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Back from the
Brink!The limit - beyond which something happens or
changes!
LIFEon the
Brink!
Living
If you suffer from vertigo then don’t
look down!
It’s a scary place to be!
It’s a very scary place to be!
Right on the edge!
On the brink!!
It’s best to get back from there!
A World Cup Exit?
England on the brink of
The Chancellor
Ex Chancellor
of the Exchequer
Economically we have
stepped back from the
brink!
Politically we are warned that we are still on the brink and need to make huge cuts and savings!
Blatant immorality
Drink problems on a large scale
Children out of control
Drug Addiction
SOCIALLY we are living on a precipice!
Blatant immoralityLawlessness
Medically the experts tell us we are sitting on a ticking time bomb! On the brink of a health disaster! We need to step back!
Wrong Food!
Very little
exercise!
Scientifically we are warned that human existence is on the
brink!
Global
warming
Food
shortages
Comet collision
More natural disasters
Nuclear Meltdown
People gaze into their crystal balls and try to predict
what’s going to happen …….
Why try and guess when the Bible tells us
for sure?
LIFEon the
Brink!
Mankind is Living
But it’s SPIRITUAL disaster that many men and women
face!!
But they seem oblivious to the fact!
LIFE
Remember that there will be perilous times in the last
days. People will be selfish, greedy, boastful, and
conceited; they will be insulting, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful,
and irreligious;
2 Timothy chapter 3 verses 1-5
They will be unkind, merciless, slanderers, violent, and fierce;
they will hate the good; they will be treacherous,
reckless, and swollen with pride; they will love pleasure
rather than God; having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such peopleAvoid such people.
The Bible warns us that ….
It is a fearful It is a fearful thing to fall into thing to fall into the hands of the the hands of the
living God!living God!
The Bible says ….
Prepare Prepare to meet to meet
your God!your God!
By trusting in the crucified Christ!
How do we prepare to meet God?
There they crucified Him, and with Him two others, one on either side, and Jesus in the
middle. John 19:18
Two men on the brink!
Luke 23 v 33 - 43
•Two Rebels•Two
Responses•Two Results
Sinner
!Sinner!
Unrepentant! Repentant!
Perishe
d! Saved!
A famous high diver was feeling totally depressed.Fame and fortune had not satisfied him. He had
done many wrong things and was feeling so guilty!
He decided to do what he did best - to take his mind off things.
He climbed to the top of the high board!
champi
on
God has sent a Message too..
7
For God so loved the world, For God so loved the world, that He gave His only that He gave His only
begotten Son, that whoever begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not believes in Him should not
perish, but have everlasting perish, but have everlasting lifelife
John 3 v 16
Have you
stepped back from
THE BRINK?