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Satan cannot hold the dead in his grasp when the Son of God bids
them live. He cannot hold in spiritual death one soul who in faith
receives Christ's word of power. God is saying to all who are dead
in sin, “Awake you who sleep, and arise from the dead.”
In the new birth the heart is brought
into harmony with God, and there is a death to sin and self. When
this mighty change has taken place in the sinner, he has passed from
death to life, from sin to holiness, from transgression and
rebellion to obedience and loyalty.
Those who will stand in this time of
peril must understand the testimony of the Bible concerning the
spiritually dead, the death to sin and self, and the physical death;
each of these build on another to explain the power of the cross to
save us from sin and deception. This study will investigate the
topic of death in the Bible.
1. What is our condition from birth
because of sin?
Psalms 58:3
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2. What is our spiritual condition as a result of sin?
Ephesians 2:1 _____________________________________________________
Note:
By nature we are alienated from God. The Bible describes our
condition in such words as these: “Dead in trespasses and sins.” We
are held fast in the snare of Satan; “taken captive by him at his
will.” God desires to heal us, to set us free. But since this
requires an entire transformation, a renewing of our whole nature,
we must yield ourselves completely to Him.
3. What do we need to be delivered
from?
Romans 7:24
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Note:
This is the cry that has gone up from burdened hearts in all lands
and in all ages. There is only one answer, “Behold the Lamb of God,
which takes away the sin of the world.”
4. What is the result of dying with
Christ?
Romans 6:8
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Note:
When we give up our life to Christ and everything that is connected
with it, at that very moment we die with Christ. What is it that we
naturally have in ourselves to give up? It is sin! It is envy,
hatred, selfishness, and pride. We give this up in order to live.
We die with Christ so that we live forever with Him.
5. What can the Christian count as a
fact?
Romans 6:10-11
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Note:
We are dead to the sin which has held us, because sin has been put
to death by Christ. “The law has dominion over a man as long as he
lives.” When he is dead, there is nothing more that it can do to
him. Sin is dead, count it a fact.
6. What is the purpose of the gospel?
Luke 15:22-24
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Note:
Christ has abolished death by destroying the power of sin in all
who receive Him into the heart, for death has no power except
through sin. So now we may joyfully say, “Thanks be to God, who
gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
7. What does Jesus refer to Himself as?
John
11:11-14, 23-25 _______________________________________________
Note:
He says to the repenting, “I am the resurrection, and the life”
(John 11:25). Death is looked upon by Christ as sleep--silence,
darkness, sleep. “Whoever lives and believes in me,” He says, “will
never die” (John 11:26). “If anyone keeps my word, he shall never
taste death” (John 8:52). And to the believing one, death is but a
small matter. With him to die is but to sleep.
8. What two components make up a
living soul?
Genesis 2:7
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Note:
God formed man of
the dust (earth). Here we have two elements: a clay body and God's
breath of life. Through the union of these, man became a living
soul. It's important to note that man was not given a "soul" as
something separate from the body, but became a soul through the
union of body and God's breath.
Body + Breath = Soul. Body - Breath = Death.
9. What happens at the physical
death?
Job 34:14-15
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Note:
The Spirit or breath returns to God at death. “It is the Spirit
who gives life.” The Spirit and breath in the Bible are
interchangeable; the spirit gives life to the mortal body and to the
body that is dead because of sin. “The Spirit is life because of
righteousness.” See Psalms 104:29-30.
10. What gives us life?
Job 33:4
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Note:
It is only by the power of the Spirit of God that any person can
live; it is the same Spirit that in the beginning hovered over the
face of the deep and brought order out of chaos. By the same breath
were the heavens made. Psalm 33:6. The Spirit of God is the life
of the universe. Jesus said on the cross “Father into your hands I
commend My spirit and having said this He breathed His last.” Luke
23:46
11. What happens to our thoughts
when we die?
Psalms 146:4 ______________________________________________________
Note:
When the old man of sin is crucified in that very day his thoughts
perish; and it is also for the physical death.
12. What do the dead know?
Ecclesiastes 9:5-6, 10
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Note:
“The dead know
nothing." This Scripture will keep us from that old life of sin and
will guard us from the deceptions of Satan in manifesting himself as
dead loved ones. When the temptation comes to lead us from the cross
we must respond with “the dead know nothing” and if a dead loved one
is manifested we respond the same, “the dead know nothing.”
13. When does our change come?
Job
14:10-14 & 1 Corinthians 15:51-52 _________________________________
Note:
The second coming of Jesus is the great hope of every believer.
Written by:
Donavon Kack & Jordan Peck Phone: (907) 764-4921
E-mail:
thecrucifiedwalk@gmail.com |
