*it is sin*.
_James 4:17._
*You are to COME.*
COME unto me *all* ye that *labor* and are *heavy laden*, and *I will
give you rest*.
_Matthew 11:28._
*To COMMIT.*
FOR the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not
ashamed: for I *know whom* I have *believed*, and I am *persuaded* that
he is *able to keep that which I have committed* unto him against that
day.
_II Timothy 1:12._
*To TAKE.*
AND the *Spirit* and the *bride say, Come*. And let him that *heareth
say, Come*. And let him that is *athirst come*....And *whosoever* will
*let* him *take* of the *water of life freely*.
_Revelation 22:17._
*To CONFESS.*
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*. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness;
and with the *mouth confession* is made unto salvation.
_Romans 10:9-10._
*To Be ACQUAINTED.*
ACQUAINT *now thyself with Him*, and be at peace; thereby good shall
come unto thee.
_Job 22:21._
*To FOLLOW.*
THEN shall we *know*, if we *follow* on to *know* the Lord: His going
forth is prepared as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain
. . . unto the earth.
_Hosea 6:3._
HE that followeth me *shall* not *walk* in *darkness*, but *shall* have
the *light of life*.
_John 8:12._
MY sheep hear my voice, and *I know them*, and they *follow me.*
_John 10:27._
Excuses.
*I can’t understand the Bible.*
WHY can’t you? Because the *carnal mind* can not understand divine truth
without the Spirit’s teaching.
BUT the *natural man* receiveth not the things of the *Spirit of God*:
for they are *foolishness* unto him: neither can *he know them* because
they are *spiritually* discerned.
_I Corinthians 2:14._
MANY shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall
do wickedly; and *none of the wicked shall understand*; but the wise
shall understand.
_Daniel 12:10._
*Do God’s will*, and you *can understand*.
IF any man *will do His will* he *shall know* of *the doctrine*, whether
it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.
_John 7:17._
*You ask, How may I KNOW?*
*1st. Pray.*
IF any of you lack wisdom, *let him ask* of God, that giveth to all men
liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
_James 1:5._
OPEN thou *mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things* out of *thy
law*.
_Psalms 119:18._
THAT which *I see not teach thou me*.
_Job 34:32._
*2nd. Study your Bible.*
SEARCH *the Scriptures*; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and
they are they which testify of me.
_John 5:39._
FOR *my thoughts are not your* thoughts, *neither are your your ways* my
ways, saith the Lord.
FOR as the heavens are higher than the earth, *so are my ways higher
than your ways*, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
_Isaiah 55:8-9._
THEN shall we know, *if we follow on* to know the Lord.
_Hosea 6:3._
Excuses.
*I can’t see my way CLEAR.*
Listen to what *God says in His Word* and seek to follow *divine
instruction*, and you *will* see.
THEN spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world:
he that *followeth me shall not walk in darkness*, but *shall have* the
*light* of *life*.
_John 8:12._
TRUST in the Lord *with all thine heart*; and lean not unto thine own
understanding.
*In all thy ways acknowledge him, and* he shall *direct thy paths*. Be
not wise in thine own eyes: *fear the Lord, and depart from evil*.
_Proverbs 3:5-7._
IF the Son therefore shall make you free, *ye shall be free indeed*.
_John 8:36._
AND I will bring the *blind by a way that they knew not*; I will *lead*
them in *paths* that they have not *known*: *I* will make *darkness
light* before them, and *crooked things straight*. These things will I
do unto them, and not forsake them.
_Isaiah 42:16._
AND this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and
*men loved darkness* rather than light, *because their deeds were evil*.
_John 3:19._
BUT the *natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for
they are* foolishness unto him: *neither can he know them*, because they
are *spiritually discerned*.
_I Corinthians 2:14._
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. But God *hath revealed them* unto us *by his
Spirit*: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of
God.
_I Corinthians 2:9-10._
Illustration: Mark 9:20-29.
Excuses.
*My heart is TOO HARD.*
If you have a *hard heart*, that is just why you ought to come to Christ
because the Lord wants to give you a *new heart*.
