D. JAMES KENNEDY MINISTRIES PRESENTS
TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM.
WHAT WILL LIFE AFTER DEATH BE LIKE?
THE BIBLE PAINTS A PICTURE OF ETERNAL LIFE THAT FAR
DIFFERS FROM THE SECULAR AND PAGAN VERSIONS.
FIND OUT HOW, ON TODAY'S TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM.
THIS IS TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM.
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WELCOME TO TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM, A PRODUCTION
OF D. JAMES KENNEDY MINISTRIES, WHERE WE ARE
STANDING FOR TRUTH AND DEFENDING YOUR FREEDOM.
FOR YEARS, POPULAR MEDIA HAS BEEN FULL OF
REPRESENTATIONS OF LIFE AFTER DEATH.
IN SOME DEPICTIONS, THE AFTERLIFE IS A PLACE WITH
CLOUDS AND A VAGUE, WHITE GLOW.
IN OTHERS, LIKE THE MOVIE "GHOST," THOSE WHO HAVE
DIED REMAIN ON EARTH, INVISIBLE, BUT TRYING TO
COMMUNICATE WITH AND INFLUENCE THEIR LOVED
ONES.
BUT WHAT DOES THE BIBLE TEACH?
IS THERE REALLY LIFE AFTER DEATH?
AND IF SO, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
ON TODAY'S PROGRAM, WE'LL INVESTIGATE THAT QUESTION,
AND WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU A RESOURCE THAT WILL HELP
YOU SEE IT MORE CLEARLY FROM A BIBLICAL
PERSPECTIVE.
AS WE BEGIN, WE WELCOME OUR OWN JOHN RABE TO THE
PROGRAM.
JOHN HAS WRITTEN A TRUTH IN ACTION Q&A BOOKLET FOR
US CALLED DID JESUS RISE FROM THE DEAD?
WHICH WE'LL TELL YOU MORE ABOUT A BIT LATER IN THE
PROGRAM.
JOHN, WELCOME. GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
THANK YOU, FRANK, ALWAYS NICE TO BE WITH YOU.
SO THE MOST DIRECT QUESTION TO DEAL WITH THE
RESURRECTION IS, IS THERE ANY AFTERLIFE TO BE
RESURRECTED TO?
AND THERE ABSOLUTELY IS FRANK, AND WE ALL
INTUITIVELY KNOW THAT.
THE SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT GOD HAS PLACED ETERNITY
IN OUR HEARTS.
C.S. LEWIS POINTED OUT THAT IT WOULD BE VERY ODD FOR
THERE TO BE SUCH A THING AS HUNGER WITHOUT THERE
BEING SUCH A THING AS FOOD.
THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A DESIRE FOR SOMETHING IS AT
LEAST A PRETTY STRONG INDICATION THAT SOMETHING
EXISTS TO FULFILL THAT DESIRE.
OF COURSE IN OUR SINFULNESS, THOSE DESIRES
GET TWISTED, BUT THEY DO POINT US TO SOMETHING.
WE ALL HAVE THE DESIRE FOR ETERNAL LIFE.
WE HAVE THE DESIRE FOR LIFE THAT GOES ON, AND I
EVEN THINK ABOUT THE GREAT BASEBALL PLAYER, TED
WILLIAMS, WHO WAS AN AGNOSTIC OR AN ATHEIST,
BUT HAD HIS BODY FROZEN IN THE HOPES THAT EVENTUALLY
HE WOULD, SCIENCE WOULD BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH A
CURE FOR WHATEVER DISEASE HE HAD AND BRING HIM BACK
TO LIFE; SO WE ALL HAVE THAT DESIRE.
AND THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT THE BIBLE IS VERY
CLEAR THAT ETERNAL LIFE DOES EXIST.
AND THE SOULS OF HUMAN BEINGS, YOUR SOUL, MY
SOUL, THE SOUL OF EVERYONE WATCHING IS IMMORTAL, IN
THE SENSE THAT IT WILL NEVER GO OUT OF EXISTENCE,
NOW THAT IT'S HERE.
WE WILL BE RAISED, BUT THERE ARE TWO
RESURRECTIONS.
