INTRODUCTION:

Death is the painful and bad life passage people do experience. There was no death
before Adam sinned, since it was a result of the sin (Gen 3). In order to understand death
and its affect on people we need to study death and condition of man before sin, after sin
and after the resurrection.

In creation of man it was “Soil + breath of life = Living man”. Therefore, death is the
opposite of creation of man, because it is “Living man – breath of live = Soil or dead
person.

BODY:
Please use the below question for group discussion or develop them for your sermon.

Gen 1:26-27 How was man before he sinned?

Gen 3:19 How did death come to man?
Eccles 9:4-6 What is the state of man in death?
John 5:21, 24-29 From where will Jesus raised the dead people?
Rev 14:13 What happened to the saints when they die?
1 Thess 4:16-17) How many resurrections when Jesus comes?
1 Cor 15:54-57) Do we have victory over death?
Rev 20:14 What will happen to death in the last day?

(Add some questions and texts in the above rows; and make them relevant to the topic)

The State of the Dead in Biblical Perspective

Introduction:
When man and woman were created by the Lord perfectly, they were endowed with
manifold blessings, no blight of sin, full of physical vigor and vibrant life, but because of
that coercive and willful act of disbelief to the Mighty Creator God; diversion, separation,
alienation, death and decay occurred. Sin and death are real, it causes the life of the Son
of the Living God Jesus Christ, just to retrieve and restore the image of God in a sin sick
man. This topic reveals the reality of Sin and Death

1. Q. How did man come into existence?

 A. Gen. 2: 7 The Lord God formed man in His own image from the dust of the
ground.
Psalms. 139: 14 I am fearfully and wonderfully made

2. Q. Why God did formed man in the first place?

A. Gen. 1: 26 – 31 to have dominion over His creation and enjoy life.

3. Q. How did the perfect created being have committed sin?

A. Gen. 3: 4 –7 When out of their perfection and freedom of choice, they
Chose to disobey God’s word instead they yielded to the deception of the serpent.

4. Q. What was the result of their transgression?

A. Gen. 3 : 17 - 19 Cursed is the ground, in the sweat of thy forehead
Shalt thou eat bread, dust thou art, dust shalt thou return

5. Q. What does death means?

A. Psalm. 104 : 29 A separation of the dust and the breath (spirit)
Ecc. 12: 7 the dust return to earth, while the spirit returns to God.

6. Q. Will a dead man is conscious enough to love and to hate someone else?
A. Ecc. 9: 5 – 6, 10 the dead knows not anything.
Psalm. 115: 17 the dead praise not the Lord.
Psalm. 6: 5 there is no remembrance of thee in the grave that you go.

7. Q. What is the ultimate fate of the dead? Do they have chanced to live again?
A. Job 14: 14 I’ll wait till my change come.

8. Q. When will this change take place?

A. 1 These. 4 : 16 – 17 When Jesus Christ returns, the righteous dead be resurrected
And the living righteous be translated to meet the Lord.
1 Cor. 15: 51 – 55 in the twinkling of an eye we shall be changed.

9. Q. How is this eventful change described by the Holy Bible?

A. Daniel. 12: 1 –2 there will come a time of trouble and everyone whose name is
found in the book shall be saved. Some to life and some to everlasting damnation.

10. Q. Which of the two groups do you desire to be with?

A. Joshua 24: 15 as for me and my house we will serve the Lord.
CONCLUSION:
People don’t go to heaven or anywhere where they could go and live another life when
they die. The Bible called death to be sleep because of the plan and hope for resurrection.
People are waiting in their graves till Jesus comes. Wrong concept about death leads
people to misunderstanding of salvation and reluctant to be ready for the second of Jesus
who is coming to raise people from the death. What is expected of us is to remain faithful
till we die if Jesus doesn’t come in our time.