“Never See Death” (Part 1 of 3)
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
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🗓️ 22 May 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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For most, death is our greatest fear. Examine its inevitability and hear a message of hope as we consider Jesus’ bold proclamation: “Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.” That’s on Truth For Life with Alistair Begg.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm going to be. |
| 0:03.0 | . What's your greatest fear? |
| 0:28.9 | Ultimately, for many of us, it's death. |
| 0:31.5 | But today on Truth for Life, |
| 0:33.1 | Alistur Begg examines the reality of death |
| 0:35.6 | and shares a message of hope for believers. We're looking |
| 0:39.7 | at a bold proclamation from Jesus that encourages some, but provokes others. |
| 0:51.8 | Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death. |
| 1:02.2 | I wonder, was there ever a promise more bold than that? |
| 1:08.3 | Was there ever a claim quite as extravagant as this? |
| 1:13.6 | There, in the temple context, in the company of these individuals, Jesus says, I'm telling you the truth. |
| 1:22.6 | Now, in many ways, what he says here in chapter 8 is another way of saying what we already |
| 1:30.6 | saw back in chapter 6. |
| 1:32.3 | You needn't turn to it, but in the 47th verse of chapter 6, Jesus says, truly, truly, |
| 1:37.5 | I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. |
| 1:43.2 | So it's the same. To have eternal life is not to see death. And I find myself, |
| 1:49.4 | as I've been working on the text this week, trying to stand back far enough from it so as not to |
| 1:55.7 | miss the big picture, if you like. To remind myself of what I'm trying to remind us all about, namely that |
| 2:02.8 | the express purpose of John in writing his gospel is given to us in the 31st verse of 20, |
| 2:10.0 | where he acknowledges that there were many more signs that Jesus performed, many more things |
| 2:15.5 | that Jesus said than are actually contained in his gospel. |
| 2:19.7 | But then he goes on to say, these are written purposefully so that you may believe that Jesus |
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