Thank you...
thank you very much.
00:00:18.38\00:00:20.78
Maddy Couperus has worked with
us for about the last 9 years.
00:00:21.18\00:00:25.85
She'll be singing for those
that are watching by television.
00:00:26.05\00:00:29.52
How about your heart?
00:00:42.07\00:00:47.11
Is it right with God?
00:00:47.61\00:00:52.05
That's the thing that counts
00:00:52.25\00:00:56.92
today!
00:00:57.12\00:01:02.02
Is it wracked with sin
00:01:02.42\00:01:06.59
or is it pure within?
00:01:07.00\00:01:12.20
Would you ask Christ in
00:01:12.40\00:01:16.74
to stay?
00:01:16.94\00:01:22.84
People often see you
00:01:23.55\00:01:27.98
as you are outside.
00:01:28.18\00:01:32.99
Jesus really knows you
00:01:33.49\00:01:37.33
for He sees inside you.
00:01:37.53\00:01:43.33
How about your heart?
00:01:43.83\00:01:48.00
Is it right with God?
00:01:48.40\00:01:52.97
That's the thing that counts
00:01:53.38\00:01:57.88
today!
00:01:58.08\00:02:02.98
Friend, if you could see
00:02:03.49\00:02:08.39
all that you can be
00:02:08.79\00:02:13.70
would you ask Christ in
00:02:14.10\00:02:18.60
today?
00:02:18.80\00:02:23.87
He won't let you stray
00:02:24.27\00:02:28.88
if He guides your way.
00:02:29.28\00:02:34.25
He is waiting...
00:02:34.75\00:02:37.59
come today.
00:02:37.85\00:02:43.76
People often see you
00:02:44.99\00:02:50.07
as you are outside.
00:02:50.47\00:02:55.00
Jesus really knows you
00:02:55.50\00:02:59.64
for He sees inside you.
00:03:00.04\00:03:05.91
How about your heart?
00:03:06.41\00:03:10.99
Is it right with God?
00:03:11.49\00:03:15.69
That's the thing
00:03:16.09\00:03:18.76
that counts
00:03:18.96\00:03:20.96
today!
00:03:21.16\00:03:27.07
This weekend it has
been our joy and privilege
00:03:35.31\00:03:38.05
to have the twin pianos
of Myrna Matthews-Haynes
00:03:38.25\00:03:41.92
and Adrian Westney with us.
00:03:42.12\00:03:44.02
And tonight they're going
to play a Negro spiritual:
00:03:44.42\00:03:48.26
John Saw That Number.
Let's welcome the twin pianos!
00:03:48.46\00:03:51.96
We're delighted to have
Herman and Sonnie Harp with us.
00:10:51.91\00:10:56.82
They're going to
sing a beautiful song
00:10:57.02\00:10:59.95
entitled Don't It
Make You Want To Go Home?
00:11:00.16\00:11:02.76
They'll be accompanied
by Dona Klein at the organ.
00:11:02.96\00:11:04.99
When the things of your life
00:11:14.64\00:11:18.77
that you cherished
00:11:19.17\00:11:23.28
seem almost too heavy
00:11:23.88\00:11:28.75
to bear.
00:11:28.95\00:11:32.49
And you cry through the long
00:11:33.15\00:11:37.63
lonely nights in despair
00:11:37.83\00:11:42.63
and you feel like
00:11:43.03\00:11:46.03
there's no one to care.
00:11:46.23\00:11:51.87
Don't it make you want to
00:11:54.61\00:11:58.45
go home?
00:11:58.65\00:12:02.52
Where no heartaches or tears
00:12:02.92\00:12:07.66
ever come.
00:12:07.86\00:12:12.23
When you think of the place
00:12:12.63\00:12:17.20
He's preparing for you
00:12:17.40\00:12:23.07
don't it make you want to
00:12:23.84\00:12:28.14
go home?
00:12:28.34\00:12:31.55
Out on a lonely
00:12:33.55\00:12:38.39
hilltop
00:12:38.59\00:12:41.29
when you've laid a loved one
00:12:42.06\00:12:48.06
to rest.
00:12:48.26\00:12:51.53
And your heart
breaks within you...
00:12:52.17\00:12:57.67
your world's at an end
00:12:57.87\00:13:02.54
lay your head
00:13:02.98\00:13:05.01
on your dear Savior's breast.
00:13:05.65\00:13:11.62
Don't it make you want to
00:13:14.72\00:13:18.46
go home?
00:13:18.66\00:13:22.66
Where no heartaches or tears
00:13:23.06\00:13:27.80
ever come.
00:13:28.00\00:13:32.71
When you think of the place
00:13:33.21\00:13:37.91
He's preparing for you
00:13:38.31\00:13:43.92
don't it make you want to
00:13:44.99\00:13:48.76
go home?
00:13:48.96\00:13:54.76
Don't it make you want to
00:13:56.03\00:14:01.00
go home?
00:14:01.74\00:14:07.68
Heavenly Father,
00:14:26.39\00:14:27.73
we look forward to that
day when we can go home.
00:14:29.70\00:14:32.57
Where there won't be any sorrow,
00:14:34.34\00:14:36.30
crying, or pain.
00:14:36.71\00:14:38.74
We pray tonight as we
00:14:39.67\00:14:42.31
look at all the
provisions that You've made
00:14:42.91\00:14:45.51
for each one of us
00:14:46.41\00:14:48.12
to have that
opportunity no matter who we are
00:14:48.32\00:14:51.05
we thank you.
00:14:51.45\00:14:52.82
We ask that You
would give us tonight
00:14:53.02\00:14:55.59
the understanding,
the wisdom that we need.
00:14:56.39\00:14:59.46
Pray, Lord, that our
hearts may be soft and tender.
00:14:59.86\00:15:03.43
That the Holy Spirit may
be able to speak to each of us
00:15:04.03\00:15:07.10
and draw us nearer to You.
00:15:07.50\00:15:09.40
For this we ask in
Christ's name, Amen.
00:15:09.60\00:15:13.01
Scripture says that
the Word of God is living,
00:15:21.08\00:15:24.22
powerful, and sharper
than any two-edged sword.
00:15:24.82\00:15:29.39
It says that God merely speaks
00:15:29.69\00:15:32.73
and things come into existence.
00:15:32.93\00:15:35.76
Listen:
00:15:35.96\00:15:38.00
I mean, He spoke and
the earth was formed,
00:15:48.04\00:15:53.38
came into existence.
00:15:53.58\00:15:55.15
So when God speaks, folks,
00:15:55.35\00:15:58.02
mighty things
take place and happen.
00:15:58.42\00:16:01.46
In fact, there on Mt. Sinai
00:16:01.66\00:16:03.96
it says as He spoke the law
00:16:04.16\00:16:06.63
into existence, Deuteronomy 5:22
00:16:06.83\00:16:09.90
He stood there and He
spoke the commandments of God.
