SHOULD NOT PERISH

Sunday Morning - February 4, 1996

Text: John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

BELIEVETH

Luke 8:13 "They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have [ecw,PRE ACT IND] no root, which for a while believe [PRE ACT IND], and in time of temptation fall away."

Matthew 13:21 "Yet hath [ecw, PRE ACT IND] he not root in himself, but dureth [PRE ACT IND] for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended."

Mark 4:17 "And have [ecw, PRE ACT IND] no root in themselves, and so endure [PRE ACT IND] but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended."

JESUS KNEW WHO WOULD BELIEVE

John 6:64-65 "But there are some of you that believe [present active] not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed [present active ptc] not, and who should betray him. 65. And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father." THE SAME AS BELIEVE IN THE PRESENT TENSE.

NO MAN CAN COME

John 6:44 "No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day."

COME UNTO ME

Matthew 19:14 "But Jesus said, Suffer little children [paidion], and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven."

Mark 10:14 "But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children [paidion] to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God."

Luke 18:16 "But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children [paidion] to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God."

BELIEVETH

John 6:40 "And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth [PRE ACT IND] on him, may have [present active subjunctive] everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day."

John 6:47 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth [PRE ACT PTC] on me hath [PRE ACT IND] everlasting life."

NEVER DIE

John 11:26 "And whosoever liveth [present, ptc, nom] and believeth [present, ptc, nom] in me shall never [unto the age] die [aorist]. Believest [present] thou this?"

ALREADY DEAD

Ephesians 2:1 "And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins:" PERISH IS NOT THE QUESTION.

COMMON SALVATION - LIFE

John 10:10 "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, ... "

Jude 1:3 "Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints"

SO GREAT SALVATION

John 10:10 "... I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly."

Hebrews 2:1-3 "Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. 2. For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; 3. How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;" MYSTERIES OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.

HEIRS OF SALVATION

Hebrews 1:14 "Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall [FUTURE] be heirs of salvation?"

SALVATION IN CHRIST

2 Timothy 2:10 "Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory."

PERISHING

2 Peter 3:9 "The Lord is not slack concerning his [the] promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any (OF US) should perish, but that all should come to repentance."

1 John 2:25 "And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life."

SO GREAT A DEATH

2 Corinthians 1:9-10 "But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: 10. Who delivered [AORIST] us from so great a death, and doth deliver [FUTURE]: in whom we trust [PERFECT] that he will yet deliver [FUTURE] us;"

DO NOT ERR FROM THE TRUTH

James 5:19-20 "Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; 20. Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins."

KEEP HEARING HIS VOICE AND FOLLOWING

John 10:26-28 "But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. 27. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: 28. And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand."

BETTER FOR THEM NOT TO KNOW

2 Peter 2:19-21 "While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. 20. For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge [epignwsis] of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein [v.19 corruption], and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 21. For it had been better for them not to have known [epignwsis] the way of righteousness, than, after they have known [epignwsis] it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them."

FALL AWAY - SHAME

Hebrews 6:4-6 "For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5. And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6. If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame."