God Shut the Door!

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God Shut the Door!

• Genesis 716

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Longsufferingof God1 Peter 320Gen 65, 9-12,
22

• When Noah and his family entered the ark, God
  shut the door! Gen 716-24

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The Gospel 2 Tim 42-4 Matt 721
Heaven

• When the truth is faithfully preached and
  practiced
• -God opens the door to spiritual safety
• -God shuts the door to all who do not obey Him
  in faith (Heb 117)

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Lessons for Us

• Sinners will be punished
  for sin, Gen 611-13, 17 Rom 22, 5-11
• God provides escape, Gen 614, 18
• God is gracious to those who walk with Him, Gen
  68-9, 22-71 (Eph 210)
• God (not Noah) judged who went into ark
• No partiality, Gen 723 (Rom 211)

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Who Shut the Door?
Plan of Salvation

• Mk 1615-16 Acts 238 1 Pet 321
• Charge Condemning good moral people
• Lost in sin, Acts 101-2, 22 1114 (157-9)
• God OPENS door Believe and baptized
• God SHUTS door All who remain in sin

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Who Shut the Door?
One Church

• Matt 1618 Eph 121-23 44
• Charge You think youre the only church!
• Christ built one church without denominations
• God OPENS door His church is saved
• God SHUTS door Churches of men are lost
• Matt 1619 Acts 241, 47 Eph 523

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Who Shut the Door?
BENEVOLENT WORK OF CHURCH

• Needy saints, Acts 434-35 1127-30
• Charge You dont care about orphans, the
  homeless and the hungry!
• God OPENS door Churchneedy saints
• God SHUTS door ChurchAll men

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Who Shut the Door?
Divorce and Remarriage

• One reason, Matt 199 532 1 Cor 710-11
• Charge You dont forgive adulterers!
• Charge You forbid marriage and command divorce!
  (Matt 1910-12)
• God OPENS door Remarriage (Matt 199)
• God SHUTS door All who are put away

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Who Shut the Door?
Fellowship

• 2 John 9-11 (2 Cor 614-71)
• Charge Unrighteous judgment for not accepting
  all faiths and all creeds
• Charge Unloving, unkind and judgmental
• God OPENS door All who abide in doctrine
• God SHUTS door All who go beyond

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Days of Noah

• Point of reference for the
  days of the Son of Man (Lk 1726-27, 30)
• Judgment against Jerusalem
• Where will you be when God shuts the door to
  heaven on the Judgment Day
• In the ark of safely?
• In the world of sin?

Matt 713-14, 21-23