Blessed Are the Dead

Q: What does the Bible say about the dead in the Lord?

The Bible declares, 'Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord,' highlighting the joy and peace that come to those who are saved. Revelation 14:13 states, 'Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.' This proclamation by both the Lord and the Holy Spirit assures us that those who die in faith are granted rest from their labors. This is a profound comfort, illustrating that death is not a defeat but a transition into the presence of God, where believers find eternal peace and joy. The world may view death negatively, but the Scriptures affirm the blessedness of those who belong to Christ even in death.

Q: How do we know that those who die in the Lord are blessed?

The affirmation comes directly from both the voice of the Lord and the Holy Spirit, who together proclaim the blessedness of those who die in the faith. In Revelation 14:13, the voice from heaven declares, 'Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord,' and the Holy Spirit affirms this with an 'Amen.' The testimony of two witnesses—God the Son and God the Holy Spirit—establishes the truth of this statement. This underscores that the blessing is not merely circumstantial but is a divine assurance rooted in God's covenant promises. Those who die trusting in the Lord experience a profound transition into eternal joy, free from the burdens of earthly existence.

Q: Why is it important for Christians to know the significance of dying in the Lord?

Understanding the significance of dying in the Lord offers hope and assurance of eternal peace for Christians facing death. For Christians, knowing the significance of dying in the Lord provides immense comfort during life's trials and in the face of death. Revelation 14:13 makes it clear that those who die in the Lord are considered blessed, reflecting their eternal rest and the assurance of being in the presence of Christ. This knowledge helps believers to confront their mortality with faith rather than fear; it reaffirms that their earthly endeavors are not in vain but lead to eternal life with God. Such truth encourages a vibrant faith and a longing for fellowship with God in eternity.