SOME WILL BE RAISED UNTO LIFE, AND SOME WILL BE
RAISED UNTO EVERLASTING PUNISHMENT, AND THAT
PRESENTS A PROBLEM FOR ALL OF US, BECAUSE HOW DO WE
FACE THAT JUDGEMENT?
AND MANY OF THESE DEPICTIONS OF THE
AFTERLIFE ARE ABOUT HOW THAT JUDGEMENT WORKS.
THERE'S A TELEVISION PROGRAM ON NBC RIGHT NOW
CALLED, THE GOOD PLACE, AND THE ENTIRE PREMISE OF
THE PROGRAM IS THAT THESE ARE PEOPLE IN THE
AFTERLIFE, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW
THEY ACTUALLY GET INTO THE GOOD PLACE.
AND THEY'RE ALL THROWING DIFFERENT IDEAS AROUND AND
ALL TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT AND NOBODY REALLY
KNOWS.
THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT, IF WE'RE VERY HONEST
ABOUT IT, UNTIL WE SEE THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL, AND
THE TRUTH OF THE GOSPEL TELLS US THAT WE CAN HAVE
EVERLASTING LIFE AND MEET THE STANDARDS OF THAT
JUDGEMENT, NOT IN OURSELVES, WE ARE SINNERS
WE FALL FAR SHORT OF THE JUDGEMENT, BUT THAT JESUS
CHRIST OBEYING IN OUR PLACE, DYING FOR OUR SINS,
HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS, CREDITED TO US, CAN GET US
TO THE GOOD PLACE, SO TO SPEAK.
ALL OF OUR HOPES OF HEAVEN, BEING IN THE
PRESENCE OF GOD FOREVER AND EVER, HINGE ON THE
RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST.
AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW, THE RESURRECTION IS THE ONE
THING THAT THE SECULAR CULTURE CANNOT STAND,
WHY IS THAT SO?
THAT'S RIGHT, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A RESURRECTION,
FIRST OF ALL THAT MAKES JESUS CHRIST LORD.
AND THAT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE TO ANSWER TO CHRIST.
THE CULTURE DOESN'T WANT TO ANSWER TO CHRIST, SO
THEY HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN DENYING THE
RESURRECTION.
WE ALSO ARE SORT OF NATURAL PHARISEES, WE WANT
TO EARN OUR OWN WAY TO GOD, AND THE RESURRECTION
OF JESUS SAYS THAT HE HAS EARNED OUR WAY TO GOD FOR
US.
YOU WOULD THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE GOOD NEWS, BUT TO
THE NATURAL MAN, IT'S NOT, BECAUSE THE NATURAL MAN
WANTS TO STAND AND BE JUDGED ON HIS OWN MERITS.
WHAT HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND IS THAT HIS OWN MERITS ARE
ACTUALLY DEMERITS AND ARE WORTHY ONLY OF
CONDEMNATION.
AND SO, THE CULTURE WANTS TO DENY THE RESURRECTION
OF JESUS CHRIST, BUT EVERYTHING HINGES ON
CHRIST'S RESURRECTION.
AND PAUL TELLS US THAT; IF JESUS HAS NOT BEEN RAISED,
LIVE IT UP, EAT, DRINK, FOR TOMORROW WE DIE,
THAT'S THE END OF IT, OUR BODIES DO GO INTO THE
GROUND, AND EVERYTHING IS DARKNESS, AND WE'RE JUST
THOSE ACCIDENTAL ATOMS THAT BERTRAND RUSSELL
TALKED ABOUT, THE ACCIDENTAL COLLOCATION OF
ATOMS THAT'S JUST MATERIAL, THEY CAME
TOGETHER FOR A TIME, AND THEN BREAKS UP AND GOES
AND DOES OTHER THINGS.
BUT IF JESUS HAS BEEN RAISED FROM THE DEAD, THEN
WE HAVE PROOF OF EVERLASTING LIFE, AND THAT
EVERLASTING LIFE IS OFFERED TO YOU, AND TO ME,
AND TO EVERYONE.
SO THE SCRIPTURES PROMISE US UNTOLD GLORIES IN THE
PRESENCE OF CHRIST FOREVER AND EVER, BUT WHEN JESUS
CAME HE SAID, "I'VE COME THAT YOU HAVE LIFE AND
HAVE IT TO THE FULL," AND HE WAS TALKING ABOUT OUR
LIFE HERE ON EARTH.
