1. Basic’s That Matter

2. It is appointed for men (all people) to die and after that face judgment

3. The Evidence is…Our bodies do not last forever

4. The long historical view Teaches us that all peoples understand the human condition and seek answers… Who am I? Why am I here? Why am I mortal? Is there more to life?

6. What is different about the God of the Bible? The glaring difference is that the God of the Bible declares Himself to be the one and only God, the creator of all things and Lord of heaven and earth. He says that as the one and only His teaching and judgment are just and true He as God has the right, does and will judge the world

7. God of the Bible is exclusive

8. The Biblical view is for all people

9. The Bible answer The Biblical Ideal (concept) of God is that there is one God (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) God is the creator of all things. The Bible announces this concept in the first sentence…In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth

10. The concept is expanded Jesus as the creator of all things John 1:1-3 In the beginning was (“was” is in Greek grammar, the first person singular present indicative) the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.

11. What David believed about God I Chronicles 29;10,11 David praised the LORD in the presence of the whole assembly, saying, “Praise be to you, LORD, the God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Yours, LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours. Yours, LORD, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.

12. God’s authority extents over all His creation Job 34:21-23“For His eyes are upon the ways of a man, And He sees all his steps. “There is no darkness or deep shadow Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. “For He does not need to consider a man further, That he should go before God in judgment.

13. God of the Bible is the all powerful God Ecclesiastes 11 :9 Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things.

14. That’s what the Bible says! Romans 14:10 You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat.

15. That’s what the Bible says! 2 Corinthians 5:10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

16. For the believer judgment is not the same as with non-believer In NT language, the believer is the one who “hears” the word of Jesus Christ John 5:24 “Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. (judged here meaning a decision against)

17. The one who has decided that Jesus Christ is not the Son of God has made a judgment that condemns John 3:18 “He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

18. Our God is God I Corinthians 8:5 Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.

19. God as creator has the right to draw a line in the sand Deuteronomy 32:39 See now that I myself am he! There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal, and no one can deliver out of my hand.

20. The one and only God Isa 48:12 “Listen to me, Jacob, Israel, whom I have called: I am he; I am the first and I am the last John 8:23,24 “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am he, you will indeed die in your sins.”

21. In John 10, Jesus describes Himself as the only door or gate (path to God)

22. In John 14 Jesus tells Thomas that he is going to prepare a place for them in the God the Father’s house. Thomas does not understand...Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

23. There is a way that seems right to a man but the in the end it leads to death Proverbs 14:12;16:25