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BE NOT DECEIVED, GOD IS NOT
MOCKED
(Num. 32:23).
Be sure of this, your sin will
find you out.
(Luke
8:17) Nothing is made secret, that will
not be disclosed openly.
(Gal 6:6-8) Be not deceived; God is not
mocked:
for whatsoever a man soweth, that
shall he also reap.
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap
corruption;
but he that soweth to the Spirit
shall of the Spirit reap life
everlasting.
(2 Tim 3:1-5
TLB)
You may as well know this too,
that in the last days it is going
to be very difficult to be a Christian.
For people will love only
themselves and their money;
they will be proud and boastful,
sneering at God,
disobedient to their parents,
ungrateful to them, and thoroughly bad.
They will be hardheaded and never
give in to others;
they will be constant liars and
troublemakers
and will think nothing of
immorality.
They will be rough and cruel,
and sneer at those who try to be
good.
They will betray their friends;
they will be hotheaded, puffed up
with pride,
and prefer good times to
worshipping God.
They will go to church, yes,
but they won't really believe
anything they hear.
Don't be taken in by people like
that.
(Romans 2:4-16 TLB)
Don't you realize how patient God
is being with you?
Or don't you care?
Can't you see that he has been
waiting all this time without punishing you,
to give you time to turn from your
sin?
His kindness is meant to lead you
to repentance.
But no, you won't listen;
and so you are saving up terrible
punishment for yourselves
because of your stubbornness in
refusing to turn from your sin;
for there is going to come a day
of wrath
when God will be the just Judge of
all the world.
He will give each one whatever his
deeds deserve.
He will give eternal life to those
who patiently do the will of God,
seeking for the unseen glory and
honor and eternal life that he offers.
But he will terribly punish those
who fight against the truth of God
and walk in evil
ways--
God's anger will be poured out
upon them.
There will be sorrow and suffering
for Jews and Gentiles alike
who keep on
sinning.
But there will be glory and honor
and peace from God
for all who obey him,
whether they are Jews or
Gentiles.
For God treats everyone the same.
He will punish sin wherever it is
found.
He will punish the heathen when
they sin,
even though they never had God's
written laws,
for down in their hearts they know
right from wrong.
God's laws are written within
them;
their own conscience accuses them,
or sometimes excuses them.
And God will punish the Jews for
sinning
because they have his written laws
but don't obey them.
They know what is right but don't
do it.
After all, salvation is not given
to those who know what to do,
unless they do
it.
The day will surely come when at God's command Jesus Christ will judge the secret
lives of everyone,
their inmost thoughts and motives;
this is all part of God's great
plan, which I proclaim. 1 John 1:5-10
(KJV)
This then is the message
which we have heard of him,
and declare unto you,
that God is light, and in him is
no darkness at all.
{6} If we say that we have
fellowship with him,
and walk in darkness, we
lie, and do not the truth:
{7} But if we walk in
the light, as he is in the light,
we have fellowship one with
another,
and the blood of Jesus Christ his
Son cleanseth us from all sin.
{8} If we say that we have
no sin,
we deceive ourselves, and
the truth is not in us.
{9} If we confess our
sins,
he is faithful and just to forgive
us our sins,
and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.
{10} If we say that we have
not sinned,
we make him a liar,
and his word is not in
us.
1 John 2:1-6
(KJV)
My little
children,
these things write I unto
you, that ye sin not.
And if any man
sin,
we have an advocate with the
Father,
Jesus Christ the righteous:
{2} And he is the
propitiation{appeasement} for our sins:
and not for ours
only,
but also for the sins of
the whole world.
{3} And hereby we do know
that we know him,
if we keep his
commandments.
{4} He that saith, I
know him, and keepeth not his commandments,
is a liar, and the truth is not in
him.
{5} But whoso keepeth his
word,
in him verily is the love of God
perfected:
hereby know we that we are in
him.
{6} He that saith he
abideth in him
ought himself also so to walk,
even as he walked.
IXTHEUS CHRISTIAN GROWTH DEVOTIONALS
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