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Things Settled In Heaven
Psalm 119:89- “forever O Lord, Thy word is
settled in heaven.”
Mt. 16:19- “…whatsoever thou shalt bind on
earth shall be bound in heaven, whatsoever thou
shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”To Peter
Mt. 18:18- “whatsoever ye shall bind on earth
shall be bound in heaven, whatsoever thou shalt
loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven- to all
the apostles.
No additions or subtractions- Rev. 22
God Has Forever Settled
• WHAT TO PREACH:
• Mk. 16:15- “go into all the world and preach the
gospel…”
• 1 Cor. 15:1-4- “ Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you
the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye
have received, and wherein ye stand. By which also ye
are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto
you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered
unto you first of all that which I also received, how that
Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the
third day according to the scriptures:
What To Preach
• 2 Tim. 4:1-4- I charge thee therefore before God,
and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the
quick and the dead at his appearing and his
kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season,
out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all
longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will
come when they will not endure sound doctrine;
but after their own lusts shall they heap to
themselves teachers, having itching ears; And
they shall turn away their ears from the truth,
and shall be turned unto fables.
What To Preach
Gal 1:6-9- I marvel that ye are so soon removed
from him that called you into the grace of Christ
unto another gospel: Which is not another; but
there be some that trouble you, and would
pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or
an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel
unto you than that which we have preached
unto you, let him be accursed. As we said
before, so say I now again, If any man preach
any other gospel unto you than that ye have
received, let him be accursed.
It Is Settled What Constitutes Sin
• 1 Jn 3:4- “whoever commits sin, transgresses the law, sin is
transgression of law.”
• 1 Jn. 5:17- “all unrighteousness is sin…”
• Rom. 14:23- “…whatever is not of faith is sin.”
• James 4:17- “he that knows to do good and does it not, to
him it is sin.”
• 1 Cor 6:9-11- 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, Nor thieves, nor
covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners,
shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of
you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are
justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of
our God.
The Remedy For Sin Is Settled
• Mt. 26:28- “for this is my blood of the new
testament, which is shed for many for remission
of sins.”
• Rom. 5:8-9- “God commends His love to us in that
while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Much more then being now justified by His
blood, we shall be saved from wrath to come.”
• 1 Pet. 1:18-20- “you are not redeemed by
corruptible things…but by the precious blood of
Christ, as a lamb without blemish and without
spot, who was verily ordained before the
foundation of the world, but is manifest in these
last times for you.”
God’s Plan of Salvation
• Hear, believe and confess- Romans 10:9,10,17- “ That
if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus,
and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised
him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the
heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the
mouth confession is made unto salvation. Faith
comes by hearing the word.
• Believe & be baptized- Mk. 16:16- “He that believes
and is baptized shall be saved.”
• Repent & be baptized- Acts 2:38; 22:16; 1 Pet. 3:21
• This is not multiple choice. You must do all of what
God says in order to please Him (James 2:10- if keep
whole law yet offend in one point-- guilty of all).
The Remedy For Sin
Rom 6:3-5- Know ye not, that so many of us as
were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized
into his death? Therefore we are buried with
him by baptism into death: that like as Christ
was raised up from the dead by the glory of
the Father, even so we also should walk in
newness of life. For if we have been planted
together in the likeness of his death, we shall
be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
Christian Conduct Is Settled In Heaven
• Phil. 1:27- “only let your conversation
(conduct of life), be that which becometh
the gospel of Christ.”
• Titus 2:12- “denying ungodliness and
worldly lusts, we should live soberly,
righteously and godly in this present
world.” See Gal. 5:19-22
• 1 Thess. 5:22- “abstain from all
appearance of evil” See Psalm 1
Christian Conduct- Settled in Heaven
• 1 Peter 4:3-4- “For the time past of our life
may suffice us to have wrought the will of the
Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness,
lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings,
and abominable idolatries: Wherein they
think it strange that ye run not with them to
the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:
• Do not go back to what you left. Stay as far
away from it as possible. It leads to death
(spiritually and physically).
Acceptable Worship Is Settled
• John 4:23,24- “But the hour cometh, and now is,
when the true worshippers shall worship the Father
in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to
worship him. God is a Spirit: and they that worship
him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
• Acts 2:42- “ And they continued stedfastly in the
apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of
bread, and in prayers.
• Acts 20:7- Lord’s supper every first day of the week.
• Eph. 5:19- one of 9 times singing is mentioned in NT
• “speaking to yourselves in psalms, hymns, and
spiritual songs singing and making melody in heart…”
The Work Of The Church- Settled
1 Tim. 3:15- But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou
oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the
church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
1 Tim 5:16- If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let
them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may
relieve them that are widows indeed.
Eph 3:10-11-To the intent that now unto the principalities and
powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the
manifold wisdom of God, According to the eternal purpose which
he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:
Eph 4:12- For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the
ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
Phil 4:15-16 Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of
the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church
communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye
only. For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my
necessity.
Marriage-Divorce- Remarriage: Settled
Malachi 2:16- For the Lord, the God of Israel,
saith that he hateth putting away: for one
covereth violence with his garment, saith the
Lord of hosts: therefore take heed to your
spirit, that ye deal not treacherously.
Matt 5:32- But I say unto you, That whosoever
shall put away his wife, saving for the cause
of fornication, causeth her to commit
adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that
is divorced committeth adultery.
MDR- Settled In Heaven
Matt 19:3-9-The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him,
and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife
for every cause? And he answered and said unto them, Have
ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made
them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man
leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they
twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more twain,
but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let
not man put asunder. They say unto him, Why did Moses
then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put
her away? He saith unto them, Moses because of the
hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives:
but from the beginning it was not so. And I say unto you,
Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for
fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery:
and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit
adultery.
Other Things Settled In Heaven
• Who will be in heaven- Mt. 7:21- “not every one
who says to me, Lord, Lord shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the will of
my Father.” Only the Obedient.
• Who will be in hell- Rev. 21:8- “the fearful,
unbelieving, abominable, murderers,
whoremongers, sorcerers, idolaters and all liars
will have their part in the lake that burns with fire
and brimstone; which is the second death.
Let Us Always Respect-Finality Of Truth.
Hebrews 1:1-2- God, who at sundry times and in divers
manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the
prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his
Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by
whom also he made the worlds.
• Hebrews 12:25- See that ye refuse not him that
speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that
spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we
turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:
Moses spoke from earth and they believed him, how
much more should we believe Christ.
• Jesus Is Heaven’s last argument to mankind.