John 5:25

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I tell you the solemn truth, a time is coming– and is now here– when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

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  • John 4:23 : 23 But a time is coming– and now is here– when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such people to be his worshipers.
  • Luke 15:24 : 24 because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again– he was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.
  • John 5:28 : 28 “Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice
  • Eph 2:5 : 5 even though we were dead in offenses, made us alive together with Christ– by grace you are saved!–
  • Rev 3:1 : 1 To the Church in Sardis“To the angel of the church in Sardis write the following:“This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars:‘I know your deeds, that you have a reputation that you are alive, but in reality you are dead.
  • Eph 5:14 : 14 For everything made visible is light, and for this reason it says:“Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!”
  • Eph 2:1 : 1 New Life Individually And although you were dead in your offenses and sins,
  • Luke 9:60 : 60 But Jesus said to him,“Let the dead bury their own dead, but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”
  • Col 2:13 : 13 And even though you were dead in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he nevertheless made you alive with him, having forgiven all your transgressions.
  • John 8:43 : 43 Why don’t you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept my teaching.
  • John 8:47 : 47 The one who belongs to God listens and responds to God’s words. You don’t listen and respond, because you don’t belong to God.”
  • John 13:1 : 1 Washing the Disciples’ Feet Just before the Passover Feast, Jesus knew that his time had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now loved them to the very end.
  • John 17:1 : 1 Jesus Prays for the Father to Glorify Him When Jesus had finished saying these things, he looked upward to heaven and said,“Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, so that your Son may glorify you–
  • Rom 6:4 : 4 Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may live a new life.
  • Luke 15:32 : 32 It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.’”
  • John 4:21 : 21 Jesus said to her,“Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
  • John 5:21 : 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes.

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  • John 5:26-29
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    26For just as the Father has life in himself, thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself,

    27and he has granted the Son authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man.

    28“Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice

    29and will come out– the ones who have done what is good to the resurrection resulting in life, and the ones who have done what is evil to the resurrection resulting in condemnation.

  • John 5:23-24
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    23so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

    24“I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life.

  • John 11:25-26
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    25Jesus said to her,“I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live even if he dies,

    26and the one who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

  • John 5:21
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    21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes.

  • John 11:43-44
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    43When he had said this, he shouted in a loud voice,“Lazarus, come out!”

    44The one who had died came out, his feet and hands tied up with strips of cloth, and a cloth wrapped around his face. Jesus said to them,“Unwrap him and let him go.”

  • 1 Cor 15:35
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    35The Resurrection Body But someone will say,“How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”

  • John 6:47
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    47I tell you the solemn truth, the one who believes has eternal life.

  • Eph 5:14
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    14For everything made visible is light, and for this reason it says:“Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!”

  • John 14:19
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    19In a little while the world will not see me any longer, but you will see me; because I live, you will live too.

  • John 8:51
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    51I tell you the solemn truth, if anyone obeys my teaching, he will never see death.”

  • John 6:63
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    63The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

  • 1 Pet 4:5-6
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    5They will face a reckoning before Jesus Christ who stands ready to judge the living and the dead.

    6Now it was for this very purpose that the gospel was preached to those who are now dead, so that though they were judged in the flesh by human standards they may live spiritually by God’s standards.

  • John 6:40
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    40For this is the will of my Father– for everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him to have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

  • 1 Thess 4:14-16
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    14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we believe that God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep as Christians.

    15For we tell you this by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep.

    16For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

  • Rev 20:5
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    5(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were finished.) This is the first resurrection.

  • Ezek 37:5
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    5This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: Look, I am about to infuse breath into you and you will live.

  • John 11:23
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    23Jesus replied,“Your brother will come back to life again.”

  • Rom 8:11
    70%

    11Moreover if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will also make your mortal bodies alive through his Spirit who lives in you.

  • John 6:57-58
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    57Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who consumes me will live because of me.

    58This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the bread your ancestors ate, but then later died. The one who eats this bread will live forever.”

  • John 5:39-40
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    39You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,

    40but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.

  • Luke 20:38
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    38Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live before him.”

  • John 6:53-54
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    53Jesus said to them,“I tell you the solemn truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in yourselves.

    54The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

  • Matt 22:31
    69%

    31Now as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God,

  • John 3:15
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    15so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”

  • Mark 12:26-27
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    26Now as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God said to him,‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’?

    27He is not the God of the dead but of the living. You are badly mistaken!”

  • 1 John 5:11-12
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    11And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

    12The one who has the Son has this eternal life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have this eternal life.

  • Isa 26:19
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    19Your dead will come back to life; your corpses will rise up. Wake up and shout joyfully, you who live in the ground! For you will grow like plants drenched with the morning dew, and the earth will bring forth its dead spirits.

  • Mark 5:39
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    39When he entered he said to them,“Why are you distressed and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep!”

  • John 6:50
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    50This is the bread that has come down from heaven, so that a person may eat from it and not die.

  • 1 Thess 5:10
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    10He died for us so that whether we are alert or asleep we will come to life together with him.

  • Eph 2:1
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    1New Life Individually And although you were dead in your offenses and sins,

  • Luke 7:15
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    15So the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.

  • John 3:36
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    36The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. The one who rejects the Son will not see life, but God’s wrath remains on him.

  • Matt 11:5
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    5The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them

  • Rev 1:18
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    18and the one who lives! I was dead, but look, now I am alive– forever and ever– and I hold the keys of death and of Hades!

  • Rev 14:13
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    13Then I heard a voice from heaven say,“Write this:‘Blessed are the dead, those who die in the Lord from this moment on!’”“Yes,” says the Spirit,“so they can rest from their hard work, because their deeds will follow them.”