INTRODUCTION: This section of Scripture records sins awful beginning on earth. The origin of sin on earth is recorded along with its immediate results. The sweet communion and fellowship that Adam and Eve enjoyed with the Lord were destroyed. They immediately began to hide themselves from the Lord, and man has been hiding ever since!
I - SOME HIDE AT THE TIME OF HIS INVESTIGATION (Genesis 3:3-11)
A. A Good Investigator Will Locate The Lawbreaker.II - SOME HIDE AT THE TIME OF HIS INVITATION (John 5:40)1. He locates you through providence.B. A Good Investigator Will Interrogate The Lawbreaker.
2. He locates you though prayers.
3. He locates you through preaching1. He does this to raise the consciousness of sin.
2. He does this to bring the conviction of sin.
A. They Allow Pleasures To Keep Them AwayIII - SOME WILL HIDE FROM GOD AT THE TIME OF HIS INDIGNATION (Revelation 6:12-17)
B. They Allow People To Keep Them Away
C. They Allow Their Past To Keep Them Away
D. They Allow Their Pride To Keep Them Away
A. This Will Be a Time of Great TribulationIV - SOME WILL WANT TO HIDE FROM GOD AT THE TIME OF HIS VINDICATION. (Rev. 20:11-15)
B. This Will Be a Time of Great Terror
C. This Will be a Time of Great Tragedy
A. The Truth Will Be ExpressedCONCLUSION: Please do not attempt to hide from God. He knows who you are and where you are today.
B. The Trembling Will Be Exposed
C. The Time Will Be Eternity