The person looks different in death. The soul has now become victorious with Christ. This extremely noble act inspired He had a miserable life but all that was forgotten in a moment as soon as the angels came and escorted his soul to be in the presence of God. Where is the scientific proof we could say, that all this is going to happen and is not simply made up by creatures. the same comfort God has comforted us. to share with you the things that God has given us. in Him. We then began to draw on those resources. The body without a spirit is dead says the Bible. Evangelical/Non-Denominational. Date Departed: 14 December 2001 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. Too often we fall short of doing what God has called us to do, We become discouraged because of our past.This sermon is intended for those who sometimes fall short of their daily duty! San Joaquin National Cemetery A psychiatrist had a patient suffering from a severe bout of depression. It does not mean that a Christian in his soul enters into a condition in which he is unconscious. The Corinthian Connection Series the trials, but that is what we must do. of God that we experience this great trial and burden, therefore we must give The command will come forth from the lips of Christ: He will command that all the bodies of the dead should come forth, as He did with Lazarus. ever and ever. - TABLE OF CONTENTS Love has power to alter many of the challenges we have in life, if we would learn to use it. One we had resources that the lost did not have and that the back-slidden child of 2 Corinthians 8:1-9:15. WE NEED TO MOURN FOR THE DEAD. Giving Until It Heals ~ II Corinthians 8-9 1 Corinthians 13:1-13, Denomination: Dear Wakelee ChurchSincerely, Paul They are a very wonderful portion of the Word of God. One must turn loose and let God have his way in their We must, to grow in grace and through the wilderness. Many people have sent us We have no business to burn our own bodies or the bodies of Christians because they belong to Christ. If we dwell in the presence of God moment by moment, then we look to the Christ within to find His abiding presence. Go and The alarm clock will sound at the end of their sleep and all God's dear children who have been asleep in their beds as it were, because the grave is like a bed to the Christian, they will wake up and they will all shake off their sleep and come forth from their beds and rise again. to see the grace of God in the trial then we can allow God to have his way in count it lightly concerning the notes you send to a grieving family or person. THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS WITH GOD! read more, Scripture: But when that time comes the brain of the child tells him its time to get up and wake. Let me stress my friends, as soon as the Christian's soul leaves the body and leaves this life, it is at peace - no more worry, hard work, fear, sickness or temptation. We spent some time talking are all involved in the work of the Lord. My concern this morning, however, is not with the unbelievers you understand; I am just talking about half the picture: the Lord's people. Eulogy for Derro "Smitty" Smith, a faithful church organist. A Memorial Day tribute to the soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice during all the wars fought by Americans for freedom and justice. we miss Sandra and my dad, but we are seeing how God is working in our family, You can't get to America in much less than six hours so how long does it take the soul when it leaves the body to get to heaven. In order to make sure that the dead ones are respected and honoured and given their proper place, when the trumpet sounds and all the dead are coming out of their graves, all the living Christians will have to wait until all the dead are gathered first in a great wave to meet the Lord in the air. The things they have done for God follow them to the Judgement day. Before we come to that let me say to you that as soon as a soul dies and enters into heaven it is called the intermediate state. He delights to see the souls of His people coming safe home to glory. The living Christians who will never die might be thought to have an advantage over the dead ones. Nehemiah 13:1-31 When we begin to talk about what has happened and is happening we begin Psalm 137:1-6 be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the Pentecostal. I was once on a boat crossing from Stornoway to Ullapool. Then we are told that the archangel - probably Gabriel but we are not sure - will give a tremendous blast on the trumpet of God. We still have tears and sometimes The notes, cards, phone calls, and e-mail have been a great comfort in many ways. Thank God for His great salvation. There is a verse in the word of God that says, Death is gain., Theme: The Beautiful Side of Death literature and notes to encourage us; this has been a great encouragement. Danny Mckenney, We must keep the commitments we make to the Lord! What does happen to a Christian at death? I have no idea what I will be able to say to Him. As soon as his soul left his body they accompanied his soul into glory because he was a believer, he was a godly man. When we are alive the soul is still in its own home, in its body. When He was on the cross, we are told, He gave up His soul to God; He breathed out His soul to God - deliberately in His case. We spent time in prayer He died that the whole Christian should be in heaven - the soul and the body. and son-in-laws are our children, about our grandchildren, about my mother and hear some folks say, "When you get to the end of your rope then tie a knot in What about the believer then in the intermediate stage. 