The Sinners Destiny What does God say about

The Sinner’s Destiny What does God say about the fate of the sinner, the inevitable and final outcome of his disobedience?

The Sinner’s Destiny Judgment, Damnation, Condemnation Mt 12: 36 -37; 23: 33; 2 Thess 2: 11 -12 • The sinner will receive an unfavorable verdict- guilty! • The sinner will be judged worthy of punishment and the Judge will pronounce the sentence of hell.

The Sinner’s Destiny Punishment, Divine Retribution, Payment of Penalty Heb 2: 1 -4; 10: 26 -31; Mt 25: 41 -46 How will the sinner escape? How much severer punishment will he deserve? The punishment is eternal- eternal fire!

The Sinner’s Destiny Perish, Be Lost, Suffer Destruction or Perdition “the idea is not extinction, but ruin, loss, not of being, but of well-being” – Vine, p. 294 (see Lk 5: 37)

The Sinner’s Destiny Perish, Be Lost, Suffer Destruction or Perdition § § Perish- Lk 13: 1 -5 Be Lost- Lk 15: 4, 24 Suffer Destruction Mt 7: 13; 10: 28 Suffer Perdition Heb 10: 39 (KJV) Horrific Loss of Well-Being: Mt 13: 49 -50; Mk 9: 43 -48 “to be delivered up to eternal misery”- Thayer, p. 64

The Sinner’s Destiny Death • “death is the opposite of life; it never denotes nonexistence. As spiritual life is “conscious existence in communion with God”, so spiritual death is “conscious existence in separation from God. ” - Vine, p. 268 • “the misery of the soul arising from sin which begins on earth but lasts and increases after the death of the body. ”- Thayer, p. 283

The Sinner’s Destiny Death • the soul who sins will die Ezek 18: 4 • violate God’s ordinance - worthy of death Rom 1: 32 • death spread because all sinned Rom 5: 12 • wages of sin is death Rom 6: 23 • when sin is finished it brings forth death Js 1: 13 -15 • “second” death is hell Rev 2: 11; 20: 14; 21: 8

The Proper Response to the Cross Can Change the Sinner’s Destiny • Cross is power of God to salvation 1 Cor 1: 18 • Whoever believes in Him shall not perish Jn 3: 16 -18 • Believer does not come into judgment, passed out of death into life Jn 5: 24 • Keep my word shall never die Jn 8: 51 • Believer will live if he dies; if lives- never die Jn 11: 25 -26 • What “belief” involves Rom 10: 9 -10; 2 Pet 3: 9; Mk 16: 16 • No condemnation for those in Christ Rom 8: 1 • Christians need the blood, too 1 Jn 1: 7 -9; 2: 1 -2; Acts 8: 22

Remember the Sinner’s Destiny! • Judgment, Damnation, Condemnation • Punishment, Divine Retribution, Payment of Penalty • Perish, Be Lost, Suffer Destruction and Perdition • Death