Bishop Creek Community Church 2-2-14
“Evangelical Convictions: Response and Eternal Destiny”
Revelation 20:11-15, 21:5-8
#11 in a series entitled Evangelical Convictions: EFCA’s DNA
Introduction
We believe that God commands everyone everywhere to believe the gospel by turning to Him in repentance and receiving the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that God will raise the dead bodily and judge the world, assigning the unbeliever to condemnation and eternal conscious punishment and the believer to eternal blessedness and joy with the Lord in the new heaven and the new earth, to the praise of His glorious grace. Amen.
God Commands Everyone Everywhere to Believe
Luke 24:46-47; John 6:26; Mark 1:15; Matthew 4:19; John 5:24
God Will Raise the Dead Bodily and Judge the World
Matthew 25:31-33; John 5:28-29
The Unbeliever to Condemnation and Eternal Punishment
Matthew 25:46; Revelation 20:11-15
The Believer to Eternal Blessedness and Joy
Revelation 21:5-8
To the Praise of His Glorious Grace
Genesis 3:15
1. We believe that God commands everyone everywhere (Acts 20:20) to believe the gospel (Mk. 1:15; Jn. 6:29; 8:24; 11:26; 14:1; 20:31; Acts 16:31; Rom. 3:22; 10:14; Gal. 3:22; 1 Tim. 1:16; 1 Pet. 1:8; 1 Jn. 3:23) by turning to Him in repentance (Isa. 55:6-7; Lk. 24:47; Acts 2:37-38; 3:19; 14:15; 20:21; 26:17,18; Rom. 2:4; 2 Cor. 7:9-10) and receiving the Lord Jesus Christ (Jn. 1:12).
• God commands everyone everywhere
• To believe the gospel
• By turning to Him in repentance and receiving the Lord Jesus Christ
2. We believe that God will raise the dead bodily (Isa. 26:19; Dan. 12:2; 1 Cor. 15; 1 Thess. 4:13-18; Rev. 20:13) and judge the world (Ecc. 12:14; Matt. 12:36; 26:31- 32; Acts 17:31; Rom. 14:10; 2 Cor. 5:10; 2 Tim. 4:1; Rev. 20:12).
• God will raise the dead bodily
• Judge the world
3. We believe God will assign the unbeliever to condemnation and eternal conscious punishment (Matt. 25:46; Lk. 16:26; Jn. 5:25-29; 2 Thess. 1:9; Rev. 14:11; 21:6,8; 22:14,15).
• Unbeliever
• Condemnation
• Eternal conscious punishment
4. We believe God will assign the believer to eternal blessedness and joy with the Lord (Matt. 25:34, 46; Jn. 5:25-29; 14:2; Rev. 21:1-3), in the new heaven and the new earth (Isa. 65:17; 66:22; Rom. 8:19-21; Heb. 12:26;27; 2 Pet. 3:13; Rev. 21:1; 22:3).
• Believer
• Eternal blessedness and joy with the Lord
• New heavens and the new earth
5. We believe this is all to the praise of His glorious grace (Eph. 1:6, 12). Amen.
• To the praise of His glorious grace
• Amen