21. DEATH/LIFE
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Jesus said unto her, I am the Resurrection, & 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. Believest thou this? (Jn.11:25,26).
1. There'll be light in the sky from that palace on high, when I come to the end of Life's road! The end of the road for us will be just the beginning! We'll reign with Jesus forever!
2. Don't ever forget the Resurrection when you're speaking of the Death.
3. Jesus attacked them, wounded their system unto death, & they killed Him in return, but He rose again to lead His tiny band of followers to ultimate victory!
4. See you in the "Fall-Up!"
5. Jesus is the only One Who ever rose from the dead Who can give you power to do the same!
6. Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.
7. If there is no way out, there is a way up.
8. Lives again our glorious King,
Where, O Death, is now thy sting?
Dying once, He all doth save,
Where thy victory, O Grave?
9. Death from this life is just graduation from this grade.
10. It is not death that man should fear, but he should fear never beginning to live.
11. When a person dies, we say he has "departed". Why not say He has "arrived"?
12. It matters little to me whether I live or die. If I die, I will be with Jesus, & if I live, Jesus will be with me.
13. A five-year old child overheard her mother say, "I lost my baby," & asked, "Mommy, how can someone be lost if you know where they are?--In Heaven!"
14. Death is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.
15. The art of dying bravely & with honour does not need any special training save a living faith in God.--M. Gandhi.
16. The seed dies into new life, & so does man.
17. Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the spirit.
18. You do everything else in Jesus' name, why not die in Jesus' name & let Him determine the way, the time & the place for His glory & when He feels it's time & you've finished what you came here to do!
19. You will never die like the sinners, you'll just pass on into the arms of Jesus!
20. You don't really die, you just keep on living & go straight into the presence of the Lord!
21. Living is dying daily!
22. If He doesn't take care of you, He'll take you!--And that's the best taking care of. Praise God? Don't worry about death!
23. If the thought of your eternity makes you uncomfortable, then something is wrong with your present!
24. Sleep is so much like death & dreams are so much like life in the Spirit.
25. God conceals from men the happiness of death that they may endure life.
26. What we call life is a journey to death. What we call death is the gateway to life.
27. Death is our graduation!--We've finished our schooling in this grade & we pass on to the next grade!
28. The will is powerful, it's important! If a person doesn't want to live, he'll usually die.
29. When you die, you don't wake up suddenly knowing everything--if you did, you'd be God!
30. Death is only a heartbeat away!
31. Dying will probably be the easiest thing you ever did!--Your graduation & your payoff & your promotion & your release! Free at last!
32. When you come to die for Jesus you're going to find that's the easiest thing you ever did! It was dying daily that was difficult!
33. Death is great!--It's going to be with Jesus!
34. God's principle throughout all life: Some must die that others may live!
35. God help you to keep on winning battles & greater victories, until you win the greatest & last of all!--Death!--That graduation to the Heavenly world of the hereafter with a crown of glorious eternal life with Him & the Family forever!
36. I don't have dying grace because I'm not dying yet!
37. For the Christian there's nothing bad about dying! It's your release from this Hell on Earth.
38. Death is so minimal! The Lord draws the stinger out of death so that it doesn't really hurt! "O death, where is thy sting?" (1Cor.15:55)
39. When you who love Jesus die, He's going to teleport you up to Space City to be with Him!
40. Just because you're a martyr & do not survive doesn't mean that you're defeated--in some ways you're more than a conqueror because you're a good loser!
41. The fear of doom is a part of the judgements of God on the guilty & those who deserve it, "who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage." (Heb.2:15)
42. Night, sleep & farewells in this World are all a type or foreshadowing of death.
43. Sudden death is sudden glory!
44. Death is a big event, an exciting, happy time, like getting ready to go on a trip & saying good-bye.
45. Even death is sweet with Jesus!
46. For us who love the Lord, death is a relief, release, freedom, promotion, graduation, & passing on to a better realm!
47. I've never seen any last-minute deathbed repentances, people rarely change at the last minute. People nearly always die the way they lived.
48. I'd hate to catapult myself into the presence of God or even the Death Angel by my own hand, having myself destroyed the life that God gave me.
49. Most suicides are committed through fear--people fearing something else even more than death, even more than God!
50. God has promised not to let you be cut off before your time!
51. By committing suicide you're certainly not cheating anybody but yourself out of the life that God gave you to live, & whatever way God intended for you to die!
52. God knows when & how you're supposed to die, & you'd better wait for God to make the decision & have His way, & not die at your own hand in your own stubborn wilfulness, unwilling to face something.
53. Martyrdom is a witness!--That through your death many might believe & be saved.
54. When I think of suicide, I think of people who were defeated, who gave up, who surrendered to death rather than courageously faced life!
55. If you're a Christian & love the Lord, God has appointed a time & a place for you to die when your job is done! "God will be our guide, even unto death!" (Ps.48:14)
56. You ought to trust God with your death like you trust Him with your life.
57. Suicide is surrender of the worst kind, not only surrendering to the Devil & letting him destroy you, but letting him destroy you by your own hand!
58. Suicide is such a cop-out & so unfair to other people.
59. Don't be sorry for the little child that dies!--Thank God, his suffering is over! That little child's torment & suffering & neglect & lack of love is over. He has plenty of love now with Jesus! He has plenty of beauty. He lacks for nothing in the Garden of God, the Eden of Heaven! Weep not for him.
60. The only victory of the grave is spiritual death, being lost, but with us this kind of death has no power & no sting! Jesus has taken the sting out of death & the power away from the grave, & we'll get the final victory over it in the Resurrection!
