Choices
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  1. Introduction Pro 14:12 & Pro 16:25 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
  2. Examples
    1. Adam & Eve Gen. 3:1-19
    2. Abraham Gen 22:1-19
    3. Lot's wife Gen. 19:17-29
    4. Esau Gen. 25:21-34 - Gen. 27:30-46
    5. Christ Mat. 4:1-11
    6. Judas Mat. 26:14-16
      Mat 26:14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,
      Mat 26:15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
      Mat 26:16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
  3. Choices we make
    1. Friends
      1. Pro 13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
      2. Pro. 16:27-30
        Pro 16:27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
        Pro 16:28 A froward (Perverse; deceitful; false) man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
        Pro 16:29 A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
        Pro 16:30 He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
    2. Spouse
      1. Pro. 12:2-4
        Pro 12:2 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
        Pro 12:3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
        Pro 12:4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
      2. Prov. 21.9 & Prov. 25.24 It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house.
      3. I Cor. 7:1-16
    3. Yoked (Concord: Agreement; unison) II Cor. 6:14:18
      II Cor. 6.14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
      II Cor. 6.15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
      II Cor. 6.16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
      II Cor. 6.17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
      II Cor. 6.18 And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
    4. Attending services Heb.10:24-31
      Heb. 10.24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
      Heb. 10.25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
      Heb. 10.26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
      Heb. 10.27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
      Heb. 10.28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses:
      Heb. 10.29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
      Heb. 10.30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
      Heb. 10.31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
    5. Work Mat 16:24-27
      Matt. 16.24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
      Matt. 16.25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.
      Matt. 16.26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
      Matt. 16.27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
    6. Drugs
      1. Rom. 13:11-14
        Rom. 13.11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
        Rom. 13.12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
        Rom. 13.13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
        Rom. 13.14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
      2. Gal. 5:19-21
        Gal. 5.19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
        Gal. 5.20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
        Gal. 5.21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
      3. I Cor. 5:11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
      4. I Cor. 6:9-10
        I Cor. 6:9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
        1Co 6:10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
    7. Hobbies
  4. Conclusion
    1. Rom. 12:1-2
      Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
      Rom 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
    2. Rev. 21:7-8
      Rev 21:7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
      Rev 21:8 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 burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
    3. Jos 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

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