I. THERE WILL BE A RESURRECTION

A. NATURAL BELIEF OF MAN

1. ALL RELIGIONS PROMOTE THIS BELIEF

2. ALL MEN WANT TO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE ETERNAL

B. THE PROOF OF A RESURRECTION

1. SCRIPTURE TEACHES IT (JOSEPH, JOB, DAVID, DANIEL)

2. JESUS TAUGHT IT; JOHN 11:25 “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:” (HE SPOKE OF IT 15 OTHER TIMES)

3. TESTIMONIES OF NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCES TEACHES IT

II. THE RESURRECTION OF THE JUST AND THE UNJUST

A. ALL THINGS WILL BE MADE KNOWN; ROMANS 2:16 “In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.”

B. PERFECT JUSTICE WILL BE EXECUTED

1. THOSE WHO BELIEVED AND ACCEPTED THE GOSPEL

2. THOSE WHO REJECTED AND DENIED THE GOSPEL

3. THOSE WHO USED THEIR TALENTS WISELY; REVELATION 22:12 “And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.”

4. THOSE WHO SQUANDERED WHAT GOD HAD ENTRUSTED THEM WITH

C. THE FRUIT OF OUR LIVES; GALATIANS 6:7, 8 “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.”

III. THE TWO RESURRECTIONS

A. ETERNAL SHAME AND CONTEMPT; REVELATION 20:15 “And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.”

1. NO HOPE

2. ETERNAL MEMORIES OF LOST OPPORTUNITIES

B. ETERNAL LIFE; REVELATION 22:1-5

1. CLOSE COMMUNION WITH GOD

2. ETERNAL LOVE SLAVES OF GOD

3. ETERNAL JOY

The Resurrection

I. THERE WILL BE A RESURRECTION

III. THE TWO RESURRECTIONS