I. The Nature and Position of Angels 1. ANGELS DO NOT DIE Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels. Luke 20:36. 2. ANGELS DO NOT MARRY For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. Matt. 22:30. 3. ANGELS ARE NOT OMNISCIENT But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. Matt. 24:36. 4. ANGELS ARE ORGANIZED INTO LEGIONS Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? Matt. 26:53. 5. ANGELS SUPREMELY INTERESTED IN THE CONVERSION OF SINNERS Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. Luke 15:10 (See verse 7). 6. REDEEMED TO BE INTRODUCED TO THE ANGELS Also .I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God. Luke 12:8. 7. ANGELS ARE ATTENDANTS TO CHRIST When the Son of man shall come into his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory. Matt. 25:31.
II. The Ministry of Angels 1. ANGELS MINISTER TO CHRIST Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. John 1:51 (See Matt. 26:53). 2. ANGELS ARE GUARDIANS OF GOD'S LITTLE ONES Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always be-hold the face of my Father which is in heaven. Matt. 18:10. 3. ANGELS CARRY RIGHTEOUS AT DEATH TO PARADISE And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried. Luke 16:22. 4. ANGELS SHALL GATHER TOGETHER THE ELECT AT CHRIST'S COMING And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Matt. 24:31. 5. ANGELS SHALL SEVER RIGHTEOUS FROM THE WICKED So shall it be at the end of the world: The angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. Matt. 13:49. 6. ANGELS SHALL EXECUTE JUDGMENT ON THE WICKED .. . The reapers are the angels . . . The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire. Matt. 13:39;41;42. 7. ANGELS ARE MINISTERING SPIRITS TO THE REDEEMED I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. Rev. 22:16.
III. Origin and Doom of Satan 1. SATAN AT THE BEGINNING ABODE NOT IN THE TRUTH Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. John 8:44. 2. SATAN WAS CAST OUT OF HEAVEN I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Luke 10:18. 3. SATAN DOES NOT CAST OUT SATAN How can Satan cast out Satan? And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. Mark 3:23-26. 4. SATAN INVOLVED IN THE DEATH OF CHRIST Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and bath nothing in me. John 14:30. 5. SATAN WAS JUDGED AT CALVARY And when he (the Holy Spirit) is come, he will reprove the world . . . of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. John 16:8, 11. 6. SATAN DEFEATED AT CALVARY Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. John 12:31. 7. SATAN AND HIS ANGELS TO BE CAST INTO EVERLASTING FIRE Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. Matt. 25:41.
IV. The Work of Satan and Evil Spirits 1. SATAN TAKES AWAY THE WORD SOWN IN HEARTS OF CARELESS SINNERS And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. Mark 4:15. 2. SATAN SOWS TARES—CHILDREN OF THE WICKED ONE But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. Matt. 13:25-26. (See verses 24-30). 3. EVIL SPIRITS INHABIT BODIES OF THE DISOBEDIENT When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. And whet' he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Luke 11:24-26. 4. SATAN IMPOSES HIS NATURE UPON THE DISOBEDIENT Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. John 8:44. 5. SATAN WHEN POSSIBLE OPPRESSES THE BODIES OF CHILDREN OF GOD And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan bath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? Luke 13:16. 6. SATAN SEEKS TO SUBVERT THE CHILDREN OF GOD Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not; and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. Luke 22:31-32. 7. SATAN THROUGH WICKED MEN PERSECUTES THE RIGHTEOUS Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried. Rev. 2:10.
V. Election—Foreordination 1. THE ELECTION OF THE FATHER'S CALL All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. John 6:37. 2. CHRIST CHOOSES AND ORDAINS Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. John 15:16. 3. POSITIONS IN WORLD TO COME PREDESTINATED Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared by my Father. Matt. 20:23. 4. DIVINE PROTECTION OF THE ELECT And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved; but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. Matt. 24:22. 5. THE GATHERING BY THE ANGELS OF GOD'S ELECT And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Matt. 24:31. 6. DIVINE AVENGING OF THE ELECT And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? Luke 18:7. 7. KINGDOM PREPARED FOR RIGHTEOUS FROM FOUNDATION OF WORLD Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. Matt. 25:34.
VI. Personal Accountability 1. NOT THE WILL OF FATHER THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. Matt. 18:14. 2. ACCOUNTABILITY NOT REQUIRED OF THOSE WHO HAVE NO LIGHT If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth. John 9:41. 3. SIN NOT IMPUTED WITHOUT LIGHT If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. John 15:22. 4. WHEN LIGHT COMES—ACCOUNTABILITY IS REQUIRED If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. John 15:24. 5. THE DISOBEDIENT TO BE BEATEN WITH MANY STRIPES And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. Luke 12:47. 6. THOSE WHO DISOBEY IN IGNORANCE TO BE BEATEN WITH FEW STRIPES But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. Luke 12:48. 7. JUDGMENT COMES BECAUSE DARKNESS IS PREFERRED TO LIGHT And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. John 3:19.
VII. Duty to God and Man 1. FIRST COMMANDMENT IS TO LOVE GOD WITH ALL THY HEART And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. Mark 12:30. 2. SECOND COMMANDMENT IS TO LOVE NEIGHBOUR AS THYSELF And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. Mark 12:31. 3. WORSHIP IS DUE GOD ONLY Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. Matt. 4:10. 4. TRUE WORSHIPPERS MUST WORSHIP IN SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. John 4:23. 5. THIS IS THE WORK OF GOD—TO BELIEVE ON CHRIST This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. John 6:29. 6. MAN'S DUTY TO MAN Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Matt. 19:17-19. 7. THE GOLDEN RULE And as ye would that men should do to you, do you also to them likewise. Luke 6:31.
VIII. Sabbath 1. THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath. Mark 2:27. 2. SON OF MAN IS LORD OF THE SABBATH Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. Mark 2:28. 3. THE AFFLICTED MAY BE HEALED ON THE SABBATH And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? Luke 13:16. 4. IT IS LAWFUL TO DO GOOD ON THE SABBATH What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. Matt. 12:11-12. 5. CIRCUMCISION WAS GIVEN ON SABBATH Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man. If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day? John 7:22-23. 6. CHRIST SHOWS THAT MERCY MAY BE SHOWN ON THE SABBATH Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungered, and they that were with him; How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests? Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? Matt. 12:3-5. 7. IT IS LAWFUL TO HEAL ON THE SABBATH Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straighway pull him out on the sabbath day? Luke 14:3-5.
IX. Marriage 1. MARRIAGE ORDAINED OF GOD But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. Mark 10:6-8. 2. WHAT GOD HATH JOINED MAN IS NOT TO PUT ASUNDER What therefore God bath joined together, let not man put asunder. Mark 10:9. 3. DIVORCE PERMITTED IN OLDEN TIMES BECAUSE OF HARDNESS OF MEN'S HEARTS Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. Matt. 19:8. 4. DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE CONSTITUTES ADULTERY And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, cornmitteth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery. Matt. 19:9. 5. FOR SOME IT IS BETTER NOT TO MARRY All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given: For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it. Matt. 19:11-12. 6. MARRIAGE TIES DISSOLVED IN HEAVEN For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven. Mark 12:25. 7. CHRIST RECOGNIZES LEGAL ASPECT OF MARRIAGE Thou hast well said, I have no husband: For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. John 4:17-18.
X. Children and the Little Ones 1. SINNER MUST BE CONVERTED TO HUMILITY OF CHILDREN TO ENTER KINGDOM Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven: Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Matt. 18:3-4. 2. CHRIST DECLARES THE IMPORTANCE OF CHILDREN And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. Matt. 18:5. 3. THE PENALTY OF HARMING A CHILD But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Matt. 18:6. 4. CHILDREN HAVE GUARDIAN ANGELS Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. Matt. 18:10. 5. NOT THE WILL OF THE FATHER THAT A LITTLE CHILD SHOULD PERISH Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. Matt. 18:14. 6. CHILDREN SHOULD BE PERMITTED TO COME TO CHRIST Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. Luke 18:16. 7. THE LORD ENCOURAGES THE WORSHIP OF CHILDREN Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? Matt. 21:16.
