\00:50:48.37
because in Acts 19:12
you look it up on our own,
00:50:48.40\00:50:50.65
the comma is in the wrong place.
00:50:50.68\00:50:52.16
And so now we go back to
this passage in Luke 23:43,
00:50:52.19\00:50:56.92
"And Jesus said to him,
Assuredly, I say to you,
00:50:56.95\00:51:01.35
today you will be
with Me in Paradise."
00:51:01.38\00:51:04.03
That's where the
comma is in your Bible.
00:51:04.06\00:51:06.20
But notice what
happens when we move the comma
00:51:06.23\00:51:08.47
to after the word today,
00:51:08.50\00:51:10.19
it now has a
totally differing meaning.
00:51:10.22\00:51:12.47
It reads,
"Assuredly, I say to you today,
00:51:12.50\00:51:17.79
you will be with
Me in Paradise.'"
00:51:17.82\00:51:21.49
That's where the
comma belongs, friends.
00:51:21.52\00:51:24.00
In other words, Christ
was saying to the thieves,
00:51:24.03\00:51:25.46
today, right now
when we were dying
00:51:25.49\00:51:26.96
and hanging on these crosses.
00:51:26.99\00:51:28.73
Right now what it seems like
00:51:28.76\00:51:30.24
I can't save
anyone, right now today,
00:51:30.27\00:51:33.44
I am giving you the promise,
00:51:33.47\00:51:35.28
I am giving you the assurance
00:51:35.31\00:51:36.60
that you will be
with Me in paradise.
00:51:36.63\00:51:38.96
In other words friends,
00:51:38.99\00:51:40.03
the promise was
given on that day
00:51:40.06\00:51:42.86
but it was not
fulfilled on that day.
00:51:42.89\00:51:45.41
Well, when will the
promise be fulfilled?
00:51:45.44\00:51:48.25
When the Lord Jesus
comes in His kingdom
00:51:48.28\00:51:50.07
just like the thief asked Him,
00:51:50.10\00:51:52.21
remember me when You
come in Your kingdom.
00:51:52.24\00:51:55.70
Now few more
questions before we close,
00:51:55.73\00:51:57.86
people will ask,
well, does God ever send
00:51:57.89\00:52:00.13
the dead back to the loving
to communicate messages to them?
00:52:00.16\00:52:03.02
Notice what it
says in Job 7:9, 10,
00:52:03.05\00:52:05.63
"As the cloud is
consumed and vanishes away,
00:52:05.66\00:52:07.96
so he who goes down to the
grave shall come up no more.
00:52:07.99\00:52:11.22
He shall return
no more to his house,
00:52:11.25\00:52:13.63
neither shall his
place know him anymore."
00:52:13.66\00:52:16.57
The Bible is clear
friends, that when a person dies
00:52:16.60\00:52:19.74
they never come
back to the house,
00:52:19.77\00:52:22.02
they never come back
to communicate messages
00:52:22.05\00:52:24.04
from God to the living.
00:52:24.07\00:52:25.89
But some people
say, but my husband comes
00:52:25.92\00:52:28.10
and visits me
on our anniversary,
00:52:28.13\00:52:30.63
it looks like him,
it sounds like him.
00:52:30.66\00:52:32.54
My father died long back ago
00:52:32.57\00:52:34.20
but I feel his
presence in my house,
00:52:34.23\00:52:36.44
it has to be them.
00:52:36.47\00:52:37.72
But the Bible says it's
not. Oh, who can it be then?
00:52:37.75\00:52:40.94
They are the spirits of
devils working miracles.
00:52:42.99\00:52:49.12
And friends, Satan is so cruel
00:52:49.15\00:52:52.14
that he impersonates
our deceased lovers.
00:52:52.17\00:52:54.94
He is so cruel to
mess with our feelings,
00:52:54.97\00:52:58.06
but simply we say but
00:52:58.09\00:52:59.25
when we talk about
things that only we know about.
00:52:59.28\00:53:02.20
Well, friends, the
devil knows the secret things
00:53:02.23\00:53:03.96
that we have verbalized.
00:53:03.99\00:53:05.56
He can manipulate
our sense to deceive us.
00:53:05.59\00:53:08.00
He has done this in the past.
00:53:08.03\00:53:09.35
You remember the
story of the Witch of Endor?
