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#1 -
God's Purpose: Honor and Serve Him
GOD CREATED MAN TO HONOR, SERVE, AND FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM. THE
BIBLE SAYS...
"You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and
power, for You created all things, and by Your will they were created
and have their being."
Revelation 4:11
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"So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all
for the glory of God."
1
Corinthians 10:31
"You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill
me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand ."
Psalm
16:11 |
If God's purpose is for mankind
to honor, serve, and fellowship
with Him, then what happened
that destroyed this perfect relationship?
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#2 - Mankind's
Problem: Sin
MAN CHOSE TO SIN AGAINST GOD RATHER THAT SERVE HIM.
THE BIBLE SAYS...
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory
of God."
Romans
3:23
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What does it mean to sin against God?
Sin is breaking God's law.
1 John 3:4 |
We sin by doing what God has commanded us not to do
or by not doing what God has told us to do.
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#3 - Sin's Penalty: Death
"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift
of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus
our Lord."
Romans
6:23
When man chose to disobey God, the result was death.
The basic meaning of death is separation. The Bible
teaches that there are three types of death, or
separation, that result from sin.
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Spiritual death separates a person from the life of God
(Ephesians 2:1).
Physical death separates a person's soul from his or her body
(Hebrews 9:27). |
Eternal death separates a person, both soul and body from
God
forever in Hell
(Revelation 20:15).
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#4 - Then How Can We Ever Have
Eternal Life?
THROUGHOUT HISTORY INDIVIDUALS HAVE TRIED MANY WAYS TO GAIN OR
EARN ETERNAL LIFE, BUT EVERY ATTEMPT HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. THE
BIBLE SAYS...
"There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end
it leads to death."
Proverbs 14:12
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"He saved us,
not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His
mercy."
Titus 3:5a
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"For
it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this is not
from yourselves, it is the gift
of God--not
by works, so that
no one can boast."
Ephesians 2:8,9
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#5 - Christ's Payment: Our
Sinless Substitute
JESUS
CHRIST, GOD'S SINLESS SON, WAS SENT BY THE FATHER TO PAY THE
PENALTY FOR OUR SINS BY DYING ON
THE CROSS IN OUR PLACE.
THE BIBLE SAYS...
"But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were
still sinners, Christ died for us."
Romans
5:8
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"For
Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous,
to bring you to God."
1 Peter
3:18a |
THEN HOW DO WE CROSS
THE BRIDGE TO ETERNAL
LIFE?
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#6 - Our Pardon: Turn and
Trust
HOW DO
WE CROSS THE BRIDGE TO ETERNAL LIFE? WE MUST RECEIVE JESUS
CHRIST AS OUR LORD AND SAVIOR. JESUS HIMSELF SAID,
"I am the way and the truth and the life: no one comes to
the Father except through Me."
John
14:6
IN ORDER TO RECEIVE JESUS CHRIST AS LORD AND SAVIOR, YOU MUST
REPENT OF YOUR SINS AND PUT YOUR TRUST IN JESUS CHRIST ALONE AS
THE ONLY HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE.
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THE BIBLE
SAYS...
"Repent,
then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out."
Acts 3:19a
"Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved."
Acts 16:31 |
"Everyone who calls on
the name of the Lord
will be saved."
Romans 10:13
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#7 - God's Promise: Eternal
Life
JESUS
CHRIST SAID,
"I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and
believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life and will not be
condemned; he has crossed over from death to life."
John
5:24
THIS VERSE HAS ONE PROMISE WITH THREE PARTS.
The
person who believes:
1.
Has eternal life
2.
Does not come into judgment
3.
Has passed out of death into life.
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Will you receive Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior today?
TO DO SO YOU MUST...
1.
Admit that you have sinned against God and ask Him for forgiveness.
2. Believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Son of God Who
died for you on the cross, rose from the dead,
and is Lord.
3. Call upon Jesus Christ to be your Lord and Savior.
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us for our service this coming Sunday. You will be
warmly received and you will experience worship with a body of believers who
have also confessed Christ as Savior. You will receive biblical instruction for
living and experience the fellowship of other believers.
May the Lord bless you in your decision for Him. Don't try to go it alone. You
need encouragement and the strength that you can only receive by association
with God's people. We are told Scripture in Hebrews 10:25 "... not forsaking
the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting
one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching."
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