Proverbs 1:7 "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction."
Psalm 119:1 "Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD."
2 Corinthians 6:1 "We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain."
We are to be perfect and obey all his commands which are layed out in the Bible. If we don't, we can backslide and thus lose our salvation. We CAN avoid sinning if we abide in Christ.
Fear of the Lord is healthy fear. Why do people strive to pass exams in college? They fear failure. Why do people avoid murdering others? They fear going to jail. Same holds true with God.
Matthew 5:48 "Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. "
Hebrews 6:4 "For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. "
Ezekiel 18:24 "But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die. "
".... For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required:.... " Luke 12:43
"MY PEOPLE ARE DESTROYED for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, .... " - Hosea 4:6
God chooses us but then we have to "Take up" our "cross and follow" HIM (Matt 10:38; Luke 14:27).
2 Corinthians 6:1 "We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. "
Hebrews 12:15 "Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble [you], and thereby many be defiled;"
Galatians 2:21 "I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. "
"But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. " (Mark 13:13)
If we abide in Christ it can be done.
Luke 18:27 "And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. "
Ezekiel 36:27 "And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them."
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"Good intentions are a noble thing, but you have to look at the end result to see if those intentions are well placed."
-- LessGovMrPrez
"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have."
-- Thomas Jefferson
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