Basic Bible Doctrines

Instructor: Lawson Perdue

Table of Contents

Lesson 1 – The Scriptures Inspired ................................................... 1

Lesson 2 – One True God Expressed in Three Persons ......................... 4
Lesson 3 – The Fall and Salvation of Man .......................................... 9
Lesson 4 – The Present-Day Ministry of the Holy Spirit...................... 14
Lesson 5 – Divine Healing ............................................................. 18
Lesson 6 – Water Baptism ............................................................. 23
Lesson 7 – The Return of Jesus Christ for His Church ........................ 27
Lesson 8 – Heaven and Hell ........................................................... 30

Note: Lesson outlines have been aligned to coordinate with video teaching.
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Lesson 1 – The Scriptures Inspired

II Timothy 3:14-17 – “But continue in the things which you have learned
and been assured of, knowing of whom you’ve learned them. And that from a
child you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise
unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by
inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly
furnished unto all good works.”

Reproof – elegchos (Greek) – a proof, to prove, tested, conviction

I. Introduction

A. Holy Scriptures:

1. Make us wise unto salvation

2. Lead us to faith in Christ

3. Are given by the inspiration of God

4. Are profitable for doctrine, reproof, correction and

instruction in righteousness

II. The Bible is the Inspired Word of God

A. God-breathed – God inspired men, and they recorded what He

desired.

1. II Peter 1:16-21

B. God did not personally say everything in the Bible, but He had it
recorded so that we could learn from it.

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1. Job 1:21 – “And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s

womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and
the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the
Lord.”

a. From the context, we know that the Lord was not

the one taking away from Job.

b. From other scriptures, we know that the Lord was

not the one taking away from Job. (John 10:10;
James 1:17)

c. However, we can learn from Job’s life: what he did

right and what he did wrong.

III. Reasons Why We Believe the Scriptures to Be the Infallible

Word of God

A. Jesus sanctioned the scriptures.

1. John 5:39

2. Matthew 5:18

3. Matthew 24:35

4. John 17:17

B. The scriptures themselves – The Bible reveals that it is the

product of one Master Mind: sixty-six books, written by about
forty different authors, living in different places, with different
lifestyles, during a time period of about 1600 years. Yet, each
complete and complement one another without contradiction.

C. History – The history of the Bible is impeccable.

D. Science – Science proves the Bible to be correct.

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1. Isaiah 40:22 – “It is He that sits on the circle (sphere) of

the earth…”

E. Medicine

1. Leviticus 17:11 – “The life of the flesh is in the blood.”

IV. There is Power and Life in the Word

A. God created the earth with His Word.

1. II Peter 3:5

B. God keeps the earth with His Word.

1. II Peter 3:7

C. The Word has the power to change our lives.

1. Proverbs 4:20-22

2. Hebrews 4:12

V. Conclusion

A. We can change our lives by making the choice to accept God’s

Word as the rule of life.

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Lesson 2 – One True God Expressed in Three Persons

The Deity of Jesus Christ

Ephesians 4:6 – “One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through
all, and in you all.”

John 17:3 – “This is life eternal, that they might know you the only true God,
and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.”

Deuteronomy 6:4 – “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord.”

I. Introduction

A. There is only one true God!

1. We are not materialists; we do not believe that the

universe is God.

2. We are not polytheists; we do not believe in many gods.

3. We are not pantheists; we don’t believe that God is all, and

all is God.

4. We are not deists; we don’t believe that God created us

and forgot about us.

5. We are theists. We believe that there is one God who

created all things, and He has chosen to represent Himself
in three persons: The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
He hears our prayer and cares for our needs.

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a. We believe that the Father, the Son and the Holy

Spirit are co-equal and co-eternal.

b. We believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, and

that He is the full and final revelation of God.

c. We believe that He is God manifest in the flesh, and

that He is fully God and fully man. He is the express
image of God and God incarnate.

II. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit Are Clearly
Revealed in the Scripture

A. Though the term “trinity” is not found in the King James Version
of the Bible, all three persons are revealed clearly.

B. John 14:26 – “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom
the Father will send in my name, He shall teach you all things and
bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said
unto you.”

C. John 15:26 – “But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send
to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceeds
from the Father, He shall testify of me.”

