The Bible says death is an enemy. We sometimes hear people
say “For the Christian death is but the doorway to Heaven” but that is wrong.
Christ is the door to Heaven, We give death too much credit when we say
something like that. Let’s see what the Bible says.
I. WHY DEATH IS AN
ENEMY [1 Cor. 15:26]
1. Death is an Enemy Because of its Effects [Gen.
49:33-50:11]
2. Death is an Enemy because of its Origin [Rm. 5:12, James
1:15]
3. death is an Enemy because of its Reign [Rm. 5:14, 17, 21;
6:16]
II. DEATH, IN ITS
THREE FORMS, IS A SEPARATION
1. Physical Death is the Separation of the Soul/Spirit from
the Body [Lk. 16:22-23]
2. Spiritual Death is the Separation of the Soul from God [Is.
59:2, Eph. 2:1]
3. The “Second Death” is the Separation of the Soul from God
Eternally in the Lake of Fire [2 Th. 1:9, Rev. 20:14]
III. JESUS CHRIST HAS
GAINED VICTORY OVER DEATH [Rm. 8:34-39]
1. Victory over Physical Death [Rm. 6:9, 1Cor. 15:54-56]
2. Victory Over Spiritual Death [Is. 59:2, Rm. 8:38-39, 2
Cor. 1:9-10]
3. Victory over the Second Death [James 5:20, Rev. 20:6, 14;
21:4, 8]
Jesus said in Jn. 5:24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He
that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life,
and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
2 Tm. 1:8-10
No comments:
Post a Comment