1. Isa. 40:6-8 - 6The oi e said, C y out! A d he said,
What shall I y? All flesh is grass, and all its
loveliness is like the flower of the field. 7The grass
withers, the flower fades, because the breath of
the LORD blows upon it; Surely the people are grass.
8The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word
of ou God sta ds fo e e .
2. Job 14:14
As the Life of a Flower:
A study of death
If a man dies, shall he live again?
4. • The brevity of life
As the Life of a Flower
As the life of a flower, as a breath or a sigh,
So the years that we live as a dream hasten by;
True, today we are here, but tomorrow may see
Just a grave in the vale, and a memory of me.
5. Psa. 90:10 - 10The days of our lives are seventy
years; And if by reason of strength they are eighty
years, yet their boast is only labor and sorrow; For
it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Jas. 4:13-14 - 13Co e o , you ho say, Today o
tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend
a yea the e, uy a d sell, a d ake a p ofit ;
14whereas 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.
6. • The brevity of life
– Prov. 27:1
– Luke 12:13-21
As the Life of a Flower
20But God said to hi , Fool! This
night your soul will be required
of you; then whose will those
things be which you have
p o ided?
7. • The brevity of life
• What is death?
– A separation (Jas. 2:26)
As the Life of a Flower
8. John 19:30 - 30So when Jesus had received the sour
i e, He said, It is fi ished! A d o i g His
head, He gave up His spirit.
Eccl. 12:7 - 7Then the dust will return to the earth
as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave
it.
9. • The brevity of life
• What is death?
As the Life of a Flower
10. • The brevity of life
• What is death?
• The origin of death
– Gen. 3:17-19
– Heb. 9:27
• Exceptions:
–Enoch (Gen. 5:24)
–Elijah (2 Kings 2:11)
As the Life of a Flower
11. • The brevity of life
• What is death?
• The origin of death
• Spiritual death?
– 1 Tim. 5:6 - 6But she who
lives in pleasure is dead
while she lives.
As the Life of a Flower
12. Isa. 59:1-2 - 1Behold, the LORD s ha d is ot
shortened, that it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy,
that it cannot hear. 2But your iniquities have
separated you from your God; And your sins have
hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear.
Rom. 6:23 - 23For the wages of sin is death…
13. • The brevity of life
• What is death?
• The origin of death
• Spiritual death?
As the Life of a Flower
14. • The brevity of life
• What is death?
• The origin of death
• Spiritual death?
• Victory over death
– Rom. 6:23 - 23…the gift of
God is eternal life in Christ
Jesus our Lord.
– Eph. 2:1-7
As the Life of a Flower
15. 2 Cor. 5:21 - 21For He made Him who knew no sin
to be sin for us, that we might become the
righteousness of God in Him.
1 Cor. 15:20-22 - 20But now Christ is risen from the
dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who
have fallen asleep. 21For since by man came death,
by Man also came the resurrection of the dead.
22For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall
be made alive.
16. Col. 2:11-13 - 11In Him you were also circumcised
with the circumcision made without hands, by
putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the
circumcision of Christ, 12buried with Him in
baptism, in which you also were raised with Him
through faith in the working of God, who raised
Him from the dead. 13And you, being dead in your
trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He
has made alive together with Him, having forgiven
you all t espasses…
17. • The brevity of life
• What is death?
• The origin of death
• Spiritual death?
• Victory over death
As the Life of a Flower
18. • The brevity of life
• What is death?
• The origin of death
• Spiritual death?
• Victory over death
• We must die to live
– Rom. 6:1-11
– Col. 3:1-11
As the Life of a Flower
19. • The brevity of life
• What is death?
• The origin of death
• Spiritual death?
• Victory over death
• We must die to live
– Rom. 6:1-11
– Col. 3:1-11
As the Life of a Flower
As the life of a flower, be our lives pure and sweet,
May we brighten the way for the friends that we greet;
And sweet incense arise from our hearts, as we live
Close to Him who doth teach us to love and forgive.
20. Gal. 2:20 - 20I have been crucified with Christ; it is
no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the
life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the
Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for
me.
21. • The brevity of life
• What is death?
• The origin of death
• Spiritual death?
• Victory over death
As the Life of a Flower
22. • The brevity of life
• What is death?
• The origin of death
• Spiritual death?
• Victory over death
• Three paths
As the Life of a Flower
23. Deut. 1:39 - 39Moreover your little ones and your
children, who you say will be victims, who today
have no knowledge of good and evil, they shall go
in there; to them I will give it, and they shall
possess it.
Eternal Life
Innocence
24. 2 Sam. 12:22-23 - 22A d he said, While the hild
as ali e, I fasted a d ept; fo I said, Who a
tell whether the LORD will be gracious to me, that
the hild ay li e? 23But now he is dead; why
should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go
to hi , ut he shall ot etu to e.
Eternal Life
Innocence
25. SIN
(Rom. 3:23)
Eternal Death
2 Thess. 1:8 - 8…i fla i g fi e taki g e gea e o
those who do not know God, and on those who do
not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Guilt
26. SIN
(Rom. 3:23)
Eternal Death
Rev. 21:8 - 8But the cowardly, unbelieving,
abominable, murderers, sexually immoral,
sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their
part in the lake which burns with fire and
brimstone, which is the second death.
Guilt
27. SIN
(Rom. 3:23)
Gal. 6:14 - 14But God forbid that I should boast
except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by
whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to
the world.
Forgiveness
28. SIN
(Rom. 3:23)
Eternal Life
1 John 5:11 - 11And this is the testimony: that God
has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
Forgiveness
29. SIN
(Rom. 3:23)
Eternal Life
Rev. 2:11 - 11 He ho has a ea , let hi hea hat
the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes
shall ot e hu t y the se o d death.
Forgiveness
30. SIN
(Rom. 3:23)
Eternal Life
John 12:25 - 25He who loves his life will lose it, and
he who hates his life in this world will keep it for
eternal life.
Forgiveness
31. • The brevity of life
• What is death?
• The origin of death
• Spiritual death?
• Victory over death
• We must die to live
• Three paths
As the Life of a Flower
32. • The brevity of life
• What is death?
• The origin of death
• Spiritual death?
• Victory over death
• We must die to live
• Three paths
• Are you ready?
As the Life of a Flower
33. Psa. 90:12 - 12So teach us to number our days, that
we may gain a heart of wisdom.
Phil. 1:21 - 21For to me, to live is Christ, and to die
is gain.
2 Cor. 5:8 - 8We are confident, yes, well pleased
rather to be absent from the body and to be
present with the Lord.
Rev. 22:20 - 20He who testifies to these things says,
“u ely I a o i g ui kly. A e . E e so, o e,
Lord Jesus!
34. • The brevity of life
• What is death?
• The origin of death
• Spiritual death?
• Victory over death
• We must die to live
• Three paths
• Are you ready?
– 1 Cor. 15:50-58
As the Life of a Flower
35. • The brevity of life
• What is death?
• The origin of death
• Spiritual death?
• Victory over death
• We must die to live
• Three paths
• Are you ready?
– 1 Cor. 15:50-58
As the Life of a Flower
While we tarry below let us trust and adore
Him who leads us each day toward the radiant shore
Where the sun never sets, and the flowers never fade,
Where no sorrow or death may its borders invade.