D. John 16:15 – “All things that the Father has are mine: therefore,
said I, that He shall take of mine, and shall show it to you.”

E. Matthew 3:16-17 – “And Jesus, when He was baptized, went up

straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened
unto Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove,
and lighting upon Him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This
is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”

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F. Matthew 28:19 – “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,

baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Ghost…”

G. Acts 10:38 – “How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy
Ghost and with power: who went about doing good and healing
all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with Him.”

H. II Corinthians 13:14 – “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and

the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with
you all. Amen.”

I. Colossians 2:9 – “For in Him dwelleth the fullness of the Godhead

bodily.”

J. Genesis 1:26 – “And God said, Let us make man in our image,
after our likeness: and let them have dominion…”

K. Genesis 1:1-2 – “In the beginning God created the heaven and
the earth. And the earth was without form and void; and
darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God
moved upon the face of the waters…”

L. Revelation 22:16-21 – “Jesus Christ…the Spirit…God…”

III. Jesus Christ is God Manifest in the Flesh – He is Fully God

and Fully Man

A. Jesus Christ is the visible representation of the invisible God.

1. Hebrews 1:3

2. Colossians 1:15

3. John 1:18

B. Jesus Christ is the Word made flesh. He is eternally God.

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1. John 1:1-3

2. I John 1:1-2

3. John 8:58

4. John 14:9

5. II John 7-10

C. Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God.

1. John 1:18

2. John 3:16-18

D. Jesus Christ is God the Son.

1. I Timothy 3:16

E. Jesus Christ was born of a virgin.

1. Luke 1:35

2. Matthew 1:23

F. Jesus Christ claimed to be the Son of man.

1. Matthew 16:13

2. John 19:26

G. Jesus was raised from the dead in a physical body.

1. John 20:27

2. John 21:12

IV. Conclusion

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A. There is one true God expressed in three persons: The Father,

the Son and the Holy Ghost.

B. The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost are co-equal and co-
eternal.

C. Jesus Christ is God manifest in the flesh.

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Lesson 3 – The Fall and Salvation of Man

Ephesians 2:1-5, 8 – “And you hath he quickened, who were dead in

trespasses and sins; wherein in time past you walked according to the course
of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that
now works in the children of disobedience: among whom also we had all our
conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the
flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as
others. But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved
us, even when we were dead in sins, has quickened us together with Christ,
(by grace ye are saved;)…for by grace are ye saved through faith; and that
not of yourselves: it is the gift of God…”

I. Introduction

A. We were dead; we have been made alive.

B. We lived as mere men apart from Christ.

C. We lived in a fallen state, but now we have been saved.

D. It is by the grace of God through faith that we received our

salvation.

E. What do we believe about man?

1. Creation

2. Depravity

3. Restoration

4. Eternity

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II. Mankind Was Created in the Image of God

A. Genesis 1:26-27

B. Man was the ultimate of God’s creation. He was created for

fellowship with God. He was given authority and dominion. He
was blessed. He was created as a free moral agent. He had a
tremendous mind (intelligence, conscience and will). He had the
power to choose.

III. Mankind Lost His Glorified Position Through Sin

A. God gave Adam one command.

1. Genesis 2:17 – “Of the tree of the knowledge of good and

evil, you shall not eat: for in the day you eat thereof, you
shall surely die.”

B. Enter the serpent – Genesis 3:1-6

1. Problem: Listening to the devil (twisted the Word of God)

2. Problem: Carrying on a conversation with the devil (The

devil is a liar.)

3. Problem: Adding to the word of God (“Neither shall you

touch it.”)

4. Problem: Accepting the lie of the devil (“Shall not surely

die.”)

5. Problem: Lust of the flesh, lust of the eye, and pride of life
(good for food, pleasant to the eyes and desired to make
one wise)

a. Problem of humanity – Genesis 3:6

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C. Lost authority, lost dominion, lost innocence – The fall opened

the floodgates of sin, sorrow, sickness, and death upon the
human family.

1. All have sinned: By nature

a. Romans 5:12 – “Wherefore, as by one man sin

entered the world, and death by sin.”

b. Psalm 51:5 – “Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and

in sin did my mother conceive me.”

2. All have sinned: By experience

a. Romans 3:23 – “For all have sinned and come short

of the glory of God.”

b. Romans 6:23 – “For the wages of sin is death, but

the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ
our Lord.”

