Romans 6:21

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Summary

Romans 6:21

What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

What

Romans 7:5

Galatians 6:7

Whereof

Luke 15:17

2 Corinthians 7:11

1 John 2:28

For the

Bible References

What

When we were living merely earthly lives, our sinful passions, aroused by the Law, were active in every part of our bodies, with the result that our lives bore fruit for Death.

Do not be deceived. God cannot be mocked. What a man sows that he will reap.

Whereof

But, when he came to himself, he said 'How many of my father's hired servants have more bread than they can eat, while here am I starving to death!

For see what results that other sorrow--sorrow in accordance with God's will--has had in your case. What earnestness it produced! what explanations! what strong feeling! what alarm! what longing! what eagerness! what readiness to punish! You have proved yourselves altogether free from guilt in that matter.

Yes, my Children, maintain your union with Christ, so that, whenever he appears, our confidence may not fail us, and we may not be ashamed to meet him at his coming.

For the

The wages of Sin are Death, but the gift of God is Immortal Life, through union with Christ Jesus, our Lord.

Well aware of God's decree, that those who do such things deserve to die, not only are they guilty of them themselves, but they even applaud those who do them.

The end of such men is Ruin; for their appetites are their God, and they glory in their shame; their minds are given up to earthly things.

but, if it 'bears thorns and thistles,' it is regarded as worthless, it is in danger of being 'cursed,' and its end will be the fire.

How much worse then, think you, will be the punishment deserved by those who have trampled underfoot the Son of God, who have treated the blood that rendered the Covenant valid--the very blood by which they were purified--as of no account, and who have outraged the Spirit of Love?

Then Passion conceives and gives birth to Sin, and Sin, on reaching maturity, brings forth Death.

Be sure that he who brings a sinner back from his mistaken ways will save that man's soul from Death, and throw a veil over countless sins.

For the time has come for judgment to begin with the House of God; and, if it begins with us, what will be the end of those who reject God's Good News?

for men shed the blood of Christ's People and of the Prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink. It is what they deserve.'

Then Death and the Lord of the Place of Death were hurled into the lake of fire. This is the Second Death--the lake of fire;