61. Your death will be a victory over the grave & a victory over sin & a victory over the Devil!--A glorious victory & a glorious entry into the heavenlies!
62. Earth recedes, Heaven opens! This is my coronation day!
63. That's the way to die: Even if the dogs are nipping at your heels & the rocks are raining, die victorious with your eyes on Jesus, entering the heavenlies, your spirit rising to your reward while your body falls to the grave!
64. He that lives to live forever never fears dying.
65. Death is not a period, but a comma in the story of life.
66. Although the Devil may get to fulfill the law to execute us and take our life physically, the moment we as Christians die we're instantly freed spiritually.
67. You'll lose your life one way or the other, so you might as well die for something as to live for nothing!
68. If you live in God's Golden Gates of Faith you can survive anything--even death!
69. It's better to die for something than to live--and die--for nothing!
70. From the blood of the martyrs and the blood of the witnesses there springs new life and new lives to live for God.
71. The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church.
72. God bless and keep you now! But if He doesn't, die for Him and He'll keep you forever!
73. You should only fear to die until you have done something that will always live.
74. It often requires more courage to suffer than to die.
75. Death only frees you when you're serving Jesus.
76. It's wonderful to live on the brink of death, it keeps you so close to God.
77. We go to the grave of a friend, saying, "A man is dead." But angels throng about him saying, "A man is born."
78. That little baby you lost, that little child you lost, that mate you lost, that loved one you lost, you've only lost for a little while, only a little while. They've gone to be with Jesus! They're with Him now in Heaven for a little while, & then we're going to go to be with them, reunited with them at that wonderful Marriage Supper of the Lamb, at that beautiful feast of all the loved ones of the Lord & our departed loved ones & departed Saints--children, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters all together once again with Jesus, to come down again to this Earth to rule & reign here in a beautiful Heavenly Garden of Eden on this Earth, the Garden of God, forever.
79. When I go, I want you to celebrate my life, not mourn my death.
80. You need to have faith & trust God for the way you live and the way you die, for death as well as life!
81. Our enemies can only kill the body, and after that there's no more that they can do; they thus release our spirits at last into the glorious spiritual Kingdom of God!
82. Death is great, it is going to be with Jesus! We should be happy when one of our own goes to be with the Lord, released from this stinking flesh, so heavy to lug around! The flesh is heavy, the flesh is tired, the flesh feels pain. If I'm unselfish I should be rejoicing for them, thanking God they're with Him & their troubles are over, in a place where there's no more crying, no more pain, no more sorrow, nothing but eternal happiness. So why shouldn't I be happy too?
83. You don't have to be fearful of going soon from this Earth & this place that you know & the folks that have been good to you & have cared for you & have loved you, because where you're going, they're going to be even better to you & they're going to even love you more & care more for you, & you already have lots of friends & Family there!
84. Why will ye call it "Death's dark night?"--Death is the entrance into light!
85. Death is but the sunrise of another World.
86. We are so selfish about death. We count our grief far more than we consider their relief.
87. The voice of death is but the voice of the Master saying to you, "Suffer the little children to come unto Me, & forbid them not; for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven".
(See also No.628, 679, 680, 714, 850, 852, 912, 959, 972, 993, 1234, 1262, 1264, 1284, 1421, 1476, 1570.)
88. GEN.25:8 Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
89. 2KI.22:20 Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place.
90. JOB.3:17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
91. PSA.23:4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me; Thy rod and Thy staff they comfort me.
92. PSA.31:5 Into Thine hand I commit my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.
93. PSA.37:37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.
94. PSA.48:14 For this God is our God for ever and ever: He will be our guide even unto death.
95. PSA.49:15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for He shall receive me. Selah.
96. PSA.73:24 Thou shalt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
97. PSA.103:15,16 As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
98. PSA.116:15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.
99. PRO.12:28 In the way of righteousness is life; and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
100. PRO.14:32 The righteous hath hope in his death.
101. ECC.3:2a A time to be born, and a time to die.
102. ECC.7:1 A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
103. ECC.8:8a There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death.
104. ECC.12:7 Then shall the dust return to the Earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God Who gave it.
105. ISA.25:8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of His people shall He take away from off all the Earth: for the Lord hath spoken it.
106. ISA.57:1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.
107. MAT.22:30-32 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in Heaven. But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
108. MAT.27:52,53 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after His resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
109. LUK.16:22 The beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom.
110. LUK.23:43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with Me in Paradise.
111. JOH.2:19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
112. JOH.5:25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.
113. JOH.6:47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on Me hath everlasting life.
114. JOH.8:51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep My saying, he shall never see death.
115. JOH. 11:25,26 Jesus said unto her, 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. Believest thou this?
116. ACT.7:59 They stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
117. ROM.14:8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
118. 1CO.15:26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
119. 1CO.15:42-44 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
120. 1CO.15:51,52 Behold, I shew 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 trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
121. 1CO.15:54b,55 Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
122. 2CO.1:9,10 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in Whom we trust that He will yet deliver us.
123. 2CO.4:11,12 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. So then death worketh in us, but life in you.
124. 2CO.5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens.
125. 2CO.5:8 We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
126. EPH.5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
127. PHI.1:21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
128. 1TH.4:13,14 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. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him.
129. 1TH.5:9,10 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain Salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.
130. 2TI.1:10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, Who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel.
131. HEB.2:14,15 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same; that through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the Devil; And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
132. REV.1:18 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.
133. REV.11:11 And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
134. REV.14:13 And I heard a voice from Heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
135. REV.20:14 And Death and Hell were cast into the Lake of Fire. This is the Second Death.
(See also 2CO.5:1,4,8; PHI.1:20,21,23,24; 1TH.4:13-18.)
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