Church in the home Wednesday evenings 27th Nov 2009

Church in the home Wednesday evenings 27th Nov 2009

“Is there death after life”, is the title of a book by Graeser, Lynn and Schoenheit, and in it are laid down some of the fundamentals of the subject, the state of the dead.

The bible is clear on this subject and so should we.

In Hebrews 2:14 the one who holds the power of death has been declared, and clearly revealed and that is the devil. Jesus Christ took flesh and blood and shared in our humanity so that by his death he could destroy him who holds the power of death. (Loosely NIV)

1 Corinthians 15:26 clearly states, “the last enemy that shall be destroyed is death (KJV)

The reason there is death is stated in Romans 5:12,
“Wherefore as by one man (Adam) sin entered the into the world, and death by sin; so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.” (NIV)

There is an escape from death and that is, in this day and time in 2009, through Jesus Christ, and specifically an adherence to the instructions given in Romans 10: 9,
“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth, the Lord Jesus,
and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him
from the dead, thou shalt be saved”(KJV)

1Thessalonians 4: 16, 17 paint for us a glorious future, and is a stark contrast to the ill-founded belief that death is in fact an entrance to life itself.

If death is not “really” death, but merely a passing on to something even greater than “life”, then the need for resurrection (Jesus Christ’s resurrection, the 1st & 2nd resurrections) and raising of the dead in Christ (1Thessalonians 4: 16, 17) are all unnecessary and give false hope. But this is not the case and God and Jesus Christ will have to bring all power to bear to give new life to those who have acquired it, and not only life, but everlasting life.

Neil J Bourke
1-Dec-2009

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