A NEW heart also will I give you, and a *new* spirit will I put within
you: and I will *take away the stony heart* out of your flesh, and I
*will give you a heart of flesh*.
AND I will put *my spirit within you* and cause you to walk in my
statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.
_Ezekiel 36:26-27._
AND I will give them *one heart*, and will put a *new spirit within
you*; and *I will take* the stony heart out of their flesh, and will
give them an *heart of flesh*.
_Ezekiel 11:19._
IS not my word like as a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that
*breaketh the rock in pieces*?
_Jeremiah 23:29._
LET the wicked *forsake his way*, and the *unrighteous man his
thoughts*: and let him *return unto the Lord*, and he will have mercy
upon him; and to our God, for he will *abundantly pardon*.
_Isaiah 55:7._
In this verse we find *three things* we must do.
1st. “Let the wicked forsake *his way*”
——(your part.)
2nd. “The unrighteous man *his thought.*”
-—(your part.)
3rd. “*Let him return* unto the Lord”
—-your part.)
Then God will do *two things, His part*
1st “He will have *mercy* upon him"—you!
2nd "He will *abundantly pardon*”—you!
COME now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord; though your sins
be *as scarlet*, they *shall be as white as snow*; though they be *red
like crimson, they shall be as wool*.
_Isaiah 1:18._
HIM that cometh to me, *I will in no wise cast out*.
_John 6:37._
Excuses.
*I am TOO YOUNG.*
IT is strange how any boy or girl should feel he or she is too young to
trust in the Saviour, when there is so much in the Bible to encourage
the children to come.
BUT Jesus said, *Suffer little children*, and forbid them not, to come
unto me: for *of such* is the kingdom of heaven.
_Matthew 19:14._
REMEMBER *now* thy Creator *in the days of thy youth*.
_Ecclesiastes 12:1._
I LOVE them that love me; and those that *seek me early shall find me*.
_Proverbs 8:17._
VERILY I say unto you, *Except* ye be *converted*, and become as *little
children*, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
_Matthew 18:3._
AND when he was *twelve years old*, they went up to Jerusalem after the
custom of the feast.
_Luke 2:42._
Here we read of Christ taking an active part in service for His heavenly
Father when *only twelve*.
AND that *from a child thou hast known* the holy Scriptures, which are
able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ
Jesus.
_II Timothy 3:15_
Here Paul says that Timothy *when only a child* knew the way of life
from the Scriptures.
BUT seek ye *first the* kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all
these things shall be added unto you.
_Matthew 6:33._
Seek the Kingdom “*first*,” not after a part of your life has been
spent.
BEHOLD *now* is the *accepted time*; behold, *now is the day of
salvation*.
_II Corinthians 6:2._
Who will say, that an intelligent boy or girl reading this verse will
not understand it?
Excuses.
*I believe EVERY ONE will be SAVED.*
If you read your Bible carefully, you will find there are *some who will
not be saved*! Many of the parables teach this.
THEN said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him
away, and *cast him into outer darkness*; there shall be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.
_Matthew 22:13._
ENTER ye in at the straight gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the
way, that leadeth to destruction, and *many there be which go in
thereat*: Because straight is the gate, and narrow is the way, which
leadeth unto life, and *few there be that find it*.
_Matthew 7:13-14._
Here is a list of some who *will not he saved*.
Are *you* included in this list?
KNOW ye not that the *unrighteous* shall not inherit the kingdom of God?
Be not deceived; neither *fornicators*, nor *idolaters*, nor
*adulterers*, nor *effeminate*, nor *abusers* of themselves with
mankind, nor *thieves*, nor *covetous*, nor *drunkards*, nor *revilers*,
nor *extortioners*, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
_I Corinthians 6:9-10._
BUT the *fearful*, and *unbelieving* and the abominable, and murderers,
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._
FOR without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers,
and idolaters, and *whosoever loveth and maketh a lie*.
_Revelation 22:15._
THE *wicked shall be turned into hell*, and all the nations that forget
God.
_Psalms 9:17._
Illustration: Luke 16:19-31.
Excuses.
*It IS TOO LATE for me to be saved.*
There is not the slightest doubt but that Jesus *will forgive our sins*,
save and *keep* you, it you will *turn to him sincerely*.
