Thematic Bible: Want of
Thematic Bible
Liberality » Want of » Brings many a curse
Whoever gives to the poor will never lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to their poverty will be cursed.
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Liberality » Want of » A proof of not having faith
What good does it do, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but does not prove it with actions? This kind of faith cannot save him, can it? Suppose a brother or sister does not have any clothes or daily food and one of you tells them, "Go in peace! Stay warm and eat heartily." If you do not provide for their bodily needs, what good does it do?
Liberality » Want of » A proof of not loving God
Whoever has earthly possessions and notices a brother in need and yet withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God be present in him?
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Perseverance » Want of » Punished
Unless a person abides in me, he is thrown away like a pruned branch and dries up. People gather such branches, throw them into a fire, and they are burned up.
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Consider, then, the kindness and severity of God: his severity toward those who fell, but God's kindness toward you if you continue receiving his kindness. Otherwise, you too will be cut off.
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Perseverance » Want of » Illustrated
Others fell on stony ground, where they didn't have a lot of soil. They sprouted at once, because the soil wasn't deep.
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but since they don't have any roots, they last for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, they immediately fall away.
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Perseverance » Want of » Excludes from the benefits of the gospel
For it is impossible to keep on restoring to repentance time and again people who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have become partners with the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of God's word and the powers of the coming age, and who have fallen away, as long as they continue to crucify the Son of God to their own detriment by exposing him to public ridicule.