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Very truly I tell you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life and will not be judged but has crossed over from death to life. John 6:35 3!
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Then Jesus declared, I am the bread of life. "hoever comes to me will never go hungr#$ and whoever believes in me will never be thirst#. 3 !ut as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 3" #ll those the $ather %ives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. John %&:2! 2'
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&y shee' listen to my voice( I )now them, and they follow me. 2* ( give them eternal life$ and the# shall never )erish* no one will snatch them out of m# hand. 2+ &y $ather, who has %iven them to me, is %reater than all( no one can snatch them out of my $ather,s hand. +omans 5:' -ince we have now been .ustified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from ,od-s wrath through him. +omans /:%
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0herefore$ there is now no condemnation for those who are in 1hrist Jesus$ 2 because throu%h /hrist Jesus the law of the -'irit who %ives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. +omans /:35
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"ho shall se)arate us from the love of 1hrist2 Shall trouble or hardshi) or )ersecution or famine or na3edness or danger or sword2 +omans /:3/ 3' 3* $or I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither an%els nor demons, neither the 'resent nor the future, nor any 'owers, 3+ neither height nor de)th$ nor an#thing else in all creation$ will be able to se)arate us from the love of ,od that is in 1hrist Jesus our 4ord.

5)hesians 4:3& 30 #nd do not %rieve the 1oly -'irit of 2od, with whom you were sealed for the day of redem'tion. 6hilli)ians %:6 being confident of this$ that he who began a good wor3 in #ou will carr# it on to com)letion until the da# of 1hrist Jesus. 2 0imoth# %:%2
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That is why I am sufferin% as I am. 4et this is no cause for shame, because I )now whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to %uard what I have entrusted to him until that day. 2 0imoth# 2:%3
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if we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot disown himself.

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#nd you also were included in /hrist when you heard the messa%e of truth, the %os'el of your salvation. "hen #ou believed$ #ou were mar3ed in him with a seal$ the )romised 7ol# S)irit$ %4 who is a de)osit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redem)tion of those who are ,od-s )ossession8to the )raise of his glor#.

John %!:2$%2 5hile I was with them, I 'rotected them and )e't them safe by that name you %ave me. 6one has been lost e7ce't the one doomed to destruction so that -cri'ture would be fulfilled.
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% 1orinthians %:6 / 2od thus confirmin% our testimony about /hrist amon% you. " Therefore you do not lac) any s'iritual %ift as you ea%erly wait for our 8ord Jesus /hrist to be revealed. * 7e will

also 3ee) #ou firm to the end$ so that #ou will be blameless on the da# of our 4ord Jesus 1hrist. % 0hessalonians 5:23 24$ 2 &ay 2od himself, the 2od of 'eace, sanctify you throu%h and throu%h. 9a# #our whole s)irit$ soul and bod# be 3e)t blameless at the coming of our 4ord Jesus 1hrist. 24 0he one who calls #ou is faithful$ and he will do it % 6eter %:3 5
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9raise be to the 2od and $ather of our 8ord Jesus /hrist: In his %reat mercy he has %iven us new birth into a livin% ho'e throu%h the resurrection of Jesus /hrist from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never 'erish, s'oil or fade. 0his inheritance is 3e)t in heaven for #ou$ 5 who through faith are shielded b# ,od-s )ower until the coming of the salvation that is read# to be revealed in the last time.

:alling Awa# 6assages; ;euteronom# %% <whole cha)ter= but es)eciall# %%:26 2/

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-ee, I am settin% before you today a blessin% and a curse< 2! the blessin% if you obey the commands of the 8=>? your 2od that I am %ivin% you today( 2* the curse if #ou disobe# the commands of the 4>+; #our ,od and turn from the wa# that ( command #ou toda# b# following other gods$ which #ou have not 3nown. ;euteronom# 2':%/ 2&
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&a)e sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe amon% you today whose heart turns away from the 8=>? our 2od to %o and worshi' the %ods of those nations( ma)e sure there is no root amon% you that 'roduces such bitter 'oison. %' "hen such a )erson hears the words of this oath and the# invo3e a blessing on themselves$ thin3ing$ @( will be safe$ even though ( )ersist in going m# own wa#$A the# will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dr#. 2& The 8=>? will never be willin% to for%ive them( his wrath and @eal will burn a%ainst them. #ll the curses written in this boo) will fall on them, and the 8=>? will blot out their names from under heaven.A % 1hronicles 2/:' ' #nd you, my son -olomon, ac)nowled%e the 2od of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willin% mind, for the 8=>? searches every heart and understands every desire and every thou%ht. If you see) him, he will be found by you( but if #ou forsa3e him$ he will reject #ou forever.? 5Be3iel %/:2& 24