3. Sin has universally affected the human race. – Romans

3:10-19

IV. God Sent Jesus to Restore Humanity and Bring Us Salvation

A. What is salvation?

1. Sozo; Soteria: Forgiveness, healing, deliverance, peace,

protection, safety, preservation, and soundness

2. Restoration to favor; restoration to right relationship;

restored to our proper place in the family (John 17:3)

B. What could we say about salvation?

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1. Salvation is a work of the Holy Spirit. (Salvation is from

God and not man.) Salvation is planned by the Father,
purchased by the Son, and worked by the Holy Spirit.

a. Titus 3:5

b. II Thessalonians 2:13

c. Ephesians 1:13

d. John 3:5

2. Salvation is through Christ alone.

a. Acts 4:12

b. John 14:6

3. Salvation is a product of God’s Word.

a. I Peter 1:23

b. James 1:18

c. Romans 1:16

d. Romans 10:10

e. Acts 13:26

f. II Timothy 3:15

g. II Corinthians 5:17

4. Salvation is given by grace and received by faith.

a. Ephesians 2:8

b. Titus 2:11 – God’s grace brings salvation.

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c. John 1:16 – Of His fullness have all we received

grace upon grace.

d. Grace: God providing salvation for us through the

death, burial and resurrection of Christ.

e. Faith: Man’s positive response to the grace of God.

V. Conclusion

A. Every man needs salvation.

B. Salvation has been provided for every man through Christ.

C. It is every man’s choice to receive or reject salvation which has

been provided in Christ.

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Lesson 4 – The Present-Day Ministry of the Holy Spirit

Acts 1:8 – “But you shall receive power, after the Holy Ghost comes upon
you: and you shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea,
and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.”

I. Introduction

A. Jesus promised the Holy Spirit would come.

B. The Holy Spirit gives us the ability to be effective witnesses for

Christ.

C. We are to do the works of Christ through the power of the Holy

Spirit.

II. The Promise of the Spirit

A. Jesus’ ministry was marked by the power of the Holy Spirit.

1. Acts 10:38

2. Luke 4:18-19

B. Jesus promised the Spirit to those who followed Him.

1. John 7:38

2. John 14:16-18

3. John 14:26

4. John 15:26

5. John 16:7

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6. Luke 24:49

7. Acts 1:4-5

III. There Are Many Different Aspects of the Ministry of the

Holy Spirit

A. We are convicted by the Holy Spirit.

1. John 16:8-11

B. The Spirit works salvation in our lives.

1. Romans 8:16

C. The Spirit produces fruit in the believer’s life.

1. Galatians 5:22-23

D. The Spirit empowers us to witness.

1. Acts 1:8 (Baptism in the Holy Spirit)

E. The Holy Spirit gives gifts to the church.

1. I Corinthians 12:7-11

2. The gifts of revelation: the word of wisdom, the word of

knowledge, the discerning of spirits

3. The power gifts: the gift of faith, the working of miracles,

the gifts of healings

4. The inspirational gifts: prophecy, the gift of tongues, the

interpretation of tongues

IV. Every Believer Can and Should be Filled with the Holy Spirit
with the Evidence of Speaking in Tongues

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A. Distinct and separate experience from salvation

1. For believers only

a. John 14:17

2. Promised to all believers

a. Acts 2:38-39

b. Salvation

c. Baptism in water

d. Baptism in the Holy Ghost

3. Acts 8:5-8, 12, 14-17 – What three things happened?

4. Acts 19:1-6 – We believe that every believer should be

baptized in water following Christ’s example and in
obedience to His command.

B. Why we need the baptism of the Holy Ghost

1. Revelation of the love of God for us

a. Jude 1:20-21

2. Greater understanding of God’s Word

a. John 14:26

b. Isaiah 28:11-12

3. Strengthened by the power of God

a. Romans 8:26

4. Know what God has called us to do

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a. John 16:12-15

5. Walk the victorious walk

a. Acts 4:20

6. Greater witness for God

a. Acts 1:8

b. Mark 16:17

7. Doorway to the rest of the spiritual gifts.

C. What happens when believers receive the Holy Ghost? They

speak in tongues!