00:16:17.57\00:16:20.91
He spoke the Word
of God into existence.
00:16:26.38\00:16:28.98
So Moses said that
"He spoke that, wrote it
00:16:32.82\00:16:35.22
on tables of stone,
and gave it to me. "
00:16:35.42\00:16:38.03
The Bible says that
when Jesus comes back
00:16:38.99\00:16:42.06
He's going to
speak. It doesn't just say
00:16:43.37\00:16:46.23
He's going to speak.
Says He's going to SHOUT!
00:16:46.43\00:16:48.94
Listen:
00:16:49.34\00:16:50.67
Says He's going to
come; He's going to shout.
00:17:05.49\00:17:08.26
His words are going to
roll through this earth
00:17:08.46\00:17:10.66
like thunder and those
that are dead in the ground
00:17:10.86\00:17:14.43
are literally
going to hear that voice
00:17:14.63\00:17:17.00
and they're going to
come up out of the ground.
00:17:17.40\00:17:19.63
They're going to rise...
00:17:20.30\00:17:21.64
resurrection will take place.
00:17:21.80\00:17:23.67
All these people that
are going to come forth
00:17:24.34\00:17:28.11
when Jesus
speaks... when He shouts
00:17:28.51\00:17:30.65
where are they coming from?
00:17:31.75\00:17:33.62
Are they up in heaven?
00:17:35.12\00:17:36.72
Are they in hell?
00:17:38.19\00:17:39.92
Just exactly
where are these people?
00:17:41.19\00:17:44.13
We need to establish that.
00:17:44.33\00:17:45.66
We need to establish
what God's Word says.
00:17:45.79\00:17:48.13
Where are these
people that when He shouts
00:17:48.53\00:17:50.67
and they're all
going to be resurrected
00:17:50.87\00:17:53.20
where are they coming from?
00:17:53.40\00:17:55.64
Well let's see. The
Scripture tells us very clearly
00:17:56.47\00:17:59.04
where they come from.
00:17:59.24\00:18:00.58
So it says clearly all these
people that are in the graves
00:18:12.55\00:18:16.89
will hear His
voice and come forth.
00:18:17.09\00:18:19.93
So the Scripture says clearly
00:18:29.04\00:18:30.77
that all of the dead are going
to come up out of the grave.
00:18:30.97\00:18:35.58
Let's look at another one.
00:18:35.78\00:18:37.11
Daniel 12 verse 2.
This is Daniel. This is one
00:18:37.15\00:18:40.68
that he said: "Daniel,
you are greatly beloved. "
00:18:40.88\00:18:43.92
I mean he... You know that there
are only 2 people in the Bible
00:18:44.32\00:18:48.52
that it doesn't say anything
bad about. Do you know that?
00:18:48.72\00:18:50.79
That's Daniel and Joseph.
00:18:51.59\00:18:53.29
So he's very much beloved.
00:18:53.70\00:18:56.70
So listen to what
the Lord says to Daniel:
00:18:56.90\00:18:59.03
They're in the
dust of the earth. OK.
00:19:08.11\00:19:10.58
OK. So it makes
it very clear that
00:19:15.72\00:19:18.65
they are asleep in
the dust of the ground.
00:19:18.85\00:19:21.86
They're going to
come out of that.
00:19:22.06\00:19:24.49
You remember when
Jesus was crucified
00:19:24.69\00:19:27.83
the veil in the temple was rent?
00:19:29.20\00:19:31.50
Did you know that the Bible says
00:19:31.70\00:19:33.37
that the graves opened?
00:19:33.57\00:19:35.40
Huh? Listen to this:
00:19:35.60\00:19:37.14
So these people that are dead
00:19:53.69\00:19:56.49
and when Jesus comes and calls
00:19:56.69\00:19:59.29
where are they
coming from, folks?
00:19:59.49\00:20:01.36
Graves. They're
not coming from heaven.
00:20:01.56\00:20:05.27
They're not coming
from some spirit world.
00:20:05.47\00:20:09.00
They're coming from the grave
00:20:09.20\00:20:11.71
is exactly what
the Scripture tells us.
00:20:11.91\00:20:13.74
And it says these people
that came out of the grave...
00:20:13.94\00:20:16.24
So the Bible makes it
very clear where they are.
00:20:23.72\00:20:26.69
I guess the question we need to
ask ourselves then tonight is:
00:20:27.09\00:20:30.39
what's their condition?
00:20:30.59\00:20:32.76
You know, if
they're in the grave
00:20:32.96\00:20:34.86
then do the dead
retain their senses?
00:20:35.06\00:20:38.10
Can they see? Hear?
Taste? Touch? Smell?
00:20:38.90\00:20:44.64
Do the dead
experience such things as
00:20:45.64\00:20:48.18
joy? Sorrow? Pain?
00:20:48.38\00:20:51.05
What just happens to
a person when they die?
00:20:51.25\00:20:53.75
What is their condition?
00:20:53.95\00:20:55.28
Well, let's see if
the Scripture will tell us
00:20:55.32\00:20:56.72
what their condition is.
00:20:56.92\00:20:58.25
So the Scripture says
when the person's in the grave
00:21:15.90\00:21:18.57
they don't know?
"Nothing. " Anything.
00:21:18.77\00:21:22.51
You know, it's
always amused me why...
00:21:22.71\00:21:24.88
why people want to think
that the people in the grave
00:21:25.08\00:21:27.42
know something, you know.
00:21:27.62\00:21:29.95
Let me ask you a
question tonight:
00:21:30.72\00:21:32.35
when you go to cross the street
00:21:33.25\00:21:35.09
which way do you look first?
00:21:35.39\00:21:37.23
To the left or to the right?
00:21:37.43\00:21:38.76
Some of you don't
even know, do you?
00:21:41.26\00:21:43.33
OK... all of you
since you were children
00:21:45.33\00:21:48.04
have been taught
to look to the left
00:21:48.24\00:21:50.27
'cause that's the way
the traffic's coming from.
00:21:50.47\00:21:52.21
And that's great as
long as you don't travel.
00:21:52.41\00:21:55.24
OK? Because there are
places in the world where they
00:21:56.24\00:21:58.55
drive on the other
side of the street.
00:21:58.75\00:22:00.12
And I have been
there, you know, and looked.
00:22:00.52\00:22:03.45
Nobody coming.
Step out in the street
00:22:03.65\00:22:05.92
and boy, right there it
was. Just almost got me.
00:22:06.12\00:22:08.59
OK... there's people
lose their life every year
00:22:08.99\00:22:11.06
over that one thing. OK?
00:22:11.26\00:22:12.89
So let's say I'm not
watching where I'm going.
