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Sep 26, 2024 · Answer. The phrase absent from the body is found in 2 Corinthians 5:6–8. Paul states that he is confident in his eternal destiny and longs for the day when he can be “absent from the body” and be present with the Lord he loves and serves. To be “absent” from one’s body simply means to die because, at death, the spirit is separated ...
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- Soul Sleep
- Introduction
- An Uncertain Future, But Certain Joy
- Death: Friend, Not Foe
- Paul’s Dilemma
- Conclusion
I am going to do something that I have never done before in more than 25 years of preaching. I am going to dedicate this message to a woman who knows far more than I the meaning and the comfort of Paul’s words in our text. I dedicate this message to Kathie Keathley, who from the founding of the Biblical Studies Foundation has been responsible for p...
18 What is the result? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed, and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice, 19 for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the support of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. 20 My confident hope is that I will in no way be ashamed ...
21 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. 22 Now if I am to go on living in the body, this will mean productive work for me; yet I don’t know what I prefer: 23 I feel torn between the two, because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far, 24 but it is more vital for your sake that I remain in the body. Paul’s s...
25 And since I am sure of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for the sake of your progress and joy in the faith, 26 so that because of me you may swell with pride in Christ Jesus, when I come back to you. Paul did have a dilemma. It was the same dilemma I would face if you asked me whether I would prefer a BMW or a Lexus. ...
First, let me conclude this message by pointing out an application to this text to which Paul would say, “God forbid.” Every truth is capable of being distorted in its application, and the truth of Philippians 1:21 is no exception. To die is to gain, when death is the result of our faith and godliness. The same cannot be said for death at our own h...
Feb 13, 2022 · The answer is no. This means that the common teaching that II Corinthians 5:8 tells us that we will immediately go to heaven when we die is false and unbiblical. Instead, II Corinthians 5:8 is telling us the process of the physical-to-spiritual transformation of human beings. It tells us that we must leave our physical body first before we can ...
He speaks of his desire to depart this life and to go on to be with Christ (Phil 1:23). In 2 Corinthians 12:3-4, Paul tells of his being caught up to paradise and of his uncertainty whether this occurred “in the body or out of the body”–certainly an odd way of speaking if he didn’t believe in an immaterial soul or if he believed in “soul sleep.”
Now Paul does not mean literal sleep but death. But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly. For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep. 1 Corinthians 11:28-30 (NASB)
Jul 16, 2013 · When the believer dies, the body goes into the grave; the soul and spirit go immediately to be with the Lord Jesus awaiting the body's resurrection, when they're joined together to be forever with the Lord in eternal bliss. 1. Sadly, many fear their souls will have to wait indefinitely for heaven. "Soul sleep"—the belief that the soul rests ...
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Oct 15, 2024 · In Genesis 2:7 God makes the man from the dust of the ground, breathes into him the breath of life, and he becomes a nephesh chayah, a living soul or living being. Humans are whole beings made of earth and spirit (ruach, neshamah), not souls and bodies conjoined. At death the spirit—ruach—returns to God (Eccl. 12:7).
