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There Is a Step Between Death and Me
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There Is a Step Between Death and Me

• Out of fear for his life, David fled from the
  wicked King Saul to his dearest friend, Jonathan
  (1 Samuel 201).
• Jonathan, certain that David was mistaken about
  his fathers intentions, sought to calm Davids
  anxieties (1 Samuel 203).

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There Is a Step Between Death and Me

• The words of this text are Davids response to
  Jonathan, expressing his very real sense of the
  nearness of death.
• What he realized at that moment was indeed always
  truethere has always been a step between us and
  death.

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There Is a Step Between Death and Me
What man can live and not see death? Can he
deliver his life from the power of the grave?
(Psalm 8948) For I know that thou wilt
bring me to death, and to the house appointed for
all living. (Job 2023) And as it is
appointed unto men once to die (Hebrews 927)
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There Is a Step Between Death and Me
Death Is a Short Step!!
James 413,14
Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will
go to such and such a city, spend a year there,
buy and sell, and make a profit whereas you do
not know what will happen tomorrow. For what is
your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a
little time and then vanishes away.
Lack of knowledge Lack of control Life is
fragile -
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There Is a Step Between Death and Me
Death Is a Short Step!!

• It may be today, next week, next year, or many
  years from now! Our lives can end in an instant!!
• An accident
• Natural disaster
• Terrorist attack
• Heart attack
• Cancer
• Stroke
• Aneurysm

Psalm 394 "Lord, make me to know my end,
and what is the measure of my days, that I may
know how frail I am.
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There Is a Step Between Death and Me
Death Is a Short Step!!

• It may be today, next week, next year, or many
  years from now! Our lives can end in an instant!!
• An infectious disease (a micro-organism)
• Bird Flu
• Aids
• Plane crash
• Some new disease

Psalm 9012 "So teach us to number our days,
That we may gain a heart of wisdom..
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There Is a Step Between Death and Me
Death Is a Parting Step
1. We are separated from friends and family.
(2 Samuel 1223) 2. We are separated from
our earthly possessions - (1 Timothy
67). 3. We are separated from our body and
spirit - (Gen 319 Eccles. 126-7 James 226).
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There Is a Step Between Death and Me
Death Is a Destiny-Sealing Step!!
1. Our eternal destiny depends on what we DO
before death. (Hebrews 927 John 528-29
2 Corinthians 510) 2. Have I OBEYED the
words of Jesus??? (John 1248 Romans 216 2
Thessalonians 17-9) 3. Blessed are they who die
in the Lord. (Revelation 1413 Ephesians 13
Romans 33-6 Galatians 326,27)
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There Is a Step Between Death and Me
Death Is a Solemn Step!!!
1. While the Bible says a great deal about
death, it is still a great unknown. 2. The very
thought of stepping into a brilliant eternity in
the presence of Christ, or being cast down into
sorrowful suffering with the wicked of all ages
ought to give us pause. (Eccles 72 Psalms
9012).
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• Death Is an Inevitable Step (With But One
  Exception)
• Death Is a Short Step
• Death Is a Parting Step
• Death Is a Destiny- Sealing Step
• Death Is a Solemn Step

There Is a Step Between Death and Me
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Are You Ready To Face the Judgment??