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When Death Comes Men are concerned about death, Job 14:14 Death is a separation, Jas. 2:26; Lk. 15:32 Frequently in the Bible (NKJV) Death – 395 times Die – 290 times Died – 229 times Dead – 320 times In-your-face reality

When Death Comes Physical death important for one reason You Have A Soul Spiritual death in sin, Eze. 18:20 Judgment follows, Ecc. 12:6-14

When Death Comes physical death Introduced in the Garden Access to tree of life, Gen. 2:8, 9 Violated command, Gen. 3:6 Cut off from tree of life, Gen. 3:22-24

When Death Comes physical death All die, Heb. 9:27 Bad men, Acts 12:21-23 Good men, Mt. 14:10 Innocent children, Mt. 2:16 Exceptions, Gen. 5:24; 2 Kgs. 2:11; 1 Thes. 4:15

When Death Comes physical death We die once, Heb. 9:27 Separation of body & spirit, Jas. 2:26 No out-of-body experiences Spirit returns to God, body to dust, Ecc. 12:7 Spirit in Hades, Lk. 16:22, 23

When Death Comes spiritual death Entered world in the Garden Simple command, Gen. 2:15-17 Violated, Gen. 3:6 Death that day – cut off from God, Isa. 59:1, 2 Spread to world, Rom. 5:12

When Death Comes spiritual death When in sin, we are dead, Eph. 2:1-6 Desires of flesh, 1 Tim. 5:6 Desires of mind, 1 Jn. 3:14, 15; 1 Cor. 3:1-4 Departure from truth, Jas. 5:19, 20

When Death Comes spiritual death Judgment is where spiritual death spells eternal doom Second death, Rev. 20:12-15; 21:8 The disobedient, 2 Thes. 1:7-9 Eternal pain, Mk. 9:42-48 Avoid by dying to sin, Rom. 6:1-23; Gal. 6:14