Hebrews 9:27
Hebrews 9:27
27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
1. “Death row” is a sad situation
2. In one respect we are all on “Death Row”
I. Death Is a Common Enemy to All Living Things
A. Common to animals and humans alike
1. Animals don’t flirt with death
2. Man has still to learn such respect
a. He lives foolishly and dangerously
b. He abuses his body and mind
3. Death waits for all
a. For the wise who live carefully
b. For the strong who live vigorously
4. Scripture warns—2 Sam. 14:14; Rom. 5:12
B. It is a common appointment for all (text)
II. There Is an Escape from Death’s Hold
A. Science has been unable to develop a cure for death
B. What man can’t do, God has done
1. First escapee was Jesus Christ
a. Jesus escaped the hold of death, not the experience of death—Rom. 6:9
2. Jesus delivers us from the hold of death—Heb. 2:14
3. Jesus delivers us from the fear of death—Heb. 2:15
III. There Is a Death Worse Than Physical Death
A. Physical death is cessation of bodily functions
B. There is a worse possibility—Rev. 20:12–15
C. Those “in Christ” are delivered from the “second death”
