1Crossroads of LifeCrossroads of Life

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Crossroads of our LivesCrossroads of our Lives

Show me Your ways, Show me Your ways, O LORD; Teach me O LORD; Teach me Your paths. Lead me Your paths. Lead me in Your truth and in Your truth and teach me, For You teach me, For You are the God of my are the God of my salvation; On You I salvation; On You I wait all the day. wait all the day. (Psalm 25:4-5)(Psalm 25:4-5)

3Which Road will we Choose?Which Road will we Choose?

Joshua Joshua 24:1524:15

1 Kings 1 Kings 18:2118:21

Jeremiah Jeremiah 6:166:16

7:23-247:23-24

Matt. Matt. 7: 13-7: 13-

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Ponder the path of Ponder the path of your feet, And let all your feet, And let all your ways be your ways be established. Do not established. Do not turn to the right or turn to the right or the left; Remove the left; Remove your foot from evil.your foot from evil.

(Prov. 4:26-27)(Prov. 4:26-27)

Crossroads of our LivesCrossroads of our Lives

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Highway Highway of of

HolinessHolinessPaths before Us Paths before Us Jer. 6:16 (42:3)Jer. 6:16 (42:3)

Isaiah Isaiah 35:8 Matt. 35:8 Matt.

7:147:14

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Ps 16:11Ps 16:11 You will show me You will show me the the path of lifepath of life; In Your ; In Your presence is fullness of joy; presence is fullness of joy; At Your right hand are At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.pleasures forevermore.Ps 23:3Ps 23:3 He restores my He restores my soul; He leads me in the soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousnesspaths of righteousness For For His name’s sake.His name’s sake.Ps 25:10Ps 25:10 All the All the paths of paths of the LORDthe LORD are mercy and are mercy and truth, To such as keep His truth, To such as keep His covenant and His covenant and His testimonies.testimonies.

Highway Highway of of

HolinessHoliness

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HolinesHolinesss

Ps 119:35Ps 119:35 Make me walk in Make me walk in the the path of Your path of Your commandmentscommandments, For I , For I delight in it.delight in it.Pr 2:8-9Pr 2:8-9 He guards the He guards the paths of justicepaths of justice and and preserves the way of His preserves the way of His saints. Then you will saints. Then you will understand righteousness… understand righteousness… justice, Equity and every justice, Equity and every good pathgood path..Pr 2:20Pr 2:20 So you may walk in So you may walk in the the way of goodnessway of goodness, And , And keep to the keep to the paths of paths of righteousnessrighteousness..

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Highway Highway of of

HolinessHoliness

Pr 4:11Pr 4:11 I have taught you I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I in the way of wisdom; I have led you in have led you in right pathsright paths..Isa 2:3Isa 2:3 Many people shall Many people shall come and say, “Come, and come and say, “Come, and let us go up to the let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of the house of the God of Jacob; He will teach us Jacob; He will teach us His His waysways, And we shall , And we shall walk in walk in His pathsHis paths.” For out of Zion .” For out of Zion shall go forth the law, And shall go forth the law, And the word of the LORD from the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.Jerusalem.

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Highway Highway of of

HolinessHoliness

Isa 26:7Isa 26:7 The The way of the just way of the just is uprightnessis uprightness; O Most ; O Most Upright, You weigh the Upright, You weigh the path path of the justof the just..Isa 59:8-9Isa 59:8-9 The The way of way of peacepeace they have not known, they have not known, And there is no justice in And there is no justice in their ways; They have made their ways; They have made themselves themselves crooked pathscrooked paths; ; Whoever takes that way Whoever takes that way shall not know peace.shall not know peace.

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Highway Highway of of

HolinessHolinessCHOICE:CHOICE:

Heb 12:13Heb 12:13 and make and make straight pathsstraight paths for your for your feet, so that what is feet, so that what is lame may not be lame may not be dislocated, but rather dislocated, but rather be healed.be healed.

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nnPaths before Us Paths before Us Jer. 6:16 (42:3)Jer. 6:16 (42:3)

Matthew Matthew 7:137:13

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Ps 1:1Ps 1:1 Blessed is the man Blessed is the man Who walks not in the Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, counsel of the ungodly, Nor stands in the Nor stands in the path of path of sinnerssinners, Nor sits in the , Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;seat of the scornful;Pr 2:15Pr 2:15 Whose ways are Whose ways are crooked, And who are crooked, And who are devious in their pathsdevious in their paths;;Pr 12:15Pr 12:15 The The way of a foolway of a fool is right in his own eyes, is right in his own eyes, But he who heeds counsel But he who heeds counsel is wise.is wise.