XI. Parents 1. CHILDREN MUST HONOUR PARENTS For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. Matt. 15:4. 2. CHILDREN MUST NOT NEGLECT PARENTS But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. Matt. 15:5-6. 3. MAN ORDAINED TO LEAVE FATHER AND MOTHER AND CLEAVE TO WIFE And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Matt. 19:5. 4. NO DISCIPLE MAY LOVE FATHER AND MOTHER MORE THAN CHRIST For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Matt. 1:35-37. 5. SERVICE TO GOD MUST COME BEFORE PARENTS, WIFE OR FAMILY If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. Luke 14:26. 6. THOSE WHO FORSAKE HOME AND PARENTS FOR GOSPEL'S SAKE TO BE COMPENSATED Verily I say unto you, There is no man that bath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting. Luke 18:29-30. 7. PARENTS NOT ALWAYS RESPONSIBLE FOR AFFLICTIONS OF CHILDREN And his disciples asked him saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? John 9:2.
XII. Riches 1. THE FOLLY OF LAYING UP RICHES ON EARTH Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal. Matt. 6:19. 2. MAN CANNOT SERVE GOD AND MAMMON No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Matt. 6:24. 3. THE DIFFICULTY OF A RICH MAN ENTERING THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. Matt. 19:23-24. 4. THE DANGER OF RICHES How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! Mark 10:23. 5. PARABLE OF A RICH MAN WHO AT DEATH OPENS HIS EYES IN HADES Parable of Rich Man (See Luke 16:19.31). 6. THE PARABLE OF THE RICH FOOL WHO IS CUT OFF FROM HIS RICHES Parable of Rich Fool (See Luke 12:16-21). 7. THE DECEITFULNESS OF RICHES He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. Matt. 13:22.
XIII. The Poor 1. THE GOSPEL PREACHED TO THE POOR The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised. Luke 4:18. 2. CHRIST BLESSES THE POOR Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. Luke 6:20. 3. A REWARD PROMISED TO THOSE WHO FEED THE POOR But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. Luke 14:13-14. 4. GIVE TO THE POOR One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. Mark 10:21. 5. POVERTY SHALL EVER BE A PROBLEM OF THIS AGE For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always. John 12:8. 6. THOSE WHO ARE KIND TO THE POOR AND NEEDY BLESSED AT THE JUDGMENT Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. And tic King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Matt. 25:34-36, 40. 7. THOSE WHO ARE POOR IN THIS WORLD FOR CHRIST ARE TRULY RICH I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. Rev. 2:9.
XIV. Believers' Relation to Civil Law 1. AGREE WITH THY ADVERSARY QUICKLY—AVOID LAWSUITS IF POSSIBLE Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. Matt. 5:25-26. 2. RESIST NOT EVIL But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Matt. 5:39-41. 3. SEEK NOT VENGEANCE ON ENEMIES Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. Luke 9:55-56 (See verses 51-54). 4. GIVE TRIBUTE TO NOT OFFEND What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers? . . . Then are the children free. Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee. Matt. 17:25-27. 5. GIVE THAT TO CAESAR WHICH IS CAESAR'S Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? Show me the tribute money. Whose is this image and superscription? Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's. Matt. 22:18-21 (See verses 15-17). 6. TAKE NOT THE SWORD Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Matt. 26:52. 7. CHRIST'S KINGDOM NOT OF THIS WORLD My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. John 18:36.
XV. Physical Death 1. PHYSICAL DEATH AND DEATH OF THE SOUL NOT THE SAME And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Matt. 10:28. 2. THE RICH FOOL'S SOUL WAS REQUIRED AND HE DIED But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? Luke 12:20. 3. THE RICH MAN DIED AND WAS BURIED And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom, the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. Luke 16:22-23. 4. THE UNBELIEVING JEWS DIED IN THEIR SINS I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come. I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. John 8:21, 24. 5. APOSTLES TO TASTE OF DEATH—BUT SOME TO SEE GLORY OF TRANSFIGURATION FIRST But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God. Luke 9:27. 6. THE DEATH OF CHRIST BROUGHT FORTH FRUIT Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. John 12:24. 7. CHRIST WAS DEAD BUT IS ALIVE FOREVER I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. Rev. 1:18.
XVI. Spiritual Death 1. THE SPIRITUALLY DEAD BURY THE PHYSICALLY DEAD Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. Matt. 8:22. 2. THE BELIEVER PASSES FROM SPIRITUAL DEATH Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. John 5:24. 3. THE SPIRITUALLY DEAD WHO HEAR THE VOICE OF CHRIST SHALL LIVE Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. John 5:25. 4. HE THAT EATETH OF THE BREAD FROM HEAVEN SHALL NOT DIE This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. John 6:50. 5. HE THAT KEEPS CHRIST'S SAYINGS SHALL NEVER DIE (SPIRITUALLY) Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. John 8:51. 6. BELIEVERS IN CHRIST SHALL NEVER DIE (SPIRITUALLY) And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? John 11:26. 7. CHURCH AT SARDIS HAD WORKS BUT WAS SPIRITUALLY DEAD And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. Rev. 3:1.
