TITLE: What Happens After Death?

TEXT: Job 14:13-16

PROPOSITION: God reveals what will happen after death.

QUESTION: What?

KEY WORD: Situations

SCRIPTURE READING: Same

INTRODUCTION:

1. Chart sermon – in two parts (tonight part 2)

2. This chart is a basic diagram showing all the situations in which people die.

3. If I die in this situation – What will happen to me after death?

Birth

1. Matthew 18:3 – convert and become as little child

2. Bible does not teach that we inherit sin. (Ezekiel 18:4, 20)

3. 2 Samuel 12:13-15 – David determined to be with his infant son

4. Die in this condition = SAFE

Sin

1. James 1:13-16 – temped = sin, sin = death

2. Romans 3:23 – all have sinned

3. Romans 6:23 – wages of sin is death

4. Die in this situation = LOST

Saved

1. Believe, repent, confess, baptized = forgiven, saved

2. Added to church, sins washed away, adopted into God’s family

3. All the past is forgiven, gone, erased

4. Die in this situation = SAVED

Fall from Grace

1. Galatians 5:4 – you have fallen from grace

2. Hebrews 3:12 – depart from the living God

3. Acts 8:20-23 – Simon sinned and was in danger of being lost

4. Die in this situation = LOST

Restored

1. Acts 8:24 – Pray for me, forgive me

2. Galatians 6:1 – restore such a one

3. James 5:19-20 – save a soul from death

4. Revelation 2:10 – remain faithful until death = crown of life

5. Die in this situation = SAVED

Conclusion:

1. I am not your judge – Jesus is.

2. I am simply asking – WHERE ARE YOU RIGHT NOW?

3. Where will you be in eternity is determined by your situation now.

THIS IS PART 2 – PREACHED AT THE EVENING SERVICE

Death

1. Death = separation

2. Spiritual death = separation from God

3. Physical death = separation of soul and body

4. When we die (no matter the situation we are in)

   1. The body returns to the earth – buried, lost at sea, cremated

   2. Ecclesiastes 12:7

   3. Job 10:9 – made from clay, bring to dust again

5. Romans 5:12 – all die because all have sinned

Hades

1. Hades (Greek); Sheol (Hebrew)

2. Intermediate state of the soul

3. There are two parts:

1. Paradise – Luke 23:43; Luke 16

2. Torments – Luke 16

4. Jesus went to hades (hell in JKV) – Psalm 16:9; Acts 2:26-27

5. His body was buried – John 19:41-42

6. He went to Paradise in hades – Luke 23:43

7. He did NOT go to Heaven itself – John 20:17 – not yet ascended

Resurrection

1. John 5:28-29 – all will be raised

2. 1 Corinthians 15:51 – all will be changed

3. 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18

4. 2 Thessalonians 1:7-9

Judgment

1. Not determine guilt or innocence – this happened at death

2. Judgment = passing of sentence

3. Explain to the “self-righteous” why they are lost – Matthew 25

Heaven

1. Home of the faithful and righteous

2. Revelation 20:4

Hell - Gehenna

1. Revelation 21:8

2. Revelation 20:10-15

Conclusion:

1. Where will you spend your eternity?

2. The soul is immortal – eternal – and will continue through eternity.

3. Your choice today determines your destiny.