Blessed are the dead. Blessed are the dead. Let's read this 13th verse. Now, there are two remarkable
things to notice in the way that these words are given to us.
Blessed are the dead. Two remarkable things to notice. And I heard a voice from heaven
saying unto me, Write, blessed are the dead which die in the
Lord from henceforth. Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their
labors, and their works do follow Now these two remarkable things
that I notice here concerning the way that these words come
to us, first of all, they're two witnesses which declare this
glorious truth, blessed of the dead. First, there's the voice
of the Lord himself. John said, I heard a voice from
heaven say this. I heard a voice from heaven say
this. Well, turn back to verse 1 of chapter 14, and John had
his eyes upon the Lamb, the Lamb on Mount Zion. When this voice
spoke to him, he was looking at the Lamb. Chapter 14, verse
1 said, And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the Mount Zion,
and with Him, with Him, 144,000. Now, I'm convinced that this
is a definite number for an indefinite number. This 144,000, John, according
to the scripture I read to you recently, saw a great multitude
which no man could number. Here he calls them 144,000. But this is a definite number
for an indefinite number, I feel sure. His Father's name written
in their foreheads. These people are children of
God, sons of God. And I heard a voice from heaven
as the voice of many waters and as the voice of a great thunder.
And I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps. And
they sung, as it were, a new song before the throne. Why is
this called a new song? Well, the old song of praise
by the seraphims and cherubims and angels of heaven was a song
of praise to our God. Back before man was created,
back before man fell, there was a song of praise in heaven and
glory to God, wasn't there? The song of the seraphims and
the song of the cherubims and the song of the heavenly host. But it wasn't this song. is a
song of praise and glory, but it wasn't this song. This is
a new song. This is a song of redemption. This is a song of
the blood. This is a song of the Lamb slain,
isn't it? That's why it's called the new
song. It's not new in that it's new today, but it's been new
since Abel sang it. See what I'm saying? This is
a new song. The angels don't know anything
about the redemption of their souls from sin. The cherubims
and seraphims of heaven don't know anything about redemption
from sin. That's our song. That's the new
song. That's what these folks are singing.
These folks around the throne. Here's the Lamb in the midst
of the throne. Here's the Lamb in the midst of Mount Zion, which
is the church. That's the church. That's the
redeemed of all ages, of all tribes, kindred, nations, tongues
under heaven. And they're all marked with the
mark of adoption. And they're all around the throne
with the lamb. And they're all singing this
new song before the throne and before the four beasts and elders.
And no man can learn that song. That's the song of the
redeemed. That song is revealed. A man doesn't learn that song
in school. a lot of things by nature, but
this is by grace. This is revealed. This is taught
of God. No man is going to learn this
song except one way, and that's he learns it from Christ. He
learns it from the Holy Spirit. It's revealed to him. No man
can learn that song but the 144,000, but those redeemed by the Lamb,
but those bought with His blood, but those who regenerated by
His Spirit, but those who are converted by His grace, they've
learned that song, which were redeemed from the earth. That's
the only, and no man can learn that song but the 144,000 which
were redeemed from the earth. Everybody who's redeemed sings
this song. Everybody. Who are they? These are they which are not
defiled with women, they're virgins. You know, it's amazing how folks
take a portion of Scripture and just run wild with it, like the
144,000. Who is it, the Jehovah Witness that has the definite
144,000? They're looking for that particular number to be
made up from their group. And then the Catholic Church
gets this saying, they're not defiled with women, they're virgins,
and so their priests can't marry, their nuns can't marry, and they've
got to abstain from any human relationship of that sort. Here's
your little key for this. Turn to 2 Corinthians 11-2. 2
Corinthians 11-2. This defiling with women is a
spiritual defilement. It's a defilement with the great
horror of Babylon. It's a defilement with spiritual
fornication. It's going after other gods. You see that? So this 144,000, that has never been defiled with
women and their virgins are you sitting right here in this congregation
who are married, happily married, and even who have failed in many
areas in this respect, but you're a virgin in Christ. You're not
defiled with the spiritual fornication and adultery. That's what he's
talking about. Here, listen to 2 Corinthians 11 too. Well, let's read verse 1, 2 Corinthians
11. Paul says, Would to God you could
bear with me a little in my folly. Indeed, bear with me. I'm jealous
over you with godly jealousy. I've espoused you to one husband.
Now, who's he writing to? Men and women, boys and girls,
the Corinthians, these human beings who've been redeemed by
God, chosen by God, saved by the blood. made righteous in
Christ, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ."
There they are. That's those folks over here
we're talking about that are not defiled with women, that
is, they're not defiled with that great whore that's talked
about over here. Turn over to our text again,
Revelation 14, verse 8. Revelation 1480, here's another
clue who these folks are. And they're following another
