Deacon Goore Funeral

Revelation 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”

INTRODUCTION

IN DEALING WITH DEATH THE WORLD AND SOMETIMES EVEN IN THE KINGDOM WE HAVE SOME WHAT OF A SKEWED VIEW OF DEATH

BECAUSE OFTEN TIMES DEATH IS VIEWED AS FAR OFF IN THE DISTANCE

WHEN THE REALITY DEATH IS ALWAYS CLOSER THAN YOU AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADMIT

MATTER FACT IT’S INEVITABLE

AND I BELIEVE THIS IS WHY MOSES SAYS IN PSALM 90:12

Psalm 90:12 LEB

So teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom.

MOSES HELPS US TO SEE HOW CLOSE DEATH REALLY IS

AND THAT OUGHT TO HUMBLE YOU AND CAUSE YOU TO TAKE INVENTORY OF THE RELATIONSHIPS YOU ARE PRIVELEDGED TO HAVE

WHETHER IT’S BETWEEN YOU AND A SPOUSE

YOU AND A PARENT

YOU AND A CHILD

YOU AND A SIBLING

OR EVEN YOU AND SOMEONE IN THE KINGDOM

YOU OUGHT TO BE MINDFUL OF HOW YOU TREAT THAT RELATIONSHIP

OR HOW YOU TREAT THAT INDIVIDUAL

YOU OUGHT NOT TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED

OR JUST BLOW THEM OFF

OR PUT THEM ON THE BACK BURNER

BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOUR TICKET OR THEIR TICKET IS GONNA BE CALLED

BECAUSE JUST LIKE THAT YOU COULD BE HERE TODAY,.. (THEY COULD BE HERE TODAY) AND GONE TOMORROW.

THEY’RE ARE NO GUARANTEES IN LIFE THE ONLY THING THAT IS REALLY GUARANTEED IS THAT ONE DAY YOU AND I ARE GOING TO DIE

AND WE DON’T KNOW WHEN

FROM THE MOMENT GOD GRANTED YOU LIFE YOU HAD AN APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH

AND HERE IS THE GRACE THAT’S AVAILABLE TO EVERY HUMAN BEING THAT IN-BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH

WHOSOEVEVER THAT BELIEVETH IN CHRIST SHALL NOT PERISH BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE……

AND HERE’S THE SHOUT FOR THE BELIEVER

THAT IF THIS EARTHLY TABERNACLE WERE DISOLVED , WE HAVE A BUILDING OF GOD A HOUSE NOT MADE WITH HANDS ETERNAL IN THE HEAVENS

SO DEATH IS THE PACKAGE DEAL THAT COMES WITH LIFE

AND RELETIVELY SPEAKING DEATH IS THE VEHICLE, THE UBER THE LIFT OR THE RIDE SHARE THAT AS A BELIEVER, GET’S YOU TO HEAVEN

AND SO TODAY WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE REALITY OF THE DEATH OF A SAINT ( DEACON GOORE )

THIS HUSBAND

THIS FATHER

THIS DEACON

THE FRIEND

AND AS I GO TO THE TEXT REVELATION 14:13; GOD SPOKE SOME THINGS TO ME THAT I MIGHT ADMINISTER HIS GRACE IN THIS OCCASION

REVELATION 14:13; SAY’S “BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHO DIE IN THE LORD” STOP RIGHT THERE

SEE HERE’S THE SHOUT AS WE CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF DEACON GOORE

THE FACT THAT ….…HE DIED IN THE LORD… HE WAS LITERALLY IN THE LORDS HANDS BECAUSE JOHN 10:28 DECLARES THAT NONE CAN PLUCK HIM OUT

ROMANS 8:35-39 SAYS THAT NOT EVEN SICKNESS COULD SEPARATE HIM FROM THE LOVE OF GOD

BUT ALSO DEACON GOORE DIED IN THE WILL OF GOD BECAUSE HE KNEW THE LORD AS HIS PERSONAL SAVIOR

BUT THE TEXT SAY’S BLESSED ARE THEY THAT DIE IN THE LORD AND THE B CLAUSE SAYS’S THEY REST FROM THEIR LABORS AND THEIR DEEDS FOLLOW THEM

AND FOR THE NEXT 3 MINUTES I WANNA TALK ABOUT DEACON GORE THE LABORER

AND IN OUR TEXT WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT RESTING FROM YOUR LABOR OR ONE THAT LABORS

LOABOR MEANS ONE WHO IS INDUSTRIOUS, HARD WORKING DEDICATED AND COMMITTED

AND I JUST WANNA HIGHLIGHT FOUR AREAS THAT I WITNESSED DEACON GORE LABOR WITH MY OWN EYES

HE LABORED AS A HUSBAND ( EPHESIANS 5 HUSBAND)

HE LABORED AS A FATHER MARK / LISA / MIKE / GRANDCHILDREN ( BARBECUE JOHN 21 THE DISCIPLES KNEW IT WAS JESUS BY THE WAY HE BARBECUED THE FISH

HE LABORED AS A FRIEND THE MERRILS / BRO. LACKEY / BAZEMOR / FRANKLIN

HE LABORED AS A DEACON - COMMUNION FAITHFUL COMMUNION KIT IN GLOVE DEPARTMENT

HE LABORED IN SICKNESS - TWO DAYS BEFORE DEAC. TRANSITIONED HE FOUGHT DEMENTIA OFF LONG ENOUGH TO TELL HIS WIFE OF 55 YEARS I LOVE YOU

AND I BELIEVE WHAT HE WAS SAYING IN THAT MOMENT IS ALMA IT’S MY TIME TO GO BEFORE YOU AND THOUGH IT’S PAINFUL ALWAYS REMEMBER MY LOVE FOR YOU

AND DEAC GOT A MESSAGE FOR YOU THAT HE GOT SOME NEW SHOES

NEW ROBE SHARPER THAN ANY SUIT YOU CAN GET FROM DIRECTIONS

LOOKED AT HIS HANDS AND HIS HANDS LOOK NEW

LOOKED AT HIS FEET AND HIS FEET LOOKED NEW

ALTHOUGH HIS MIND WAS TRANSFORMED DOWN HERE

HE TOLD ME TO TELL YOU ALL THAT HE GOT A NEW MIND

ONE THAT DEMENTIA CAN’T FIGHT NO MOPRE

CORRUPTIBLE PUT ON INCORRUPTION

MORTALITY PUT ON IMMORTALITY

AND HE TOLD ME TO TELL YOU ALL THAT HE’LL SEE YOU ALL AFTER A WHILE

CAUSE THER’S COMING A DAY WHEN THE LORD WILL DECEND WITH A SHOUT FROM THE ARC ANGEL

AND THE DEAD IN CHRIST SHALL RISE

AND THOSE THAT REMAIN WILL MEET HIM IN THE AIR

AND DEAC SAID HE’LL BE LEADING THE PROCESSION