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"I Died Last Night". What happened next?. Did you obey the gospel?. What is gospel obedience? Rom 10:15-17 Submissive response to God’s word due to hearing and believing , Matt 7:21 Doing what pleases God , Jno 8:29 ( Heb 5:8-9)
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"I Died Last Night" What happened next?
Did you obey the gospel? • What is gospel obedience? Rom 10:15-17 • Submissiveresponse to God’sword due to hearing and believing, Matt 7:21 • DoingwhatpleasesGod, Jno 8:29 (Heb 5:8-9) • Commands to obey, Jno 8:24; Acts 17: 30; Rom 10:9-10; Mk 16:16; Rom 12:1-2 I died last night!
Did you obey the gospel? • Punishment for disobedience, 2 Ths 1:7-9 • Reward for obedience, 2 Ths 1:10; Rev 14:12-13 (2 Tim 4:7-8) • Have youobeyed the gospel? • "When I getolder"; "I intend to" • "Baptismis not necessary" • Remember: You died last night! Where are you standing now? I died last night!
Were you faithful to the Lord? (Phil 2:19-22) • Wereyoufaithful to… • Learn & grow? 2 Pet 3:18; 2 Tim 2:15 • Use your abilities to honorGod? Matt 25:24-26 • Pray? Phil 4:6 (Lk 18:1); Jas 5:16 • Teach and defendtruth? 1 Pet 3:15-16 • Abstain / renounceevil? 1 Ths 5:22 • Sacrifice, give? Mk 12:44; 2 Cor 9:6-7 I died last night!
Were you faithful to the Lord? (Phil 2:19-22) • A good beginningis not enough, Col 2:6-7; 1 Cor 10:12 • Remember: You died last night! • "I meant to be more faithful" • "If I hadjustlived a little longer…" • "I was a lot betterthanmost people I knew", 2 Cor 10:12 • Lay asideeveryhindrance and every sin, Heb 12:1-2 I died last night!
Did you win a soul for Christ? (Prov 11:30) • Luminary of righteousness in a dark world? Matt 5:14-16 • By example and influence, 1 Tim 4:12 (Phil 3:17) • By trying to persuade, 2 Cor 5:11 • Remember: You died last night! • "You nevermentionedhim to me!" • "I didn’t know youwere a Christian!" • "I intended to…I wanted to…" I died last night!
Did you make life easier for someone else? (Jas 1:27) • Love yourneighbor as yourself? Matt 22:39 (25:31-46) • Didyoutreatothers the wayyouwanted to betreated? Matt 7:12 • Or, didyougossip, backbite and bear tales? • Remember: You died last night! • What willyouranswerbe? I died last night!
What influence did you leave behind? • Was your influence felt by… • A lifethat put God first in everything? Matt 6:33 • A nameheld in honor? Prov 22:1; 10:7 • A legacy of faithfulness? Heb 11:4 • Remember: You died last night! • What influence didyouleavebehind? I died last night!
"I Died Last Night" • You didn’t die last night, but you will some day, Heb 9:27 • Are you ready to live for God today? Are you satisfied with what you see?