Christians do not die. There’s no Scripture in the Bible that says Christians—Christians die. A man that…A person that lives in pleasure is dead while they’re living. Death means separation, separation from God. And sinners are not se…Sinners are separated from God, but Christians never separate from God. They just leave the body here to be with the Lord. And Paul…I like it so well when he went away. He was a great character to cut up. Do you remember how he used to carry on, any of you know him? He was always cutting up. There was…He’d always pulling some kind of a little joke to someone. And he said when he was…They had the little Moody Bible Institute, they had a choir there singing. And they had the shades pulled down in the room, and they were singing “Nearer My God To Thee.” And Paul looked around and he said, “Say, who’s dying? Me or you?” He said. Said, “Raise them curtains there, those shades, and sing some real good fiery Gospel songs.” And so they begin to sing “Down at the Cross.” And he said, “That sounds better.”

The Resurrection of Lazarus, 1951-07-29, Erie, PA, §2