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You Are A Dead Man. Abimelech was a dead man, Gen. 20:3 Not for stealing money. Not for taking another’s integrity. For innocently taking another’s wife, Gen. 20:5. You Are A Dead Man. When we sin, we are dead men cf. 1 Tim. 5:6 Any sin. “Innocent” sin. You Are A Dead Man.
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You Are A Dead Man • Abimelech was a dead man, Gen. 20:3 • Not for stealing money. • Not for taking another’s integrity. • For innocently taking another’s wife, Gen. 20:5
You Are A Dead Man • When we sin, we are dead men • cf. 1 Tim. 5:6 • Any sin. • “Innocent” sin.
You Are A Dead Man God Observes All Things Great Men Have Faults Repentance Requires Remorse & Restoration
You Are A Dead Man God Observes All Things Psa. 33:13; 139:7-12 • He sees the wicked, Job 34:21, 22 • Angry, Psa. 7:11 • Laughs, Psa. 37:12-15
You Are A Dead Man God Observes All Things Psa. 33:13; 139:7-12 • He sees the righteous, Psa. 34:15 • Suffering, Ex. 3:9 • Prayers, 1 Kgs. 8:27-30 • Deeds, Phil. 4:15-18
You Are A Dead Man God Observes All Things Psa. 33:13; 139:7-12 The Lord Sees Us Now! Heb. 4:13
You Are A Dead Man Great Men Have Faults • Abraham lied more than once, • Gen. 12:10-13 • Friend of God, Jas. 2:23 • No excuse. • Gives hope.
You Are A Dead Man Great Men Have Faults • Faults of others will lead us astray. • Sarah, Gen. 20:2, 5 • Spouse. • Children.
You Are A Dead Man Great Men Have Faults • Faults of others will lead us astray. • Abimelech, Gen. 20:3, 6, 7 • Marriage. • Charity.
You Are A Dead Man Great Men Have Faults • Faults of others will lead us astray. • Isaac, Gen. 26:6, 7 • Example to children. • Example to syblings.
You Are A Dead Man Great Men Have Faults • Faults of others will lead us astray. • Peter, Gal. 2:11-14 • Practice. • Doctrine.
You Are A Dead Man Great Men Have Faults • Fear of men always leads to sin • Gen. 20:11 • Fear of men. • Blind man’s parents, Jn. 9:19-23 • Peter, Gal. 2:12
You Are A Dead Man Great Men Have Faults • Fear of men always leads to sin • Gen. 20:11 • Fear of God, Mt. 10:28; Rev. 2:10 • Apostles, Acts 5:27-29; 4:18-20, 10 • Stephen, Acts 7:54-60
You Are A Dead Man Repentance Requires Remorse & Restoration • Godly sorrow brings repentance, • Gen. 20:4-10; cf. 2 Cor. 7:8-11 • Sin, 1 Jn. 3:4; Heb. 10:29 • Godly sorrow, Acts 2:37; Mt. 26:75 • Worldly sorrow, Mt. 19:21, 22 • Innocent sin.
You Are A Dead Man Repentance Requires Remorse & Restoration • Make things right, Gen. 20:7, 10 • Change, 1 Cor. 5:1, 2; 2 Cor. 2:6-8 • Will. • Way.
You Are A Dead Man Repentance Requires Remorse & Restoration • Make things right, Gen. 20:7, 10 • Adulterous marriages, Ezra 10 • Unlawful, Mt. 14:3, 4 • Sinful, Mt. 19:9 • Willing husband, Gen. 20:2
You Are A Dead Man Repentance Requires Remorse & Restoration Make things right, Gen. 20:7, 10 Even "Innocent" Sin
You Are A Dead Man Repentance Requires Remorse & Restoration • Have you repented? • Drinking. • Cursing. • Anger. • Lusts. • Gossip.
You Are A Dead Man Repentance Requires Remorse & Restoration • Have you made things right with God? • Non-Christian, Acts 2:38 • Christian, 1 Jn. 1:9
You Are A Dead Man God Observes All Things Great Men Have Faults Repentance Requires Remorse & Restoration
You Are A Dead Man • Abimelech was a dead man, Gen. 20:3 • Not for stealing money. • Not for taking another’s integrity. • For innocently taking another’s wife, Gen. 20:5
You Are A Dead Man • When we sin, we are dead men • cf. 1 Tim. 5:6 • Any sin. • “Innocent” sin.