ALL that the Father giveth me shall come to me: *and him that cometh to
me I will in no wise cast out*.
_John 6:37._
*Under no circumstances* will the Lord cast out a sincerely seeking
soul.
FOR *whosoever* shall call upon the name of the *Lord shall be saved*.
_Romans 10:13._
THE Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count
slackness; but is *longsuffering* to usward, not *willing* that *any
should* perish, but that *all* should come to repentance.
_II Peter 3:9._
*COME now*, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins
*be as scarlet*, they shall be as *white as snow*; though they be *red
like crimson, they shall be as wool*.
_Isaiah 1:18._
Here the Lord is *reasoning with us* about the *worst* of our sins.
AND even to your old *age* I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry
you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver
you.
_Isaiah 46:4._
Here the promise reaches on to *old age*.
AND about the *eleventh hour* he went out, and found others standing
idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?
_Matthew 20:6._
Here the promise avails at the *eleventh hour of life*.
AND the Spirit and the bride *say, Come*. And let him that *heareth say,
Come*. And let him that is *athirst Come*. *And whosoever will*, let him
take the water of life freely.
_Revelation 22:17._
Heed this invitation and *come now*.
Illustration: John 4:7-30.
Excuses.
*DON’T TALK to me, or I will leave.*
If any one speaks to you, it is because they are *interested in you* and
want to help you.
They are trying to obey Gods command.
AND thou *shalt speak my words unto them*, whether they will hear or
whether they will forbear; for they are most rebellious.
_Ezekiel 2:7._
THOU therefore *gird up thy loins*, and *arise* and *speak* unto *them
all that I command thee*: be not *dismayed* at *their faces,* lest I
confound thee before them.
_Jeremiah 1:17._
See the punishment that awaits the *unfaithful Christian*.
WHEN I say unto the *wicked, Thou shalt surely* die; and thou *givest
him not warning*, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way,
to save his life; the same *wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but
his blood will I require at thine hand.* Yet if thou warn the wicked,
and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, *he shall
die in his iniquity*; but *thou hast delivered thy soul*.
_Ezekiel 3:18-19._
If a Christian has enough *interest in your soul* to *speak to you*, you
surely ought to have *some interest* in the *salvation* of your own
soul.
Listen to God’s *warning*!
FOR the *wages* of sin is *death*; but the *gift* of God is *eternal
life* through Jesus Christ our Lord.
_Romans 6:23._
THE *wicked shall be turned into hell*, and *all* the *nations* that
*forget* God.
_Psalms 9:17._
BOAST not thyself of tomorrow, for thou *knowest not what a day may
bring forth*.
_Proverbs 27:1._
HE, that being often reproved *hardeneth* his *neck, shall suddenly* be
*destroyed*, and that *without remedy*.
_Proverbs 29:1._
Read: II Thessalonians 1:7-8.
Formalists.
*One who trusts in FORMS and CEREMONIES.*
All of the following verses show plainly that we are not saved, by
“*forms*” or "ceremonies" but by “receiving and believing Christ as a
*personal Saviour*”. Notice how each verse plainly states this.
Forms come after true faith.
BUT as many as *received Him* (Christ), to them gave he *power* to
*become* the *sons* of God, even to them that *believe* on *his name*.
_John 1:12._
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._
VERILY, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and *believeth
on him* that sent me, HATH EVERLASTING LIFE, and shall not come into
condemnation; but is *passed* from death unto *life*.
_John 5:24._
HE that *hath the Son HATH* LIFE; and he that hath not the Son of God
hath not life.
_I John 5:12._
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.
_Romans 10:9._
FOR with the *heart man believeth* unto *righteousness*; and *with* the
*mouth confession* is made unto *salvation*.
_Romans 10:10._
Belief must be of the *heart* as well as head.
AND this is the record, that God *hath given* to us *eternal life*, and
this life *is* in *His Son*.
_I John 5:11._
EXAMINE yourselves, whether ye be *in the faith*.
_II Corinthians 13:5._
AND this is life eternal, that they might *know thee* the only true God,
and *Jesus Christ*, whom thou hast sent.