00:22:13.09\00:22:15.63
All right? And I
step out in the street
00:22:15.83\00:22:18.23
and this car hits
me, knocks me down.
00:22:18.43\00:22:20.87
Knocks me unconscious. OK?
00:22:21.07\00:22:24.84
Do I know anything?
00:22:25.44\00:22:26.78
No. I'm unconscious...
I don't know anything.
00:22:26.98\00:22:29.48
And they call the ambulance.
00:22:29.88\00:22:31.61
They put me in the ambulance and
they rush me to the hospital.
00:22:31.81\00:22:34.88
They roll me into
the emergency room
00:22:35.28\00:22:37.75
and the doctor
comes in and examines me.
00:22:37.95\00:22:40.69
And he says: "This
man is hurt internally.
00:22:41.09\00:22:43.06
We're going to have
to operate on him. "
00:22:43.26\00:22:44.63
So they roll me
into the operating room.
00:22:45.26\00:22:47.96
They call the anesthetist.
00:22:48.16\00:22:49.90
Comes in and they begin
to give me the anesthetic.
00:22:50.10\00:22:52.80
They put me to sleep.
00:22:53.00\00:22:54.34
Do I know anything? No. Huh?
00:22:54.94\00:22:57.51
No! I'm asleep...
I don't know a thing.
00:22:57.71\00:22:59.41
The doctor
starts operating on me
00:22:59.81\00:23:02.04
and while he's operating
on me my heart stops beating.
00:23:02.24\00:23:06.58
Now I know everything!
00:23:06.78\00:23:08.45
No, folks... See?
00:23:11.15\00:23:12.92
The Bible just says
that when a person dies
00:23:13.12\00:23:15.56
they don't know anything.
00:23:15.76\00:23:18.36
Listen. It goes on further:
00:23:18.56\00:23:20.00
So the Bible makes it
clear they don't know anything.
00:23:34.44\00:23:37.51
We've just gone
through the Olympics.
00:23:37.71\00:23:40.42
I don't know if
you've noticed it, but
00:23:41.82\00:23:44.02
so many times I see
this where somebody who has
00:23:44.42\00:23:48.32
participated in
one of the sports
00:23:48.52\00:23:50.79
and they win say the gold medal
00:23:50.99\00:23:54.43
and the commentator
will be talking to them
00:23:54.63\00:23:58.43
and find out that
maybe they lost their mother
00:23:58.63\00:24:02.17
or their father. And
the commentator will say
00:24:02.37\00:24:05.27
something to them
about "You know your Dad was
00:24:05.47\00:24:07.41
very close to you and
helped you all this time
00:24:07.61\00:24:10.28
and it's been so nice
if he could have been here"
00:24:10.48\00:24:13.92
and you know
they talk about that.
00:24:14.12\00:24:15.75
And then
something will be said about
00:24:15.95\00:24:17.69
"Well he's up in
heaven looking down on you. "
00:24:17.89\00:24:19.92
I'm sure you've seen
that time and time again.
00:24:20.12\00:24:21.96
Would you like to see
what the Bible says about that?
00:24:22.16\00:24:24.49
Listen. This is what the Scrip-
ture says about that very thing:
00:24:24.89\00:24:27.73
No... he doesn't know that.
00:24:43.98\00:24:46.88
They die. He's not aware of it.
00:24:47.08\00:24:48.78
He dies; he's not
aware of what goes on there.
00:24:48.98\00:24:51.65
Makes it very clear.
00:24:51.85\00:24:53.46
Says he dies; breathes his last.
00:25:04.47\00:25:06.84
Where is he? Well, we found
out where he is, didn't we?
00:25:07.04\00:25:09.77
He's in the grave; he
doesn't know anything.
00:25:10.57\00:25:13.64
The Bible is
crystal clear that the dead
00:25:29.76\00:25:33.36
don't know
anything. They are asleep
00:25:33.56\00:25:36.53
and they will remain so until
the coming of Jesus Christ.
00:25:36.93\00:25:40.97
They don't know
anything. They don't praise God.
00:25:48.68\00:25:51.21
Says they just "go
down into silence. "
00:25:51.61\00:25:54.58
That's where they
are that whole time.
00:25:54.78\00:25:57.95
Well you say: "Well,
they're in their grave.
00:25:58.15\00:26:00.62
They don't know anything. "
00:26:00.82\00:26:02.16
Well, I can
tell you this, folks:
00:26:07.06\00:26:09.50
if you think that
philosophy offers you some hope,
00:26:10.00\00:26:13.37
you missed it.
00:26:13.77\00:26:15.17
You know, I've read
the works of atheists,
00:26:16.10\00:26:19.84
agnostics, and infidels
00:26:20.04\00:26:21.68
and when I got through
00:26:21.98\00:26:23.75
it was just nothing
there. It was just darkness.
00:26:24.75\00:26:27.42
There was no hope at all.
00:26:27.62\00:26:28.95
I want you to listen to
what Christ offers to you:
00:26:28.98\00:26:32.02
Now folks, let's
get something clear:
00:26:45.90\00:26:47.57
where is eternal life? In you?
00:26:47.77\00:26:52.24
No... eternal
life is in His Son.
00:26:52.44\00:26:56.24
Listen:
00:26:56.44\00:26:58.01
It's simply right
there. And if you want life,
00:27:06.82\00:27:11.06
if you want eternal life,
00:27:11.26\00:27:12.69
it's found totally and
completely in Jesus Christ.
00:27:12.89\00:27:15.96
No one else.
00:27:16.16\00:27:17.53
See, Christ died.
Did He stay in the grave?
00:27:18.73\00:27:23.44
No! He did not
stay in the grave.
00:27:24.04\00:27:26.14
He came forth from the grave.
Listen to the promise of God,
00:27:26.34\00:27:29.71
what He says He will
do for you and for me:
00:27:29.91\00:27:32.31
So it says that same
Spirit that gave life
00:27:55.20\00:27:58.31
to Jesus Christ
will give your life.
00:27:58.51\00:28:01.78
That's where the hope is.
The hope is in Jesus Christ.
00:28:02.74\00:28:05.85
It is not you and I.
Nowhere in that Bible, folks,
00:28:06.05\00:28:10.42
does it says that you
and I have immortality.
00:28:10.62\00:28:14.52
Just doesn't promise that.
00:28:15.29\00:28:16.79
We get immortality
because of Jesus Christ.
00:28:17.79\00:28:21.66
We are mortal. That
means we are subject to death.
00:28:21.86\00:28:24.93
We do not have
immortality of ourselves.
00:28:25.13\00:28:28.94
OK... the Bible
doesn't promise that.
00:28:29.90\00:28:32.07
It promises that we get im-
mortality through Jesus Christ.
00:28:32.27\00:28:35.78
He's the One that gives it.