HOW SHOULD OUR VIEW OF HEAVEN INFORM OUR DAILY
LIFE HERE ON EARTH?
THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION, AND I THINK THAT
IS WHY THE RESURRECTION IS SO VITAL, EVEN TO OUR
FAITH NOW.
WHEN WE HAVE THIS SORT OF HEAVENLY, ETHEREAL,
DISEMBODIED PICTURE OF THE AFTERLIFE, IT MAKES
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS HERE SEEM UNIMPORTANT, BUT
THE BIBLICAL PICTURE IS ACTUALLY DIFFERENT.
I THINK C.S. LEWIS CAPTURED THIS REALLY NICELY IN HIS
NOVEL, THE GREAT DIVORCE, AND IN THAT AS PEOPLE GO
INTO HEAVEN, WHAT THEY FIND IS IF THEY'RE NOT
PROPERLY PREPARED FOR IT, IT'S NOT THAT HEAVEN IS
LESS REAL AND LESS TANGIBLE THAN THE EARTH
IS, IT'S THAT IT'S MORE SO, BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS
MORE REAL, EVERYTHING IS MORE SOLID THAN IT IS IN
THIS STATE.
WHEN WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE RESURRECTION CHANGES
EVERYTHING, WE REALIZE ALL OF OUR WORK ON EARTH HAS
ETERNAL PURPOSE, THIS EARTH IS GOING TO BE
GLORIFIED.
IT'S GOING TO BE REDEEMED.
IT'S GOING TO BE RENEWED.
AND SO, OUR WORK HERE WILL BE PURIFIED, IT WILL BE
BURNED BY FIRE IN PURIFICATION, AS PETER
TELLS US, BUT IT'S NOT UNIMPORTANT, IT'S IMBUED
WITH ETERNAL SIGNIFICANCE.
AND WE HAVE HIS PROMISE DON'T WE?
HE SAID BEFORE HE ASCENDED, HE SAID, "I GO
TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, SO THAT WHERE I AM
YOU CAN BE ALSO."
THAT'S OUR DESTINY, LIFE, ABUNDANT LIFE,
UNIMAGINABLY ABUNDANT LIFE, BUT LIVED IN THE
PRESENCE OF ALMIGHTY GOD.
AND THAT'S THE PROMISE OF THE NEW COVENANT, THAT I
WILL BE THEIR GOD, THEY WILL BE MY PEOPLE.
HE WILL BE ETERNALLY PRESENT WITH US, AND THE
EXCITING THING IS, YES, WE GO TO BE WITH HIM, HE
PREPARES A PLACE THERE.
BUT THEN WHAT DOES THE END OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION
SHOW US?
THAT THE NEW JERUSALEM DESCENDS FROM HEAVEN, AND
THE DWELLING OF GOD IS WITH MAN.
THAT HEAVEN, IN A SENSE, THE BELIEVERS, THE CHURCH,
COMES BACK TO EARTH, AND EARTH AND HEAVEN ARE
JOINED AT THAT POINT.
AND JESUS IS THE LIGHT, WE DON'T NEED ANY LIGHT
BECAUSE HE IS THE LIGHT OF THE CITY, AND THERE IS
THIS JOINING OF HEAVEN AND EARTH THAT ULTIMATELY
TAKES PLACE.
THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD BEING THE CENTRAL DEFINING
FEATURE OF THAT AFTERLIFE.
AND WE SAY THANKS BE TO GOD.
AMEN.
JOHN, GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
THANK YOU, FRANK, ALWAYS A PLEASURE.
WHILE WE ARE ADEPT AT EMPLOYING MANY STRATEGIES
TO AVOID THE SUBJECT, EVEN IN OUR OWN MINDS, DEATH IS
A REALITY WE ALL FACE.
IT IS THE INEXORABLE EVENT THAT HANGS OVER EVERY LIFE,
WHETHER WE ACKNOWLEDGE IT OR NOT,
OR WHETHER WE SUPPRESS IT OR NOT.
BUT WHAT IF DEATH ITSELF CAN BE OVERCOME?
