your own strength.

your freedom from guilt, assurance of heaven (no more pain), and personal relationship with Christ.

7. Prepare with prayer. Do not witness in your own strength.

Daniel R. Heimbach, Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, N.C. Copyright 1996 North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, Alpharetta, Georgia. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.

7 Religions and "Christian" sects that deny the great truth that God was manifest in the flesh are deceivers and are antichrist in spirit. See 1 John 4:2; 1 Timothy 3:16.

9 Those who object to Christianity's claim that there is only one way to God usually argue that we should be tolerant of all religions. In that case, they should practice what they preach and be tolerant of the Christian claim. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father

except through Him (John 14:6). See 1 John 2:23. 9 Loving to have preeminence is not a fruit of godliness. Those who want it will manifest their unregenerate hearts with malicious words. They will divide the Body of Christ for their own ends, as did Diotrephes.

Evangelistic Survey

Where do people go to when they die? What do you think God is like? If you could ask God one thing, what would it be? Should God punish murderers? If so, how should He punish them? What do you think a person has to do to go to heaven? Do you consider yourself to be a "good" person? How many of the Ten Commandments can you name?

Do you think you have kept the Ten Commandments? Where would you go if you died tonight? Do you believe there is such a place as hell? If there was a way to avoid death, would you be interested? Do you think the Bible's claim, that someone can know that they have everlasting life, is true? Who do you think Jesus was? What is stopping you from asking God for forgiveness and being converted right now?

3 John

The elder to the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. 2 Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers.

3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in you, even as you walk in the truth.

4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

5 Beloved, you do faithfully whatsoever you do to the brethren, and to strangers;

6 Which have borne witness of your charity before the church: whom if you bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, you shall do well:

7 Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles.

8 We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellow-helpers to the truth.

9 I wrote to the church: but Diotrephes,

who loves to have the preeminence among them, receives us not.

10 Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he does, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither does he himself receive the brethren, and forbids them that would, and casts them out of the church.

"Satan always hates Christian fellowship; it is his policy to keep Christians apart. Anything which can divide saints from one another he delights in."

CHARLES SPURGEON 11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that does good is of God: but he that does evil has not seen God.

12 Demetrius has good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yes, and we also bear record; and you know that our record is true.

13 I had many things to write, but I will not

with ink and pen write to you:

14 But I trust I shall shortly see you, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to you. Our friends salute you. Greet the friends by name.

Test Your I.Q.

Read OUT LOUD the wording in the three triangles:

READ this sentence:

Now count aloud the F's in the box. Count

them only ONCE; do not look back and count them again.

Answers: The words "the" and "a" are repeated. There are six F's.

Here is another I.Q. test: This one is more important. Answer Yes or No OUT LOUD:

1 Is there a God? 2 Does God care about right and wrong? 3 Are God's standards the same as ours? 4 Will God punish sin? 5 Is there a hell? 6 Can you avoid hell by living a good life? Answers: 1 Yes. 2 Yes. 3 No. 4 Yes. 5 Yes. 6 No.

Jude

Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called:

2 Mercy to you, and peace, and love, be multiplied.

3 Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write to you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write to you, and exhort you that you should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints.

4 For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

USING THE LAW IN

EVANGELISM

3 Regarding the Law's use in evangelism, Martin Luther stated: "This now is the Christian teaching and preaching, which God be praised, we know and possess, and it is not necessary at present to develop it further, but only to offer the admonition that it be maintained in Christendom with all diligence. For Satan has attacked it hard and strong from the beginning until present, and gladly would he completely extinguish it and tread it under foot."

5 I will therefore put you in remembrance, though you once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not.

6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness to the judgment of the great day.

7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

QUESTIONS & OBJECTIONS

7 "God made me to be a homosexual, so He doesn't want me to change."

Homosexuals argue that they did not make a conscious decision to be that way, so it must be natural. They are born that way—just as all of us are born with a sin nature and sinful desires (Ephesians 2:1–3). Tell them that it is natural for them, and for all of us, to be tempted to do things that God says are wrong. In the same way, pedophiles and adulterers

(alcoholics, drug addicts, etc.) don't make a conscious decision to "choose" that selfdestructive lifestyle, they simply give in to their sinful desires. However, although sin is natural for unbelievers, that doesn't mean God wants them to remain that way. God can set them free from their sinful nature (Romans 7:23–8:2), give them new desires (Ephesians 4:22–24), and help them withstand temptations (1 Corinthians 10:13). See 1 Corinthians 6:9–11 comment.

9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke you.

10 But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves.

11 Woe to them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the

gainsaying of Core.

"Preach with this object, that men may quit their sins and fly to Christ for pardon, that by His blessed Spirit they may be renovated and become as much in love with everything that is holy as they are now in love with everything that is sinful."

CHARLES SPURGEON 12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withers, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.

14 And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his saints,

15 To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.

16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaks great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.

16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaks great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.

17 But, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;

"Before I can preach love, mercy, and grace, I must preach sin, Law, and judgment."

18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.

20 But you, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,

21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

22 And of some have compassion, making a difference:

23 And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.

24 Now to him that is able to keep you

from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

25 To the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

3 Never lose sight of the mandate of the Church: to contend earnestly for the faith. The battle in which we find ourselves is for the salvation of lost sinners.

"When people inquire as to the relevance of our gospel, we must not be tricked into going on the defensive. We must immediately take the offensive, for our Lord Himself has promised that the gates of hell shall not withstand the assault of His Church." Dr. Leighton Ford

4 False converts have "crept in unawares" and sit amid God's people. They think that salvation and sin are compatible. They are actually workers of iniquity. See Matthew 7:21–23. 14 Second coming of Jesus: See

Revelation 1:7.

15 With the help of God, we are to convince the ungodly that their deeds and their speech are offensive to their Creator, and will bring swift judgment upon them.

18,19 A failure to preach the Commandments of God has left an entire generation without the fear of God. They are mockers in these last days. Scripture sheds light on their secret sins—lust and sensuality.

20 "What is the reason that some believers are so much brighter and holier than others? I believe the difference, in nineteen cases out of twenty, arises from different habits about private prayer. I believe that those who are not eminently holy pray little, and those who are eminently holy pray much." J. C. Ryle

23 "The world says you can't confront people with Jesus; you'll run them off. Where are you going to run them to? Hell number 2?" Darrell Robinson

Revelation

CHAPTER 1

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show to his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel to his servant John:

2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.

3 Blessed is he that reads, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be to you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;

5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful

witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

6 And has made us kings and priests to God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

7 Behold, he comes with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, says the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first

and the last: and, What you see, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.

12 And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;

13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like to the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

QUESTIONS & OBJECTIONS

1:7 "The Bible teaches that the earth is flat."

This is often claimed because the Bible says that every eye will see Jesus at His Second Coming. However, it would seem that His coming will envelop the entire earth. (See Hebrews 11:3 comment.)

14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;

15 And his feet like to fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.

16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shines in his strength.

17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying to me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

18 I am he that lives, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

19 Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;

20 The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the

angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which you saw are the seven churches.

1:7 Second coming of Jesus: See Revelation 3:11.

1:17 Perfection of mercy and love. "If you have studied the matchless purity of [Jesus'] character with adoring admiration, you must have been amazed at the absolute perfection of his manhood, and the glory of his moral and spiritual character. At such times, if you have had a true sense of your own position, you have been ready to sink into the dust, and you have exclaimed, 'Shall he wash my feet? Shall he give himself for me? Can it be that he could have loved one so stained and polluted, so mean and so beggarly, so altogether unworthy even to live, much less to be loved by such an altogether lovely one?'

"But I pray you always to remember, when you think of his perfection, that he has perfection of mercy as well as of holiness,

and perfection of love to sinners as well as perfection of hatred of sin; and that, guilty as you are, you must never doubt his affection, for he has pledged you in his heart's blood, and proved his love by his death." Charles Spurgeon

CHAPTER 2

To the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things says he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;

2 I know your works, and your labor, and your patience, and how you can not bear them which are evil: and you have tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and have found them liars:

QUESTIONS & OBJECTIONS

1:18 "Hell is just a metaphor for the

grave."

There are three words translated "hell" in Scripture:

Gehenna (Greek): The place of punishment (Matthew 5:22,29; 10:28; and James 3:6)

Hades (Greek): The abode of the dead (Matthew 11:23; 16:18, Luke 16:23; Acts 2:27) Sheol (Hebrew): The grave (Psalm 9:17; 16:10) There are those who accept that hell is a place of punishment, but believe that the punishment is to be annihilated—to cease conscious existence. They can't conceive that the punishment of the wicked will be conscious and eternal. If they are correct, then a man like Adolph Hitler, who was responsible for the deaths of millions, is being "punished" merely with eternal sleep. His fate is simply to return to the non-existent state he was in before he was born, where he doesn't even know that he is being punished.

However, Scripture paints a different story.

The rich man who found himself in hell (Luke 16:19–31) was conscious. He was able to feel pain, to thirst, and to experience remorse. He wasn't asleep in the grave; he was in a place of "torment."

If hell is a place of knowing nothing or a reference to the grave into which we go at death, Jesus' statements about hell make no sense. He said that if your hand, foot, or eye causes you to sin, it would be better to remove it than to "go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched" (Mark 9:43–48).

The Bible refers to the fate of the unsaved with such fearful words as the following:

"Shame and everlasting contempt" (Daniel 12:2) "Everlasting punishment" (Mathew 25:46) "Weeping and gnashing of teeth" (Matthew 24:51) "Fire unquenchable" (Luke 3:17) "Indignation and wrath, tribulation and

anguish" (Romans 2:8,9)

"Everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord" (2 Thessalonians 1:9)

"Eternal fire ... the blackness of darkness for ever" (Jude 7,13)

Revelation 14:10,11 tells us the final, eternal destiny of the sinner: "He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone ... the smoke of their torment ascended up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day or night."

3 And have borne, and have patience, and for my name's sake have labored, and have not fainted.

4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against you, because you have left your first love.

5 Remember therefore from whence you are fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come to you quickly, and will remove your candlestick out of his place, except you repent.

6 But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

7 He that has an ear, let him hear what the

Spirit says to the churches; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.

Hitler's Nazi Germany had "God with us" engraved on the belts of Nazi soldiers. See Luke 6:27 comment."

8 And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things says the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;

9 I know your works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but you are rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

10 Fear none of those things which you shall suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried; and you shall have tribulation ten days: be faithful to death, and I will give you a crown of life.

11 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches; He that overcomes shall not be hurt of the second death.

12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things says he which has the sharp sword with two edges;

13 I know your works, and where you dwell, even where Satan's seat is: and you hold fast my name, and have not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwells.

14 But I have a few things against you, because you have there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.

15 So have you also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.

16 Repent; or else I will come to you quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.

17 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the hidden

manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knows saving he that receives it.

18 And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things says the Son of God, who has his eyes like to a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;

19 I know your works, and charity, and service, and faith, and your patience, and your works; and the last to be more than the first.

20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against you, because you suffer that woman Jezebel, which calls herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.

21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.

22 Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.

23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he

which searches the reins and hearts: and I will give to every one of you according to your works.

24 But to you I say, and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.

25 But that which you have already hold fast till I come.

26 And he that overcomes, and keeps my works to the end, to him will I give power over the nations:

27 And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.

28 And I will give him the morning star. 29 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

CHAPTER 3

And to the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things says he that has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know your works, that you have a name that you live, and are dead.

2 Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found your works perfect before God.

3 Remember therefore how you have received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore you shall not watch, I will come on you as a thief, and you shall not know what hour I will come upon you.

4 You have a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.

5 He that overcomes, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.

6 He that has an ear, let him hear what the

Spirit says to the churches.

7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things says he that is holy, he that is true, he that has the key of David, he that opens, and no man shuts; and shuts, and no man opens;

8 I know your works: behold, I have set before you an open door, and no man can shut it: for you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have not denied my name.

9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.

10 Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.

11 Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which you have, that no man take your crown.

12 Him that overcomes will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no

more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

13 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

14 And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

15 I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot: I would you were cold or hot.

16 So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue you out of my mouth.

17 Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and know not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:

18 I counsel you to buy of me gold tried in

the fire, that you may be rich; and white raiment, that you may be clothed, and that the shame of your nakedness do not appear; and anoint your eyes with eyesalve, that you may see.

19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

2 0 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

21 To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

22 He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

3:11 Second coming of Jesus: See Revelation 16:15.

3:14–19 Here is a perfect description of the contemporary Church, especially in America, with its beautiful facilities, the finest music, and state-of-the-art technology.

It has busied itself in everything but the will of God—to seek and save the lost. The word "evangelism" has as much attraction for the modern Church as the word "righteousness" has for the world.

3:16 "The Christian world is in a deep sleep; nothing but a loud shout can awaken them out of it!" George Whitefield

"We are not a generation marked by passion. Passion can be lost in programs and progress reports and institutions and calendars. In doing what is good, we may fail to do what is best." R. Albert Mohler Jr.

CHAPTER 4

After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up here, and I will show you things which must be hereafter.

