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/M/an’s /C/ondemnation
/H/eaven or /H/ell
3:18-21
! Condemnation—(v.18a)
A. Who is condemned:
1.
Not the believer, but the unbeliever (v.18a)
/a) /The believer is released from all condemnation
(1) John 3:18; 5:24; Romans 8:1,33,34
/b) /The believer is saved:
The Word /Salvation/ is used in Scripture 3 different ways:
(1) The /once-for-all experience/ of salvation (Luke 7:50 cf.
Eph.2:8; 2Tim1:9).
/Saved/ from the condemnation of /sin, death, & hell/.
(2) The /continuous /experience of salvation (1Cor.1:18).
/Being saved/ from the dominion of sin and is being sanctified (Heb.7:25)
(3) The /redemptive experience/ in the future (Rom.13:11)
/Will be saved /from the very presence of sin in heaven forever (Rom.5:9-10)
/c) /Is actively & “diligently seeking God” (Heb.11:6)
/d) /God will save any man who will believe, seek, & honor His Son (Jn.12:26)
2.
The Unbeliever is Condemned.
When?
/a) //“already”/
/b) /Why?
/“because he has not believe in the only begotten Son of God/
(1) Ezek.18:20;
Rom.6:23
(2) The dignity of God’s Son is ignored ( John 1:1-2; Heb.1:3, 6; Col.2:9; Jn.5:23).
(3) The dearest thing to God’s heart is denied ( John 3:16).
(4) The name that is above every name is abused and cursed (Phil.
2:9).
(5) The only begotten Son of God is rejected (John 3:16-19 cf.
Hebrews 10:26-31; John 16:8-9).
(6) John 3:36; 8:24
3.
Condemnation is:
/a) /The sentence of God against sin (Matt.25:41)
/b) /Universal, caused by the offense of Adam (Rom.5:12, 16, 18)
/c) /Inseparable consequence (Prov.12:2;
Rom.6:23)
/d) /Increased by:
(1) Impenitence (Matt.11:20-24)
(2) Unbelief (John 3:18-19)
(3) Pride (1Tim.3:6)
(4) Hypocrisy (Matt.23:14)
4.
The unbeliever is /without Christ, without hope, without God in the world /(Eph.2:12)
5. The unbeliever already stands guilty of the sin he has committed (Gal.3:10)
II.
The Judgement – (v.19)
A. Light Has Come Into the World
1.
There is none who seeks after God (Rom.3:10-11)
/a) /The Lord went looking for Adam (Genesis 3:8-10)
/b) /Christ came to seek and to save that which was lost (Luke 19:10)
/c) /Jesus said, “I am the light of the world” (Jn.8:12; 9:5)
2.
What does light do?
Light:
/a) /is clear & pure (Eph.5:8)
/b) /penetrates, cutting through & eliminating darkness (1Thess.5:5)
/c) /guides and directs our path (Ps.119:105;
Jn.8:12)
/d) /light exposes & strips away darkness (John 3:19-20)
3.
Men tried to put out the Light but could not (Jn.1:5) on the third day His light shined brighter than ever!
B.
Men Loved Darkness /(sin Romans 13:11-14; 1Thess.
5:4-7) /Rather than light /(purity, holiness)./
Sin:/ It’s Results/
1.
Sin controls the mind, the will, the affections, and ultimately the person’s entire being
/a) /The minds of unbelievers are dominated by evil (Jer.17:9;
Eph.4:17-19); and because of sin, they cannot understand spiritual truth (1Cor.2:14).
2.
Sin also controls not only what people think, but also what they decide to do and what they come to love .
/a) /Jeremiah 44:16-17—the Jews in Egypt wanted nothing to do with the prophet’s message.
3.
Sin also has the domineering effect on the affections of men and woman.
/a) /Even believers can love the wrong things or love things the wrong way (1Jn.2:15-16)
/b) /John records for us here how sin can have the complete domination of the unsaved heart (John 3:19).
/c) /People who are dominated by sin are under the control of Satan until they come to Christ (Eph.2:1-2)
& under Satan’s dominion there is no freedom but only slavery (John 8:44, Rom.6:16; 1John 5:19).
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Ephesians 2:3 are those who are controlled by the sin nature
/a) /Jesus identified all unbelievers as objects of God’s wrath: (John 3:36; 1Cor.16:22;
Gal.3:10).
/b) /This should prompt us to proclaim, in the spirit of John the Baptist, the only salvation from divine wrath—the gospel (Matt.3:7-12;
Luke 3:7-9 cf.
1Thess.1:10).
5.
The result of sin is that it can damn a soul to eternal punishment and separation from God in hell.
/a) /Rev.20:11-15
/b) /Matt.10:28
(1) Hell is a place of extreme bodily suffering
(2) Hell is a place of memories (Luke 16:25 /remember/)
(3) Hell is a place of insatiable and tormenting desire (Luke 16:24)
(4) Hell is a place of vile companionships (Rev.21:8)
/there is not parties in hell!/
(5) Hell is a world without hope (Matt.25:46)
/Millions of people/ die every year and ten’s of thousands die every day.
There are more than six billion people in the world, and they will all die sooner or later; the world’s birthrate is more than keeping up with the death rate.
So not only is every person in the world in the process of dying, but more people are being born to die all the time.
And the sad reality is that all will die in their sins unless they repent and believe the Gospel.
Hell is waiting for its victims.
C.
The Contrast between Darkness & Light (Eph.5:8)
Four Characteristics of Spiritual darkness
1.
It is the work or Satan (John 8:44; cf.
vv.38, 41)
2.
It is the dominion of Satan (Luke 22:53 he is called “the power of darkness”) as a citizen of his “dominion of darkness” (Col.1:13;
cf.
Eph.6:12; 1John 5:19).
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