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Gen 1:1 In the beginning God
created the heaven and the earth.
Isa 45:12 I have made the
earth, and created man upon it: I, [even] my hands, have stretched out the
heavens, and all their host have I commanded.
Isa 45:18 For
thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the
earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he
formed it to be inhabited: I [am] the LORD; and [there is] none else.
This applies to all of us…
Pro 22:2 The rich and poor
meet together: the LORD [is] the maker of them all.
·In His
image
Gen 1:27 So
God created man in his [own] image, in the image of God created he him; male
and female created he them.
Gen 2:7 And the LORD God
formed man [of] the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the
breath of life; and man became a living soul.
Jer 27:5 I have made the
earth, the man and the beast that [are] upon the ground, by my great power
and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto
me.
Psa 119:73 Thy hands have
made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy
commandments.
·For
Himself
Psa 86:9 All nations whom
thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify
thy name.
Phi 2:10 That at the name of
Jesus every knee should bow, of [things] in heaven, and [things] in earth,
and [things] under the earth;
Phi 2:11 And [that] every
tongue should confess that Jesus Christ [is] Lord, to the glory of God the
Father.
Act 17:28 For in him we live,
and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said,
For we are also his offspring.
Heb 12:9 Furthermore we have
had fathers of our flesh which corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence:
shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and
live?
Ecc 12:1 Remember now thy
Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the
years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
2.The
Problem
Sin
is the problem
Rom. 3:23
·Sin=missing
the mark
We fall short of making
it to heaven
God made us in His image
but we’ve chosen a different way.
Every one of them is gone back: they are
altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
3.The
Penalty
·The
penalty is death.
Rom. 6:23
Rev. 20:14-- 14 And
death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was
cast into the lake of fire.
There is a price for
sin…thank God Jesus paid that price!
All that the Father giveth me shall come to
me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
6.The
Prayer
·A
prayer of faith and repentance
(then your life will change as a proof/fruit)
Something like this:
“Dear God, I admit that I am a lost sinner that deserves hell, and I need to
be saved. I believe you died in my place and conquered death for me, and
that you want to save me. Please forgive my sins, and save me right now.
Thank you for saving me…help me to live for You from now on! Amen”
7.The Permanence
The
child of God is forever related to the Heavenly Father.
Jn. 10:28 “I give unto
them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck
them out of my hand.”
8.The
Profession
·
Believe it in your heart, say it with your mouth.
Rom. 10:10 “For with the
heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is
made unto salvation.”
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before
men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
·We make it
public by following the Lord in Believer’s Baptism
And if that scares you, then
be encouraged by the fact that we’ve all been there ourselves, and since the
purpose of baptism is showing God you are serious, then when you get
baptized, scared as you are, God will really know you are serious!
9.The
Progress
·The
most basic, foundational element to growing as a Christian is becoming
faithful to church.
Heb. 10:25 “Not
forsaking…”
10.The
Purpose
It’s the reason why he
saved us / secured us / substituted Himself for us / the very reason He
created us…
·God
created us and saved us to serve Him
Eph. 2:10 “For we are
His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works…”
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