00:53:09.38\00:53:11.66
The witch supposedly
brought up the prophet Samuel
00:53:11.69\00:53:14.91
and King Saul
thought that it was Samuel
00:53:14.94\00:53:16.67
but a friend,
that wasn't Samuel,
00:53:16.70\00:53:17.74
that was the demon in disguised
00:53:17.77\00:53:19.80
and King Saul was
deceived by the demon.
00:53:19.83\00:53:22.37
He has done this in the past
00:53:22.40\00:53:24.21
and he's doing it right now
00:53:24.24\00:53:25.51
with this
apparition of the Virgin Mary.
00:53:25.54\00:53:27.49
Friends, that's not
Mary, it's a demon in disguise
00:53:27.52\00:53:30.87
deceiving sincere
people into believing
00:53:30.90\00:53:33.89
that God is talking to
them but friends, it's not.
00:53:33.92\00:53:36.90
And we're gonna see
these things intensifying
00:53:38.06\00:53:40.17
more and more and
Satan is so cruel, friends,
00:53:40.20\00:53:43.45
to mess with our emotions.
00:53:43.48\00:53:45.39
There's a story of
a missionary couple
00:53:45.42\00:53:48.03
who are missionaries in Africa.
00:53:48.06\00:53:49.90
They had a little baby girl.
00:53:49.93\00:53:52.27
When she was a toddler
00:53:52.30\00:53:53.77
she accidentally ate a
poisonous plant and she died.
00:53:53.80\00:53:57.50
The parent's hearts was broken.
00:53:57.53\00:53:59.89
They had to bury
her in a little cascade.
00:53:59.92\00:54:01.56
Can you imagine
losing a little girl?
00:54:01.59\00:54:04.46
And after the
funeral service was finished
00:54:04.49\00:54:06.96
the mother shared the
story how she was at home
00:54:06.99\00:54:09.53
in her little girl's bedroom
00:54:09.56\00:54:11.18
and she was crying and weeping,
00:54:11.21\00:54:12.52
mourning of the
loss of her little girl,
00:54:12.55\00:54:14.22
missing her so much.
00:54:14.25\00:54:16.20
And as she was crying
00:54:16.23\00:54:17.26
suddenly she hears
the front door open.
00:54:17.29\00:54:19.67
And she hears little
steps running down the hall.
00:54:19.70\00:54:21.73
She sees the bedroom door open
00:54:21.76\00:54:23.43
and before her very
eyes her little girl
00:54:23.46\00:54:26.02
ruining up to her,
jumping in her lap,
00:54:26.05\00:54:27.94
throwing her
arms around her neck
00:54:27.97\00:54:29.35
saying, "Mommy, mommy,
it's me, it's me, mommy.
00:54:29.38\00:54:31.75
It's okay,
don't cry. It's okay."
00:54:31.78\00:54:33.84
And that mother
said it looked like her,
00:54:33.87\00:54:35.79
it sounded like
her, it smelled like her
00:54:35.82\00:54:38.21
and she wanted it to be true
00:54:38.24\00:54:39.85
but this mother knew
what the Bible said about dead
00:54:39.88\00:54:41.88
and she knew
that her little girl
00:54:41.91\00:54:43.21
was sleeping in the grave
00:54:43.24\00:54:44.43
and even though it
was difficult and hard,
00:54:44.46\00:54:46.45
that mother found the
faith to call upon Jesus
00:54:46.48\00:54:49.08
and she said to the apparition,
00:54:49.11\00:54:50.59
"In the name of
Jesus Christ leave me,
00:54:50.62\00:54:53.31
you are not my daughter,"
and instantly the baby vanished.
00:54:53.34\00:54:58.58
Satan is cruel, friends,
to mess with our emotions.
00:54:58.61\00:55:03.58
Friends, as we close tonight
00:55:03.61\00:55:05.78
if you are dabbling into
the realm of spiritualism
00:55:05.81\00:55:08.90
whether it be
looking into crystal balls
00:55:08.93\00:55:12.57
or perhaps witchcraft,
magic, white or black,
00:55:12.60\00:55:17.35
ouija board, Psychic,
tarot cards, horoscopes
00:55:17.38\00:55:21.46
or the things
like eastern mediation,
00:55:21.49\00:55:23.75
contemplated prayers
00:55:23.78\00:55:24.97
and this false
counterfeit spiritual formation
00:55:25.00\00:55:27.77
that is creeping within
many evangelical churches today.
