Dying / Death (topical page)

The point: We better be able to answer that question for ourselves for our children because you're going to die you better know what's going to happen.

Martin recounts his godly Christian grandmother's peaceful death in her early nineties, where she simply 'never woke up' from a nap after a day of ordinary activities. This illustrates a natural wearing out of the body, contrasting with violent or disease-related deaths, and shows that death comes in various ways.

whether suddenly in a violent crash or explosion whether gradually by a life destroying disease that takes you before your allotted three score and ten or four score years or whether inevitably by the wearing out of the vital parts and you die as my dear godly Christian grandmother died on my mother's side she was in her early nineties and she had structure to her life even to the day she died and part of that structure was to spend her morning in her ordinary chores around the house have her lunch and then go in and have her little twenty minute nap which she described with a Swedish phrase t...

33:14 - 34:40 Read in full sermon

In this part of the sermon: The second proposition asserts that the soul and body are united throughout one's earthly life. Martin dismisses 'out-of-body' experiences as delusive, emphasizing that true human…

Martin dismisses 'out-of-body experiences' as delusive or demonic, comparing them to dreams where the mind roams but the person remains physically present. This reinforces the point that true death involves a real separation of body and soul, which is not what happens in such experiences.

and that which you married had a body soul and has a body soul entity soul and body in every living man woman boy or girl are united throughout the span of life given here on this earth and listen carefully so called out of the body experiences they've quote died and looked down on their lifeless body and though they are unbelieving godless people they had a wonderful sense of warmth and drawing to a white light that took away all fear of death they did not die they came under a delusive demonic spirit to deceive them about death and hell and judgment that awaits those who truly die separate f...

41:54 - 43:22 Read in full sermon

Driving home: death is the real but unnatural and temporary separation of the soul and the body

The account of Stephen's death in Acts 7 is used as a 'beautiful picture' of the separation of soul and body. Stephen's prayer, 'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit,' clearly demonstrates his understanding that his spirit would depart his body.

leaves the body the body is declared to be dead that's the bible's definition of death spirit and body have been two very beautiful pictures of this separation and then a very frightening picture. And I want us to look at the two beautiful pictures of it. The first is in Acts chapter 7, in the death of Stephen, the first Christian martyr. This man whose face shone like the face of an angel, we are told in Acts 6 and verse 15. He is preaching to his fellow Jews and masterfully seeking to attack their consciences that he might persuade them that Jesus of Nazareth is indeed the Christ of God in t...

44:50 - 46:13 Read in full sermon

Driving home: death is the real but unnatural and temporary separation of the soul and the body

The death of Jesus on the cross, specifically His words 'Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit' (Luke 23:46), is presented as the ultimate example of the separation of spirit from body at death, even for the incarnate God.

In all of the mystery of that reality, when it says Christ died for our sins, was buried and raised again, what was death to our Lord Jesus? Luke chapter 23 and verse 46 answers very clearly. Luke chapter 23 and verse 46, backing up to verse 44, it was now the sixth hour and a darkness came over the whole world. The whole land until the ninth hour and the sun's light failing, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. And Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, Father, notice, into thy hands I commend my spirit. And having said this, he died. He expired. Translated in the older translati...

49:18 - 50:22 Read in full sermon

Driving home: when you come at god's orders to do your work with me i know exactly what you can and cannot do separate my spirit to go into the presence of my savior and leave my body to the earth to sleep in union with christ till th…

Martin recounts an observation made by enemies of a group of Christians (likely referring to early Reformed or Puritan believers) who, despite being called 'heretics,' were noted for how 'they die well.' This illustrates the peace and confidence that comes from a biblical understanding of death and salvation in Christ.

last enemy, at his second coming, and raises my body from the sleep of death, and gives to me a body like unto his own glorious body, united to my now perfected soul or spirit. And then in the integrity of what I have made to be as a human being, a body, soul, entity, I will be reconstituted, now glorified, made like my Savior, with capacities and faculties to glorify and serve him without sin or weariness or distraction throughout the endless ages of eternity. A wonder, they said, of one group of people. And it was said by their enemies, who despised their faith in Christ, and their religion ...

52:40 - 53:58 Read in full sermon