_John 17:3._
Giving.
*(Systematically) ONE TENTH of your income.*
*God commands one tenth*.
WILL a man *rob God*? Yet ye have robbed me; But ye say, Wherein have we
robbed thee? *In tithes and offerings*.
YE are cursed with a curse: for *ye have robbed me*, even this whole
nation.
BRING ye *all* the *tithes* in the *storehouse*, that there may be meat
in mine *house*, and *prove me* now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts,
if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out *a
blessing*, that there *shall not be room enough to receive it*.
_Malachi 3:8-10._
*Who shall give*?
EVERY man shall give *as he is able, according to the blessing* of the
Lord thy God which he hath given thee.
_Deuteronomy 16:17._
*How much to give*?
AND of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give *the tenth unto
thee*.
_Genesis 28:22._
*The spirit with which to give*.
EVERY man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not
grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a *cheerful giver*.
_II Corinthians 9:7._
*The time to give*.
UPON the *first day of the week* let everyone of you *lay by him in
store*, as God hath prospered him.
_I Corinthians 16:2._
*Does it pay to give one tenth*?
HONOUR the Lord with thy *substance*, and with the first-fruits of all
thine increase: So shall thy barns be *filled with plenty*, and thy
presses shall burst out with new wine.
_Proverbs 3:9-10._
*God returns 100 per cent*.
GIVE and *it shall be given unto you*; good measure, pressed down, and
shaken together, and running over, shall *men give into your bosom*.
_Luke 6:38._
Hell.
*God In UNJUST AND CRUEL to damn any one.*
Do you the creature, presume to criticize the Creator?
SHALL he that *contendeth* with the Almighty *instruct him*? he that
reproveth God, let him answer it.
_Job 40:2._
NAY but, O man, *who art thou that repliest against God*? Shall the
thing *formed* say to him that formed it, *Why hast thou* made me thus?
_Romans 9:20._
God has done all that a just God can do to provide man with salvation.
AS I live saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the
wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye
from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
_Ezekiel 33:11._
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.
_II Peter 3:9_
FOR God so loved the world, (me) that He *gave His only begotten Son*,
that *whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting
life*.
_John 3:16._
O THE *depth of the riches* both of the wisdom and knowledge of God!
how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
_Romans 11:33._
If you are lost at last, it will be because you *would not turn* from
your sins and receive Christ. Listen to His warning!
BE not deceived; God is not mocked: for *whatsoever* a man *soweth, that
shall he also reap*. For he that soweth to his *flesh shall* of the
flesh *reap corruption*; but he that soweth to the *Spirit shall of the
Spirit reap life everlasting*.
_Galatians 6:7-8._
*God damns* no one, man *damns himself*.
Hell.
*A real PLACE.*
The word “hell” appears in the authorized version of the Bible 53 times.
In the “revised version” the word is translated “hades" 11 times out of
the 53.
If there is a "heaven" for the saved, sure there must be a “hell” for
the lost. The Bible speaks as clearly about one place as the other.
The Scriptures show hell a *real place*.
THE *wicked shall be turned into hell* and *all* the *nations* that
*forget God*.
_Psalms 9:17._
AND in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in (a summer resort? No.)
*torments*. . .
And he cried and said, . . . send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of
his finger in water and cool my tongue, *for I am tormented in this
flame*.
But Abraham said, son, remember. . . between us and you there is a great
gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot;
neither can they pass to us that would come from thence.
_Luke 16:23-26._
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._
AND whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into
*the lake of fire*.
_Revelation 20:15._
AND I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the
*bottomless pit* and a great chain in his hand.
_Revelation 20:1._
BUT thou, O God, shall bring them down into the *pit of destruction*.
_Psalms 55:23._
All the expressions, “hell”, "furnace of fire,” “lake of fire,”
“bottomless pit” and “pit of destruction" suggest a “*place*.”
Hell.
*CONDITION of the lost.*
BUT the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into *outer darkness*:
there shall be *weeping and gnashing of teeth*.
_Matthew 8:12._
AND shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the
hypocrites: there shall be *weeping and gnashing of teeth*.
_Matthew 24:51._
WHOSE fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and
will gather the wheat into his garner; but the *chaff he will burn with
fire unquenchable*.
_Luke 3:17._
AND the devil that deceived them was cast into *the lake of fire*, and
brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are and shall be
*tormented* day and night for ever and ever.
_Revelation 20:10._
And whosoever was not found written in the book of life *was cast into
the lake of fire*.
_Revelation 20:15._
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.
_John 3:18._
Men are *condemned* because of *unbelief* in Christ, and yet they say
“*no matter what you believe*,” if you are only *sincere*.
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._
What words are all these? what a condition to be in throughout all
eternity!
There is *no ending* to eternity.
HE that believeth not shall be *damned*.
_Mark 16:16._
*HOW shall we escape* if we neglect?
_Hebrews 2:3._
WHO among us shall dwell with *everlasting burnings*?
_Isaiah 33:14._
AND these shall go away into *everlasting punishment*: but the righteous
into life eternal.
_Matthew 25:46._
WIDE is the gate, and broad is the way, that *leadeth to destruction*,
and *many* there be which go in thereat.
_Matthew 7:13-14._
WHERE their *worm dieth not*, and the *fire is not quenched*.
_Mark 9:48._
WOE unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and
land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold
more *the child of hell* than yourselves.
_Matthew 23:15._
I ALSO will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
When your fear cometh as *desolation*, and your *destruction cometh as a
whirlwind*; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
_Proverbs 1:26-27._
THEN shall he say to them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed,
into *everlasting fire*, prepared for the devil and his angels.
_Matthew 25:41._
AND many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some
to everlasting life, and some to *shame* and *everlasting contempt*.
_Daniel 12:2._
HE that despised Moses’ law *died without mercy* under two or three
witnesses: Of how much *sorer punishment*, suppose ye, shall he be
thought worthy, who hath *trodden under foot the Son of God*, and hath
counted the *blood of the covenant*, wherewith he was sanctified, an
unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
_Hebrews 10:28-29._
Holiness.
*Christ with In you SANCTIFYING the life.*
LET your light so shine before men, that they may see your *good works*,
and *glorify* your *Father* which is in *heaven*.
_Matthew 5:16._
LIKEWISE reckon ye also yourselves to be *dead indeed unto sin*, but
*alive unto God* through Jesus Christ our Lord.
_Romans 6:11._
LET not sin therefore *reign in your mortal body*, that ye should obey
it in the lusts thereof.
_Romans 6:12._
NEITHER yield ye your members instruments of unrighteousness unto sin:
but *yield yourselves unto God* as those that *are alive from the dead*,
and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.
_Romans 6:13._
FOR sin *shall not have dominion* over you: for ye are not under the law
but under grace.
_Romans 6:14._
AND this I *pray*, that your *love* may abound yet more and more in
knowledge and in all judgment.
_Philippians 1:9._
*BEING filled with the fruits of righteousness*, which are by Jesus
Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
_Philippians 1:11._
WHATSOEVER things are *true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever
things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are
lovely, whatsoever things are of good report*; if there be any *virtue*,
and *if there* be any *praise*, think on these things.
_Philippians 4:8._
ABSTAIN from all *appearance* of *evil*.
_I Thessalonians 5:22._
THAT ye may *walk honestly* toward them that are without.
_I Thessalonians 4:12._
Holy Spirit.
*His WORK among men.*
*He draws*.
NO man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me *draw him*:
and I will raise him up at the last day.
_John 6:44._
*He convicts*.
AND when he is come, he will *reprove the world* of sin, and of
righteousness, and of judgment: Of sin, because they believe not on me.
_John 16:8-9._
*He Regenerates*.
NOT by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his
mercy he saved us, by the washing of *regeneration*, and *renewing of
the Holy Ghost*.
_Titus 3:5._
JESUS answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of
water *and of the Spirit*, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
_John 3:5._
*He teaches*.
HOWBEIT when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will *guide you into
all truth*: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall
hear, that shall he speak: and he will *shew* you things to come.
_John 16:13._
*He baptizes*.
NOW when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had
received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they *might receive
the Holy Ghost*: