DEATH: LIFE’S SEQUEL (6 OF 6)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Genesis 48, Genesis 49
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Death: Life’s Sequel (6 of 6)
Series: My Crazy Family
Scott Maze
Genesis 48-49
How does your family handle death? More importantly, do you remember when you first realized you were going to die? Today, I want to speak to you on this subject - Death: Life's Sequel.
As I speak to you this morning, hundreds of millions of my cells will die. Over the course of this day, approximately 2,000 of my brain cells will die and never return. My dying has already begun. News media has featured the recent unusual death of North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un's older brother by a VX nerve agent. I paused to see Norma McCorvey's death this past week in Katy, TX. If you don't recognize the name, you may know her as Jane Roe. The woman behind the infamous Roe vs. Wade case that legalized abortion, became an ardent pro-life proponent in her later years. Yet, it is none of these deaths that we turn to in order to learn something about living. Instead, we turn to the biblical Jacob of Genesis.
Today, we come to the seventh and last scene in Jacob's life - his death. Jacob is around 147 years old and is nearing his end. He almost died when he learned that Joseph, his most loved son, was alive when Jacob thought he had been killed for many years. Now, there is slow death and sudden death. While neither is what you want, we witness some of the advantages to a ''slow death'' in Jacob's life. Joseph had the advantage of seeing his death coming - it was a slow death. Sudden death is rare in our day with Americans living much longer than we did about 100 years ago. In fact, Jacob's death is so slow, he has not one but two ''deathbed'' scenes - one before his son, Joseph in Genesis 48, and the second before all his sons in Genesis 49. Knowing he's near the end, he has able to communicate some important items to his loved ones. One more time, let's learn from Jacob.
1. Commit to Face Death Practically
1.1 The Problems of Masking Death
There's at least three ways we ...
Series: My Crazy Family
Scott Maze
Genesis 48-49
How does your family handle death? More importantly, do you remember when you first realized you were going to die? Today, I want to speak to you on this subject - Death: Life's Sequel.
As I speak to you this morning, hundreds of millions of my cells will die. Over the course of this day, approximately 2,000 of my brain cells will die and never return. My dying has already begun. News media has featured the recent unusual death of North Korean dictator, Kim Jong-un's older brother by a VX nerve agent. I paused to see Norma McCorvey's death this past week in Katy, TX. If you don't recognize the name, you may know her as Jane Roe. The woman behind the infamous Roe vs. Wade case that legalized abortion, became an ardent pro-life proponent in her later years. Yet, it is none of these deaths that we turn to in order to learn something about living. Instead, we turn to the biblical Jacob of Genesis.
Today, we come to the seventh and last scene in Jacob's life - his death. Jacob is around 147 years old and is nearing his end. He almost died when he learned that Joseph, his most loved son, was alive when Jacob thought he had been killed for many years. Now, there is slow death and sudden death. While neither is what you want, we witness some of the advantages to a ''slow death'' in Jacob's life. Joseph had the advantage of seeing his death coming - it was a slow death. Sudden death is rare in our day with Americans living much longer than we did about 100 years ago. In fact, Jacob's death is so slow, he has not one but two ''deathbed'' scenes - one before his son, Joseph in Genesis 48, and the second before all his sons in Genesis 49. Knowing he's near the end, he has able to communicate some important items to his loved ones. One more time, let's learn from Jacob.
1. Commit to Face Death Practically
1.1 The Problems of Masking Death
There's at least three ways we ...
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