1) Self-delusion is a characteristic of the wicked where prosperity leads them to believe they will never face adversity and their ways are right.
2) The obstinately wicked are often given over to their own hearts' lusts and deceitful beliefs that they are pure, better than others, and can have peace in sin.
3) Those who are self-deluded hold beliefs like gifts or privileges entitle them to heaven and that God will not punish their sins, preserving such delusions until the end when the fatal consequences are realized.
No Room in the Inn
Text: Luke 2:6-7
I. No room for Jesus in the life of Satisfied S-Inn-ers
Gen 13:13
Prov 1:10; 13:21; 23:17; Isa 13:9; Amos 9:10; Mat 9:13; 1Tim 1:15; Jas 4:8
II. No Room for Jesus in the excuse of Inn-ocency
Gen 20:5
John 15:22-23; Rom 1:20; 2:1; 1Pet 2:16
III. No Room for Jesus at the P-Inn-acle of man’s achievement
Matt 4:5
Mat 4:6-7; Exod 17:2; Ps 78:18, 41, 56-58
IV. No Room for Jesus in the Inn-er prison of self-pity
Acts 16:23-24
Job 35:9-10; Ps 119:55; Mark 14:25-26; 2Tim 4:2
V. No Room for the Wicked at Jesus’s D-Inn-er
Matt 22:4
Rev 3:20; Rev 19:7-9; Pr 15:17; Eph 5:32-33
Conclusion:
Prov 11:30
Luke 5:9-10; John 4:36; 21:6-7; Jas 5:20
The Pilgrimage
Text: Heb 11:8-10
I. The Proposal-
when he was called to go out… obeyed…
II. The Prize-
…he looked for a city…
III. The Process (charting your progress to the destination)-
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise…For he looked for a city
No Room in the Inn
Text: Luke 2:6-7
I. No room for Jesus in the life of Satisfied S-Inn-ers
Gen 13:13
Prov 1:10; 13:21; 23:17; Isa 13:9; Amos 9:10; Mat 9:13; 1Tim 1:15; Jas 4:8
II. No Room for Jesus in the excuse of Inn-ocency
Gen 20:5
John 15:22-23; Rom 1:20; 2:1; 1Pet 2:16
III. No Room for Jesus at the P-Inn-acle of man’s achievement
Matt 4:5
Mat 4:6-7; Exod 17:2; Ps 78:18, 41, 56-58
IV. No Room for Jesus in the Inn-er prison of self-pity
Acts 16:23-24
Job 35:9-10; Ps 119:55; Mark 14:25-26; 2Tim 4:2
V. No Room for the Wicked at Jesus’s D-Inn-er
Matt 22:4
Rev 3:20; Rev 19:7-9; Pr 15:17; Eph 5:32-33
Conclusion:
Prov 11:30
Luke 5:9-10; John 4:36; 21:6-7; Jas 5:20
The Pilgrimage
Text: Heb 11:8-10
I. The Proposal-
when he was called to go out… obeyed…
II. The Prize-
…he looked for a city…
III. The Process (charting your progress to the destination)-
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise…For he looked for a city
In this section of our study, Pastor Mitch walks the group through Revelation 15-16. We view and discuss the 7 plagues poured from the 7 vials by the 7 angels.
Revelation Chapters 2 & 3. A study through the Revelation of Jesus Christyousendjunk
Chapters 2 &3 provide biblical insight to the 7 church to whom John writes. There are practical lessons we can learn from each of these churches today.
Photos of some of Ilse Kleyn's oil paintings done in honor of God. She is a South-African Artist residing in Cape Town. To view more of her work go to www.artofkleyn.co.za. Commissions all over the world welcome.
Your perspective on the world and your life makes all the difference. Christians just simply have a different world view. They do not seek the desires of the flesh. They reject the desire to have more and more material possessions. And while all humans have a desire to be free, Christians are free indeed by the truth that Jesus spoke (John 8:32).
In this section of our study, Pastor Mitch walks the group through Revelation 15-16. We view and discuss the 7 plagues poured from the 7 vials by the 7 angels.
Revelation Chapters 2 & 3. A study through the Revelation of Jesus Christyousendjunk
Chapters 2 &3 provide biblical insight to the 7 church to whom John writes. There are practical lessons we can learn from each of these churches today.
Photos of some of Ilse Kleyn's oil paintings done in honor of God. She is a South-African Artist residing in Cape Town. To view more of her work go to www.artofkleyn.co.za. Commissions all over the world welcome.
