What If… What if I had never been born? Jimmy Stewart – It’s a Wonderful Life

Other “What Ifs…” What if JFK had not been assassinated? What if Adolph Hitler had won the race to develop the Atomic Bomb? What if the Red Sox had not sold the rights to Babe Ruth to the Yankees? What if Bill Parcells had not benched Drew Bledsoe and began playing Tony Romo halfway through last season?

Scriptural “What Ifs…” God Gave Like You Gave? (John 3:16; Proverbs 3:9-10)

John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

Proverbs 3:9-10 Honor the LORD with your possessions, And with the firstfruits of all your increase; 10 So your barns will be filled with plenty, And your vats will overflow with new wine.

Scriptural “What Ifs…” God Gave Like You Gave? (John 3:16; Proverbs 3:9-10) God Forgave Like You Forgive? (Matthew 6:14-15; Ephesians 4:32)

Matthew 6:14-15 “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Ephesians 4:32 And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.

Scriptural “What Ifs…” God Gave Like You Gave? (John 3:16; Proverbs 3:9-10) God Forgave Like You Forgive? (Matthew 6:14-15; Ephesians 4:32) We All Studied Like You Study? (Hosea 4:6; 1 Tim. 4:13; 2 Timothy 2:15)

Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.

1 Timothy 4:13 Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

2 Timothy 2:15 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Scriptural “What Ifs…” God Gave Like You Gave? (John 3:16; Proverbs 3:9-10) God Forgave Like You Forgive? (Matthew 6:14-15; Ephesians 4:32) We All Studied Like You Study? (Hosea 4:6; 1 Tim. 4:13; 2 Timothy 2:15) We All Murmured and Complained Like You? (1 Cor. 10:7-10; Phi. 2:14-15)

1 Corinthians 10:10 And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.” 8 Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell; 9 nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents; 10 nor complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

Philippians 2:14-15 Do all things without complaining and disputing, 15 that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world.

Scriptural “What Ifs…” God Gave Like You Gave? (John 3:16; Proverbs 3:9-10) God Forgave Like You Forgive? (Matthew 6:14-15; Ephesians 4:32) We All Studied Like You Study? (Hosea 4:6; 1 Tim. 4:13; 2 Timothy 2:15) We All Murmured and Complained Like You? (1 Cor. 10:7-10; Phi. 2:14-15) We All Prayed Like You Pray? (Psalm 55:17; 1 Thessalonians 5:17)

Psalm 55:17 Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, And He shall hear my voice.

1 Thessalonians 5:17 Pray without ceasing.

What If… …Everyone Obeyed Like You Obey? “Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter through the gates into the city” (Revelation 22:14)