Our relationship with God

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Our relationship with God

• Our response to God and the responsibilities this
  brings

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Outline

• What God demands of man
• Man Mortal / Immortal
• What the Bible means by Responsibility
• Responsibility and Resurrection from the dead
• Judgement
• Summarise

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Gods Demand (1)

• John 17
• 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know
  thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom
  thou hast sent.

• God demands of man that he have a knowledge of
  and belief in His existence and purpose in order
  to receive eternal life.

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Gods Demand (2)

• Hebrew 116
• 6 But without faith it is impossible to please
  him for he that cometh to God must believe that
  he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that
  diligently seek him.

• Hebrews 111
• 1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,
  the evidence of things not seen.

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Immortality is conditional

• 2 Timothy 19-10
• John 316
• John 640
• Revelation 27
• James 112
• Romans 623

• When born human beings do not possess immortality
• it is a quality brought within reach through
  Christ by the Gospel
• It will only be attained on condition of both
  believing obeying the Divine commandments

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Future bestowal of immortality(1)

• 1 John 2
• 25 And this is the promise that he hath promised
  us, even eternal life.
• 2 Timothy 1
• 1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of
  God, according to the promise of life which is in
  Christ Jesus,

• You dont promise something to someone, if you
  have already given it them
• Immortality is not now possessed, but is a matter
  of promise for future bestowal at Christs return

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Future bestowal of immortality(2)

• Titus 1
• 2 In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot
  lie, promised before the world began
• Titus 3
• 7 That being justified by his grace, we should be
  made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

• Immortality is a matter of hope
• You dont hope for something that you already have

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Future bestowal of immortality(3)

• Matthew 19
• 29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or
  brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or
  wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake,
  shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit
  everlasting life.
• Luke 1818
• Luke 1830

• To be inherited when Christ comes
• You only inherit something that belongs to
  someone else, not something that is yours already

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Future bestowal of immortality(4)

• Mathew 189
• Jude 21
• Galatians 68

• To be entered into
• To be looked for
• To be reaped

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How immortality will be received

• 1 Corinthians 1551-54
• 2 Corinthians 51-4
• Phillipians 320-21
• Luke 2035,36

• Immortality of the Bible, is to be manifested as
  a result of a change of body at the resurrection

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Responsibility Explained

• Mental Capacity
• Babes and the mentally deranged are incapable of
  understanding the gospel and therefore are not
  responsible for their actions

• Circumstances
• Some may be capable of understanding the gospel
  but have never heard it and so will not be judged
  by Christ

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Knowledge basis of Responsibility

• John 319
• Luke 1247-48
• Luke 1922-23
• James 417
• Romans 513

• Knowledge of the Truth, whether believed or
  rejected, makes one responsible to God for
  actions done. Privilege brings responsibility. In
  similar way earthly parents hold children
  responsible for their behaviour once adequately
  instructed.

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Israel Nationally Responsible

• Amos 3
• 2 You only have I known of all the families of
  the earth therefore I will punish you for all
  your iniquities
• Deuteronomy 28
• 15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not
  hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to
  observe to do all his commandments and his
  statutes which I command thee this day that all
  these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake
  thee

• Israel has been punished more severely for her
  sins than other nations. This has resulted from
  her special relationship to God. Being Gods
  people Israel was instructed in His Law and
  purpose. Greater enlightenment brought greater
  responsibility.

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Christs Appearing Increased Responsibility

• John 1522-24
• John 939-41
• Acts 1730-31
• Hebrews 21-3
• Hebrews 1028-29

• Since Jesus Christ has been manifested, God has
  held men more responsible. This is because the
  glory of God shone more brightly from him than it
  ever had before from any other person.

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Responsibility Determines who shall be raised
from the dead

• Isaiah 2614
• Ephesians 21, 12
• Ephesians 418
• Psalm 4920
• Jeremiah 5139, 57
• Obadiah 16
• Psalm 3710,20,34,38
• Psalm 10435

• Only those responsible will be present at the
  Judgement Seat. Those not responsible die and
  pass out of memory as if they had never been.
  They will not be resurrected

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Judgement

• 2 Corinthians 510
• Romans 1410-12
• John 527-29
• 2 Timothy 41

• Time, place and judge have been appointed for
  judgement. There will be a Judgement Seat set up
  at Christs return and he has been appointed by
  God to execute the judgement

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Only God Can Judge Responsibility

• Matthew 25
• 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another
  two, and to another one to every man according
  to his several ability and straightway took his
  journey.
• John 1247-50

• Only God knows the capacity and circumstances of
  each individual

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Two Groups

• Responsible
• Who will appear before the Judgement Seat of
  Christ whether righteous or unrighteous

• Those not responsible
• Who will not appear before him to answer

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Summary

• We are mortal
• Have a capacity to hear understand the Gospel
• Hear the Gospel
• Responsible
• Resurrection
• Judgement
• Obedience of Gods commandments
• Baptism
• Immortality

• Philippians 320-21
• 1 John 32
• Revelation 59-10
• Luke 1328
• Daniel 122
• Revelation 211