"IF A MAN DIE, SHALL HE LIVE AGAIN?"

JOB 14:1

A. PAUL TEACHES THAT, "THE LAST ENEMY THAT SHALL BE DESTROYED IS DEATH" - 1 Cor. 15:26
  1. Death is an enemy:
    1. It gives no consideration to our state of readiness - Luke 12:20
    2. Has no pity on those who are affected by it.
    3. Respects no environment.
    4. Lays all into the dust, kings and great men, poor and needy.
    5. Cuts man off from all opportunities of life.
  2. Does death end all? Is there no hope beyond the grave?
    1. As to this present life, yes, death ends all - Eccl. 9:1-10; There can be no return - Job. 7:7-10
    2. But death and the grave do not end it all for their victims -- Job's answer - Job 14:15
B. THE BIBLE TEACHES THAT THE DEAD WILL BE RAISED
  1. "Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise": Isa. 26:19
    1. No, death does not end it all; there will be a resurrection of the dead - 1 Cor. 15:12-18
    2. The voice of the Son of God will call the dead out of their dusty beds - John 5:28, 29
    3. God's promise is sure - Hos. 13:14
  2. There will be two resurrections, however:
    1. The dead in Christ will be raised first, at the second coming of Christ - John 5:28, 29; 1 Cor. 15:22, 23
    2. The wicked dead will be raised a thousand years following the first resurrection - Rev. 20:4-6
  3. But there will be a different reason for the resurrection of the righteous and the wicked:
    1. Some to everlasting life,
    2. Others to everlasting shame and damnation - Dan. 12:2
    3. All will rise to receive their reward for the things done in their bodies - 2 Cor. 5:10
C. YES, FRIENDS, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WAY PEOPLE LIVE AND THE WAY THEY DIE
  1. They who sow to the flesh shall reap of the flesh damnation: Gal. 6:7-9
  2. They who sow upon the spirit shall reap eternal life:
  3. Tell me how you live and I know how you are apt to die and how you will be raised:
  4. Let us ever keep in mind that death does not end it all; there will be a resurrection for all good or bad, saints or sinners:
  5. How will eternity affect you?


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