JUST SUPPOSING

MARK 8:36-37 FOR WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT A MAN IF 
HE GAINS THW WHOLE WORLD, AND LOSE HIS OWN SOUL? 
OR WHAT SHALL A MAN GIVE IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS SOUL?
1. REMEMBER LAZURUS AND THE RICH MAN IN THE
   BIBLE.
   A. WHAT DO YOU THINK HE WOULD HAVE GIVEN TO
      ESCAPE HELL?
2. REMEMBER THE RICH YOUNG RULER. WENT AWAY
   SORROWFUL. FOR HE HAD GREAT RICHES.
3. JESUS PUT IT THIS WAY: WHAT WILL A MAN GIVE
   IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS SOUL?
4. HELL IS A TERRIBLE PLACE
    A. NO LOVE, NO PEACE, NO CHILDREN, NO
       FLOWERS, NO SUN, NO MOON, NO LAUGHTER,
    B. ONLY PAIN AND SUFFERING.
    C. NO PRAYERS, NO ONE THAT CARES
9. GOD HAS REVEALED UNTO MAN HIS WAYS AND HIS
   THOUGHTS, WE THEREFORE HAVE NO EXCUSE.
   A. WE ARE SO BLESSED; GOD HAS REVEALED
      HIMSELF THROUGH:
      1. NATURE
      2. PROPHETS OF OLD
      3. THROUGH JESUS CHRIST
      4. THROUGH THE APOSTLES
      5. AND THROUGH HIS PRECIOUS WORD
10.  SUSPOSING THAT GOD HAD NOT REVEALED TO US
   HIS WAYS AND THOUGHTS?
11. WHAT IF WE HAD NEVER HEARD THESE BEAUTIFUL
    WORDS:
    A. "I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH, AND THE
       LIFE",
    B. "I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE.",
    C. "I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE",
    D. "ALL THAT COMETH TO ME I WILL IN NO
       WISE CAST OUT."
    E. SUSPOSING THAT IT HAD BEEN HID FROM US
       AND ALL WE KNEW WAS THE WICKNESS OF
       THIS WORLD AND A ETERNAL DEATH IN HELL?
12.  WHICH BRINGS UP THE QUESTION?  "WHAT
     WOULD WE BE WILLING TO GIVE TO HEAR THOSE
     PRECIOUS WORDS?
13. JUST SUSPOSING:
    A. SUPPOSING THAT WE HERE ON EARTH HAD
       NEVER HEARD ABOUT GOD OR WHAT JESUS
       CHRIST HAS DONE ON THE CROSS.
    B. SUPPOSING THAT SOMEONE DISCOVERED THIS
       SECRET OF ETERNAL LIFE.
    C. SUPPOSING THIS PERSON BEGAN TO SELL
       ETERNAL LIFE
    D. WHAT WOULD I BE WILLING TO GIVE FOR
       THIS KNOWLEDGE THAT WOULD LEAD TO
       ETERNAL LIFE?
14. ILLUSTRATON:
    A. SUSPOSING THAT WE HAD CANCER AND THE
       DIAGNOSIS WAS TERMINAL.
    B.SUSPOSING THAT SOME RESEARCH SCIENTIST
      DISCOVERED A CURE FOR CANCER.  ALL THIS
      SCIENTIST HAD TO DO WAS GIVE YOU ONE
      SHOT OF THIS MIRACULOUS MEDICINE AND YOU
      WOULD BE TOTALLY HEALED.
    C.WHAT WOULD WE GIVE FOR THIS ONE
      INJECTION?
15. WE ARE SO BLESSED, WE HAVE ESCAPED ALL OF
    THAT.
16. THERE WAS A GREAT PRICE PAID FOR SALVATION
    A. THE LORD HIMSELF PAID THE PRICE
    B. HE PAID IT WITH HIS BLOOD.
17. OUR SALVATION IS BY THE GRACE OF GOD.
    AND HIS LOVING MERCY.
18. IT IS OURS FOR THE ASKING.