Step 5 Isaiah 64:6 All of us have become like one who <strong>is</strong> unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away. Romans 5:8 But God demonstrates h<strong>is</strong> own love for us in th<strong>is</strong>: While we were still sinners, Chr<strong>is</strong>t died for us. 1 John 2: 1-2 1 My dear children, I write th<strong>is</strong> to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense—<strong>Jesus</strong> Chr<strong>is</strong>t, the Righteous One. 2 He <strong>is</strong> the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. 1 Timothy 2:5-6 5 For there <strong>is</strong> one God and one mediator between God and men, the man Chr<strong>is</strong>t <strong>Jesus</strong>, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all men—the testimony given in its proper time. Step 6 Luke 1:31-33 31 You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name <strong>Jesus</strong>. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of h<strong>is</strong> father David, 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; h<strong>is</strong> kingdom will never end. Philippians 2:7-11 7 rather, he made himself nothing by taking the very nature[b] of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross! 9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that <strong>is</strong> above every name, 10 that at the name of <strong>Jesus</strong> every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue acknowledge that <strong>Jesus</strong> Chr<strong>is</strong>t <strong>is</strong> Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who <strong>is</strong> in heaven. Matthew 13:31-32 31 He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven <strong>is</strong> like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in h<strong>is</strong> field. 32 Though it <strong>is</strong> the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it <strong>is</strong> the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches.” Matthew 13:45-46 45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven <strong>is</strong> like a merchant looking for fine pearls. 46 When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it. John 3:3 In reply <strong>Jesus</strong> declared, “I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he <strong>is</strong> born again.” Matthew 6:33 But seek first h<strong>is</strong> kingdom and h<strong>is</strong> righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 24
Quotes 1. W. B. Hinson 2. Author unknown. 3. Cited by Dick Innes, Daily <strong>En</strong>counter www.actsweb.org/detoday. Used with perm<strong>is</strong>sion. 4. Margaret Prior 5. Adoniram Judson 6. B.S. Bangs 7. John Bunyon 8. Related by the little girl to the author. 9. Author unknown. 10. H.A. Ironside, Illustrations of Bible Truth, Moody Press, 1945, pp. 34-35 25