Pulpit Studies 1 Peter 4:17-19 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us… I. THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF HAVING THE GOSPEL. 1. It is good news, the best news that ever reached our fallen world — news sent from heaven, news of a reconciliation for a fallen world. 2. Though it was intended for universal man and suited to meet all his spiritual wants, yet through the supineness of the Church its universal proclamation has been withheld, and millions of our fellow creatures left without it. But we are blessed with it in all its purity, freeness, and fulness (Psalm 16:6; Hebrews 4:2). II. THE GREAT SIN OF NOT OBEYING THE GOSPEL. It is not enough to go and hear the gospel, to converse about it, to approve it, unless we obey it (Titus 2:11-14). III. THE AWFUL CONSEQUENCES OF NOT OBEYING THE GOSPEL. 1. It will be the end of their hope and happiness, but not of their existence. 2. It will be to die, not only under the curse of the law, but under the gospel. (Pulpit Studies.) Parallel Verses KJV: For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? |
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