Public bible presentation given in London, Ontario and Hye, Texas

1. Public Bible Presentation
Man’s Nature
& Destiny

2. Man’s Nature & Destiny
• Welcome
• Topic Intro
• Why Does It Matter?
• Rundown / Overview
• Summary
• Conclusion

3. Man’s Nature & Destiny
• The Popular Belief
• The True Belief
• Preliminary Considerations
• Mortality and Sin Nature
• Redemption
• Futurity of Salvation
• Salvation Conditional

4. The Popular Belief
• God created a body out of dust
• God created an immortal soul
• God called the immortal soul, ‘man’
• God put the immortal soul inside the body
• When the body dies, the soul stays alive
• The bodiless soul goes to heaven or hell
• ‘Life’ means heaven, ‘death’ means hell

5. The Popular Belief
• Say you accept Jesus in your heart
• Have a good feeling, “experience”
• Attend a Church (occasionally?), Pay the Church
• You are now “saved” from hell torments
• You are now a “christian” - you belong to Christ
• You now have eternal ‘life’ inside you
• When your body dies, your immortal soul will
go ‘home’ to heaven to be with Christ

6. The True Belief
• God created a body out of dust and breathed air
(spirit) into its lungs. The result was a living
creature (soul), called ‘man.’
• Life means life. We know by experience what it
means to be alive. Death means the end of life.
• Death ends all conscious thoughts, emotions,
memories, ambitions, etc. There is no ‘existence’
(i.e. no LIFE) in the state of death.
• There is no such thing as an immortal soul.

7. The True Belief
• Salvation comes by faithfully living a life of
patient and humble OBEDIENCE to the
commands of God and Christ.
• Immortality is a FUTURE gift to be given by
Christ at the time of resurrection and judgment,
ie. his return to earth.
• Eternal life is an INHERITANCE for baptized
believers who endure trial in the hope of
entering the KINGDOM of God.

8. Preliminary Considerations
• “In the sweat of thy face shalt
thou eat bread, till thou return
unto the ground, for out of it was
thou taken: for dust thou art, and
unto dust shalt thou return”
(Genesis 3:19)

9. Preliminary Considerations
“Nephesh”
• Life 117 times
• Person 29 times
• Creature 9 times
• Body 8 times
• Himself 8 times,
Yourselves 6 times
• Dead 5 times
• Man 3 times
• number of other natural
terms such as “beast”
• Life - Genesis 9:4 “But flesh with the life
thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye
not eat.”
• Person - Proverbs 28:17 “A man that doeth
violence to the blood of any person shall flee
to the pit; let no man stay him.”
• Creature - Genesis 1:21 “And God created
great whales, and every living creature that
moveth, which the waters brought forth
abundantly, after their kind, and every
winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that
it was good.
• Body - Leviticus 21:11 “Neither shall he go
in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his
father, or for his mother;”
• Mortally - Deuteronomy 19:11 “But if any
man hate his neighbour, and lie in wait for
him, and rise up against him, and smite him
mortally [nephesh] that he die, and fleeth
into one of these cities:

10. Preliminary Considerations
“Psuche”
• Soul 58 times
• Life 40 times
• Mind 3 times
• Heart once
• Heartily once
Soul Succeptible to Death
• Exodus 31:14
• Psalm 7:2
• Psalm 22:29
• Psalm 30:3
• Psalm 33:19
• Psalm 35:17
• Psalm 56:13
• Psalm 78:50
• Psalm 89:48
• Psalm 116:8
• Isaiah 53:12
• Ezekiel 18:4, 20
• Mark 14:34
• James 5:20
• Revelation 16:3

11. Preliminary Considerations
• “Now unto the King
eternal, immortal,
invisible, the only wise
God, be honour and
glory forever”
1 Timothy 1:17
• “Which in his times he
shall show, who is the
blessed and only
Potentate, the King of
kings, and Lord of
lords; Who only hath
immortality, dwelling
in the light which no
man can approach
unto…etc”
1 Timothy 1:17

12. Preliminary Considerations
Biblical Times
• Egyptians
• Canaanites
• Assyrians
• Babylonians
(Chaldeans, Sumerians)
• Persians
• Greeks
• Romans
Modern Times
• Hindus
• Muslims
• Buddhists
• Taoists
• Animists
• Celtic (Druid?)
• Mystics/Wiccans
• Native Indians

13. Preliminary Considerations
Be Not Like The Nations
• Leviticus 18:3
• Leviticus 20:23-26
• Isaiah 52:11
• 1 Corinthians 10:21
• Revelation 18:4
• …and many more!
• “Learn not the way
of the heathen…
For the customs of
the people are vain”
Jeremiah 10:2-3

