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Ephesians 2:8 ‘…For by GRACE you have been SAVED through FAITH; and this is not of yourselves, it is a GIFT of God…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Let’s together, open the Word of God this morning, and study what we have been given. Allow me to help you in your study and search the Bible what God has intended for us to hear.
The verses we are going to study tonight:
Exodus 19:5; Leviticus 5:17; Deuteronomy 4:29; 3:17-18, :27; Malachi 2:2; John 8:36, 14:15; Romans 8:31, 14:8; 1 Corinthians 13:2; 2 Timothy 2:11; Romans 12:2, 10:17.
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So, yesterday’s paper was titled ‘Where will you spend Eternity.’
A simple question.
This morning’s lesson is titled ‘IF.’
In several of our previous lesson’s, I tried to show how much of the Bible has been given to us to be used just like a road map, so we are careful and not make the same mistakes as those people that lived before us.
I’m not really interested right now, about those that lived in 1776, but look back further …
… earlier when Jesus walked this earth …
… back when the Jewish nation was warned by the prophets of how they would be destroyed if they didn’t change their ways.
By using google.com, the word ‘IF’ is used 1637 times in the Bible.
993 times in the Old Testament.
The word IF is an opportunity to ‘choose.’
It’s an ultimatum that’s given giving a person a choice.
If, you turn left, you can go …
If, you keep going straight, you’ll run into …
Exodus 19:5 ‘…Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Leviticus 5:17 ‘…Now if a person sins and does any of the things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, though he was unaware, he is still guilty and shall bear his punishment…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Deuteronomy 4:29 ‘…But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Proverbs 23:15 ‘…My son, if your heart is wise, My own heart also will be glad…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Jerimiah 7
vs5 ‘…For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a person and his neighbor…’
vs6 ‘…if you do not oppress the stranger, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor follow other gods to your own ruin…’
vs7 ‘…then I will let you live in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Ezekiel 18:21 ‘…But if the wicked person turns from all his sins which he has committed and keeps all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall certainly live; he shall not die…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Do you remember the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego?
King Nebuchadnezzar had a statue, and the three (3) young men would not bow down and give praise to it.
Daniel 3
vs17 ‘…If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire; and He will rescue us from your hand, O king…’
vs18 ‘…But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we are not going to serve your gods nor worship the golden statue that you have set up…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
They were given a choice, bow down and worship the statue or you’ll be thrown into the fire.
They had FAITH and they trusted their God and they knew He would save them.
The three came out of the fire without a single burn mark.
Daniel 3:27 ‘…The satraps, the prefects, the governors, and the king’s counselors gathered together and saw that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men, nor was the hair of their heads singed, nor were their trousers damaged, nor had even the smell of fire touched them…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Malachi 2:2 ‘…If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to give honor to My name, says the Lord of armies, then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
How many times was the Jewish nation given warnings?
How many times is it written that Jesus tried warning the Jews in the synoptic gospels?
John 8:36 ‘…So if the Son sets you free, you really will be free…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
John 14:15 ‘…If you love Me, you will keep My commandments…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
God has even given us Gentile’s, warnings that we MUST listen too.
Romans 8:31 ‘…What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
Romans 14:8 ‘…for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
1 Corinthians 13:2 ‘…If I have the gift of prophecy and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
2 Timothy 2:11 ‘…The statement is trustworthy: for if we died with Him, we will also live with Him…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
I’ve only shown you a tiny portion of the word ‘IF,’ being used in the Bible.
If you don’t change your ways and open your Bibles and READ the Word that God has given to us, He will be unable to save you because you are sinning in front of His eyes, thinking you’re doing what you have been told, but God never told ‘YOU’ to do those things.
Stop listening to those false prophets all around us today, speaking lies that they think are true but in fact, they’re nothing but just lies.
Listen to what God has told you to do.
Listen to His Word.
Romans 12:2
‘…And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)
‘…And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
‘…Do not conform yourselves to the standards of this world, but let God transform you inwardly by a complete change of your mind. Then you will be able to know the will of God—what is good and is pleasing to him and is perfect…’ GNT (Good News Translation)
‘…Do not become like the people who belong to this world. But let God completely change the way that you think, so that you live differently. Then you will understand what God wants you to do. You will know what is good. You will know what pleases God. You will know what is completely right…’ EASY (Easy English Translation)
Romans 10:17
‘…So, then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God…’ AKJV (Authorized King James Version)
‘…So, faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ…’ NASB (New American Standard Bible)
‘…So then, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message comes through preaching Christ…’ GNT (Good News Translation)
‘…So then, people must hear the message before they can trust God. And people hear that message when someone tells them about Christ…’ EASY (Easy English Translation)
Years ago, when I would give a sermon message in front of the church, I remember I’d sit for hours working on a paper for the assembly to be heard.
I want to kick myself in the back side, because of my ignorance.
I used to take the time and make sure every Bible verse that I read was displayed on the screen as I spoke …
… another time I deserve to be booted in the back side.
I should have passed out individual Bible’s to the crowd.
In hindsight, I should have had every person search the Bible for the verse to be read aloud.
If the Sunday message cannot be found in the Bible, it is useless.
Nothing but wasteful words spoken to a crowd.
Nothing but the words of this world, man’s word; NOT GOD’s WORD, our Bibles.
Keep your Bible’s open and keep on studying the Word that He has given to us.
Beware of the opportunity that He has given to each one of us.
I love every one of y’all.
Speak up and let those around you also know that it is time to wake up.
We have been given a choice … IF.
Jesus, I pray that those ears and eyes, either listening or seeing this message today would be opened to the very fullest and allow Your love to come inside their lives and comfort them. Teach us Jesus. Protect us. We love You. Amen InHIM. ><)))o>