God's Answer

Ridley Hall Evangelical Church

God’s ANSWER

How did God show Himself in the beginning?

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1 v 1

For thus says the LORD, Who created the heavens, Who is God, Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited: "I am the LORD, and there is no other.

Isaiah 45 v 18

How has God made Himself known to men?

The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork.

Psalm 19 v 1

God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;

Hebrews 1v 1- 2

What is the nature of God ?

Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, The Creator of the ends of the earth, Neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable.

Isaiah 40 v 28

This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all.

1 John 1 v 5

Who shall not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. Revelations 15 v 4

What does God require of men?

And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

Jesus said to him, " 'You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' "This is the first and great commandment. "And the second is like it: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.'

Matthew 22 v 37-39

And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment. 1 John 3 v 23

Can man, unchanged, understand the ways of God?

But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

1 Corinthians 2 v 14

What separates men from God?

But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear.

Isaiah 59 v 2

"He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. "And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. John 3 v 18-19

What is sin?

All unrighteousness is sin, 1 John 5 v 17

Jesus said: "For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, "thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. "All these evil things come from within and defile a man." Mark 7v 21-23

Does everyone sin?

all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, Romans 3 v 23

The LORD looks down from heaven upon the children of men, To see if there are any who understand, who seek God. They have all turned aside, They have together become corrupt; There is none who does good, No, not one. Psalm 14 v 2-3

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 1 John 1v 8

What is the result of sin?

Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned Romans 5 v 12

The soul who sins shall die. Ezekiel 18 v 4

For the wages of sin is death, Romans 6 v 23

What is God’s attitude to men?

"Say to them: 'As I live,' says the Lord GOD, 'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?' Ezekiel 33 v 11

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

1 Peter 3 v 9

"Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, Acts 3 v 19

Has God done anything about sin?

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. John 3 v 16

But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5 v 8

"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." Mark 10 v 45

What must we do to be saved?

"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, Acts 16 v 31

Jesus said, I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. John 10 v 9

...if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Romans 10 v 9-10

But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

Titus 3 v 4-5

Why did Jesus die?

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God,

1 Peter 3 v 18

He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. Hebrews 9 v 26

For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

2 Corinthians 5 v 21

Is there any other way to be saved?

Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

John 14 v 6

"let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth,………."Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."

Acts 4 v 10, 12

For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, 1 Timothy 2 v 5

Can we be sure our sins are forgiven?

"To Him (Jesus) all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins."

Acts 10v43

As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

Psalm 103 v 12

These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life,

1 John 5 v 13

Solemn warnings

Jesus said:

" And I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. "But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him who, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him! Luke 12v4-5

…….it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment, Hebrews 9 v 27

"He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him -- the word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day. John 12 v 48

So then each of us shall give account of himself to God.

Romans 14 v 12

The Saviour’s invitation

And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. John 6 v 35

"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. "Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Matthew 11v 28-29

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