angel saying Babylon is fallen. It is fallen, that great city.
Many writers believe this is Rome, Catholicism. It's had a
grip on people for 1900 years in all these nations, this great
Babylon. Because she's made all nations
drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. What's that
talking about? Spiritual fornication. Isn't that right, John? That's
what it's talking about here. And when people read here in chapter
14, these first three or four verses, they get this 144,000
definite number. They get them that there's some
peculiar group that's pure and holy and never sinned and never
been defiled and never been married and they're virgins and all kept
themselves aloof and apart and hermited somewhere. There ain't
no such animal. There is no such thing existing
born of, it'd have to be some other creature besides a human.
Because they're all sinners. All of sin comes short of the
glory of God. This is not some strange sect
or group or exclusive club that's picked out somewhere. These are
redeemed people. It tells us who they are here
in verse 3, the last line, which were redeemed from the earth,
which were redeemed from the earth, from every tribe, kindred,
nation, tongue unto heaven. And they have not been defiled
with any spiritual fornication or spiritual adultery or looking
to other gods. They are a chaste virgin in Christ. He's their husband. He's their
song of songs. My beloved is mine and I'm his. Spiritually, righteously, by
faith, I'm joined to Christ. And my affections for him are
not divided. That's what that's talking about.
What are they? These are they that follow the
Lamb. That's who they are. Whithersoever he goeth. These
were redeemed from among men, being the first fruits unto God
and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found
no guile, no hypocrisy. They don't say one thing with
their heart and another with their lips. No, sir. They belong
to Him. There's no guile. That's what
Christ said of Nathanael, behold an Israelite in whom there's
no phoniness, there's no hypocrisy, there's no guile. That's these
people in Christ. Read on. They are without fault
before the throne of God. How in the world can that be?
He presents us without fault. Without fault. Clothed in His
righteousness. See who they are? And that's
who speaks here down in our text. And I heard this voice. I heard
this voice of Him who sat on the throne, Him who reigns, who's
the King of Zion, the Lamb. And He said, blessed are the
dead. That's who says it. Blessed are
the dead. Well, read on. Somebody else
says it. And that voice from heaven said,
Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.
And yea, saith the Spirit, Amen, saith the Holy Spirit, Blessed
are the dead. Not only does my Lord say, Blessed
are the dead, but the Spirit of God says, Blessed are the
dead. Does not the Bible say the testimony of two witnesses
is true? Let every word be established
with the mouth of two witnesses, two or three witnesses. Here
are the two greatest of all witnesses, the Son and the Spirit." And
they said, blessed are the dead. Blessed are the dead. Now, are
any of us afraid to die? Do we tremble at the thought
of dying? Does death appear to us to be
a monster waiting to destroy us? Well, our Lord would allay
our fears. He says, blessed are the dead.
And the Holy Spirit says, that's right. The Holy Spirit says,
Amen. Blessed are the dead. Here are
two sweet, blessed witnesses who declare, blessed are the
dead. Well, here's something else remarkable
about the way these words come to us. They come to us from Him.
Our God says, blessed are the dead. His Holy Spirit says, Amen. Blessed are the dead. But then
our Lord says something else. He says, I heard a voice from
heaven saying to me, write it. Write it. Now what is written,
what is written is more durable than that which is spoken. And
what is written is less liable to be changed or to be corrupted. That which goes from mouth to
ear, from mouth to ear, from mouth to ear, don't tell me what
it'll wind up down the line. We used to play a game. Ever
play that game, sit around in a circle, whisper something in
the ear, go all the way around, come to the end? You'd never
even recognize it. But the Lord said here to John,
write it. Blessed of the day. That's the
reason the Lord wrote the Ten Commandments. Wrote them with
his own finger. Don't trust any man to pass it
along. God wrote it. God wrote it. That's the reason the Lord had
the prophets write the message in the Old Testament. Writers. That's the reason the apostles
wrote the gospel. And that's the reason we could
say if any man speak not according to this word, it's because there's
no light in it. Write it. Write it. That's the reason Job wanted
his words written. He said, don't pass this along.
Don't just hear this. Don't just say this. Don't just
push this along somebody else. Write it. Write it in the book.
Write it on my tombstone with an iron pen in the rock forever. I know my Redeemer is living. Write it. And our God said in
that voice from heaven, don't just hear it, don't just say
it, don't just pass it along, write it. Blessed are the dead. I tell you, that's a golden truth
right there. Blessed are the dead. That's
a golden truth. One man said it's sweeter than
honey. It's more precious than gold,
fine gold. It's the promise of God. Write
it in a book. Write it in your heart. It'll
calm your fears. It'll gladden your heart. It'll
soothe your mind. It'll keep you in time of trouble.
It will give you peace and sickness. It will rob death of its sting
and the grave of its victory. Write it, blessed are the dead. That will never change. Blessed
are the dead. Well, let's consider these words
themselves. Let's see what we can find here,
what our Lord is saying. Blessed are the dead. You know, the world doesn't say
