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When It Is Finished!

James 1:15 …and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

• When The Holy Ghost Is Finished With You, You Live!
• When Sin Is Finished With You, You Die!

If There’s Not A Day When You’re Through With Sin…

There Will Be A Day When Sin Is Through With You!

When An Artist is Finished,

• Signs his name on the canvas.
• Puts his thumbprint on the canvas.

When A Student Is Finished With School

• They give him a diploma.

When A Cook Is Finished,

• She turns off the stove.

When An Author Is Finished,

• She writes, “the end.”

When A Prison Sentence Is Finished,

• The prisoner is released.

When A Letter Is Finished,

• The writer signs her name.

When A Diner Is Finished,

• He wipes his mouth with a napkin.

When A Mechanic Is Finished,

• He wipes his hands.

When A Sin Is Finished,

• You’re done for!

When Sin Is Finished With You…

You Die

• A Physical Death
• An Emotional Death
• A Spiritual Death
• An Eternal Death

Some Never Learn, They Keep Going Back To Sin

2 Pet 2:22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.

In The Bible, Leprosy Is A Type of Sin.

• Because it eats away destroying it’s victim one day at a time.

When Leprosy Is Finished With You, You Die!

• But, Jesus can heal a leper!

Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

• Sin may be about finished with you now.
• Sin finished with some while they were still in their teens, 20’s and 30’s.

But, Just Because Sin Is About Finished With You

• Doesn’t mean God is finished with you!

Sin Demands That You:

• Doubt God, but trust your sinner friends.
• Disobey God
• Not fear God
• Not love God with all your heart.
• Accept what God rejects.
• Make light of God’s Word.
• Ignore God’s Call.
• You reject God.
• That you miss church.
• That your job that keeps you out of church.
• That you justify worldly friends.
• That you feel like God doesn’t love you.
• That you feel like the Church doesn’t love you.
• That you feel the Pastor doesn’t love you.
• That you believe sinful living is really freedom.
• That you die.
• When Sin is finished with you, you die.

But God Is Not Finished With You,

• That’s Why You’re Still Here!

Sin Demands Your Innocence.

• The early loss of your virginity to be accepted by the world, the in-crowd.
• Sin wishes to devalue you in your own eyes and the eyes of others.
• Sin demands that you live in shame

Sinful Styles Demands:

• That Holiness and modesty be ignored.
• That you wear things that God calls an abomination. (It’s in style)
• That all clothes be designed without the church in mind.

Sin May Try To Finish You Off With Lust.

• Lustful Gratification becomes important, regardless of the cost.
• You risk your health.
• You risk your reputation.
• You risk your soul.
• You disregard risk of embarrassment or injury to your friends, church, family
• Become immoral.
• Experience shame.
• Live with fear of STD, HIV, Aids.
• When Sin is finished with you, you die.

Sin May Try To Finish You Off With Perversion

• You become without natural affection.
• You live in a closet of deception all your life.
• You continually risk your health.
• You continually risk HIV infection.
• You continually risk the violent reactions of others.
• You live in fear of being outed.
• You live in fear of rejection by your family and others.
• You live a lifestyle that God hates.
• When Sin is finished with you, you die.

Sin May Try To Finish You Off With Drugs.

• It takes some drugs just one time to hook the user.

Drugs make you do whatever you have to do to get the money.

• Sell your body for more drugs.
• Steal
• Get a criminal record.
• Become HIV positive (dirty needles)
• Live a lie.
• Change into a crazed animal at times
• Beat and abuse others.
• Birth children with serious birth defects.
• Risk losing the ones that love you.
• Warp your personality.
• Damage your ability to think clearly.
• Fry your brains for life.
• Live with flashbacks for many years.
• Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

Sin May Try To Finish You Off With Alcohol .

• Destroys your family
• Puts your marriage on the rocks
• Makes you choose the Bottle over your own family.
• Forces you to miss work.
• Lets you lose your job.
• Lose your career.
• Consider homelessness an option.
• Damage your vital organs.
• Destroy your liver.
• May make you lose your Driver’s license and possibly your freedom.
• Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

Hollywood Demands:

• You accept it’s morality.
• That TV becomes More important to you than Heaven.

Your Senses Become Hardened By:

• Murder
• Violence
• Vulgarity
• Nudity
• Pre-marital Sex
• Infidelity
• Perversion
• Humanistic values

Hollywood Demands Christians be portrayed as:

• Weirdo’s
• Wicked and Hypocritical people.
• Churches put in a bad light.

Sin Demands That You Let It Do Your Thinking.

• Preachers are always bad people.
• Christians are crazy people.
• Makes you believe that you will go to Heaven without going to church.

Sin Demands:

• Your involvement
• Your participation, physically/emotionally.
• That you recruit.
• That you not go to hell alone… take others.
• Your time
• Your finances – That you throw money to the devil, but have a problem with tithes.
• Become addicted.
• Sin Demands Your Life.
• Sin Demands Your Future.
• Sin Demands Your Soul.
• When sin is finished with you, you die.

Sin Demands That You Live In:

• Bondage
• Condemnation
• Shame
• Guilt
• Regret
• Reproach
• In Fear of Dying

Sin Demands You:

• Reject God’s Love.
• Receive it’s wages.
• Go to Hell.
• Feel Uncomfortable in Church.
• Feel Uncomfortable in the presence of God.
• Become hardened in your heart.
• Believe a lie and be lost.
• You backslide.
• Get rebellious.
• Stay away from church.
• Lose your testimony.
• Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

Sin is working on you right now

• Day and night
• Sin demands you never tell it good-by
• Sin, at best, can only bring temporary pleasure

Sin Doesn’t Care About You.

• Why Not Say Good-bye to the Sinning Business?
• Just because sin is about finished with you doesn’t mean God is!

You Better Pray God Doesn’t Wipe His Hands Like A Mechanic When He Looks At You.

• He’s Not Willing Any Should Perish.
• No Such Thing As A Throw-A-Way Soul.

Remember The Shepherd And The Ninety And Nine?

• The Shepherd wouldn’t stop seeking the lamb until He found it.

Sin Demands That When It’s Done,

• You are thrown away.
• To Jesus, there is no such thing as a throwaway soul!

He’s Not Willing That Any Should Perish!

 Sin May Be About Finished With You, But God’s Not…

When Jesus Said, It Is Finished,

He meant that mercy was now available for all

Mercy Is Available Now…

• Now, when sin is finishing up with you.
• Now, when it looks hopeless.
• Now, when you’re feeling desperate.
• Now, when the Hell thinks your soul is doomed.
• Now, when you’ve nowhere else to turn.

Jesus is still reaching out to you!

He’s Reaching Out Right Now!

Receive His Mercy Right Now!

1. Repent of your sins.
2. Be baptized in Jesus Name.
3. Receive the Gift of The Holy Ghost

Acts 2:38 Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.