1. HEEDING THE WARNINGS “...I CEASED NOT TO WARN EVERY ONE NIGHT AND DAY WITH TEARS.” (ACTS 20:31)

2. EVERY DAY WE ARE FACED WITH WARNINGS

3. MANY PEOPLE DO NOT HEED THE WARNINGS

4. SOME PAY WITH THEIR LIFE

5. SOME DO NOT LISTEN ON A LARGER SCALE

7. A BOOK OF WARNINGS  THE BIBLE BEING A BOOK OF LAW, OF NECESSITY HAS WARNINGS PUT IN PLACE TO INFORM OF THE PENALTIES FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT TRANSGRESS.  THERE ARE WARNINGS GIVEN THROUGHOUT THE BOOK  “Thy Word have I laid up in my heart that I might not sin against thee.” (Psalms 119:11)

8. JESUS GAVE SPIRITUAL INSTRUCTION MMMMatthew 7:13 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: 11114 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

9. SPIRITUAL DESTRUCTION AHEAD JESUS HAS WARNED US THAT THERE IS A WAY THAT WE DO NOT NEED TO TRAVEL IN THIS LIFE, BUT YET HE KNEW THAT THERE WOULD BE MANY THAT WOULD NOT LISTEN. WHY?

10. A FEW REASONS STUBBORNESS “Don’t you tell me!” (ACTS 7:51) MAKE LIGHT OF LAW “God surely won’t punish anybody!” (MARK 13:32-37) ENJOY DISOBEDIENCE DO NOT CARE “I’m going to have my Heaven Here!” (HEBREWS 11:25)

11. LAW IN EFFECT IN SPITE OF HOW WE MIGHT FEEL ABOUT SOMETHING, THE LAW STILL APPLIES DOESN’T IT? IN SPITE OF HOW WE MIGHT FEEL ABOUT SOMETHING, THE LAW STILL APPLIES DOESN’T IT? (Matthew 7:21) Warning was put in place, and when the warning is not heeded because of carelessness, recklessness, or indifference the penalty still applies. Warning was put in place, and when the warning is not heeded because of carelessness, recklessness, or indifference the penalty still applies. (John 12:48)

12. WHAT PAUL WARNED ABOUT “…I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears…” (Acts 20:28) (Acts 20:28) Acts 24:25 Righteousness Righteousness Temperance Temperance Judgment to come Judgment to come

13. PAUL PLEADED FOR PEOPLE TO TURN Acts 26:18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

14. WILL YOU HEED THE WARNING?