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One life, then judgment.
27Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment,
Hebrews 9:27 (WEB) · context
Once to die, then judgment
Once to die, then judgment
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And Christ, once for all.
28so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.
Hebrews 9:28 (WEB) · context
Once to die, then judgment
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The Old Testament already said it.
2Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Daniel 12:2 (WEB) · context
Some to everlasting life, some to shame
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And promised this to the wise.
3Those who are wise will shine as the brightness of the expanse. Those who turn many to righteousness will shine as the stars forever and ever.
Daniel 12:3 (WEB) · context
Some to everlasting life, some to shame
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Paul described judgment as separation.
8punishing those who don’t know God, and to those who don’t obey the Good News of our Lord Jesus, 9who will pay the penalty: eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
2 Thessalonians 1:8-9 (WEB) · context
Away from the presence of the Lord
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The opposite is to be with Him.
17then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. So we will be with the Lord forever.
1 Thessalonians 4:17 (WEB) · context
Away from the presence of the Lord
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John saw the final judgment.
11I saw a great white throne and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the sky fled away. There was found no place for them. 12I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Revelation 20:11-12 (WEB) · context
The book of life and the lake of fire
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The book of life decides.
15If anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
Revelation 20:15 (WEB) · context
The book of life and the lake of fire
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Then God makes everything new.
4He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain any more. The first things have passed away.”
Revelation 21:4 (WEB) · context
The book of life and the lake of fire
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One verse, the whole message.
23For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23 (WEB) · context
The wages of sin, the gift of God
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The proof of God's love.
8But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8 (WEB) · context
The wages of sin, the gift of God
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Not hope so. Know so.
13These 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, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.
1 John 5:13 (WEB) · context
You can know you have eternal life
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Jesus holds on to His own.
27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
John 10:27-28 (WEB) · context
You can know you have eternal life
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Anyone can call on Him.
13For, “Whoever will call on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
Romans 10:13 (WEB) · context
Talk to God in your own words
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Bring Him everything.
6In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. 7And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7 (WEB) · context
Talk to God in your own words
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Why John wrote.
31but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.
John 20:31 (WEB) · context
Start reading the Gospel of John
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Jesus' command.
19Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
Matthew 28:19-20 (WEB) · context
Baptism
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What the first believers did.
41Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.
Acts 2:41 (WEB) · context
Baptism
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What the first church did.
42They continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and prayer.
Acts 2:42 (WEB) · context
Do not walk alone
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Keep meeting.
24Let’s consider how to provoke one another to love and good works, 25not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
Hebrews 10:24-25 (WEB) · context
Do not walk alone
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Not ashamed.
16For I am not ashamed of the Good News of Christ, because it is the power of God for salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first, and also for the Greek.
Romans 1:16 (WEB) · context
Tell someone
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A light on a hill.
14“You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden. 15Neither do you light a lamp and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house. 16Even so, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 5:14-16 (WEB) · context
Tell someone
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Jesus spoke about hell in His most famous sermon.
22But I tell you that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause will be in danger of the judgment. Whoever says to his brother, ‘Raca!’ will be in danger of the council. Whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.
Matthew 5:22 (WEB) · context
Even an angry word is enough
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He was not only talking about murderers. He was talking about the heart.
21“You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones, ‘You shall not murder;’ and ‘Whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment.’
Matthew 5:21 (WEB) · context
Even an angry word is enough
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That includes every one of us.
23for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
Romans 3:23 (WEB) · context
Even an angry word is enough
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Which is why He came.
17For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
John 3:17 (WEB) · context
Even an angry word is enough