1. Acts 2:4

2. Acts 10:46

3. Acts 19:6

4. Why tongues? Your mind doesn’t get involved.

D. How to receive the baptism of the Holy Ghost.

1. Ask – Luke 11:13

2. Believe – Mark 11:24

3. Receive – Acts 8:15, 17

V. Conclusion

A. Jesus needed the Holy Spirit to fulfill His ministry, and so do we!
The baptism of the Holy Spirit is a promise for every believer
today!

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Lesson 5 – Divine Healing

I Peter 2:24 – “Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree,
that we being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes
ye were healed.”

Isaiah 53:4-5 – “Surely he has borne our grief, and carried our sorrows: yet
we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But He was
wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the
chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.”
(grief=sickness, sorrow=pain)

Matthew 8:16-17 – “When the even was come, they brought unto him many
that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word and
healed all that were sick: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias
the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.”

I. Introduction

A. We believe that divine healing was provided for in the atonement

and that it is the privilege and will of God for every believer.

B. Jesus paid for our sickness at the same time that He paid for our
sins. What does the Bible say about divine healing?

II. Healing is a Covenant Right of Believers

A. Exodus 15:25-26 – “I will put none of these diseases upon you,

which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that
heals you.”

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1. The Lord showed him a tree, which when he cast into the
waters, the waters were made sweet (healed).

a. Three trees of healing

i. The tree in Exodus 15:25

ii. The cross

iii. The tree of life – The leaves of the tree were

for the healing of the nations.

2. Exodus 11:7

B. Sickness is included in the curse.

1. Deuteronomy 28:22 – Consumption, fever, inflammation,

extreme burning

2. Deuteronomy 28:27 – Botch, emrods, scab, itch

3. Deuteronomy 28:35 – Smote in knees, legs with the sore

botch, from the sole of your feet to the top of your head

4. Deuteronomy 28:59 – Great plagues and sore sicknesses

of long continuance

5. Deuteronomy 28:61 – Every sickness and every plague

which is not written in the book of this Law

C. Christ has redeemed us from the curse.

1. Galatians 3:13

2. Luke 13:10-17

III. Satan is the Author of Sickness

A. Sickness entered the human race through sin.

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1. John 9:1-7

2. His blindness was not a result of his personal sin, or his

parents personal sin, but it was a result of the fall of man.

3. It was a result of the original sin.

B. Sickness is really limited death. It is a result of death that

entered the human race through sin. Satan is the author of
death.

1. John 10:10 – “The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to
kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life,
and that they might have it more abundantly.”

C. Sickness is not good, and therefore, cannot be from God.

1. James 1:17 – “Every good and perfect gift comes down

from above from the Father of lights, with whom is no
variableness, neither shadow of turning.”

D. Jesus accounted sickness to the devil.

1. Luke 13:16

2. Acts 10:38

IV. Jesus Healed Them All

A. Jesus was a perfect representation of the Father. If we want to

understand the Father, we need look no farther than the life of
Christ here on the earth.

1. Hebrews 1:3

2. John 1:18

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B. Fourteen times in the New Testament, the scripture says, “He

healed them all.”

1. Luke 4:40

2. Matthew 9:35

3. Matthew 4:24

4. Luke 6:17, 19

5. Matthew 14:14

C. The life and ministry of Jesus proves the will of God concerning
healing. He healed them all. He never made one sick.

1. Hebrews 13:8

V. Divine Healing is an Integral Part of the Gospel

A. Forgiveness of sin and healing of the body are side by side in the
Word.

1. Psalm 103:3

2. Matthew 9:1-8

3. Mark 2:5

B. Jesus paid for our forgiveness and our healing at the same time.
He was wounded for our transgressions. By His stripes we are
healed!

C. Jesus commanded His disciples to heal the sick.

1. The twelve

a. Matthew 10:7-8 – “As you go, preach… heal the

sick…”

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2. The seventy

a. Luke 10:9 – “Heal the sick, and say to them, The

kingdom of God is come near to you.”

3. All believers

a. Mark 16:17 – “These signs will follow them that

believe…they shall lay hands on the sick and they
shall recover.”

b. John 14:12 – “He who believes on me, the works

that I do shall he do also; and greater works than
these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.”

VI. Conclusion

A. It is God’s will to heal every believer today. God promised it,

Jesus paid for it, and the Holy Spirit gives us the power to receive
it, in Jesus’ name!

