Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.Most certainly I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God’s voice; and those who hear will live.Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live.
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… Very truly, I tell you, a time is coming and now has come when the dead will hear the voice of the son of God and those who hear will live. For this is the gift. For as the father has life in himself, he possesses it. So he has granted the son also to have life in himself. their being is not based on anything or anyone. my being and your being is all based on someone else. His is not, he is, he exists. And he can give that life. He's the way, the truth and the life quickly. No one, if we're going word by word, phrase by phrase, I dug around a little bit in the Greek and what no one meant, you know what it means? no one. I know. Aren't you glad you came? You're welcome. No one comes, has access to, has a relationship with the Father. I don't want us to just think about heaven as a place we get when we die. …
… Listen to what it says. Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself. And He gave Him authority to execute judgment because He is the Son of Man. Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs will hear hear His voice, all, and will come forth, those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment." Mark it. Everybody is going to be raised from the dead. Everybody. Everybody who's ever lived and died. And the Lord will have no problem sorting out that individual from the completely disintegrated and dissolved parts to bring back to life that same person in an eternal form. …
… not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. And most assuredly I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. For as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself, and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man. Let me stop at that point, because given that this is Communion Sunday, I'm going to be hard-pressed to cover even this number of verses in our meditation today. But what we have heard, I pray that you have ears to hear. Let us pray. Father, now as we turn our attention to this text that is indeed astounding in its content, we pray that You would give us real understanding of it, that we may be moved to the proper response to Christ and to the Father that it demands. For we ask these things in the name of Jesus. Amen. …