Sermons About Death
The Church in Smyrna: Revelation 2:8
The church in Smyrna was made up of poor people who had endured many hardships. Jesus, the First and the Last, who defeated death, knows their tribulation, poverty, and the slander from the Jews that they have endured. Jesus tells them that he hears them, and yet they continue suffering. Not only does he call the church to not be afraid, he calls them to be faithful by treasuring him above all else, even to the point of death. He promises that the sufferings we experience right now, no matter how heavy they are, will one day seem light and momentary compared to the glory that he holds in store for his people. He suffered to end our suffering. He suffered so that no matter how much we have suffered at death, it is over. We will have an eternity with him.
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Sacred Joy: Philippians 1.18-30
As we continue in Paul's letter to the church at Philippi we see that Paul longed for Christ to be exalted in his body, whether by life or death. Christ was everything to Paul. Paul viewed Christ as better than anything in this life and that if he died he would gain the greatest of good, Christ. What is your view of life and death?
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Psalm 18
Psalm 18 A Psalm of David The Servant of the Lord, Who Spoke to the Lord The Words of This Song on the Day that the Lord Delivered Him from the Hand of All His Enemies and from the Hand of Saul. 1 And He Said: I will love You, O Lord, my strength. 2 The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. 3 I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; So shall I be saved from my enemies. 4 The pangs of death surrounded me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid. 5 The sorrows of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me. 6 In my distress I called upon the Lord, And cried out to my God; He heard my voice from His temple, And my cry came before Him, even to His ears. 46 The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let the God of my salvation be exalted.
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Prepare the Way of the Lord
The primary message of John the Baptist. John was describing the preparation of the human heart that would receive the King of Kings. The Lord is coming back! Let’s prepare the way of the Lord!
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Death Undone
Adam and Eve were originally made eternal like God, but due to Adam's disobedience, they now experience physical decline and, ultimately, death. Christ, the second Adam, restores God's original intent, by defeating death in His resurrection. All those in Christ share in eternal life, which is essentially restoration of Creation before the fall. Our 80 years on earth is nothing compared to our eternal stay in Heaven.
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Fear of Life's Final Moments
Each sunrise seems to bring fresh reasons for fear. They're talking layoffs at work, slowdowns in the economy, flare-ups in the Middle East, turnovers at headquarters, downturns in the housing market, upswings in global warming. The plague of our day, terrorism, begins with the word terror. Fear, it seems, has taken up a hundred-year lease on the building next door and set up shop. Oversized and rude, fear herds us into a prison and slams the doors. Wouldn't it be great to walk out? Imagine your life, wholly untouched by angst. What if faith, not fear, was your default reaction to threats? If you could hover a fear magnet over your heart and extract every last shaving of dread, insecurity, and doubt, what would remain? Envision a day, just one day, when you could trust more and fear less. Can you imagine your life without fear?
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