14. Mortality and Sin Nature
• For the living know that
they shall die: but the dead
know not any thing, neither
have they any more a
reward; for the memory of
them is forgotten. Also
their love, and their hatred,
and their envy, is now
perished; neither have they
any more a portion for ever
in any thing that is done
under the sun.”
Ecclesiastes 9:1-6
[5-6 qtd]
• “Whatsoever thy hand
findeth to do, do it with
thy might; for there is no
work, nor device, nor
knowledge, nor wisdom,
in the grave, whither thou
goest.”
Ecclesiastes 9:10

15. Mortality and Sin Nature
• “His breath goeth forth,
he returneth to his earth;
in that very day his
thoughts perish.”
Psalm 146:4
• “For in death there is no
remembrance of thee;
In the grave who shall
give thee thanks?”
Psalm 6:5
• “The dead praise not the
Lord, Neither any that
go down into silence.”
Psalm 115:17

16. Mortality and Sin Nature
• “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into
the world, and death by sin; and so death
passed upon all men, for that all have
sinned: (For until the law sin was in the
world: but sin is not imputed when there is
no law. Nevertheless death reigned from
Adam to Moses, even over them that had
not sinned after the similitude of Adam's
transgression, who is the figure of him that
was to come.” (Romans 5:12-14)

17. Mortality and Sin Nature
• “The heart is deceitful
above all things, and
desperately wicked: who
can know it?”
Jeremiah 17:9
• “For I know that in me
(that is in my flesh)
dwelleth no good thing:
for to will is present with
me: but how to perform
that which is good I find
not… the evil which I
would not, that I do.
Romans 7:18-19
• “For from within, out of
the heart of men, proceed
evil thoughts, adulteries,
fornications, murders,
Thefts, covetousness,
wickedness, deceit,
lasciviousness, an evil
eye, blasphemy, pride,
foolishness: All these evil
things come from within,
and defile the man.”
Mark 7:21-23

18. Mortality and Sin Nature
• “For that which
befalleth the sons of
men befalleth beasts;
even one thing befalleth
them: as the one dieth,
so dieth the other; yea,
they have all one breath;
so that a man hath no
preeminence above a
beast: for all is vanity”
Ecclesiastes 3:19
• “Man that is in honour
and understandeth not is
like the beasts that
perish”
Psalm 49:20
• “Man that wandereth
out of the way of
understanding shall
remain in the
congregation of the
dead”
Proverbs 21:16

19. Redemption
What did Shakespeare
teach?
“To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to
dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death
what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off
this mortal coil,
Must give us pause”
(Hamlet, III:1:72-76)
What does the Bible teach?
“For this corruptible must put
on incorruption, and this
mortal must put on
immortality. So when this
corruptible shall have put
on incorruption, and this
mortal shall have put on
immortality, then shall be
brought to pass the saying
that is written, Death is
swallowed up in victory.”
(1 Corinthians 15:53,54)

20. Redemption
• “But God will redeem
my soul from the power
of the grave: for he shall
receive me”
Psalm 49:15
• “O wretched man that I
am! Who shall deliver
me from the body of this
death? I thank God
through Jesus Christ our
Lord.”
Romans 7:24-25
• “For I know that my
redeemer liveth, and
that he shall stand at
the latter day upon the
earth: And though after
my skin worms destroy
this body, yet in my
flesh I shall see God”
Job 19:25-26

21. Redemption
• “The meek shall
inherit the earth”
Psalm 37,
[qtd Matt 5:5]
• “Thy Kingdom
come, Thy will be
done in earth…
etc”
Matt 6:10
• “Glory to God in
the Highest and on
earth… peace…
etc…”
Luke 2:13

22. Redemption
• “And many of them
that sleep in the dust
of the earth shall
awake, some to
everlasting life, and
some to shame and
everlasting contempt”
Daniel 12:2
• “There shall be a
resurrection of the dead,
both of the just and the
unjust”
Luke 2:13
• And thou shalt be blessed;
for they cannot recompense
thee: for thou shalt be
recompensed at the
resurrection of the just”
Luke 14:14

23. Redemption
• “When the Son of man shall come in his
glory, and all the holy angels with him, then
he shall sit upon the throne of his glory”…
“…and these [the wicked] shall go away
into everlasting punishment: but the
righteous into life eternal”
(Matthew 25:31-46)