Your perspective on the world and your life makes all the difference. Christians just simply have a different world view. They do not seek the desires of the flesh. They reject the desire to have more and more material possessions. And while all humans have a desire to be free, Christians are free indeed by the truth that Jesus spoke (John 8:32).
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Book of Baruch, ancient text purportedly written by Baruch, secretary and friend of Jeremiah, the Old Testament prophet. The text is still extant in Greek and in several translations from Greek into Latin, Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopic, and other languages. The Book of Baruch is apocryphal to the Hebrew and Protestant canons but was incorporated in the Septuagint and was included in the Old Testament for Roman Catholics. The work is a compilation of several authors and is the only work among the apocrypha that was consciously modeled after the prophetic writings of the Old Testament.
The Weighty Matter of Mercy- Mat 23:23
I. The Example of Mercy
II. The Exercise of Mercy
III. The Embellishment of Mercy
IV. It Should be Exhibited
A. With Cheerfulness
B. Within the Family
C. To The Fallen (Physically)
D. To the Fallen (Spiritually) when they repent
E. To the Poor
V. Is Essential to Authority
VI. The Enjoyment of Mercy
VII. The Encumbrance (limitation) for those without Mercy
14Week 2 Theological and Biblical ReadingsAll-Knowing- Dan 22MatthewTennant613
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Week 2 Theological and Biblical Readings
All-Knowing- Dan 2:20-22, 1Ch 28:9
NIV Daniel 2:14-23
When Arioch, the commander of the king's guard, had gone out to put to death the wise men of Babylon, Daniel spoke to him with wisdom and tact. 15 He asked the king's officer, "Why did the king issue such a harsh decree?" Arioch then explained the matter to Daniel. 16 At this, Daniel went in to the king and asked for time, so that he might interpret the dream for him.
17 ¶ Then Daniel returned to his house and explained the matter to his friends Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. 18 He urged them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that he and his friends might not be executed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 19 During the night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven 20 and said: "Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are his. 21 He changes times and seasons; he sets up kings and deposes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. 22 He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him. 23 I thank and praise you, O God of my fathers: You have given me wisdom and power, you have made known to me what we asked of you, you have made known to us the dream of the king."
NIV 1 Chronicles 28:9-11
9 ¶ "And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever. 10 Consider now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a temple as a sanctuary. Be strong and do the work."
Compassion – Psa 103:13-14, Joh 3:16
NIV Psalm 103:6-14
The LORD works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. 7 He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel: 8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. 9 He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; 10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. 11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; 12 as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. 13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him; 14 for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.
NIV John 3:16-17
¶ "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.Faithfulness – Jos 23:14, Deu 7:9; Psa 145:13
NIV Joshua 23:14-16
¶ "Now I am about to go the way of all the earth. You know with all your heart and soul that not one of ...
14Week 2 Theological and Biblical ReadingsAll-Knowing- Dan 22EttaBenton28
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Week 2 Theological and Biblical Readings
All-Knowing- Dan 2:20-22, 1Ch 28:9
NIV Daniel 2:14-23
When Arioch, the commander of the king's guard, had gone out to put to death the wise men of Babylon, Daniel spoke to him with wisdom and tact. 15 He asked the king's officer, "Why did the king issue such a harsh decree?" Arioch then explained the matter to Daniel. 16 At this, Daniel went in to the king and asked for time, so that he might interpret the dream for him.
17 ¶ Then Daniel returned to his house and explained the matter to his friends Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. 18 He urged them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that he and his friends might not be executed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 19 During the night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision. Then Daniel praised the God of heaven 20 and said: "Praise be to the name of God for ever and ever; wisdom and power are his. 21 He changes times and seasons; he sets up kings and deposes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. 22 He reveals deep and hidden things; he knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with him. 23 I thank and praise you, O God of my fathers: You have given me wisdom and power, you have made known to me what we asked of you, you have made known to us the dream of the king."
NIV 1 Chronicles 28:9-11
9 ¶ "And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every motive behind the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever. 10 Consider now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a temple as a sanctuary. Be strong and do the work."
Compassion – Psa 103:13-14, Joh 3:16
NIV Psalm 103:6-14
The LORD works righteousness and justice for all the oppressed. 7 He made known his ways to Moses, his deeds to the people of Israel: 8 The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. 9 He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; 10 he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. 11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; 12 as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. 13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him; 14 for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.
NIV John 3:16-17
¶ "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.Faithfulness – Jos 23:14, Deu 7:9; Psa 145:13
NIV Joshua 23:14-16
¶ "Now I am about to go the way of all the earth. You know with all your heart and soul that not one of ...
