Sunday Morning: May 7, 2000
Read: Ezekiel 20:35-38; 42-44; 36:24-33
Text: 1 Thessalonians 5:9
"For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but (for us) to obtain [purchase, possess, gain] salvation [deliverance] by our Lord Jesus Christ,"1 Corinthians 3:13-15 "Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day (millennial day, 1000 years) 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 (declared for the day, 1000 yrs).
15. If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss (declared for the day, millennial): but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire."
Luke 12:47-48 "And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
48. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more."
2 Peter 2:20-21 "For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge [epignwsiv, exact knowledge] of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
21. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them."
Romans 2:12 "For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law;"
Matthew 11:20-24 "Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:
21. Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
22. But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you."
Romans 11:25 "For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in."
John 12:39-40 "Therefore they could not believe [present active], because that Esaias said again,
40. He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them."
Matthew 13:11 "He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given."
Matthew 5:25-26 "Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou 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."
Revelation 1:18 "I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell [adhv, Hades, grave] and of death [qanatov, Thanatos, a place that is locked]."
1 Corinthians 15:26 "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death [qanatov, Thanatos, a place that is locked]."
Matthew 25:14 "For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods."
Matthew 25:30 "And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping (tears) and gnashing of teeth."
Matthew 22:12-14 "And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
13. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
14. For many are called, but few are chosen."
Luke 13:27-28 "But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity [no law, lawless].
28. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out."
John 15:4-6 "Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5. I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.
6. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned."
Matthew 13:42 "And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth."
Luke 12:5 "But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell [geenna, Gehenna]; yea, I say unto you, Fear him."
Revelation 7:13-14 "And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
14. And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb."
Revelation 7:17 "For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes."
Revelation 21:1 "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea." When, after the millenium.
Revelation 21:4 "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death [Thanatos, prison], neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away."