00:28:36.44\00:28:37.91
Well then, we need to
ask ourselves a question.
00:28:38.11\00:28:40.32
If this happens
at the resurrection,
00:28:40.52\00:28:42.85
when does the
resurrection take place?
00:28:43.05\00:28:45.79
Well, let's see if the
Scripture will tell us.
00:28:48.59\00:28:50.93
So when is the resurrection
going to take place?
00:29:07.48\00:29:09.58
At the last day. If
you're not clear on that,
00:29:10.45\00:29:12.38
look at this one:
00:29:12.58\00:29:13.92
Is it getting clearer?
00:29:28.10\00:29:29.43
The resurrection
takes place at the last day.
00:29:29.53\00:29:33.74
One more:
00:29:33.94\00:29:35.27
"No one can come to Me
00:29:36.17\00:29:37.91
unless the Father who
sent Me draws him... "
00:29:38.11\00:29:40.68
So the
Scripture is crystal clear
00:29:45.01\00:29:47.25
that the resurrection is going
to take place at the last day.
00:29:47.45\00:29:50.79
It says you and I as
individuals are mortal.
00:29:50.99\00:29:54.29
It says that
we're subject to death
00:29:54.49\00:29:56.26
and that when we
die we are in the grave.
00:29:56.46\00:29:59.16
We don't know anything
until the resurrection.
00:29:59.36\00:30:02.80
At the last day: that's when the
resurrection will take place.
00:30:03.00\00:30:07.10
Now this idea...
You know, this idea that
00:30:07.64\00:30:11.17
when you die, if
you're good you go to heaven
00:30:11.37\00:30:14.01
and if you're
bad you go to hell...
00:30:14.41\00:30:17.35
that really causes
some major problems
00:30:17.85\00:30:20.25
in understanding God's Word.
00:30:20.45\00:30:22.12
Let me show you a few of them.
00:30:22.95\00:30:24.72
If it's true that when you die
00:30:24.92\00:30:28.02
if you're good you go to heaven
00:30:28.22\00:30:29.56
and if you're
bad you go to hell,
00:30:29.59\00:30:30.93
then what need is
there of a resurrection?
00:30:31.03\00:30:33.40
Why have one if all the
righteous are up in heaven? See?
00:30:35.73\00:30:40.40
Why not just gather the
live and take them to heaven?
00:30:40.60\00:30:43.07
All the rest are there.
00:30:43.27\00:30:45.11
If this is true
that when you die
00:30:45.51\00:30:48.58
if you're good you go to
heaven; if you're bad you go
00:30:49.64\00:30:51.51
to hell, then what need is
there of the coming of Jesus?
00:30:51.71\00:30:55.75
Why does Jesus need to come back
00:30:57.32\00:30:59.19
if when you die
you go to heaven?
00:30:59.69\00:31:01.66
Not really any reason.
00:31:02.86\00:31:04.59
Or if it's true, then what
need is there of a judgment?
00:31:04.99\00:31:09.36
You talk about
getting in trouble
00:31:10.63\00:31:12.63
have someone go to heaven and
be there for a few hundred years
00:31:12.83\00:31:15.70
and then have the
judgment and find out
00:31:15.90\00:31:17.61
they didn't belong
there. That won't work, see.
00:31:17.81\00:31:22.11
So what I'm trying to say
00:31:22.31\00:31:23.78
that does away with some of the
great teachings of God's Word.
00:31:23.98\00:31:27.12
I have a friend
00:31:28.12\00:31:30.29
when her daughter was
about, oh, I don't know,
00:31:30.49\00:31:34.36
five years old or so
00:31:34.76\00:31:36.56
they went out to the
cemetery to put some flowers
00:31:36.76\00:31:39.56
on the aunt's grave.
And they got out there
00:31:39.76\00:31:44.07
and laid the
flowers on the grave there.
00:31:44.27\00:31:46.07
And this little girl...
the wheels were turning.
00:31:46.27\00:31:48.70
And she reached over and
tugged on her mother's skirt
00:31:49.10\00:31:52.84
and she said: "Is
Aunt Polly in there? "
00:31:53.24\00:31:56.34
Her mother said: "Oh,
no. Aunt Polly's not there.
00:31:57.35\00:31:59.81
She's up in heaven. "
00:32:00.02\00:32:01.35
And the little girl thought
that through for a little bit
00:32:02.22\00:32:04.89
and she tugged on her
mother's skirt and she said:
00:32:05.09\00:32:06.96
"Why are we putting
the flowers there? "
00:32:07.36\00:32:09.66
And of course this really
threw the mother into confusion
00:32:12.53\00:32:15.13
you know. She didn't
know exactly what to say.
00:32:15.33\00:32:17.77
And so she said: "Well,
Aunt Polly's up in heaven
00:32:18.70\00:32:22.64
but her body's here. "
00:32:22.84\00:32:24.44
And the little girl
thought a little bit
00:32:25.04\00:32:27.71
and tugged on her
mother's skirt and said:
00:32:27.91\00:32:29.24
"Aunt Polly's up in heaven run-
ning around without a body? "
00:32:30.21\00:32:32.85
You see, you get into
all kinds of difficulty
00:32:33.35\00:32:37.62
when you depart from
the Word of God, folks.
00:32:37.82\00:32:40.39
God has made it very
very clear - very simple -
00:32:40.89\00:32:45.39
that when a
person dies he's asleep.
00:32:45.69\00:32:49.00
He doesn't know anything
00:32:49.20\00:32:50.73
and will not until
the resurrection morning.
00:32:50.93\00:32:54.14
THEN he'll come
forth from the grave.
00:32:54.34\00:32:57.07
So that makes it clear where
they're coming from: the grave.
00:33:09.35\00:33:12.25
God promises that
they'll be resurrected
00:33:12.95\00:33:15.86
from the grave. I
Corinthians 5:12...
00:33:16.06\00:33:18.93
Excuse me, 15 verse 20.
00:33:19.13\00:33:22.23
One of the great,
great scriptures, folks.
00:33:22.43\00:33:26.10
Promises to you and I change.
00:33:26.30\00:33:29.40
Promises to us
immortality. Listen:
00:33:29.80\00:33:32.71
So it says He's
going to gather them all.
00:33:49.26\00:33:51.49
Take them to
heaven at His coming.
00:33:51.69\00:33:54.10
Well, when the people are
all resurrected from the grave
00:33:54.30\00:33:57.50
what are they
going to be like? Hmm?
00:33:57.70\00:34:02.44
Going to be an invisible spirit
just kind of flitting around?
00:34:03.04\00:34:05.94
Is that what
they're going to be like?
00:34:06.44\00:34:07.81
What does the Scripture
tell us that we will be like
00:34:08.01\00:34:10.85
at the resurrection?
00:34:11.05\00:34:12.38
Let me tell you
something, dear friend:
00:34:33.50\00:34:35.57
you'll be just as
real as you are today.
00:34:35.77\00:34:38.77
There'll be some changes.
00:34:39.67\00:34:41.01
You know? You won't be sick.
00:34:41.41\00:34:44.51
You won't ever get tired.
00:34:45.01\00:34:47.15
OK? There won't be any sorrow.
00:34:47.35\00:34:49.95
There won't be any pain.
00:34:50.15\00:34:51.49
All that will be gone
00:34:51.69\00:34:53.25
but you'll be a
very real person.
00:34:53.46\00:34:57.03
How real?
00:34:57.23\00:34:58.56
So he's a very real person.
00:35:06.43\00:35:08.70
Oh for that day
when He's coming back!
00:35:12.24\00:35:15.14
Coming back in which
there will be no more sin.
00:35:15.54\00:35:21.25
Ever thought about that?
What would this world be like
00:35:21.75\00:35:24.65
if there was no sin?
00:35:24.85\00:35:26.79
Huh? What would it be like?
00:35:27.92\00:35:29.79
No crime... no death.
00:35:32.09\00:35:36.83
No heartache... no sorrow.
00:35:38.17\00:35:41.50
Marvelous! "How my heart yearns
00:35:41.70\00:35:45.04
for that day! " Promises this.
00:35:45.24\00:35:49.98
They're going to do
what? All that are in the grave
00:35:58.52\00:36:01.06
are going to
what? Hear His voice.
00:36:01.26\00:36:03.49
So we found out
that they've got flesh.
00:36:03.89\00:36:06.23
We found out that they can see.
00:36:06.43\00:36:08.56
We found out now
that they can what? Hear.
00:36:08.76\00:36:11.13
They'll hear His voice.
00:36:11.53\00:36:13.20
Now folks, this is one
of the great scriptures
00:36:22.44\00:36:25.11
as far as I'm
concerned that tells you exactly
00:36:25.31\00:36:27.05
what you're going to
be like. So here is Jesus.
00:36:27.25\00:36:28.88
This is after the resurrection
00:36:29.08\00:36:30.62
and He's walked into the room
there and He's said to them:
00:36:30.82\00:36:33.46
"Peace be to you. "
00:36:33.66\00:36:34.99
Watch what happens here:
00:36:35.02\00:36:36.36
They think they're
seeing a what? A ghost.
00:36:42.73\00:36:45.73
What they think
they're seeing is a ghost.
00:36:46.77\00:36:48.44
Let's see if it's a ghost.
00:36:48.64\00:36:50.04
Let's see if it's a spirit, OK?
00:36:50.24\00:36:52.57
Said: "Come here... touch Me...
00:37:12.73\00:37:15.30
feel Me. I'm not a
spirit; I'm not a ghost. "
00:37:15.50\00:37:19.43
"Thomas, put your
finger in the handprints. "
00:37:19.83\00:37:22.60
Not something that's
ethereal... a real, real person.
00:37:23.77\00:37:28.14
Do you know how real He was?
00:37:28.34\00:37:30.18
Listen:
00:37:31.35\00:37:33.28
He said: "I'm not a
spirit; I'm not a ghost...
00:37:38.82\00:37:41.22
I'm a real person. "
00:37:41.42\00:37:43.43
"And when He had said this
00:37:45.09\00:37:46.73
He showed them His
hands and His feet. "
00:37:46.93\00:37:48.96
Now listen to this, folks:
00:37:49.16\00:37:50.50
Said: "Got anything to eat?
00:38:01.54\00:38:03.31
I'm hungry! " That's not a
spirit; that's not a ghost,
00:38:03.51\00:38:07.08
folks. "Have you
got something to eat? "
00:38:07.28\00:38:10.59
We'll be real
people; we'll do real things.
00:38:10.79\00:38:15.82
Heaven will be a very,
very real place, folks!
00:38:16.42\00:38:21.26
God promises
that to you and to me.
00:38:22.46\00:38:25.20
What's our
bodies going to be like?
00:38:26.43\00:38:29.00
Listen... Philippians 3:21:
00:38:29.20\00:38:31.34
Oh, it's going to be
conformed to His glorious body.
00:38:37.61\00:38:39.95
Glorious body is referring to
His body after the resurrection.
00:38:40.15\00:38:43.49
After the resurrection
what kind of a body did He have?
00:38:44.39\00:38:46.89
Flesh and bones. He
saw, He ate, tasted.
00:38:47.79\00:38:50.96
Real body. Ours
will be like His body.
00:38:51.16\00:38:53.86
Glorious body!
00:38:54.06\00:38:55.50
So He has a
very, very real body.
00:39:01.27\00:39:04.54
I mean, if all the
dead are asleep in the grave
00:39:10.41\00:39:12.91
is there anybody in heaven now?
00:39:13.11\00:39:14.62
Yes, there are some
people in heaven now.
00:39:14.82\00:39:16.89
The Bible tells us that Enoch...
00:39:17.29\00:39:19.59
Enoch, the 7th from
Adam, the Scripture says,
00:39:19.79\00:39:22.46
was taken to heaven
without seeing death.
00:39:22.66\00:39:24.73
That's what it says.
So he's up in heaven.
00:39:25.23\00:39:27.30
The Scripture
tells us that Elijah
00:39:27.50\00:39:30.43
was taken to heaven
without seeing death.
00:39:30.63\00:39:33.23
Fiery chariot
took him to heaven.
00:39:33.64\00:39:35.67
Elisha saw him
go up into heaven.
00:39:35.87\00:39:38.07
The Bible tells us that Moses
00:39:38.27\00:39:40.98
died and in the
book of Jude it says he
00:39:41.18\00:39:44.81
was resurrected
and taken to heaven.
00:39:45.01\00:39:46.92
And you remember he's one
of those people that appeared
00:39:47.12\00:39:49.35
to Christ on the
Mount of Transfiguration.
00:39:49.55\00:39:52.39
I have people ask me and say:
00:39:54.92\00:39:57.53
"Do you think
fasting is of any benefit? "
00:39:58.63\00:40:01.86
Huh? Do you think it is?
00:40:02.66\00:40:05.03
Fasting? There's
only three people
00:40:06.43\00:40:10.27
in the Bible that
fasted for 40 days.
00:40:10.47\00:40:14.41
Do you know who they were?
00:40:15.34\00:40:16.68
Moses, Elijah, and Jesus.
00:40:18.25\00:40:22.48
And those are the three on
the Mount of Transfiguration.
00:40:22.88\00:40:25.39
Evidently has some value, right?
00:40:26.86\00:40:28.69
OK. But listen, it
talks about some other people
00:40:28.99\00:40:31.83
that were taken to heaven.
We read about them already
00:40:32.03\00:40:33.66
but we'll read it again.
