How do people keep their souls from hell?

Spiritual feast 12.10. March 2, 2012.

Subject: How do people keep their souls from hell?

Main  scriptures for this study are Hebrews 10:9-39

Supplement scriptures for this study are: Matt.10:28, Heb.10:31, Rev.20:12-14, Heb. 2:3, 1 Peter 1:9

1. Matt.10:28--> Fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul;

   but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

2. Hebrews 10:31--> It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

3. Rev.20:11-15--> I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne; and books were opened;

   and another book was opened, which is of life;

   and the dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.

   And the sea gave up the dead that were in it;

   and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them;

   and they were judged every man  according to their works.

   And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire.

   This is the second death, the lake of fire.

4. Heb.2:3--> How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation;

   which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by them that heard him.

5. 1 Peter 1:9--> Receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

   Messages in Hebrews 10:9-39

1. Then has he said, Lo, I am come to do thy will.

   He takes away the first, that may establish the second. 10:9

   This is about the Old Testament and the New Testament.

2. By which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 10:10

3. And every priest indeed stands day by day ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices,

   the which can never take away sins;

   but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God. 10:11-12

4. Henceforth expecting till his enemies be made the footstool of his feet. 10:13

5. For by one offering he had perfected for ever them that are sanctified. 10:14

6. And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after he had said:

   This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, said the Lord:

   I will put my laws on their heart, and upon their mind also will I write them. 10:15-16

7. And their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. 10:17

8. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. 10:18

9. Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus. 10:19

10. By a new and living way, which he had consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say his flesh. 10:20

11. And having an high priest over the house of God. 10:21

    Attention to the following four let us!

12. Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith,

    having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. 10:22

13. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; he is faithful that promised. 10:23

14. let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works. 10:24

15. Let us not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is;

    but exhorting one another; and so much more, as you see the day approaching. 10:25

    Watch for the two “for” in verse 26 and verse 30

16. For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth,

    there remain no more sacrifice for sins… 10:26-29

17. For we know him that had said, vengeance belongs to me, I will recompense…   

    It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. 10:30-31

18. No matter what happen, stay faithful in the Lord! 10:32-37

The conclusion of this study. Hebrews 10:38-39

Now the righteous shall live by faith; but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

May the Lord bless you and keep you always!  March 2, 2012.