WELL, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
AS DR. KENNEDY EXPLAINS IN THIS PORTION OF HIS
MESSAGE, "IS THERE REALLY LIFE AFTER DEATH?"
IT WAS THE DAY OF RESURRECTION- A
RESURRECTION OF THAT ONE WHO HAD SUNDERED THE
CENTURIES APART AND SPLIT TIME FOREVERMORE, AND NOW
HAD COME TO BREAK THE BANDS OF DEATH AND SET THE
PRISONERS FREE.
JESUS CHRIST HAD RISEN FROM THE DEAD.
HE IS THE GREATEST PERSON WHO EVER LIVED
FOR MANY REASONS.
ONE OF THEM IS THAT HE SOLVED THE GREATEST
PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE OR EVER WILL HAVE, AND THAT
IS THE PROBLEM OF DEATH.
THE KING OF TERRORS IT HAS RIGHTLY BEEN CALLED.
THE BIBLE SAYS THAT SATAN HAS KEPT THE WHOLE WORLD
IN BONDAGE THROUGHOUT OUR WHOLE LIVES THROUGH THE
FEAR OF DEATH.
CHRIST HAS OVERCOME DEATH AND THE TOMB AND BROUGHT
LIFE AND IMMORTALITY TO LIGHT IN SUCH A WAY THAT
IT IS INCONTROVERTIBLE.
PLEASE NOTE THIS: THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS
CHRIST, WHICH WE CELEBRATE TODAY, IS THE BEST PROVED
FACT OF HISTORY.
CONSIDER THE WORDS OF PROFESSOR THOMAS ARNOLD,
WHO IS PROFESSOR OF HISTORY AT OXFORD
UNIVERSITY, THE AUTHOR OF THE THREE-VOLUME HISTORY
OF ROME.
THIS MAN, AMONG OTHER THINGS, SAID THIS: I HAVE
BEEN USED FOR MANY YEARS TO STUDY THE HISTORIES OF
OTHER TIMES, AND TO EXAMINE AND WEIGH THE
EVIDENCE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE WRITTEN ABOUT THEM,
AND I KNOW OF NOT ONE FACT IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND
WHICH IS PROVED BY BETTER AND FULLER EVIDENCE OF
EVERY SORT THAN THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST.
THERE IS A GREAT HISTORIAN, PROFESSOR OF
HISTORY AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY.
"NOT ONE FACT IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND PROVED
BY BETTER AND FULLER EVIDENCE.
OR CONSIDER LORD LYNDHURST, HE WAS ELECTED
AS SOLICITOR-GENERAL OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND
THEN THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF GREAT BRITAIN, AND
FINALLY, HE WAS THE HIGH CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND
THIS MAN, WITH ALL OF THOSE TITLES, SAID:
"I KNOW PRETTY WELL WHAT EVIDENCE IS; AND I TELL YOU,
SUCH EVIDENCE AS THAT FOR THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST
HAS NEVER BROKEN DOWN YET."
MANY OF THE LAWS OF EVIDENCE USED IN OUR
COURTROOMS TODAY WERE INVENTED BY SIMON
GREENLEAF.
AND AFTER HAVING EXAMINED EVERY THREAT OF EVIDENCE
FOR THE RESURRECTION, CAME TO CONCLUDE THIS:
"IF THE EVIDENCE FOR THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST
WERE PRESENTED BEFORE ANY UNBIASED COURTROOM IN THE
WORLD, THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONCLUDE THAT JESUS CHRIST
ACTUALLY ROSE FROM THE DEAD."
PROFESSOR DR. SIMON GREENLEAF, ROYALL
PROFESSOR OF LAW AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
MY FRIENDS, THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS
CHRIST IS DEMONSTRATED AND PROVED BY FULLER AND MORE
EVIDENCE OF EVERY SORT THAN ANY OTHER EVENT IN
THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.
CHRIST ROSE FROM THE DEAD.
BUT, MY FRIENDS, WHAT THAT PROVES IS THAT WE, TOO,
WILL RISE- ALL OF US, EVERYONE.
NOT ONLY THAT.
I CAN TELL YOU THIS: I AM NOT CONCERNED ABOUT BEING
PUT INTO A CASKET AND PUT INTO A GRAVE.