00:40:33.86\00:40:35.20
These people were resurrected
at the time Jesus died
00:40:51.41\00:40:55.12
and they were taken to heaven
with Jesus because they are
00:40:55.32\00:40:58.02
the firstfruits
of the resurrection.
00:40:58.22\00:41:00.26
He took them back with
Him to heaven as living proof
00:41:00.46\00:41:03.39
of the resurrection. So
they came up out of the grave.
00:41:03.69\00:41:06.63
They're in heaven.
00:41:06.83\00:41:08.16
So, yes, there's
people in heaven.
00:41:08.20\00:41:09.76
But the vast majority of people
00:41:09.96\00:41:13.30
are waiting... waiting
for Jesus to come back.
00:41:13.50\00:41:17.07
And when He comes
back He's going to shout
00:41:17.47\00:41:20.98
and all the
graves are going to open
00:41:21.34\00:41:24.95
and Jesus is going to
call them forth from the grave.
00:41:25.35\00:41:28.42
You say: "Well Brother Cox...
00:41:31.25\00:41:33.22
what about the
thief on the cross? "
00:41:34.26\00:41:36.32
"What about him? "
00:41:37.59\00:41:38.93
"Didn't he go to
heaven that day? "
00:41:39.09\00:41:41.23
Well, let's see what the
Scripture says to us. Luke 23:42
00:41:42.13\00:41:46.74
you remember? Speaking to
Jesus he said to Jesus: "Lord,
00:41:47.14\00:41:50.97
remember me when you
come into Your kingdom. "
00:41:51.17\00:41:53.61
You say: "Well that sounds
like he went to heaven that day.
00:42:06.96\00:42:10.43
That's what that text says. "
00:42:10.63\00:42:12.26
That's what that text says.
00:42:13.29\00:42:14.86
"I say to you today, you
will be with Me in paradise. "
00:42:15.90\00:42:19.20
That is what that text says.
00:42:19.40\00:42:21.10
The problem with that text
is the comma is out of place.
00:42:22.17\00:42:26.24
Now folks, there is nothing
inspired about punctuation.
00:42:27.28\00:42:31.31
Punctuation was put into
the Scripture by the Medieval
00:42:32.01\00:42:34.82
church. It was not something
that was in the original
00:42:35.02\00:42:37.25
language. OK?
00:42:37.45\00:42:39.02
The problem is here:
00:42:39.22\00:42:41.29
That sounds like He
went to paradise that day.
00:42:45.73\00:42:48.30
If that's the way that
text was, that would be right.
00:42:48.50\00:42:51.33
But the problem is
that comma after you
00:42:51.53\00:42:55.50
belongs after today.
00:42:55.70\00:42:57.77
OK? If you put it there,
it reads completely different.
00:42:58.67\00:43:02.04
So... let's put it
there and see how it reads.
00:43:02.24\00:43:06.15
So you want to
watch this very carefully.
00:43:06.55\00:43:08.62
This is what happens.
00:43:08.82\00:43:10.65
OK... we just moved it...
00:43:14.82\00:43:16.62
simply moved it over
there to after today.
00:43:16.83\00:43:19.33
Now let's read it:
00:43:19.53\00:43:20.86
See, totally different meaning.
00:43:26.97\00:43:28.80
That first text saying
he went to heaven that day.
00:43:29.00\00:43:31.97
This text is saying: "On this
day that it doesn't look like
00:43:32.17\00:43:34.54
I have a kingdom. On this
day that they plucked My beard;
00:43:34.74\00:43:37.65
on this day that they
have put a crown of thorns
00:43:37.85\00:43:40.72
upon My head; on this
day that it doesn't look like
00:43:40.92\00:43:43.05
I have a kingdom; on
this day I'm promising you
00:43:43.25\00:43:46.39
you will be with Me in heaven. "
00:43:46.59\00:43:48.02
THAT's what that
text actually should read.
00:43:48.42\00:43:51.46
You say: "Brother
Cox, that's pretty weak. "
00:43:51.86\00:43:54.13
I believe it's true but
I believe it's weak also.
00:43:55.56\00:43:58.43
So if you just hang on
we'll make it much stronger.
00:43:58.83\00:44:01.44
All right?
00:44:01.64\00:44:02.97
You remember He was
crucified between two thieves.
00:44:03.10\00:44:07.64
You remember
they've gone out there...
00:44:09.31\00:44:12.91
they found that Jesus was dead.
00:44:13.31\00:44:15.62
Listen carefully:
00:44:15.82\00:44:17.15
Now folks, this Sabbath
as it says is a high day.
00:44:25.89\00:44:29.30
So this is a high day.
00:44:39.61\00:44:42.01
It's a high day
because the weekly Sabbath
00:44:42.21\00:44:46.38
and the annual Sabbath
are falling on the same day.
00:44:46.58\00:44:50.05
That's what makes
it a high day, OK?
00:44:50.25\00:44:52.85
So it's a high day, and
they don't want their bodies
00:44:53.05\00:44:56.59
out there over the Sabbath.
00:44:56.79\00:44:58.26
So they've asked that
their legs might be broken
00:44:58.46\00:45:02.00
that they might be taken away.
00:45:02.20\00:45:03.87
Now I told you, crucifixion
00:45:04.33\00:45:06.47
puts the person's body
in a place that the only way
00:45:07.64\00:45:11.11
they can inhale
00:45:11.31\00:45:13.64
is by pushing up with their legs
00:45:13.84\00:45:16.51
and that way gets
enough there because when
00:45:16.71\00:45:19.11
all this weight is
thrown on their arms
00:45:19.31\00:45:21.15
they can exhale
but they can't inhale.
00:45:21.35\00:45:23.49
The only way they can inhale is
by pushing up with their legs.
00:45:23.69\00:45:26.76
So to break their
legs puts them in a place
00:45:26.96\00:45:29.42
that they can't push up with it
00:45:29.62\00:45:31.26
and thus they'll suffocate.
00:45:31.46\00:45:33.09
Although this takes some time;
this doesn't happen quickly.
00:45:33.29\00:45:36.97
This is not like
a lethal injection
00:45:37.17\00:45:40.07
or it's not like
the electric chair.
00:45:40.27\00:45:41.60
Understand that. This
takes a period of time
00:45:41.67\00:45:45.07
for this to happen. So it says:
00:45:45.27\00:45:47.31
"that their legs might be broken
they might be taken away. "
00:45:47.51\00:45:51.11
They broke their legs.
00:45:56.08\00:45:57.72
Of course, when they came
to Jesus He was dead already.
00:45:57.92\00:46:01.86
What I'm trying
to get across to you:
00:46:02.06\00:46:03.93
this is happening
late... late Friday afternoon.
00:46:04.13\00:46:09.66
The sun's about to set.
