1. A True Calling

2. Who is God?
God is holy/without imperfection.

3. 3 “And one [angel] called out to another and said, ‘Holy, Holy, Holy, is the LORD of hosts, The whole earth is full of His glory.’” (Isaiah 6:3)

4. God is a righteous/fair judge.
God is a righteous judge... (Psalm 7:11)

5. Who Are We? Everyone is a sinner/lawbreaker/not holy.
23 All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23)

6. No one is capable of pleasing God, even with religion.
10 There is none righteous, not even one; there is none who understands,
11 there is none who seeks for God. (Romans 3:10-11)

7. What Is Our Problem?
God’s fair punishment for sin is death.
Death for the sinner brings eternal punishment. 

8. 14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire
14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
15 And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:14-15)

9. What Is the Solution?
The substitutionary death and resurrection of God’s Son Jesus.

10. 15 For God so loved the world, that He. gave His only begotten Son
15 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son... (John 3:16a)

11. 8 But God demonstrates His own love
8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8)

12. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received,
4 that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures. (1 Corinthians 15:3-4)

13. Are There Other Solutions?
12 And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved. (Acts 4:12)

14. How Can You Be Right with God?
By recognizing your sinful condition before God.
whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. (John 3:16b)

15. 8 For by grace you have been saved
8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9)

16. 36 “Therefore let all Israel be assured of
36 “Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.”
36 When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” (Acts 2:36-37)

17. 38 Peter replied, “Repent and be
38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. (Acts 2:38)

18. 39 The promise is for you and your
39 The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”
(Acts 2:39)

19. A TRUE CALLING