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1000 Illustrations for Preaching & Teaching Death

In death, in the abyss, and in doubt we should remind ourselves, I have the word that I shall live no matter how hard death may press me.

—Martin Luther

We were Created for the Presence of God-

Sin- Gen 3:15- Sin brought the chaos we fell in life

Selfish desires

Selfish ambitions

These are the tings that leave a wake of brokenness in these world that God created to be good

We feel the effects of sin in this world

abuse

abandonment

all the things that leave us broken inside

depression

despair

anxiety

anger

We see it all around us

The world is broken because of Sin and there is sin because there are people

Sin the reason for separation from god’s presences and from the good things that he has for us.

God’s desire is for you to know and fellowship with Him

When sin had caused the break in the relationship God made a promise to restore it!

But There is a away, which God has provided for you and for me-

The call is for anyone and everyone

Matthew 11:28 CSB

“Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

John 7:37–38 CSB

On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. The one who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flow from deep within him.”

To the broken lady at the well, who was along and an outcast Jesus said

“If you knew the gift of God and who it is Who is speaking to you, you would ask me and I would give you living water.”

You see it isn’t a matter of provision or God’s goodness.

Romans 5:8 CSB

But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

God says He loves you, and He displayed that life on the cross so that you could be set free from sin, and the effects of sin in your life.

It is not a bunch of religious rules ot be followed but a relationship to be enter through adoption, with a heavenly father.

John 3:16 CSB

For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

At the end when we die, because of the Cross and God’s desire for you to be with Him, He turns the final effect of sin in this world not into an end, but into a door.

We enter into His eternal kingdom where everything is finally restored back to His original creation, no more sin, no more pain, no more, depression, no more brokenness

Revelation 21:3–4 CSB

Then I heard a loud voice from the throne: Look, God’s dwelling is with humanity, and he will live with them. They will be his peoples, and God himself will be with them and will be their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; grief, crying, and pain will be no more, because the previous things have passed away.

1500 Illustrations for Biblical Preaching Salvation, Assurance Of

Several years ago one of the astronauts who walked on the moon was interviewed and asked, “What do you think about as you stood on the moon and looked back at the earth?” The astronaut replied, “I remembered how the spacecraft was built by the lowest bidder.”

We as Christians can rejoice that the work of salvation did not go to the “lowest bidder” but was performed by an infinite God. There will never be a deficiency

Romans 8:31–35 CSB

What, then, are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us? He did not even spare his own Son but gave him up for us all. How will he not also with him grant us everything? Who can bring an accusation against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies. Who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is the one who died, but even more, has been raised; he also is at the right hand of God and intercedes for us. Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

Romans 8:37–39 CSB

No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.