THE END: Navigating Your End*
2 Kings 20:1 (ESV) In those days Hezekiah became sick and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, “Thus says the LORD, ‘Set your house in order, for you shall die; you shall not recover.’ ”
About Scripture
2 Timothy 3:16–17 (ESV) All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
2 Timothy 2:15 (ESV) Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
The Bible is the inspired book of TRUTHS The LORD wants you to know. It is not the entirety of TRUTH, but it is absolute TRUTH.
It is similar to a box filled with unconnected puzzle pieces that when properly fit reveal the big picture of TRUTH consisting of smaller scenes of associated TRUTHS.
Bad practice picks favorites pieces, ignores others and even manufactures pieces to create a desired picture. Good practice assembles the pieces as they fit together allowing the pieces to reveal the picture of the TRUTH that HE declares.
We Are Created By God To Live Eternally
Psalm 139:13–16 (ESV) For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.
Job 19:26–27 (NIV) And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God; I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!
Luke 16:22–23 (NLT) “Finally, the poor man died and was carried by the angels to sit beside Abraham at the heavenly banquet. The rich man also died and was buried, and he went to the place of the dead. There, in torment, he saw Abraham in the far distance with Lazarus at his side.
This is why abortion is so wrong.
Rape (1%)
Elaine
Two wrongs don’t make a right.
My body, my choice - what about suicide? What about when it affects another?
Every miscarried child will be in heaven
Every aborted child will be in heaven
We Will All Die* Because Of Sin -
Genesis 2:16–17 (NIV) And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
Constant Death:
Spirit
Soul
Body
Because Of:
Your sin
Other’s sin
The presence of sin
Final Death - Hebrews 9:27 (ESV) And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,
Days Can Be Lengthened Or Shortened -
Proverbs 10:27 (ESV) The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be short.
2 Kings 20:5–7 (ESV) “Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the leader of my people, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord, and I will add fifteen years to your life. I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city for my own sake and for my servant David’s sake.” And Isaiah said, “Bring a cake of figs. And let them take and lay it on the boil, that he may recover.”
There Are A Few Exceptions:
Enoch - Genesis 5:24 (NIV) Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was no more, because God took him away.
Elijah - 2 Kings 2:11–12 (ESV) And as they still went on and talked, behold, chariots of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. And Elisha saw it and he cried, “My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” And he saw him no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.
Rapture???
1 Corinthians 15:51–52 (ESV) Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.
Luke 17:34–35 (ESV) I tell you, in that night there will be two in one bed. One will be taken and the other left. There will be two women grinding together. One will be taken and the other left.”
Prophecy is easy to interpret after the prophecy is fulfilled.
If Someone You Love Dies:
Death Is The Enemy Of God - 1 Corinthians 15:26 (ESV) The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
Love People, Rely On God
Be Thankful For Time You Had Not Bitter For Time You Don't