XVII. Hell (Hades) 1. THOSE OF CAPERNAUM TO BE BROUGHT DOWN TO HADES And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. Luke 10:15. 2. GATES OF HADES SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST THE CHURCH And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Matt. 16:18. 3. THE RICH MAN DIED AND LIFTED UP HIS EYES IN HADES And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. Luke 16:22-23. 4. A GREAT GULF FIXED IN HADES And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. Luke 16:24-26. 5. HADES A PLACE OF TORMENT Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house: For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Luke 16:27-28. 6. BELIEF IN THE SCRIPTURES ONLY HOPE OF ESCAPE FROM HADES Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. Luke 16:29, 31. 7. RESURRECTED CHRIST HAS THE KEYS OF DEATH AND HADES I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. Rev. 1:18.
XVIII. Paradise 1. MAKE FRIENDS NOW—THAT THEY MAY WELCOME YOU IN LIFE TO COME And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that,. when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. Luke 16:9. 2. LAZARUS SUFFERED EVIL THINGS BUT AT DEATH WENT TO PARADISE And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried. Luke 16:22. 3. REPENTANT THIEF PROMISED ENTRANCE TO PARADISE Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. Luke 23:43. 4. PARADISE A PLACE OF MANY MANSIONS In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. John 14:2. 5. PARADISE A PREPARED PLACE And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. John 14:3. 6. THE TREE OF LIFE IS IN THE PARADISE OF GOD He that bath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. Rev. 2:7. 7. THE OBEDIENT TO ENTER GATES OF THE CITY OF PARADISE Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. Rev. 22:14.
XIX. Resurrection 1. THE RESURRECTION OF THE JUST But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. Luke 14:13-14. 2. THE RESURRECTION FROM THE DEAD But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. Luke 20:35-36. 3. THE DEAD ARE RAISED AS GOD IS NOT GOD OF THE DEAD BUT THE LIVING Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him. Luke 20:37-38. 4. THE SON QUICKENETH WHOM HE WILL For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. John 5:21. 5. THE RESURRECTION OF LIFE AND THE RESURRECTION OF DAMNATION Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. John 5:28, 29. 6. THE FATHER'S WILL THAT ALL BELIEVERS BE RAISED FROM DEAD And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. John 6:39. No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. John 6:44. 7. CHRIST IS THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. John 11:25.
XX. Eternal Life 1. HE THAT BELIEVETH HATH EVERLASTING LIFE That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:15-16. 2. HE THAT BELIEVETH IS PASSED FROM DEATH UNTO LIFE Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. John 5:24. 3. HE THAT BELIEVETH ON THE SON HATH EVERLASTING LIFE And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have ever-lasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. John 6:40. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. John 6:47. 4. HE THAT EATETH AND DRINKETH OF CHRIST HATH ETERNAL LIFE Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. John 6:54. 5. I GIVE MY SHEEP ETERNAL LIFE My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. John 10:27.28. 6. I GIVE ETERNAL LIFE UNTO AS MANY AS THE FATHER GIVETH ME As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. John 17:2-3. 7. THE PROMISE OF AN HUNDRED FOLD NOW AND LIFE ETERNAL Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life. Mark 10:29-30.
XXI. Eternal Judgment 1. THE RESURRECTION OF DAMNATION Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. John 5:28-29. 2. THE GATE OF DESTRUCTION Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Matthew 7:13-14. 3. THE SIN THAT HATH NEVER FORGIVENESS But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation. Mark 3:29. 4. THEY THAT OFFEND TO BE CAST INTO FURNACE OF FIRE The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 13:41-42. 5. WICKED TO BE CAST INTO A FURNACE OF FIRE So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Matt. 13-49-50. 6. THE LOST CAST INTO EVERLASTING FIRE Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. Matt. 25:41. 7. THE LOST GO INTO EVERLASTING PUNISHMENT And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. Matthew 25:46.