WHO NEEDS TO OBEY THE GOSPEL

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WHO NEEDS TO OBEY THE GOSPEL?
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Many Do Not Think They Need To Obey.Matt.
713-14

• Do Not Believe They Are Lost (Matt. 721-23)
• They Think God Is Slack Concerning His Promise (2
  Pet. 34,9)
• Because Of False Confidence Of Family Religion
  (Jno. 831-36)

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Instead Of Thinking For Ourselves Or Listening To
What Others Tell Us
Let The Bible Settle The Matter. What Does The
Scripture Say (Rom. 43)?
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Those Guilty Of Sin Need To Obey The Gospel

• The Jews On The Day Of Pentecost (Acts 2)
• With Lawless Hands Crucified The Son Of God (vv.
  22-23)
• Anytime One Does Something Lawlessly It Is A Sin
  (1 Jn. 34 1 Tim. 18-11)
• Consequence (Matt. 1341-42)

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What Did The Jews Do To Obey The Gospel? (Acts 2)

• They Heard Were Convicted By The Truth (v.
  36-37)
• They Were Commanded To Repent Be Baptized (v.
  38)
• They Were Encouraged To Respond (v. 40)
• They Gladly Obeyed Were Saved (vv. 41,47)

Are You Guilty Of Sin?
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Those Who Sin Ignorantly Need To Obey The Gospel

• The Jews At Solomons Porch In Jerusalem (Acts 3)
• Rejected The Holy Just One Of God (vv. 13-14)
• Did It In Ignorance (v. 17)
• Still A Sin (v. 19 Lk. 2334)
• Ignorance Does Not Remove Guilt (Lev. 42
  Matt. 2229 1 Tim. 113)
• Consequence (2 Thess. 18)

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What Did The Jews Do To Obey The Gospel? (Acts 3)

• They Heard Believed (vv. 310 44 326)
• Commanded To Repent Be Converted (v. 19)

Have You Committed Sin Ignorantly?
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Those Who Accept The Preaching Of Christ Need To
Obey The Gospel

• The Samaritans (Acts 8)
• Philip Preached Christ (v. 5)
• Philip Preached Things Concerning The Kingdom Of
  God The Name Of Christ (v. 12)
• The Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8)
• Philip Preached Jesus (v. 35)

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What Did The Samaritans The Eunuch Do? (Acts 8)

• Samaritans
• They Heeded The Things Spoken (v. 6)
• They Believed Were Baptized (vv. 12-13)
• Eunuch
• Heard The Preaching (v. 35)
• Believed Confessed (v. 37)
• Baptized (vv. 36, 38)

Will You Accept The Preaching Of Christ?
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Those Sincerely Wrong In Their Beliefs Need To
Obey The Gospel.

• Saul Of Tarsus (Acts 9)
• Persecuted The Lords Church (vv.1-2)
• He Lived With A Clear Conscience (Acts
  231)
• How? Conscience Conditioned By Word Of Men
  Instead Of The Word Of God (Acts
  269-11)
• When His Conscience Was Pricked, He Recognized
  His Sins (vv. 6-9 1 Tim. 113)

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What Did Saul Do?

• He Was Instructed To Hear (Acts 96)
• He Was Commanded To Call Upon The Name Of The
  Lord By Being Baptized (Acts 2216)

Are You Sincerely Wrong In What You Have Believed?
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Those Who Are Morally Good Need To Obey The
Gospel.
What Does The Scripture Say?

• Examples Of Those Morally Good.
• Cornelius (Acts 101-2)
• Lydia (Acts 1613-14)
• Jailer (Acts 1627-28)
• Does Moral Goodness Alone Remove Ones Need To
  Obey The Gospel?
• Cornelius Did Not Think So (106,33)
• Lydia Did Not Think So (1614)
• The Jailer Did Not Think So (1630)
• Why Would Anyone Else Think It Does?

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What Did The Morally Good Do?

• Cornelius (Acts 10)
• Heard Believed (v. 43)
• Obeyed Command To Be Baptized (vv. 47-
  48)
• Lydia (Acts 16)
• Heard Heeded (v. 14)
• Was Baptized (v. 15)
• Jailer (Acts 16)
• Commanded To Believe On The Lord (v. 31)
• Heard The Word Spoken (v. 32)
• Was Baptized (v. 33)
• Having Believed In God (v. 34)

Are You Morally Good But Have Never Been Baptized
?
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Those Whose Baptisms Are Unscriptural Need To
Obey.

• The Twelve Men At Ephesus (Acts 19).
• They Had Been Baptized Into Johns Baptism (v. 3)
• Baptism Does Not Save, Unless It Is The One
  Baptism (Eph. 45).
• What Did They Do?
• They Heard The Truth Were Baptized (Acts 195)

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One Baptism (Eph. 45) In The Name Of The Lord
For The Rem. Of Sins
There Are Many Forms Of Baptism

• Johns
• Holy Spirit
• Fire
• Infant
• Of Obedience
• As A Sign

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Instead Of Thinking For Ourselves Or Listening To
What Others Tell Us
Let The Bible Settle The Matter. What Does The
Scripture Say (Rom. 43)?