Sin: “Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness."

- 1 John 3:4

"You shall have no other gods before me."

- Exodus 20:3

Death

Physical Death

James 2:26

Relational Death

Genesis 2:17; Isaiah 59:1-2

Second Death

Revelation 21:8

Justice:

"The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever."

- 1 John 2:17

Mercy:

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.

- 1 Peter 1:3-5

But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. 9 The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.

- 2 Peter 3:8-9

Gospel:

"For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek."

- Romans 1:16

"Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.

"For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve."

- 1 Corinthians 15:1-5

"Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life."

- Romans 6:3-4

Church:

"He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins."

- Colossians 1:13-14

"And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent."

- Colossians 1:18

"And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned."

- Mark 16:15-16

"And Peter said to them, “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

"For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ."

- Galatians 3:26-27

"Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ..."

- 1 Peter 3:21

Luke 6:46

Matthew 7:21-23

II Corinthians 5:14-15

"And now why do you wait? Rise and be baptized and wash away your sins, calling on his name."

- Acts 22:16