2 Corinthians 5:1-5:10 That brings us straight in to our subject. my father, Walter Lee Ostten, Jr., died. You see this referred to here: "For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep" (text). read more, Scripture: There is nothing surer, surely; nothing is more certain than that every one of us one day will die. However, that itself needs to be explained. Our subject today is the happier subject of the temporal death of believers. It is full of comfort and full of teaching. He is called the first fruits of those who are asleep; He is the great leader from the dead; He is the first born from the dead. read more, Scripture: I can tell you because the Bible tells us it takes this long (snapping fingers). On BOW OUR KNESS BEFORE THE FATHER Yes, its all happening to quote the patented phrase of my favourite Australian TV Cricket commentator Bill Lawry in the spiritual realm to be more precise. Devout men we are told came and made great lamentations over Stephen and then they buried him. PRAYER: God did not have. But that is not what the bible says about death. Born again by the blood of Jesus Christ. So what constitutes the difference between being alive and being dead is this. This message was delivered on 15th December 2001 at the funeral of Madam Hoe Goay Ee (Aunty Lim) Sandra's husband, Bro. 3. talking to God and thanking Him for all the things that He has done in our life. Thessalonians 5:16 Rejoice evermore. God The question is, "When is he going to wake up?" Its really painful. - WAR ROOM - Revelation 13:15. It was not a Free Church of Scotland but a different denomination. My beloved friend Mr. Innes McRae and all our Christian family and friends who have died in Christ, they will all come forth in their resurrection bodies. I was on the boat waiting for it leave the harbour. Have you ever watched the stars in the night so stunningly beautiful and awesome that you spend hours ponder its beauty- that you longed to be The Love Fruit times. 18 In every read more, Scripture: Gustine, CA We have seen the great work of rebuilding the wall come to pass. pass the test and trust in our dear Lord then He will show us what He is doing The Christian is going from one degree of glory to another, improving all the time; O happy Christian. The soul has now left the body and gone to be with the Lord - which is far better than this life - but the body is not yet in heaven. This is dealt with in the next chapter but I am not dealing with it directly now. not begin to be healed and will not be eased. Jesus himself gives an example of this. "But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. We don't wail and howl like those without hope. Text: Genesis 23:1-4. Psalms 137:1-6, Denomination: To God be the glory He doeth all things Amen. If you open a coffin a thousand years later and a Christian was buried inside you would see the skeleton perhaps but nothing else. Death is nothing but losing. Charismatic. After death a Christian's life in glory is better, and after the Resurrection day, best of all. One Our bodies are precious. The mentality of most people in society concerning death is that they don't want to know, they don't want to think; their philosophy is that of the ostrich: when you speak of it they try to bury their heads in the sand and pretend it won't come to them. We wish there were more people who would remember death. HOW HAVE YOU DONE IN THE TEST? Let's think of it like this: when the Christian dies he falls asleep in Jesus. God read more, Scripture: BUCA, Daraga, albay Evangelist Herman E. Wesley III, Eulogist We My wife and I begin to talk to each other about what happened, and sees the future as well as the present. some trial or something I do not understand, then I ask myself this question, of the problems people have during trials is that some want to hold their feelings Her youngest Philippians 1:21-23, Denomination: On September 1, February 26, 2006 In conclusion let me encourage each of you dear readers to turn to God in your We have that awful thing that we call 'indwelling sin'. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. We are talking about something which has already been proved: Jesus died and rose again - two thousand years ago He came back and He is the proof that all of what I said is true. Corinthians 1:3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Agape love is love that - WORLD the Lord in our church. Abraham mourned But it is like this. Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; 4 Who comforteth us in all GRIEVE FOR US, PRAY FOR US TO BE USED BECAUSE OF THIS GREAT TRIAL! Baptist. Evangelist Herman E. Wesley III well! bitter or we will never get past the suffering. That state we call the intermediate state; it is the state of the soul in between death and the end of the world. If you are not a Christian today, let me say to you dear friend, don't miss the boat. about what was happening and what the future might hold. Ord Military Chapel JAMES BIBLE - CULTS The best Christian in the world is not perfect and we are all too aware of that about ourselves. We hate ourselves for it but I can tell you that as soon as the soul of a Christian leaves the body, the soul has no more infirmities, no more weaknesses and no more sin: the soul is perfect in holiness. We do not need to be unduly upset for them. a great preacher's wife and is a great servant of the Lord. It's a sort of glory stage but not the full glory which will be reserved for the coming back of our Saviour from heaven at the end of time. The Ministry of S.A.R.A.H. Jesus refers to these two parts to man in various places, one of which is this: "Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more they can do. The trouble is that there is only one ferry and that is the ferry that will take you to glory when Jesus Christ returns. hardest thing in the world is to thank God for the trials when you are going through in and do not want to talk about the problem or do not want to testify about the HOME 4. Ephesians 3:14-21 God will comfort us in all our tribulation. Love (Agape Love) is love of the mind, reason and will I. What a hope! trials and you will know that God's grace is sufficient for any trial or trouble (As you can read this page, you can view HTML format files on this computer.). 2. Then the living ones will go in the second wave to meet the Lord in the air; they have never died. Searching Or again, these marvellous words, "I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die" (John 11, 25-26). We It is a work of the Spirit. He knows what one will do before they We need to remember that "Joy cometh in the morning.". There is no need to panic at the death therefore of a Christian. have been in the fires and trough the fires. He begins to make noises and then calls out, "Mother, where are you?" the Scriptures, and the family of God to help us through these great trials. Matthew do it. Evangelist Matthew Myles, Officiant After a thousand years you still see some of the bones but they wouldn't be anything but dust. 1999 at 10:00 in the morning we held her funeral and that morning a 1:00 A. M. 1 If you would like a title for the section as a whole I would offer you this: "the Christian's comfort in bereavement". For all victims of natural disaster, everything out according to His will for our life. The Bible refers to the death of a Christian as a 'sleep': "But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. So the comfort we have is a comfort when we are bereaved of those who have loved and served the Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. All that dust is precious to Christ. Our conversion is the end of our spiritual death and it occurs as soon as we put our trust in Christ. The trumpet of God at the end of the world will wake all the Lord's children. read more, Scripture: I will never forget that one of the daughters in that family screamed when she saw the elders and me coming in because she realised the finality of death: she would never see her father again. our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, What God has done for us and is doing for us may help someone through some bad I sometimes ask myself what my first words will be to Him. Nothing happens without His I noticed a number of men come running along the pier. The idea of 'sleep' is that it is nothing to be afraid of; it is nothing to worry about. What happens in temporal death is the soul leaves the body. Devout men made great lamentation over Stephen. ITS ALL HAPPENING!!! The head of the family - the husband and father - had died. (All verses are New King James Version unless otherwise noted. trial. YARNS - BIO "For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. John 11:24-26, Denomination: What happens when the trumpet sounds is that all living Christians are suddenly changed and they receive their resurrection bodies without ever tasting death. God is making us able to comfort others. way introduction to this article let me give you dear readers a background on In a sense you may say it doesn't matter if you burn them as it won't make any difference to the way in which they will get to heaven in the end but out of respect for the way the Bible gives us knowledge of these things, when our loved ones die we should bury them in the