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2 45Heb. 9:27 "And as it is reservedfor men to die once for all time,but after this a judgment."Mankind Considered Deadby GodLuke 9 :60 "But he said tohim : `Let the dead bury theirdead, but you go away and declareabroad the kingdom ofGod .' "Eph. 2 :1 "Furthermore, it isyou God made alive though youwere dead in your trespasses andsins ."1 Tim . 5 :6 "But the one thatgoes in for sensual gratificationis dead though she is living ."God Does Not Owe Anyone LifeRom. 9 :14-24 "What shall wesay, then? Is there injustice withGod? Never may that become so!For he says to Moses : 'I willhave mercy upon whomever I dohave mercy, and I will show compassionto whomever I do showcompassion .' So, then, it depends,not upon the one wishing norupon the one running, but uponGod, who has mercy . For theScripture says to Pharaoh : `Forthis very purpose I have let youremain, that in connection withyou I may demonstrate my powerand that my name may be publishedthroughout all the earth .'So, then, upon whom he wisheshe has mercy, but whom hewishes he hardens . You will thereforesay to me : `Why does he yetfind fault? For who has withstoodhis express will?' 0 man,who, then, really are you to beanswering back to God? Shall thething molded say to him thatmolded it, `Why did you make methis way?' What? Does not thepotter have authority over theclay to make from the same lumpone vessel for an honorable use,another for a dishonorable use?If, now, God, although havingthe will to demonstrate his wrathand to make his power known,tolerated with much longsufferingvessels of wrath made fit forLifedestruction, in order that hemight make known the riches ofhis glory upon vessels of mercy,which he prepared beforehand forglory . . . . what of it?"The Vast Majority of Men NowWill Not Get Everlasting LifeMatt . 7 :13, 14 "Go in throughthe narrow gate ; because broadand spacious is the road leadingoff into destruction, and manyare the ones going in through it ;whereas narrow is the gate andcramped the road leading off intolife, and few are the onesfinding it ."Christ's Ransom Sacrifice ProvidesOpportunity for LifeMatt. 20 :28 "The Son of mancame, not to be ministered to,but to minister and to give hissoul a ransom in exchange formany ."1 Tim . 2 :5, 6 "For there is oneGod, and one mediator betweenGod and men, a man Christ Jesus,who gave himself a correspondingransom for all-thisis what is to be witnessed to atits own particular times ."1 John 2 :2 "And he is the propitiatorysacrifice for our sins,yet not for ours only but alsofor the whole world's ."Heb . 9 :26 "Otherwise, he wouldhave to suffer often from theworld's foundation. But now hehas manifested himself once forall time at the consummationof the systems of things to putsin away through the sacrifice ofhimself ."Those Accepting Christ Consideredas LivingJohn 5 :24 "Most truly I say toyou, He that hears my word andbelieves him that sent me haseverlasting life, and he does notcome into judgment but haspassed over from death to life ."Rom . 8 :6 "For the minding ofthe flesh means death, but theminding of the spirit means lifeand peace."