The Bridge to Life (NIV)
Here is the order of these verses as I employ them:
1) ALL HAVE SINNED - Romans 3:23 with Isaiah 53:6
2) WAGES OF SIN - Romans 6:23 with Romans 4:4
3) JUDGEMENT - Hebrews 9:27
4) MAN'S ANSWER - Discuss our attempts to reach God/immortality (i.e. good deeds, giving, religion, science, medicine, etc..)refer them to Rom 3:23
5) GOD'S ANSWER - Romans 5:8 with 1 Peter 3:18
6) GOD'S ANSWER (Continued..) - John 5:24 with John 3:16-17
7) BELIEVING IS RECEIVING - John 1:12 with Rev 3:20
8) NOT BY WORKS - Ephesians 2:8-9 with Titus 3:4-5
*Pray before, throughout, and after.
Follow-up with Ephesians 1:13 the next time you meet. (this verse not in this pack)
12 verses
Doug Breen
Aug. 8, 2020
English
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Ephesians 2:8-9NIV
Not by Works
For it is by grace you have been saved,
through faith —
and this not from yourselves,
it is the gift of God—
not by works,
so that no one can boast.
Ephesians 2:8 and 9 -
Hebrews 9:27NIV
Judgement
Just as man is destined to die once,
and after that to face judgment,
Hebrews 9:27 -
Isaiah 53:6NIV
All Have Sinned
We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to his own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:6 -
James 4:17NIV
All Have Sinned
Anyone, then,
who knows the good he ought to do
and doesn't do it,
sins.
James 4:17 -
John 1:12NIV
Believing is Receiving
Yet to all who received him,
to those who believed in his name,
he gave the right to become children of God
John 1:12 -
John 3:16-17NIV
Believing is Receiving
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,
but to save the world through him."
John 3:16 and 17 -
Revelation 3:20NIV
Receiving Christ
"Here I am!
I stand at the door and knock.
If anyone hears my voice
and opens the door,
I will come in and eat with him,
and he with me."
Revelation 3:20 -
Romans 3:23NIV
All Have Sinned
for all have sinned
and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 3:23 -
Romans 4:4NIV
Wages of Sin
Now when a man works,
his wages are not credited to him as a gift,
but as an obligation.
Romans 4:4 -
Romans 5:8NIV
God's Answer
But God demonstrates his own love for us in this:
While we were still sinners,
Christ died for us.
Romans 5:8 -
Romans 6:23NIV
Wages of Sin
For the wages of sin is death,
but the gift of God
is eternal life
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 6:23 -
Titus 3:4-5NIV
Not by Works
But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared,
he saved us,
not because of righteous things we had done,
but because of his mercy.
He saved us through the washing of rebirth
and renewal by the Holy Spirit,
Titus 3:4 and 5