that. You talk like this to most folks
out yonder with whom you work and associate and with whom you're
identified, and they'll think something's wrong with you. The
world doesn't say, blessed are the dead. The Lord says, blessed
are the dead. The world says, blessed are the
living. The world says, It's better to
be a living dog than a dead lion, don't they? Back some years ago when the
communists were more powerful, people said, better red than
dead. Remember? It's not what God says. He said,
better dead. Blessed are the dead. The world,
you see, judges things by outward appearance. as they appear now, in the now
and now. That's the way the world judges
things, the way they look right now, the way they feel right
now. God judges things by what they really are and what they
shall forever be. That's different. The world looks
upon a person in youth and health and beauty and strength and popularity
and success and says, That's the blessing. You know what the
world says? That person is blessed. Yes,
they do. And we've got a whole lot of
that in us. We've got a whole lot of that in us. The world
looks upon a person in youth and health and wealth and popularity
and beauty and success and says, now that person is blessed. But Almighty God himself, and
the Holy Spirit says, Amen. God takes you into a bedroom where some child of God has just
closed his eyes in death, or her eyes, and crossed over Jordan's
River. And the face is pale and the
eyes are closed And the hands are cold, and they're folded
across the chest, and beloved friends are standing about weeping. And the Lord whispers, blessed
are the dead. Blessed are the dead. And the
Holy Spirit says, that's right. Amen. Blessed are the dead. I know. Do you know who knows best? The
world or God? I know who knows best, don't
you? The world says no. God says yes. Blessed are the dead. I know we are happy here in this
church. We're happy to be here, I'm happy to be here, singing
and preaching and fellowshipping together, praying together, rejoicing
in the Lord. But still, it's blessed are the
dead. I care not how good it is here
in this world for the people of God, it's better with Him. That's what I'm saying. It's
better. Somebody said, if his smile is
wonderful, here, if you think this is good, think about his
presence. If you think it's good to be
a stalk of corn in his field, think what it's like being in
his barn. If it's good to have an anchor
within the veil, think how good it is to be there yourself. That's
what I'm talking about. Blessed are the dead. In His
presence is fullness of joy. At His right hand are pleasures
forevermore. John, you believe that, don't
you? David said, I'll be satisfied
when? I'll be satisfied when? I'll be satisfied when? I wait
with his likeness, and not until. Blessed are the dead. But now wait a minute. He says
blessed are the dead which die in the Lord. All the dead aren't blessed.
No, no, you can't say that. Not all the dead are blessed,
only those who die in the Lord. Blessed are the dead who die
in the Lord. Multitudes die every day. I don't
know how many people die every day, but there are thousands
and thousands. We pick up our paper and read
our obituaries, and there are three or four listed in the Ashland
area. That's all a day. But I'm telling you, there are
multitudes who die all over this world every day. There are hundreds
who die every minute. There are many who die every
second. While I've been preaching this message, hundreds, yea,
thousands of people have died. The scripture says, thou cast
them away as with a flood. Someone said life is like a stream,
a river made up of human beings rushing rapidly over the falls
into eternity. A river, hundreds, thousands
every day of human beings just rushing like a river toward eternity
and over the falls. Hundreds every second. Are these
all blessed? No. Oh, no. No, no, no. Blessed are the dead
which die in the Lord. They are the ones who are blessed.
What does this mean, the dead who die in the Lord? Now, try
to help us with that. These things I know. There are
four or five things I know. Number one, they are in the Lord
by covenant mercies. They are in the Lord by covenant
mercies. Their being in the Lord originated
with the Lord. Somebody preached a sermon one
time, On where did the Lord get his people? Well, number one,
he got them from the Father. He said, my Father gave them
to me. All that my Father giveth me will come to me. He got them
from the Lord, from God the Father. Secondly, he bought them. He
purchased them. Thirdly, they were brought to
him. They were sought and found and
called out and brought to him by the Holy Ghost. And they come
to him by faith. And to be in the Lord is to be
in the Lord by covenant mercies. That's what David said on his
deathbed. As he died, he said, although
it be not so with my house, the Lord hath made with me an everlasting
covenant. I'm in the Lord. He put me in
Him. And this is all my salvation,
all my desire. I'm in the Lord by covenant mercies. I'm in the Lord, secondly, by
a divine work. Those who are blessed, who die
in the Lord, are in the Lord by covenant mercies, and they
are in the Lord by a divine work, by divine regeneration. The Scripture
says he was in the world, and the world didn't know him. Well,
if you were in him, you'd know him. So they didn't know him. He came unto his own, and his
own received him not, but as many as received him by faith. To them gave He the privilege
of becoming sons of God in the Lord. See that? They're sons
of God. They're in the family. They're
in the fellowship. They're in the Lord. They're in the body.
To those who received Him, which were born, not of blood, not
of the will of the flesh, not of the will of man, but of God.
So they were chosen, they were begotten, and they were called
by His Spirit. And then they believed. You're
in the Lord by faith. Turn to Ephesians a moment. We're
in the Lord by faith. We're in the Lord by covenant
mercies. We're in the Lord by divine work. And we're in the
Lord by faith. Ephesians 3, verse 17. Ephesians 3, 17. Listen. That
Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith. That you, being rooted
and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the
saints what is the breadth and length and depth and height,
and to know the love of Christ. We are in Christ by faith. Thy
people shall be willing in the day of thy power. Christ in you,
the hope of glory. If any man love not our Lord
Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. We're in Christ, yeah, by covenant
mercies. We're in Christ by divine regeneration
and the new birth. But we're in Christ by faith.
We're in Christ because we want to be in Christ. That's exactly
right. There's those three things, faith,
hope, and love. We believe Him. We trust Him.
We love Him. Whom have He not seen, ye love. And then, these people are in
Christ. Back to my text a minute, let
me read you something here. Verse 13, the text. Look at it. I heard a voice from heaven saying
to me, you write this. Blessed are the dead which die
in the Lord. Now that there, in the Lord speaks
of covenant mercies. In the Lord speaks of divine
regeneration. In the Lord speaks of a willing
faith. But in the Lord speaks of a persevering
faith. They die in the Lord. Blessed
are the dead who once made a profession? No, sir. Blessed are the dead
who ran away and quit? No, sir. Blessed are the dead
who gave a pretty good witness for a while? No, sir. They died
in the Lord. They were in the Lord when they
died. Does it make sense what I'm saying?
You know over there in Hebrews it talked about all these giants
of faith, Abel and Abraham and Moses and Enoch and Noah and
all of these men of faith, and it said when it got through naming
all of them, these all died in faith. Being in faith didn't keep them
from dying, but they died in faith. They died in faith. Blessing
the dead who die believing God. Now, I'm going to stress this
point a little bit here with so many professors of religion. And religion is a popular pastime. It's a popular fad. I read the
other day in the paper, you know, young people today are always
picking up a new fad. You won't believe the latest
one. I read this. If I hadn't read this In the Lexington Herald,
I wouldn't believe it. But you know the latest fad up
in Massachusetts? High school kids, they're now
wearing, on a chain around their neck, a pacifier. A pacifier. And they suck them. Buy your yesterday's paper. Is
that this morning or yesterday? I read it in the dark. She said,
oh no. I said, oh yeah, I'm reading it here. A pacifier. What do they do next? I don't
know, but religion is the same way. It's a fad. It's a fad. It comes and it goes. People
get it, don't know they have it, lose it and don't miss it. And what happens is they lose
interest. You've seen it happen here. It happens everywhere.
It doesn't happen here as much as it does most places because
the message is clearer here. People do know what they believe. But folks are falling along the
way, losing interest in spiritual matters. But the man who is blessed
are the dead who die in the Lord. And this is what encourages me
so much, and I'm not going to name names, but there's some
There's some faces missing here. But I tell you, I looked into
those faces a lot of years. And I watched them all those
years. Not agreement to this message. And I watched them come
and stay and stay and stay. And their interest increased
and never waned. And their growth was in the Word
and in grace. And when God called him, He called
him from right there, right there, right there. That's where He
found him. He found him in the faith. He
found him in Christ. He found him interested. He found
him on the front. Isn't that right? I tell you,
I'd be a little bit fearful. A whole lot fearful. Not a little
bit, a whole lot fearful. If I lost interest in this and
I found my love waning and my interest and my concern and I
was off somewhere, hadn't worshipped the Lord, hadn't been interested
in the Gospel or His people, I wasn't exhorting and encouraging
and praying for His people and meeting with His people, identified
with His people, and death found me, I'd be pretty disturbed. I believe these who die in the
Lord leave here with expectancy and meet Him with joy. I believe
they do. I don't believe they meet Him
embarrassed or ashamed. I believe they meet Him with
joy. I believe when He calls them, they've been listening
for Him. I had a friend out in California,
an apostle named Cunningham. He's long since quit. But anyway,
he made a trip to what they call the Holy Land, and he came back
with a bunch of slides and pictures. One of the dear ladies in his
church there, a friend of mine, knew her real well. She was a
good witness, loved the gospel, and she was dying of cancer.
And the pastor, this pastor went to visit her with this friend
of mine, and you know, when you're with someone that you don't understand
the illness because you're not there, and the pastor somehow
just said, well, would you like to see, would you like me to
come over and bring my slides of the Holy Land and show them
to you? And she said, no, thank you. She said, my bags are packed,
and I'm fixing to depart and be with him. And I'm not much
interested in pictures of that land over there. I'm interested
in the land where I'm going. If you can tell me a little bit
about it," she said, I'd love to hear it. And that's what I'm talking about.
We used to sing the song, Will He Find You Watching and Waiting. It's what Paul said about those