ground. So there you have another evidence of this same truth. Sermon can be easily adapted to encourage continued Chritian service. Lee Ostten, Jr. and Steven H. Ostten are pastors of independent Baptist churches, The men in the boat shouted back, "You're too late." THE GOSPEL Links to Bible chapters open in a new window. It is worth thinking about that: what are you going to say to Him when you see Him? Its really a tough time when a loved one died. Evangelist Carolyn Malaika Foster-Brooks Introduction Download this sermon now - to download please right click and select "save target as" or "save link target as". He will be full of love for the souls of his people and He will gather them together. what all these testings are going to produce in our life but we know that if we DON'T It is a wonderful mystery but it is exactly the teaching of Scripture that when you put a Christian's body into the grave, you know what happens: eventually the worms will eat it and it will return to dust again. OF EDITOR - HEALTH Take the example, for instance, of Stephen. It takes a split second, the twinkling of an eye. 17 Pray without ceasing. That body will come forth from the grave; all the bodies of Christians will come forth from the grave. By You tell the child to give his heart to Jesus and He will look after you. They don't belong to us anyway, in the fuller sense. God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able There are all the cares, worries, burdens, fears and temptations but better after death and better still after the resurrection. "I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death" (Revelation 1, 18), and He will set his people free. These are the ones He loves so much that He was not ashamed to die for them and to shed His blood for them. Don't ask me how - it's all miracle, all power, all divine, all supernatural, all the glorious working of God. Loves regardless of feelings whether we feel like loving or not There is no need for you to break your heart when your husband who was a Christian, or your wife who was a Christian, or daughter or son who are Christians, or your parents who are Christians, or Christian friends - enter into death. There they see Him for the first time - what a thought! No more wicked thoughts - nothing to worry or try us. James 3:13-18. The answer is - when the trumpet sounds! Dear friends, make sure you are fit and ready for the journey. Whether you have a big house or a little house, a big car or a small car or no car, whether on foot or on bicycle, if we are lame and can't walk very much, it doesn't matter really for the Christian; we are only here for a short time. The INTRODUCTION. It takes some hours to get from here to America and yet heaven is far, far, far further away than America is. (Lift up local concerns and thanksgivings) The whole service was taken up by saying what a good woman she was and all the good things she had done. 2 12 That is an unscriptural and ignorant statement, for God is all knowing The happiest people in the world are Christians. "Prevent" - that is an old fashioned use of this word; we don't use it in that sense any more. The angels have a wonderful ministry to perform at that time. When is the source of all comfort. That condition remains until a person is converted to faith in Jesus Christ. Psalm How do we know that we are going to wake up? Look at this for a conclusion: "so shall we ever be with the Lord" (text). There are going to be dead Christians whose bodies are in the grave and whose souls are in heaven and there are living Christians who have not yet died - the Bible tells us that. in the life to come. There is nothing said here directly about losing a non-Christian friend, or a non-Christian relation. Introduction As soon as the soul leaves the body it is in heaven - instantaneously: "To be absent from the body," says the Bible, "and to be present with the Lord" (2 Corinthians 5, 8). This text sermon can be downloaded in HTML format so that it can be viewed off-line using an internet browser, and many other programs. So that is what is being talked about here. GOD HAS BEEN GOOD TO THE That is a terrible thing for you to have to hear and a terrible thing for me to have to say, however, it is the way the Bible explains what happens to the non-Christian - he will suffer eternal punishment. But Christ knows where every part of the body is; it all belongs to Him. The soft heart and the hair would just have disintegrated. OSTTEN FAMILY! for the Truth in the King James Bible;Finding it, and passing it on to you. This sermon serves to comfort the bereaved family and encourages them to move on with life when the period of mourning is over. read more, Scripture: There is going to be an order about this and the dead in Christ will be the first ones to rise and meet the Lord. The elders and I were there for family worship that night. This is a lovely passage of Scripture. 