I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life (1 John 5:13).
I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us (Romans 8:18).
Jesus said.
And all who have this hope in Him purify themselves, just as He is pure (1 John 3:3).
Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; "but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal (Matthew 6:19,20).
Therefore encourage one another with these words (1 Thessalonians 4:18).
Then He told them a parable: "The land of a rich man produced abundantly. And he thought to himself, 'What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?' Then he said, 'I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, 'Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.' But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?' So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich toward God (Luke 12:16-21).
But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, 'The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest' (Matthew 9:36-38).It is God's desire that people turn away from their sins. The Lord told Ezekiel.
Knowing that every human being will spend eternity either with God in heaven, or without Him in hell should give the believer a sense of compassion and urgency for those who do not know Christ.
Say to them, 'As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, O house of Israel?'
(Ezekiel 33:11).
Then those who feared the LORD talked with each other, and the LORD listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in His presence concerning those who feared the LORD and honored His name (Malachi 3:16).
For he who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and that without partiality (Colossians 3:25).
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