After Death, What?

Subject: After Death, What?

Scripture Reading: 1 Thessalonians 4: 13 - 18

Memory Verse: 1 Thessalonians 4: 16

Objective: To emphasize the importance of living righteously to avoid the doom that follows death.

1. What does the Bible say death is? 1 Thessalonians 4: 13 - 14

Note: When one is asleep, one is completely unaware of their surroundings; time passes unnoticed, and mental activity ceases during this state.

2. Where do the dead sleep? Daniel 12: 2; And for how long will they continue to sleep there? Job 14: 12

3. What does Job say he will wait for? Job 14: 14; And where will he wait for this? Job 17: 13

4. While in this condition, what does he know of those he has left behind? Job 14: 21

5. What is said about the thoughts of those who are dead? Psalm 146: 4, Ecclesiastes 9: 5 - 6

6. Are the dead able to praise God? Psalm 115: 17

7. Is there any remembrance of God while in the hands of the enemy, death? Psalm 6: 5