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Sunday Morning: January 25, 2004
Text: 1 Corinthians 3:13-15 "Every
man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because
it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work
of what sort it is. 14. If any man's work abide which he hath built
thereupon, he shall receive a reward. 15. If any man's work shall be burned,
he shall suffer loss (cast away, receive damage): but he
himself shall be saved; yet so as by [dia>, through] fire."
HELL
Psalms 16:9-10 "Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my
flesh also shall rest in hope. 10. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell
[Sheol]; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see
corruption."
Acts 2:31 "He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ,
that his soul was not left in hell [Hades], neither his
flesh did see corruption."
SAVED BAPTIZED IN FIRE
Matthew
3:11 "I indeed baptize you with water
unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I
am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize [dip] you with [enj, preposition in] the Holy Ghost (Holy
Spirit is literal), and with fire (fire must be
literal) (compound prepositional phrase):"
LAKE OF FIRE
Revelation 20:10 "And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake
of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are,
and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever."
LAWLESS CAST INTO A FURNACE
Matthew 13:41-42 "The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather
out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do
iniquity [lawless]; 42. And shall cast them into a furnace
(figurative) of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing
of teeth. (literal)"
VIRGINS DENIED ENTRANCE
Matthew
25:11-12 "Afterward came also the other (five) virgins,
saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12. But he answered and
said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not."
ENTRANCE INTO THE KINGDOM
Matthew 7:21 "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord,
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven."
Matthew 7:23 "And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart
from me (to outer darkness), ye that work [present middle]
iniquity [lawless."
THE UNPROFITABLE DENIED
Matthew
25:30
"Cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there
shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth."
THE SHEEP ENTERED THE KINGDOM
Matthew 25:34 "Then shall the King say unto them [sheep] on his
right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom
prepared for you. . ."
THE GOATS DENIED
Matthew
25:40-41 "And the King shall answer and say unto
them (sheep, figurative language), Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch
as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye
have done it unto me. 41. Then shall he say also unto them on the
left hand, Depart from me, ye (goats, figurative) cursed (as
Gibeonites), into everlasting [agelasting] fire, prepared
for the devil and his angels:"
TIME IN PRISON
Matthew 5:25-26 ". . . be cast into prison. 26. Verily
I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till
thou hast paid the uttermost farthing."
OFFEND YOUR BROTHER
Matthew
5:23-24 "Therefore if thou bring thy
gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought
against thee; 24. Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy
way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer
thy gift.
THE OFFENCE
Matthew 5:21-22 "Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou
shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger (may
be accidental) of the judgment (to perish by stoning):
22. But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without
a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: (verse 21)
and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca [vain, worthless],
shall be in danger of the council (Sanhedrin): but whosoever shall say,
Thou fool [rebel], shall be in danger of [the] hell
[ge>enna, figurative] [the] fire."
JUDGE NOT A BROTHER
James 4:11 "Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh
evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh
evil of the law. . ."
A BROTHER
Matthew
12:50 "For whosoever shall do the will of
my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother. . ."
SEEKING TO ENTER THE KINGDOM
Matthew
7:21 "Not every one that saith unto me,
Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth
the will of my Father which is in heaven."
PRISON NOT HELL
Matthew 5:25-26 "Agree with thine
adversary (your brother) quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him;
lest at any time the adversary (your brother) deliver thee to the
judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast
into prison. (during the Millennium) 26. Verily I say unto thee, Thou
shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid
the uttermost farthing (not for ever and for ever)."
THE FEAR OF THE LORD
2
Corinthians 5:9-11 "Wherefore we labour, that, whether
present or absent, we may be accepted of him. 10. For we must all appear
before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive
the things done in his body, according to that he hath done,
whether it be good or bad [evil]. 11. Knowing
therefore the terror [fear, noun] of the Lord, we persuade men;
but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your
consciences."
FEAR HIM
Matthew
10:28 "And fear not them which kill
the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear
[verb, present passive] him which is able to destroy [ajpo>llumi, perish] both soul and body in [eijv, leading to] hell [ge>enna, figurative]." Again:
Luke
12:4-5 "And I say unto you my friends (his
disciples verse 1), Be not afraid of them that kill the body,
and after that have no more that they can do. 5. But I
will forewarn you (his disciples) whom ye (his disciples)
shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed (body
implied) hath power to cast into hell [ge>enna, figurative]; yea, I say unto you
(his disciples), Fear him."
(Many associate ge>enna,
Gehenna, with the valley of Hinnom outside Jerusalem.
Children were sacrificed to Molech there. ge>enna is a New Testament term and
not found in the Septuagint)
FIRST OCCURRENCE
James
3:6 "And the tongue is a fire, a
world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it
defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it (tongue)
is set on fire of hell [ge>enna, figurative]."
CAUSE YOU TO STUMBLE
Matthew
5:29-30 "And if thy right eye offend
(skandalizw, stumble) thee, pluck it out, and
cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy
members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell
[ge>enna, figurative]. 30. And if thy right
hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for
it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish,
and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell [ge>enna, figurative]."
ENTER THE KINGDOM
Mark 9:47 "And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better
for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye,
than having two eyes to be cast into hell [ge>enna, figurative] fire:"
NOT HURT
Revelation
2:11 "He that hath an ear, let him hear
what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh [victorious
life] shall not be hurt of the second death."
BUT REIGN
Revelation 20:6 "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first [best]
resurrection: on such the second death (baptism in the
lake of fire) hath no power, but they shall be priests
of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a
thousand years."