Hebrews 3:12
"Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God."
The children of Israel missed out on the greatest blessings of God because they would not by faith obey God's command to go into the Promised Land.
2 Thessalonians 3:6
"Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us."
Every parent who truly cares for their child will prevent them from playing with children who could turn them away from what they are supposed to be.
Philippians 1:27
"Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;"
One of the sad things about Christians is that we tend to fight against each other more than we work together.
Galatians 5:4
"Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace."
What does it mean to fall from grace? Does it mean that a person can lose their salvation? Not at all!
Proverbs 25:28
"He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls."
God says that a person who does not control their own spirit is like a defenseless city.
1 Corinthians 11:24
"And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me."
I have had the privilege of visiting several memorials in my lifetime.
1 Corinthians 1:5
"That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;"
One of the main reasons the church of Corinth was so fleshly was because they took their eyes off God and placed them on man.
Romans 2:5
"But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;"
What would cause a person to go from being a sweet Christian to someone who is bitter and hard and wants nothing to do with Christianity?
Acts 20:20
"And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house,"
One of the common responses I get when I write a pointed article on a societal sin or preach a hard sermon against sin is that I should be more loving in my preaching. It is always amazing how the buzzards come out to pick apart an article or sermon by saying that I need to be more like Jesus and write an article or preach a sermon of love.
Acts 16:25
"And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them."
Have you ever had one of them days when you tried to do right but everything seemed to go wrong?