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Last Words and Epitaphs Famous Last Words www.christianevidences.org 2 Famous Last Words “Tell Hill he must come up. Strike the tent.” -‐ Robert E. Lee www.christianevidences.org 3 Famous Last Words www.christianevidences.org 4 Famous Last Words “Tell Hill to come up here – quick.” “Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees.” -‐ Stonewall Jackson www.christianevidences.org 5 Famous Last Words www.christianevidences.org 6 Famous Last Words “(To Mary) A@er leaving office…we will visit the Holy Land and see those places hallowed by the footsteps of the Savior. We will go to Jeru -‐” -‐ Abraham Lincoln www.christianevidences.org 7 Famous Last Words www.christianevidences.org 8 Famous Last Words “Let’s do it!” -‐ Gary Gilmore www.christianevidences.org 9 Famous Last Words www.christianevidences.org 10 Famous Last Words “I am perplexed. Oh no! Satan – get out!” -‐ Aleister Crowley www.christianevidences.org 11 Famous Last Words www.christianevidences.org 12 Famous Last Words “I shall be with Christ, and that is enough.” -‐ Michael Faraday www.christianevidences.org 13 David’s Last Words “Now the days of David drew near that he should die, and he charged Solomon his son, saying: “I go the way of all the earth; be strong, therefore, and prove yourself a man. And keep the charge of the Lord your God: to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His tesMmonies, as it is wriNen in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn; that the Lord may fulfill His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul,’ He said, ‘you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’” I Kings 2: 1 – 4 www.christianevidences.org 14 David’s Last Words Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed. And he shed the blood of war in peaceMme, and put the blood of war on his belt that was around his waist, and on his sandals that were on his feet. Therefore do according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to the grave in peace. But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother. I Kings 2: 5 – 7 www.christianevidences.org 15 David’s Last Words And see, you have with you Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a malicious curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim. But he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’ Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man and know what you ought to do to him; but bring his gray hair down to the grave with blood. So David rested with his fathers, and was buried in the City of David. The period that David reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years he reigned in Hebron, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-‐three years. Then Solomon sat on the throne of his father David; and his kingdom was firmly established. I Kings 2: 8 – 12 www.christianevidences.org 16 David’s Last Words www.christianevidences.org 17 David’s Last Words “Now the days of David drew near that he should die, and he charged Solomon his son, saying: “I go the way of all the earth; be strong, therefore, and prove yourself a man. And keep the charge of the Lord your God: to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His tesMmonies, as it is wriNen in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn; that the Lord may fulfill His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul,’ He said, ‘you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’” I Kings 2: 1 – 4 www.christianevidences.org 18 David’s Last Words www.christianevidences.org 19 David’s Last Words www.christianevidences.org 20 David’s Last Words “Now the days of David drew near that he should die, and he charged Solomon his son, saying: “I go the way of all the earth; be strong, therefore, and prove yourself a man. And keep the charge of the Lord your God: to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His tesMmonies, as it is wriNen in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn; that the Lord may fulfill His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul,’ He said, ‘you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’” I Kings 2: 1 – 4 www.christianevidences.org 21 David’s Last Words www.christianevidences.org 22 David’s Last Words “Now the days of David drew near that he should die, and he charged Solomon his son, saying: “I go the way of all the earth; be strong, therefore, and prove yourself a man. And keep the charge of the Lord your God: to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His tesMmonies, as it is wriNen in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn; that the Lord may fulfill His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul,’ He said, ‘you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’” I Kings 2: 1 – 4 www.christianevidences.org 23 David’s Last Words 24 www.christianevidences.org David’s Last Words “Now the days of David drew near that he should die, and he charged Solomon his son, saying: “I go the way of all the earth; be strong, therefore, and prove yourself a man. And keep the charge of the Lord your God: to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His tesMmonies, as it is wriNen in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn; that the Lord may fulfill His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul,’ He said, ‘you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’” I Kings 2: 1 – 4 www.christianevidences.org 25 David’s Last Words 26 www.christianevidences.org David’s Last Words “Now the days of David drew near that he should die, and he charged Solomon his son, saying: “I go the way of all the earth; be strong, therefore, and prove yourself a man. And keep the charge of the Lord your God: to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His tesMmonies, as it is wriNen in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn; that the Lord may fulfill His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul,’ He said, ‘you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’” I Kings 2: 1 – 4 www.christianevidences.org 27 David’s Last Words “Now the days of David drew near that he should die, and he charged Solomon his son, saying: “I go the way of all the earth; be strong, therefore, and prove yourself a man. And keep the charge of the Lord your God: to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His tesMmonies, as it is wriNen in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn; that the Lord may fulfill His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul,’ He said, ‘you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’” I Kings 2: 1 – 4 www.christianevidences.org 28 David’s Last Words 29 www.christianevidences.org David’s Last Words “Now the days of David drew near that he should die, and he charged Solomon his son, saying: “I go the way of all the earth; be strong, therefore, and prove yourself a man. And keep the charge of the Lord your God: to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His judgments, and His tesMmonies, as it is wriNen in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn; that the Lord may fulfill His word which He spoke concerning me, saying, ‘If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul,’ He said, ‘you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.’” I Kings 2: 1 – 4 www.christianevidences.org 30 David’s Last Words 31 www.christianevidences.org David’s Last Words Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed. And he shed the blood of war in peaceMme, and put the blood of war on his belt that was around his waist, and on his sandals that were on his feet. Therefore do according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to the grave in peace. But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother. I Kings 2: 5 – 7 www.christianevidences.org 32 David’s Last Words And see, you have with you Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a malicious curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim. But he came down to meet me at the Jordan, and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’ Now therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man and know what you ought to do to him; but bring his gray hair down to the grave with blood. I Kings 2: 8 – 9 www.christianevidences.org 33 Most Famous of All www.christianevidences.org 34 Epitaphs www.christianevidences.org 35 Epitaphs www.christianevidences.org 36 Epitaphs www.christianevidences.org 37 God’s Living Epistles “You are a letter from Christ...written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the Living God, not on tablets of stone, but on tablets of human hearts..." II Corinthians 3:3 www.christianevidences.org 38 Forever Broadcasting You’re preaching a sermon You’re writing a Gospel – a chapter each day By words that you say and deeds that you do Men read what you write, whether faithless or true Say, what is the Gospel according to you? You’re a preacher - you’re a radio station with the call letters, Y-O-U And they are tuning you in all the time What are you broadcasting? What are you saying? Say, what is the Gospel according to you? www.christianevidences.org - J Vernon McGee 39
