I. EXORDIUM:
Will you die for your own sin?
No not me, JESUS died for me to save me from my sins.
Galatians 3:13 (Amplified Bible)
Christ purchased our freedom [redeeming us] from the curse (doom) of the Law [and its condemnation] by [Himself] becoming a curse for us, for it is written [in the Scriptures], Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (is crucified);
II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:
Believers/unbelievers
III. OBJECTIVES:
To show that JESUS is the Deliverer from death and by His own Sacrifice He saved us from hell.
IV. TEXT:
Jeremiah 31:30 (Amplified Bible)
But everyone shall die for his own iniquity [only]; every man who eats sour grapes—his [own] teeth shall be set on edge.
V. THESIS:
Praise, worship, glorify, adore, bless, honor, acknowledge and thank You very much LORD JESUS because You have begun a good work in me and You will complete it at Your Second Coming.
Philippians 1:6 (Amplified Bible)
And I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that He Who began a good work in you will continue until the day of Jesus Christ [right up to the time of His return], developing [that good work] and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in you.
VI. TITLE:
Everyone will die for his own sins
VII. EXPLICATION:
A. Author: Jeremiah - the weeping prophet or lamenting prophet
B. Date written: 627 - 580 B.C.
C. Purpose: To declare GOD's judgement upon His people, to call them to repentance and spiritual restoration
D. To whom written: Judah
E. Main Themes: backsliding, bondage, Jew's restoration
F. Keyword: heart
G. Key verses: Jeremiah 2:19, Jeremiah 31:33
Jeremiah 2:19 (Amplified Bible)
2:19 Your own wickedness shall chasten and correct you, and your backslidings and desertion of faith shall reprove you. Know therefore and recognize that this is an evil and bitter thing: [first,] you have forsaken the Lord your God; [second,] you are indifferent to Me and the fear of Me is not in you, says the Lord of hosts.
Jeremiah 31:33 (Amplified Bible)
31:33 But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel: After those days, says the Lord, I will put My law within them, and on their hearts will I write it; and I will be their God, and they will be My people.
VIII. MAIN BODY:
Jeremiah 31:30 (Amplified Bible)
But everyone shall die for his own iniquity [only]; every man who eats sour grapes—his [own] teeth shall be set on edge.
Jeremiah 31:30 (New King James Version)
But every one shall die for his own iniquity; every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
A. Everyone will die for his own sins.
"But every one shall die for his own iniquity;"
Deuteronomy 24:16 (Amplified Bible)
The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers; only for his own sin shall anyone be put to death.
Isaiah 3:11 (Amplified Bible)
Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with them, for what their hands have done shall be done to them.
ILLUSTRATION: There's no karma whatsoever, but what you have sown you will reap, if you have sown peace, then you will harvest righteousness and peace
Hebrews 12:11 (Amplified Bible)
For the time being no discipline brings joy, but seems grievous and painful; but afterwards it yields a peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it [a harvest of fruit which consists in righteousness—in conformity to God’s will in purpose, thought, and action, resulting in right living and right standing with God].
James 3:18 (Amplified Bible)
And the harvest of righteousness (of conformity to God’s will in thought and deed) is [the fruit of the seed] sown in peace by those who work for and make peace [in themselves and in others, that peace which means concord, agreement, and harmony between individuals, with undisturbedness, in a peaceful mind free from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts].
Ezekiel 3:18-19 (Amplified Bible)
If I say to the wicked, You shall surely die, and you do not give him warning or speak to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked way, to save his life, the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at your hand.
Yet if you warn the wicked and he turn not from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity, but you have delivered yourself.
Ezekiel 18:4 (Amplified Bible)
Behold, all souls are Mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is Mine; the soul that sins, it shall die.
Ezekiel 18:20 (Amplified Bible)
The soul that sins, it [is the one that] shall die. The son shall not bear and be punished for the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear and be punished for the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him only, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon the wicked only.
Ezekiel 33:8 (Amplified Bible)
When I say to the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his perversity and iniquity, but his blood will I require at your hand.
But their blood will GOD require from my hand. It's the sad part the sinners will reject the LORD and it's in our hand to persuade, and convince them through the WORD OF GOD to return to the LORD.
2 Timothy 4:2 (Amplified Bible)
Herald and preach the Word! Keep your sense of urgency [stand by, be at hand and ready], whether the opportunity seems to be favorable or unfavorable. [Whether it is convenient or inconvenient, whether it is welcome or unwelcome, you as preacher of the Word are to show people in what way their lives are wrong.] And convince them, rebuking and correcting, warning and urging and encouraging them, being unflagging and inexhaustible in patience and teaching.
Proverbs 9:8 (Amplified Bible)
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
The LORD JESUS CHRIST took our place on the cross. Each one of us should have died for his own sins but GOD intervened, GOD showed the WAY to life, JESUS is! Accept JESUS CHRIST as LORD, and PERSONAL SAVIOR, and You will be saved from death brought about by sin and always live to please Him.
John 14:6 (Amplified Bible)
Jesus said to him, I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me.
B. Those who eat the sour grapes will have his teeth set on edge.
"every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge"
To all fellow believers, I call out to you now, don't trust your own righteousness but only trust the LORD JESUS who started a good work in us, He will continue to complete it at His Day of Coming. Continue to trust only JESUS.
Ezekiel 33:13 (Amplified Bible)
When I shall say to the [uncompromisingly] righteous that he shall surely live, and he trusts to his own righteousness [to save him] and commits iniquity (heinous sin), all his righteous deeds shall not be [seriously] remembered; but for his perversity and iniquity that he has committed he shall die.
Psalms 25:2 (Amplified Bible)
O my God, I trust, lean on, rely on, and am confident in You. Let me not be put to shame or [my hope in You] be disappointed; let not my enemies triumph over me.
Philippians 1:6 (Amplified Bible)
And I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that He Who began a good work in you will continue until the day of Jesus Christ [right up to the time of His return], developing [that good work] and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in you.
IX. CONCLUSION:
Praise, worship, glorify, adore, bless, honor, acknowledge and thank You very much LORD JESUS because You have begun a good work in me and You will complete it at Your Second Coming.