Israel at 60 - 2) The Jews - God's true witnessesbibletruth
www.christadelphians.co.uk - The second of a four part series exploring Israel and its significant position in the world. Having looked at how the land of Israel came to be of importance in the first presentation, we move on to consider the people of Israel, how the nation was born, and how events throughout their history have provided amazing evidence as to the existence of God and of his purpose.
The Powerpoint slides can be downloaded from our website.
Warning to the Harlot and Her Harem
I. Warning to the Wicked Woman. Rev 18:7
A. Her Identity- Rev 18:7
1) She is Unstable- Pr 5:6
2) She Capitalizes on Momentary Weakness- Pr 7:25-26
3) She has Seductive Evil Lips- Pr 2:16
4) She is a Gossip- 1Tim 5:13
B. Her Infirmity- Rev 18:4, 8
• She Dares and Demands God Curse Her- Rev 18:5
II. The Convert of Corruption. Rev 18:4
III. The Preeminence of Purity. Rev 18:20
Conclusion- Ps 16:11
MOSES THE MARKETING MANAGER
Intro: Num 10:29-33
TEXT: NUM 10:32
I. ADVERTISEMENT
GOODNESS THE LORD SHALL DO UNTO US…
Gen 32:11-12
Exod 3:7-8
Exod 6:8
Titus 1:2-3
Heb 6:18
II. ADVANCEMENT
GOODNESS… WILL WE DO UNTO THEE.
Deut 15:10-11
Ps 34:14
Ps 37:3
Luke 6:35
Gal 6:10
1Thess 5:15
2Thess 3:13
Heb 13:16
1Pet 4:8-9
III. AVOIDANCE
IF THOU GO WITH US
Num 10:31
Ps 32:8
Exod 13:21-22
Eccl 1:8
Jer 17:5
Judg 1:16
Judg 4:11-12
CONCLUSION-
WHAT YOU APPRECIATE YOU ADVERTISE.
OUR DUTY IS TO SHOW THE WORLD THE GOODNESS GOD HAS SHOWN US.
AVOID THE TRAP OF THE WORLD’S WISDOM.
REPENTANCE
I. Repentance gives God glory
A. As the all-knowing God that he is
B. As the just and holy God that he is
C. As a merciful and gracious God
II. Repentance is the goal of God’s work
A. His mercies are his work
B. His judgments are his work
Conclusion:
• Give God glory by genuine repentance.
• Give God glory by immediate repentance.
The Prodigal Harlot of Ezekiel 16
I. The Child (Ezek 16:3-6)
II. The Change (Ezek 16:6-14)
III. The Charge (Ezek 16:2, 15-22)
IV. The Covenant of Conclusion (Ezek 16:60-63)
Put On Righteousness - Ephesians 6:14bDavid Turner
We cannot clothe ourselves in our personal righteousness, because any righteousness we have in ourselves falls short of God's standard of righteousness. Instead, we must shield our hearts with the righteousness of Christ. We are declared righteous because of his righteousness, not because of anything in ourselves. For a free PowerPoint download of this presentation visit us at wwwBibleguy.org.
The Power of Permission
I. The Permission of Light
Matt 5:15-16
II. The Permission of Submission
Phil 2:5
III. The Permission of Constraint
Phil 4:5
IV. The Permission of Peace
Col 3:15
V. The Permission of Authority
Col 3:16
Conclusion-
The admonition is a man must
Put a prohibition on the acquisition
of human intuition and ambition
and be in submission to
the new creature’s position
by giving exhibition to the scriptures
definition of acceptable permission.
“So” Nehemiah
1. The “So” of Prayer- Nehemiah 2:4
“So I prayed”
2. The “So” of Purpose- Nehemiah 2:11
“So I came”
3. The “So” of Plod- Nehemiah 4:6,10,18,21
“So we built”
4. The “So” of Persistence- Nehemiah 6:3
“So that I cannot”
5. The “So” of Perfection- Nehemiah 6:15
“So the wall was finished”
6. The “So” of Personality- Nehemiah 5:15
“So did I”
7. The “So” of Power- Nehemiah 8:11
“So the Levites stilled all the people”
Conclusion:
Small words have their position as do seemingly insignificant people;
So take Nehemiah’s example and apply yourself to your position as God accomplishes His mission.
