
Death, The Sin Unto
- Believers Can Help Other Believers Avoid It: 1 JO 5.16-17
- God Releases People Unto The Sin Unto Death: PSA 118.17-18
- A Backslidden State Leads To It: JER 9.16; 44.12
- Reviling The Sacrament Of Communion Can Lead To It: 1 CO 11.29-31
- Lying To The Holy Spirit Causes It: AC 5.1-10
- Repeated Unconfessed Sin Leads To It: 1 CO 5.1-5
- Familiarity With Demons Leads To It: 1 CHRON 10.13-14
- Blasphemy And False Doctrine Leads To It: 1 TI 1.19-20
Death, Doctrine Of
- The Believer Is Not To Fear Death, But To Recognize It As A Doorway To God: PHIL 1.20-21; 2 TI 4.5-8
- God Can Prolong Life: PSA 102.19-20; 33.18-19
- God Can Shorten Life: PSA 102.23-24
- If We Are Delivered From Death, It Is So That We Can Further Serve God's Plans: PSA 56.13
- God Alone Controls When We Die: PSA 68.19-20
- God Brings Us Hope In Death: AMOS 5.8
- God Gives Us Promises Concerning Our Deaths: JOB 5.19-27
- A Mature Believer's Death Is A Promotion From God: 2 CO 5.1-9
Causes For Believer Death
- The Believer's Work Is Finished: 2 TI 4.7
- This Is The Most Common Cause Of Believer Death. When We Are No Longer Needed In The Plan Of God On Earth, We Go To Heaven.
- The Believer Is Under Divine Discipline For Repeated And Unconfessed Sin: 1 JO 5.16; 1 CHRON 10.13
- The Believer's Death Will Glorify God: PHIL 1.20
Categories Of Death
- Spiritual Death, No Relationship With God In This Life: GEN 2.17; PROV 14.12; EZE 18.20; RO 5.12; 6.23; 1 CO 15.22; EPH 2.1,5
- Physical Death, Which Is Separation Of The Human Soul From The Body: MAT 8.22; RO 8.38-39; 2 CO 5.1-8; PHIL 1.20-21
- Second Death, Which Is The Continuance Of Spiritual Death Into Eternity (The Life Hereafter): MAT 25.41; HEB 9.27; REV 20.12-15
- Positional Death, Identifies All Believers With Christ's Death On The Cross: RO 6.3-4; COL 2.12; 3.3
- Operational Death, The State Of The Backslidden Believer: JA 2.26; 1 TI 5.6; EPH 5.14; REV 3.1
- Temporal Death, The Status Of The Believer Temporarily Out Of Fellowship Due To Sin In His Life: RO 8.6; 8.13; EPH 5.14; 1 TI 5.6; JA 1.15; LU 15.24
- Sexual Death, Impotence: RO 4.17-21; HEB 11.11-12
Dying Grace
- Dying Grace Delivers The Believer From The Depression Of Death: PSA 33.18-19
- God Takes Care Of The Mature Believer Moving Toward Death: PSA 116.15
- Dying Grace Removes The Fear Of Death: PSA 23.4
- Bitterness Is Also Removed: 2 TI 4.5-8
- Death Is A Promotion For The Mature Believer: PHIL 1.20-21
- Dying Grace Illustrated: GEN 25.7-8; JOB 13.15
- Description Of A Believer Under Dying Grace: JOB 5.21-27
- Exceptions To Dying Grace:
- Enoch And Elisha: HE 11.5
- The Millinium: MAT 24.36-44
- The Sin Unto Death: JER 9.13-16
- The Proper Attitude Toward Approaching Death: JOB 1.21
- Under Dying Grace, Children Not At The Age Of Accountability Go To Heaven Immediately Upon Death: 2 SAM 12.22-23
- Dying Grace Is Provided By God To The Remaining Survivors To Help Them Cope With The Pain Of Loss: ECCL 3.4
Advantages All Believers Share After Death
- No Appointment With Judgment: HEB 9.27-28; RO 8.1
- Face To Face With The Lord: 2 CO 5.8
- No More Sorrow Or Regret: REV 21.4
- An Eternal Inheritance: 1 PE 1.4-5
- Continued Eternal Life: 1 JO 5.11-12; JO 10.28
- Resurrection Body: JOB 19.25-26; PHIL 3.21; 1 JO 3.1-2; 1 CO 15.51-57
- Removal Of The Old Sin Nature: 1 CO 1.8; 15.55-57; PHIL 3.20-21; 1 THES 5.23
- Removal Of Human Good: 1 CO 3.11-15; 2 CO 5.10
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