Can you believe it? Can
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The promises of God's word
are sure, they do not fail.
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This book has
stood the test of time.
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Praise God, from
Whom all blessings flow;
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Praise Him, all
creatures here below;
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Praise Him
above, ye heavenly host;
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Praise Father,
Son, and Holy Ghost.
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Praise God, from
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Praise Him, all
creatures here below;
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Praise Him
above, ye heavenly host;
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Praise Father, Son,
and Holy Ghost. Amen. Amen.
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We're glad that you are
here. Subject tonight is,
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The Shout of the
Lord. The Shout of the Lord.
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When God shouts
definite things happens.
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I assure you and that's what
we're going to look at tonight.
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So, we hope that you'll be
blessed in a very special way.
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How about your
heart, is it right with God?
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That's the thing
that counts today
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Is it black with
sin, or is it pure within?
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Could you ask Christ in to stay?
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People often see
you as you are outside
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Jesus really knows
you for He sees inside you
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How about your
heart, is it right with God?
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That's the thing
that counts today
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Friend, if you could
see, all that you can be
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Would you ask Christ in today?
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He won't let you
stray, if He guides your way
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He is waiting, come today
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People often see
you as you are outside
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Jesus really knows
you, for He sees inside you
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How about your
heart, is it right with God?
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That's the thing
that counts today.
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Heavenly Father, we
look forward to that day
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when we can go home. For
there won't be any sorrow,
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crying or pain. We
pray tonight as we look
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at all the
provisions that you've made
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for each one of us
to have that opportunity
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no matter who we
are. We thank you,
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we ask you that you would give
us tonight the understanding,
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the wisdom that we need.
Pray Lord that our hearts
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may be soft and tender,
that the Holy Spirit maybe
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able to speak to each of
us and draw us near to You.
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For this we ask
in Christ name, amen.
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Scripture says that
the word of God is living,
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powerful and sharper
than any two edged sword.
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It says that God merely speaks
and things come into existence.
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Listen, Psalms 33:6,
"by the word of the Lord
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"the heavens made;
and all the host of them
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by the breath of his
mouth. " I mean He spoke
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and the earth was
formed, came into existence.
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So, when God speaks folks mighty
things take place and happen.
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In fact there on Mount
Sinai, it says, as He spoke
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the law into
existence. Deuteronomy 5:22,
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"These words the Lord
spoke to all your assembly,
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"in the mountain,
from the midst of the fire,
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"He stood there and he
spoke Commandments of God.
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"The cloud, and of
the thick darkness,
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"with a loud voice;
and He added no more.
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"He spoke the word
of God into existence.
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"And he wrote them
on two tablets of stone,
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and gave them to me. " So
Moses said, he spoke that,
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wrote it on tablets of
stone and gave it to me.
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Bible says that when Jesus
comes back he is going to speak.
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It doesn't just say
He is going to speak,
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it says He is
going to shout. Listen,
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First Thessalonians
4:16, "For the Lord himself
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will descend from
heaven with a shout,
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with the voice of the archangel,
and with the trumpet of God.
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And the dead in
Christ shall rise first. "
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Says he is going to
come, He is going to shout,
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His words gonna roll
through this earth like thunder
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and those that
are dead in the ground
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are literally gonna hear
that voice and they are gonna
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come up out of the
ground. They're gonna rise,
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resurrection will take place.
All these people that are gonna
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come forth when Jesus
speaks, when He shouts,
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where are they coming
from? Are they up in heaven,
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are they in hell? Just
exactly where are these people?
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We need to establish
that, we need to establish
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what God's word says.
Where are these people
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that when He shouts and they're
all going to be resurrected.
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Where are they coming from?
Well let's see the scripture
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tell us very clearly
where they come from.
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John 5:28, "Do
not marvel at this;
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"for the hour is coming in
which all who are in the, where?
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"Graves will hear His
voice. So, it says clearly
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"all these people that are in
the graves will hear His voice
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"and come forth
those who have done good,
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"to the resurrection of
life, those who have done evil,
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to the
resurrection of condemnation. "
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So, this scripture says
clearly that all the dead
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are going to come
up out of the grave.
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Let's look at another
one. Daniel 12 verse 2.
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This is Daniel, this is
one that He said Daniel,
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you are greatly
beloved. I mean he,
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you know that there are
only two people in the Bible
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that it doesn't
say anything bad about.
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Do you know them?
That's Daniel and Joseph.
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So He is very much beloved.
So listen to what the Lord
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says the Daniel. "And
many of those who sleep
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in the dust of the
earth shall, where are they?
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They're in the
dust of the earth,
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okay. Shall awake,
some to everlasting life,
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some to shame and
everlasting contempt.
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Okay so, it makes it
very clear that they're asleep
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in the dust of the ground they
are going to come out of that.
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Remember when
Jesus was crucified,
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the veil in the temple was rent.
Did you know that the Bible says
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that the graves
open. Listen to this.
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"Then, behold, the
veil of the temple was torn
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in two from top to
bottom; and the earth quaked,
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and the rocks were split,
and the graves were opened,
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and many of the
bodies of the saints
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who had fallen
asleep were raised.
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So these people that are dead
and when Jesus comes and calls.
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Where they are
coming from folks?
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Graves, they are
not coming from heaven,
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they are not coming
from some spirit world.
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They're coming from the grave.
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It's exactly what
the scripture tells us.
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And it says these people
that came out of the grave
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and coming out of the
graves after His resurrection,
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they went into the holy
city and appeared to many.
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So, the Bible makes it
very clear where they are.
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I guess the question we
need to ask ourselves and denied
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is what's their condition.
And out there in the grave
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then do the dead
retain their senses.
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Can they see, hear,
taste, touch, smell,
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do the dead experience such
things as joy, sorrow, pain?
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What just happens to
a person when they die,
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what is their condition?
Well let's see if the scripture
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tell us what their condition
is. Ecclesiastes 9 verse 5,
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"For the living
know that they will die;
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"but the dead know;
how much do they know?
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"Nothing. They
have no more reward,
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for the memory of
them is forgotten."
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So the scripture says
that the persons in the grave,
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they don't know
nothing, anything.
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You know it always amuses
me why, why people wanna think
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that the people in
the grave know something.
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You know, let me as
you a question tonight.
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When you go to cross the street,
which way do you look first,
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the left or the right?
Some of you don't even know,
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do you? Okay, all
of you since you were
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children have been taught
to look to the left because
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that's the way the
traffic is coming from.
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And that's great as
long as you don't travel.
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Okay, because there are places
in the world where they drive
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on the other side of the street.
And I've been there you know,
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and look nobody
coming step out on street
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and below right there
it was. Just almost got me.
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Okay, there is people
lose their life every year over
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that one thing, okay. So,
let's say I'm not watching
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where I'm going alright,
and I step out on the street
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and this car hits
me. Knocks me down,
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knocks me unconscious.
Okay, do I know anything?
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No, I'm unconscious,
I don't know anything.
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And they called the ambulance,
they put me in the ambulance
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and they rushed
me to the hospital.
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They row me into
the emergency room
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and the doctor
comes in and examines me.
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And he says, this
man is hurt internally,
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we're going to
have to operate on him.
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So, they row me
into the operation room,
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they call the anesthetist.
Comes in and they begin
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to give me the anesthetic,
they put me to sleep.
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Do I know anything? No,
I'm asleep I don't a thing.
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The doctor starts operating
on me and while he's operating
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on me, my heart stops
beating. Now I know everything.
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Now folks, see.
The Bible just says
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that when a person dies,
they don't know anything.
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Listen, it goes on
further. "Also their love,
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and their hatred, and
their envy have now perished;
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Nevermore will they have a
share in anything that is done
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under the sun." So,
the Bible makes it clear
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they don't know
anything. We just gone through
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the Olympics. I don't
know if you noticed it,
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but so many times I
see this where somebody
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who is participating in
one of the sports and they win.
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Say the gold medal
and the commentator
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will be talking to
them and find out that maybe
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they lost their
mother or their father.
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And the commentator will say
something to him about you know
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your dad was very close to you
and helped you all this time,
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and it's been so nice
if he could have been here.
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And you know,
they talk about that
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and some would be said
about well he is up in heaven
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looking down. I'm
sure you seen that time
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and time ago. Would
you like to see what
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the Bible says about
that? Listen, this is what
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the scripture says
about that very thing.
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"His sons come to
honor, he does not know it;
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"His sons come to
honor, he does not know it;
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They are brought lo,
he does not perceive it."
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He didn't know that,
they die, he is not aware of,
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he dies he is not
aware of what goes on there.
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Makes it very
clear. Scripture says
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in Job 14 verse 10, "But
the man dies, is laid away;
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Indeed he breathes
his last and where is he?"
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Says he dies
breathes his last where is he?
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Well we found out
where he is didn't we?
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He is in the grave,
he doesn't know anything.
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"So man lies
down, does not rise till
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the heavens are no
more. Listen carefully now,
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they will not awake nor
be roused from their sleep."
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Bible is crystal
clear, that the dead
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don't know anything.
They're asleep and they
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will remain so until
the coming of Jesus Christ.
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"The dead do
not praise the Lord,
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nor any who go
down into silence."
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They don't know
anything, they don't praise God.
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Says they just go
down into silence,
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that's where they
are the whole time.
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What do you say, well
they're in their grave,
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they don't know
anything. Is there any hope?
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Is there any hope? Well,
I can tell you this folks,
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if you think that
philosophy offers you some hope,
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you missed it. You know,
I've read the works of Atheists,
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Agnostics and
Infidels. And when I got through
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it was just nothing
there, just darkness.
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So it was no hope at
all. I want you to listen what
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Christ offers to
you. First John 5:11
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"And this is the testimony;
that God has given to us,
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what? Eternal life,
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and this life is in
His Son." Now folks,
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let's get something
clear, where is eternal life,
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in you? No,
eternal life is in his Son.
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Listen, "He who
has the Son has life;
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he who does not have the
Son of God does not have life."
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It's simply right
there and if you want life,
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if you want eternal life it's
found totally and completely
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in Jesus Christ, no one else.
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See, Christ died,
did he stay in the grave?
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No, he did not
stay in the grave,
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he came forth from the grave,
listen to the promise of God
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what he says he will
do for you and for me.
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Romans 8:11, "But
if the Spirit of Him
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who raised Jesus from
the dead dwells in you,
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He who raised Christ from
the dead will also give to your,
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what kind of body?
Mortal bodies through the Spirit
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that dwells in you. So,
it says that same spirit
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that gave life to Jesus
Christ will give you life.
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That's where the hope is,
the hope is in Jesus Christ.
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It is not you and I nowhere
in the Bible folks does it say
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that you and I have immortality.
Just does it promise that?
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We get immortality
because of Jesus Christ.
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We are mortal, that
means we are subject to death.
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We do not have
immortality of ourselves.
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Okay, Bible
doesn't promise that,
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it promises that we
get immortality through
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Jesus Christ, he is
the one who gives it.
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Well then we need to
ask ourselves a question
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if this happens
at the resurrection.
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When does the
resurrection take place?
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Well, let's see if the
scripture will tell us.
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John 6:39, "This is
the will of the Father
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who sent Me, that of
all that He has given Me
00:22:07.76\00:22:10.81
I should lose
nothing, but should raise it up
00:22:10.82\00:22:16.22
at the last day." So,
when is the resurrection
00:22:16.23\00:22:20.30
going to take place? Last day,
00:22:20.31\00:22:23.02
if you're not clear on
that, look at this one.
00:22:23.03\00:22:25.22
"And this is the
will of him who sent me,
00:22:26.89\00:22:29.38
that every one who sees
the Son, and believes in Him,
00:22:29.39\00:22:32.91
may have everlasting
life: and I will raise him up
00:22:34.09\00:22:37.09
at the last day."
Is this getting clear?
00:22:37.10\00:22:40.83
Resurrection takes
place at the last day.
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One more, "No one
can come to me unless
00:22:45.54\00:22:49.89
the Father who
sent me draws him,
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and I will raise
him up at the last day."
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So the scripture is crystal
clear that the resurrection
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is going to take
place at the last day.
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It says, you and I as
individuals are mortal.
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It says that we're subject
to death and that when we die
00:23:05.87\00:23:09.44
we are in the grave,
we don't know anything
00:23:09.45\00:23:12.38
until the
resurrection at the last day.
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That's when the
resurrection will take place.
00:23:16.82\00:23:19.05
Now this idea, you know,
00:23:19.47\00:23:22.22
this idea that when
you die, if you're good,
00:23:22.23\00:23:24.99
you go to heaven, if you're bad,
00:23:25.00\00:23:27.58
you go to hell.
That really causes some
00:23:27.59\00:23:30.91
major problems in
understanding God's word.