00:55:27.80\00:55:31.77
If we are
dabbling into these things
00:55:31.80\00:55:33.13
we are gonna be
deceive, friends.
00:55:33.16\00:55:34.92
But maybe we are
not partaking of it,
00:55:34.95\00:55:36.76
maybe we are
being entertained by it,
00:55:36.79\00:55:38.83
maybe we are
watching it on the TV
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and Harry Potter and Twilight,
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all of these things
certain Walt Disney films
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that confuse our children's mind
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about what happens
when a person dies.
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If you are
dabbling into these things
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you are preparing your
mind to be deceived, friends.
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But tonight you
don't have to deceive.
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Truth is too
clear to be confused.
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And now as we
close, last question,
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why is it so important
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that we know the
truth about death?
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Because friends,
spiritualism is gonna
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deceive you and
destroy you but more than that
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the reason why it's so important
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to know the
truth about this topic
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is because the false
doctrine of the immortal soul
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is a direct attack on Calvary.
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How so?
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Let me explain,
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if it's true
that when a man dies
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he doesn't really
die, he is immortal
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then that means
when Jesus became man
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and when Jesus died
that He really didn't die.
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He just went
through the motions.
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And if that's the
case we have no hope.
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Furthermore, John 3:16 says,
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shall we say it together?
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"For God so loved the world,
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that He gave His
only begotten Son,
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that whosoever believeth
in Him should not perish,
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but shall have
everlasting life."
00:57:05.10\00:57:07.90
What kind of life? Everlasting.
00:57:07.93\00:57:10.26
Friends, everlasting life
00:57:10.29\00:57:12.54
is the same
thing as immortal life.
00:57:12.57\00:57:15.35
If the soul is immortal
00:57:15.38\00:57:17.64
that means we already
have everlasting life.
00:57:17.67\00:57:20.46
And if we already
have everlasting life
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then why do we need
to believe in Jesus?
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If we are immortal
we don't need Jesus.
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And that's exactly what
Satan wants people to believe.
00:57:30.23\00:57:33.82
But friends, the
fact that we are mortal,
00:57:33.85\00:57:36.65
subject to death because of sin
00:57:36.68\00:57:39.33
shows me tonight
that I need Jesus.
00:57:39.36\00:57:46.64
Do you need Jesus? Yes.
00:57:46.67\00:57:49.03
There's no life
out of Jesus, friends.
00:57:49.06\00:57:52.59
Soon Jesus is gonna come again
00:57:52.62\00:57:55.76
and when He comes
families that has been separated
00:57:55.79\00:57:58.80
by death are gonna
be reunited in life.
00:57:58.83\00:58:01.85
Don't worry, you are
gonna see your loved ones again.
00:58:01.88\00:58:04.94
We have a few
members of our team
00:58:04.97\00:58:07.40
that just lost their
dad about a month ago.
00:58:07.43\00:58:10.30
Don't worry twins, you
will see your father again.
00:58:10.33\00:58:13.21
It's gonna be a
great family reunion.
00:58:13.24\00:58:15.65
God is gonna wipe away
all the tears from your eyes.
00:58:15.68\00:58:19.01
Death itself is going to die.
00:58:19.04\00:58:23.05
Babies who have died in infancy
00:58:23.08\00:58:26.30
will be placed back
into their parent's arms.
00:58:26.33\00:58:29.43
Oh, what a happy day
00:58:29.46\00:58:32.01
when I see my
father-in-law again.
00:58:32.04\00:58:34.50
Oh, what a happy
day it's going to be.
00:58:34.53\00:58:37.26
Friends, Jesus is only
gonna come back for those,
00:58:37.29\00:58:39.47
He's coming back for
those who have accepted
00:58:39.50\00:58:40.93
His death on the
cross in their place.
00:58:40.96\00:58:43.97
He died and rose again.
00:58:44.00\00:58:46.21
How many of you
want to say, Lord Jesus,
00:58:46.24\00:58:48.45
may you be my resurrection
and my life, take my heart,
00:58:48.48\00:58:53.16
fill me with the
hope of your soon coming.
00:58:53.19\00:58:56.33