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Matthew 7:13-14
Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. 14 For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.
2 Peter 2:5
and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly;
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Some have difficulty accepting that good people deserve to be eternally lost. How could a just God send someone to Hell who saved thousands of lives?
Some make excuses. Others will say, I just obey the 10 commandments. The opinions of man have no value; only those of the sovereign God have sway.
There is a way which seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death. Prov. 14:12
Ephesians 4:1-6
I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, 2 with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, 3 endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Refused
Pardon
In Pennsylvania, during 1829, George Wilson was convicted of mail robbery and murder. He was sentenced to death. Later pardoned by President Andrew Jackson, Wilson refused the pardon. Chief Supreme Court Justice, John Marshall, ruled: "A pardon is a paper, the value of which depends upon its acceptance by the parties implicated. It is hardly to be supposed that one under the sentence of death would refuse to accept a pardon. But if it is refused, it is no pardon. George Wilson must hang."
Acts 24:25
Now as he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and answered, Go away for now; when I have a convenient time I will call for you.
Being faithless, they do not realize their peril. No guarantee of tomorrow (only a vapor)
A prosperous farmer had everything going for him but died. (Luke 12: 13-21)
1 Thessalonians 5:2
For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night.
Mark 13:32
But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
Reject God
Reject God
Today, more and more people are rejecting the very idea of God. Science has become a religion. They accept as fact theories that cannot be proven by the scientific method.
Evolution ... Accepted by faith Big Bang ... Accepted by faith
They will not accept God because He cannot be observed, but accept these by faith.
Reject God
Universal acceptance or rejection neither proves nor disproves. GOD IS!
The world universally accepted that the earth was flat. It was formerly believed that sickness could be cured by draining polluted blood. We were told we were going into an ice age, now were going to bake.
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