“So” Nehemiah
1. The “So” of Prayer- Nehemiah 2:4
“So I prayed”
2. The “So” of Purpose- Nehemiah 2:11
“So I came”
3. The “So” of Plod- Nehemiah 4:6,10,18,21
“So we built”
4. The “So” of Persistence- Nehemiah 6:3
“So that I cannot”
5. The “So” of Perfection- Nehemiah 6:15
“So the wall was finished”
6. The “So” of Personality- Nehemiah 5:15
“So did I”
7. The “So” of Power- Nehemiah 8:11
“So the Levites stilled all the people”
Conclusion:
Small words have their position as do seemingly insignificant people;
So take Nehemiah’s example and apply yourself to your position as God accomplishes His mission.
ISAAC FACING FAMINE
TEXT: GEN 26:1-11
I. FALSEHOOD- VS 7, 8
A CONVENIENT LIE FOR ISAAC.
II. FRUITION- VS8
A SUCCESSFUL DECEPTION
III. FOUNDATION- VS10
THE SIN OF SELF-JUSTIFICATION
IV. FORBEARANCE- VS11
THE MERCY OF GOD.
THE WAY OF ESAU
I. SELF-WILLED- 27
PROVIDER
PRUDENT
POPULAR
II. SELF-SUFFICIENT- 29, 30
DEMANDING
DECEIVED
III. SELF-RIGHTEOUS
VALUE
VANITY
CONCLUSION: SAFETY
PHONY PROPHETS FOR PROFIT
TEXT: 2PET 2:1-3
I. COUNTERFEIT PREACHER.
2PET 2:1
II. CORRUPT PHILOSOPHY
2PET 2:2
III. COVETOUS PLEBES
2PET 2:3
CONCLUSION- A PRODUCT TO PLUNDER
2PET 2:3
HOW SHALL WE SING THE LORD'S SONG IN A STRANGE LAND
TEXT: PS 137:4
I. BY SEEING THE WAY AHEAD IS THE WAY FORWARD.
EXOD 14:10, 15
II. BY SEEING PAST MIRACLES AS PROBABLE FOR PRESENT PROBLEMS.
MARK 6:47-52
III. BY REPRIMANDING YOUR HUMAN MIND.
2COR 1:8-10
CONCLUSION-
ONLY A MIND SUPERIOR TO THIS WORLD CAN “SING THE LORD’S SONG IN A STRANGE LAND”.
A PRAYER FOR COMPREHENSION
TEXT: PS 119:18
I. OPEN
Matt 13:13
2Cor 4:4
Ps 19:1-2
John 3:3
1Pet 1:23
Isa 29:10-12
Eph 1:17-18
II. THOU
Ps 119:130
Jer 15:16
III. WONDROUS THINGS
Jer 6:10
Ps 119:95-97
Heb 8:5
Heb 10:1
CONCLUSION
HOS 8:12
1COR 2:9-10
Ps 119:18
When Etiquette Interrupts the Party
TEXT: GEN 21:8-19
I. PRESUMPTION
A. WEANING- GEN 21:8
Rom 12:15-16
Isa 28:9-10
2Thess 3:10
B. WOUNDING- GEN 21:9
Prov 20:11
Luke 6:44
Matt 7:20
Matt 7:1
1Cor 8:12-13
Gal 4:28-29
II. CORRECTION
A. WANDERING- GEN 21:14
Gen 16:9
Eph 5:3-4
Gen 26:8
B. WANTING- GEN 21:15
Gen 21:14
Gen 16:10
1Cor 10:13
C. WHINING- GEN 21:16
III. INSTRUCTION
A. WHY- GEN 21:17
Gen 16:13
2Cor 4:9
Eccl 12:1
B. WHERE- GEN 21:17
Ps 40:1-2
Ps 66:18
Gen 21:17
C. WATER- GEN 21:19
Gen 16:13
The PBHP DYC ~ Reflections on The Dhamma (English).pptxOH TEIK BIN
A PowerPoint Presentation based on the Dhamma Reflections for the PBHP DYC for the years 1993 – 2012. To motivate and inspire DYC members to keep on practicing the Dhamma and to do the meritorious deed of Dhammaduta work.
The texts are in English.
For the Video with audio narration, comments and texts in English, please check out the Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF2g_43NEa0
Homily: The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Sunday 2024.docxJames Knipper
Countless volumes have been written trying to explain the mystery of three persons in one true God, leaving us to resort to metaphors such as the three-leaf clover to try to comprehend the Divinity. Many of us grew up with the quintessential pyramidal Trinity structure of God at the top and Son and Spirit in opposite corners. But what if we looked at this ‘mystery’ from a different perspective? What if we shifted our language of God as a being towards the concept of God as love? What if we focused more on the relationship within the Trinity versus the persons of the Trinity? What if stopped looking at God as a noun…and instead considered God as a verb? Check it out…
The Good News, newsletter for June 2024 is hereNoHo FUMC
Our monthly newsletter is available to read online. We hope you will join us each Sunday in person for our worship service. Make sure to subscribe and follow us on YouTube and social media.
