The Bad and Good News

The Bad and Good News Passages from the New International Version of the Bible

The Good News: God’s original plan • Man was created in God’s image (Gen 1:27) • God breathed into man’s nostrils (Gen 2:7) • Man is special; he is perfect (made in God’s image) • He is originally without sin = HOLY = NO DEATH = ETERNAL • Innocent, no shame (Gen 2:25) • There is only one “No-no” (Gen 2:15-17)

The Bad News • Man sinned = disobeyed God (Gen 3:6-7) • Consequence: • Man will DIE (Gen 3: 17-19) • First murder (eldest murders the younger) (Gen 4:8) • Man’s heart is evil all the time (Gen 6: 5-6) – God grieved and His heart was filled with pain • God will destroy all men (Gen 6:7) • The GREAT FLOOD

The Good and Bad News • Good news: Noah walked with God (Gen 6:9) • Bad news: From Noah up to today = ALL WILL DIE (Romans 5:12) • All sinned → all die (Romans 3:23) • All will continually sin (Romans 3: 9-10) • All are in Satan’s clutches and control (Luke 4: 5-6) • Final judgment: those who sin – their names will not be in the Book of Life (Rev 20:15)

The Bad News • How about before the final judgment? • After we die we face judgment (Hebrews 9:27) • Initial area where we go after we die: • PLACE OF TORMENT if Jesus is not in our life (Luke 16:23) • We see those who are comforted (Luke 16: 23-26) • We cannot cross over (Luke 16:26)

Its all about choices

The Good News • Why is God’s love mentioned in the Bible? • (John 1: 1-3; John 1: 10-13; John 3: 16-18) Jesus is the creator and God wants everyone to be saved through Jesus • Warning: Matthew 10: 32-33; Mark 8:38 • What is salvation? (Luke 23: 39-43) • salvation means recognizing Jesus as God and King and depending on Him for his salvation (=eternal comfort, rest) • “Today you will be with me in paradise” • Jesus = salvation = name is in the Book of Life = Not going to hell (Revelation 20:11-15)

The Good News • Jesus’ declarations: • (John 14:6) He is the way, the truth, and the life – the ONLY WAY to the Father is through Him • (John 11: 25-26) He is the resurrection and the life • How can we be saved? • (Acts 16: 30-32) believe in the Lord Jesus • (Acts 4:12) salvation is in Jesus ALONE • Process of how to be saved (Romans 10: 9-10) • Faith in Jesus = eternal life (1John 5:1-2,13)

A prayer of faith • Lord Jesus, I need you. Thank you for dying on the cross and saving me from the fires of hell and painful torment forever and giving me eternal life. I CONFESS MY SINS AND ACCEPT YOU AS MY LORD AND SAVIOR. I want you to be the Lord and Savior of my life. Do with me according to what your plan for my life. Amen.

Why do I quote only the Bible? • (Matthew 24:35) God’s word will not pass away • (Timothy 3: 16-17) All scripture is God breathed

BIBLE PASSAGES (NIV)

Bible verses 1 • Genesis 1:27 • 27 So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them [Back] • Genesis 2:7 • 7 Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being [Back]

Bible verses 2 • Genesis 2:25 / Genesis 2:15-17 25 Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame [back] 15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” [back] • Genesis 3:6-7 • 6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves [back]

Bible verses 3 • Genesis 3:17-19 17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life. 18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.” [back]

Bible verses 4 • Genesis 4:8 • Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. [back] • Genesis 6:5-6 • 5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. 6 The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. [back]

Bible verses 5 • Genesis 6:7 • 7 So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.” [back] • Genesis 6:9 • 9 This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God [back]

Bible verses 6 • Romans 5:12 • 12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man,and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned— [back] • Luke 4:5-6 • 5 The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. 6 And he said to him, “I will give you all their authority and splendor; it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to [back]

Bible verses 7 • Romans 3:23 • 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God [back] • Romans 3:9-10 • 9 What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. 10 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one; [back]

Bible verses 8 • Revelations 20:15 • 15 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire. [back] • Hebrews 9:27 • 27 Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment [back]

Bible verses 9 • Luke 16:23-26 23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side 24 So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’ [back] 25 “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. [back] 26 And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been set in place, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us.’ [back]

Bible verses 10 • John 1:1-3 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. [back]

Bible verses 11 • John 1:10-13 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God— 13 children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God [back]

Bible verses 12 • John 3:16-18 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son [back]

Bible verses 13 • Matthew 10:32-33 32 “Whoever acknowledges me before others, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. 33 But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven [back] • Mark 8:38 38 If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.” [back]

Bible verses 14 • Luke 23:39-43 39 One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!” 40 But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.” 42 Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” 43 Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” [back]

Bible verses 15 • John 14:6 6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me [back] • John 11:25-26 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?” [back]

Bible verses 16 • Acts 16:30-32 30 He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” 31 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.” 32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house [back] • Acts 4:12 12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” [back]

Bible verses 17 • Romans 10:9-10 9 If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved. [back]

Bible verses 18 • 1John 5:1-2, 13 1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. 2 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. 13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life [back]

Bible verses 19 • Matthew 24:35 35 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away [back] • Timothy 3:16-17 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. [back]

Bible verses 20 • Revelation 20:11-15 11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged according to what they had done as recorded in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was judged according to what they had done. 14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death. 15 Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire. [back]

The Bad and Good News