And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after
this the judgment:
Hebrews 9:27

All the dead people you know are alive somewhere:
Lazarus is still alive. The rich man in Luke 16 is still alive.
Deceased pompous men are still alive. Hitler is still alive.
Those who didn’t want to die but did, are still alive.
Famous people who died are still alive; Michael Jackson
is still alive! Princess Diana is still alive!
Dead and former presidents are still alive: Kwame
Nkrumah is still alive! Nelson Mandela is still alive!
Rich people are still alive.
Those who didn’t believe are still alive.
Those who believed are still alive.

1. All dead people are still alive: Your life exists after it
vanishes from this earth. You will be living on after
you vanish from this earth.
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For
what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a
little time, and then vanisheth away.
James 4:14

The fact that something has vanished does not mean that it
does not exist. When something vanishes, it means it has gone
away from your vision. Your life is like a vapour that is seen
briefly and then is not seen again.

2. All dead people are still alive: After you die, there is
judgment awaiting you. You need to be alive for the
judgment.
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this
the judgment:
Hebrews 9:27

3. All dead people are still alive: After you die, you need
to be alive to go to “court” and receive your judgment.
It is appointed to men once to die and after that the judgment.
After your death, you have to be alive to go to “court” to hear the
court proceedings and receive your judgment. Evidence will be
brought forth in various forms. Videos of certain things you did
in life will be brought out. There will be photographs of some of
the things you engaged in. It is appointed for man to die once,
after that is court and judgment.

4. All dead people are still alive: Even though your life is
a vapour you cannot put an end to it yourself.
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and
power; for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure
they are and were created.
Revelation 4:11

God is the one who makes us alive and you cannot end the
life God has given you. God has created life and our lives exist
for His pleasure. You cannot choose to end your life by yourself.
You cannot end your life by committing suicide.
Judas thought he was ending everything by killing himself.
But it did not end there. There were 42 failed attempts to kill
Adolf Hitler. Hitler thought that after causing the death of fifty
million people, he could choose to end it all by committing
suicide. But it is not true! All dead people are still alive.
Death is both a blessing and an enemy! Death looks bad but
it is also good! Imagine life without death. Wicked people like
Hitler would have continued their wicked ways. We have been
created to live forever but we will exit from this earth first.

5. All dead people are still alive: All dead people are still
alive!
Luke 16 talks of a rich man clothed in purple and a poor
man called Lazarus. One day Lazarus died, and angels came to
carry him into Abraham’s bosom. The rich man also died but no
angels came for him. Demons escorted him to hell. It will be a
frightening experience to die without knowing God.

6. All dead people are still alive: There are many
examples of people who are dead but alive.
In hell, the rich men lifted up his eyes – this action showed
that he was alive.

In hell, the rich man was in torments – this means he could
still feel pain.
The rich man was alive and he could still speak. Abraham
engaged in a conversation with the rich man who had died.
Remember, after death, you are so alive that you can go to
court! Jesus came to save us from our sins so that we do not go
to hell.

7. All dead people are still alive: Give your heart to
Jesus so that you will be ALIVE IN HEAVEN and not
ALIVE IN HELL.
Make sure that you are alive in Heaven and not alive in hell!