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Pr 13:15Pr 13:15 Good Good understanding gains favor, understanding gains favor, But the But the way of the way of the unfaithfulunfaithful is hard. is hard.Pr 14:12Pr 14:12 There is a way There is a way that seems right to a man, that seems right to a man, But its end is the But its end is the way of way of deathdeath..Pr 15:9Pr 15:9 The The way of the way of the wickedwicked is an abomination is an abomination to the LORD, But He loves to the LORD, But He loves him who follows him who follows righteousness.righteousness.

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CHOICECHOICE::

Eph 4:17Eph 4:17 This I say, This I say, therefore, and testify therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you in the Lord, that you should should no longer walk no longer walk as the rest of the as the rest of the Gentiles walk,Gentiles walk, in the in the futility of their mind…futility of their mind…

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Obey the Obey the gospel; be gospel; be

a a Christian?Christian?

Acts 2:36-Acts 2:36-38, 41; 4:4; 38, 41; 4:4; 8:35-39 8:35-39

Acts 2:36-Acts 2:36-38, 41; 4:4; 38, 41; 4:4; 8:35-39 8:35-39 Acts Acts

13:45; 13:45; 17:3217:32

Acts Acts 13:45; 13:45; 17:3217:32

Reject Reject the the gospel & gospel & be lost?be lost?

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Live in Live in sin?sin?

Eph. 2:1-2 Eph. 2:1-2 Romans 6: Romans 6:

1-2, 4-61-2, 4-6

Eph. 2:1-2 Eph. 2:1-2 Romans 6: Romans 6:

1-2, 4-61-2, 4-6

1 Pet. 4:1-1 Pet. 4:1-4 James 4:4 4 James 4:4

2 Pet. 2 Pet. 2:9-10 1 2:9-10 1

Pet. 2:9-12Pet. 2:9-12

1 Pet. 4:1-1 Pet. 4:1-4 James 4:4 4 James 4:4

2 Pet. 2 Pet. 2:9-10 1 2:9-10 1

Pet. 2:9-12Pet. 2:9-12

Live Live above above sin?sin?

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Pay the Pay the price, or price, or

turn away?turn away?

Lk. 14:25-Lk. 14:25-33 Lk. 9:2333 Lk. 9:23Lk. 14:25-Lk. 14:25-33 Lk. 9:2333 Lk. 9:23

Turn away? Turn away? (family…favor… (family…favor… promotion… promotion… pleasure…pleasure…leisure)leisure)

Ezra 10:1-Ezra 10:1-4 2 Cor. 4 2 Cor. 2:9; 7:9-2:9; 7:9-

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Ezra 10:1-Ezra 10:1-4 2 Cor. 4 2 Cor. 2:9; 7:9-2:9; 7:9-

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RemembeRemember God r God when when

young?young?

Eccl. 11:9-Eccl. 11:9-12:112:1

Eccl. 11:9-Eccl. 11:9-12:112:1

Forget Forget God until God until later?later?

1 Cor. 1 Cor. 15:33-34; 15:33-34;

1 Tim. 1 Tim. 4:124:12

1 Cor. 1 Cor. 15:33-34; 15:33-34;

1 Tim. 1 Tim. 4:124:12

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Be faithful Be faithful to the end?to the end?

Matt. Matt. 10:22; Heb. 10:22; Heb.

10:36; 2 10:36; 2 Tim. 4:7-8Tim. 4:7-8

Matt. Matt. 10:22; Heb. 10:22; Heb.

10:36; 2 10:36; 2 Tim. 4:7-8Tim. 4:7-8

Stop Stop doing doing what you what you can?can?

2 Cor. 2 Cor. 4:16; Psa. 4:16; Psa.

71:16; 71:16; Titus 2:2-3Titus 2:2-3

2 Cor. 2 Cor. 4:16; Psa. 4:16; Psa.

71:16; 71:16; Titus 2:2-3Titus 2:2-3

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Search me, O Search me, O God, and know my God, and know my heart; Try me, heart; Try me, and know my and know my anxieties; And see anxieties; And see if there is any if there is any wicked way in me, wicked way in me, And And lead me in lead me in the way the way everlasting.everlasting. (Psa. 139:23-24)(Psa. 139:23-24)

CrossroadCrossroads of our s of our

LivesLives

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Jesus is the Jesus is the Way to LifeWay to Life

Jno. 14:6 Jno. 14:6 Jno. 8:12Jno. 8:12Jno. 14:6 Jno. 14:6 Jno. 8:12Jno. 8:12

Which Which road road will will you you take?take?

Which Which road road will will you you take?take?