2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one

sat on the throne.

3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like to an emerald.

4 And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.

5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.

6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like to crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.

7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.

8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

9 And when those beasts give glory and honor and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who lives for ever and ever,

10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that lives for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

11 You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for you have created all things, and for your pleasure they are and were created.

4:11 This is the reason for our existence on earth. The entire creation was made for the pleasure of God. That doesn't mean that we are "God's toys" as some would suggest. Just as a father is pleased when he sees that his children have pleasure, so our pleasure is God's pleasure. Those who love God will

have "pleasures for evermore" (Psalm 16:11).

CHAPTER 5

And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.

2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?

3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.

4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.

5 And one of the elders said to me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.

6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst

of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.

8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odors, which are the prayers of saints.

9 And they sung a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for you were slain, and have redeemed us to God by your blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

10 And have made us to our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.

11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and

thousands of thousands;

12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing.

13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be to him that sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb for ever and ever.

14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that lives for ever and ever.

CHAPTER 6

And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.

2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown

was given to him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.

4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given to him a great sword.

5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see you hurt not the oil and the wine.

7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.

8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and

Hell followed with him. And power was given to them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

11 And white robes were given to every one of them; and it was said to them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow-servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

13 And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, even as a fig tree casts her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

6:10,11 Never fear the thought that you are causing sinners to fear by referring to the Judgment. Judgment Day is the climax of the

ages. It is an event for which the very creation cries out (Romans 8:21,22). It has done so from the blood of Abel to the last injustice of this age.

With God, justice delayed is not justice denied. Every transgression against the Moral Law will receive just recompense—in His time. God loves justice ... and He will have it.

6:15 Note the truth of Proverbs 11:4: "Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivers from death." Those who are unrighteous—no matter how wealthy or prominent, great or mighty—all will be cowering in fear of a holy God's wrath.

6:16,17 Concern for the lost. The very thought of this terrible day should motivate the hardest heart into urgent evangelism.

"You blame me for weeping; but how can I help it when you will not weep for yourselves, although your own immortal souls are on the verge of destruction, and ought I know, you are hearing your last sermon, and

may never have opportunity to have Christ offered to you." George Whitefield

"If you haven't got tears in your eyes, let them hear tears in your voice!" Catherine

CHAPTER 7

And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.

2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,

3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads.

4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the

tribes of the children of Israel.

5 Of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.

6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.

7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.

8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.

9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb.

11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,

12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be to our God for ever and ever. Amen.

13 And one of the elders answered, saying to me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?

14 And I said to him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sits on the throne shall dwell among them.

16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them to living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

7:4–8 These are not Jehovah's Witnesses who have been born again, as the Jehovah's Witnesses claim. The 144,000 are from the twelve tribes of Israel.

7:17 How we long for this day, and how the world will eternally regret beyond words its rejection of the gospel.

CHAPTER 8

And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven

trumpets.

QUESTIONS & OBJECTIONS

8:11 "God told Joshua to kill every man, woman, and child, and He killed masses of people in Revelation. If that's your 'God of love,' I want nothing to do with Him!"

God didn't confine His wrath to the Canaanites, or to those mentioned in Revelation. He proclaimed the death sentence upon the whole of humanity. We will all die because we have broken God's Law. Every one of us is waiting on death row. Instead of standing in moral judgment over Almighty God, we need to judge ourselves according to the Law of God. We will find that we have a multitude of sins and therefore are deserving of punishment. Yet God, out of love, paid the penalty for our sin so we would not have to.

3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was

given to him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.

4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.

5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. 7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.

8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood;

9 And the third part of the creatures which

were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.

10 And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;

11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.

12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.

13 And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!

CHAPTER 9

And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven to the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.

3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads.

5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he strikes a man.

6 And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

7 And the shapes of the locusts were like to horses prepared to battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.

8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions.

9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

10 And they had tails like to scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.

11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue has his name Apollyon.

12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.

13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard

a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.

16 And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.

17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.

18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.

19 For their power is in their mouth, and in

their tails: for their tails were like to serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.

20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:

21 Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.

*** Why not preach that Jesus gives happiness? See 2 Corinthians 2:17

comment.

*** 9:9 Joel 2:1–10 relates a striking account of the coming Battle of Armageddon, the greatest of all battles. As this vision (which seems to entail flame-throwing tank warfare) was given to him approximately 2,800 years ago, the prophet relates it to the only thing he has seen in battle—horse-drawn chariots.

Think of modern warfare and compare: fire goes before them (v.3); they burn what is behind them (v.3); they destroy everything in their path (v.3); they move at the speed of a horse (30–40mph, v. 4); their rumbling sounds like the noise of many chariots and the roar of a fire (v.5); they climb over walls (v.7); they don't break ranks (v.7); the sword can't stop them (v.8); they climb into houses (v.9); they make the earth quake (v.10).

CHAPTER 10

And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

2 And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,

3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars: and when he had cried, seven

thunders uttered their voices.

4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.

5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,

6 And sware by him that lives for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:

7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he has declared to his servants the prophets.

8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spoke to me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which stands upon the sea and upon the

earth.

9 And I went to the angel, and said to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make your belly bitter, but it shall be in your mouth sweet as honey.

10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.

11 And he said to me, You must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.

CHAPTER 11

And there was given me a reed like to a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.

2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given to the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread

under foot forty and two months.

3 And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.

4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.

5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceeds out of their mouth, and devours their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.

6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascended out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.

8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is

called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.

9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.

10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.

11 And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.

12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying to them, Come up here. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.

13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were fearful, and

gave glory to the God of heaven.

14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe comes quickly.

15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,

17 Saying, We give you thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which are, and was, and are to come; because you have taken to you your great power, and have reigned.

18 And the nations were angry, and your wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that you should give reward to your servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear your name, small and great; and should destroy them which destroy the earth.

19 And the temple of God was opened in

heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

11:18 These days, some would have us believe that those who "destroy the earth" are people who are not environmentally conscious. There are many who worship "Mother Earth" and think that those who harvest forests, utilize fossil fuels, and don't recycle should be punished. God has made us stewards of His creation, but we are to worship only Him, the Creator. Sinners who refuse to acknowledge Almighty God are the objects of wrath spoken of here.

CHAPTER 12

And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:

2 And she being with child cried, travailing

in birth, and pained to be delivered.

3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.

4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up to God, and to his throne.

6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.

7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.

9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.

11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

12 Therefore rejoice, you heavens, and you that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has but a short time.

13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.

14 And to the woman were given two

wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.

15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.

16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.

17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

*** For evolution and its clash with the

Bible, see 1 Corinthians 15:39

comment.

*** 12:9 The god of this world blinds the

minds of those who do not believe (2 Corinthians 4:4). If they would believe, they would see their danger, and therefore obey the command to repent and be saved.

12:11 Here are the keys to victory in the Christian life:

1) Trust in the blood of Jesus. If sin enters our heart, we must confess it and the blood of Jesus Christ will cleanse us from all sin (1 John 1:7–9). If we do that, then the accuser will have nothing for which to accuse us before the throne of God (v.10).

2) Our testimony is that Jesus Christ died for our sins and rose again, defeating the grave. Satan has been stripped of the power of death (Hebrews 2:14).

3) We don't live to ourselves, but for the will of God. We love Jesus more than our life (Luke 14:26).

CHAPTER 13

And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and

saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.

2 And the beast which I saw was like to a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.

4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power to the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like to the beast? who is able to make war with him?

5 And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given to him to continue forty and two months.

6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his

tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

7 And it was given to him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

9 If any man have an ear, let him hear. 10 He that leads into captivity shall go into captivity: he that kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon.

12 And he exercises all the power of the first beast before him, and causes the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.

13 And he does great wonders, so that he makes fire come down from heaven on the

earth in the sight of men,

14 And deceives them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.

15 And he had power to give life to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.

16 And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

18 Here is wisdom. Let him that has understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.

CHAPTER 14

And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Zion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads.

2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:

3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.

4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.

5 And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of

God.

6 And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

8 And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,

10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in

the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

11 And the smoke of their torment ascended up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receives the mark of his name.

12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yes, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them.

14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like to the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.

They loved not their lives unto

death:

"Now I have given up on everything else. I have found it to be the only way to really know Christ and to experience the mighty power that brought Him back to life again, and to find out what it means to suffer and to die with Him. So, whatever it takes I will be one who lives in the fresh newness of life of those who are alive from the dead."

Cassie Bernall, 17, Columbine martyr "I have no more personal friends at school. But you know what? I am not going to apologize for speaking the name of Jesus. I am not going to justify my faith to them, and I am not going to hide the light that God has put into me. If I have to sacrifice everything, I will. I will take it. If my friends have to become my enemies for me to be with my best friend, Jesus, then that's fine with me."

Rachel Scott, Columbine martyr "Father take my life, yes, my blood if Thou wilt, and consume it with Thine enveloping fire. I would not save it, for it is not mine to save. Have it Lord, have it all. Pour out my

life as in oblation for the world. Blood is the only value as it flows before Thine altar."

Jim Elliot, martyr (written at age 21) 15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in your sickle, and reap: for the time is come for you to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe.

16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.

17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.

18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.

19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even to the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.

14:6 We have the great honor of preaching "the everlasting gospel," which is for all who dwell on the earth.

14:7 Law of probabilities refutes evolution. "The chance that higher life forms might have emerged in this way is comparable to the chance that a tornado sweeping through a junkyard might assemble a Boeing 747 from the materials therein." Sir Fred Hoyle, professor of astronomy, Cambridge University

"The likelihood of the formation of life from inanimate matter is one out of 1040,000 ... It is big enough to bury Darwin and the whole theory of evolution. There was no primeval soup, neither on this planet nor on any other, and if the beginnings of life were not random, they must therefore have been the product of purposeful intelligence." Sir Fred

Hoyle, Evolution from Space

"I believe that Darwin's mechanism for evolution doesn't explain much of what is seen under a microscope. Cells are simply too complex to have evolved randomly. Intelligence was required to produce them." Michael J. Behe|

"Evolution is unproved and unprovable. We believe it only because the only alternative is special creation, and that is unthinkable" Sir Arthur Keith (author of Foreword to The Origin of Species, 100th edition)

"In fact, evolution became in a sense a scientific religion; almost all scientists have accepted it and many are prepared to 'bend' their observations to fit in with it." H.S. Lipson, professor of physics, University of Manchester, UK

14:13 If we die in the Lord, our works follow us. No good deed will be forgotten by God.

CHAPTER 15

And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.

2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.

3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are your ways, you King of saints.

4 Who shall not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name? for you only are holy: for all nations shall come and worship before you; for your judgments are made manifest.

5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in

heaven was opened:

6 And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.

7 And one of the four beasts gave to the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who lives for ever and ever.

8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.

CHAPTER 16

And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.

2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the

mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.

3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.

4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.

5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, You are righteous, O Lord, which are, and was, and shall be, because you have judged thus.

6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments.

8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given to him to scorch men with fire.

9 And men were scorched with great heat,

and blasphemed the name of God, which has power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.

10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,

11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.

12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water there of was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.

13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

14 For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.

15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.

16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon.

17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.

18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.

19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath.

20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.

21 And there fell upon men a great hail out

of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.

16:15 Second coming of Jesus: See Revelation 22:20.

16:16 Ezekiel 39, written over 2,500 years ago, speaks of God's judgment upon the enemies of Israel. Verses 12–15 describe what will happen after what many see as the Battle of Armageddon:

And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land ... And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search. And the passengers that pass through the land, when any sees a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.

Before the days of nuclear warfare, this

portion of the Bible would have made no sense to the reader. We are told that even the weapons left by the enemy will have to be burned (Ezekiel 39:9). So many will die that it will take those specially employed for the purpose seven months to bury the dead (v.14). The Scriptures are very specific about the method of burial. When even a bone is found by searchers, a special marker is to be placed near the bone until the buriers have buried it. This would seem to be a clear reference to radioactive contamination after nuclear war. This thought is confirmed in Joel 2:30, which speaks of "pillars of smoke."

CHAPTER 17

And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying to me, Come here; I will show to you the judgment of the great whore that sits upon many waters:

2 With whom the kings of the earth have

committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.

3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.

4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:

5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.

6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

7 And the angel said to me, Wherefore did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carried her,

which has the seven heads and ten horns.

8 The beast that you saw was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.

"If persecution should arise, you should be willing to part with all that you possess—with your liberty, with your life itself, for Christ—or you cannot be His disciple."

CHARLES SPURGEON 9 And here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits.

10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he comes, he must continue a short space.

11 And the beast that was, and is not, even

he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goes into perdition.

12 And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.

13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength to the beast.

14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.

15 And he said to me, The waters which you saw, where the whore sits, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.

16 And the ten horns which you saw upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

17 For God has put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God shall be

fulfilled.

18 And the woman which you saw is that great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth.

CHAPTER 18

And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.

4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you

receive not of her plagues.

5 For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.

6 Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double to her double according to her works: in the cup which she has filled fill to her double.

7 How much she has glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she said in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.

8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judges her.

9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning,

10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is

your judgment come.

11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buys their merchandise any more:

12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,

13 And cinnamon, and odors, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.

14 And the fruits that your soul lusted after are departed from you, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from you, and you shall find them no more at all.

15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,

16 And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!

17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nothing. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,

18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like to this great city!

19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.

20 Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets; for God has avenged you on her.

21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great

city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.

22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in you; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in you; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in you;

23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in you; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in you: for your merchants were the great men of the earth; for by your sorceries were all nations deceived.

24 And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

CHAPTER 19

And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power,

to the Lord our God:

2 For true and righteous are his judgments: for he has judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

3 And again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and ever.

4 And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.

5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all you his servants, and you that fear him, both small and great.

6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigns.

7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself ready.

8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the

fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

9 And he said to me, Write, Blessed are they which are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said to me, These are the true sayings of God.

10 And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said to me, See you do it not: I am your fellow-servant, and of your brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.

11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he does judge and make war.

12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.

13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

14 And the armies which were in heaven

followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

15 And out of his mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

16 And he has on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.

17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together to the supper of the great God;

18 That you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.

19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse,

and against his army.

20 And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

21 And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

CHAPTER 20

And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.

2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years,

3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he

should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

5 But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

6 Blessed and holy is he that has part in the first resurrection: on such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison,

8 And shall go out to deceive the nations

which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.

10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.

11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

12 And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were

written in the books, according to their works.

13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

20:11 No hiding from God. "Whither can the enemies of God flee? If up to heaven their high-flown impudence could carry them, His right hand of holiness would hurl them thence, or, if under hell's profoundest wave they dive, to seek a sheltering grave, His left hand would pluck them out of the fire, to expose them to the fiercer light of His countenance. Nowhere is there a refuge from the Most High. The morning beams cannot convey the

fugitive so swiftly as the almighty Pursuer would follow him; neither can the mysterious lightning flash, which annihilates time and space, journey so rapidly as to escape His far-reaching hand. 'If I mount up to heaven, thou art there; if I make my bed in hell, thou art there.'

"It was said of the Roman Empire under the Caesars that the whole world was only one great prison for Caesar, for if any man offended the emperor it was impossible for him to escape. If he crossed the Alps, could not Caesar find him out in Gaul? If he sought to hide himself in the Indies, even the swarthy monarchs there knew the power of the Roman arms, so that they would give no shelter to a man who had incurred imperial vengeance. And yet, perhaps, a fugitive from Rome might have prolonged his miserable life by hiding in the dens and caves of the earth.

"But oh! sinner, there is no hiding from God. The mountains cannot cover you from Him, even if they would, neither can the rocks

conceal you. See, then, at the very outset how this throne should awe our minds with terror. Founded in right, sustained by might, and universal in its dominion, look ye and see the throne which John of old beheld." Charles Spurgeon

20:15 Hell: It should be grievous for any Christian to make light of or joke about hell. This verse should break our hearts, drive us to weep for the unsaved, and then motivate us to put legs to our prayers and plead with sinners to turn to the Savior. For verses warning of its reality, see Revelation 21:8.

CHAPTER 21

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.

2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

3 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.

Did the Church persecute Galileo? See 1 Timothy 6:20 comment.

4 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.

5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said to me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

6 And he said to me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him that is a thirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

7 He that overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.

8 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.

9 And there came to me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come here, I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife.

QUESTIONS & OBJECTIONS

21:4 "How can people be happy in heaven, knowing that their unsaved loved ones are suffering in hell?"

Those who ask such questions fall into the category of those who asked Jesus a similar question. The Sadducees said that a certain woman had seven consecutive husbands, so whose wife will she be in heaven (Mark

12:23)? Jesus answered by saying that they neither knew the Scriptures nor the power of God. The unregenerate mind has no concept of God's mind or His infinite power. If God can speak the sun into existence; if He can see every thought of every human heart at the same time; if He can create the human eye with its 137,000,000 light-sensitive cells, then He can handle the minor details of our eternal salvation.

John writes that in heaven "we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is" (1 John 3:2), so perhaps we will be fully satisfied that God is perfectly just and merciful, and that He gave every individual the opportunity to accept or reject Him. However He works it out, God promises that there will not be sorrow or crying in heaven. Our focus in heaven won't be on our loss, but on our gain.

10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,

11 Having the glory of God: and her light was like to a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;

12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:

13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.

14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.

16 And the city lies foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.

17 And he measured the wall thereof, an

hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.

18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like to clear glass.

19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;

20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.

21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.

22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.

23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the

glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

24 And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it.

25 And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.

26 And they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it.

27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defiles, neither whatsoever works abomination, or makes a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

21:8 Hell: For verses warning of its reality, see Matthew 5:22.

God isn't willing that any perish. "Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear" (Isaiah 59:1,2). See Hebrews

9:22 comment.

CHAPTER 22

And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. 3 And 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:

4 And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.

The Resurrection: Does Circumstantial Evidence

Confirm It?

Timothy McVeigh, the man behind the Oklahoma City bombing, has a date with death. He'll receive a lethal injection for killing 168 innocent people, even though no one saw him commit this heinous crime. All the evidence against McVeigh was circumstantial.

Indirect testimony: That's what circumstantial evidence is. It's an accumulation of facts from which one can draw intelligent conclusions.

As a newspaper reporter covering the courts, former journalist Lee Strobel saw how circumstantial evidence is used to expose what really happened during a crime. So, in the midst of a spiritual quest, Strobel began to wonder: Could circumstantial evidence verify that the resurrection of Christ really happened?

Well, he took his question to philosopher J. P. Moreland. In a challenging voice, Strobel asked Moreland: "Can you give me five pieces of solid circumstantial evidence that

convince you Jesus rose from the dead?"

Certainly, Moreland responded. First, there's the evidence of the skeptics. Some of those who were most hostile to Jesus prior to his death became his most ardent supporters afterwards.

Second, the ancient Jews had a number of immensely important religious rituals. These included the offering of animal sacrifices, obeying the Mosaic law, and keeping the Sabbath. But within five weeks of Jesus' death, more than 10,000 Jews had suddenly altered or abandoned these rituals. Moreland asked: Why would they relinquish rites that had long given them their national identity? The implication is that something enormously significant had occurred.

Third, we see the emergence of new rituals: the sacraments of Communion and Baptism. The early Jews baptized in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, "which," Moreland said, "meant they had elevated Jesus to the full status of God."

Fourth, we see the rapid rise of a new church, beginning shortly after the death of Jesus. Within twenty years this new church (begun by the companions of a dead carpenter) had reached Caesar's palace in Rome, and eventually spread throughout the Roman empire.

And fifth, Moreland said, there's the most convincing circumstantial evidence of all: the fact that every one of Jesus' disciples was willing to suffer and die for his beliefs. These men spent the rest of their lives witnessing about Christ. They frequently went without food; they were mocked, beaten, and thrown into prison. In the end, all but one died a painful martyr's death.

Would they have done this for a lie? Of course not. They did it because they were convinced beyond a doubt that they had seen the risen Christ.

Even if we doubted 2,000-year-old evidence, we have all the circumstantial evidence we could possibly want—right in

front of us. It is, Moreland said, "the ongoing encounter with the resurrected Christ that happens all over the world, in every culture, to people from all kinds of backgrounds and personalities. They all will testify that more than any single thing in their lives, Jesus Christ has changed them."

Circumstantial evidence earned Timothy McVeigh a death sentence. But sacred circumstantial evidence about the resurrection of Jesus Christ can lead all of us, including McVeigh, to a much better verdict: everlasting life in the presence of God.

From "BreakPoint with Charles Colson," April 19, 2001, reprinted with permission of Prison Fellowship, PO Box 17500, Washington, DC 20041-7500, www.pfm.org.

5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God gives them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.

6 And he said to me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy

prophets sent his angel to show to his servants the things which must shortly be done.

7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keeps the sayings of the prophecy of this book.

"Young men and old men, and sisters of all ages, if you love the Lord, get a passion for souls. Do you not see them? They are going down to hell by the thousands."

CHARLES SPURGEON 8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which showed me these things.

9 Then said he to me, See you do it not: for I am your fellow-servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.

10 And he said to me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.

11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.

12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.

13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.

14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.

15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loves and makes a lie.

16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.

1 7 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears say, Come.

And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

18 For I testify to every man that hears the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add to these things, God shall add to him the plagues that are written in this book:

19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

20 He which testifies these things says, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

21 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.

22:2 Charles Spurgeon on Tracts: "I well remember distributing them in a town in England where tracts had never been distributed before, and going from house to house, and telling in humble language the

things of the kingdom of God. I might have done nothing, if I had not been encouraged by finding myself able to do something ... [Tracts are] adapted to those persons who have but little power and little ability, but nevertheless, wish to do something for Christ. They have not the tongue of the eloquent, but they may have the hand of the diligent. They cannot stand and preach, but they can stand and distribute here and there these silent preachers ... They may buy their thousand tracts, and these they can distribute broadcast.

"I look upon the giving away of a religious tract as only the first step for action not to be compared with many another deed done for Christ; but were it not for the first step we might never reach to the second, but that first attained, we are encouraged to take another, and so at the last ... There is a real service of Christ in the distribution of the gospel in its printed form, a service the result of which heaven alone shall disclose, and the judgment day alone discover. How many thousands

have been carried to heaven instrumentally upon the wings of these tracts, none can tell.

"I might say, if it were right to quote such a Scripture, 'The leaves were for the healing of the nations'—verily they are so. Scattered where the whole tree could scarcely be carried, the very leaves have had a medicinal and a healing virtue in them and the real word of truth, the simple statement of a Savior crucified and of a sinner who shall be saved by simply trusting in the Savior, has been greatly blessed, and many thousand souls have been led into the kingdom of heaven by this simple means. Let each one of us, if we have done nothing for Christ, begin to do something now. The distribution of tracts is the first thing."

See also Mark 4:14 and 1 Corinthians 9:22 comments.

22:3 A magnificent doe stands with its foal and drinks in the cool water from a mountain stream. The sun sparkles off the dew on deep green leaves of native tree branches. The

mother gently caresses her offspring as it begins to also drink from the brook. The scene is one of incredible serenity ... the picture of innocence. What more could optimize the beauty of God's creation?

Suddenly a mountain lion leaps from a tree and digs its sharp claws deeply into the mother's neck, dragging the helpless creature to the ground. As it holds its terrified prey in a death grip, its powerful jaws bite into the jugular vein, turning the mountain stream crimson with the creature's blood.

It is a strong consolation to know that this isn't the way God planned it in the beginning. Animals were not created to devour each other; they were created to be vegetarian (Genesis 1:29,30). The original creation was "good" and was not filled with violence and bloodshed. We live in a fallen creation (Romans 8:20–23). As a result of Adam's sin, the perfect creation was cursed and death was introduced into the world (Romans 5:12). The day will come when the entire creation will

be delivered from the "bondage of corruption" and there will be no more curse. In the new heaven and new earth, "the wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock ... They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain" (Isaiah 65:25). See also Isaiah 11:6–9.

Closing Words of

Comfort

Rarely do I become involved in counseling; I leave that to the expertise of the local pastor. However, I was awakened one morning by my wife, Sue. She said, "There is someone in the living room and he desperately wants to talk to you." I protested, "But it's not even 7a.m. ... and I don't do counseling!"

Nevertheless, I made my way into the living room and found a man whose eyes flashed with despair. I had met him a few months earlier when he purchased a series of our tapes, but this day he looked like a different man. It turned out that his whole life seemed to be falling to pieces. There were terrible problems at work, at home, and even in his church. Everything had suddenly gone wrong. I looked him in the eye and asked,

"You didn't pray that God would 'break' you, did you?" He looked back at me and said, "I asked God to break me and grind me to powder..."

Make sure you realize what you are saying at church when you sing words like "Refiner's fire, my heart's one desire, is to be holy." I hum the song. Let me tell you why.

We may think that we are asking God for the "warm fuzzies," but the refining fire is what Job went through, and God may just give you your heart's one desire if you keep asking Him. After the service, you find that someone has just crashed into your new car. That week you discover that God has let the devil get at you and your house has burned to the ground, your spouse and children have been killed, and someone forgot to pay the insurance premium.

The loss of your family, car, and home and financial collapse give you a complete nervous breakdown. Well, rejoice—because you are getting your heart's one desire. Read

the Book of Job. I've been through the Refiner's fire and I never want to go through it again. My prayer is, "If it is possible, let this cup pass from me." Jesus had to suffer; there was no alternative for Him. But there is an alternative for us. If we chasten ourselves, perhaps we will not be chastened by God. Instead of praying that God will break me, I say, "Please, Lord, be gentle on your servant. 'Neither chasten me in your hot displeasure' [Psalm 38:1]. Help me to see the areas that I need to change."

If we discipline ourselves to pray and read the Word, we may avoid the Refiner's fire. If we draw close to Him, we won't need a lion's den to bring us to our knees. If we scatter abroad, preaching the Word everywhere, we may not need a Saul of Tarsus to breathe out slaughter against us. If we cut off unfruitful branches, we won't feel the pain of the Husbandman's sharp pruning sheers. Read the last chapters of Job and learn the lesson, so that you won't have to go

through the earlier chapters. Scripture was written for our instruction. Lay your hand on your mouth and quickly bow to the sovereignty of God.

THE FIERY TRIAL

Let me share something very personal. In June 1985, I had just finished preaching in a small country church when a lean-looking young man approached me and said, "I wish I was like you." I managed a smile, but held onto the words that came to mind. You don't know what you are saying. Little did he know that at that moment I was going through sheer terror. I had been praying earlier that day when suddenly it seemed that all hell was let loose in my mind. It was as though God had removed every hedge of protection from me and a thousand spirits of terror invaded my thoughts. I fell upon the floor. I wept. I cried out to God. I exorcised myself, to no avail. There is no way I can describe the experience

of the following months other than to say that it was like being held over a black pit of insanity by a spider's web.

When I arrived home from that series of meetings, Sue asked how they went. I said, "The meetings were fine," then broke down. I felt so crushed within my mind that I was unable to have family devotions, or even eat a meal at the table with my family for over twelve months.

I diagnosed myself as having a "wounded spirit." Before God could use me, I needed to have a broken spirit:

But this is the man to whom I will look and have regard: he who is humble and of a broken or wounded spirit, and who trembles at My word and reveres My commands (Isaiah 66:2, Amplified Bible). It was A.W. Tozer who said, "Before God uses a man, God will break the man."

It took years to overcome that experience.

At one point, I couldn't even gather enough courage to go to my home church. I wanted to, but irrational fear was paralyzing me. The first Sunday after the initial experience, I was in my bedroom trying to gather strength to go with my family to church. The fear was so strong, I would actually lose my breath even while I lay in bed. My son, who was seven at the time, came into the bedroom and handed me a note. He had written out a few Scriptures he thought I should read, although he had no idea what I was going through. These were the verses:

The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me (Hebrews 13:6).

But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more unto the perfect day (Proverbs 4:18).

Greater is he that is in you, than he that is

in the world (1 John 4:4).

Then he had written the words, "I love you, Dad!"

HOW TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS

If there is a cry in your heart to be used by God, then you may go through a similar experience. I don't want to unnecessarily alarm you, but if you understand why it is happening and what you can do to speed up the process, it will help. If God in His great wisdom sees fit to use the Refiner's fire (if He takes you through a fiery trial), then it is only "if need be" (1 Peter 1:6). Pray that you may avoid it, but this is often normal procedure in being prepared for ministry. A wild horse is no good to a rider. It can't be trusted. It needs its spirit broken so that it will willingly yield to the desire of the rider. So, let me share with you a few words of comfort, so that if you find yourself hanging over a

dark chasm of insanity by the spider web of faith, you will know why, and realize that the web is unbreakable.

You are asleep in bed, when suddenly a creak of the floor causes you to open your eyes in the semi-dark room. Towering over you stands the ugly sight of a huge man, wearing a stocking over his face, with a gun pointed at your head. Suddenly, your heart races with fear. Your mouth becomes dry. Terror paralyzes you. You can see his evil lips smile in delight at having another human being under his power. Time stands still. Your racing heart is taking too much blood into your brain, feeding it an oversupply of oxygen, making your mind go blank. This inability to respond, even mentally, brings a panic that causes your breathing to become erratic. The over-action of the heart has also speedily lifted your body temperature to a point where cold sweat is forming on your brow, back, and legs.

With malicious intent, the intruder slowly

moves the gun to the temple of your moistened brow. You can feel its cold barrel against your warm skin. The reality of what is happening tells you that this is no mere nightmare.

Adrenaline is being pumped throughout your body. Your mind is instinctively screaming Run! and yet you know that if you move, you are dead. With both hands on the gun, the cruel intruder slowly cocks the weapon. You see his white teeth grit in perverted delight. You are going to die! Unspeakable terror grips your mind. Perspiration pours out of your flesh. Your mouth is totally dry. It's as though your heart is pounding through your chest. Your breath seems to have drained from your lungs and you can feel your eyes bulge with overwhelming dread...

That's what an attack of irrational fear feels like. There is no intruder, no gun, and no threat of death. Yet there are those same, very real, worse-than-nightmarish symptoms.

According to estimates, three million people in the U.S. have panic attacks. These are characterized by rapid heartbeat, dizziness, shortness of breath, and fear of losing control, going crazy, or dying.

The unsaved who experience panic attacks are often driven to drugs, alcohol, despair, or insanity. The Christian who suffers doesn't do so in vain, but there is a sense of guilt on top of the fear. The experience doesn't seem to match the Bible's description of a faith-filled Christian. He says, "I will not fear" ... and yet he still fears. His will is incapacitated.

For those who have prayed, and prayed, and prayed for deliverance, and still find themselves in such a predicament, there are strong consolations.

The apostle Paul was no stranger to fear. He said, "For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears" (2 Corinthians 7:5, emphasis added).

Look at these verses from 2 Corinthians 12:7–9:

And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Paul asked for deliverance from this demonic attack three times. Yet God chose to leave him with it. Some say it was a sickness, but that doesn't seem to be what the Bible teaches. It says it was a "messenger of Satan" (a demon) that buffeted him.

Why then did God allow demonic

oppression to come against His apostle? He wanted to use Paul, but He didn't want him to fall through pride and fail in his calling. The demonic oppression was to keep him humble as God gave him an abundance of revelations. He had to remain small in his own eyes. The Greek word for "buffet" is kolaphizo, which means to "rap with the fist." Its root word is kolos, which means "dwarf."

Satan fires arrows only at those who have potential for the kingdom of God. You have great potential to be used by God in these last days. Instead of saying, "But God can't use me when I am paralyzed by fear," say, "Because His strength is made perfect in my weakness, God can use me for His glory because the fear I am plagued by actually keeps me in weakness."

EXAMINE YOURSELF

Today, there are many who name the name of Christ, but who never "depart from

iniquity." They are false converts who "ask Jesus into their heart," but are actually unconverted because they have never truly repented. So it is important that you examine yourself to see if you are in the faith (2 Corinthians 13:5). Those who allow sin in their lives are actually opening themselves up to demonic influence. The Bible instructs us to "neither give place to the devil" (Ephesians 4:27).

Afflictions only work together for our good, if we are "called according to [God's] purpose" (Romans 8:28). Therefore, the following are questions each of us need to ask ourselves:

Do I honor my parents? Do I value them implicitly? God commands that we honor our parents, then Scripture warns, "that it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth" (Ephesians 6:3). In other words, if you don't value your parents, all will not be well with

you. I have found that many people have demonic problems because they hate their parents.

Is there any unconfessed sin in my life? Is there any bitterness, resentment, or jealousy? Have I been hurt by someone in the past whom I can't find it within my heart to forgive? Then I am giving place to the devil. If I won't forgive and forget, I'm like a man who is stung to death by one bee. You could understand someone being stung to death by a swarm of bees, but we can do something about one bee. The sad thing about someone who becomes bitter is that all they need to do to deal with their problem is to swat the thing through repentance. God says He will not forgive us if we will not forgive from our heart (Matthew 6:15).

Has there been any occult activity in my life in the past? Do I have idols (even as

souvenirs) in my home? Is there any pornography? I need to prayerfully walk around in the house and ask God if there is anything that is unpleasing to Him. Then I must consider the same thing within the temple of my own body. Am I a glutton? Do I feed filth into my mind through my eyes or through my ears? Do my hands touch only what is pleasing in His sight? Are my words kind and loving? Are the meditations of my mind pleasing to God?

The only way to know if you are a Christian is by your fruit. There are a number of fruits in Scripture: the fruit of praise, the fruit of thanksgiving, the fruit of holiness, the fruit of repentance, the fruit of righteousness, and the fruit of the Spirit—love, joy, peace, patience, goodness, gentleness, faith, meekness, and temperance. A key to overcoming trials is to understand

that they are relative. The next time Satan tries to make you feel sorry for yourself in the midst of a trial, ask yourself, "Would I like to trade places with someone who has a horrible terminal disease? Would I like to trade places with a burn victim who has been burned over 90% of his body?" We can't imagine the agonies those in such a predicament go through. Have you ever burned yourself on a toaster? Think what it must be like for those poor people. Such sober thoughts bring our problem into perspective, and should make us want to thank God for His many blessings. Not only for what we have, but also for those things we don't have—like unspeakable pain.

The fruit of thanksgiving should be evident in the Christian, not only for temporal blessings, but for the cross. Paul was persecuted beyond measure, merely for his faith in God, yet he said, "Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift" (2 Corinthians 9:15).

As Christians, we should have the fruit of holiness. We should be separated from this

world, with all of its corruption, to God. We should have evidence of our repentance. If we have stolen, we will return what isn't ours. We will set right (where possible) that which we have wronged. Lastly, we will possess the fruit of the Spirit. If we are rooted and grounded in Him, we will have the fruits of His character hanging from the branches of our lives. Do we have love that cares for others? Do we care enough about the salvation of sinners to put feet to our prayers and take the gospel to them? Love is not passive. It will not be self-indulgent while others suffer. It is empathetic.

GOOD REASON

If we haven't given place to the devil, what is he doing in our lives? There must be good reason for him to be there. The only reasonable conclusion is that God has given permission. This happened in the Book of Job. God allowed Satan to buffet Job so that

he would grow in his faith in God. As I have said before, God has given us the Book of Job for our admonition and instruction.

Study the following verse from the Amplified Bible:

It is God who is all the while effectually at work in you [energizing and creating in you the power and desire], both to will and to work for His good pleasure and satisfaction and delight (Philippians 2:13). We have established that God is at work in you. You have this demonic "buffeting" from which God will not presently deliver you because He is doing a good work in you. Therefore, what should be your attitude to this good work He is doing? It should be one of joy— because your joy is evidence of how much you trust God. If you trust Him, then you will rejoice for His goodness, and that joy will be strength to you.

Take for instance a world champion boxer.

His coach loves him to a point where he wants him above all things to be a winner. So what does the coach do—buy him a sofa, a TV, and potato chips? No. Instead, he places weights on his shoulders and resistance against his arms. He will even look around for the toughest sparring partner he can find. If the boxer doesn't understand what his trainer is doing, if he doesn't have faith in his methods, he will get depressed and lose heart. But if he knows what's going on, he will rejoice now in the trials because he sees, through the eyes of faith, the finished product.

That's why God is letting the devil loose on you: to make you strong. Paul says,

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment [in the light of eternity], works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory (2 Corinthians 4:17). Afflictions work for us, not against us, if we are in God's will. How is your joy when the Trainer brings the resistance your way?

How much faith do you have in Him? The joy you have will be your measuring rod.

For you, O God, have proved us: you have tried us, as silver is tried. You have caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but you brought us out into a wealthy place (Psalm 66:10,12). God takes us through the fires of persecution, tribulation, and temptation to purify us, not to burn us. He takes us through water to cleanse us, not to drown us. Look at the reason God chastens His children, given in Hebrews 12:9–15:

Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be

partakers of his holiness. Now no chastening for the present seems to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to them which are exercised thereby.

Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; and make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled. In other words, get it together. Don't fall into discouragement, which is essentially a lack of faith in God. If you let your arms hang down in depression instead of rejoicing that God is working all things out for your good,

you are saying that God isn't faithful, that His promises aren't worth believing, that He is actually a liar. There is no greater insult to God than to not believe His promises. The result of unbelief will be depression, discouragement, self-pity, resentment, then bitterness, which you will end up spreading to others.

If you have never thanked God for His promises, for His faithfulness, for the fact that He is working with you, in you, and for you— if you have been joyless, or even despised what has been happening to you and moved into bitterness—then repent of the sin of mistrust. How insulted you would be if you were a faithful and loving trainer, and your boxer, for whose good you are laboring, began to despise you for what you were doing.

On the other hand, if you are "exercised thereby," the result will be the "peaceable fruit of righteousness." In other words, you will end up living a life that is in complete

righteousness, and bring a smile to the heart of your heavenly Father.

Look at Hebrews 12:11. Notice the word "afterward." That one word was my light in the dark tunnel. It meant there was an end to my terror, a light at the end of the tunnel that wasn't a train heading for me. Write down the word "afterward," and put it somewhere where you will be reminded that you have hope—and "hope never disappoints or deludes or shames us" (Romans 5:5, Amplified).

Guard against condemnation. You are no "less spiritual" than those who seem to have complete victory. If you don't believe it, think of the experience of Oswald Chambers, author of the mega-bestselling devotional My Utmost For His Highest. Now there's a man whose life and words have been an inspiration to millions. He was "spiritual" in the truest sense of the word. However, the great author had four years in his life of which he said, "God used me during those years for

the conversion of souls, but I had no conscious communion with Him. The Bible was the dullest, most uninteresting book in existence" (Oswald Chambers: Abandoned to God). He described those four years as "hell on earth." However, he found that there was an "afterward," saying,

But those of you who know the experience know very well how God brings one to the point of utter despair, and I got to the place where I did not care whether everyone knew how bad I was, I cared not for another on earth, saving to get out of my present condition (ibid). If you have panic attacks or agoraphobia (fear of open spaces), don't fall into the deep pit of self-pity, because it has ugly bedfellows—discouragement, joylessness, condemnation, despair, and hopelessness. The sides of the pit of self-pity are very slippery, but there is one firm foothold. It is the

uplifting stairs of thanksgiving. Let me explain how you can get your foot into it.

AN ATTITUDE OF THANKSGIVING

Sue and I were visiting an elderly lady named Helen, a 93-year-old who had broken her hip. She was unhappy because the food in the convalescent home wasn't very good. One day Mary walked into Helen's room. Mary was in her late seventies and had to be permanently fed through a tube that ran from a bottle directly into her stomach. Mary never tasted food or drink, and barring a miracle from God, she would never taste food or liquid again. Mary's condition made Helen thankful that at least she could have the pleasure of food and drink, even if it wasn't up to standard.

Then there was Robert. Robert had a good clear brain, but he had chronic emphysema. He couldn't breathe. Whenever she looked into his room, he was sitting on his bed,

leaning over with his hand on his forehead. He gasped for every breath, twenty-four hours a day. Robert's problem made Mary thankful that at least she could breathe.

The point is that, despite your tormenting fears, you won't have to look too far for people who are suffering so badly that their problems dwarf yours. If you don't believe me, try being Robert for two minutes. Pinch your nose with one hand, then with the other one hold your lips together so that a meager amount of air gets into your mouth. Don't cheat. Do that for 120 long seconds. Feel the sweat break out on your forehead. Feel the panic. After two minutes of gasping for your breath, when you let go you will begin to thank God that you can breathe, and that will bring your problems into perspective. I'm not demeaning your fears. I'm offering you a way to lift yourself out of the pit of pity.

So next time you are attacked in some way, pull yourself together with a prayer of heartfelt thanksgiving, and say,

Father, I thank You that all things work together for my good; that it is You who are at work in me to will and do of Your good pleasure. Your strength is made perfect in my weakness. I will not let this attack discourage me because Your grace is sufficient for me. You will help me through it. When I think of the sufferings of many, many others, I feel ashamed for having any self-pity. I will therefore rejoice in the God of my salvation and give You thanks in and for everything. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen. Your constant battle with trials will make you no stranger to them. Like a tree that is constantly beaten about by the wind, your roots will be deep. You will find, if you have an acquaintance with fear, etc., that you can live with it where others can't. You will be able to do things that others can't. The roots of your faith in God will be deeper than the roots of those who have never been ravaged

by the winds of terror. Affliction works for us. God doesn't let the wind blow to destroy, but to strengthen. You will be able to go places and do things that others would fear to do, because those things that should (rationally) produce fear pale in significance compared to the average attack of irrational fear.

Again, do you believe God is at work in you to will and do of His good pleasure? Then rejoice, and let the joy of the Lord be your strength. There is a world weighed in the balance and found wanting. Don't fiddle while Rome burns. Your problems and fears are nothing compared to the terrible plight of the sinner. Eternal hell is his destiny. Lift up hands that hang down, lift up your heart through faith, then lift up your voice like a trumpet and show this people their transgression.

Wordless Gospel

The following is a presentation of the gospel in picture form, so you can present it to someone who doesn't speak English.

Index

Abortion, Psa. 106:35–39; 127:3;

139:16 Absolutes, 1 Thes. 2:13; 1 Pet. 3:12 Adam, Psa. 136:7–9; Prov. 4:1–5; Matt.

19:3–6; 24:38,39; Luke 23:53; John 3:7; 17:3; 19:1,2; 20:22; p.448; Acts 17:26; Rom. 5:12; 5:14; 1 Cor. 1:27,28; 11:8; 11:9; 15:6; 15:22; 15:45; 2 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:14; Heb. 4:15; 9:22; p.735; 1 John 3:12; Rev. 22:3 Adams, John, Psa. 33:12; p.693 Adams, John Quincy, p.693 Adams, Samuel, Psa. 113:3 Adultery, Psa. 41:4; 50:16; 51:6; 55:15;

103:17; 107:17; Prov. 21:2; Matt. 5:1; 15:19; John 4:7; 8:11; p.448; Acts 17:22; Rom. 14:12; Gal. 3:19; 5:16; 5:19; p.658; Heb. 2:10 Afterlife, Psa. 49:15 Agassiz, Louis, 1 Cor. 15:39

Air currents, Heb. 11:3 Albus, Harry, Heb. 12:3 Alcohol, Psa. 107:17; Prov. 20:1; p.515;

1 Cor. 3:17; 2 Tim. 2:26; p.737; Jude 7 Alleine, Joseph, Psa. 126:6 Amalek, Psa. 109:15 Angels, at tomb, Mark 16:6 Ansdell, Garry, Matt. 24:14; John 3:3; 1

Cor. 15:6 Apostles, fate of, p.464 Arabs, Acts 7:5 Archaeology, confirms Bible, Matt. 4:4;

26:54; Luke 1:27; 3:1,2; John 19:31,32; 1 Pet. 1:25 Ark, p.160; Matt. 24:38,39; 1 Cor.

1:27,28; Heb. 4:4; p.749; 2 Pet. 2:5 Armageddon, Luke 21:26; Rev. 9:9;

16:16 Armor of God, 2 Cor. 4:4; Eph. 6:15;

Heb. 4:12 Arnold, Dan, Luke 13:3 Atheism, Psa.53:1; p.720; 1 John 2:19 Atheist, Psa. 14:1; Rom. 9:1

letter from, Rom. 9:2,3 Atoms, p.166; Heb. 10:31 Augustine, Prov. 15:8; Rom. 7:20 Backslider, Matt. 5:10–12; Luke 9:62;

22:47; 2 Cor. 2:17 Baptism, Matt. 8:14; Mark 1:4,5; Acts

1:5; 2:38; 10:47; 1 Cor. 15:29 for the dead, 1 Cor. 15:29 Barna, George, Eph. 4:11 Barr, James, Heb. 4:4 Barton, Ralph, Matt. 27:5 Beethoven, Ludwig van, Psa. 139:16; 1

Cor. 15:55 Behe, Michael J., Psa. 139:14; Rev.

14:7 Bernall, Cassie, p.799 Bevere, John, Psa. 92:13; Luke 22:31,32 Bible, Psa. 22:28; 33:12; 67:4; 119:14;

Prov. 23:12; John 7:17; 1 Pet. 2:2; Rev. 16:16 confirmed by archaeology, Matt. 4:4;

26:54; Luke 1:27; 3:1,2; John 19:31,32; 1 Pet. 1:25

confirmed by science, p.750 contradictions in, Psa. 12:6,7; 147:9;

Matt. 1:1; 27:9,10; 28:9; Mark 4:31; 15:26; 16:6; Luke 3:23; Acts 22:9 fascinating facts in, Psa. 38:11; Acts 7:5;

1 Thes. 5:20; 2 Pet. 2:5 hasn't changed, Psa. 119:160 in schools, Prov. 22:6; Eph. 6:4 inspiration of, Heb. 1:1; 1 Pet. 1:21 necessity of, Psa. 1:1–3 not understandable, 1 Cor. 2:14 quotes on, p.72; Psa. 119:14; 119:72;

p.133; 119:97; 119:104; Prov. 14:34; 2 Tim. 3:16; p.682; p.693 reliability of, Matt. 4:4; Luke 1:3; Heb.

11:29 scientific facts in, Psa. 8:8; 19:5,6; 33:6;

95:4,5; 102:25,26; 104:2; 104:19; 135:7; Luke 4:40; John 20:26; Acts 14:17; Heb. 11:3; 11:11 statistics on, p.132 uniqueness of, Psa. 119:105 versions of, Prov. 30:5

(See also Dead Sea Scrolls) Big Bang, Psa. 19:1–4 Blanchard, P., Prov. 4:1–5 Blessings, on nation, Psa. 33:12 Blood, Matt. 9:20; Heb. 11:3 Boleyn, Anne, 1 Cor. 15:55 Bolton, Samuel, Luke 10:34 Bonaparte, Napoleon, p.402 Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, Luke 19:17; Phil.

1:29; 1 John 2:11 Booth, Catherine, 1 Thes. 2:4; 2 Tim.

2:3; Heb. 5:9; Rev. 6:16,17 Booth, William, Psa. 90:12; p.230; 1

Cor. 15:55; 2 Tim. 3:5 Born again, Matt. 5:1; John 3:3; Acts

4:12; 1 Cor. 2:14; 9:22; 13:2; Gal. 4:6; Eph. 1:1; 4:18; Col. 3:6; 4:3,4; 1 Thes. 1:5; 2 Tim. 2:24–26; 1 John 2:19; Rev. 7:4–8 (see also New birth) Bounds, E.M., Luke 15:32 Bounoure, Louis, Mark 10:6 Borgia, Cardinal, 1 Cor. 15:55 Bradley, General Omar, p.166

Brain, human, 1 Cor. 2:16 Bright, Bill, p.xxi; Matt. 28:19; 2 Cor.

6:1; 13:3; 2 Tim. 1:8,9; 1 John 4:4; 4:8 Bright, Vonette, Acts 13:47 Brooks, Phillips, Eph. 6:10 Buddhism, Heb. 1:1 beliefs of, p.770 Bunyan, John, Mark 2:2; John 6:45;

Rom. 3:20; p.651; 1 Thes. 5:17 Burbank, Luther, 1 Cor. 15:55 Cahill, Mark, p.208; Col. 1:28; 1 Pet.

4:14 Campus Crusade for Christ, p.xxi; 1 John

4:8 Capital punishment, Matt. 5:44; 7:15 Carbon dating, Psa. 146:6; Acts 14:15 Carlyle, Thomas, Psa. 36:2 Cedar, Paul A., p.768 Chadwick, Samuel, Luke 6:12 Chambers, Oswald, Rom. 1:14; 2:15;

Gal. 6:14 Chantry, Walter, Prov. 6:23 Chapel of the Air, Psa. 49:17

Chesterton, G.K., p.47; Matt. 21:12,13;

Acts 14:15 Children, sinful nature of, Prov. 20:11; 29:15; Col.

3:6 training of, Prov. 4:1–5; 22:6; Eph. 6:4 teaching Ten Commandments, Eph.

6:1,2; p.549 Christ, forsaken on cross, Psa. 22:1 suffering on cross, Psa. 22:6–8; 22:14;

Matt. 27:26–29; 27:46 Christians, as salt, Matt. 5:1; Mark 9:50; Phil. 2:15 sin of, 1 Pet. 4:1; 1 John 1:9 Churches, Rev. 3:14–19 house, Rom. 16:5 need for, Acts 2:44–46 selecting, Psa. 92:13; Heb. 10:25 Churchill, Winston, Prov. 19:17; p.445;

Heb. 8:5 Circumcision, John 20:26 Cobain, Kurt, 1 Cor. 15:55

Cole, Edwin, Luke 6:38 Columbus, Christopher, Prov. 3:6;

p.705; Heb. 11:3 Colson, Chuck, Luke 6:37; Acts 7:26;

p.810 Communion, Matt. 26:26; 26:27,28;

Mark 14:24 Compton, Arthur H., Psa. 25:14 Confession of sin, Psa. 32:5 Conscience, Prov. 30:20; p.207; p.351;

John 4:7; Rom. 2:15; 9:1; 1 Tim. 4:2; Heb. 10:22 Contradictions in Bible (See Bible) Coolidge, Calvin, Psa. 67:4 Copeland, Lynn, Psa. 127:3 Creation, John 7:17; Rev. 4:11; 22:3 completion of, Psa. 33:6 days of, Col. 2:16; Heb. 4:4 design in, Psa. 19:1–4; 25:14; Psa. 33:8 evidence for, Prov. 3:19 proof of God, Rom. 1:20 imperfection of, 1 Cor. 15;22 Crosby, Bing, 1 Cor. 15:55

Cross, Matt. 10:22 Crucifixion, Mark 15:39; Luke 23:53;

John 19:31,32; 19:33,34 Crumpton, Joel, Matt. 5:2 Cummins, Rob, 2 Cor. 6:1 Darwin, Charles, Psa. 104:24; 139:14;

p.491 Darwinian theory, Psa. 25:14; 104:24;

139:14; 146:6; Acts 14:15; Rev. 14:7 David, prayer of, Psa. 58:6; Acts 13:22 sin of, Psa. 41:4; John 1:13 da Vinci, Leonardo, 1 Cor. 15:55 Day, Dorothy, 1 John 4:20 Dead Sea Scrolls, Psa. 119:160; Acts

17:22; 1 Pet. 1:25 Dean, James, 1 Cor. 15:55 Death, fear of, James 4:14 nearness of, p.104 shadow of, Psa. 23:4; Matt. 4:16; 5:14;

John 10:11; Acts 1:10,11 Declaration of Independence, Psa. 113:3

Denominations, reason for, Psa. 1:6 DeVos, Rich, Acts 2:44–46 Diana, Princess of Wales, 1 Cor. 15:55 Dickens, Charles, 1 Cor. 15:55; p.682 Dinosaur, Psa. 146:6; Acts 14:15; Heb.

11:3 Disease, protections against, Psa. 38:11;

Heb. 11:3 Divorce, Psa. 107:17, p.448 Doud, Guy Rice, Mark 9:50; Luke 12:8 Drake, Jordan, Psa. 119:105 Drake, Justin, Psa. 119:105 Dunn, Ronald, Luke 11:2 Dwight, Timothy, Acts 12:7 Earle, A.B., 1 Tim. 1:8 Earth, round, Heb. 11:3 free-floating, Heb. 11:3 Education, Prov. 4:1–5; 22:6; Eph. 6:4 Education, Prov. 4:1–5; 22:6; Eph. 6:4 Edwards, Jonathan, p.57; Psa. 140:2,3;

Matt. 13:19; 1 Cor. 15:55 Einstein, Albert, Psa. 33:8; 119:105;

p.267; 2 Cor. 5:17 Eisenhower, Dwight, Psa. 53:1; 2 Tim.

3:16 Electricity, Heb. 11:3 Eliot, T.S., John 12:25 Elizabeth the First, 1 Cor. 15:55 Elliot, Jim, p.799 End times, Luke 21:26; Rev. 9:9; 16:16 signs of, Matt. 24:3; Mark 13:4; Luke

21:7; 1 Tim. 4:1; 2 Tim. 3:1; 2 Pet. 3:3 Entropy (See Thermodynamics, Second

Law of) Environmentalists, Rev. 11:18 Evangelism, Luke 10:2; Col. 1:28; Heb.

8:5 discouragement in, Psa. 105:17–19;

Matt. 16:23; Mark 8:33; John 17:14; Acts 18:10; 1 Cor. 15:58; Heb. 12:3 key to reaching the lost, Luke 11:52 lifestyle, Prov. 11:30; Acts 9:22 modern, Luke 22:47; Acts 26:20; 2 Cor.

1:4,5; 2:17; Heb. 11:25 motivation for, Psa. 1:1–3; Luke 16:13;

John 10:10; Acts 1:10,11; 1 Cor. 9:16 qualifications for, 1 Cor. 2:1–4; 1 Tim.

1:12 (See also Tracts; Witnessing) Evans, Louis, p.639 Eve, Prov. 4:1–5; Matt. 19:3–6; Acts

17:26; 1 Cor. 1:27,28; 11:8; 15:6; 15:22; 15:45; 2 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:14; Heb. 4:15; 9:22; 1 John 3:12 Evolution, Psa. 19:1–4; 90:2; Acts

17:24; 1 Cor. 15:39; Eph. 3:9; James 2:20; 2 Pet. 3:3–6 blood platelets, Matt. 9:20 carbon dating, Psa. 146:6; Acts 14:15 circular reasoning of, Psa. 146:6 contradictions in, Matt. 19:4; p.636 population refutes, 1 Cor. 11:9 law of probabilities refutes, Rev. 14:7 fraudulent claims in, Acts 14:15 questions on, Prov. 3:19; Mark 10:6 Eye, complexity of, Psa. 139:14 Faber, Frederick W., 1 Pet. 2:15 Fairbanks, Douglas Sr., 1 Cor. 15:55

Fales, Richard M., Matt. 4:4 False converts, Prov. 14:14; Matt. 6:31–

33; 7:22,23; 7:26; 12:36; 13:24–30; 25:12; Mark 16:17,18; Luke 3:4; 9:62; 13:20,21; John 1:13; Acts 28:23; 1 Cor. 15:34; 2 Cor. 2:17; p.649; 2 Tim. 2:19; Titus 1:16; 2 Pet. 2:21; 1 John 2:11; 2:19; Jude 4; Jude 8 Fasting, Psa. 35:13 Fay, Bill, John 10:10 Fear, of man, Psa. 56:11; 91:1; 118:6; Matt.

10:27,28; Acts 4:29 of the Lord, Prov. 2:1–5; Acts 7:55;

9:31; Jude 18,19 Fellowship, Prov. 18:1; 1 Cor. 12:25;

Phil. 2:15; Heb. 10:25; p.775 Field, Arthur N., James 2:20 Fields, W. C., 1 Cor. 15:55 Finney, Charles, Psa. 5:5; Matt. 3:1;

Luke 3:4; Phil. 2:8; 1 Tim. 1:8–10; James 2:10; 1 Pet. 3:8,9 Flavel, John, p.122

Flood, Matt. 24:37–39; 24:38,39; Luke

17:26,27; Acts 17:26; Gal. 3:19; Heb. 4:4; 11:7; 1 Pet. 3:20; p.749; 2 Pet. 3:3; 3:3–6; 3:6 Flynt, Larry, 1 John 2:19 Follow-up, Acts 8:39 Ford, Leighton, Jude 3 Forgiveness, Luke 17:4; 2 Cor. 5:14,15 Forsyth, P.T., 2 Tim. 2:19 Fossils, Psa. 146:6; Matt. 24:38,39; Acts

4:24; 14:15; Eph. 3:9; James 2:20; 2 Pet. 3:3–6; p.780 Foster, Richard, Luke 4:8 Foster, Robert, Matt. 26:41 Franklin, Benjamin, p.463; 1 Cor. 15:55 Free, Joseph P., Matt. 26:54 Freud, Sigmund, 1 Cor. 15:55 Fruitfulness, Psa. 1:1–3 Galileo, Galilei, Psa. 25:14; Acts 14:17;

1 Tim. 6:20; p.807 Geisler, Norman, Psa. 5:5; 37:9; Matt.

10:23; 1 Pet. 1:25 George, Bob, John 3:7; 2 Cor. 5:21

Ghandi, Mahatma, p.541; Rom. 7:24,25;

1 Cor. 10:20; 15:55 Glueck, Nelson, Matt. 26:54 God, anger toward sinners, Psa. 5:5; 7:11–13;

Gal. 3:19; 1 Tim. 1:8–10 character of, Psa. 89:14; 97:2; 135:14;

Matt. 21:12,13; 1 Tim. 6:1; Heb. 6:18 love of, Psa. 5:5; 145:8; Matt. 10:22;

Rom. 8:39; Eph. 2:4,5; Rev. 1:17 love for, Luke 10:27; John 14:15 mind of, 1 Cor. 2:16 omnipresence of, Psa 139:2 omniscience of, Psa. 44:21; 94:7–10;

Matt. 5:21,22; 5:27,28; Acts 15:18; Rev. 20:11 origin of, Psa. 90:2 peace with, Prov. 28:9; Mark 11:25;

John 14:6; Acts 17:22; Rom. 4:20; 8:22; Gal. 1:3; Col. 1:20 promises of, Psa. 31:19; 55:22; 91:1;

103:17; Acts 4:29; Rom. 4:20; 10:12; Eph. 1:19; Heb. 8:6; James 1:5

proving existence of, Rom. 1:20; Gal.

4:6; 1 Thes. 1:5; p.720 will of, Psa. 37:4; Prov. 6:6–8; 10:32;

Eph. 1:9; 1 Thes. 2:16; Heb. 5:9; Rev. 3:14–19; 12:11 Goliath, Prov. 10:32; Mark 8:33 Golden Rule, Matt. 5:1; 7:26; Gal. 5:14 Goodness, of God, Psa. 34:8,9; John 1:18; 1 Pet.

3:12 of man, Psa. 14:1–3; 53:1–3; Prov. 16:2;

20:6; Mark 10:18 of the Law, Psa. 14:1–3 Good works, John 6:28,29 of sinners, Prov. 16:10; 20:9; 21:27;

Rom. 9:32; Gal. 2:10 of Christians, Prov. 27:10; Gal. 2:16;

3:11; Col. 1:28; 1 Tim. 6:18; 2 Tim. 3:16,17; 1 Pet. 2:15; 3:1,2 (See also Works) Gothard, Bill, Matt. 5:13; 1 Pet. 5:3 Gould, Stephen J., Psa. 104:24; 1 Cor.

15:39

Gospel, for whom it's intended, Luke

4:18; Heb. 11:25 Gossip, damage of, Prov. 11:13; Matt.

12:36 Gower, D.B., Acts 4:24 Graham, Billy, p.214; Mark 4:14; John

9:4; 16:8–11; Acts 20:21; Rom. 5:8; p.601 Graham, Franklin, 2 Cor. 4:2; Col. 1:28 Grant, Ulysses S., p.133 Great Commission, Matt. 28:19; Mark

16:15; Luke 19:10; 1 Cor. 9:22; 1 John 3:15; 4:8 Greed, Luke 11:39 Grotius, 1 Cor. 15:55 Guilt, John 8:9; Rom. 10:3; 1 Tim. 4:2 Guinness, Os, Matt. 21:12,13 Gunther, Richard, Mark 4:14 Gurnall, William, 2 Cor. 5:11 Halloween, 1 Tim. 4:1 Ham, Ken, Psa. 90:2; Heb. 4:4 Hamilton, Alexander, 1 Cor. 15:55 Hammett, John S., Acts 18:26

Hancock, Tony, 1 Cor. 15:55 Hanegraaff, Hank, Heb. 11:3 Hatred, Luke 14:26 Hawking, Stephen, Prov. 3:19; 1 Cor.

2:16 Hayes, Rutherford B., p.694 Heaven, Acts 4:12; 1 John 5:12,13 Heavens, 1 Cor. 2:16 lights in, Psa. 104:19; 136:7–9; 147:4 stretching out, Psa. 104:2 Hecklers, Matt. 5:10–12; Acts 3:4;

16:16–18; 17:22; 21:30; 1 Cor. 2:4; 2 Pet. 2:6–8 Hell, Mark 9:47; Heb. 10:31; Jude 23 degrees of punishment in, Matt. 11:24;

Luke 10:14 description of, Rev. 1:18 friends will be there, Psa. 55:15; Rev.

21:4 reality of, p.75; Psa. 76:8; Prov. 11:21;

Matt. 5:22; 5:29,30; 10:28; 18:9; 23:33; 25:41; Mark 9:43–48; Luke 16:23; Rev. 20:15; 21;8

reason for, John 16:9; Rom. 2:12 reasonableness of, Psa. 55:15; Acts

24:25 Henry, Matthew, Psa. 8:5; 19:7–11;

22:6–8; 22:18; Matt. 5:22; Luke 4:18; 10:20; 13:20,21; John 4:36; 1 Tim. 1:8 Henry, Patrick, p.326; 1 Cor. 15:55;

p.694 Henry, Prince of Wales, 1 Cor. 15:55 Herschel, John Frederick, Psa. 33:8 Herschel, William, Psa. 33:8 Hinduism, Psa. 115:4–9; Rom. 7:24,25 beliefs of, p.665 Hitler, Adolf, Matt. 11:24; Acts 4:12;

Rev. 1:18; p.784 Hittite Empire, Matt. 26:54 Hoagland, Paul, Prov. 4:1–5 Hobbs, Thomas, 1 Cor. 15:55 Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr., Heb. 2:6 Holy Spirit, John 20:22 role in salvation, John 16:8–11; Acts

10:38 Homosexuality, John 13:2; Rom. 1:27; 1

Cor. 6:9–11; 1 Tim. 1:8–10; 2 Pet. 2:6– 8; 3:3; Jude 7 Hoover, Herbert, p.694 Hovind, Kent, Psa. 146:6; Prov. 3:19;

Matt. 24:38,39; 1 Cor. 15:39; 2 Pet. 3:3–6; p.780 Howe, Thomas, Psa. 5:5; 37:9; Matt.

10:23 Hoyle, Fred, Psa. 33:6; Rev. 14:7 Humanism, Prov. 4:1–5 Huxley, Aldus, 1 Cor. 15:55 Hypocrisy, Matt. 23:9; 23:13–16; Mark

11:15; John 1:46; 1 Thes. 2:9,10; 2 Tim. 2:19; Heb. 9:14; 1 Pet. 3:1,2; 1 John 3:13 Idolatry, Psa. 106:35–39; 115:4–9; Matt.

18:9; 1 Cor. 10:1; 10:14; Col. 3:10 Immune system, Psa. 90:2; John 20:26 Iniquity, Psa. 32:1,2 Instinct, Psa. 32:9 Irreducible complexity, Psa. 139:14 Islam, beliefs of, p.447 (See also

Muslim)

Israel, Luke 21:26; 1 Thes. 5:20 Jackson, Andrew, 1 Cor. 15:55 Jackson, Stonewall, Phil. 3:13; 1 Thes.

5:17 James, Jesse, 1 Cor. 15:55 Jefferson, Thomas, Psa. 1:6; p.131; Matt.

5:22; 1 Pet. 2:2 Jeffery, Grant R., Acts 14:15; 1 Cor.

11:9; Heb. 11:3 Jehovah's Witnesses, Matt. 8:2; Rev.

7:4–8 witnessing to, 1 Cor. 13:2; 1 Tim. 3:16 Jennings, Ben, Luke 18:1; Phil. 4:6 Jesus (See also Christ) cleansing of temple, John 2:13–17 deity of, Matt. 8:2; John 10:36 geneology of, Matt. 1:1; Luke 3:23 "not sinless," Mark 11:15 only way to God, John 14:6 Second Coming of, Matt. 10:23; 16:27;

24:27; 24:39; 25:31; 26:64; Mark 8:38; Luke 12:40; 21:27; Acts 1:11; 1 Cor. 4:5; Phil. 4:5; 1 Thes. 5:2; Heb. 9:28;

10:37; 11:3; James 5:8; Jude 14; Rev. 1:7; 3:11; 16:15; 22:20 siblings of, Mark 6:3 temptation of, Luke 4:10,11; Heb. 4:15 time in tomb, Matt. 12:40 unique words of, John 5:28; 6:38; 6:47;

6:53,54; 8:51; 8:58; 11:25; 14:6; 14:21; 17:5 uniqueness of, John 6:68; 7:46; 11:25;

Acts 17:22; 1 Cor. 10:20; p.667; p.772 Jews, Luke 3:7–9; Acts 13:39 oppression of, Luke 21:24 Johnson, Lyndon B., p.744 Joy, p.64 Judas, Psa. 109:8; Prov. 10:7; Luke

22:47; 23:53; p.449 Judgment, of others, Luke 6:37; John

8:11 Judgment Day, Psa. 2:12; 7:11–13; 76:8;

Acts 18:9 reality of, Prov. 11:21; Matt. 25:32; John

5:28,29; Acts 17:31; Rom. 2:16; 14:10; 2 Cor. 5:10; 2 Thes. 1:8–10; 2 Tim.

4:1; Heb. 9:27; 2 Pet. 2:4,5,9; 3:7; Jude 14,15; Rev. 6:10,11 Justification, Acts 13:39 Keith, Arthur, Rev. 14:7 Keith, Edwin, 1 Cor. 2:11 Keller, Helen, James 2:16 Kelvin, Lord, Psa. 25:14 Kennedy, D. James, Psa. 33:8; Matt.

25:12; Luke 6:46; John 10:10 Kepler, Johann, Psa. 25:14 King, Martin Luther, Jr., Mark 10:21;

Luke 17:4 Kjos, Berit, Acts 9:31 Labro, Gary, Matt. 13:24–30 Lalonde, Paul, 2 Pet. 3:3–6 Lalonde, Peter, 2 Pet. 3:3–6 Laurie, Greg, Psa. 119:16; p.545 Law, Psa. 19:7–11; 51:6; 119:18 at war with, Matt. 22:36–40 converts the soul, Psa. 19:7 function of, Psa. 5:5; 19:7–11; 143:2;

Prov. 6:23; Matt. 7:6; 9:12; Mark 1:3; 7:21; Luke 3:4; John 8:4,5; 9:7; Acts

12:7; 28:23; Rom. 3:19; 3:20; 7:11; 2 Cor. 3:5,6; Gal. 2:19; 3:19; 3:24; Col. 2:21; 1 Tim. 1:5; 1:8; 4:2; Heb. 3:12; 4:12; 9:14; James 1:25; 2:10; 2 Pet. 2:22; 1 John 1:7 perfection of, 19:7–11; James 1:25 relevance to Christian, Prov. 6:23–30 spiritual nature of, Psa. 19:7–11; Matt.

5:22; 15:19; Luke 10:26; Acts 17:22; 20:27; Gal. 3:10; 1 Pet. 1:23; 1 John 3:15 using in evangelism, Matt. 19:17–22;

Mark 10:17; John 3:16; 8:4,5; Acts 2:37; 17:29; 28:23; Rom. 2:21; James 2:8; 4:2–4; Jude 3 written in heart, Psa. 40:7–9 Lee, Robert E., p.694 Legalism, Prov. 15:15; Luke 9:30; Col.

2:21 Lehmann, Danny, Acts 16:6 Lenin, Vladimir, Prov. 4:1–5 Lewis, C.S., p.75; Psa. 90:7,8; Matt.

28:19; p.347; John 11:25; 1 Cor. 15:31;

2 Cor. 12:9; 1 Pet. 1:15 11:25; 1 Cor. 15:31; 2 Cor. 12:9; 1 Pet. 1:15 Liederbach, Mark, 1 John 3:16 Life, sanctity of, Psa. 127:3; 139:16;

Matt. 5:44 Light, Heb. 11:3 Lincoln, Abraham, Psa. 119:14;

119:104; p.167; Prov. 28:13; Mark 1:35; Luke 6:27; John 2:24,25; 1 Cor. 15:6; 2 Tim. 1:10; James 4:17 Lipson, H. S., Rev. 14:7 Livingstone, David, Acts 20:24; p.548 Lloyd-Jones, Martyn, Rom. 3:20 Louis XVII, 1 Cor. 15:55 Love, of God, Psa. 5:5; Rev. 1:17 Lust, Prov. 27:20; Matt. 5:28; Mark 6:23 Luther, Martin, Psa. 1:6; 82:7; Matt.

9:12; 18:11; Mark 1:35; 9:34,35; 10:44; p.353; Rom. 3:20; 7:9; 1 Cor. 15:55; 2 Cor. 12:11; Gal. 1:6; 3:21; Eph. 6:4; 1 Tim. 4:2; Heb. 4:4; 1 John 5:10; Jude 3 MacArthur, John, Matt. 10:22; 20:28;

Acts 28:23; Rom. 3:19; 5:20; James 2:10 Machen, J. Gresham, Rom. 2:21 Macroevolution, Psa. 90:2 Madison, James, Psa. 22:28; Luke 9:25 Man, dominion of, Psa. 8:6; Matt. 6:26 fear of, Psa. 56:11; Luke 1:74; John

18:17; Phil. 4:13 made in God's image, Psa. 32:9 master of destiny, Psa. 89:48 (See also Sinners) Marijuana, Prov. 27:25 Marx, Karl, 1 Cor. 15:55 Marriage, biblical pattern for, Prov.

31:10 Martin, A. N., John 8:10–12 Martyr, Justin, Acts 7:59 Martyrs, Psa. 76:8; p.464; Acts 7:59;

p.799; p.802; p.810 Mary, Mark 3:31–35; 6:3; Luke 8:20,21;

11:27,28 Maury, Matthew, Psa. 8:8

McCollum, Todd P., John 10:10 McDowell, Josh, John 7:46; 2 Tim.

3:16; 2 Pet. 1:21 McGee, J. Vernon, Gal. 6:7 McKinley, William, p.694 McRay, John, Luke 1:3 Meade, Ron, 1 Pet. 3:12 Melanchthon, Luke 24:47; Heb. 9:14 Metherell, Alexander, Matt. 27:46 Microevolution, Psa. 90:2 Middle East, Luke 21:26; Acts 7:5 Milton, John, 1 Cor. 15:55 Mineo, Sal, 1 Cor. 15:55 Miracle, significance of first, John 2:6–

11 "Missing link," Acts 14:15 Mohler, R. Albert Jr., John 1:41; Rev.

3:16 Moody, D.L., p.361; John 2:24,25; Rom.

3:19; 1 Cor. 15:55; Col. 2:16; Heb. 12:3; James 1:25 Moreland, J. P., p.810 Morey, Robert, 1 Pet. 3:12

Mormonism, Matt. 16:17; John 10:16;

Acts 17:26; Heb. 1:1 beliefs of, p.743 Mormons, how to witness to, Mark

11:25 Morris, Henry M., Psa. 25:14 Morse, Samuel, Psa. 25:14 Moses, Psa. 78:5,6; 103:17; 104:19;

109:15; Matt. 22:36–40; Luke 1:74; 9:30; John 1:18; 2:6–11; 3:14,15; 8:58; Acts 7:22; 7:33; 17:22; Rom. 5:14; 1 Cor. 10:4; Eph. 6:1,2; 1 Tim. 3:16; Heb. 4:4; 8:5; p.749 Mote, Richard, Psa. 1:6 Moth, peppered, Psa. 104:24 Mother Nature, Rom. 8:22 Mueller, George, p.85; Col. 3:3 Muggeridge, Malcolm, Matt. 19:4 Murray, Andrew, 1 Cor. 1:18 Muslim, Matt. 16:17; Heb. 1:1 how to witness to, Acts 17:22 (See also Islam) Mussolini, Benito, Prov. 3:34

Napoleon, p.402 Nation, blessings on, Psa. 33:12; Prov. 29:2 iniquity in, Prov. 28:4 reliance on God, Psa. 67:4; Prov. 28:13 Natural selection, Psa. 90:2; 104:24 Nature, God's purpose in, Psa. 25:14 Nazis, Luke 6:27; Acts 4:12; p.784 Neighbor, identity of, Luke 10:26 interest of, Prov. 29:2 love for, Psa. 49:7; Prov. 3:27,28; Matt.

3:1; Gal. 5:14; 1 Pet. 1:8 witness to, Prov. 27:10; 1 Pet. 3:8,9 New Age, Prov. 26:12; Eph. 4:18 New birth, Matt. 17:1–8; John 1:13; 3:3;

3:7; p.430; 2 Cor. 5:17; Titus 3:5; Heb. 8:10; 1 Pet. 1:3; 1:23; 1 John 5:1; p.772 Newcombe, Jerry, Psa. 33:8 Newton, Isaac, Psa. 25:14; p.67; Rom.

1:20; 2 Tim. 3:16; Heb. 1:2,3 Newton, John, p.34; Psa. 119:18; Matt.

19:17–22; John 1:17

Noah, Matt. 24:37–39; 24:38,39; Luke

17:26,27; Acts 16:16–18; 17:26; 1 Cor. 1:27,28; Heb. 4:4; 11:7; 1 Pet. 3:20; p.749; 2 Pet. 2:5; 3:3; 3:6 Ocean, currents, Psa. 8:8 floor, Psa. 95:4,5 Occult, Acts 16:16 Open-air preaching, Prov. 15:1; 21:24;

Matt. 3:1, p.275; p.459; p.413 points for, Matt. 5:10–12; 28:19,20;

Acts 2:14; 3:4; 7:55; 14:19; 16:16–18; 17:22; 20:21; 21:30; 1 Cor. 2:4; 2 Tim. 2:24–26; p.506 questions for crowd drawing, Acts 2:14 Oscar Wilde, 1 Cor. 15:55 Oswald, Lee Harvey, 1 Cor. 15:55 Owen, John, 1 Cor. 15:55 Packer, J. I., Prov. 6:23 Palau, Luis, Psa. 94:1; p.84 Parables, key to, Mark 4:13 Parker, Gary E., Psa. 25:14 Pascal, Blaise, Psa. 25:14; 1 Cor. 15:17;

1 Tim. 2:5 Pasteur, Louis, Psa. 25:14; p.119; Rom.

1:20 Pastors, 1 Cor. 4:16; Eph. 4:11; Heb.

10:25 Patterson, Colin, Acts 17:24 Patterson, Paige, John 14:6 Pearl, Michael, Rom. 9:1 Penn, William, p.23; Matt. 6:31–33;

Mark 10:21 Perfection, Matt. 5:48; Rom. 7:18,19 Peterson, Eugene, Heb. 12:29 Philip III, King of France, 1 Cor. 15:55 Pink, A.W., Matt. 7:6; p.213 Piper, John, Luke 11:2 Pornography, Luke 9:62; 15:21; 2 Pet.

2:22; 1 John 3:13 breaking stronghold of, Gal. 5:16 Poverty, spiritual, Psa. 40:17 Pratney, Winkie, Mark 13:10 Prayer, Psa. 58:6; Matt. 6:9; 17:20;

26:41; Mark 14:38; Luke 3:21; 11:2; p.515; Col. 4:12; 1 Thes. 5:17; 1 Tim.

2:1; 1 John 5:14 choice of two, p.658 lack of, Luke 18:1 model of repentance, p.658 in restaurant, Mark 8:38 secret weapon of, Mark 6:46; 11:23;

Luke 5:16; 6:12; 22:41; Acts 1:14; 4:24; 12:12; 21:5 sinner's, of repentance, John 1:13 Preaching, at funeral, John 11:14 "hell-fire," Acts 24:25; Heb. 10:31 open-air (See Open-air preaching) Price, Rob, Acts 17:30 Pride, Psa. 34:2 Prince, Derek, John 7:17; Acts 10:38 Prophecy, 1 Tim. 2:5 messianic, Psa. 16:10; 22:12–18; 22:16;

22:18; 27:12; 34:20; 40:7–9; 41:9; 69:9; 69:21; 78:2; 110; 118:22; Matt. 4:4 fulfilled, Matt. 4:4; 13:34,35; 26:15;

26:60; 26:62,63; 27:39–44; Mark 13:2;

14:10; 14:65; 15:24; Luke 1:32,33; 3:33; 23:32–34; 24:39; John 1:11; 1:32; 6:14; 19:29; 19:33,36; Acts 2:31; 1 Pet. 2:24 Protestant church, Psa. 1:6 Quarantine, Psa. 38:11 Rabbits, Psa. 147:9 Races, origin of, Acts 17:26 Radiometric dating, Psa. 146:6 Raleigh, Walter, 1 Cor. 15:55 Ravenhill, Leonard, Rom. 8:6; 2 Cor.

4:2 Reader, John, Psa. 104:24 Reagan, Ronald, 1 Tim. 3:9; p.694 Redpath, Alan, Acts 8:19 Reidhead, Paris, John 3:16; 16:8–11 Reincarnation, p.666; p.770; Heb. 9:27 Religions, compared to Christianity, 1 Cor. 10:20 harm of, Luke 6:27; 1 John 2:19 reason for, Rom. 10:3 Repentance, p. 75; Rom. 10:9

necessary for salvation, Psa. 103:17;

Matt. 3:2; 4:17; Luke 13:2; 24:47; Acts 2:38; 3:19; 17:30; 20:21; John 3:16; 2 Pet. 3:9 of God, Psa. 135:14 preaching of, Mark 1:15 Resurrection, Matt. 28:9; Luke 24:43 evidence for, 1 Cor. 15:6; 15:14; p.810 of Christians, John 11:43,44; Phil. 3:21 Rhodes, Ron, John 10:36 Rhodes, Ross, 2 Tim. 2:21 Rifkin, Jeremy, Prov. 26:12 Robinson, Darrell, Jude 23 Rogers, Adrian, Acts 18:26 Roosevelt, Franklin D., 1 Cor. 15:55;

p.694 Roosevelt, Theodore, p.72; Psa. 119:72;

James 4:12 Ruse, Michael, Psa. 25:14 Rush, Benjamin, Prov. 22:6 Russia, Luke 21:26 Ryle, J. C., Luke 12:51; Rom. 7:22; Jude

Sabbath, Acts 18:4; Col. 2:16; p.656 Sainthood, Eph. 1:1 Salvation, from God, Psa. 3:8 Satan, Matt. 4:6; 4:9; Luke 4:10,11;

p.658 influence of, John 13:2; 1 Cor. 12:25; 2

Cor. 4:4; 11:3; Gal. 1:6 names of, John 8:44 Schaff, Philip, John 6:68 Schweitzer, Albert, p.217 Schools, Prov. 4:1–5; 22:6; John 17:3;

Acts 17:24; Eph. 6:4 Science, defined, Eph. 3:9 Scientists, bias of, Psa. 104:24 creationist, Psa. 25:14 faith of, Psa. 33:6 Scott, Rachel, p.799 Second coming (see Jesus) Sedgwick, John, 1 Cor. 15:55 Self-righteousness, Matt. 5:20; 19:17–

22; Luke 10:26; 16:15; p.519; Gal. 3:10; Col. 1:20

Sermon on the Mount, Matt. 3:1; 5:1;

5:2; 5:48; Mark 7:5–13; Luke 12:5 Sexes, origin of, Matt. 19:4; Mark 10:6 Sexuality, biblical, Prov. 6:6–8; 1 Cor.

7:2–5; Gal. 5:19 Shakespeare, William, Matt. 4:6; 1 Cor.

15:55 Shaw, George Bernard, p.662 Sheen, Fulton J., 1 Pet. 1:8 Sheler, Jeffery, Luke 1:27; 3:1,2; John

19:31,32 Sign, demanded by unsaved, Matt.

12:39; John 1:18 Simpson, James, Phil. 3:8 Sin, Psa. 32:1,2; Prov. 9:17 against God, Luke 15:21 confession of, Prov. 28:13 denied by sinners, Luke 18:21 deceitfulness of, Titus 3:3 forgivable, Psa. 103:17 results of, Psa. 107:17 unpardonable, Mark 3:29 Sinners,

compared to Christians, Mark 10:18;

Rom. 3:9 concern for, Psa. 119:136; 126:6; Luke

16:24; 2 Cor. 9:2; Rev. 6:16,17; p.799 condemning, Matt. 23:13–16 confronting biblically, Psa. 41:4 depraved heart of, Psa. 5:9; Mark 7:20–

23; John 3:19 how to confront, Psa. 41:4 natural state of, Psa. 92:5,6; Eph. 2:3 thoughts of, Psa. 10:3 wickedness of, Psa. 8:5 "Sinner's prayer," John 1:13 Smalley, Mike, Matt. 14:15–21; John

11:14 Smith, Alan, 1 Pet. 3:15 Smith, Alice, Gal. 2:20 Smith, Oswald J., Acts 1:8; 1 Cor. 9:22;

p.663; 1 John 4:8 Socrates, 1 Cor. 15:55 Sorrow, for lost, Psa. 49:7 godly, Psa. 41:4; 51:14; 130:1–4; John

1:13; 2 Cor. 7:10 Spence, Mark A., Prov. 6:23 Sproul, R.C., Psa. 21:9; 2 Tim. 4:3,4 Spurgeon, Charles, p.71; Psa. 22:14;

p.71; p.86; Psa. 119:136; 126:6; p.120; p.125; p.128; p.129; p.143; p.147; Prov. 11:30; p.173; Matt. 11:11; p.191; Matt. 19:24; Matt. 22:36–40; p.273; p.280; p.291; p.305; p.309; Luke 4:4; p.328; p.330; p.333; Luke 9:30; 11:52; 16:24; p.351; p.356; p.358; p.363; John 2:13–17; p.392; p.395; John 9:7; p.419; John 11:14; p.424; p.430; p.442; p.459; p.467; p.475; p.485; Acts 14:19; p.493; Acts 18:9; p.510; p.517; Acts 20:26; p.519; p.520; p.533; Rom. 7:7; p.552; p.561; 1 Cor. 9:22; p.571; 1 Cor. 12:25; 2 Cor. 3:5,6; p.600; 2 Cor. 9:2; Gal. 1:8; 2:16; 3:19; p.626; Eph. 3:9; p.631; Eph. 6:17; p.637; Phil. 2:15; Col. 2:16; p.649; p.656; p.661; p.663; p.673; 1 Tim. 5:5; 2 Tim. 4:2; p.690; Heb. 1:1; p.698; Heb. 4:12; p.704; Heb.

10:22; p.723; James 1:15; p.728; p.753; p.761; 1 John 3:12; 4:8; p.775; p.778; Rev. 1:17; p.802; Rev. 20:11; p.811; Rev. 22:2 Stars, Psa. 136:7–9; 147:4 Steindl-Rast, David, p.64 Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1 Cor. 15:10 Stewardship, Psa. 24:1; 1 Tim. 1:12; 2

Tim. 4:3,4; Titus 1:9; Rev. 11:18 Stott, John. R. W., p.587 Strobel, Lee, p.810 Studd, C.T., Rom. 12:1 Success, biblical formula for, Psa. 1:1–3 Suffering, to enter heaven, Acts 4:12 reason for, Rom. 5:12 Suicide, p.515; Rom. 5:14; 1 Cor. 3:17;

2 Tim. 2:26 Sun, circuit of, Psa. 19:5,6 Sunday, Billy, p.384; John 1:41 Swindoll, Chuck, Acts 8:26,27 Tada, Joni Eareckson, Acts 24:25 Tahmisian, T. N., Mark 10:6

Taylor, Hudson, Matt. 17:20; 1 Cor.

9:22; Phil. 2:13; 4:13 Taylor, Jack, p.606 ten Boom, Corrie, Heb. 10:23 Ten Commandments, Psa. 22:28; John

3:14,15; p.405; John 8:6; Gal. 6:7 breaking all, Psa. 32:5 teaching to children, Psa. 78:5,6; p.68 use in witnessing, Psa. 51:6; Luke 12:5;

John 8:9 (See also Law) Thermodynamics, Second Law of, Psa.

33:6; 102:25,26 Time, created by God, Psa. 90:4 Titanic, p.160; Heb. 2:10 Tithing, Mark 12:41–44 Tolerance, Matt. 21:12,13; Luke 6:37; 2

John 9 Tolstoy, 1 Cor. 15:55 Tomczak, Larry, 1 Cor. 6:19 Torrey, R. A., Matt. 26:41 Tozer, A.W., Psa. 95:6; Prov. 28:5;

Matt. 7:26; John 6:65; p.522

Tracts, Matt. 10:27,28; Mark 4:14;

p.228; John 4:7; 1 Cor. 9:22; Eph. 1:9; Phil. 4:13; 1 Tim. 4:1; James 2:7; Rev. 22:2 Transfiguration, Matt. 17:1–8, Luke

3:21; 9:30; 23:53 Transgression, Psa. 32:1,2; 51:13–17 Trials, benefit of, Psa. 66:10–12; Luke

22:31,32; 1 Cor. 7:4; 2 Cor. 12:9; Eph. 5:20 Trinity, in redemption, Acts 10:38 Truman, Harry S., p.763 Twain, Mark, p.132; Matt. 5:10–12;

p.283; Mark 15:12 Tyndale, William, 2 Cor. 3:14–16 Unpardonable sin, Mark 3:29 Van Gogh, Vincent, 1 Cor. 15:55 Vander Griend, Alvin J., Col. 4:12; 1

Tim. 2:1; 1 John 5:14 Varney, Mark, Psa. 104:24 Vegetarianism, Psa. 66:15; Rom. 14:2; 1

Tim. 4:3 Virgin birth, Matt. 1:20–23

Voice of the Lord, Psa. 29:3–9 Voltaire, Psa. 119:105; 1 Cor. 15:55 Wallace, Lew, 1 Cor. 15:55 Washington, Booker T., 1 John 4:20 Washington, George, Psa. 51:7; 67:4;

p.521; p.757 Water cycle, Psa. 135:7 Waters, Ethel, Psa. 139:16 Watts, Isaac, Mark 9:43–48; Rom. 2:4; 1

Cor. 15:55 Webster, Daniel, Psa. 33:12; 119:97;

Prov. 28:4; 1 Cor. 3:13,14; 15:55; p.570; 1 Pet. 4:5 Webster, Noah, Prov. 14:34; 29:2 Weiss, Daniel L., Luke 19:17; Phil. 1:29 Wells, H. G., 1 Cor. 15:55 Wesley, John, Psa. 139:16; Matt. 5:1;

5:16; 16:18; John 9:4; Acts 12:7; 21:30; Rom. 3:19; 7:11; 7:22; 1 Cor. 1:23; 2 Cor. 7:4; 12:15; 1 Tim. 2:8; 6:18; Heb. 3:12; 4:12; p.702, p.779 West, Ronald, R., Psa. 146:6 Wheeler, John, Prov. 3:19

Whitefield, George, p.269; Rom. 3:20;

7:18,19; p.453; 1 Cor. 9:22; Rev. 3:16; 6:16,17 Wilkerson, David, Luke 19:10 Wilson, Woodrow, p.694 Winthrop, Robert, Psa. 22:28 Witnessing, Mark 8:38; Acts 20:26; Eph.

1:9; 1 Pet. 3:8,9 effectiveness in, Prov. 30:25–28; John

4:37,38; 1 Cor. 4:16; p.560 fear in, Psa. 56:11; 91:1; 118:6; Matt.

10:27,28; Acts 4:29; Eph. 1:19; Phil. 4:13; 1 Pet. 3:15 Jesus' example, John 4:7 to acquaintances, Rom. 14:12 to blasphemers, James 2:7 to Buddhists, p.770 to coworkers, 1 Pet. 2:15 to family members, Luke 8:39; Acts

18:10; 1 Pet. 3:1,2 to Hindus, p.665 to homosexuals, 1 Tim. 1:8–10; 2 Pet.

2:6–8

to Jehovah's Witnesses, 1 Cor. 13:2; 1

Tim. 3:16 to Jews, Rom. 3:1 to Mormons, Mark 11:25 to Muslims, Acts 17:22 to neighbors, Prov. 27:10 to non-English speakers, p.823 to someone in denomination, Matt. 8:14 to telemarketers, Col. 4:4 to the bereaved, Acts 9:37 using survey, 2 Pet. 2:9; p.753 using Ten Commandments, Psa. 51:6 using tracts (see Tracts) wisdom in, Acts 8:35 (See also Evangelism) Women, oppressed by Christianity,

Prov. 31:10 Wooding, Dan, 2 Cor. 3:12 Works (see Good works) Wrath of God, Psa. 21:9; 89:14; 90:7,8;

Rom. 2:4; 2 Cor. 2:17; p.600; Rev. 8:11 warning of, Psa. 2:12; 7:11–13; 50:16;

Acts 18:9; Gal. 4:5; 2 Tim. 2:26; Heb. 10:31; p.713 Wurmbrand, Richard, Psa. 33:8; 143:2;

Prov. 16:32; Rom. 15:16; 2 Tim. 2:21 Yancey, Philip, Psa. 75:1 Yaxley, Trevor, Mark 16:15 Young-earth theory, Psa. 136:7–9 Zacharias, Ravi, p.578 Zeal, for the lost, Psa. 49:7; Luke 8:39;

9:30; 16:30; p.467; 2 Cor. 9:2; Eph. 4:11; Col. 2:16; Heb. 4:16 Zwayne, Emeal, Psa. 56:11; Matt. 10:37;

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