24. Redemption
• “I charge thee therefore
before God, and the
Lord Jesus Christ, who
shall judge the quick
and the dead at his
appearing and his
kingdom…etc…”
2 Timothy 4:1
• “We shall all stand
before the judgment seat
of Christ”
Romans 14:10
• “For we must all appear
before the judgment seat
of Christ; that every one
may receive the things
done in his body,
according to that he hath
done, whether it be good
or bad.”
2 Corinthians 5:10

25. The Futurity of Salvation and
Eternal Life
• “And that, knowing the
time, that now it is high
time to awake out of
sleep: for now is our
salvation nearer than when
we first believed”
Romans 13:11
• “That ye be not slothful,
but followers of them who
through faith and patience
inherit the promises”
Hebrews 6:12
• “Are they [angels] not all
ministering spirits, sent
forth to minister for them
[believers] who shall be
heirs of salvation?”
Hebrews 1:14

26. The Futurity of Salvation and
Eternal Life
• “For we are made
partakers of Christ, if
we hold the beginning
of our confidence
steadfast unto the end”
Hebrews 3:14
• “and ye shall be hated
of all men for my
name’s sake: but he
that endureth to the
end shall be saved”
Matthew 10:22

27. The Futurity of Salvation and
Eternal Life
• “Blessed is the man
that endureth
temptation: for when
he is tried, he shall
receive the crown of
life, which the Lord
hath promised to them
that love him”
James 1:12
• “For ye have need of
patience, that after ye
have done the will of
God, ye might receive
the promise. For yet a
little while, and he that
shall come will come,
and will not tarry”
Hebrews 10:36 and
onward

28. The Futurity of Salvation and
Eternal Life
• “[You] Who are kept by the power of God through
faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last
time”...
“That the trial of your faith, being much more
precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be
tried with fire, might be found unto praise and
honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ”
(1 Peter 1:5-7)

29. Salvation Connected to Zion,
Jerusalem (ie. The Kingdom)
• “And it shall come to
pass, that whosoever
shall call on the name
of the Lord shall be
saved”
Acts 2:21
• “…and I will place salvation in
Zion for Israel my glory”
Isaiah 46:13
• “Salvation is of the Jews”
John 4:22
• “And it shall come to
pass, that whosoever
shall call on the name
of the Lord shall be
delivered: for in
Mount Zion and in
Jerusalem shall be
deliverance, as the
Lord hath said, and in
the remnant whom the
Lord shall call”
Joel 2:32

30. Salvation Conditional
• God does nothing arbitrary
• God is infinitely wise and fair
• God has the right to give His gift to
whoever He chooses
• God has placed conditions on salvation
• Available through studying the Bible

31. Salvation Conditional
• “Many are called, but few are chosen”
(Matthew 22:14)
• This makes salvation a matter of hope
• Not a single verse of scripture ever
unconditionally guarantees eternal life!
• Those who desire the free gift, must put in
necessary effort to meet God’s conditions

32. Salvation Conditional
• “But he that feareth the
commandment shall be
rewarded”
(Proverbs 13:13)

33. Salvation Conditional
• “Who will render to every man
according to his deeds: to them who by
patient continuance in well doing seek
for glory and honour and immortality,
[God will render] eternal life”
Romans 2:6
(read Romans 2:5-7)

34. Salvation Conditional
• “He that believeth
and is baptized
shall be saved”
Mark 16:16
• “The like figure
whereunto even
baptism doth also
now save us”
1 Peter 3:21

35. Salvation Conditional
• “Not every one that saith unto
me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into
the Kingdom of heaven; but he
that doeth the will of my Father
which is in heaven”
(Matthew 7:21)

36. Summary / Review
• God created man out of DUST. Man is a living BODY.
• Life means life. Soul means life. Spirit means breath. It
belongs to God, and returns to God.
• Death means the END OF LIFE… no thoughts,
emotions, memories, ambitions, etc. Man decays and
returns to dust.
• There is NO SUCH THING as an immortal soul.
• Salvation is CONDITIONAL upon faithful obedience.
• Immortality is a future gift to be given by Christ at the
time of resurrection and judgment, ie. his return to earth.
• Eternal life is an INHERITANCE for baptized believers
who endure trial in the hope of entering the KINGDOM
of God.

37. Conclusion
• “But now is Christ risen from the dead, and
become the firstfruits of them that slept.
For since by man came death, by man came
also the resurrection of the dead. For as in
Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be
made alive. But every man in his own
order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they
that are Christ's at his coming”
– 1Cor. 15:20-23

38. Conclusion
• “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath
appeared to all mean, teaching us that, denying
ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live
soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present
world; looking for that blessed hope, and the
glorious appearing of the great God and our
Saviour Jesus Christ; Who gave himself a ransom
for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity,
and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous
of good works” -- Titus 2:11-14