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Genesis chapter 5 verse 5 thus all the days that Adam lived were 930 years and he died. Now the reason I read this particular verse I want to lead us to

pray according to it is because this verse is not the way it was supposed to be.

A God created Adam and Eve to experience life forever with him. And here we see the words. Genesis chapter 5, verse 5.

Adam lived this many years and then he died and that's the refrain that goes throughout the rest of

this chapter. In to verse 8 and he died. In to verse 11 and he died. In to verse 11 and he died.

In to verse 12 and he died.

In to verse 17 and he died.

It's just name after name after name of people who died. Why? Because of sin and its effects in the world.

I think about the pandemic that we have watched unfold over the last year and the hundreds

of thousands of people around the world who have died. I don't know the exact number. I guess only God

really knows the exact number of people who have died as a result of this pandemic. This is not the way it was supposed to be.

I think about a funeral I did recently for a precious two-year-old little boy. This is not the way it's supposed to be.

And I think about in my life, people I love who've died I'm guessing you've experienced the

same in your life it's not the way it's supposed to be the beauty of the

gospel is that through Jesus because of God's love for us the end of

the story is not and he died and he died and he died period period period no he died and died period period no he died and he lives

John 1125 I am the resurrection and the life that Jesus said he who believes and me shall never die even though he dies he will live

Jesus we praise you for eternal life you got to we praise you that death is not the end for all who trust in you.

He ought to re praise you that we don't have to fear death, that we can say with Paul and

Philippians chapter one to live as Christ and to die is gain that you have

taken God the worst thing that can happen to us death and you've actually turned it

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