00:46:09.86\00:46:11.67
I'm trying to tell you
the thief didn't die that day.
00:46:11.87\00:46:14.90
See? Didn't die that day
'cause the sun was setting.
00:46:16.94\00:46:21.38
That became the end
of the day. All right?
00:46:21.58\00:46:24.15
Secondly, Jesus did.
00:46:24.35\00:46:26.21
They buried Him.
00:46:26.41\00:46:28.05
Mary Magdalene has gotten to
the tomb before anybody else.
00:46:28.92\00:46:33.56
In fact, the Scripture
says she's gotten there
00:46:33.76\00:46:35.42
while it's still dark. Right?
00:46:35.62\00:46:37.53
When she gets there
the stone's rolled away.
00:46:38.33\00:46:41.43
And she looks in and
the body of Jesus is gone.
00:46:42.20\00:46:44.90
And as she turns
around it's dark, folks.
00:46:45.30\00:46:48.24
It's not... the sun hasn't
come up. It says she got there
00:46:48.64\00:46:50.94
while it was still dark.
The sun hadn't come up yet.
00:46:51.14\00:46:53.07
And in the twilight of dawn
00:46:53.48\00:46:57.01
she can see the figure
of somebody over there.
00:46:57.41\00:46:59.98
But not only is it dark
00:47:00.18\00:47:02.08
she's crying... so
she can't see very well.
00:47:02.28\00:47:05.45
And she thinks that that
individual she sees there
00:47:05.65\00:47:08.19
is the gardener.
00:47:08.39\00:47:09.72
And so she
speaks to Him and says:
00:47:09.82\00:47:11.96
"If you've taken my
Lord's body somewhere,
00:47:12.16\00:47:14.00
tell me what you've done with it
00:47:14.20\00:47:15.73
and I'll take care of it. "
00:47:15.93\00:47:17.27
And Jesus speaks to
her... calls her by name.
00:47:18.00\00:47:21.97
And when He calls her
by name she recognizes Him.
00:47:22.17\00:47:25.44
And she runs and
she's going to hug Him.
00:47:26.47\00:47:30.11
Watch what happens:
00:47:30.78\00:47:32.28
What I'm telling you is Jesus
didn't go to heaven that day.
00:47:59.37\00:48:02.24
He didn't go to heaven that day.
00:48:03.11\00:48:04.78
What he was telling that
thief is He was saying: "Listen,
00:48:04.98\00:48:07.58
on this day that it doesn't
look like I have a kingdom
00:48:07.78\00:48:10.89
I am promising you you'll
have a place in My kingdom. "
00:48:11.09\00:48:13.96
That's what Jesus
was saying to him.
00:48:14.16\00:48:16.36
Well you say: "But Brother Cox,
00:48:17.13\00:48:19.33
didn't Paul say some-
thing about going to heaven? "
00:48:19.73\00:48:22.66
I have a lot of
people that read that.
00:48:26.63\00:48:29.17
Let's read the text,
folks. This is what it says:
00:48:30.07\00:48:32.67
So they say: "Oh,
that just simply means
00:48:44.15\00:48:47.12
that when you die
you're immediately present
00:48:47.32\00:48:50.23
with the Lord. " Now folks,
00:48:50.43\00:48:52.69
I have mentioned
night after night
00:48:52.89\00:48:54.73
this Bible will be consistent.
00:48:56.13\00:48:58.87
OK? Do you understand
the basis of inspiration?
00:48:59.83\00:49:03.71
The first five books of your
Bible were written by Moses.
00:49:04.67\00:49:07.54
Genesis, Exodus,
Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy.
00:49:08.38\00:49:11.88
That was all written by Moses.
00:49:12.28\00:49:13.62
That's called the Pentateuch.
00:49:13.82\00:49:15.15
That became the
basis of inspiration.
00:49:15.88\00:49:18.32
And so when the
book of Joshua came along
00:49:19.25\00:49:21.82
it had to agree
with what Moses said.
00:49:22.02\00:49:24.79
OK? And every book thereafter
00:49:25.36\00:49:28.83
had to agree
with the other ones.
00:49:29.03\00:49:31.00
That's the basis of inspiration.
00:49:31.20\00:49:33.30
So what I'm
trying to tell you is
00:49:33.50\00:49:35.47
that Moses and
Paul won't disagree.
00:49:35.67\00:49:39.44
OK? And Paul and
Jeremiah won't disagree.
00:49:40.41\00:49:43.91
And Jeremiah and
John won't disagree.
00:49:44.55\00:49:47.22
It'll harmonize
all the way through,
00:49:47.62\00:49:49.75
and Paul will not speak
out of two sides of his mouth.
00:49:50.15\00:49:56.12
Understand...
Paul will not do that.
00:49:57.66\00:50:00.00
Paul will not say
one thing one place
00:50:00.20\00:50:02.70
and something
else some other place.
00:50:02.90\00:50:05.73
So listen to
what Paul has to say.
00:50:06.67\00:50:09.17
He says: "To be
absent from the body
00:50:09.37\00:50:13.64
is to be
present with the Lord. "
00:50:13.84\00:50:15.94
Did he in his mind think
that that meant when he died
00:50:16.34\00:50:19.68
he was going to go
straight to heaven?
00:50:19.88\00:50:21.22
Is that what he thought?
00:50:21.35\00:50:22.68
Well, let's see
if he thinks that.
00:50:23.02\00:50:24.35
Is he confident?
00:50:40.67\00:50:42.44
Absolutely! Said: "I
have fought a good fight,
00:50:42.64\00:50:44.77
I have finished the
race, I have kept the faith. "
00:50:44.97\00:50:47.04
He's gonna give
me on that Day...
00:51:05.76\00:51:07.76
When is that Day?
00:51:07.96\00:51:09.30
Paul understood
clearly that when he died
00:51:15.74\00:51:19.44
there was no such thing as time.
00:51:19.74\00:51:23.91
You understand
what I mean by that?
00:51:24.85\00:51:26.48
To that person who
died 6,000 years ago
00:51:26.88\00:51:31.09
and that person who died today
00:51:31.29\00:51:33.42
it will seem only like
"that" and Jesus will come.
00:51:33.62\00:51:36.96
There is no time in death.
00:51:37.66\00:51:40.50
And Paul
understood that clearly.
00:51:41.50\00:51:43.23
He knew close his eyes in sleep
00:51:43.43\00:51:45.87
and the very next moment to him
00:51:46.07\00:51:48.17
Jesus'll be here.
00:51:48.47\00:51:50.61
That's the marvelous thing.
00:51:51.01\00:51:52.74
To your loved ones, my
loved ones who have died -
00:51:52.94\00:51:56.64
closed their eyes in death -
00:51:57.05\00:51:59.65
it will seem to
them only like a moment
00:51:59.85\00:52:03.28
and they'll open their
eyes and see Jesus come.
