11 1/2 Minutes Part 3

Below is Part 3 of "Can you spend 11and a half minutes thinking about Eternity?" (write to pastorbaron@cfl.rr.com for the entire electronic booklet to pass on to others.)

Part 3

Exodus 20:14 says we are not to commit adultery, and Jesus said in Matthew 5:27-30,

"You have heard that it was said to those of old, 'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY.' But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you; for it is more profitable for you that one of your members perish, than for your whole body to be cast into hell.”

Have you ever looked at another person with lust (intense craving)? ________


What did Jesus say you are in danger of if you sin (violate God’s law)? __________

Exodus 20:15 says we are not to steal.

Have you ever taken anything that didn’t belong to you? __________

Exodus 20:16 says we are not to bear false witness.

Have you ever lied to anyone? ________


Based on our brief look at some of God’s law, would you say that you are a sinner, and that you have violated God’s law and broken His commandments?
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By God’s holy and righteous standard, and by the words of Jesus Christ, are you a law breaker that is in danger of punishment and possibly hell fire, or a good person that hasn’t broken God’s commandments?

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Read the following scriptures-

But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away. (Isa 64:6)

As it is written: "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NO, NOT ONE; (Rom 3:10)

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, (Rom 3:23)

Now you can hopefully see the answer to the question of, “What do I need to be ‘saved’ from? The answer is the judgment of a holy and righteous God before whom you will one day appear.

If you knew that you were guilty of committing many crimes against the state, and knew you were going to appear in court to answer for your crimes would you be fearful? _____

If you know that you are guilty of breaking many of God’s laws, and know you are going to appear in court to answer for your violations should you be fearful? _____

Proverbs 1:7 says that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. Fear is evidence that you understand your predicament and are aware of your need of salvation, and more specifically, of a Savior.

Yours in Him,
Pastor B.