SAVE A SOUL FROM DEATH

Sunday Morning:  February 29, 2004

Text: James 5:19-20  "Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; 20. Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death (a place), and shall hide a multitude of sins."

THANATOS, A PLACE

Revelation 1:18  "I am he that liveth,  . . Amen; and have the keys of hell [Hades] and of death [thanatos]."

THANATOS CAST INTO THE LAKE OF FIRE

Revelation 20:14  "And death [thanatos] and hell [Hades] were cast into the lake of fire. . . ."

OUR LAST ENEMY

1 Corinthians 15:26  "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death."

ADAM’S POSITION OF DOMINION

Genesis 1:28  "And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."

WARNING OF DEATH

Genesis 2:16-17  "And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17. But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die (thanatos, LXX)."

ADAM’S DEATH

Genesis 3:24  "So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep [guard] the way of the tree of life."

OVERCOMERS EAT OF THAT TREE

Revelation 2:7  "He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God."

OVERCOMERS RULE

Revelation 2:26-27  "And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: 27. And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father."

UNPARDONABLE SIN

Matthew 12:31-32  "Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 32. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world [age, church], neither in the world to come [present active participle, the one coming (the millennial age)]."

HIS MINISTRY

John 14:26  "But the Comforter [exhorter], which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name (mysteries of the kingdom of God), he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you."

HIS NAME

Revelation 19:13 "..his name is called The Word of God."

THE WORD OF GOD

Luke 8:10-11  "And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. 11. Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God."

SHOW YOU THINGS TO COME

John 16:12-14  "I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. 13. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come. 14. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you."

GOOD THINGS TO COME

Hebrews 9:11  "But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, . . ."

INHERITANCE

Hebrews 9:14-15  "How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal [age] Spirit (spirit of this age) offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 15. And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that . . ., they which are called might receive the promise of eternal [agelasting] inheritance."

THE PROMISE

1 John 2:25  "And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal [agelasting] life."

JACOB’S INHERITANCE

Hebrews 11:20  "By faith Isaac blessed Jacob (with the birthright) and Esau concerning things to come."

AS ONE DEAD THROUGH DAY SEVEN

Numbers 12:1-15  "And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. 2. And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it. 3. (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.) 4. And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out. 5. And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth. 6. And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. 7. My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. 8. With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? 9. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed. 10. And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous. 11. And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned. 12. Let her not be as one dead (thanatos, LXX), of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb. 13. And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee. 14. And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? (punishment of a father and not a judge) let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again. 15. And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again."

SPIT UPON

Job 30:10  "They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face."

 

THE EIGHTH DAY

Revelation 21:1-2  "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. 2. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband."

RESTORED TO THE CAMP

Revelation 21:4  "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more [the] death [thanatos], neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away."