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Lesson 6 – Water Baptism

Acts 2:38 – “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus
Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy
Ghost.”

Hebrews 6:1-2 – “Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ,

let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance
from dead works, and of faith toward God, Of the doctrine of baptisms
(plural), and of laying on of hands, and of the resurrection of the dead, and of
eternal judgment.”

I. Introduction

A. There are three baptisms of believers.

1. Repentance and faith have to do with the first baptism:

being baptized into the body of Christ by the Holy Spirit. (I
Corinthians 12:13)

a. This first baptism is speaking of salvation. We are

being baptized into the body of Christ by the Holy
Spirit.

2. Being baptized in Acts 2:38 is speaking of water baptism.

We are being baptized in water by another believer.

a. This has to do with identification. We identify with

Christ’s death and resurrection. We are dead to sin,
and we live to God.

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3. Receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost is speaking of the

baptism in the Holy Ghost. In the book of Acts, when they
were baptized in the Holy Ghost, they spoke in tongues.

a. The believer is being baptized in the Holy Ghost by

the Lord Jesus Christ. This makes us better able to
proclaim the message of Christ. (Acts 1:8)

B. To recognize the difference in these baptisms in the scriptures,

ask yourself, “Who is doing the baptizing, and what are we being
baptized into?”

II. Who Is to Be Baptized?

A. Believers

1. Mark 16:15-16 – “He that believeth and is baptized shall

be saved, but he that believeth not shall be damned.”

a. What is the emphasis on?

B. Disciples

1. Matthew 28:18-20 – “Go teach all nations, baptizing them

in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost.”

C. Acts 8:35-38

D. Acts 18:8

III. Why Should Believers Be Baptized?

A. In obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ.

1. Mark 16:15-16

2. Matthew 28:19

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B. The answer of a good conscience

1. I Peter 3:21

IV. What Happens When We Are Baptized?

A. We identify with Christ’s death and resurrection – dead to sin and

alive to God through Christ.

1. Romans 6:1-11

2. Colossians 2:12-14

B. Christ’s example to us:

1. Matthew 3:13-17 – Christ identified with humanity in His

baptism. We identify with His death and resurrection –
Dead to sin and alive to God – Shut the door on the old
life.

V. When Should We Be Baptized?

A. When we believe

1. Acts 10:47-48 – Commanded them to be baptized

2. Acts 9:18

3. Acts 8:12

4. Acts 2:41

VI. Conclusion

A. Who should be baptized? Believers.

B. Why should we be baptized? To obey Christ’s command, follow

His example, and have a good conscience before God.

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C. What happens when we are baptized? We identify with Christ’s

death and resurrection.

D. When should we be baptized? When we believe on Christ.

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Lesson 7 – The Return of Jesus Christ for His Church

John 14:1-3 – “Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe
also in me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I
would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a
place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I
am, there you may be also.”

I. Introduction

A. Jesus said He will come again and receive those who believe on
Him to Himself. What does the Bible say about Christ’s return for
His church?

II. We Look Forward to Christ’s Return with Great Anticipation

A. Acts 2:17-21 – In the last days, whoever calls on the name of the
Lord will be saved.

B. I Timothy 4:1 – Some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to
seducing spirits and doctrines of devils.

C. Matthew 24:13-14 – Once the gospel of the kingdom is preached

in the entire world, then the end will come.

D. Titus 2:11-14 – He will redeem us from all iniquity and purify

unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

E. Hebrews 9:28 – “So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of
many; and unto them that look for Him shall He appear the
second time without sin unto salvation.”

F. I Peter 1:3-5 – A living hope

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G. Revelation 22:12-13, 20 – He is coming soon!

III. When Christ Comes, the Dead in Christ Will Be Raised, and
Living Believers will be Changed

A. The dead will be raised.

1. I Thessalonians 4:13-18

B. We shall be changed.

1. I Corinthians 15:45-58

C. Our bodies will be redeemed.

1. Philippians 3:20-21

2. Romans 8:19-23

IV. Many New Testament Scriptures Promise Christ’s Return

A. I Thessalonians 5:1-2 – The day of the Lord is a general term

that can speak of any time from Christ’s return for His church
through His reign on the earth.