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The one who sins is the one who will die. The child will not share the %uilt of the 'arent, nor will the 'arent share the %uilt of the child. The ri%hteousness of the ri%hteous will be credited to them, and the wic)edness of the wic)ed will be char%ed a%ainst them. 2% !ut if a wic)ed 'erson turns away from all the sins they have committed and )ee's all my decrees and does what is .ust and ri%ht, that 'erson will surely live( they will not die. 22 6one of the offenses they have committed will be remembered a%ainst them. !ecause of the ri%hteous thin%s they have done, they will live. 23 ?o I ta)e any 'leasure in the death of the wic)edB declares the -overei%n 8=>?. >ather, am I not 'leased when they turn from their ways and liveB !ut if a ri%hteous 'erson turns from their ri%hteousness and commits sin and does the same detestable thin%s the wic)ed 'erson does, will they liveB Cone of the righteous things that )erson has done will be remembered. Decause of the unfaithfulness the# are guilt# of and because of the sins the# have committed$ the# will die.? 9att 24:%2 %3 %2 !ecause of the increase of wic)edness, the love of most will %row cold, %3 but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.? 4u3e /:%% %3
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This is the meanin% of the 'arable; The seed is the word of 2od. %2 Those alon% the 'ath are the ones who hear, and then the devil comes and ta)es away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. %3 0hose on the roc3# ground are the ones who receive the word with jo# when the# hear it$ but the# have no root. 0he# believe for a while$ but in the time of testing the# fall awa#.? John %5:5 6 5 I am the vine( you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit( a'art from me you can do nothin%. 6 (f #ou do not remain in me$ #ou are li3e a branch that is thrown awa# and withers* such branches are )ic3ed u)$ thrown into the fire and burned.? Acts %4 2% 22 They 'reached the %os'el in that city and won a lar%e number of disci'les. Then they returned to 8ystra, Iconium and #ntioch, 22 stren%thenin% the disci'les and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. @"e must go through man# hardshi)s to enter the 3ingdom of ,od,C they said. +omans /:%2 %3
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Therefore, brothers and sisters, we have an obli%ation<but it is not to the flesh, to live accordin% to it. %3 :or if #ou live according to the flesh$ #ou will die( but if by the -'irit you 'ut to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live.A

+omans %%:%' 2% A3+ 4ou will say then, !ranches were bro)en off so that I could be %rafted in.C 20 2ranted. !ut they were bro)en off because of unbelief, and you stand by faith. ;o not be arrogant$ but tremble. 2% :or if ,od did not s)are the natural branches$ he will not s)are #ou either.? % 1orinthians 6:! %%
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The very fact that you have lawsuits amon% you means you have been com'letely defeated already. 5hy not rather be wron%edB 5hy not rather be cheatedB / Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wron%, and you do this to your brothers and sisters. ' =r do you not )now that wron%doers will not inherit the )in%dom of 2odB ;o not be deceived: Ceither the seEuall# immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have seE with men %& nor thieves nor the greed# nor drun3ards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the 3ingdom of ,od. %% #nd that is what some of you were. !ut you were washed, you were sanctified, you were .ustified in the name of the 8ord Jesus /hrist and by the -'irit of our 2od. % 1orinthians ':24 2!
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?o you not )now that in a race all the runners run, but only one %ets the 'ri@eB >un in such a way as to %et the 'ri@e. 25 Dveryone who com'etes in the %ames %oes into strict trainin%. They do it to %et a crown that will not last, but we do it to %et a crown that will last forever. 26 Therefore I do not run li)e someone runnin% aimlessly( I do not fi%ht li)e a bo7er beatin% the air. 2! Co$ ( stri3e a blow to m# bod# and ma3e it m# slave so that after ( have )reached to others$ ( m#self will not be disFualified for the )riBe? % 1orinthians %&:! /$ %% %2 A" ?o not be idolaters, as some of them were( as it is written; The 'eo'le sat down to eat and drin) and %ot u' to indul%e in revelry.C* 5e should not commit se7ual immorality, as some of them did<and in one day twentyEthree thousand of them died. + 5e should not test /hrist, as some of them did<and were )illed by sna)es. 30 #nd do not %rumble, as some of them did<and were )illed by the destroyin% an%el. %% 0hese things ha))ened to them as eEam)les and were written down as warnings for us$ on whom the culmination of the ages has come. %2 So$ if #ou thin3 #ou are standing firm$ be careful that #ou don-t fall.? ,alatians 5:4 ?4 4ou who are tryin% to be .ustified by the law have been alienated from /hrist( #ou have fallen awa# from grace.? 5)hesians 5:3 !

