Thematic Bible: Want of
Thematic Bible
Liberality » Want of » Brings many a curse
Liberality » Want of » A proof of not having faith
My brothers, what good is there in a man's saying that he has faith, if he has no good deeds to prove it? Such faith cannot save him, can it? If some brother or sister is thinly clad and has no food for the day, and one of you says to him, "Blessings on you, keep warm, eat until you have aplenty," without giving him the things that are needed for the body, what good does it do?
Liberality » Want of » A proof of not loving God
But if anyone has the world's means of supporting life and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how can love to God remain in him?
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Perseverance » Want of » Punished
If anyone does not remain in union with me, he is thrown away as a mere branch and is dried up; then it is picked up and thrown into the fire and burned up.
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So take a look at the goodness and the severity of God; severity to those who have fallen, but goodness to you, on condition that you continue to live by His goodness; otherwise, you too will be pruned away.
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Perseverance » Want of » Illustrated
Some fell upon rocky ground, where they did not have much soil, and they sprang up at once, because the soil was not deep;
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but it does not take real root in them, and so they last only a little while; then when trouble or persecution comes on account of the truth, they at once fall by the way.
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Perseverance » Want of » Excludes from the benefits of the gospel
For it is impossible for those who have once for all been enlightened and have experienced the gift from heaven, who have been made sharers of the Holy Spirit and have experienced how good God's message is and the mighty powers of the age to come, and then have fallen by the wayside -- it is impossible, I say, to keep on restoring them to their first repentance, since they continue to crucify the Son of God to their detriment and hold Him up to contempt.