I WILL BE MORE ALIVE THAN I HAVE EVER BEEN ALIVE IN
MY LIFE.
NOT ONLY AM I NEVER GOING TO GO INTO A GRAVE OR A
CASKET, THIS MAY STARTLE SOME OF YOU, BUT I AM
NEVER GOING TO DIE, AND IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO DIE, I
REALLY FEEL SORRY FOR YOU.
HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?
JESUS CHRIST SAID IT.
HE SAID, "I AM THE RESURRECTION, AND THE
LIFE: WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN ME, THOUGH HE WERE
DEAD, YET SHALL HE LIVE: AND WHOSOEVER LIVETH AND
BELIEVETH IN ME SHALL NEVER DIE."
DEATH AND TAXES, THEY SAY, ARE THE ONLY SURE THINGS
IN LIFE.
NEITHER IS A VERY APPEALING PROSPECT.
WOODY ALLEN FAMOUSLY JOKED, "I'M NOT AFRAID OF
DYING- I JUST DON'T WANT TO BE THERE WHEN IT
HAPPENS."
BUT THE CHRISTIAN VIEW OF DEATH STANDS IN INCREDIBLE
CONTRAST WITH OTHER VIEWS.
DEATH IS AN ENEMY, BUT ONE THAT HAS BEEN DEFEATED BY
JESUS CHRIST'S RESURRECTION FROM THE
DEAD.
SO WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS WHEN WE DIE?
OUR OWN DR. JERRY NEWCOMBE TAKES A CLOSER LOOK.
I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN
ANSWERING THE QUESTION: WHAT HAPPENS ONE MINUTE
AFTER YOU DIE.
I'M NOT 100% SURE WHAT I BELIEVE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS
AFTER DEATH.
I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW WHERE YOU GO AFTER YOU
DIE.
I WROTE THE BOOK, ONE MINUTE AFTER YOU DIE,
BECAUSE OF ITS OBVIOUS INTEREST.
I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD BE INTERESTED IN WHAT HAPPENS
TO THEM ONE MINUTE AFTER THEY DIE.
ACCORDING TO A RECENT SURVEY, 22% OF AMERICANS
THINK ABOUT DEATH EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I WAS IN DALLAS, TEXAS- WENT INTO A STEAK HOUSE
WITH A PASTOR FRIEND.
AND SO, THE GAL CAME UP TO WAIT ON THE TABLE AND I
SAID TO HER, "I HEARD A REALLY INTERESTING
STATISTIC TODAY AND I JUST GOTTA ASK YOU A QUESTION.
IT SAID ONE IN FIVE PEOPLE THINK ABOUT DEATH EVERY
DAY," I SAID, "YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON I'VE TALKED
TO SINCE I HEARD THAT- I GOTTA ASK YOU- DO YOU
THINK ABOUT DEATH EVERY DAY?"
AND SHE JUST BEGAN TO WEEP AND SHE PULLED UP HER
SLEEVES AND HER WRISTS WERE JUST DESTROYED.
SHE SAID, "I'VE TRIED TO KILL MYSELF ON SEVERAL
OCCASIONS.
THIS LAST TIME, ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO, I WAS IN
THE HOSPITAL FOR A MONTH.
I'VE BEEN OUT AND EVERY DAY I'VE BEEN WONDERING
WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO ME.
AND I'VE BEEN PRAYING TO GOD, IF THERE IS A GOD,
WOULD YOU PLEASE SEND SOMEONE TO TELL ME
WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN."
AND WE HAD THE JOY OF SHARING THE GOSPEL WITH
HER AND LEADING HER TO JESUS AND PLUGGING HER
INTO THE CHURCH, BECAUSE THIS PASTOR WAS RIGHT THERE.
THE BOOK OF HEBREWS IS VERY CLEAR.
IT IS APPOINTED UNTO MAN ONCE TO DIE, AND AFTER
DEATH, THE JUDGMENT.
OF COURSE, ONE ASPECT OF THIS SUBJECT IS
POLITICALLY INCORRECT TODAY- AND THAT'S THE
NOTION THAT NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO HEAVEN WHEN
THEY DIE.
