“If a man dies, shall he live again?”
Job 14:14
Atheist: No.
Agnostic: I don’t know.
So-called believers: No, Acts 23:8
Bible & true believers: Yes.
An afterlife gives us hope, Heb. 6:18-19
In trials.
In tribulations.
In temptations.
Hades: a temporary place, Lk. 16:19-26
Paradise
Mt. 17:1-5
22:23-33
GULF
Torments
Permanent dwelling place.
•Hell, Mt. 25:41
•Heaven, Mt. 25:34; 3:17; Gen. 21:17
»Spiritual realm, Gen. 28:12
»God’s dwelling place, Mt. 5:16
No straight trip to heaven or hell.
•His coming, 2 Tim. 4:8
•Resurrection, Lk. 14:12-14
•Judgment, Rev. 20:11-15
Life on earth is good, but not that good.
•Vanity, Ecc. 1:1-4; 2:9-11; 12:7, 8
•Trouble, Job 14:1
•Short, Job 8:9; 14:2; Psa. 39:5; 102:11
Hell is a place of eternal torment.
•Lake of fire, Rev. 21:8
•Torment, Mk. 9:42-48; 2 Thes. 1:9
•Eternal, Gal. 6:7, 8; Rom. 6:23
Heaven is full of abundant blessings.
•Beauty, Rev. 21:10-14, 18-21
•No tears, Rev. 21:4
•Light & life, Rev. 22:1, 5
•Rest, 2 Thes. 1:6-10
•Eternal life with God, 2 Cor. 5:1;
Rev. 21:1-5
What do they know?
•Conscious, Lk. 16:23, 24
•Memory, Lk. 16:25-28
•What they are told, Lk. 16:27-31
Can they see us?
•Miraculous, Mt. 17:1-5
•No.
Can we talk to them?
•Mediums, Lev. 19:31; 20:6
•Witchcraft, Gal. 5:19-21
•No.
We must trust God.
•Body, 1 Cor. 15:35-44
•Afterlife, Deut. 29:29
How do we get to heaven?
•Set sights on it, Col. 3:1-4
»Believe & confess, Rom. 10:9, 10
»Repent & be baptized, Acts 2:38
•Press forward, Phil. 3:14
•Don’t look back, Heb. 11:13-16
“If a man dies, shall he live again?”
Job 14:14
Some: No.
Some: I don’t know.
Bible & believers: Yes.
An afterlife gives us hope, Heb. 6:18-19
In trials.
In tribulations.
In temptations.