“From Here To Eternity” (Part 2)

by avministry | Sep 29, 2023 | Sermons

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1 Corinthians 15:35 But someone will say, “How are the dead raised up? And with
what body do they come?
1 Corinthians 15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in
corruption, it is raised in incorruption.
1 Corinthians 15:43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness,
it is raised in power.
1 Corinthians 15:44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is
a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

Olivia Newton-John quote:
“It’s almost like we are parts of a big computer and we go back to the main battery.
I don’t have a definite definition of what it is. Some people call it ‘heaven.’ Some
call it ‘the universe.’ I just think there is a great knowingness out there that we
become part of.”

I. THE APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH
Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed for men to die once,…

II. THE JUDGMENT THAT’S SETTLED
Hebrews 9:27 ” And as it is appointed for men to die once but after this the judgment,”

John 3:18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe
is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten
Son of God.

Someone has well said,”The time is coming for all men when they will be either be
born again or wish they had never been born at all.”

Death never changes anything, it only makes permanent what we were in life.

Before it’s all said and done the Christian will occupy three body types in essence
1. Our earthly body.(The physical body in this life).
2. Our heavenly intermediate body. (Our heavenly body until the resurrection)
3. Our eternal glorified resurrection body (Like Jesus)

III. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HEAVENLY BODIES.

Luke 9:28 Now it came to pass, about eight days after these sayings, that He took
Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain to pray.
Luke 9:29 As He prayed, the appearance of His face was altered, and His robe
became white and glistening.
Luke 9:30 And behold, two men talked with Him, who were Moses and Elijah,
Luke 9:31 who appeared in glory …

Luke 9:31 who appeared in glory and spoke of His decease which He was about
to accomplish at Jerusalem.

Luke 9:32 But Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep; and when they
were fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men who stood with Him.
Luke 9:33 Then it happened, as they were parting from Him, that Peter said to
Jesus, “Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tabernacles:
one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah”—not knowing what he said.

Matthew 16:17 Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah,
for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.

Luke 9:34 While he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them; and
they were fearful as they entered the cloud.
Luke 9:35 And a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is My beloved Son.
Hear Him!”
Luke 9:36 When the voice had ceased, Jesus was found alone. But they kept quiet,
and told no one in those days any of the things they had seen.

1) Do heaven’s inhabitants remember life on earth?
2) Do people in heaven see what is happening on earth?
Revelation 6:9 When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of
those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held.
Revelation 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy
and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
Revelation 6:11 Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to
them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their
fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was
completed.

Revelation 18:20 “Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets, for
God has avenged you on her!”

Revelation 19:1 After these things I heard a loud voice of a great multitude in
heaven, saying, “Alleluia! Salvation and glory and honor and power belong to
the Lord our God!
Revelation 19:2 For true and righteous are His judgments, because He has judged
the great harlot who corrupted the earth with her fornication; and He has avenged
on her the blood of His servants shed by her.”

1 Corinthians 15:20 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the
firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
1 Corinthians 15:21 For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection
of the dead.
1 Corinthians 15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.
1 Corinthians 15:23 But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward
those who are Christ’s at His coming.
John 14:19 “… Because I live, you will live also.”

IV. THE FULFILLMENT OF THE ETERNAL STATE.
1 Thessalonians 4:13 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.
1 Thessalonians 4:14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them
also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout,
with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ
shall rise first:
1 Thessalonians 4:17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

1 Corinthians 15:51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we
shall all be changed—
1 Corinthians 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.
For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall
be changed.

Paul describes the glorified resurrected eternal body transformation this way:
1 Corinthians 15:35 But someone will say, “How are the dead raised up? And with
what body do they come?
1 Corinthians 15:42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in
corruption, it is raised in incorruption.
1 Corinthians 15:43 It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness,
it is raised in power.
1 Corinthians 15:44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is
a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

A resurrection for the saved and a resurrection for the damned.
Daniel 12:2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake,
Some to everlasting life, Some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Acts 24:15 “… there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust.
John 5:28 Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the
graves will hear His voice
John 5:29 And come forth–those who have done good, to the resurrection of life,
and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation.

The rapture of the church and the resurrection of the saved is a rescue operation.
The church is snatched away from the wrath of God to come.

2 Corinthians 5:11 “Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men.”

“From Here To Eternity” (Part 1)

by avministry | Sep 17, 2023 | Sermons

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Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,
John 5:24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him
who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed
from death into life.”
2 Corinthians 5:8 We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the
body and to be present with the Lord.
Revelation 22:11 He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be
filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be
holy still.”

Someone said, “We should all be concerned about the future because we will have
to spend the rest of our lives there.”

I. THE APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH
Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed for men to die once,…
Eccleisiates 3:2 A time to be born, and a time to die;

Two people every second, 106 people every minute, 6,400 people every hour,
153,000 people every day, 56 million people a year keep their appointment.

Ecclesiastes 12:6 “Remember your Creator before the silver cord is loosed, …”
Psalms 90:10 “… For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.”

