4. Why People Refuse to Believe
1. Their hearts are deceitful, wicked, darkened
and hard.
2. They love sin and darkness; hate God and
the light; want to be their own god.
3. They are alienated from God and His life.
4. Their minds are corrupt, they suppress the
truth, their thinking is futile, they are
ignorant and are enemies in their minds.
5. They are not thankful.
6. They are prideful and arrogant.
7. They are blinded by Satan.
5. Why Unbelief?
1. Christians Behaving Badly
2. Bad Things Happen
3. Unmet Expectations
4. Father Problem
5. Social Pressures
6. Cost of Following Jesus
7. Sexual Immorality
9. Why Did Jesus Come?
Mark 1:15
For the Son of Man came to seek and to
save the lost.” Luke 19:10 (NIV)
But he replied, “I must preach the Good
News of the Kingdom of God in other
towns, too, because that is why I was
sent.” Luke 4:43 (NIV)
14. Why Do We Need Jesus?
1. Sin
2. Spiritual death
3. Physical death
4. Judgment
5. Hell
6. Wrath of God
7. Eternal death
15. What Did Jesus Do For Us?
1. Created the universe
2. Born of a virgin and became a man
3. Lived a sinless life
4. Went to the cross
5. Had all of our sin placed upon Him
6. Separated from the Father
16. What Did Jesus Do For Us?
7. Suffered our punishment, experiencing
the full wrath of the Father for our sins.
8. Died on the cross.
9. Placed in a tomb.
10. Rose from the dead.
11. Ascended to the right hand of the
Father.
12. Waiting to return and restore the
Kingdom of God over all creation.
17. How Do We Receive Salvation
through Jesus?
1. Repentance
2. Faith
32. Hell
• Outer darkness (Matthew 25:30)
• Weeping (Matthew 8:12)
• Wailing (Matthew 13:42)
• Gnashing of teeth (Matthew 13:50)
• Flames (Luke 16:24)
• Everlasting fire (Matthew 25:41)
• A furnace of fire (Matthew 13:42)
• Separation from the righteous (Matthew 25:46)
• Eternal destruction, away from the presence of
the Lord (2 Thessalonians 1:9)
• Torment (Luke 16:23)
• Everlasting punishment (Matthew 25:46)
• The lake of fire burning with brimstone
(Revelation 19:20)
39. Nail and Thorns
What did
Jesus
Accomplish
for Us?
Part I
Text
40. What Jesus Accomplished for Us
1. God’s justice and wrath were satisfied
for our sin.
2. Paid the price for our sin.
3. Declared righteous and our sin forgiven.
4. Reconciled with God.
5. Adopted into the family of God.
42. Through His Resurrection
1. Proved He was the Son of God
2. Proved His victory over sin and death
3. Proved that resurrection is real
4. Proved He will judge the world with
justice
5. Provided us with hope
45. And Only Jesus!
And this is the testimony: God has
given us eternal life, and this life is in
his Son. He who has the Son has life;
he who does not have the Son of
God does not have life.
1 John 5:11-12
47. Repentance & Faith
You know that I have not hesitated to
preach anything that would be
helpful to you but have taught you
publicly and from house to house. I
have declared to both Jews and
Greeks that they must turn to God in
repentance and have faith in our
Lord Jesus.
Acts 20:20-21
52. What is Saving Faith?
1.Belief that the gospel is true and
that Jesus is the Messiah.
2.Trust in the gospel and Jesus, who
is the object of faith.
3.Embracing the gospel and Jesus
and living your life accordingly.
56. The fundamental
difference between
Kingdom the kingdom of God
Quote and the kingdom of
self is captured by
Paul
one question. Who
Tripp
resides at the
center?
Paul Tripp
