Death and Life

“Death is the end of everything for someone.

Their love, their hate, and everything else
just vanish with them, and they will never
have a part in anything in life again.”
“Humans and animals both breathe the same
air, and both die. So people have no real
advantage over the animals. Both go to the
same place – to the ground. For who can prove
that the human spirit goes upward and the
spirit of animals goes downward into the earth?
For both, no one will bring them back from
death to enjoy life in the future.”
Ecclesiastes 9:5-6

Ecclesiastes 3:19-22
 The ways to see death
1. From the Downside
 From the Downside
• Death is inevitable
• Death is just physical
• Death is unsearchable
• Death is the end
The Look from the Downside brings despair and fear
 The ways to see death
1. From the Downside
2. From the Inside
 From the Inside
“God has set eternity in the hearts of men.”
Ecclesiastes 3:11

The great majority of the people in the

world don’t believe that death is the end.
 From the Inside
If death is not the end:
• What happens after?
• How can I know who has the right answer?
 The ways to see death
1. From the Downside
2. From the Inside
3. From Above
 After Death
1. A new Body
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So will it be with the resurrection of the
dead. The body that is sown is perishable, it
is raised imperishable; 43it is sown in
dishonour, it is raised in glory; it is sown in
weakness, it is raised in power; 44it is sown
a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
1 Corinthians 15
 After Death
1. A new Body
2. A new Place
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Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth,
for the first heaven and the first earth had
passed away, and there was no longer any
sea. 2I saw the Holy City, the new
Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven
from God, prepared as a bride beautifully
dressed for her husband.
Revelation 21
 After Death
1. A new Body
2. A new Place
3. A new Life
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And I heard a loud voice from the throne
saying, “Now the dwelling of God is with
men, and he will live with them. They will
be his people, and God himself will be with
them and be their God. 4He will wipe every
tear from their eyes. There will be no more
death or mourning or crying or pain, for the
old order of things has passed away.”
Revelation 21
How Can I be Sure?
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Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus,
a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2He came to Jesus at
night and said, “Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has
come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous
signs you are doing if God were not with him.”
3
In reply Jesus declared, “I tell you the truth, no one can
see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
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“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus
asked. “Surely he cannot enter a second time into his
mother’s womb to be born!”
5
Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, no one can enter the
kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
6
Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.
7
You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You£ must be
born again.’ 8The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear
its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where
it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
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“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
10
“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and do you not
understand these things? 11I tell you the truth, we speak of
what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but
still you people do not accept our testimony. 12I have spoken
to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then
will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? 13No one has
ever gone into heaven except the one who came from
heaven—the Son of Man. 14Just as Moses lifted up the snake
in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15that
everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only
Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have
eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to
condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever
does not believe stands condemned already because he has
not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.