Great Decisions of the Bible Life is filled with decisions

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Great Decisions of the Bible

• Life is filled with decisions every day!
• A study of great decisions men made centuries ago
  should help us in making ours.

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Great Decisions of the Bible

• Adam and Eve decided to disobey God
• Life for man began with decisions
• Genesis 36 1 Corinthians 1522

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Genesis 36

• So when the woman saw that the tree was good for
  food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a
  tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its
  fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with
  her, and he ate.
• Allurement and illicit desire lead to sin!

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1 Corinthians 1522

• For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all
  shall be made alive.
• Adams sin affected all mankind. Our sins can
  affect others as well. Fortunately, there is an
  escape from death in Christ.

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Great Decisions of the Bible

• Adam and Eve decided to disobey God
• Life for man began with decisions
• Genesis 36 1 Corinthians 1522
• Abraham unhesitatingly decided to offer up
  Isaac
• Contrary to human wisdom
• Yet, offered in faith (Hebrews 1117-19)

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Hebrews 1117-19

• By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up
  Isaac, and he who had received the promises
  offered up his only begotten son, 18of whom it
  was said, In Isaac your seed shall be called,
  19concluding that God was able to raise him up,
  even from the dead, from which he also received
  him in a figurative sense.

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Great Decisions of the Bible

• King Saul unwisely decided to spare the Agag, and
  the plunder of the Amalekites
• He feared the people 1 Samuel 1524
• Ecclesiastes 1213-14 Matthew 1028

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1 Samuel 1524

• Then Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned, for I
  have transgressed the commandment of the LORD and
  your words, because I feared the people and
  obeyed their voice.
• We ought to obey God rather than man!

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Ecclesiastes 1213-14

• Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter
  Fear God and keep His commandments, For this is
  man's all. 14For God will bring every work into
  judgment, Including every secret thing, Whether
  good or evil.

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Matthew 1028

• And do not fear those who kill the body but
  cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is
  able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

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Great Decisions of the Bible

• King Saul unwisely decided to spare the Agag, and
  the plunder of the Amalekites
• He feared the people 1 Samuel 1524
• Ecclesiastes 1213-14 Matthew 1028
• Moses chose Gods people over Egypt
• It was much to give up, but he did it because of
  his faith (Hebrews 1124-26)

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Hebrews 1124-26

• By faith Moses, when he became of age, refused
  to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,
  25choosing rather to suffer affliction with the
  people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures
  of sin, 26esteeming the reproach of Christ
  greater riches than the treasures in Egypt for
  he looked to the reward.

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Great Decisions of the Bible

• Joshua decided to serve God with his house
• God is the true God, and worthy of that service
  (Joshua 2415)
• God said it, that settles it.

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Joshua 2415

• And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD,
  choose for yourselves this day whom you will
  serve, whether the gods which your fathers served
  that were on the other side of the River, or the
  gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell.
  But as for me and my house, we will serve the
  LORD.

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Great Decisions of the Bible

• Joshua decided to serve God with his house
• God is the true God, and worthy of that service
  (Joshua 2415)
• God said it, that settles it.
• Christ always made the right decisions
• It is because of this perfection that he is our
  effective sacrifice! (1 Peter 221-24)

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1 Peter 221-24

• For to this you were called, because Christ also
  suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you
  should follow His steps 22 "Who committed no
  sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth" 23who,
  when He was reviled, did not revile in return
  when He suffered, He did not threaten, but
  committed Himself to Him who judges righteously
  24who Himself bore our sins in His own body on
  the tree, that we, having died to sins, might
  live for righteousness -- by whose stripes you
  were healed.

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You must make a decision

• Christs invitation requires a decision on your
  part tonight.
• Yes or NoWhich will it be?