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THE TRUTH OF IT ALL
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A. The true God gives everyone light=truth about Himself inside & out! Romans 1:19-20 “Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse” God has given each the truth of His reality as Creator (v.20) and given an internal faculty (spirit) to have knowledge of God (v.19).
B. Clearly each is responsible for the light he/she is given. John 1:9 “That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.” Titus 2:11 “For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men.”
C. When men respond to God’s light/truth He gives much more truth. John 7:17 “If any man will do his [God's] will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.” Jeremiah 29:13 “And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.”
Examples: READ Acts 10- Cornelius/Acts 8- Ethiopian eunuch. In both cases they’re responding to (acknowledging) the TRUTH/LIGHT they had already been given and God kept giving them more truth/light and the Gospel Light of Jesus Christ; and they responded again and they chose to believe on Jesus Christ and they got saved! THIS IS THE POINT OF IT ALL!
D. God’s will is that, not anyone go to Hell – but GET SAVED.
1 Timothy 2:3-4 “For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.” 2 Peter 3:9 “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”
E. Hell was prepared for Satan and his devils not originally for man. Matthew 25:41 “Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels” Man, really then is an intruder in Hell; and goes there by choice. Man too, like Satan, rejected God’s will; which for man would be to believe on Jesus Christ alone as personal Saviour and be saved forever!
John 3:17-18 “For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.”
F. Notice the choice many men make. John 3:19 “And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men
loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.” You see, men choose evil because they love darkness rather than the true light that God has been giving them all through their lives at opportune times.
2 Thessalonians 2:10, 12 “And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.” They refuse God’s love which is seen in His truth; they believe not the truth and chose the pleasure in unrighteousness. No man will be able to stand before God and say that He was unjust. For God has done all that is necessary to give men opportunity to be saved.
G. To Deny All Evidence God Gives Men of Himself Is To Be A FOOL the Bible declares! Psalm 14:1 “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works…” The evidence is overwhelming Biblically and historically for the birth, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This doesn’t have to be proven in light of all the readily and easily known evidence through the centuries. It must be dis-proven. It never has-never will! Why? Because it is true and God will always have His truth (John 1:9, etc.) circulating among men while there is still an earth to circulate!
Sadly, men will keep trying to disprove the great God and Saviour Jesus Christ and the Bible. But a blind man can be sweating with his head tilted back at noon day and say, “There is no sun.. there is no such thing as the sun!!!” But there will still be a sun in the heavens. There is still the living and true God Who created all things and then came to earth to walk in a man’s body & live a sinless life for 33+ years. This true God=Jesus Christ allowed His creation to nail Him to Calvary’s Cross as the Lamb slain for them – to pay for all THEIR sins. This is when He shed His blood and died for them as a sacrifice and a substitute. He was buried and then rose from the dead the third day victorious over sin, death, Hell and Satan for us!!! The risen Christ was seen by hundreds of witnesses and is alive for evermore! He went through all this so men and women and boys and girls could be saved from hell and go to Heaven when they die and live for ever in real peace and joy. Acts 4:12 “Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”