The Day I Attended My Own Funeral

Hebrews 9:27-28  ²⁷And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: ²⁸So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

·         The most exaggerated statistic on planet earth is the number of _______________________.

·         Disobedience to god always brings _________________.

Romans 6:23  For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

·         There are three kinds of death in Scripture:

PHYSICAL DEATH     separates man’s spirit and soul from his __________________

SPIRITUAL DEATH    separates man’s spirit from _____________

SECOND DEATH        is an _____________ separation of man from God

Revelation 20:11-15  ¹¹And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. ¹²And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. ¹³And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.  ¹⁴And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. ¹⁵And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

Psalm 51:5  Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

Revelation 20:6  Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

·         YOU MUST MAKE IT IN THE _____________________ TO ESCAPE THE SECOND DEATH!

John 11:25  I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.

·         The resurrection of the righteous will take place at the ____________________; the resurrection of the unsaved will take place at the ____________________________.

·         THAT’S WHY OUR RESURRECTION IS CALLED THE “__________________________________!”

John 3:3-5  ³Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.  ⁴Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? ⁵Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

·         You have to _____________ to your old life before God can give _________________ to your new life!

Romans 6:3-5  ³Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death?  ⁴Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. ⁵For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: