Two Views of the Meaning of Life John 10:7-10. 7 Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I...

Two Views of the Meaning of Life

John 10:7-10

7 Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.

8 All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them.

9 I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.”

John 10:7-10

Hard to Decide What to Preach

Hard to Decide What to Preach• Every Sunday


• Especially Today


• Especially Today• Makeup of the audience


• Especially Today• Makeup of the audience• Expectation of the audience



• The importance of the resurrection




• The implication of the resurrection




• The implication of the resurrection• Resurrection = assurance of ours




• The implication of the resurrection• Resurrection = assurance of ours• Resurrection = authentication of His plan

Two Views: Sanctity of life• Sanctity of Life

6 Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood shall be shed; For in the image of God He made man.

Gen. 9:6

Two Views: Abortion/assisted suicide• Sanctity of Life• Abortion and assisted suicide

13 But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. 14 And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. 15 For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb. 16 And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.

Luke 1:13-16

13 For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb. 14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. 16 Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.

Psalm 139:13-16

Two Views: Terminal illness• Sanctity of Life• Abortion and assisted suicide• Terminal illness

8 For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord‘s.

Rom. 14:8

6 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness . . .

2 Tim. 4:-8

28 And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

Rom. 8:28

20 According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.

21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. Phil. 1:20-21

Two Views: Handicapped & disabled• Sanctity of Life• Abortion and assisted suicide• Terminal illness• Handicapped and mentally disabled

1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, 3 and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me. Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood shall be shed; For in the image of God He made man.”

Matt. 18:1-5

3 Remember the prisoners as if chained with them—those who are mistreated—since you yourselves are in the body also.

Heb. 13:3

Two Views: Death and its meaning• Sanctity of Life• Abortion and assisted suicide• Terminal illness• Handicapped and mentally disabled• Death and its meaning

22 So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.

Luke 16:22

22 So it was that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried.

Luke 16:22

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

Psalm 23:4

Two Views: Sex and Sexual Needs• Sanctity of Life• Abortion and assisted suicide• Terminal illness• Handicapped and mentally disabled• Death and its meaning• Sex and sexual needs

3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, 5 not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God.

1 Thess. 4:3-5


1 Thess. 4:3-5

22 . . .keep yourself pure. 1 Tim. 5:22


1 Thess. 4:3-5

22 . . .keep yourself pure. 1 Tim. 5:22

4 Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Heb. 13:4

22 Then the rib which the LORD God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. 23 And Adam said: "This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man." 24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

Gen. 2:22-24

Two Views: Civil Obedience• Sanctity of Life• Abortion and assisted suicide• Terminal illness• Handicapped and mentally disabled• Death and its meaning• Sex and sexual needs• Civil obedience and disobedience

13 Therefore submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake, whether to the king as supreme, 14 or to governors, as to those who are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and for the praise of those who do good. 15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men— 16 as free, yet not using liberty as a cloak for vice, but as bondservants of God. 17 Honor all people. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.

1 Peter 2:13-17

Two Views: Use of Drugs• Sanctity of Life• Abortion and assisted suicide• Terminal illness• Handicapped and mentally disabled• Death and its meaning• Sex and sexual needs• Civil obedience and disobedience• Use of drugs

18 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 19 Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? 20 For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's.

1 Cor. 6:19-20

1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Rom. 12:1-2

11 Beloved, I beg you as sojourners and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul.

1 Peter 2:11

Two Views: Code of Morality• Sanctity of Life• Abortion and assisted suicide• Terminal illness• Handicapped and mentally disabled• Death and its meaning• Sex and sexual needs• Civil obedience and disobedience• Use of drugs• Code of morality

“The Bible’s moral code and philosophical foundation makes good sense. Even those who criticize it admit it will bring good results; they just think it is too restrictive and confining. The evidence is that when the biblical system is not followed pain, hardship, abuse, frustrations, isolation and indifference result. Our prisons are full of people who were never taught discipline, self control, or a sense of absolute standards of what is right and wrong. . . . the scriptures have been given to us for the purpose of bringing in completeness—the potential for perfection…the road to the best of everything in life comes through the scriptures.”

Divine Plan for Happiness


• Believe in Him Mark 16:16



• Repent (Decide) Luke 13:3




• Confess Christ Rom. 10:9





• Baptized into Christ Acts 22:16






Added to His Kingdom, His Church






Added to His Kingdom, His Church

• Live Faithfully until death Rev. 2:10

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