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Title = 'Romans 6:23 - There Are Two Possibilities Facing Everyone';
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<ul>
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<li>Introduction
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<li>There are two possibilities facing everyone
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<li>The Human
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<li>The wages of sin is death</li>
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<li>The house on the sand</li>
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<li>The wide gate</li>
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<li>The broad way</li>
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<li>Serving "mammon"</li>
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<li>The Divine
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<li>The gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ</li>
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<li>The house on the rock</li>
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<li>The narrow gate</li>
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<li>The narrow way</li>
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<li>Serving God</li>
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<li>The two possibilities are completely different
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<li>The human is the old life</li>
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<li>The divine is the new life</li>
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<li>The two positions are consistent
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<li>Each has a consequence and result</li>
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<li>You start and arrive at a given destination</li>
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<li>Analysis
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<li>The Master we serve
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<li>There are two possibilities
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<li>Sin — the wages of</li>
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<li>God — the gift of</li>
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<li>Every individual in the world at this moment is either — or</li>
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<li>The vital question
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<li>Not — "What am I doing?"</li>
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<li>But — "Who am I serving?"</li>
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<li>"For whom am I living?"</li>
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<li>The contrast between the two masters and conditions under which we serve
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<li>Sin's wages or the ration due
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<li>It is something earned</li>
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<li>It is something deserved</li>
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<li>It is something merited</li>
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<li>It is the law that decides wages</li>
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<li>"The soul that sinneth…it shall die" — <a id="si_2" onclick="return mV('Eze',18,4);">Eze 18:4</a></li>
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<li>God's gift
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<li>It is not earned</li>
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<li>It is not merited</li>
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<li>It is not a "just recompence"</li>
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<li>It is only the result of God's grace</li>
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<li>It is totally free to us who are totally unworthy</li>
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<li>The differing results
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<li>The steps of sin
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<li>Disobedience — unrighteousness</li>
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<li>Uncleanness — iniquity</li>
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<li>Death
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<li>Physical</li>
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<li>Spiritual</li>
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<li>Eternal — final
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<li>Irreversible separation from God</li>
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<li>Forever outside the life of God</li>
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<li>The reality of — <a id="si_3" onclick="return mV('Rev',20,'1-');">Rev 20</a></li>
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<li>The steps of grace
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<li>Obedience, righteousness, holiness</li>
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<li>Eternal life
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<li>It means knowing God and the Lord Jesus Christ — <a id="si_4" onclick="return mV('Jhn',17,3);">Jhn 17:3</a></li>
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<li>It means living in the presence of God constantly, continually, forever</li>
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<li>It means that we shall be glorified
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<li>Crowned with righteousness — <a id="si_5" onclick="return mV('2Ti',4,8);">2Ti 4:8</a>,
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<a id="si_6" onclick="return mV('Jhn',17,22);">Jhn 17:22</a>,
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<a id="si_7" onclick="return mV('Eph',5,26,27);">Eph 5:26-27</a></li>
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<li>We shall be like Him — <a id="si_8" onclick="return mV('1Jo',3,1,2,3);">1Jo 3:1-3</a></li>
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<li>It means to share and enjoy the life of God for eternity
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<li>Without sin</li>
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<li>Without sorrow</li>
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<li>Without worry</li>
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<li>Without fear</li>
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<li>With every positive quality</li>
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<li>It means enjoying and sharing the life of God
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<li>It is a way of life now</li>
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<li>We have eternal life when we believe in Christ</li>
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</ul></li>
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</ul></li>
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</ul></li>
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<li>The means — "Through Jesus Christ our Lord"
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<li><a id="si_9" onclick="return mV('Rom',1,3);">Rom 1:3</a>,
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<a id="si_10" onclick="return mV('Rom',1,8);">8</a>;
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<a id="si_11" onclick="return mV('Rom',3,24);">3:24</a>;
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<a id="si_12" onclick="return mV('Rom',5,1);">5:1</a>,
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<a id="si_13" onclick="return mV('Rom',5,11);">11</a>,
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<a id="si_14" onclick="return mV('Rom',5,17);">17</a>,
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<a id="si_15" onclick="return mV('Rom',5,21);">21</a>;
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<a id="si_16" onclick="return mV('Rom',6,11);">6:11</a>
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<li>Everything is through Him</li>
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<li>Without Him there is nothing — <a id="si_17" onclick="return mV('Jhn',15,5);">Jhn 15:5</a></li>
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<li>Response
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<li>What is it that causes a person to deliberately prefer a life of selfish sin and refuse God —way of life?
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<li>"Dead in sin"</li>
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<li>"Servants of sin"</li>
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<li>"Living in darkness"</li>
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<li>"By nature children of disobedience"</li>
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<li>What is it that causes any person to become forgiven and justified, and to possess eternal life?
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<li>It is the gift of God!</li>
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<li>It is the grace of God!</li>
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<li>It is the love of God!</li>
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<li>It is through Jesus Christ our Lord!</li>
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<li>Application
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<li>Knowing that"</li>
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<li>I desire to"</li>
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<li>By"</li>
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