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Let me show you a few of them,
if it's true that when you die
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if you're good you go to heaven,
if you're bad you go to hell.
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Then what need is
there of a resurrection.
00:23:42.48\00:23:44.99
I've one, fall the
righteous are up in heaven.
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Why not just get it
live and take them to heaven,
00:23:52.43\00:23:54.76
they are all the rest are there.
00:23:55.41\00:23:56.78
If this is true
that when you die,
00:23:57.41\00:24:00.40
if you're good you go to heaven,
if you're bad you go to hell.
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Then what need is
there of the coming of Jesus.
00:24:03.77\00:24:07.27
Why does Jesus
need to come back,
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if when you die
you go to heaven.
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Not really any reason,
or if it's true then what
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need is there of a
judgmen. You talk about getting
00:24:19.35\00:24:23.52
in trouble, have
someone go to heaven
00:24:23.53\00:24:25.88
and be there for a few
hundred years and then have
00:24:25.89\00:24:28.20
the judgment find out
they didn't belong there.
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That won't work. So,
what I'm trying to say
00:24:32.01\00:24:35.32
that does away with
some of the great teachings
00:24:35.33\00:24:37.88
of God's word. I've a friend,
00:24:37.89\00:24:41.66
when her daughter was
about, oh I don't know.
00:24:41.67\00:24:46.04
Five years old or so,
they went out to cemetery
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to put some flowers
on the aunt's grave.
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And they got out there and laid
the flowers on the grave there,
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this little girl,
wheels were turning.
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And she reached over and
tugged on her mother skirt
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and she said is,
Aunt Polly in there.
00:25:05.36\00:25:07.89
Her mother said oh no,
Aunt Polly is not there,
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she is up in heaven.
And little girl thought
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that through for a
little bit and she tugged
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on her mother's
skirt and she said
00:25:17.11\00:25:19.16
why are we
putting flowers there?
00:25:19.17\00:25:21.44
And of course this
really threw the mother
00:25:24.38\00:25:25.94
into confusion you
know. She didn't know exactly
00:25:25.95\00:25:28.74
what to say, and so
she said well Aunt Polly
00:25:28.75\00:25:33.70
is up in heaven
but her body is here.
00:25:33.71\00:25:36.07
And little girl
thought little bit
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and tugged on her
mother's skirt and said,
00:25:39.44\00:25:41.03
Aunt Polly is up in heaven
running around without a body.
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You see you get into all kinds
of difficulty when you depart
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from the word of God
folks. God has made it very,
00:25:50.56\00:25:54.38
very clear, very simple
00:25:54.39\00:25:57.17
that when a
person dies, he's asleep.
00:25:57.18\00:26:00.26
He doesn't know
anything and will not until
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the resurrection
morning. Then he will come forth
00:26:04.22\00:26:07.72
from the grave.
"For the Lord himself
00:26:07.73\00:26:10.35
"will descend from
heaven with a shout,
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with the voice of the archangel,
and with the trumpet of God.
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And the dead in
Christ will rise first."
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So, that makes it clear where
they're coming from the grave.
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God promise that they will
be resurrected from the grave.
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First Corinthians
5:12, excuse me 15 verse 20.
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One of the great,
great scriptures folks,
00:26:33.92\00:26:37.58
promises to you and I change,
00:26:38.31\00:26:41.25
promises to us
immortality. Listen,
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"But now is Christ
risen from the dead,
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become the firstfruits of
those who have fallen asleep."
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"But each one in his own
order: Christ the firstfruits;
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afterward those who are
Christ's at his coming."
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So, it says Jesus is
going to get them all,
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take them to
heaven at his coming.
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Well when these people are
resurrected from the grave?
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What are they gonna be like?
Going to be an invisible spirit
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just kind of flipping around,
00:27:17.46\00:27:18.43
is that what
they're going to be like?
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What does this scripture
tell us that we'll be like
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at the resurrection? Job 19:25,
00:27:23.61\00:27:29.17
"For I know that
my Redeemer lives,
00:27:29.18\00:27:31.28
"and He shall stand
at last on the earth.
00:27:31.29\00:27:35.79
"And after my skin is
destroyed this I know,
00:27:37.14\00:27:41.06
that in my flesh
I shall see God."
00:27:41.07\00:27:46.23
Let me tell you
something dear friend,
00:27:46.24\00:27:48.02
you'll be just as
real as you are today.
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There will be
some changes you know.
00:27:52.40\00:27:54.90
You won't be sick, you
won't ever get tired, okay.
00:27:56.04\00:28:01.00
There won't be any
sorrow, there won't be any pain,
00:28:01.01\00:28:04.16
all that will be
gone. But you will be
00:28:04.17\00:28:06.89
a very real person. How real?
00:28:06.90\00:28:10.75
"Whom I shall see for myself,
and my eyes shall behold,
00:28:11.80\00:28:19.39
"and not another. So
he is a very real person.
00:28:19.40\00:28:22.27
"How my heart yearns
within me! O for that day
00:28:22.28\00:28:27.42
"when he is coming
back. Coming back in which
00:28:27.43\00:28:30.51
there will be no more
sin." Ever thought about that,
00:28:30.52\00:28:37.00
what would this world be
like if there was no sin?
00:28:37.01\00:28:40.42
What would it be
like? No crime, no death,
00:28:42.54\00:28:50.43
no heartache, no
sorrow, marvelous.
00:28:52.28\00:28:56.40
How my heart yearns that
day? Promises. John 5:28,
00:28:56.41\00:29:05.84
"Do not marvel at
this; for an hour is coming,
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in which all who are in
the tombs will hear His voice."
00:29:08.63\00:29:12.09
They are gonna do
what? All there in the grave
00:29:12.10\00:29:14.72
are gonna what? Hear His voice.
00:29:14.73\00:29:18.47
So, we found out
that they've got flesh,
00:29:18.85\00:29:21.06
we found out that they can see,
00:29:21.07\00:29:23.43
we found now they can
what? Hear, they hear His voice.
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Luke 24 verse 36, "Now
as they said these things,
00:29:29.40\00:29:33.30
Jesus Himself stood
in the midst of them,
00:29:33.31\00:29:35.25
and said to them,
'Peace be to you.'"
00:29:35.26\00:29:38.13
Now folks this is, this is
one of the great scriptures
00:29:38.14\00:29:40.86
as far as I'm concerned.
