The Bible says that even though Abel was dead he continued to speak. George Eliot wrote a poem entitled "The Invisible Choir" where she talks about those that have died that still surround us through their influence. How can we become "an invisible choir" for those who come after us? What about us will live on after we have passed from this life?

2. Mary
Anne
Evans
(1819-
1880)
George Eliot

3. Oh, may I join the
choir invisible
Of those immortal
dead who live again
In minds made better
by their presence;

4. Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered to God a more
excellent sacrifice than Cain, through
which he obtained witness that he
was righteous, God testifying of his
gifts; and through it he being dead
still speaks.

5. Faith Hall of Fame
• Abel
• Enoch
• Noah
• Abraham
• Sarah
• Isaac
• Jacob
• Joseph
• Moses
• Israelites
• Rahab
• Gideon
• Barak
• Samson
• Jephthah
• David
• Samuel
• Prophets

6. Hebrews 11:35-38
Women received their dead raised to
life again. Others were tortured, not
accepting deliverance, that they might
obtain a better resurrection. Still
others had trial of mockings and
scourgings, yes, and of chains and

7. Hebrews 11:35-38
imprisonment. They were stoned,
they were sawn in two, were tempted,
were slain with the sword. They
wandered about in sheepskins and
goatskins, being destitute, afflicted,
tormented—

8. Hebrews 11:35-38
of whom the world was not worthy.
They wandered in deserts and
mountains, in dens and caves of the
earth.

9. Hebrews 12:1,2
Therefore we also, since we are
surrounded by so great a cloud of
witnesses, let us lay aside every weight,
and the sin which so easily ensnares us,
and let us run with endurance the race
that is set before us, looking unto Jesus,

10. Hebrews 12:1,2
the author and finisher of our faith, who
for the joy that was set before Him
endured the cross, despising the shame,
and has sat down at the right hand of the
throne of God.

11. Becoming the Invisible Choir
• By teaching our children

12. Deuteronomy 6:6,7
And these words which I command you
today shall be in your heart. You shall
teach them diligently to your children,
and shall talk of them when you sit in your
house, when you walk by the way, when
you lie down, and when you rise up.

13. Ephesians 6:4
And you, fathers, do not provoke
your children to wrath, but bring
them up in the training and
admonition of the Lord.

14. Becoming the Invisible Choir
• By teaching our children
• By acts of service

15. Galatians 6:9,10
And let us not grow weary while doing
good, for in due season we shall reap if
we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we
have opportunity, let us do good to all,
especially to those who are of the
household of faith.

16. Philippians 2:4
Let each of you look out not
only for his own interests, but
also for the interests of others.

17. Matthew 25 Judgement Scene
• Feed the hungry
• Give drink to the
thirsty
• Welcome strangers
The saved did and the lost did not:
• Clothe the naked
• Visit the sick
• Visit those in
prison

18. Becoming the Invisible Choir
• By teaching our children
• By acts of service
• By leading others to Christ

19. 1Timothy 4:12,13
Let no one despise your youth, but
be an example to the believers in
word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in
faith, in purity. Till I come, give
attention to reading, to exhortation,
to doctrine.

20. 1Timothy 4:16
Take heed to yourself and to the
doctrine. Continue in them, for in
doing this you will save both
yourself and those who hear you.

21. Jude 22,23
And have mercy on those who
doubt; save others by snatching
them out of the fire; to others
show mercy with fear, hating even
the garment stained by the flesh.

22. Becoming the Invisible Choir
• By teaching our children
• By acts of service
• By leading others to Christ
• By dying with faith and hope

23. 1Thessalonians 4:13,14
But I do not want you to be ignorant,
brethren, concerning those who have
fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others
who have no hope. For if we believe that
Jesus died and rose again, even so God will
bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.

24. 1Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ, who according to
His abundant mercy has begotten us
again to a living hope through the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the
dead.

25. Hebrews 2:14,15
Inasmuch then as the children
have partaken of flesh and blood,
He Himself likewise shared in the
same, that through death He
might destroy him who had the

26. Hebrews 2:14,15
power of death, that is, the devil,
and release those who through
fear of death were all their
lifetime subject to bondage.

27. Becoming the Invisible Choir
• By teaching our children
• By acts of service
• By leading others to Christ
• By dying with faith and hope