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 CRIMINALITY OF YOUR DISOBEDIENCE. This will appear if you consider — 1. The excellency and importance of that gospel which you have hitherto disbelieved. 2. The source in which your unbelief has originated. (1) Immoral conduct. (2) Inattention and inconsideration. (3) Worldly mindedness. (4) Self-righteousness. 3. The motives and appeals which your unbelief has resisted. (1) Birth in a Christian family (2) Afflictive dispensations. (3) Conversion of ungodly companions. (4) Impressions and convictions. 4. The injurious influence which your unbelief may have produced on the minds and destiny of others. II. THE RUINOUS CONSEQUENCES OF YOUR DISOBEDIENCE. 1. You are now in a state of condemnation. 2. You are in the greatest danger of being suffered to continue in impenitence and unbelief. What will be your condition in the next world? (J. Alexander.) 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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