The Chakra System in our body - A Portal to Interdimensional Consciousness.pptxBharat Technology
each chakra is studied in greater detail, several steps have been included to
strengthen your personal intention to open each chakra more fully. These are designed
to draw forth the highest benefit for your spiritual growth.
In Jude 17-23 Jude shifts from piling up examples of false teachers from the Old Testament to a series of practical exhortations that flow from apostolic instruction. He preserves for us what may well have been part of the apostolic catechism for the first generation of Christ-followers. In these instructions Jude exhorts the believer to deal with 3 different groups of people: scoffers who are "devoid of the Spirit", believers who have come under the influence of scoffers and believers who are so entrenched in false teaching that they need rescue and pose some real spiritual risk for the rescuer. In all of this Jude emphasizes Jesus' call to rescue straying sheep, leaving the 99 safely behind and pursuing the 1.
What Should be the Christian View of Anime?Joe Muraguri
We will learn what Anime is and see what a Christian should consider before watching anime movies? We will also learn a little bit of Shintoism religion and hentai (the craze of internet pornography today).
The Book of Joshua is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way.pptxCelso Napoleon
Lesson 9 - Resisting Temptation Along the Way
SBs – Sunday Bible School
Adult Bible Lessons 2nd quarter 2024 CPAD
MAGAZINE: THE CAREER THAT IS PROPOSED TO US: The Path of Salvation, Holiness and Perseverance to Reach Heaven
Commentator: Pastor Osiel Gomes
Presentation: Missionary Celso Napoleon
Renewed in Grace
1. SELF-DELUSION
Jer 5:12 They have belied the LORD, and said,
It is not he; neither shall evil come upon
us; neither shall we see sword nor
famine:
• A characteristic of the wicked
(Ps 49:18) Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to
thyself.
• Prosperity frequently leads to
Ps 30:6 And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
Hos 12:8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they
shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
Luke 12:17-19 17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to
bestow my fruits? 18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will
I bestow all my fruits and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for
many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
• Obstinate sinners often given up to
Ps 81:11-12 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
Hos 4:17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
2Thess 2:10-11 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received
not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
• Exhibited in thinking:
- Our own ways are right
(Prov 14:12) There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
- We should adhere to established wicked practices
(Jer 44:17) But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense
unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our
fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had
we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
- We are pure
2. (Prov 30:12) There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their
filthiness.
- We are better than others
(Luke 18:11) The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other
men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
- We are rich in spiritual things
(Rev 3:17) Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and
knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
- We can have peace while in sin
(Deut 29:19) And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his
heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to
thirst:
- We are above adversity
(Ps 10:6) He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.
- Gifts entitle us to heaven
Matt 7:21-22 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he
that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name
have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
- Privileges entitle us to heaven
Matt 3:9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that
God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Luke 13:25-26 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to
stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say
unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our
streets.
- God will not punish our sins
Ps 10:11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.
Jer 5:12 They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we
see sword nor famine:
- Christ will not come to judge
(2Pet 3:4) And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things
continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
- Our lives shall be prolonged
Isa 56:12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow
shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
3. Luke 12:19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease,
eat, drink, and be merry.
Jas 4:13 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year,
and buy and sell, and get gain:
• Frequently preserved in, to the last
Matt 7:22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy
name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
Luke 13:24-25 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall
not be able.
25 When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand
without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto
you, I know you not whence ye are:
• Fatal consequences of
Matt 7:23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Matt 24:48-51 48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 49 And shall
begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 50 The lord of that servant shall
come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, 51 And shall cut him
asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Luke 12:20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose
shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
1Thess 5:3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as
travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.
• Exemplified
- Ahab
1Kgs 20:27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and
the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
1Kgs 20:34 And Benhadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore;
and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will
send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
- Israelites
Hos 12:8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they
shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.
- Jews
John 8:33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how
sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
John 8:41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have
one Father, even God.
- Church of Laodicea
Rev 3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and
knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
4. - Babylon
Isa 47:7-11 7 And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart,
neither didst remember the latter end of it. 8 Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures,
that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a
widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: 9 But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in
one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the
multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments. 10 For thou hast trusted in
thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee;
and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me. 11 Therefore shall evil come upon thee;
thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put
it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know.