B. II Peter 3:3-4 – People will doubt His return in the last days, but
He is coming.

C. The signs of the times are all around us. In Matthew 24:3, Jesus’
disciples asked Him three questions. Of these three one was,
“What is the sign of your coming?” Matthew 24:4-14 gives us
signs of Christ’s coming.

1. False Christs

2. Wars and rumors of wars

3. Nationality conflicts

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4. Struggle for power and property

5. Famine

6. Pestilence and disease

7. Earthquakes

8. Hatred of Christians and Jews

9. Offence and betrayal

10. False prophets

11. Iniquity will abound

12. The gospel will be preached in all the world for a witness to
all nations.

D. Acts 1:11

V. Conclusion

A. Christ is coming for His church. We want to be ready when He

comes.

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Lesson 8 – Heaven and Hell

Revelation 21:1-8 – “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first
heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of
heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great
voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He
will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God Himself shall be
with them, and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their
eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither
shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. And He
that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto
me, ‘Write: for these words are true and faithful.’ And He said unto me, ‘It is
done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him
that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. He that overcomes
shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. But the
fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and
whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part
in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”

I. Introduction

A. The Bible clearly presents heaven and hell.

B. The Bible reveals heaven as an eternal resting place for all

believers. Heaven is revealed as a place of joy, life, health and
peace.

C. The Bible reveals hell as the eternal abode of all unbelievers. Hell
is presented as a place of pain and torment.

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D. The greatest thing about heaven is that the Lord Jesus Christ will
be there.

E. The worst thing about hell is that Jesus Christ will not be there.

F. What does the Bible say about these things?

II. What the Bible Says About Heaven and Hell

A. I Corinthians 15:19-28 – The last enemy that shall be destroyed

is death.

B. John 5:24-29 –The hour is coming when the dead will hear the
voice of the Son of God, and they that hear will live. They that
have done evil will be included in the resurrection of damnation.

C. Romans 14:7-11 – Christ died, rose, and was revived, that He

might be Lord both of the dead and living.

D. II Corinthians 5:8-10 – We must all appear before the judgment

seat of Christ.

E. Revelation 20:4-6 – The first and second resurrection

F. Revelation 20:11-15 – The Book of Life and the second death

III. What the Bible Says About Hell

A. Hell was made for the devil and his angels.

1. Matthew 25:41

2. Hell was not made for mankind. But many men will be
there. Not because they wanted to be, but because they
refused to accept God’s payment for sin in the person of
Jesus Christ. They refused to believe.

B. Hell is an eternal place of torment.

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1. Matthew 25:41

2. Mark 9:43-45

C. Satan will spend eternity there.

1. Revelation 20:10

D. Many are headed in that direction.

1. Matthew 7:13

IV. What the Bible Says About Heaven

A. Greek – Ouranos – The sky, heaven (as the abode of God);

happiness, power, eternity; air, heaven, sky

B. Heaven is God’s place.

1. Psalm 115:16

2. Matthew 6:9

C. Heaven is a kingdom.

1. Matthew 4:17

2. Matthew 5:10

3. Matthew 5:19

4. Jesus represented the kingdom of God on the earth.

a. Luke 17:21

b. God had His way in Jesus.

c. God has His way in us (in our spirit).

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d. God will have His way in His coming kingdom (on

the earth, and in the new heaven and the new
earth).

D. Heaven is the eternal resting place for all believers.

1. Luke 10:18-20

2. Revelation 21:10, 22-24

3. Revelation 22:1-7

a. A pure river of the water of life, clear as crystal,

proceeding out of the throne of God and of the
Lamb.

b. The tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruit,

and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of
the tree were for the healing of the nations.

c. There shall be no more curse: but the throne of God

and of the Lamb shall be in it; and His servants shall
serve Him. (Greatest aspect of the curse, separated
from the presence of God. Live forever in the
presence of God and our Savior Jesus Christ).

d. They shall see His face.

e. There shall be no night there. The Lord God gives

them light and they shall reign for ever and ever.

f. Faithful and true sayings

g. Blessed are those who keep the sayings of the

prophecy of this book.

V. Conclusion

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A. Heaven is our home. Jesus is the way. We look forward to

spending eternity in the presence of our King.

B. Only those who reject God’s salvation in Jesus Christ will spend
eternity separated from the presence of the Lord in a hell
prepared for the devil and his angels. God is not willing that any
would perish, but that all would come to repentance.

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