Lesson 3 - The End of Sin

 

Bars From Heaven

 

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 "Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God."

 

Who will not inherit the kingdom of God? ________________________

 

Fornication – Sex outside of a marriage covenant

Idolater – Failing to put God first

Adultery – Unfaithfulness to the marriage covenant

Effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind – Homosexuality

Revilers – Abusive with language; to rail

Extortion – Getting money by force or threat

 

What shall these people not inherit? ___________ _______________________ _______ ______________

 

Galatians 5:19-21 "Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God."

 

Uncleanness – Moral impurity

Lasciviousness – Without restraint

Variance – Quarrel, contention, strife

Emulations – Jealousy

Seditions – Division, disunion

Heresies – Choosing error

Revellings – Letting loose, partying

 

This list of sin is called what? _______________ _____ ________ _______________.

 

What had he told them in times past about those who do such things? ___________________________________________________________________

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Condemns To Hell

 

Death

 

Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

 

The wages of sin is _____________.

Wages are payment for something.

 

The _________ of God is eternal life.

A gift is something that you don’t pay or work for. Someone else paid the cost of a gift.

 

Eternal life is through _____________ ________________ _________ ____________

 

Revelation 20:11-15 "And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."

 

According to verse 12 who stood before God? ____________

The dead were judged according to their _______________.

______________ man was judged according to their ______________.

Death and hell being cast into the lake of fire is called what? ________________________

 

 

Revelation 21:8  "But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death."

 

In what do all liars have their part? __________________

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Eternity

 

Mark 9:43-48 "And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched."

 

Hell is described by Jesus as a place where:

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2 Thessalonians 1:7-9 "And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;"

 

On whom will the Lord Jesus take vengeance?

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With what kind of destruction will they be punished? ___________________

 

Revelation 19:20 "And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone."

 

Where were the beast and false prophet cast? ____________

They were cast ____________ into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

 

Revelation 20:10 "And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever."

 

Where was the devil cast? _____________________

Who was still there? ______________________

 

According to verse 7 a thousand years have expired. One thousand years later the beast and the false prophet are still in the lake of fire.

They are tormented ____________ and __________ for ___________ and ____________.

 

A True Story

 

Luke 16:19-24 "There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 20 And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21 And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23 And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame."

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When the rich man died from where did he lift up his eyes? __________________

Jesus describes the rich man as being in _______________________.

The rich man wanted Lazarus sent to do what?

The rich man said he was ________________________ in this ____________.

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The ultimate tragedy of sin is that it keeps us from heaven and condemns us to hell. These are serious matters! We cannot afford to take them lightly or brush them aside. They merit our consideration and sober reflection.

 

Our sin problem must be addressed.

 

In the next three lessons we will examine what has been done to address the problem of sin.