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What Happens to Your Identity When You Die?: full transcript and answers
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A short clip: everyone will stand before Christ’s judgment seat. Earthly identities pass away in the resurrection change; righteousness and how we treated our temple will matter.
What happens to earthly identity at death?
Short answer: We all appear before Christ’s judgment seat; in the resurrection there is no marriage, and what we called our identity will be gone—we shall all be changed.
▶ 0:00 In second Corinthians 5:9 therefore we make it our aim whether present or absent to be well pleasing to him for we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ. It is appointed unto man once to die and then the judgment. Matthew 22 verse 30 Jesus said in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage but are like angels of God in heaven so there’s not going to be any sex in heaven so all this stuff that we’re clinging on to all this stuff on earth that we care so much about and we say oh this is this defines this is my identity it’s not your identity it’s going to be white it’s going to be gone. First Corinthians 15:51 we shall all be changed in a twinkling of an eye like that and everything that you held on to all this stuff that is considered sin by God that you held on to will be gone.
Scripture in this part
2 Corinthians 5:9-10 (NKJV)
Therefore we make it our aim, whether present or absent, to be well pleasing to Him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
— 2 Corinthians 5:9-10 (NKJV)▶ Hear it at 0:00 (quoted; reference not named in the message)Hebrews 9:27 (NKJV)
And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,
— Hebrews 9:27 (NKJV)▶ Hear it at 0:00Matthew 22:30 (NKJV)
For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels of God in heaven.
— Matthew 22:30 (NKJV)▶ Hear it at 0:00 (quoted; reference not named in the message)1 Corinthians 15:51 (NKJV)
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed—
— 1 Corinthians 15:51 (NKJV)▶ Hear it at 0:00 (quoted; reference not named in the message)What will matter before God?
Short answer: Righteousness and how you handled your temple; you stand alone and God holds us accountable.
▶ 1:06 For the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible and we again shall be changed start focusing on everything about this world start focusing on heavenly things when you stand before God what’s going to matter righteousness is going to matter. What’s going to matter how did you handle your temple when you were here on earth that’s what’s going to matter. second Corinthians 5:9. That each one may receive the things done in the body according whether to what he has done good or bad it says each one. And so when you’re standing there before God you’re not going to be able to call your psychiatrist you’re not going to be able to call your friends you’re not going to be able to call your parents your children your family you’re going to stand there just you and God you’re not going to be able to get high on drugs or some kind of alcohol it’s not available. God is going to hold us accountable for our sin and we’ve got to persuade ourselves and persuade men to follow God wholeheartedly.
Scripture in this part
1 Corinthians 15:52 (NKJV)
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
— 1 Corinthians 15:52 (NKJV)▶ Hear it at 1:062 Corinthians 5:10 (NKJV)
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.
— 2 Corinthians 5:10 (NKJV)▶ Hear it at 1:06 (quoted; reference not named in the message)More questions this message answers
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This transcript comes from YouTube’s automatic English captions, which supply the timing and the words. Punctuation, capitalization and paragraphing were added from the speaker’s pauses and then corrected by hand, and obvious caption errors (names, Bible references) were fixed; his wording was not rewritten. “[unclear]” marks a word or name that was not clear. Editor notes: Spoken “Matthew 22 verse 29” corrected to 22:30. Select any time to jump to that moment on YouTube.