It tells you exactly what you
00:29:40.87\00:29:42.95
are gonna be
like. So, here is Jesus,
00:29:42.96\00:29:44.46
this is after the resurrection
and he has walked into the room
00:29:44.47\00:29:47.70
there and he said to
them, peace be to you.
00:29:47.71\00:29:50.43
Watch what happens
here, "And they were terrified
00:29:50.44\00:29:55.16
and frightened, and
supposed that they had
00:29:55.17\00:29:56.37
seen a spirit." They
think they are seeing what?
00:29:56.38\00:30:01.14
A ghost, that's what they think
00:30:01.74\00:30:03.89
they are seeing, is a ghost.
00:30:03.90\00:30:05.05
Let's see if it's a ghost,
let's see if it's a spirit,
00:30:05.06\00:30:07.88
okay. "And He said to them,
00:30:07.89\00:30:12.16
'Why are you
troubled? And why do doubts
00:30:12.17\00:30:15.14
arise in your hearts?
"'Behold My hands and My feet,
00:30:15.15\00:30:22.64
that it is I,
Myself. Handle Me and see."
00:30:22.65\00:30:30.35
Said come here touch me,
feel me, I'm not a spirit.
00:30:30.36\00:30:35.40
I'm not a ghost.
Thomas put your finger
00:30:35.41\00:30:39.15
in the hand print, not
something that's ethereal,
00:30:39.16\00:30:43.42
a real, real person. Do
you know how real he was?
00:30:43.43\00:30:48.11
Listen, for a spirit
does not have flesh and bones,
00:30:49.84\00:30:54.76
as you see I have. He
said I'm not a spirit,
00:30:54.77\00:30:58.11
I'm not a ghost,
I'm a real person.
00:30:58.12\00:31:00.67
"And when He had
said this He show them
00:31:03.09\00:31:05.25
His hands and His feet."
Now listen to this folks,
00:31:05.26\00:31:07.94
"And while they still
did not believe for joy,
00:31:09.46\00:31:12.75
and marveled, He said to them,
'Do you have any food here?"
00:31:12.76\00:31:18.08
He said got
anything to eat, I'm hungry.
00:31:19.34\00:31:22.16
That's not a spirit,
that's not a ghost folks.
00:31:22.93\00:31:25.63
He said you got
something to eat?
00:31:25.64\00:31:28.06
We'll be real
people, we'll do real things.
00:31:29.32\00:31:33.70
Heaven will be a
very, very real place folks.
00:31:34.41\00:31:39.05
God promises
that to you and to me.
00:31:40.61\00:31:42.86
What's your body
is gonna be like.
00:31:45.42\00:31:46.63
Listen, Philippians
3:21, "Who will transform
00:31:46.64\00:31:50.85
our lowly body that it may be
confirmed to His glorious body.
00:31:50.86\00:31:55.26
Oh! It's gonna be
conformed to his glorious body.
00:31:55.27\00:31:57.60
Glorious body is
refereeing to his body after
00:31:57.61\00:32:00.46
the resurrection.
After the resurrection
00:32:00.47\00:32:03.34
what kind of body did He have?
Flesh, bones, he saw, he ate,
00:32:03.35\00:32:07.73
tasted. Real body,
ours will be like His body,
00:32:07.74\00:32:11.74
glorious body,
according to the working by
00:32:11.75\00:32:15.80
which He is able even to
subdue all things to Himself."
00:32:15.81\00:32:19.07
So he has a
very, very real body.
00:32:19.08\00:32:22.43
Well you say is there
anybody up in heaven there.
00:32:22.44\00:32:26.09
I mean if all the dead
are asleep in the grave,
00:32:28.20\00:32:30.62
is there anybody in heaven
now. Yes, there are some people
00:32:30.63\00:32:33.87
in heaven now. The
Bible tells us that Enoch,
00:32:33.88\00:32:36.96
Enoch the seventh from
Adam the scripture says,
00:32:37.89\00:32:40.21
was taken to heaven
without seeing death.
00:32:40.22\00:32:42.36
It's right to say as
so, he is up in heaven.
00:32:43.37\00:32:45.12
The scripture tells us
that Elijah was taken to heaven
00:32:45.77\00:32:49.44
without seeing death.
Fiery chariot took him
00:32:49.45\00:32:52.96
to heaven. Elisha saw him go up
00:32:52.97\00:32:55.30
into heaven. The
Bible tells us that Moses
00:32:55.31\00:32:58.73
died and in the
book of Jude it says,
00:32:58.74\00:33:02.52
he was resurrected
and taken to heaven,
00:33:02.53\00:33:04.50
and you remember he is one
of those people that appeared
00:33:04.51\00:33:07.08
to Christ on the
Mount of Transfiguration.
00:33:07.09\00:33:10.15
I've people ask me say,
00:33:13.60\00:33:14.90
do you think
fasting is of any benefit?
00:33:16.65\00:33:18.92
Do you think it is, fasting?
00:33:21.97\00:33:24.98
There is only
three people in the Bible
00:33:26.35\00:33:28.89
that fasted for forty days.
00:33:28.90\00:33:31.84
Do you know who they were?
00:33:33.21\00:33:34.18
Moses, Elijah and Jesus,
00:33:35.79\00:33:40.00
and those are the three on
the Mount of Transfiguration.
00:33:40.01\00:33:43.32
Evidently it has
some value, right.
00:33:44.81\00:33:46.24
Okay, but listen, it
talks about some other people
00:33:47.11\00:33:49.53
that were taken to heaven.
00:33:49.54\00:33:50.51
We read about them
already, but we read it again.
00:33:50.52\00:33:52.36
"Then, behold,
the veil of the temple
00:33:52.81\00:33:54.26
was torn in two
from top to bottom;
00:33:54.27\00:33:56.04
and the earth quaked,
and the rocks were split,
00:33:56.05\00:33:58.05
and the graves were opened;
00:33:59.06\00:34:00.53
and many of the
bodies of the saints
00:34:00.54\00:34:01.91
who had fallen
asleep were raised;
00:34:01.92\00:34:04.14
and coming out of the
graves after His resurrection
00:34:04.15\00:34:07.25
they went into the holy
city and appeared to many.
00:34:07.26\00:34:09.19
"These people were resurrected
at the time Jesus died
00:34:09.57\00:34:12.59
and they were taken
to heaven with Jesus
00:34:12.60\00:34:14.77
because they are the first
fruits of the resurrection.
00:34:14.78\00:34:18.01
He took them back
with Him to heaven
00:34:18.37\00:34:19.61
as living proof
of the resurrection.