00:52:03.49\00:52:06.86
That's what Paul understood;
that's what Paul believed.
00:52:07.82\00:52:11.46
Nowhere in the Scripture...
00:52:11.86\00:52:13.90
Just doesn't say that, folks.
00:52:18.17\00:52:20.44
In fact, it says the opposite.
00:52:20.64\00:52:22.80
No... we're not immortal.
00:52:39.69\00:52:41.99
We don't have an immortal soul.
00:52:42.19\00:52:43.96
Says the soul
that sin's gonna die.
00:52:44.16\00:52:46.43
Part of the consequence of sin.
00:52:47.53\00:52:50.00
Jesus gave us marvelous
hope in the resurrection.
00:52:50.40\00:52:54.54
OK?
00:53:09.28\00:53:10.62
Daniel... Daniel that
God gave that promise to
00:53:11.75\00:53:15.96
and you know said: "All those
that are asleep in the dust
00:53:16.16\00:53:18.16
shall awake and come forth. "
00:53:18.36\00:53:20.16
Talking to Daniel himself
- God is talking to Daniel.
00:53:20.36\00:53:23.77
Listen to what He
says to this ancient man,
00:53:23.97\00:53:27.34
marvelous individual:
00:53:27.54\00:53:29.40
"But you, Daniel,
00:53:29.60\00:53:32.37
go your way till the end... "
00:53:32.57\00:53:35.64
He said: "Daniel,
you're going to close your eyes
00:53:46.05\00:53:49.16
in death. Go to
sleep, Daniel, and rest.
00:53:49.36\00:53:53.53
And at the end you're
going to arise... come forth. "
00:53:53.73\00:53:58.33
That's promised to
every one of us here.
00:53:58.53\00:54:00.34
I have people say to
me: "Oh, Brother Cox,
00:54:00.54\00:54:02.37
I hope I can live
to see Jesus come. "
00:54:02.77\00:54:06.07
"Really like to
live to see Jesus come. "
00:54:07.04\00:54:09.14
I'm not so sure I want to.
00:54:09.54\00:54:11.35
I'm not so sure, folks,
00:54:12.41\00:54:14.82
that I want to miss the
experience of the resurrection.
00:54:15.02\00:54:17.85
You know, that's bound
to be a marvelous experience
00:54:19.92\00:54:22.82
when He's going to shout.
00:54:23.89\00:54:25.76
His words are going to
roll through this earth
00:54:25.96\00:54:28.86
and the ground
is going to open up.
00:54:29.06\00:54:31.07
And as it describes
the body... the bones
00:54:31.47\00:54:34.00
are going to form back. You
ever read about "them bones,
00:54:34.20\00:54:37.34
them bones, them
dry bones" in Ezekiel?
00:54:37.54\00:54:40.21
Says they're all
going to form back
00:54:40.41\00:54:41.94
and it says the flesh is
going to come on those bones
00:54:42.14\00:54:44.45
and then the
sinew and then the skin.
00:54:44.65\00:54:46.92
And then it says the
Spirit of God is going to enter
00:54:47.12\00:54:49.72
into that person and
they're going to live.
00:54:49.92\00:54:51.85
They're going to
come back to life!
00:54:52.05\00:54:53.52
That must be a
marvelous experience!
00:54:53.72\00:54:55.79
Not sure I want to miss that
00:54:56.19\00:54:57.89
when He's going to call
all... all of His people forth
00:54:58.09\00:55:01.13
from the grave. They'll
come forth new in Christ Jesus!
00:55:01.33\00:55:05.80
That's marvelous!
Going to be changed.
00:55:19.98\00:55:22.42
All of us going to be changed.
00:55:42.64\00:55:43.97
This mortal shall
put on immortality.
00:55:44.14\00:55:46.21
Did you know? Did you know
that the Scripture not only
00:55:46.71\00:55:50.45
tells you that the dead are
going to come out of the grave
00:55:50.65\00:55:52.85
but did you know that
the Scripture tells you
00:55:53.05\00:55:55.98
exactly what
Jesus is going to say?
00:55:56.18\00:55:57.99
Did you know that?
00:55:59.69\00:56:01.02
It tells you exactly what
He's going to say when He comes.
00:56:01.09\00:56:03.63
This is what He'll
say here in Isaiah 26:19.
00:56:03.83\00:56:07.16
Jesus is going to come
back and He's going to shout out
00:56:22.34\00:56:24.25
across this whole
earth: "Awake and sing! "
00:56:24.45\00:56:27.38
And boy, all those
people that are in the ground
00:56:27.78\00:56:30.39
they're going to come
out of that grave singing!
00:56:30.59\00:56:32.59
They're going to come out
of there singing the praises
00:56:32.79\00:56:35.22
of God! Not only are
they going to come out singing
00:56:35.42\00:56:38.36
it says the earth
shall cast out her... what?
00:56:38.76\00:56:42.30
Dead. You'd better believe
they're going to come out of the
00:56:42.50\00:56:44.53
ground singing. Do you know what
they're going to be singing?
00:56:44.73\00:56:46.84
Hmm? Oh, they're going to
sing those words in Corinthians
00:56:47.87\00:56:51.47
"O death, where is thy sting?
00:56:51.67\00:56:53.54
O death, where is thy victory? "
00:56:53.74\00:56:56.85
Singing! Coming
forth from the grave.
00:56:57.58\00:57:00.08
That is promised
to every individual
00:57:00.28\00:57:03.55
that has given their
heart to Jesus Christ.
00:57:03.75\00:57:06.86
You tonight can have
eternal life in Christ Jesus
00:57:07.26\00:57:11.56
simply by reaching out
in faith and accepting Him.
00:57:11.96\00:57:15.10
Oh... oh what a glorious day
00:57:15.30\00:57:18.90
that will be when Jesus comes!
00:57:19.10\00:57:22.00
Let's bow our heads
for a word of prayer.
00:57:22.20\00:57:23.74
Heavenly Father, we thank you
00:57:23.94\00:57:25.97
that You promised
to each of us life.
00:57:27.11\00:57:30.48
That it's found only in You.
00:57:31.65\00:57:34.25
And we pray, Lord,
that we may seek You
00:57:35.32\00:57:38.05
with all of our hearts.
00:57:38.25\00:57:39.59
And that as we do
that You will give to us
00:57:40.46\00:57:43.93
all the wonderful
things that You have promised.
00:57:44.99\00:57:47.56
Not because we
have done anything
00:57:47.96\00:57:50.47
or because we deserve anything
00:57:51.43\00:57:53.74
but simply because of
what Your Son has done for us.
00:57:54.40\00:57:57.57
For this we pray in
Christ's name, Amen.
00:57:58.27\00:58:01.41