Thessalonians, they're waiting for his son from heaven. These
people died in the faith. Blessed are the dead. who die
in the Lord. And let's read the rest of it
here and let me see if I can find something here. And the
Spirit said that's right, amen, that they may rest from their
labors. That they may rest from their labors. Pastor, what do
you get out of that? Well, there's a difference in
work and labor. We're not going to rest from
work. Work, you know work is a joy. That's right, activity
is pleasure. Idleness is not the solution.
To be active. We're going to serve Him in the
new heaven and new earth. We're going to serve Him. We're
going to serve Him in His temple. Did you know that? God created
Adam, put him in the Garden of Eden. He didn't sit under a tray
of fish. He took care of the garden. God
gave him much to do and it was an enjoyable, enjoyable work. What makes work laborious is
sin. That's right. That's what makes
work laborious. That's what makes it labor. You
have to do it. You have to do what you don't
like to do so much. You have burdens and requirements
and obligations and responsibilities that drive you to do what you
have to do. You have sinful ambitions that
drive you to do what you do. What makes work labor is sin. That old nature, that old man
that's with us, the old man, the body of sin, makes this life
a life of pain and weariness and labor and toil. He's always with us, that old
nature, that old man. When we wake in the morning,
he's there. You know, it ought to be great
to wake in the morning. That ought to be a whistling,
joyful time, to wake in the morning. But boy, you don't speak to some
folks in the morning now. Just brutal. Tread softly, walk
softly in the morning. Why? They're old men. That's
their problem. They don't greet the morning,
Good morning, Lord. They say, Good Lord, it's morning. That's right. That's that old
man. Makes it a labor. Makes it a
chore. That old man, he not only wakes
up with us in the morning, but when we try to walk in holiness,
he holds us back. When we try to praise God, he
fills our minds with thoughts of self. When we would whistle
at our work, he causes us to be unhappy and frustrated. When
we would pray, He distracts us. When we would love, He interferes. What a pulsing, wretched man
that I am who is going to deliver me from this body of death. Blessed
are the dead. They rest from their labor, not
from their work, but from this labor, this toil, this tiresome
weariness. This weight that we carry, this
old nature, this old body of sin, oh, when I get rid of Him,
I'm going to be the happiest fellow in the world, in the new
world, in the new earth, because I'm not going to have that body
of death to hold me down, to turn everything I do into a disappointment,
into a weight, into a labor, into a weariness. That's it. And I'll tell you a little secret.
I know it, but I hadn't always done it. But the more we can
suppress that old nature, the happier we can go about our work
now. That's right. Happier we can go about our work. He's the problem. He's the problem. Well, they're going to rest from
their labors. Labor. Come unto me, all ye that..."
What? Labor. And a heavy laden. One day I'll have so much strength
I can carry a load and not hurt my back. Try it. One day I can walk the streets
of gold and never get weary. One day I can sing and my voice
will never crack. One day. It won't be labor. It
won't be labor. I'm going to rest for my labor.
And everything I do will be a joy. You talk about blessed are the
dead. All right, look, this last line.
And their works do follow them. Their works do not go before
them. Now, the Jews had a saying, the
works go before them to prepare them a place. That's what people
say. Keep sending stuff up there, you know, to build your mansion.
He said their works follow them. I go and my works follow me. They don't go before me to prepare
a place. I don't even take them with me to use them to plead
for admission. They follow me. Their works do
follow them. And they follow us, not for us
to get a reward, but they follow us to bring praise and glory
to Him who enabled us to work. Do what we do. Be what we are. Let men see your
good work, Christ said. Why? That they may glorify your
Father which is in heaven. That's right. If someone paints
a beautiful picture, do you stand and look at the picture and glorify
the picture and praise the picture? No. Without the artist, there
wouldn't be any picture. So you praise the artist. That's
a good picture. You did a good job. And that's
all I am. I'm a picture he painted. And my works do follow me to
bring him glory. Eddie Stevens built some beautiful
buildings. He's a gifted contractor. But
you don't go look at the building and say, boy, that thing sprung
up by itself, you know. No, you say, Ed, you did a good
job. That's a good job. I congratulate you on that building.
See what I'm saying? And that's the way it is. When
one looks at this building, this building of holy stones, living
stones that are built up, The praise and glory is to him who
built it, not to the rocks. And so our works do follow us,
that he may be glorified. Of him are you in Christ Jesus,
who of God is made unto us wisdom, righteousness, sanctification,
and redemption, that according as it is written, he that glorieth,
let him glory in the Lord. Blessed are the dead. blessed are the dead who die
in the Lord. From henceforth, they rest from
their labors, and their works do follow them.

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What does the Bible say about the dead in the Lord?

How do we know that those who die in the Lord are blessed?

Why is it important for Christians to know the significance of dying in the Lord?

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