{"id":47479,"date":"2022-10-01T02:54:47","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T07:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/is-the-doctrine-of-soul-sleeping-true-or-false-bible-study\/"},"modified":"2022-10-01T02:54:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T07:54:47","slug":"is-the-doctrine-of-soul-sleeping-true-or-false-bible-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/is-the-doctrine-of-soul-sleeping-true-or-false-bible-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Is The Doctrine Of Soul-Sleeping True Or False? – Bible study"},"content":{"rendered":"

A querist asks, “There are sincere religious folks who believe in the doctrine of soul-sleeping. They use Ecclesiastes 9:5 as a proof text for their doctrine. They believe that the dead are oblivious to their surroundings and know absolutely nothing. Is the doctrine of soul-sleeping true? If not, please provide us scriptures to refute it.”<\/p>\n

The text of Ecclesiastes 9:5 reads:<\/p>\n

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“For the living know that they will die; But the dead know nothing, And they have no more reward, For the memory of them is forgotten.”<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The view that the dead are oblivious to their surroundings is false<\/strong> according to Luke 16:19-31. In this inspired account, we see that both the rich man and Lazarus were not only fully aware of their environment (Luke 16:23-24), but they had the ability to “remember” (Luke 16:25) as well.<\/p>\n

The writer of Ecclesiastes is simply stating that when one dies, all knowledge of earthly events cease<\/strong>, i.e. “the dead know nothing.” They have no more reward for any earthly activity because their environment has changed<\/strong> from an earthly environment to the Hadean environment (Luke 16:23). According to the inspired account in Luke 16:19-31, those in the Hadean realm are fully aware<\/strong> of their surroundings.<\/p>\n

Brother Wayne Jackson, editor of the Christian Courier, has written the following article addressing this false doctrine:<\/p>\n