WHEN I WROTE THE BOOK, ONE MINUTE AFTER YOU DIE, AND
I WROTE THE CHAPTER ON HELL THAT'S IN THE BOOK, I
REMEMBER BEING SO BURDENED ABOUT PEOPLE DYING WITHOUT
CHRIST THAT I LEFT THE HOUSE, I WALKED OVER TO MY
NEIGHBOR WHO WAS MOWING HIS LAWN, AND HE STOPPED
THE LAWNMOWER, AND I TOLD HIM ABOUT HELL AND WHY HE
NEEDED TO REPENT.
I MEAN, WHEN WE CAPTURE THE REALITY OF THIS SO
THAT IT ISN'T SIMPLY A THEORETICAL DISCUSSION,
WE ARE MOTIVATED TO HELP PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE
GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL AND HOW THEY CAN AVOID
HELL BY FAITH AND TRUST IN JESUS CHRIST.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN REALLY RECLAIM AMERICA
UNTIL WE UNDERSTAND THE FULL GOSPEL AND ITS
IMPLICATIONS.
WHEN JESUS DIED ON THE CROSS, THANKFULLY, HE TOOK
OUR HELL.
AND IN THOSE THREE HOURS WHEN HE WAS UNDER GOD'S
WRATH, HE ENDURED WHAT YOU AND I SHOULD ENDURE
THROUGHOUT ALL OF ETERNITY, BUT HE BORE IT.
WHEN A BELIEVER GOES TO HEAVEN, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
US TO REALIZE THEY WILL BE IMMEDIATELY IN THE
PRESENCE OF CHRIST.
LIKE THE APOSTLE PAUL SAYS, FOR ME TO LIVE IS
CHRIST, TO DIE IS GAIN, AND TO BE ABSENT FROM THE
BODY IS TO BE PRESENT WITH THE LORD.
THE BIBLE SAYS, PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD
IS THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS.
IN THE SUMMER OF 2017, THE LORD CALLED HOME MRS. ANNE
KENNEDY, THE LONGTIME WIFE OF D. JAMES KENNEDY,
TOGETHER THEY ENJOYED 54 YEARS OF MARRIAGE.
WHAT I THINK MADE HER SO BEAUTIFUL WAS THAT HER
INNER BEAUTY SHOWN THROUGH THE SPARKLE IN HER EYES
AND THE SWEETNESS IN HER SMILE.
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE THAT SHE'S EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL
IN HEAVEN, THERE WITH HER TWO LEADING MEN, JESUS
CHRIST AND MY DAD.
LAST NIGHT WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE WHITE
HOUSE, AND WITH JENNIFER AND CHIP'S PERMISSION, AS
IT'S ADDRESSED TO THEM, I'LL READ IT TO YOU NOW.
IT SAYS, "DEAR JENNIFER AND CHIP, I SEND MY
HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO YOU AS YOU GRIEVE THE LOSS
OF A VERY SPECIAL WOMAN.
ANNE KENNEDY'S LIFE OF FAITH AND ACTION LEAVES AN
IMPRINT FOR GOOD AND FOR GOD.
AT CORAL RIDGE AND ACROSS THE WORLD, AND AS YOU
MOURN HER EARTHLY DEPARTURE, MAY YOU DRAW
SOLACE IN THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT WHO COMFORTS ALL
OF THOSE WHO ARE IN TRIBULATION,
2 CORINTHIANS 1, VERSES 3 AND 4.
PLEASE, BE ASSURED OF MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS."
WRITTEN BY MICHAEL R. PENCE, VICE PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
I THINK ANNE WOULD WANT YOU TO REMEMBER HER AS A
CHILD OF GOD, SAVED BY GRACE, THROUGH THE PERSON
AND WORK OF JESUS CHRIST.
SHE WOULD WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT GOD'S FAITHFULNESS
IN HER LIFE AND SHE WOULD WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT HER
TESTIMONY, HER ULTIMATE TESTIMONY, WAS THAT SHE
WAS GOING TO HEAVEN.
AND THAT THE ONLY REASON GOD WAS GOING TO LET HER
INTO HEAVEN WAS BECAUSE OF JESUS AND JESUS ALONE AND
WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT, SHE WOULD WANT
YOU TO HAVE THE SAME TESTIMONY AS WELL.
