If you are ready to begin your journey to eternal life, you need to answer these questions.

by James Herschel Lyda

1. WHAT IS MAN? Gen. 1:26-28, Gen. 2:7-9

Man is an image of God, made of dust with only the breath of life placed in him. Man is a soul, either living or dead.; Ezek. 18:4 and 20.;NEW! (MINI SERMON)

2. WHAT ARE MAN'S DUTIES? Eccles. 12:13.

Man has to choose which he wants, life or death. He is free to make a choice because God gave him a choice from the beginning .... the Tree of Life or the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, which also meant death. If man chooses God he must then obey every commandment and strive to be perfect.

Luke 16:13; Deut. 11:27-28; Gen. 2:15-17; Matt. 5:48; 2 Cor. 13:11; James 3:2; Josh. 22:5; Josh. 24:14-15; 1 Chr. 28:9; Jer. 7:23.; NEW! (MINI SERMON)

3. WHY WAS MAN PLACED ON THE EARTH? Deut. 30:19; NEW! (MINI SERMON)

Answered above.

4. WHAT IS DEATH? Eccels. 9:5; Gen. 3:19

Death is the stopping of all functions. Man, when dead, has no knowledge at all; he no longer exists. He does not realize how long he is in the grave.

Job 3:17; Job. 14:12; Psalms 6:5; Eccels. 12:7; Isa. 38:18; 1 Pet. 1:24; Proverbs 11:7; Psalms 146:3-4; Job 14:21; NEW! (MINI SERMON)

5. WHY MUST WE ALL DIE? I Cor. 15:21-22; Heb 9-27; Rom 5:12-21.

All men must die because we inherited death from Adam. When Adam disobeyed God and ate of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, the punishment was death. Adam became evil after he sinned. How can anything evil bring forth good? Romans 6:23.; NEW! (MINI SERMON)

6. WHY DID CHRIST HAVE TO DIE? Heb. 9:22; 1 Cor. 15:21-22

This death would have been eternal if God had not given us another chance. He sent his only son (part of God to make him perfect, part of man to make him mortal) to adopt us into his family (a perfect family). Someone has to pay the price of death. Christ, who had not sinned, volunteered to pay the price for us if we would let him. All down through the years people had to offer burnt offerings to show that they accepted Christ in the future.

I Cor. 15:12-18; John 3:16; John 14:7-11; Rom. 8: 15-17; Gal. 4:5-6; 2 Cor. 5:18-21; Rom. 3:25; Heb. 4:15-16; Heb. 5; Heb. 9:11-14; John 17; Lev. 17:14.; NEW! (MINI SERMON)

7. WHAT IS THE SECOND DEATH AND WHAT IS IT LIKE? Rev. 21:8; Psa 37:20

The second death is a punishment for the wicked in which he is forever and completely destroyed.

Rev. 2:10-11; Rev. 20:5-6; Rev. 20:12-15; Jude 7; Matt. 25:41 & 46; 2Thes. 1:8-9; Mal.4:1; Job 4:8-9; Job 20:5-8 and 26; Job 21:30; Matt. 13:30 & 40-42; Matt. 18:8-9; Mark 9:43-46; Prov. 2:22; Prov. 10:25-30; Psalms 37:9-11; Obed. 15 & 16.; NEW! (MINI SERMON)

8. WHO MUST DIE THIS SECOND DEATH? Rev. 20:12-15

The ones who must die have made the choice of death, rather than serving God.

John 15:6; Psalms 9:17; Psalms 145:20; Ezek. 18:26-28; 2 Thes. 1:7-9; Numbers 15:31; Job 8:20 and 22; Job 18:5-17; Psalms 92:7; Matt. 3: 10; Matt. 7:19.; NEW! (MINI SERMON)

9. WHERE WILL IT TAKE PLACE? 2 Peter 3:7-10

The world and all the wickedness shall be burned up but the scorched earth will be made a new Garden of Eden (earth).