Hebrews 6:5
and learned to appreciate the beauty of the Divine Message, and the new powers of the Coming Age--
Hebrews 2:5
God has not given to angels the control of that Future World of which we are speaking!
1 Peter 2:3
since 'you have found by experience that the Lord is kind.'
Matthew 13:20-21
By the seed which was sown on rocky places is meant the man who hears the Message, and at once accepts it joyfully;
Mark 4:16-17
So, too, those meant by the seed sown on the rocky places are the people who, when they have heard the Message, at once accept it joyfully;
Mark 6:20
Because Herod stood in fear of John, knowing him to be an upright and holy man, and protected him. He had listened to John, but still remained much perplexed, and yet he found pleasure in listening to him.
Luke 8:13
By the seed which fell upon the rock are meant those who, as soon as they hear the Message, welcome it joyfully; but they have no root, and believe it only for a time, and, when the time of temptation comes, they draw back.
2 Peter 2:20
If, after having escaped the polluting influences of the world, through knowing our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, men are again entangled in them, and give way to them, their last state has become worse than their first.