The Buck Stops Here

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The Buck Stops Here
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Genesis 3
12 Then the man said, "The woman whom You gave
to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I
ate." 13 And the Lord God said to the woman,
"What is this you have done?" The woman said,
"The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
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Genesis 3
16 To the woman He said "I will greatly
multiply your sorrow and your conception In pain
you shall bring forth children Your desire shall
be for your husband, And he shall rule over you.
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Genesis 3
17 Then to Adam He said, "Because you have
heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten
from the tree of which I commanded you, saying,
'You shall not eat of it' "Cursed is the ground
for your sake In toil you shall eat of it All
the days of your life. 18 Both thorns and
thistles it shall bring forth for you, And you
shall eat the herb of the field. 19 In the sweat
of your face you shall eat bread Till you return
to the ground, For out of it you were taken For
dust you are, And to dust you shall return."
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I Samuel 15
20 And Saul said to Samuel, "But I have obeyed
the voice of the Lord, and gone on the mission on
which the Lord sent me, and brought back Agag
king of Amalek I have utterly destroyed the
Amalekites. 21 "But the people took of the
plunder, sheep and oxen, the best of the things
which should have been utterly destroyed, to
sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal."
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I Samuel 15
22 Then Samuel said "Has the Lord as great
delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in
obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is
better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat
of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of
witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and
idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of
the Lord, He also has rejected you from being
king."
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I Kings 18
17 Then it happened, when Ahab saw Elijah, that
Ahab said to him, "Is that you, O troubler of
Israel?" 18 And he answered, "I have not
troubled Israel, but you and your father's house
have, in that you have forsaken the commandments
of the Lord and have followed the Baals.
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The Buck Stops Here
One must take responsibility for their own
actions.
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Romans 14
10 But why do you judge your brother? Or why do
you show contempt for your brother? For we shall
all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. 11
For it is written "As I live, says the Lord,
Every knee shall bow to Me, And every tongue
shall confess to God." 12 So then each of us
shall give account of himself to God.
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II Corinthians 5
10 For we must all appear before the judgment
seat of Christ, that each one may receive the
things done in the body, according to what he has
done, whether good or bad. 11 Knowing,
therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade
men but we are well known to God, and I also
trust are well known in your consciences.
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Hebrews 4
12 For the word of God is living and powerful,
and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing
even to the division of soul and spirit, and of
joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart. 13 And there
is no creature hidden from His sight, but all
things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to
whom we must give account.
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I Peter 4
3 For we have spent enough of our past lifetime
in doing the will of the Gentiles when we walked
in lewdness, lusts, drunkenness, revelries,
drinking parties, and abominable idolatries. 4
In regard to these, they think it strange that
you do not run with them in the same flood of
dissipation, speaking evil of you. 5 They will
give an account to Him who is ready to judge the
living and the dead.
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Acts 17
30 "Truly, these times of ignorance God
overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere
to repent, 31 "because He has appointed a day on
which He will judge the world in righteousness by
the Man whom He has ordained. He has given
assurance of this to all by raising Him from the
dead."
Repent
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Romans 3
all
23 for all have sinned and fall short of the
glory of God, 24 being justified freely by His
grace through the redemption that is in Christ
Jesus,
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Romans 6
death
23 For the wages of sin is death, but the gift
of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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II Corinthians 7
9 Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry,
but that your sorrow led to repentance. For you
were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might
suffer loss from us in nothing. 10 For godly
sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation,
not to be regretted but the sorrow of the world
produces death.
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II Peter 3
9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise,
as some count slackness, but is longsuffering
toward us, not willing that any should perish but
that all should come to repentance. 10 But the
day of the Lord will come as a thief in the
night, in which the heavens will pass away with a
great noise, and the elements will melt with
fervent heat both the earth and the works that
are in it will be burned up.
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Conclusion...

• God will not accept passing the buck.
• God wants all to repent and live.

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Ezekiel 33
11 "Say to them 'As I live,' says the Lord God,
'I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked,
but that the wicked turn from his way and live.
Turn, turn from your evil ways! For why should
you die, O house of Israel?' 12 "Therefore you,
O son of man, say to the children of your people
'The righteousness of the righteous man shall not
deliver him in the day of his transgression as
for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not
fall because of it in the day that he turns from
his wickedness nor shall the righteous be able
to live because of his righteousness in the day
that he sins.'
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Romans 2
3 And do you think this, O man, you who judge
those practicing such things, and doing the same,
that you will escape the judgment of God? 4 Or
do you despise the riches of His goodness,
forbearance, and longsuffering, not knowing that
the goodness of God leads you to repentance?
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II Peter 3
9 The Lord is not slack concerning His promise,
as some count slackness, but is longsuffering
toward us, not willing that any should perish but
that all should come to repentance. 10 But the
day of the Lord will come as a thief in the
night, in which the heavens will pass away with a
great noise, and the elements will melt with
fervent heat both the earth and the works that
are in it will be burned up.
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Conclusion...

• God will not accept passing the buck.
• God wants all to repent and live.
• Accept responsibility for your sins.

Repent and Live!