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| What Is the Second Death?Introduction: This is a subject that we do not hear much about. Body:
I. What is the Second Death?
A. What is death?
1. Thanatos (qanatos) a. the separation of the soul (the
spiritual part of man) from the body (the material
part)...(b). the separation of man from God. Vine.
2. Death; 1. prop. the death of the body, i.e., that
separation...of the soul from the body by which the
life on earth is ended.
3. Illus. James 2:26.
4. Hebrews 9:27.
B. What is the Second Death?
1. Scriptures:
a. Revelation 20:14.
b. Revelation 21:8.
2. A description of this place.
a. Revelation 21:8; 20:14, 10.
b. Matthew 8:12; 25:30.
(1) Outer darkness.
(2) Weeping and gnashing of teeth.
c. Matthew 25:46, 41.
d. Mark 9:42-48.
3. Who will suffer this second death? Revelation 20:15;
21:8 (1 Corinthians 6:9-10; Galatians 5:19-21).
a. Fearful - cowardly, timid. Vine.
cowards or apostates who deny Christ in persecution
and worship of Caesar...It embraces further all
those who draw back under general ridicule and
social pressure. Expositor's Greek Testament.
p. 481.
b. Unbelieving -
(1) without faith or trust; 1. unfaithful,
faithless (not to be trusted) Thayer
(2) The unbelieving are those who have betrayed
trust committed to them (cf. Luke 12:46) by
their lives and conduct they have denied the
Lord. Hailey
c. Abominable -
(1) a foul thing, detestable thing in O. T. often
used of idols & things pertaining to idolatry.
Thayer
(2) Akin to (bdeluktos) which is said of deceivers
who profess to know God, but deny Him by their
works and akin to (bdelusso) to render foul, to
cause to be abhorred hence to detest. Denotes
an object of disgust. Vine.
(3) All whose conduct is offense to God. Woods
(4) Those who become morally or spiritual foul.
Hailey
(5) Those who were defiled by heathen practices.
Warnock
d. Murders -
(1) to kill, slay, murder. Thayer
(2) I John 3:14-15; 4:8, 12 - I Corinthians 13:4-7.
e. Fornicators -
(1) a man who indulges in unlawful sexual intercourse.
Thayer
(2) Sexual immoral. Hailey
f. Sorcerers -
(1) Devoted to magical arts, a sorcerer, especially
one who uses drugs, potions, spells, enchantments.
Vine
(2) Those who deal with the occult.
(3) In sorcery, the use of drugs, whether simple or
potent, was generally accompanied by incantations
and appeals to occult powers, with the provision
of various charms, amulets, etc., professedly
designed to keep the applicant or patient from
the attention and power of demons, but actually
to impress the applicant with the mysterious
resources and powers of the sorcerer.
g. Idolaters -
(1) A worshiper of false gods, an idolater.
(2) Ephesians 5:5.
(3) Any thing that is number one in our life instead
of God.
h. Liars -
(1) lying, deceitful, false. Thayer
(2) those who practice all that is deceitful or false.
Hailey
(3) "little white lies"?II. How can we avoid suffering this second death?
A. The non-Christian.
1. Mark 16:16
2. Acts 2:36-38.
3. Romans 10:9-10; 6:3-4.
4. 1 Peter 3:20-21.
B. The Christian.
1. I John 1:7-9.
2. Acts 8:22-24.
3. Revelation 2:10.Conclusion: If you were to die this afternoon, would you suffer the second death?
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