00:34:19.62\00:34:22.94
So they came up out of
the grave, they're in heaven.
00:34:22.95\00:34:25.25
So, there is people in heaven,
00:34:25.26\00:34:27.35
but the vast majority
of people are waiting,
00:34:27.36\00:34:32.05
waiting for Jesus to come back.
00:34:32.06\00:34:34.86
When He comes back
He is going to shout,
00:34:35.53\00:34:38.01
and all the
graves are gonna open
00:34:39.52\00:34:42.28
and Jesus is gonna call
them forth from the grave.
00:34:42.29\00:34:46.34
You say well Brother Cox,
00:34:48.87\00:34:50.46
what about the
thief on the cross.
00:34:51.78\00:34:53.70
What about him? Didn't
he go to heaven that day.
00:34:54.95\00:34:58.71
Well let's see what
the scripture says to us.
00:34:59.90\00:35:02.12
Luke 23:42, remember speaking
to Jesus he said Jesus Lord,
00:35:02.67\00:35:08.81
remember me when You
come in Your kingdom!"
00:35:08.82\00:35:11.21
"Then he said to
Jesus, 'Lord, remember me
00:35:13.77\00:35:16.30
when You come into Your kingdom.
00:35:16.31\00:35:17.55
And Jesus said to him,
'Assuredly, I say to you,
00:35:19.14\00:35:21.44
today you will be
with Me in Paradise.
00:35:21.45\00:35:24.38
" And you say,
well that sounds like
00:35:25.06\00:35:27.01
he went to Heaven that day.
00:35:27.02\00:35:28.23
That's what that text says,
00:35:28.24\00:35:29.72
that's what that that text says.
00:35:30.70\00:35:32.62
"I say you today you
will be with Me in Paradise,"
00:35:33.75\00:35:37.13
that is what that text says.
00:35:37.14\00:35:38.81
The problem with that text
is the commas out of place.
00:35:40.17\00:35:44.03
Now, folks there is nothing
inspired about punctuation.
00:35:45.31\00:35:49.04
Punctuation was
put into the scripture
00:35:49.95\00:35:51.68
by the Medieval
Church, it was not something
00:35:51.69\00:35:54.16
that was in the
original language, okay.
00:35:54.17\00:35:56.39
The problem is
here, I say to you,
00:35:56.86\00:36:00.13
today you will be
with Me in Paradise
00:36:00.14\00:36:03.44
that sounds like he
went to Paradise that day
00:36:03.45\00:36:06.00
and that's way that text
was, that would be right.
00:36:06.01\00:36:08.93
But the problem is that comma.
00:36:09.43\00:36:11.24
After you belongs
after today, okay.
00:36:12.00\00:36:16.95
If you put it there, it
reads completely different
00:36:17.20\00:36:19.78
so, lets put it there
and see what how it reads.
00:36:19.79\00:36:24.06
So, you wanna watch this very
carefully this what happens.
00:36:24.29\00:36:28.30
Okay, we just moved it,
00:36:32.49\00:36:34.00
simply moved it over
there to after today.
00:36:34.01\00:36:37.02
Now let's read
and Jesus said to him,
00:36:37.39\00:36:39.65
'Assuredly, I say to you today,
00:36:39.66\00:36:41.66
you will be with Me in Paradise.
00:36:41.67\00:36:44.24
" See totally different
meaning, that first text saying,
00:36:44.57\00:36:48.73
he went to heaven that day,
00:36:48.74\00:36:49.71
this text is saying on this day
00:36:49.72\00:36:51.37
that it doesn't look
like I have a kingdom,
00:36:51.38\00:36:53.38
on this day that
they pluck my beard,
00:36:53.39\00:36:55.44
on this day that they have put
a crown of thorns on my head,
00:36:55.45\00:36:59.20
on this day it don't
look like I have kingdom,
00:36:59.21\00:37:01.71
on this day I am promising you,
you will be with me in heaven.
00:37:01.72\00:37:05.58
That's what that
text actually should read.
00:37:06.03\00:37:08.59
You say, Brother
Cox, that's pretty weak,
00:37:09.22\00:37:11.76
I believe it's true but
I believe it's weak also.
00:37:12.80\00:37:16.21
So, if you just hang on,
00:37:16.52\00:37:17.83
we'll make it much
stronger, all right.
00:37:17.84\00:37:19.84
You remember, He is
crucified between two thieves.
00:37:20.61\00:37:25.56
Remember
they've gonna out there,
00:37:26.77\00:37:29.96
they found that Jesus is dead.
00:37:30.80\00:37:33.22
Listen carefully, John 19:31
00:37:33.23\00:37:37.33
"Therefore, because it
was the Preparation Day,
00:37:37.34\00:37:39.73
that the bodies
should not remain
00:37:40.70\00:37:42.06
on the cross on the Sabbath.
00:37:42.07\00:37:43.78
Now folks this Sabbath
as it says is a high day,
00:37:43.79\00:37:46.81
for that Sabbath was
a high day, all right.
00:37:46.82\00:37:52.25
the Jews asked Pilate that
their legs might be broken,
00:37:52.26\00:37:55.95
that they might be taken away.
00:37:55.96\00:37:57.11
'' So this is a
high day, it's a high day
00:37:57.52\00:38:01.28
because the weekly
Sabbath and the annual Sabbath
00:38:01.29\00:38:05.32
are falling on the same day,
00:38:05.33\00:38:07.78
that's what makes
it a high day, okay.
00:38:07.79\00:38:10.20
So, it's a high
day, and they don't want
00:38:10.61\00:38:13.68
their bodies out
there over the Sabbath,
00:38:13.69\00:38:15.75
so they've asked that
their legs might be broken
00:38:16.39\00:38:19.67
they might be taken away.
00:38:19.68\00:38:21.30
Now, I told you crucifixion,
00:38:22.14\00:38:23.96
it puts the
persons body in a place
00:38:25.34\00:38:27.96
that the only way they
can inhale is by pushing up
00:38:27.97\00:38:33.07
with their legs and
that way gets enough there
00:38:33.08\00:38:36.45
because when all the
weight is thrown on their arms
00:38:36.46\00:38:38.93
they can exhale,
but they can't inhale.
00:38:38.94\00:38:41.06
And only way they can inhale is
00:38:41.73\00:38:43.23
by pushing up with their legs.
00:38:43.24\00:38:44.46
So to break their
legs puts him place
00:38:44.47\00:38:47.21
they can push up with it
and thus they will suffocate.
