HAVE YOU EVER PONDERED

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HAVE YOU EVER PONDERED ON THE QUESTION HOW
DOES A PERSON GO TO HEAVEN? WHAT IS GODS
WAY TO HEAVEN?
GOD'S WAY TO HEAVEN
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SOME by going to church SOME by obeying the
Ten Commandments OTHERS by doing good works,
giving to charities, helping people, donating
property, money and or materials for church
buildings.
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There are FOUR THINGS that we must
understand in order for us to be sure of going to
HEAVEN
1. GOD LOVES US AND HE HAS A PURPOSE FOR US
3. GODS REMEDY
2. MANS PROBLEM
4. MANS RESPONSE
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The first thing that we must understand is that
GOD LOVES US AND HE HAS A PURPOSE FOR US.
John 316 For God so loved the world that He
gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes
in Him shall not perish but have ETERNAL LIFE.
ETERNAL LIFE
John 1010 The thief comes only to steal and
kill and destroy I have come that they may have
life and have it to the full.
ABUNDANT LIFE
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MANS PROBLEM
WHEN GOD MADE ADAM AND EVE, HE PLACED THEM IN THE
GARDEN OF EDEN. THEY LIVED IN PERPECT HARMONY
WITH HIM AND HAD FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM. HE GAVE
THEM EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED WITH CLEAR
INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD
AND EVIL. ONE DAY HOWEVER, SOMETHING HAPPENED IN
THE GARDEN THAT STARTED ALL OF MANS PROBLEMS.
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YES, ADAM EVE CHOSE TO LISTEN TO THE SERPENTS
REASONING RATHER THAN GODS COMMAND.
Romans 323 For all have sinned and fall short
of the glory of God.
HOW MANY HAVE SINNED? DOES THIS MEAN I HAVE
SINNED? DOES IT MEAN THAT YOU TOO, HAVE
SINNED? DOES IT MATTER IF YOU COMMITTED BIG OR
SMALL SIN?
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EFFECTS OF SIN
Isaiah 592 But your iniquities have separated
you from your God
Romans 623 For the wages of sin is death
Revelation 218 But The cowardly, the
unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the
sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts,
the idolaters and all liars their place will be
in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the
second death.
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GOD

• MANS WAYS TO MAKE
• HIS WAY BACK TO GOD
• Following the Ten
• Commandments
• Doing good works
• Penitence
• Etc.

MANS PROBLEM
Galatians 216 Isaiah 646
SIN (Rom. 323) DEATH (Rom. 623) SECOND DEATH
(Rev. 218)
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GODS REMEDY
John 146 Jesus answered I am the way and the
truth and the life. No one comes to the Father
except through me.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WAY AND A
WAY? JESUS IS NOT JUST ONE OF THE WAYS. ASIDE
FROM HIM, THERE IS NO OTHER WAY.
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Romans 56-8 But God demonstrates His own love
for us in this While we were still sinners,
Christ died for us.
WHAT DID CHRIST DO? HE DIED FOR OUR SINS.
I Peter 224 He Himself bore our sins in His
body on the cross
IF CHRIST BORE OUR SINS IN HIS BODY ON THE CROSS,
DO WE STILL HAVE TO BEAR OUR SINS?
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MANS RESPONSE
GODS ACTION
Ephesians 28-9 For by grace you have been saved
through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is
the gift of God not as a result of works, that
no one should boast.
Faith It is the definite act of accepting the
gift of God to us.
GRACE Gods Riches At Christ Expense
Revelation 320 Behold, I stand at the door and
knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the
door, I will come in to him and dine with him,
and he with Me.
ACCEPT JESUS
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John 316 ETERNAL LIFE
GODS PURPOSE
John 1010 ABUNDANT LIFE
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1 Peter 224
GOD
GODS REMEDY JESUS (John 146)
MAN
MANS PROBLEM
MANS RESPONSE
Faith (Eph. 28-9) Receive Jesus (Rev.
320) Eternal Life (1 John 511-13) Forgiveness
(Col. 14) Security (John 637-40) New Creation
(2 Cor. 5-17) Child of God (John 112)
SIN (Rom. 323) DEATH (Rom. 623) SECOND DEATH
(Rev. 218)
NOT WORKS (Gal. 216)
ETERNAL LIFE
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Lord Jesus, I need you. Thank you for dying on
the Cross for my sins. I acknowledge that I have
greatly sinned against you. Please forgive all my
sins. I now open the door of my heart and accept
you as my Lord and my Savior. Thank you for your
gift of eternal life, which I now also receive.
Please reign on the throne of my life. Please
make me the kind of person you want me to be.
Amen.