The Words of God Must Not Put Us to Sleep
Acts 20:1-12
Key Verse: 20:10
Date: Mar. 9, 2017
Question
What benefits do believers receive from Christ when they die?
Answer
When believers die, their souls are made perfectly holy and immediately pass into glory. Their bodies, which are still united to Christ, rest in the grave until the resurrection.
Reference Passages
1
Hebrews 12:23
2
Luke 23:43
2 Corinthians 5:6
2 Corinthians 5:8
Philippians 1:23
3
1 Thessalonians 4:14
4
Daniel 12:2
2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
John 5:28-29
28 Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment.
Acts 24:15