00:38:47.22\00:38:50.55
Although this takes some
time this doesn't happen quickly
00:38:50.87\00:38:54.78
this is not this is
not like a lethal injection
00:38:54.79\00:38:57.82
or its not like the
electric chair understand that.
00:38:57.83\00:39:00.03
This takes a period of
time for this to happen.
00:39:00.25\00:39:03.58
So it says that
their legs might be broken,
00:39:03.83\00:39:07.33
they might be taken away.
00:39:07.34\00:39:08.63
"Then the soldiers came
and broke the legs of the first
00:39:09.01\00:39:11.78
and the other who
was crucified with Him.
00:39:11.79\00:39:13.87
" They broke their legs,
00:39:13.88\00:39:15.36
of course when
they came to Jesus,
00:39:15.37\00:39:16.92
his leg, he was dead already.
00:39:16.93\00:39:19.68
What I am trying to get
across to you this is happening
00:39:19.94\00:39:22.61
late; late Friday afternoon,
the Sun is about to set.
00:39:22.62\00:39:29.23
I am trying to tell you
the thief didn't die that day,
00:39:29.47\00:39:32.88
okay, didn't die that day,
because the Sun was setting.
00:39:34.58\00:39:38.92
That became the end
of the day, all right.
00:39:38.93\00:39:41.87
Secondly Jesus
did, they buried Him.
00:39:41.88\00:39:45.38
Mary Magdalene is gotten to
the tomb before anybody else.
00:39:46.11\00:39:51.43
In fact the scripture says
00:39:51.44\00:39:52.55
she's gotten there while
it's still dark, all right.
00:39:52.56\00:39:55.16
When she gets there,
the stone's rolled away
00:39:56.01\00:39:58.60
and she looks in and
the body of Jesus is gone,
00:39:58.61\00:40:03.01
and as she turns
around it's dark folks,
00:40:03.02\00:40:06.11
its not the sun hasn't come up.
00:40:06.12\00:40:08.08
It says, she got there
while it was still dark,
00:40:08.09\00:40:09.66
and the Sun hadn't come up yet.
00:40:09.67\00:40:10.88
And in the Twilight of dawn,
00:40:11.57\00:40:14.05
she can see the figure
of somebody over there.
00:40:15.15\00:40:17.65
But not only is it
dark, she is crying.
00:40:18.04\00:40:20.92
So, she can't see very
well, and she thinks that, that
00:40:21.21\00:40:24.48
individual she sees
there is the gardener
00:40:24.49\00:40:27.24
and so she
speaks to him, and says,
00:40:27.92\00:40:29.76
if you taken my
Lords body somewhere
00:40:29.77\00:40:31.62
tell me what you've done with
it and I'll take care of it.
00:40:31.63\00:40:34.91
And Jesus speaks to
her, calls her by name
00:40:35.83\00:40:39.65
and when He calls her by
name, she recognizes Him.
00:40:39.66\00:40:43.17
And she runs and she's gonna
hug Him, watch what happens.
00:40:44.15\00:40:50.01
John 20 verse 17,
"Jesus said to her,
00:40:51.87\00:40:55.36
''Do not cling to Me,
for I have not yet what?
00:40:55.94\00:41:03.42
I have not yet
ascended to My Father;
00:41:03.73\00:41:06.37
but go to My
brethren and say to them,
00:41:07.26\00:41:11.85
I am ascending to My
Father and your Father,
00:41:11.86\00:41:15.69
and to My God and your God.''
00:41:15.70\00:41:17.28
What I am telling you is Jesus
didn't go to Heaven that day.
00:41:17.56\00:41:19.91
He didn't go to Heaven that day.
00:41:21.16\00:41:22.62
While he was telling that thief
is to saying listen on this day
00:41:22.63\00:41:26.41
that it didn't look like I
have kingdom I am promising you,
00:41:26.42\00:41:30.06
you have place in my kingdom.
00:41:30.07\00:41:31.67
That's what Jesus
was saying to him.
00:41:31.68\00:41:34.00
Well, you say Brother Cox,
00:41:34.65\00:41:36.87
didn't Paul say
something about going to Heaven,
00:41:37.61\00:41:40.31
didn't Paul say something about
going to heaven when he died?
00:41:40.78\00:41:44.05
I have a lot of
people that read that.
00:41:44.61\00:41:47.02
Lets read the text
folks, this is what it says.
00:41:48.01\00:41:50.49
First Second Corinthians 5:8,
00:41:52.24\00:41:54.53
"We are
confident yes, well pleased
00:41:54.54\00:41:57.10
rather to be
absent from the body
00:41:57.11\00:41:59.63
and to be present with the Lord.
00:41:59.64\00:42:01.94
" So they say, that just
simply means that when you die
00:42:02.33\00:42:06.84
you are immediately
present with the Lord.
00:42:06.85\00:42:08.62
Now folks, I have
mentioned night after night
00:42:08.95\00:42:12.15
this Bible will
be consistent, okay.
00:42:14.39\00:42:18.30
Do you understand
the basis of inspiration,
00:42:19.15\00:42:21.40
the first five books of
your Bible written by Moses.
00:42:22.55\00:42:25.42
Genesis, Exodus,
Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy,
00:42:27.00\00:42:29.85
that was all written by Moses
that's call the Pentateuch.
00:42:29.86\00:42:32.74
That became the
basis of inspiration.
00:42:33.32\00:42:35.82
And so when the Book
of Joshua came along,
00:42:36.88\00:42:39.40
it had to agree with
what Moses said, okay.
00:42:39.41\00:42:43.74
And every book
there after had to agree
00:42:44.11\00:42:47.78
with the other one,
that's the basis of inspiration.
00:42:47.79\00:42:51.07
So, what I am trying to tell you
00:42:51.44\00:42:52.73
is that Moses and
Paul won't disagree, okay.
00:42:52.74\00:42:58.72
And Paul and
Jeremiah won't disagree,
00:42:58.73\00:43:01.77
and Jeremiah and
John won't disagree.
00:43:01.78\00:43:05.00
It will harmonize
all the way through
00:43:05.60\00:43:07.50
and Paul will not speak
out of two sides of his mouth.
00:43:07.51\00:43:13.88
Understand Paul
will not do that,
00:43:15.45\00:43:17.64
Paul will not say
one thing one place
00:43:17.65\00:43:20.33
and something
else some other place.
