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ALL DIE
There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit;
neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in
that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
(Ecclesiastes 8:8)
For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any
thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is
forgotten. (Ecclesiastes 9:5)
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the
judgment. (Hebrews 9:27)
ALL WILL BE JUDGED
Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his
commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring
every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good,
or whether it be evil. (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14)
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they
shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. (Matthew 12:36)
For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any
thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. (Luke 8:17)
Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the
light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be
proclaimed upon the housetops. (Luke 12:3)
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all
men every where to repent: Because he hath appointed a day, in the
which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath
ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath
raised him from the dead. (Acts 17:30-31)
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every
one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath
done, whether it be good or bad. (2 Corinthians 5:10)
For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and
if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not
the gospel of God? (1 Peter 4:17)
And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books
were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life:
and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the
books, according to their works. (Revelation 20:12)
ALL HAVE SINNED, MAN IS DEPRAVED
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness’s are as
filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the
wind, have taken us away. (Isaiah 64:6)
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who
can know it? (Jeremiah 17:9)
They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable;
there is none that doeth good, no, not one. (Romans 3:12)
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (Romans 3:23)
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin;
and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
(Romans 5:12)
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he
is guilty of all. (James 2:10)
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is
not in us.(1 John 1:8)
If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is
not in us. (1 John 1:10)
WHAT IS SIN?
Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the
transgression of the law. (1 John 3:4)
All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death.
(1 John 5:17)
THE LAW OF GOD CONFIRMS OUR GUILT
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her
hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. (Matthew 5:28)
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill;
and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: But I say
unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause
shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his
brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall
say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. (Matthew 5:21-22)
Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who
are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world
may become guilty before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law there
shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the
knowledge of sin. (Romans 3:19-20)
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin
abounded, grace did much more abound: (Romans 5:20)
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not
known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had
said, Thou shalt not covet.(Romans 7:7)
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions,
till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was
ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. (Galatians 3:19)
Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we
might be justified by faith. (Galatians 3:24)
Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer
hath eternal life abiding in him. (1 John 3:15)
GOD IS ANGRY ABOUT SIN AND WILL PUNISH IT
Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD
will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. (Exodus 20:7)
The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of
iniquity. (Psalm 5:5)
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
(Psalm 7:11)
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that
believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth
on him. (John 3:36)
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23)
THAT PUNISHMENT IS HELL
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget
God. (Psalm 9:17)
And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the
soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body
in hell. (Matthew 10:28)
The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out
of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And
shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and
gnashing of teeth. (Matthew 13:41-42)
So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth,
and sever the wicked from among the just, And shall cast them into the
furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
(Matthew 13:49-50)
And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous
into life eternal. (Matthew 25:46)
And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body,
and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you
whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to
cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. (Luke 12:4-5)
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into
the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:15)
But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers,
and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall
have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone:
which is the second death. (Revelation 21:8)
GOD IS RICH IN MERCY AND CALLS US TO REPENT OF OUR SIN
And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD
God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and
truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression
and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the
iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's
children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. (Exodus 34:6-7)
If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and
pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I
hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
(2 Chronicles 7:14)
O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for
ever. (Psalm 136:1)
The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of
great mercy. The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over
all his works. (Psalm 145:8-9)
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand. (Matthew 4:17)
Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works
were done, because they repented not. (Matthew 11:20)
And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand:
repent ye, and believe the gospel. (Mark 1:15)
And they went out, and preached that men should repent. (Mark 6:12)
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
(Luke 13:3)
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
(Luke 13:5)
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner
that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need
no repentance. (Luke 15:7)
And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times
in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
(Luke 17:4)
And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to
suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: And that repentance
and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations,
beginning at Jerusalem. (Luke 24:45-47)
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
(John 3:16)
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in
the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall
receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. (Acts 2:38)
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted
out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the
Lord; (Acts 3:19)
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all
men every where to repent: (Acts 17:30)
Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward
God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. (Acts 20:21)
But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout
all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should
repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. (Acts 26:20)
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet
sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of:
but the sorrow of the world worketh death. (2 Corinthians 7:10)
In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God
peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the
truth; (2 Timothy 2:25)
Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one
morsel of meat sold his birthright. For ye know how that afterward,
when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he
found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
(Hebrews 12:16-17)
The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count
slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should
perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins,
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)
WE MUST PLACE OUR COMPLETE TRUST IN JESUS CHRIST AS OUR
ONLY HOPE FOR FORGIVENESS OF SIN AND SALVATION FROM HELL
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. (John 3:3)
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man
cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6)
Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name
under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. (Acts 4:12)
Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved
from wrath through him. (Romans 5:9)
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man
Christ Jesus; (1 Timothy 2:5)
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he
entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption
for us. (Hebrews 9:12)
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first
begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto
him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
(Revelation 1:5)
SIN MUST BE PAID FOR WITH BLOOD
And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without
shedding of blood is no remission. (Hebrews 9:22)
JESUS CHRIST PURCHASED ETERNAL LIFE/HEAVEN FOR CHRISTIANS
BY HIS DEATH ON THE CROSS
And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither
shall any man pluck them out of my hand. (John 10:28)
In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have
told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a
place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that
where I am, there ye may be also. (John 14:2-3)
But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have
entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for
them that love him. (1 Corinthians 2:9)
And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to
reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be
things in earth, or things in heaven. (Colossians 1:20)
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit
offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead
works to serve the living God? (Hebrews 9:14)
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the
joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and
is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:2)
And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle
of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his
people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. And God
shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more
death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more
pain: for the former things are passed away. (Revelation 21:3-4)
JESUS CHRIST ROSE FROM THE DEAD SEALING OUR ETERNAL HOPE
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are
in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that
have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done
evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. (John 5:28-29)
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that
believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: (John 11:25)
And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of
the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. (Acts 4:33)
For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we
shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: (Romans 6:5)
For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might
be Lord both of the dead and living. (Romans 14:9)
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the
fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
(Philippians 3:10)
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also
which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. (1 Thessalonians 4:14)
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according
to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the
resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, (1 Peter 1:3)
WHY WE SHOULD NOT CONTINUE SINNING
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?
God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?
(Romans 6:1-2)
For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the
truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins. (Hebrews 10:26)
THERE IS ONE GOD
Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous
things. (Psalm 72:18)
For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone.
(Psalm 86:10)
O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims,
thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth:
thou hast made heaven and earth. (Isaiah 37:16)
Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who
hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time?
have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and
a Saviour; there is none beside me. Look unto me, and be ye saved, all
the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
(Isaiah 45:21-22)
But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and
we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by
him. (1 Corinthians 8:6)
GOD MUST GET ALL THE GLORY / MAN’S CHIEF END IS TO GLORIFY HIM
Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his
conversation aright will I show the salvation of God. (Psalm 50:23)
For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should
my name be polluted? And I will not give my glory unto another.
(Isaiah 48:11)
Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be
my disciples. (John 15:8)
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the
wise; and god hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the
things which are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which
are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not to bring
to naught things that are: that no flesh should glory in His presence.
(1 Corinthians 1:27-29)
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and
in your spirit, which are God's. (1 Corinthians 6:20)
Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the
glory of God. (1 Corinthians 10:31)
GOD IS A TRINITY – ONE GOD, THREE PERSONS
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness
(Genesis 1:26a)
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word,
and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. (1 John 5:7)
(KJV & NKJV only)
JESUS CHRIST IS GOD – FULLY HUMAN, FULLY DIVINE
For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government
shall be on His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful,
Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
(Isaiah 9:6)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word
was God. (John 1:1)
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that
was made. (John 1:3)
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his
glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace
and truth. (John 1:14)
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had
broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making
himself equal with God. (John 5:18)
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham
was, I am. (John 8:58)
I and my Father are one. (John 10:30)
And Thomas answered and said unto Him, My Lord and my God. (John 20:28)
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Who, being in
the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: But made
himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and
was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man,
he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of
the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a
name which is above every name: That at the name of Jesus every knee
should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under
the earth; And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is
Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2:5-11)
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
(Colossians 2:9)
WHY WE PREACH
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel
to every creature. (Mark 16:15)
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God,
and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. (John 17:3)
How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how
shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall
they hear without a preacher? (Romans 10:14)
For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God,
it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
(1 Corinthians 1:21)
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
(Exodus 20:1-17)
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