2. On April 14, 1912, the Titanic sank into the icy cold waters of the northern Atlantic. The next morning, the liner Carpathia rescued 705 survivors. One thousand five hundred twenty-two passengers and crew were lost. Subsequent inquiries attributed the high loss of life to an insufficient number of lifeboats and inadequate training in their use.

4. Genesis 19:17 (NKJV) 17 So it came to pass, when they had brought them outside, that he said, "Escape for your life! Do not look behind you nor stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be destroyed." Escape

5. Context:  God informs Abraham of His intentions to destroy Sodom & Gomorrah – 18:20  Abraham intercedes for the cities of the plain – 18:21-33  Two angels taken in and protected by Lot – 19:1-11  Lot warned to flee - 19:12-17  Lot pleads for permission to flee to Zoar – 19:18-22  Sodom & Gomorrah is destroyed – 19:23-29

6. Escape Temptation & sin:  Example of Joseph – (Gen 39:7- 10; cf. Prov. 5:8; 6:5; 1 Cor. 6:18; 2 Tim 2:24)  Example of Israel – (Exo. 13,14; Acts 7:32-36; 1 Cor. 10:1-13)  Temptation is serious and dangerous – (Mat. 26:31; Prov 5:22; Mat. 18:8,9)  Sin is enslaving and destructive – (Mat. 26:31; Prov 5:22; Mat. 18:8,9; Acts 8:23; John 8:34; Rom. 6:23; James 1:13-16)

7. Escape Evil Companions:  Example of Lot – (Gen 13:12,13; 2 Pet 2:6-9)  Warning to Israel – (Exodus 34:12-16; Ezra 9:1-12; 10:19)  Warnings in Proverbs – (Prov 1:11-19; 4:14,15; 13:20)  Warnings to us – (Eph. 5:6-11; 1 Cor. 15:11; 2 Cor. 6:14-7:1; 1 Pet 4:3-7)

8. Escape Religious Error:  Example of Israel – (Acts 7:38-43; 2 Kings 17:15)  Warning to Israel – (Deut 13:1-3; Jer. 23:16; 27:9-17)  There are still false teachers – (Acts 20:29,30; 2 Cor. 11:13- 15; 1 Tim. 4:1-3; 2 Peter 2:1)  Warnings to us – (Mat 7:15; 15:7-9; Col. 2:8,18; Rom. 16:17; 2 Tim 3:5,6; Tit. 3:9-11; 2 John 1:9-10)

9. Escape From The World:  Example of Noah – (Gen. 6,7)  Example of Moses – (Heb 11:24-27)  Example of Christians fleeing Jerusalem – (Matt. 24:16-18)  We are to be in the world but not of the world – (John 17:14-16; 2 Cor. 6:14-7:1)  Do not Love the world – (Mat. 6:19-34; 1 John 2:15-17)  The way of escape – (Mat. 7:13,14; John 14:6; 17:17; Mark 16:16; 1 Pet. 3:20,21)

10. Will You Escape Condemnation?  God has given us warning – Acts 17:30,31; 2 Cor. 5:10  Jesus has made salvation possible – John 3:16; Heb 12:1,2  Believe and obey the gospel message – Rom 10:17; Acts 2:14- 42; Acts 16:30-34  This world will be destroyed and those who do not obey the gospel condemned – 1 John 2:17; 2 Pet 3:9-14; 2 Thes 1:7-9

14. 14 Charts by Don McClain Prepared October 1,2, 2010 Preached October 3, 2010 West 65 th Street church of Christ P.O. Box 190062 Little Rock AR 72219 501-568-1062 Prepared using PPT 2010 Beta Email – donmcclain@sbcglobal.net donmcclain@sbcglobal.net More PPT & Audio Sermons: http://w65stchurchofchrist.org/donmaccla/2010SermonPage.html Charts by Don McClain Prepared October 1,2, 2010 Preached October 3, 2010 West 65 th Street church of Christ P.O. Box 190062 Little Rock AR 72219 501-568-1062 Prepared using PPT 2010 Beta Email – donmcclain@sbcglobal.net donmcclain@sbcglobal.net More PPT & Audio Sermons: http://w65stchurchofchrist.org/donmaccla/2010SermonPage.html Note – Many of the transition effects used in this presentation are lost using PPT 2007 Viewer To view transitions you can download PPT 2010 viewer: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&Fam ilyID=cb9bf144-1076-4615-9951-294eeb832823