Ashes to Ashes Dust to Dust

This actual phrase is not in the bible.
It was taken from "Book of Common Prayer".
It is from a eulogy; "In sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life through our Lord Jesus Christ, we commend to Almighty God: We commit her body to the ground; earth to earth; ashes to ashes, dust to dust. The Lord bless her and keep her, the Lord maketh his face to shine upon her and be gracious unto her and give her peace. Amen"
This book was originally published in 1549.
It has been repeated at many funerals.
It originated out of the Church of England which still uses it today.

Gen.1:19
By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return." 

Ps.103:14
For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust. 

Job 34:15
all flesh would perish together, and man would return to dust. 

Ps.104:29
When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. 

Ecc. 3:20
All go to one place. All are from the dust, and to dust all return.

Ecc. 12:7
and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

This brings us to the cause of the death of all men, sin!

Romans 5:12
Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned-


Are you ready to stand before your Maker?

Lord, speak to hearts and change lives by Your power! Amen