WHO NEEDS TO OBEY
THE GOSPEL?
Many Do
Not Think
They Need
To Obey.
Matt. 7:13-14
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Do Not Believe They
Are Lost (Matt. 7:21-23)
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They Think God Is
Slack Concerning His
Promise (2 Pet. 3:4,9)
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Because Of False
Confidence Of Family
Religion (Jno. 8:31-36)
Instead Of
Thinking
For
Ourselves
Or
Listening
To What
Others Tell
Us …
Let The
Bible Settle
The Matter.
“What Does
The
Scripture
Say”
(Rom. 4:3)?
What
Does
The
Scripture Say?
Those Guilty Of Sin Need To
Obey The Gospel
◘The
Jews On The Day Of Pentecost
(Acts 2)
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With Lawless Hands Crucified The Son Of
God (vv. 22-23)
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Anytime One Does Something Lawlessly It Is
A Sin (1 Jn. 3:4; 1 Tim. 1:8-11)
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Consequence (Matt. 13:41-42)
What Did The Jews Do To Obey
The Gospel? (Acts 2)
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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?
What
Does
The
Scripture Say?
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Those Who Sin Ignorantly Need
To Obey The Gospel
The Jews At Solomon’s Porch In
Jerusalem (Acts 3)
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Rejected The Holy & Just One Of God
(vv. 13-14)
Did It In Ignorance (v. 17)
Still A Sin (v. 19; Lk. 23:34)
Ignorance Does Not Remove Guilt
(Lev. 4:2; Matt. 22:29; 1 Tim. 1:13)
Consequence (2 Thess. 1:8)
What
Does
The
Scripture Say?
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What Did The Jews Do To Obey
The Gospel? (Acts 3)
They Heard & Believed (vv. 3:10; 4:4;
3:26)
Commanded To Repent & Be Converted
(v. 19)
Have You Committed
Sin Ignorantly?
What
Does
The
Scripture Say?
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Those Who Accept The Preaching Of
Christ Need To Obey The Gospel
The Samaritans (Acts 8)
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Philip Preached Christ (v. 5)
◘ Philip Preached Things Concerning The
Kingdom Of God & The Name Of Christ (v. 12)
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The Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8)
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Philip Preached Jesus (v. 35)
What Did The Samaritans & The
Eunuch Do? (Acts 8)
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Samaritans
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They Heeded The Things Spoken (v. 6)
◘ They Believed & Were Baptized (vv. 12-13)
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Eunuch
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Heard The Preaching (v. 35)
◘ Believed & Confessed (v. 37)
◘ Baptized (vv. 36, 38)
Will You Accept The
Preaching Of Christ?
What
Does
The
Scripture Say?
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Those Sincerely Wrong In Their
Beliefs Need To Obey The Gospel.
Saul Of Tarsus (Acts 9)
Persecuted The Lord’s Church (vv.1-2)
◘ He Lived With A Clear Conscience
(Acts 23:1)
◘ How? Conscience Conditioned By Word Of
Men Instead Of The Word Of God
(Acts 26:9-11)
◘ When His Conscience Was Pricked, He
Recognized His Sins (vv. 6-9; 1 Tim. 1:13)
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What Did Saul Do?
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He Was Instructed To Hear (Acts 9:6)
He Was Commanded To Call Upon The
Name Of The Lord By Being Baptized
(Acts 22:16)
Are You Sincerely Wrong
In What You Have Believed?
What
Does
The
Scripture Say?
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Those Who Are Morally Good
Need To Obey The Gospel.
Examples Of Those Morally Good.
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Cornelius (Acts 10:1-2)
◘ Lydia (Acts 16:13-14)
◘ Jailer (Acts 16:27-28)
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Does Moral Goodness Alone Remove
One’s Need To Obey The Gospel?
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Cornelius Did Not Think So (10:6,33)
◘ Lydia Did Not Think So (16:14)
◘ The Jailer Did Not Think So (16:30)
◘ Why Would Anyone Else Think It Does?
What Did The Morally Good Do?
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Cornelius (Acts 10)
Are You
(vv.
Morally
Good
Lydia (Acts 16)
But
◘ Heard & Heeded (v. 14)
Have
◘ Was Baptized (v. 15)
Never
Jailer (Acts 16)
Been
◘ Commanded To Believe On The Lord (v.
31)
Baptized?
◘ Heard The Word Spoken (v. 32)
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Heard & Believed (v. 43)
Obeyed Command To Be Baptized
47- 48)
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Was Baptized (v. 33)
Having Believed In God (v. 34)
What
Does
The
Scripture Say?
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Those Whose Baptisms Are
Unscriptural Need To Obey.
The Twelve Men At Ephesus (Acts 19).
They Had Been Baptized Into John’s
Baptism (v. 3)
◘ “Baptism” Does Not Save, Unless It Is The
One Baptism (Eph. 4:5).
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What Did They Do?
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They Heard The Truth & Were Baptized
(Acts 19:5)
One Baptism (Eph. 4:5)
There Are Many
Forms Of
Baptism
• John’s
In The Name Of The Lord
For The Rem. Of Sins
IF
Not Acceptable
• Holy Spirit
THEN
Not Acceptable
• Fire
THEN
Not Acceptable
• Infant
THEN
Not Acceptable
• Of Obedience
THEN
Not Acceptable
• As A Sign
THEN
Not Acceptable
Instead Of
Thinking
For
Ourselves
Or
Listening
To What
Others Tell
Us …
Let The
Bible Settle
The Matter.
“What Does
The
Scripture
Say”
(Rom. 4:3)?