**A. Our lives are divided into four parts.**a. Important and urgent (finals, job deadline, bills etc.)b. Urgent but not important (football, vacation plans, etc.)c. Not important and not urgent (leisure, movies, video games etc.)d. Important but not urgent (God, church, family, health, etc.)1 Cor 9:19 - For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may win more.1 Cor 9:22 - To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak; I have become all things to all men, so that I may by all means save some.**B. Heb.2:3--"How will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation?"****1 Cor 1:18** - For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.**1 Thess. 5:3** - While they are saying, **"Peace and safety!"** then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape.Heb 4:1 - **Therefore, let us fear** if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short of it.**C. The good news of the gospel was confirmed in three ways.****1. First it was spoken through the Lord.****Heb 1:2** - in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world.**Matt 7:28-29** - When Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were amazed at His teaching; 29 for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.**Mark 12:1-11** - And He began to speak to them in parables: "A man PLANTED A VINEYARD AND PUT A WALLAROUND IT, AND DUG A VAT UNDER THE WINE PRESS AND BUILT A TOWER, and rented it out to vinegrowersand went on a journey. 2 "At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, in order to receivesome of the produce of the vineyard from the vine-growers. 3 "They took him, and beat him and sent himaway empty-handed. 4 "Again he sent them another slave, and they wounded him in the head, and treatedhim shamefully. 5 "And he sent another, and that one they killed; and so with many others, beating some andkilling others. 6 "He had one more to send, a beloved son; he sent him last of all to them, saying, 'They willrespect my son.' 7 "But those vine-growers said to one another, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him, andthe inheritance will be ours!' 8 "They took him, and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard. 9 "What willthe owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard toothers. 10 "Have you not even read this Scripture:'THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED,THIS BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER stone;11 THIS CAME ABOUT FROM THE LORD,AND IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES'?"**2. It was confirmed to us by those who heard****1 Cor 15:3-8** - For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according tothe Scriptures, 4 and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,5 and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 After that *He appeared to more than five hundred* brethren at one time, *most of whom remain until now*, but some have fallen asleep; 7 then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles; 8 and last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared to me also.**Luke 1:1-4** - Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile an account of the things accomplished among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, 3 it seemed fitting for me as well, having investigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write it outfor you in consecutive order, most excellent Theophilus; 4 so that you may know the exact truth about the things you have been taught.**John 15:26-27** - **"When the Helper comes**, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me, 27 and you will testify also, because you have been with Me from the beginning.**Phil 1:21-26** - For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. 22 But if I am to live on in the flesh, this will mean fruitful labor for me; and I do not know which to choose. 23 But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better; 24 yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake. 25 Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,**3. God also testified through signs and wonders and by various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit.**John 3:1-2 - Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; 2 this man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him."Acts 2:22 - "Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know —Matt 9:6 - "But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" — then He said to the paralytic, "Get up, pick up your bed and go home."Acts 2:43 - Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many wonders and signs were taking place through the apostles.2 Cor 12:12 - The signs of a true apostle were performed among you with all perseverance, by **signs and wonders and miracles**.Rom 15:18-19 - For I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed,19 in the *power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit*; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

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