THE CHRISTIAN ASSURANCE OF LIFE AFTER DEATH IS BASED
ON THE HISTORICAL FACT OF CHRIST'S RESURRECTION FROM
THE DEAD.
SO EVEN IN THE GRIEF OF DEATH, THE CHRISTIAN CAN
AFFIRM THE JOY OF ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH JESUS, OUR LORD.
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CYPRIAN IN THE EARLY CENTURY SAYS THIS: THAT
CHRISTIANITY WOULD'VE NEVER OVERTAKEN THE ROMAN
EMPIRE THE WAY IN WHICH IT DID WERE IT NOT FOR THE
PLAGUES, BECAUSE THEY DIED DIFFERENTLY THAN THE
UNCONVERTED.
THE PAGAN SAID, WHERE IS ALL THIS HOPE COMING FROM?
WE DIE HOPELESSLY.
AND THE PAGANS SAID OF THE CHRISTIANS, THEY CARRY
THEIR DEAD AS IF IN TRIUMPH.
CHRISTIANS DIED DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE OF
THEIR FAITH AND THEIR HOPE IN JESUS CHRIST.
SO, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE
OUR FAITH BY HAVING A GOOD DEATH.
BY GOOD DEATH, I MEAN A DEATH IN WHICH WE ARE ABLE
TO STILL WITNESS BEFORE WE DIE TO THE SAVING GRACE OF
JESUS CHRIST.
WHAT A COMFORT WE HAVE AS BELIEVERS IN CHRIST THAT
WHEN WE DIE, WE GO TO BE WITH THE LORD FOREVER-
THAT IS IF WE ARE HIS.
AS THE APOSTLE PUT IT: TO BE ABSENT FROM THE
BODY IS TO BE PRESENT WITH THE LORD.
AND ONE DAY, OUR BODIES WILL BE RAISED AS HIS WAS.
HAVING THE CONFIDENT ASSURANCE THAT WE WILL BE
WITH CHRIST IS VITAL, SINCE NONE OF US KNOWS THE
TIME OF OUR DEPARTING.
WE JUST SAW ERWIN LUTZER TALKING ABOUT HIS CLASSIC
RESOURCE, ONE MINUTE AFTER YOU DIE.
HERE'S MY GOOD FRIEND JENNIFER KENNEDY CASSIDY
TO EXPLAIN HOW YOU CAN GET A COPY.
JENNIFER WELCOME.
THANK YOU, FRANK.
ONE MINUTE AFTER YOU DIE BY DR. ERWIN LUTZER
ANSWERS THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS THAT FACE ANY OF
US.
IN IT, HE GIVES BIBLICAL ANSWERS TO PRESSING
QUESTIONS ABOUT DEATH AND THE AFTERLIFE, INCLUDING
WHAT HEAVEN AND HELL WILL BE LIKE, AND HOW TO
PREPARE FOR YOUR OWN FINAL MOMENT.
WHAT DOES HAPPEN ONE MINUTE AFTER YOU DIE?
KNOWING THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION CHANGES
EVERYTHING.
AND WE WANT TO SEND YOU THIS IMPORTANT BOOK AS OUR
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BRAND NEW TRUTH IN ACTION Q & A BOOKLET CALLED DID
JESUS RISE FROM THE DEAD?
THIS SHORT BOOKLET UNPACKS THE POWERFUL HISTORICAL
EVIDENCE FOR THE BODILY RESURRECTION OF JESUS IN
AN EASY-TO-UNDERSTAND AND MEMORABLE WAY.
IT WILL HELP SOLIDIFY YOUR OWN FAITH IN THE
HISTORICAL TRUTHFULNESS OF THE GOSPEL ACCOUNTS OF THE
RESURRECTION, AND YOU'LL WANT TO ALSO SHARE COPIES
WITH OTHERS.
SO CONTACT US RIGHT AWAY WITH A GENEROUS DONATION
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YOU DIE, BY ERWIN LUTZER.
THOUGH THE AFTERLIFE IS OFTEN SHROUDED IN MYSTERY,
THE BIBLE DOES PEEL BACK THE CURTAIN, AND
DR. LUTZER WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IS ON THE
OTHER SIDE.