00:43:20.34\00:43:23.56
So listen to
what Paul had to say,
00:43:24.73\00:43:26.78
he said to be
absent from the body
00:43:27.45\00:43:31.04
is to be present with the Lord.
00:43:32.11\00:43:33.65
Did he and his mind
think that mean when he died
00:43:34.24\00:43:37.52
he wanna go straight to heaven,
00:43:37.53\00:43:38.81
is that what he though,
well lets see if he thinks that.
00:43:39.20\00:43:42.12
Second Timothy 4:7
Paul is Paul's speaking.
00:43:46.94\00:43:49.99
"I have fought the good
fight, I have finished the race,
00:43:50.32\00:43:55.84
I have kept the faith. "
Is he confident? Absolutely.
00:43:55.85\00:44:01.47
He said fought a good fight,
00:44:01.48\00:44:02.62
I have finished the
race I have kept the faith.
00:44:02.63\00:44:04.91
"Finally, there is laid
up for me, that is what?
00:44:06.49\00:44:10.97
Laid up for me the
crown of righteousness,
00:44:11.91\00:44:14.93
which the Lord, the
righteous Judge, listen folks.
00:44:14.94\00:44:18.61
Will give me on that day,
going to give me on that day.
00:44:20.20\00:44:25.46
When is that
day? And not me only,
00:44:25.47\00:44:28.97
but also to all who
have loved His appearing.
00:44:28.98\00:44:33.49
Paul understood
clearly that when he died
00:44:33.86\00:44:37.13
there was no such thing as time.
00:44:37.14\00:44:41.48
You understand
what I mean by that.
00:44:42.86\00:44:44.31
To that person who
died six thousand years ago
00:44:44.57\00:44:48.63
and that person who died today,
00:44:48.64\00:44:50.98
it will seem only like
that in Jesus will come.
00:44:50.99\00:44:54.94
There is no time in death,
00:44:54.95\00:44:58.09
and Paul
understood that clearly.
00:44:59.27\00:45:01.14
He knew close his eyes and sleep
00:45:01.15\00:45:03.42
and the very next moment
to him, Jesus will be here.
00:45:03.43\00:45:08.13
That's the marvelous
thing to your loved ones,
00:45:08.87\00:45:11.76
my loved ones who had
died close their eyes in death.
00:45:11.77\00:45:17.34
It will seem to
them only like a moment
00:45:17.98\00:45:21.01
and they will open
there eyes and see Jesus come.
00:45:21.02\00:45:24.70
That's what Paul understood,
that's what Paul believed.
00:45:25.67\00:45:29.46
Nowhere in the
scripture does it say
00:45:29.81\00:45:33.13
that the soul is immortal.
00:45:33.14\00:45:35.56
Just doesn't say that folks.
00:45:36.11\00:45:38.02
In fact it says the opposite.
00:45:38.52\00:45:40.32
Ezekiel 18:4,
"Behold, all souls are Mine;
00:45:42.89\00:45:47.27
The soul of the Father as well
as the soul of the Son is Mine;
00:45:47.58\00:45:51.78
The soul who sins
shall what shall die.
00:45:52.32\00:45:57.14
" No, we are not immortal,
we don't have an immortal soul.
00:45:57.41\00:46:01.46
Says the soul
that sins is gonna die
00:46:01.74\00:46:04.31
that's part of the
consequence of sin.
00:46:05.12\00:46:07.46
Jesus gave us marvelous
hope in the resurrection.
00:46:07.99\00:46:12.33
John 11:25, "He said I am
the resurrection and the life.
00:46:13.39\00:46:17.07
He who believes in
me though he may what?
00:46:17.33\00:46:22.23
Though he may die
he shall live." Okay.
00:46:22.24\00:46:27.70
Daniel, Daniel, The God
gave the promise to him.
00:46:29.63\00:46:34.00
Said all those
that asleep in the death
00:46:34.01\00:46:35.97
shall awake and come forth.
00:46:35.98\00:46:37.36
Talking to Daniel himself,
God is talking to Daniel
00:46:37.66\00:46:41.52
listen to what He says
00:46:42.14\00:46:43.45
to this ancient man,
marvelous individual.
00:46:43.46\00:46:46.91
That you is
Daniel, the you Daniel
00:46:47.26\00:46:49.78
Go your way till the
end; for you shall rest,
00:46:49.79\00:46:55.92
and will what
arise to your inheritance
00:46:56.40\00:47:00.68
at the end of the days.
00:47:00.69\00:47:03.87
" He said Daniel, you're
gonna close your eye in death.
00:47:03.88\00:47:07.40
Don't sleep Daniel and rest.
00:47:08.13\00:47:11.01
And at the end you're
going to arise, come forth.
00:47:11.63\00:47:16.02
That's promised to
every one of us here
00:47:16.36\00:47:17.97
I have people say
to me oh Brother Cox,
00:47:17.98\00:47:20.09
I hope I can live
to see Jesus come.
00:47:20.10\00:47:23.90
I really like to
live to see Jesus come,
00:47:24.61\00:47:26.83
I am not so sure I want to.
00:47:27.51\00:47:29.08
I'm not so sure
folks that I want to miss
00:47:30.26\00:47:34.00
the experience of resurrection.
00:47:34.01\00:47:35.69
That's bound to be a
marvelous experience,
00:47:37.36\00:47:40.78
when He is gonna shout,
00:47:40.79\00:47:42.74
His words gonna
roll through this earth,
00:47:43.72\00:47:46.24
and the grounds gonna open up.
00:47:46.25\00:47:48.64
And as is described in the body,
00:47:49.15\00:47:51.19
the bones are gonna form back.
00:47:51.20\00:47:53.79
You ever read about them, bones,
00:47:53.80\00:47:55.13
and bones and
dry bones in Ezekiel.
00:47:55.14\00:47:57.61
Says, they are gonna
formed back and it says
00:47:57.87\00:48:00.28
the flesh is gonna
come on those bones
00:48:00.29\00:48:02.33
and then the
sinew and then the skin.
00:48:02.34\00:48:04.40
And then it
says, the Spirit of God
00:48:04.90\00:48:06.64
is gonna enter into that person,
00:48:06.65\00:48:08.88
they're gonna live,
they're gonna come back to life.
00:48:08.89\00:48:11.10
That must be a
marvelous experience.
