The Gospel in 5 Seconds

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The Gospel in 5 Seconds

• 1 Corinthians 151-4

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1 Corinthians 151-4

• 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare to you the gospel
  which I preached to you, which also you received
  and in which you stand, 2 by which also you are
  saved, if you hold fast that word which I
  preached to you--unless you believed in vain. 3
  For I delivered to you first of all that which I
  also received that Christ died for our sins
  according to the Scriptures, 4 and that He was
  buried, and that He rose again the third day
  according to the Scriptures,

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Introduction

• Not 5 seconds of time
• Things that are second in sequence
• The gospel is good news
• Christ died for our sins
• He was buried
• He was raised from the dead
• The gospel is the complete story of God's love,
  power and desire that all be saved.

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Here is the gospel in 5 Seconds

1. Second Law

• Hebrews 87-8 7 For if that first covenant had
  been faultless, then no place would have been
  sought for a second. 8 Because finding fault with
  them, He says "Behold, the days are coming, says
  the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with
  the house of Israel and with the house of Judah

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Here is the gospel in 5 Seconds

1. Second Law

• Hebrews 813 In that He says, "A new covenant,"
  He has made the first obsolete. Now what is
  becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to
  vanish away.
• It is this second law that saves us
• John 117 For the law was given through Moses,
  but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

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Here is the gospel in 5 Seconds

1. Second Law
2. Second Birth

• Jesus taught Nicodemus about being born again
• John 33 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most
  assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born
  again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

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Here is the gospel in 5 Seconds

1. Second Law
2. Second Birth

• The second birth involves baptism
• Acts 238 baptism is for the remission of sins
• 1 Peter 321 baptism saves us

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Here is the gospel in 5 Seconds

1. Second Law
2. Second Birth

• 1 Peter 122-23 22 Since you have purified your
  souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in
  sincere love of the brethren, love one another
  fervently with a pure heart, 23 having been born
  again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible,
  through the word of God which lives and abides
  forever

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Here is the gospel in 5 Seconds

1. Second Law
2. Second Birth
3. Second Coming

• Hebrews 927-28 27 And as it is appointed for men
  to die once, but after this the judgment, 28 so
  Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many.
  To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear
  a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.

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Here is the gospel in 5 Seconds

1. Second Law
2. Second Birth
3. Second Coming

• Mark 1332 "But of that day and hour no one
  knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the
  Son, but only the Father.
• John 143 And if I go and prepare a place for
  you, I will come again and receive you to Myself
  that where I am, there you may be also.

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Here is the gospel in 5 Seconds

1. Second Law
2. Second Birth
3. Second Coming

• We must be ready
• Matthew 2444 Therefore you also be ready, for
  the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not
  expect.
• Matthew 2513 Watch therefore, for you know
  neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of
  Man is coming.

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Here is the gospel in 5 Seconds

1. Second Law
2. Second Birth
3. Second Coming
4. Second Death

• Everybody dies twice
• Physical death is the separation of soul and
  body.
• Spiritual death in sin is our separation from God
• Each person faces both of these deaths.

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Here is the gospel in 5 Seconds

1. Second Law
2. Second Birth
3. Second Coming
4. Second Death

• You have a choice as to which death comes first
• Die to sin in baptism
• Romans 63 Or do you not know that as many of us
  as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized
  into His death?
• THEN die physically

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Here is the gospel in 5 Seconds

1. Second Law
2. Second Birth
3. Second Coming
4. Second Death

• You have a choice as to which death comes first
• Die physically
• THEN die in eternity
• Revelation 2014 Then Death and Hades were cast
  into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
• Revelation 206a Blessed and holy is he who has
  part in the first resurrection.

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Here is the gospel in 5 Seconds

1. Second Law
2. Second Birth
3. Second Coming
4. Second Death

• You have a choice as to which death comes first
• Die physically
• THEN die in eternity
• Revelation 2014 Then Death and Hades were cast
  into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

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Here is the gospel in 5 Seconds

1. Second Law
2. Second Birth
3. Second Coming
4. Second Death
5. Second Law of Pardon

• Jonah 31 Now the word of the Lord came to
  Jonah the second time
• Peter was given a second chance
• The Prodigal Son was given a second chance in
  Luke 15

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Here is the gospel in 5 Seconds

1. Second Law
2. Second Birth
3. Second Coming
4. Second Death
5. Second Law of Pardon

• Acts 820-21 20 But Peter said to him, "Your
  money perish with you, because you thought that
  the gift of God could be purchased with money! 21
  You have neither part nor portion in this matter,
  for your heart is not right in the sight of God.

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Here is the gospel in 5 Seconds

1. Second Law
2. Second Birth
3. Second Coming
4. Second Death
5. Second Law of Pardon

• Acts 822 Repent therefore of this your
  wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought
  of your heart may be forgiven you.
• Acts 824 Then Simon answered and said, "Pray to
  the Lord for me, that none of the things which
  you have spoken may come upon me."

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Here is the gospel in 5 Seconds

• We live under the second law
• We can experience the second birth
• We live in the hope of the second coming
• We must avoid the second death
• We have a second chance as long as we live

1. Second Law
2. Second Birth
3. Second Coming
4. Second Death
5. Second Law of Pardon