AND WE'LL ALSO SEND THE THREE-PACK OF THE TRUTH IN
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THE 20TH CENTURY BRITISH ATHEIST, BERTRAND RUSSELL,
WAS ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS THINKERS
DURING HIS LIFETIME, AND WAS THE AUTHOR OF THE
BOOK, "WHY I AM NOT A CHRISTIAN."
IN THAT BOOK HE ARGUED WITH PRESUMED CERTAINTY
THAT "MAN IS THE PRODUCT OF CAUSES WHICH HAD NO
PREVISION OF THE END THEY WERE ACHIEVING.
THAT HIS ORIGIN, HIS GROWTH, HIS HOPES AND
FEARS, HIS LOVES AND HIS BELIEFS, ARE BUT THE
OUTCOME OF ACCIDENTAL COLLOCATIONS OF ATOMS;
THAT NO FIRE, NO HEROISM, NO INTENSITY OF THOUGHT
AND FEELING, CAN PRESERVE AN INDIVIDUAL LIFE BEYOND
THE GRAVE."
THAT IS THE BLEAK PICTURE OF UNBELIEF.
BUT RUSSELL AT LEAST DESERVES SOME CREDIT FOR
HIS LOGICAL CONSISTENCY.
IF WE ARE MERELY ACCUMULATIONS OF MATTER IN
MOTION, THEN THE GRAVE IS INDEED THE CONCLUSION.
WITHOUT TRUTH AS AN ANCHOR, IT SHOULD BE NO
WONDER THAT A CENTURY OF EVOLUTIONARY TEACHING HAS
RESULTED IN A GENERATION IN WHICH THINGS AS BASIC
AS MALE AND FEMALE, RIGHT AND WRONG ARE NOW CLOUDED
IN CONFUSION.
SUICIDE RATES RISE TO RECORD HIGHS, AMERICA
FACES AN OPIOID CRISIS, AND THE NEWS BRINGS
REPORTS OF THE LATEST SCHOOL SHOOTING JUST ABOUT
EVERY WEEK.
IF WE ARE, AS RUSSELL SAID, THE ACCIDENTAL
RESULT OF ATOMS RANDOMLY BANGING INTO EACH OTHER,
THEN THERE REALLY IS NO ULTIMATE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN DEVELOPING A POLIO VACCINE OR GUNNING DOWN
DOZENS OF PEOPLE.
IT'S JUST ATOMS MOVING THIS WAY OR THAT, AND ALL
OF IT WILL BE GONE SOON ENOUGH.
BUT THE EVENTS OF EASTER SUNDAY TELL US SOMETHING
DIFFERENT.
IF JESUS DID NOT RISE FROM THE DEAD, THEN AS PAUL
SAYS, OUR FAITH IS USELESS AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT
WE DO.
BUT JESUS DID RISE FROM THE DEAD ON EASTER SUNDAY,
THE TOMB WAS EMPTY AND THE CRUCIFIED LORD HAS ARISEN.
BECAUSE JESUS IS FOREVER ALIVE, YOU AND I ARE
EXTENDED THE INVITATION TO EVERLASTING LIFE.
BECAUSE JESUS OVERCAME DEATH ITSELF, WE CAN HAVE
ETERNAL LIFE WITH HIM, WHICH MEANS OUR LIVES
MATTER.
THE THINGS WE DO, THE JOBS WE CARRY OUT, THE FAMILIES
WE RAISE, THE DEEDS WE DO FOR OTHERS- IT ALL MATTERS
ETERNALLY BECAUSE JESUS IS LORD.
D. JAMES KENNEDY MINISTRIES IS STANDING FOR TRUTH AND
DEFENDING YOUR FREEDOM.
I'M FRANK WRIGHT.
THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR THIS EDITION OF TRUTHS
THAT TRANSFORM; WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
NEXT WEEK ON TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM.
CHRISTIANITY IS NOT A LEAP INTO THE DARK; IT IS A
LEAP OUT OF THE DARK AND INTO THE LIGHT OF
EVIDENCE.
SO, WE LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE.
WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE?
WELL, BRIEFLY, I THINK, THREE THINGS CONVINCED ME.
THAT'S NEXT WEEK.
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