00:48:11.11\00:48:13.34
Not sure I wanna miss that,
00:48:13.71\00:48:15.38
when is gonna call
all, all this people forth
00:48:15.39\00:48:18.99
from the grave they come
forth anew in Christ Jesus
00:48:19.00\00:48:23.48
Behold First Corinthians 15:51,
00:48:25.06\00:48:29.82
"Behold, I tell you a mystery:
00:48:29.83\00:48:31.26
We shall not all sleep,
but we shall all be changed.
00:48:31.27\00:48:37.56
That's marvelous,
gonna be changed in a moment,
00:48:38.02\00:48:40.83
in the twinkling of an eye,
at the last trumpet will sound.
00:48:40.84\00:48:48.35
For the trumpet will sound,
00:48:49.37\00:48:50.78
and the dead will be
raised incorruptible,
00:48:50.79\00:48:55.39
and we shall be
changed this moral
00:48:55.40\00:49:02.34
should put on
immortality did you know.
00:49:02.35\00:49:05.49
Did you know that the
scripture not only tells you
00:49:06.78\00:49:08.68
that the dead are
gonna come out grave,
00:49:08.69\00:49:10.61
but did you know that the
scripture tells you exactly
00:49:10.62\00:49:14.17
what Jesus is going to say?
00:49:14.18\00:49:15.63
Did you know that?
00:49:17.11\00:49:18.40
It tells you exactly what He
is going to say when He comes.
00:49:18.99\00:49:21.54
This what He will
say here in Isaiah 26:19,
00:49:21.55\00:49:24.89
"Your dead shall live;
together with My dead body
00:49:25.54\00:49:28.10
they shall arise and
these are the words he will say.
00:49:28.11\00:49:30.92
Awake and sing,
you who dwell in dust;
00:49:33.00\00:49:36.76
for your dew is
like the dew of herbs,
00:49:36.77\00:49:39.43
Jesus gonna come back
and He is going to shout out
00:49:40.14\00:49:42.15
across this whole
world, awake and sing.
00:49:42.16\00:49:45.19
And boy, all those
people that are in the ground,
00:49:45.52\00:49:48.20
they are gonna come
out like grave singing.
00:49:48.21\00:49:50.35
So, there are
gonna come out there
00:49:50.36\00:49:52.02
sing in the praises of God.
00:49:52.03\00:49:53.48
Not only they
gonna come out singing,
00:49:54.41\00:49:56.30
it says the earth shall
cast out her what? Dead.
00:49:57.30\00:50:00.96
You better believe, they're
gonna come out ground singing,
00:50:00.97\00:50:03.32
do you know what
they gonna be singing.
00:50:03.33\00:50:04.57
O they're gonna sing
those words in Corinthians,
00:50:06.90\00:50:09.27
O death, where is thy sting?
O death, where is thy victory?
00:50:09.28\00:50:14.48
Singing, come
forth from the grave,
00:50:15.39\00:50:17.67
that is promised
to every individual
00:50:17.68\00:50:21.36
that has given their
heart to Jesus Christ.
00:50:22.45\00:50:24.65
You tonight can have
eternal life in Christ Jesus
00:50:25.10\00:50:29.32
simply by reaching out
in faith and accepting.
00:50:29.33\00:50:32.72
Oh, what glorious day
that will be! When Jesus comes.
00:50:33.02\00:50:39.90
Oh, what a
meeting, there in the skies;
00:50:43.34\00:50:54.59
No tears or crying
shall dim our eyes.
00:50:55.01\00:51:07.09
Loved ones united eternally,
00:51:07.60\00:51:19.35
Oh, what a
daybreak that morn will be.
00:51:19.89\00:51:34.33
Three questions I'd
like for you look at with me.
00:51:36.67\00:51:39.12
First question reads,
00:51:39.70\00:51:41.36
I'd like to accept
Christ as my Savior tonight.
00:51:41.97\00:51:46.02
If you don't have life,
it's found in Jesus Christ.
00:51:47.27\00:51:51.95
If you don't have life
tonight won't you accept Him.
00:51:53.19\00:51:55.99
By accepting him,
He gives you life.
00:51:56.62\00:51:59.49
That's a promise is in
God's word, it's given to you.
00:51:59.79\00:52:03.09
So, if you don't know Christ
tonight as personal Savior,
00:52:03.10\00:52:05.73
won't you just put
a check by number one
00:52:05.74\00:52:08.63
and accept Him as your Savior?
00:52:08.64\00:52:10.00
Second question,
00:52:10.69\00:52:11.94
I understand that the dead
sleep until the resurrection,
00:52:12.40\00:52:16.03
if you understand
tonight that when person dies
00:52:16.47\00:52:19.40
he just gonna sleep
until the resurrection
00:52:19.41\00:52:23.12
and then Jesus gonna come
00:52:23.13\00:52:24.39
and he's gonna
call that person forth.
00:52:24.40\00:52:26.80
If you understand that
put check by number two.
00:52:27.46\00:52:30.75
Third question says,
00:52:32.73\00:52:34.52
I understand that life is
found only in Christ Jesus.
00:52:35.02\00:52:38.64
Life is found
only in Christ Jesus.
00:52:38.97\00:52:41.54
Let me explain something.
00:52:42.69\00:52:45.16
When do I as an individual
or you, either one of us,
00:52:49.56\00:52:54.54
when do we receive eternal life?
00:52:55.21\00:52:58.47
I've got, you've
got to think now,
00:53:02.47\00:53:04.07
I got to have you think here.
00:53:04.08\00:53:05.37
When does a person
receive eternal life?
00:53:05.72\00:53:08.43
You receive eternal life the
moment you accept Jesus Christ.
00:53:11.93\00:53:17.28
That's when you
receive the eternal life,
00:53:18.91\00:53:20.68
the moment you
accept Jesus Christ.
00:53:20.69\00:53:22.23
It's given to you
on what basis? Faith.
00:53:22.53\00:53:26.35
Given on the basis faith, okay.
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When do you receive immortality?
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Yeah, you receive
immortality at resurrection.
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Okay, you
understand the difference.
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you understand that
put check by number three.
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Put your name,
your address on it,
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fill it out as
Maddy sings for us.
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Some golden
daybreak Jesus will come;
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Some golden
daybreak, battles all won,
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He'll shout the
victory, break through the blue;
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Some golden
daybreak, for me, for you.
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Let's bow our heads
for a word of prayer.
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Heavenly Father, we thank you,
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that you
promised each of us life,
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that is found only in You.
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And we pray Lord,
that we may seek you
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with all of our
hearts and that as we do,
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that you will give to us
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all the wonderful
things that you have promised.
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