What Happens When We Die? | Sunday Message With Max Lucado

What happens when we die? It’s a question as old as time—and the answer’s right in the Bible. And today, pastor and author Max Lucado addresses this spiritual question and helps ease any fears we have relating to the afterlife.

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What happens when we die?

“In slavery by their fear of death.”
Hebrews 2:15 NIV

“We want you to be quite certain, brothers, about those who have died, to make sure that you do not grieve about them, like the other people who have no hope.”
1 Thessalonians 4:13 TJB

Where do we go when we die?

“Remember me when You come into Your Kingdom.”
Luke 23:42 NCV

“I tell you the truth, today, you will be with Me in paradise.”
Luke 23:43 NCV

“I was caught up to the third heaven fourteen years ago. Whether I was in my body or out of my body, I don’t know—only God knows. Yes, only God knows whether I was in my body or outside my body. But I do know that I was caught up to paradise and heard things so astounding that they cannot be expressed in words, things no human is allowed to tell.”
2 Corinthians 12:2–4 NLT

“I tell you the truth, today, you will be with Me in paradise.”
Luke 23:43 NCV

“We … would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.”
2 Corinthians 5:8 NIV

“…Heaven open and the Son of Man standing at God’s right side.”
Acts 7:56 NCV

“Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
Acts 7:59 NCV

“Thousands upon thousands of angels in joyful assembly [being joined by] the spirits of the righteous made perfect.”
Hebrews 12:22–23 NIV

“Carried by the angels to Abraham’s bosom.”
Luke 16:22 NKJV

“Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgements and how inscrutable His ways!”
Romans 11:33 ESV

“When Christ appears, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.”
1 John 3:2 NIV

“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.”
Hebrews 12:1 NLT

“Since we are surrounded … let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.”
Hebrews 12:1 NLT

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