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A recent sermon I preached about death of our bodies being called “asleep” have generated a little discussion and I thought it would be good to revisit the subject.
When I preached about this I said that Paul’s use of “asleep” in that context referred to a Christian’s body ceasing to live, but that our souls never lose conscious existence.
Our bodies await the resurrection, where they will be changed to a glorified and incorruptible body (1 Corinthians 15 is devoted to talking about those resurrection bodies that we will one day receive)
Tonight I want to talk more about what happens from the moment you die (or fall asleep) until the resurrection.
The Intermediate State
When I last preached about this I mentioned a few passages.
One was
The other was the story of the Rich Man and Lazurus that Jesus told.
In that story both the sinner and the saint were aware and awake.
Today I want to strengthen the case that from the moment you die, your soul, your Spirit goes to be with the Lord.
I want to look at three more passages.
The Thief on the Cross
I want to be with you in your Kingdom.
Today you will be with me in Paradise.
Note he didn’t say today your soul will be unconscious for a long, indefinite period and then you will awaken in the Kingdom.
JW’s punctuate so that Jesus is saying “Today I’m declaring that one day you will be with me”
To be sure Paradise was understood to be a place of great joy in God’s presence.
A place of awareness and enjoyment.
The Gain of Dying
In verse 20 Paul intends to honor Christ no matter what, whether by his life or death.
look carefully at 23.
Leaving the Body results in being with Christ.
It doesn’t mean unawareness or soul sleep, but to be WITH CHRIST.
Leaving the Body to be with Christ is far better.
Translated from three words.
Literally MUCH MORE BETTER!
better means higher in rank, preferable, superior etc.
The only reasonable explanation for thinking that dying would be better is to be with Christ.
The only thing that restrains Paul’s desire to die which is better, is his desire to continue to be used by God in the lives of those under his care.
So living is Christ, and dying is GAIN only if there is “Being with Christ” in the time between dying and the resurrection.
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Home with the Lord
Two points to be made here.
When we are in our earthly bodies, in this life we are “away from the Lord.”
While we are here, we are not there.
SO we walk by faith and not what we see.
Part of that faith is that we will one day see the Lord.
When Jesus comes back or WHEN WE DIE.
Out of body, home with the Lord.
Not to oversimplify bit if we can be absent from body, we would have aware existence even though our bodies have died.
satisfied in Holman and willing in KJV, would rather in ESV.
To be out of the body and with the Lord are seen as preferred, to be chosen as the better option.
This can only be so, if there is existence in the intermediate state, after our death, but before the resurrection of our bodies to be glorified in the final state.
How does the thought of your own death effect you? Do you know the Lord?
These passages can be a comfort that death leads immediately to something better.
For you, this should be a confidence builder to face whatever life bring.
For a Christian loved one who has died, it should inject hope into your sorrow.
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