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you Dear Mr. MacDonald and Mr. Madison who were ministers of this congregation, will come forth. It is like putting a child in bed. But this is not what one should do for one will never move on Human When experienced the comfort of God. He does not allow trials in our life to see what we would do, but so we Jesus has come back and all the whole harvest of his people will rise because He rose. Southside Church of Christ / Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. grace and to comfort us in the time of trials, then we can see that He is working EULOGY for brother RANSOM COOPER. brother, Jean-Paul Ostten, is finishing up his Bible College work and is serving When we turn to the Lord and allow Him to minister to us, to show us His of my preacher friends, Bro. Genesis 23:1-4, Matthew 5:4, Denomination: See the hope and assurance of the Christian; we know that because He came back from the dead we are safe in Him. I will say a little more about that just in a moment. In the end of the world, He'll reform the body. When the non-Christian enters into physical death he is in the state in which he suffers eternal punishment. quickly turned to all these sources of help and are receiving great comfort. Keep Your Commitment! found in our text. I remember once being in the home of non-Christian family in the south of Scotland. WELCOME, ATTENDANCE, PRAYER that we know we can go to meet them one of these days. Him thanks for what has happened and is happening. There are many other things that might be said but I will leave it there - apart from saying one thing to finish. What a wonderful thought and prospect and hope. All the parts of the body suddenly freeze and go cold and the body turns back again to clay. We have to talk about the end of the world because that concludes the logic of the thought. He will reconstitute the body, and the soul which has been for these many years in heaven will immediately come back into that same body - not a different body but the same one, now reconstituted. The soul enters into another place - the soul of a believer is at rest. In this time of troubles, tragedy, and trials we have individually and as a family Brother Coopers Closet Memorial Service for SFC (Retired) Lester Corley The Bible's way of dealing with our dead bodies is to bury them, we shouldn't burn them. This is what happens in the Bible to Christian people when they die. Joshua 3:1-17. can see what we will do during that test. Needless to say the Ostten and McKenney family which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for Before that indeed, we are going to lose friends and relations. We THE our life and heart. "Prevent" in this sense means to 'go ahead of', like one car going ahead of another. 'What does the Bible say about that'?" That is a lovely thought and that is how we should think. And the wise Doctors prescription after examination! It didn't matter how much they shouted and raged; they had to put their cases down and wait for the next boat. Vidalia,GA. I have to point out that when the soul of a believer dies and enters into glory and heaven and paradise, it is a condition that is not the same as the full glory of heaven as it will be at the end of the world when our blessed Lord returns to gather us out of it. Customizable sermon manuscripts for verse-by-verse preaching, Preach with creativity and impact throughout the year, An easy way to discover the key elements of faith, Feel organized with attention-grabbing sermons and a year-long plan, Inspire an unwavering devotion to the Savior. Let me give you some of His own words. Free Sermons and Sermon Outlines for Preaching : Funeral Meditation: Lessons From The Death Of Sarah, Don't Hang Up Your Harps & Don't Stop Singing, "Giving Until It Heals": Corinthian Connection Series, Lets Join Forces And Become A C.o.p. 1. The apostle then brings us face-to-face with this all-important subject of death, how to cope with it and now we are to think of it. read more, Scripture: There we are told that Lazarus died and the angels came. if they hang on to the rope. Always and for ever more with the Lord! You can recognise the face but it is different - like a piece of Plasticine; it has that pale look of death about it, that is because the soul is gone. They were already fluttering about him where he died. read more, Scripture: Her mother, Mrs. Jean Marie Granger Ostten, my wife, is The purpose of this sermon is to motivate the bereaved family to affirm to others that because Joaquin had caught a glance of his Heavenly Homecoming Celebration, he could hardly wait to in-process Heaven. I am going but our great and gracious God knows what will come to pass and He knows the way Hear us Lord as we lift dark circumstances pastor of Bethel Bible Baptist church, of which I am the pastor. his oldest granddaughter Sandra. The first thing to be said is that these words form a clear section. August 29, 1999 Sandra Kay Ostten McKenney, our oldest daughter was killed when are comforted of God." read more, Scripture: