Hi CLARENCE,
 -=> Quoting Charlie Ray to All <=-
 CR> Go To Morning Reading Evening, December 31
 CR> oThe harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.o
 CR> u Jeremiah 8:20
 CR> Not saved! Dear reader, is this your mournful plight? Warned of th
 CR> judgment to come, bidden to escape for your life, and yet at this
 CR> moment not saved! You know the way of salvation, you read it in th
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 CR> Spurgeon, Charles H., Morning and Evening, (Oak Harbor, WA: Logos
 CR> Research Systems, Inc.) 1995.
CH> Brother Charles, absolutely no disrespect whatsoever is meant,
CH> but I must ask this question after reading your post..."How
CH> can a person be "saved" and "die" at the same time?"!
CH> It would seem to me that this is indeed the question of the
CH> ages and few there be that have answered it satisfactorily in
CH> the past 6000 years, due to the fact that the devil has kept
CH> the answer in complete confusion, right?
Romans 5:12-21 answers that question, Clarence.  We all shall die a
physical death unless the Lord returns first.  However, in another since
those who live and believe in Christ will never die:)  I'm not confused
about it at all.  To be absent from the body is to be present with the
Lord.  Then at the resurrection we will receive our glorified physical body
or spiritual body.
Romans 5:12-21
12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death
through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinnedu 13
for before the law was given, sin was in the world. But sin is not taken
into account when there is no law. 14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the
time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by
breaking a command, as did Adam, who was a pattern of the one to come.
15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the
trespass of the one man, how much more did GodAs grace and the gift that
came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! 16
Again, the gift of God is not like the result of the one manAs sin: The
judgment followed one sin and brought condemnation, but the gift followed
many trespasses and brought justification. 17 For if, by the trespass of
the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those
who receive GodAs abundant provision of grace and of the gift of
righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ.
18 Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for
all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification
that brings life for all men. 19 For just as through the disobedience of
the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of
the one man the many will be made righteous.
20 The law was added so that the trespass might increase. But where sin
increased, grace increased all the more, 21 so that, just as sin reigned in
death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal
life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The New International Version, (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing
House) 1984.
Sincerely in Christ,
Charlie Ray,
Chaplain
1 Timothy 4:16
chaplain@isgroup.net
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