2. THE NATURE OF GOD
Part 1
ROMANS 11:22

3. ROMANS 11:22
Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.

4. G____ TO WORSHIP SOMETHING
OING

5. unblemished self sufficiency
unrivaled creativity
unlimited knowledge
unblemished self sufficiency
G____ IS FOR GOD
LORY

6. for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
ROMANS 3:23
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God

7. JAMES 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

8. G____ RESPONSE TO BETRAYAL REFLECTS GOD’S G_______ NATURE IN BOTH HIS ________ AND HIS _____!
LORIOUS
HOLINESS
LOVE

9. RESPONSE #1 ________ OF GOD SEVERITY the death penalty
the deserved penalty
the desolate penalty
________ OF GOD
SEVERITY

10. MATTHEW 8:12
while the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

11. ‘where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’
MARK 9:48
‘where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched.’

12. REVELATION 14:11
And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night, these worshipers of the beast and its image, and whoever receives the mark of its name.

13. MATTHEW 18:8&9
8“If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame, than to have two hands or two feet and be cast into the eternal fire. 9“If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than to have two eyes and be cast into the fiery hell.

14. People have a choice in responding to God’s severity:
deny
dismiss
denigrate

15. MATTHEW 25:41-46
41“Then He will also say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels; 42for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;

16. MATTHEW 25:41-46
43I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.’ 44“Then they themselves also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?’

17. MATTHEW 25:41-46
45“Then He will answer them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ 46“These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

18. People have a choice in responding to God’s severity:
deny
dismiss
denigrate
repent

19. we can’t truly worship God until we know what God has rescued us from
justice or mercy
we can’t truly worship God until we know what God has rescued us from
THE GREAT ______:
DIVIDE