THE ALMOST CHRISTIAN
spends his life
------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- Mat 7:21-23 (KJV)
{21} Not every one
that saith unto me,
Lord, Lord,
shall enter into the
kingdom of heaven;
but he that doeth the will
of my Father which is in heaven.
{22}
Many will say to me in that day,
Lord,
Lord,
have we not
prophesied in thy name?
and in thy name have cast
out devils?
and in thy name done
many wonderful works?
{23} And then
will I profess unto them,
I never knew you:
depart from me, ye that
work iniquity.
Mat 25:1-13 (KJV)
{1} Then shall the kingdom of
heaven be likened unto ten virgins,
which took their lamps, and
went forth to meet the bridegroom.
{2} And five of them were
wise, and five were foolish.
{3} They that were
foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
{4} But the wise took oil
in their vessels with their lamps.
{5} While the bridegroom
tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
{6} And at midnight there
was a cry made,
Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go
ye out to meet him.
{7} Then all those virgins arose, and
trimmed their lamps.And the foolish virgins said unto
the wise,
Give us of your oil; for our lamps
are gone out.
{9} But the wise answered,
saying,
Not so; lest there be not
enough for us and you:
but go ye rather to them that
sell, and buy for yourselves.
{10} And while they went to
buy, the bridegroom came;
and they that were ready
went in with him to the marriage:
and the door was shut.
{11} Afterward came also
the other virgins, saying,
Lord, Lord, open to us.
{12} But he answered and
said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
{13} Watch therefore,
for ye know neither the day nor
the hour
wherein the Son of man
cometh.
Luke 13:24-28 (TLB)
"The door to heaven is narrow.
Work hard to get in,
for the truth is that many will
try to enter
{25} but when the head of
the house has locked the door, it will be too late.
Then if you stand outside
knocking, and pleading,
'Lord, open the door for us,' he
will reply, 'I do not know you.'
{26} "'But we ate with you,
and you taught in our streets,' you will say.
{27} "And he will reply, 'I
tell you, I don't know you.
You can't come in here, guilty as
you are. Go away.'
{28} "And there will be
great weeping and gnashing of teeth
as you stand outside and see
Abraham, Isaac, Jacob,
and all the prophets within the
Kingdom of God--
and you yourselves thrust
out.
(1 Tim 4:7-10 KJV)
But refuse
profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
{8} For bodily
exercise profiteth little:
but godliness
is profitable unto all things,
having promise
of the life that now is, and of that which is to
come.
{9} This
is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.
{10} For
therefore we both labour and suffer reproach,
because
we trust in the living God,
who is the
Saviour of all men, specially of those that
believe.
Titus 1:15-16
(TLB)
A person who is pure of
heart sees goodness and purity in everything;
but a person whose own heart
is evil and untrusting
finds evil in everything,
for his dirty mind and rebellious
heart color all he sees and hears.
{16} Such persons
claim they know God,
but from seeing the way they
act, one knows they don't.
They are rotten and disobedient,
worthless so far as doing anything
good is concerned.
James 1:22-27
(KJV)
But be ye doers of the word,
and not hearers only, deceiving
your own selves.
{23} For if any be a hearer
of the word, and not a doer,
he is like unto a man
beholding his natural face in a glass:
{24} For he beholdeth
himself, and goeth his way,
and straightway forgetteth what
manner of man he was.
{25} But whoso looketh into
the perfect law of liberty,
and continueth therein,
he being not a forgetful hearer,
but a doer of the work,
this man shall be blessed in his
deed.
{26} If any man among you
seem to be religious,
and bridleth not his tongue, but
deceiveth his own heart,
this man's religion is
vain.
{27} Pure religion and
undefiled before God and the Father is this,
To visit the fatherless and
widows in their affliction,
and to keep himself
unspotted from the world.
(Heb 4:1-3
KJV)
Let us therefore fear, lest,
a promise being left us of entering into his rest,
any of you should seem to come
short of it.
{2} For unto us was the gospel
preached, as well as unto them:
but the word preached did
not profit them,
not being mixed with faith in them
that heard it.
{3} For we which have believed do
enter into rest,
as he said, As I have sworn in my
wrath, if they shall enter into my rest:
although the works were
finished from the foundation of the world.
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