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A Matter of Life and Death!

• Romans 615-23

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Officer Lee Brown responded immediately with red
lights and siren as the dispatcher gave
directions. Brown knew this was a matter of life
and death...
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Whats the matter, officer? The voice came from
a man sitting atop a large earthmoving machine...
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Brown was able to force an object from the babys
throat onto the floor. It was a button... The
baby then screamed, turned red and flung his
fist. He was angry, but very much alive.
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Purpose

• to see that eternity is a matter of life and death

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I THE MATTER OF DEATH
A. Death is the Natural Result of Sin
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Nothing less than the Cross of Christ proves this
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Genesis 217
But from the tree of the knowledge of good and
evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you
eat from it you will surely die.
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Romans 86
For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the
mind set on the Spirit is life and peace.
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I THE MATTER OF DEATH
A. Death is the Natural Result of Sin
B. Death is the Ultimate Wage of Sin
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We know what wage means dont we?... So the idea
of earning is accurate here...
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Death is the result of being out of gear with
Christ...
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I THE MATTER OF DEATH
A. Death is the Natural Result of Sin
B. Death is the Ultimate Wage of Sin
C. Death is the Ultimatum of Sin
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Mark 947-48
And if your eye causes you to stumble, cast it
out it is better for you to enter the kingdom of
God with one eye, than having two eyes, to be
cast into hell where their worm does not die,
and the fire is not quenched.
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2 Thessalonians 18-9
dealing out retribution to those who do not
know God and to those who do not obey the gospel
of our Lord Jesus. And these will pay the penalty
of eternal destruction, away from the presence of
the Lord and from the glory of His power.
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II THE MATTER OF LIFE
A. Life is a Gift
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Life is a gift made possible only through the
substitutionary death of Christ on the cross...
Grace is free but its not cheap!
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II THE MATTER OF LIFE
A. Life is a Gift
B. Life is of God
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Mans attempt to make life continues to do one
thing DISAPPOINT!
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Bob and Elizabeth Gathercole thought to live
meant getting away from it all...
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II THE MATTER OF LIFE
A. Life is a Gift
B. Life is of God
C. Life is in Jesus Christ as Lord
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Conclusion and Summary
Remember the story with which we opened? Like to
tell you the remainder of that true event...
Christian you have an opportunity to make a
difference in peoples lives. Never take lightly
the privilege and urgent call to be ambassadors
for Christ... Non-Christian you have a
choice... Remember, when one is lost it is
earned, but when one is forgiven/saved it is a
gift!