FAITH IN GOD VS. FAITH IN MAN

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FAITH IN GOD VS. FAITH IN MAN
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FAITH IN GOD VS. FAITH IN MAN
I Corinthians 59-10 9I have written you in my
letter not to associate with sexually immoral
people 10not at all meaning the people of this
world who are immoral, or the greedy and
swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would
have to leave this world.
John 17, verse 11 11I will remain in the world no
longer, but they are still in the world, and I am
coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the
power of your namethe name you gave meso that
they may be one as we are one.
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FAITH IN GOD VS. FAITH IN MAN

• Origin
• Life and Moral Choices
• Death/2nd Coming

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FAITH IN GOD VS. FAITH IN MAN

• DEFINING EVOLUTION
• Evolution means that all life on earth developed
  from one or a few simple forms of life. It is now
  generally held that these alleged simple
  ancestors also developed in a natural way from
  non-living matter. Bolton Davidheiser, Evolution
  and Christian Faith
• The diversity of life on earth is the outcome of
  evolution an unsupervised, impersonal,
  unpredictable and natural process of temporal
  descent with genetic modification that is
  affected by natural selection, chance, historical
  contingencies and changing environments. Philip
  Johnson, Defeating Darwinism
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• EXPLAINING CHRISTIAN FAITH
• Our faith is in Him and His power
• Jesus is the way, truth and life John 146
• He is the foundation of our faith 1 Cor 311
• He is the cornerstone Thru Him only is
  salvation Acts 411,12
• Our hope is in things above not on the earth
  Col. 31,2

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• IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES
• Christians believe in Adam and Eve as two literal
  people
• They sinned and were expelled from the garden
• The Bible represents them as real people
• 1 Tim. 213 2 Cor. 113 1 John. 312 Heb.
  114 Mt. 2335
• We have sinned as they did and need the mercy of
  God
• Eph. 21-5
• We are then saved by His grace
• Eph. 28-10

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• IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES
• Evolution explains it this way
• There never was a literal Adam and Eve since life
  existed long before it evolved into animal life
  and eventually man.
• Sin, they say is left over from our bestial
  nature and will be overcome as man continues in
  time.
• Evolution says man will improve as he evolves
  until all wars cease and prosperity rules.

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• IRRECONCILABLE DIFFERENCES
• The Bible presents a different scenario
• Man will digress and rebel against Gods will
• 1 Tim. 41-3 Acts 2029,30
• Jesus says wars and rumors of such will precede
  destruction of Jerusalem
• Matt. 24
• Peace is a spiritual blessing representing
  reconciliation with God as a solution to our sin
• Luke 214 Rom. 86-11 2 Cor. 517-19

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• SUMMATION OF THE CONFLICT
• Evolution cannot be reconciled with the
  historical account of creation in the Bible.
• Which will you believe?
• It is either evolution or Creation/Christian?

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• The heavens declare the glory of God and the
  firmament shows His handiwork.
• Jesus said God made male and female in the
  beginning.
• God spoke, and it was done He commanded, and it
  stood fast.
• For every house is built by someone, but He who
  built all things is God.

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Homosexuality
The world tells us that homosexuality is "okay,"
that it is just "an alternative lifestyle," that
some people are "born that way" and must practice
homosexuality to be "true to themselves." God, in
the Bible, tells us that His view of
homosexuality is quite different. Homosexuality
is a sin, and like all sins will separate one
from God.
Genesis 194,5,13,24
1 Corinthians 69,10
2 Peter 24-10
Judges 1922,23
Jude 6-8
Romans 124,26-28,32
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FAITH IN GOD VS. FAITH IN MAN
Scripture from almost 2000 years ago New
Century Version 1 Cor. 69-11 -Surely you know
that the people who do wrong will not inherit
Gods kingdom. Do not be fooled. Those who sin
sexually, worship idols, take part in adultery,
those who are male prostitutes, or men who have
sexual relations with other men, those who steal,
are greedy, get drunk, lie about others, or rob
these people will not inherit Gods kingdom.
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• All of them against Gods will for
• men and women. All of this is under the category
  of the unrighteous.
• All of these destructive to family and church
  and nation.
• With reference to each one of them, you can say
  NO.
• And if you have ever been involved in any or
  all of these, the message of the gospel of Christ
  is, upon your active faith and penitence, you can
  be forgiven.

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FAITH IN GOD VS. FAITH IN MAN

• Origin
• Life and Moral Choices
• Death and Afterlife

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Second Coming

• While most professing Christians look for the
  Lord to return, they often differ greatly over
  the details surrounding His "second coming
• The "premillenial" view looks for Christ to come
  in order to establish a literal kingdom on the
  earth, over which He will reign for a 1000 years
• The "postmillenial" view understands that Christ
  will at some point begin a thousand year reign
  from heaven, at the end of which He will come to
  judge the world
• The "amillenial" view is from Gods own words
  that Christ has been reigning as "King of kings,
  and Lord of lords" ever since His ascension to
  heaven, and that His coming will be to raise the
  dead, judge the world, and usher in the "new
  heavens and new earth"

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Christians can look forward to experiencing bliss

• The "resurrection of the dead", in which our
  spirits will obtain glorified and immortal bodies

2. The "Day of Judgment", which for the
Christian will be a day of glory and vindication
3. The "new heavens and new earth", in which God
and Christ will dwell with us for eternity
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• III. THE "PURPOSE" OF HIS COMING
• A. TO RAISE THE DEAD
• B. TO DELIVER UP THE KINGDOM TO GOD
• C. TO JUDGE THE WORLD AND PUNISH EVIL
• D. TO USHER IN THE "NEW HEAVENS AND NEW EARTH

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Jesus Second Coming
I. THE "CERTAINTY" OF HIS COMING A.
PROCLAIMED BY ANGELS AT HIS ASCENSION. B.
PROCLAIMED BY THE APOSTLES II. THE "MANNER" OF
HIS COMING A. HE WILL COME IN PERSON. B. HE
WILL COME "WITH THE CLOUDS". C. HE WILL COME
WITHOUT WARNING.
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FAITH IN GOD VS. FAITH IN MAN

• Origin
• Life and Moral Choices
• Death/2nd Coming

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 8 "For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
       neither are your ways my ways,"       
declares the LORD.  9 "As the heavens are higher
than the earth,        so are my ways higher
than your ways        and my thoughts than your
thoughts.