Quote from book called “The Emperor of All Maladies.”
“We can’t get rid of cancer because cancer is just part of being human.We are all
in the process of corruption.”

1 Corinthians 15:42 “…The body is sown in corruption

Romans 6:23 The wages of sin is death
Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by
sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

Eccleisiastes 12:7 Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, And the spirit will
return to God who gave it.

Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,

Lie Number One: We Cease To Exist After Death.
Death is not cessation
Surveys reveal that 23 percent of the world’s population believe that ultimately
in the end we will only “cease to exist”.
Here is a quote:
“Someday I will no longer call out, and there will be no heartbeat. What happens
then? From my point of view, nothing. Absolutely nothing.
I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state.”.

What happens when you die according to Singer Billy Joel (quote)
“I believe you go into other people’s hearts
When you pass you pass into other people’s hearts and are taken into their lives for
the rest of their lives and they pass that on
Just like music it never ends … it goes on and on.”

Film critic Roger Ebert passed away from cancer in 2013
I know it is coming, and I do not fear it, because I believe there is nothing
on the other side of death to fear.
I was perfectly content before I was born, and I think of death as the same state.

Luke 12:20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you;
then whose will those things be which you have provided?

Lie Number Two: We Go To Sleep At Death.
Death is not hibernation (sleep)

John 11:11 Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go, so that I may awaken him
out of sleep.

1 Thessalonians 4:14 “those who have fallen asleep in Jesus”

Acts 7:59 And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus,
receive my spirit.”
Acts 7:60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge
them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Luke 23:43 And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with
Me in Paradise.”

2 Corinthians 5:8 We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the
body and to be present with the Lord.

Matthew 22:32 “…God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

Lie Number Three:There Is A Second Chance After Death.
Death is not reclamation.
Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed for men to die once,…

II. THE JUDGMENT THAT’S SETTLED
Hebrews 9:27 ” … but after this the judgment,”

There is the judgment of the cross.
The judgment on the believer with chastening.
The self judgment of the believer (If we would judge ourselves)
The judgment of the beliver’s works at the judgment seat of Christ
1. The judgment on the nation of Israel
2. The judgment of the nations.
3. The judgment on fallen angels
4. The judgment of the great white throne

John 3:18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe
is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten
Son of God.

Revelation 22:11 He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be
filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be
holy still.”

Ecclesiastes 11:3 If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves upon the
earth; And if a tree falls to the south or the north, In the place where the tree falls,
there it shall lie.

Someone has written:
As the tree falls, so must it lie.
As a man lives, so will he die.
As a man dies, so will he be.
Through all the years of eternity.

Proverbs 29:1 He who is often rebuked, and hardens his neck, will suddenly
be destroyed, and that without remedy.

William Shakespeare wrote:
There is a line by us unseen that crosses every path
The hidden boundary between God’s [mercy] and [God’s] wrath

J. Addison Alexander wrote this poem:
There is a time, we know not when,
A point we know not where,
That marks the destiny of men
To glory or despair.
There is a line by us unseen,
That crosses every path;
The hidden boundary between
God’s patience and His wrath.

John 5:24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him
who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed
from death into life.”
Romans 8:1 “There is no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus”

2 Corinthians 6:2 “Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation”

Stolen Lives: The Thief Comes to Kill and Destroy

by avministry | Sep 4, 2023 | Sermons

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John 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.
I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

John 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.

John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do.
He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because
there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources,
for he is a liar and the father of it.

Genesis 2:17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for
in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
Genesis 3:4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.”
Geneis 3:6 “… she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her,
and he ate.

Hebrews 2:14 “… him who had the power of death, that is, the devil,

The ultimate lie for Satan is this: There never will be any judgment for sin.

Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for
light, and light for darkness;

1. Right now, a baby has about a 50/50 chance to survive the womb.

Isaiah 49:15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on
the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, yet I will not forget you.

Romans 1:31 “… without natural affection …”

Ruth 4:13 So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife; and when he went in to her,
the Lord gave her conception, and she bore a son.

Acts 17:28 “For in Him we live and move and have our being, …”

2. Right now, a child has a 50/50 chance of being born to a married couple.

*For the first time in our nation’s history the majority of children born to women
under age 30 are born out of wedlock, they have no father involved in their lives
*Since 1968 the number of children without a father has doubled to 18.4 million
children
*Of 100 countries surveyed, the United States has the highest percentage of
fatherlessness 300% higher than the global average.
*85% of teens with behavioral disorders have no father
*70% adolescents in drug and alcohol treatment centers have no father
*90% of homeless and runaway children have no father
*Children without a father are 900% more likely to drop out school

President Biden said, “They’re all our children,” They’re not somebody else’s children;
they’re like yours when they’re in the classroom. There’s no such thing as someone
else’s child. Our nation’s children are all our children.”

Only somewhere between 0.3 and 0.6 percent of people claim to have transgendered
feelings.

Our Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said (quote):
“Missouri is the first state in the nation to successfully defend at the trial-court
level a law barring child mutilation, I’ve said from day one as Attorney General
that I will fight to ensure that Missouri is the safest state in the nation for children.
This is a huge step in that direction.”

3. Right now, there is a 50/50 chance a child will experience
divorce in their lifetime.
Malachi 2:16 “For the Lord God of Israel says that He hates divorce …”

Lyrics Someday Never Comes
First thing I remember
Was asking Papa, “Why?”
For there were many things I didn’t know
When Daddy went away
He said, “Try to be a man
And someday you’ll understand”
But I’m here to tell you now each and every mother’s son
You better learn it fast, you better learn it young
‘Cause someday never comes
Think it was September
The year I went away
For there were many things I didn’t know
And I still see him standin’
Tryin’ to be a man
I said, “Someday you’ll understand”
But I’m here to tell you now each and every mother’s son
You better learn it fast, you better learn it young
‘Cause someday never comes

Exodus 20:5 You shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your
God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the
third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

THE TRUE CHURCH IS THE ONLY PRO-FAMILY COMMUNITY LEFT!

4. Right now, there is a 100% guarantee that those who harm little
ones would be better off dead.
Luke 17:1 Then He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no offenses should
come, but woe to him through whom they do come!

Matthew 26:23 He answered and said, “He who dipped his hand with Me in the dish
will betray Me.
Matthew 26:24 The Son of Man indeed goes just as it is written of Him, but woe to
that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man
if he had not been born.”

Luke 17:2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and
he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
Luke 17:3 Take heed to yourselves.

Exodus 20:7 “You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord
will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain.

John 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.
I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

Hebrews 2:9 But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for
the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God,
might taste death for everyone.
Hebrews 2:14 Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He
Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who
had the power of death, that is, the devil,
Hebrews 2:15 and release those who through fear of death were all their lifetime
subject to bondage.
pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit
and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
Genesis 3:7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they
were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.

Stolen Innocence: The Thief Comes To Steal

by avministry | Aug 29, 2023 | Sermons

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John 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.
I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

I. INNOCENCE GIVEN.
Genesis 2:7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed
into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
Genesis 2:8 The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the
man whom He had formed.
Genesis 2:16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the
garden you may freely eat;
Genesis 2:17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for
in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

Genesis 2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

II. INNOCENCE THREATENED.
Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which
the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall
not eat of every tree of the garden’?”
Genesis 3:2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees
of the garden;
Genesis 3:3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God
has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ”
Genesis 3:4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.
Genesis 3:5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened,
and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

III. INNOCENCE LOST.
Genesis 3:6 So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was
pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit
and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
Genesis 3:7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they
were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.

Once you know what is forbidden to you to know, you cannot unknow it.

Genesis 3:22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us,
to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of
life, and eat, and live forever” —-
Genesis 3:23 Therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till
the ground from which he was taken.

IV. INNOCENCE EXPLAINED.
Psalm 51:5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me.

Psalm 58:3, The wicked are estranged from the womb. They go astray as soon as
they are born, speaking lies.

Isaiah 7:16 For before the Child shall know to refuse the evil and choose the good …

They don’t know right from wrong.
They don’t know truth from lies.
They don’t know God from Satan.
They don’t know faith from rejection.

Jonah 4:11 And should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than
one hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their
right hand and their left–and much livestock?”

Deuteronomy 1:38 Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall go
in there. Encourage him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
Deuteronomy 1:39 Moreover your little ones and your children, who you say will
be victims, who today have no knowledge of good and evil, they shall go in there;
to them I will give it, and they shall possess it.

2 Samuel 12:13 So David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.”
And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall
not die.
2 Samuel 12:14 However, because by this deed you have given great occasion
to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you
shall surely die.”

2 Samuel 12:23 But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again?
I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.”

2 Samuel 18:33 Then the king was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over
the gate, and wept. And as he went, he said thus: “O my son Absalom—my son,
my son Absalom—if only I had died in your place! O Absalom my son, my son!”

Proverbs 4:23 Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it

John Ramsey says if he could tell his daughter anything, he’d say, “I’m sorry I didn’t
protect you. That’s a dad’s job.”

John 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.

V. INNOCENCE NEEDED.
Mark 10:14 “… Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such
is the kingdom of God.
Mark 10:15 Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God
as a little child will by no means enter it.”

A Gallup poll showed that:
19 out of 20 Christians are saved before the age of 25.
After age 25, 1 in 10,000
After age 35, 1 in 50,000
After age 45, 1 in 200,000
After age 55, 1 in 300,000
After age 75, 1 in 700,000.

A Focus on the Family study revealed that ” 92% of people come to Christ by
age 14 and another 4% by age 18 which means that 96% of those who are reached
will be 18 years old and younger.”

As the late great pastor Adrian Rogers once said to pastors:
“It is not your job to fill the pew. It is your job to fill the pulpit. When you fill the pulpit,
the rest of it is in God’s hands.”

John 10:10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy.
I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.