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Romans 11:36; 2 Corinthians 5:17

All Things

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Romans 11:33-36• “O the depth of the riches both of the

wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.”

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2 Corinthians 5:17• “Therefore if any man be in Christ,

he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new”

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Introduction• All need to be at every service possible!• All need the salvation of Christ!• All members need to support the work of this

church!• All need to pray!

– For the sick and suffering! – James 5:14– For brethren! – Colossians 1:9– For preachers! – Ephesians 6:18-19– For all leaders of governments! – 1 Timothy 2:1-2

• All need to invite others!• All need to work for all!• No end to what all need to do!• We will behold some of the “all” things in this

lesson!

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God Created All Things!• “Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou

hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee”– Neh. 9:6

• “Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD'S thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is” – Duet. 10:14

• Eph. 3:9; Col. 1:16-17

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God Up Holds All The Creation!

• “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; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high” - Heb. 1:1-3– Eph. 1:21; Phil. 2:9-10

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All Races Come From God!• “And hath made of one blood all

nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation” – Acts 17:26– Psa. 86:9

• Begin with Adam & Eve!– Gen. 1:26-30; Gen. 2:8, 21-24

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God Richly Blesses All!• “Charge them that are rich in this world,

that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy” – 1 Tim. 6:17

• “That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust” – Matt. 5:45– Isa. 42:5– Acts 17:25

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Gave All Things Pertaining To Life & Godliness!• “According as his divine power hath given

unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust” - 2 Pet. 1:3-4– 2 Tim. 3:16-17– Eph. 1:3

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Christ Died For All!• “For the love of Christ constraineth us;

because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again” – 2 Cor. 5:14-15

• 1 Thess. 5:9-11• Rom. 14:8-9; 5:8; 8:34

• A “ransom for all” – 1 Tim 2:3-6– Col. 1:20-22

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All Have Sinned & Come Short!• “For all have sinned, and come short of the

glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus” – Rom. 3:23-26

• “none righteous no not one” - vss. 10-11

• All men need redemption!– 1 Pet. 1:18-21

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All Truth Has Been Revealed!• “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth,

is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come”– Jn. 16:13

• John 14:26; 15:26; 1 Jn. 2:20, 27

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All Things Work Together for Good!• “And we know that all things work together for

good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?” – Rom. 8:28-32

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Christ Invites All To Come to God!• “Come unto me, all ye that labour and

are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light” – Matt. 11:28-30

• Christ is the only way to God!– Jn. 14:6; Jn. 1:4, 17; Jn. 10:9, 11; Heb. 9:8-12

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All Will Be Judged By His Word!• “He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words,

hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day” – Jn. 12:48

• “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad” – 2 Cor. 5:10

• “Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God” – Rom. 2:4-5

• “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil” – Eccl. 12:13-14

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Romans 11:36; 2 Corinthians 5:17

All Things – Part 2

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Romans 11:33-36• “O the depth of the riches both of the

wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.”

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Introduction

• All men need salvation from sin!• God is not willing that any perish!

– 2 Pet. 3:9

• All are commended to repent!– Act 17:30-31

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Must Preach the Gospel To All The World!

• “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned” - Mk. 16:15-16

• “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost” – Matt. 28:19

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Observe All God’s Commandments!• “Teaching them to observe all things

whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen”– Matt. 28:19

• Must do all things by the authority of Christ!– Col. 3:17

• We must do the Lord’s will – not man’s will!– Matt. 7:21-23– Jn. 4:34; 6:38-40

• True love is keeping His commandments!– Jn. 14:15, 23-24; 15:10

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Must Give All Diligence to Add to Our Faith!

• We will never fall if we do!– 2 Pet. 1:5-11

• Faith comes by hearing God’s Word!– Rom. 10:17– Heb. 11:6

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Cleanse Ourselves of All Defilement!• “Having therefore these promises, dearly

beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God” – 2 Cor. 7:1

• “Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up” – Jas. 4:8-10– 2 Cor. 6:14-18

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Pray For All Kings & Rulers!• “I exhort therefore, that, first of all,

supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth” - 1 Tim. 2:1-4– Tit. 3:1– 1 Pet 2:13

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Repent & Confess of All Our Sins!• “But if we walk in the light, as he is in

the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us” - 1 Jn. 1:7-10 – 1 Cor. 15:34– 1 Jn. 2:1– Acts 17:30

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I Can Do All Things Through Christ!• “I can do all things through Christ

which strengtheneth me” – Phil. 4:13– Christ gives us strength by abiding in His word!

• Jn. 15:10

• “I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing”– Jn. 15:4-8, esp. vs. 5

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We Must Do All To Stand!• “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord,

and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places” – Eph. 6:10-12

• “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you”– Jas. 4:7

• Must oppose all error & flee lusts!– Jude 3; 2 Tim. 2:22

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Must Quench All The Fiery Darts of The Wicked!

• “Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked” – Eph. 6:16

• There is Victory in faith!– 1 Jn. 5:4– Rom. 8:35-39– 1 Cor. 15:55-58

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All Children of God Are So By Faith!• “For ye are all the children of God by

faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus”– Gal. 3:26-28– Rom. 3:22; Rom. 5:1-2– Acts 15:9

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Conclusion• All are responsible for God’s work!• All must be involved!• All need to read, search, obey and

apply the scriptures!• All need to seek the souls of the lost!• All need to pray that the sown seed will

bring forth fruit to perfection!• All must be a Godly example to others!