ETERNAL LIFE – THE GIFT OF GOD
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We Were Created to Glorify God and Have a Relationship with Him
Revelation 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
All Have Sinned and Have Broken Their Relationship with God
Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.
Sin is Breaking Gods Laws and Disobeying His Words
1 John 3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
James 2:10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
God’s Holy Moral Law – The Ten Commandments
Exodus 20:
1st Commandment
2 I am the LORD thy God… 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
(Has God always been your first priority in life? Have you ever loved anything more than God?)
2nd Commandment
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image…5 thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God,
(Have you ever made a God out of someone or something or had a false concept of the Biblical God?)
3rd Commandment
7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain…
(Have you ever used Gods name as a cuss word or referred to Him in a careless & flippant way?)
4th Commandment
8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
(Have you always kept the Sabbath Day holy?)
5th Commandment
12 Honour thy father and thy mother:
(Have you always honored your father and your mother?)
6th Commandment
13 Thou shalt not kill.
(Have you ever hated anyone? God considers hatred to be like murder. Matt 5:21, 1 John 3:15)
7th Commandment
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
(Have you ever lusted after anyone? God considers lust to be like adultery. Matthew 5:27)
8th Commandment
15 Thou shalt not steal.
(Have you ever stolen anything? The dollar amount doesn’t matter.)
9th Commandment
16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
(Have you every lied? Fibs and white lies are also considered lies.)
10th Commandment
17 Thou shalt not covet …any thing that is thy neighbour’s
(Have you ever jealously desired what belongs to other?)
All are Going to Die and All Will be Judged by God
Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment
Matthew 12:36: But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Because God is Holy & Just, The Penalty for Sinning is Eternal Punishment in Hell
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death;…
Psalm 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
Revelation 21:8 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.
God Proved His Great Love For Us by Jesus’s Sacrifice on the Cross to Pay for All Our Sins
John 3:16 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.
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Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
1 John 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
God is Not Willing that We Suffer Eternal Punishment
2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
1 Timothy 2:4 Who will have all men to be saved, and come unto the knowledge of the truth.
Ezekial 18:32 For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
God Wants Man to Respond to His Love by Repenting of Sin & Believing (Trusting) in Jesus
Mark 1:15 …The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
Luke 13:3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
John 3:18 He that believeth on him is not condemned; but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Proverbs 28:13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Through Prayer, Seek to Be Forgiven & Turn From Your Sins. Trust Jesus as Your Personal Lord and Saviour and as Full Payment of Your Sins to Receive Gods’ Free Gift of Salvation
John 1:12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.
Romans 6:23 … the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are ye saved through faith: and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works lest any man should boast.
Romans 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Nothing is as Important as Your Soul & Eternal Destination
Mark 8:36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? 37 Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
Don’t Put Off This Eternal Decision, Life is Short & No One Knows When Death Will Come
Please Trust in Jesus to be Saved!
2 Corinthians 6:2...behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
James 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away