THE STATE OF THE DEAD

“Man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?” Job 14:10.BSA 38.2

I. They are not with Christ in Heaven.- “No man hath ascended up to heaven.” John 3:13; 7:33, 34; 8:21; 13:33; Acts 2:34; Proverbs 30:4. Neither are they in hell fire - If so, what need of a judgment? Job 21:30; 2 Peter 2:9.BSA 38.3

II. They are in the Grave. - “The hour is coming in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice.” John 5:28, 29; Genesis 3:19; Job 3:11-19; 7:21; 10:18-22; 14:10-14; 17:13-16; Psalm 88:10-12; Ecclesiastes 3:20; 9:10; Ezekiel 37:12, 13; Daniel 12:2; Acts 2:29.BSA 38.4

III. They Sleep. - “David after he had served his own generation by the will of God fell on sleep.” Acts 13:36; Deuteronomy 31:16; 2 Samuel 7:12; 1 Kings 2:10; 1:21; 2 Kings 20:21; 2 Chronicles 26:23; Job 3:13; 7:21; 14:12; Psalm 76:5; Matthew 27:52; Acts 7:60; 1 Corinthians 15:6, 18, 20, 51; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-15; 5:10.BSA 38.5

I. They praise not the Lord, and exercise no power of mind. -“In death there is no remembrance of thee; in the grave who shall give thee thanks?” Psalm 6:5; Job 14:20, 21; Psalm 88:10-12; 115:17; 146:4; Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6, 10; Isaiah 38:18, 19; 63:16.BSA 39.1