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!ut amon% you there must not be even a hint of se7ual immorality, or of any )ind of im'urity, or of %reed, because these are im'ro'er for 2od,s holy 'eo'le. 4 6or should there be obscenity, foolish tal) or coarse .o)in%, which are out of 'lace, but rather than)s%ivin%. 5 $or of this you can be sure; 6o immoral, im'ure or %reedy 'erson<such a 'erson is an idolater<has any inheritance in the )in%dom of /hrist and of 2od.6 4et no one deceive #ou with em)t# words$ for because of such things ,od-s wrath comes on those who are disobedient. ! 0herefore do not be )artners with them.? 1olossians %:2% 23
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=nce you were alienated from 2od and were enemies in your minds because ofGaH your evil behavior. 22 !ut now he has reconciled you by /hrist,s 'hysical body throu%h death to 'resent you holy in his si%ht, without blemish and free from accusation< 23 if #ou continue in #our faith$ established and firm$ and do not move from the ho)e held out in the gos)el. This is the %os'el that you heard and that has been 'roclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, 9aul, have become a servant. % 0imoth# %:%/ %'
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Timothy, my son, I am %ivin% you this command in )ee'in% with the 'ro'hecies once made about you, so that by recallin% them you may fi%ht the battle well, %' holdin% on to faith and a %ood conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shi)wrec3 with regard to the faithA

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The -'irit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceivin% s'irits and thin%s tau%ht by demons.A 7ebrews 3:%2 %4 See to it$ brothers and sisters$ that none of #ou has a sinful$ unbelieving heart that turns awa# from the living ,od. %3 !ut encoura%e one another daily, as lon% as it is called Today,C so that none of you may be hardened by sin,s deceitfulness. %4 "e have come to share in 1hrist$ if indeed we hold our original conviction firml# to the ver# end? 7ebrews 6:4 6
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(t is im)ossible for those who have once been enli%htened, who have tasted the heavenly %ift, who have shared in the 1oly -'irit, 5 who have tasted the %oodness of the word of 2od and the 'owers of the comin% a%e 6 and who have fallen awa#$ to be

brought bac3 to re)entance. To their loss they are crucifyin% the -on of 2od all over a%ain and sub.ectin% him to 'ublic dis%race. 7ebrews %&:26 2' 26 If we deliberately )ee' on sinnin% after we have received the )nowled%e of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, 2! but only a fearful e7'ectation of .ud%ment and of ra%in% fire that will consume the enemies of 2od. 2/ #nyone who re.ected the law of &oses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 2' 7ow much more severel# do #ou thin3 someone deserves to be )unished who has tram)led the Son of ,od underfoot$ who has treated as an unhol# thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them$ and who has insulted the S)irit of grace2 7ebrews %&:36 3'
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Iou need to )ersevere so that when #ou have done the will of ,od$ #ou will receive what he has )romised. 3! $or, In .ust a little while, he who is comin% will come and will not delay.C 3* #nd, !ut my ri%hteous one will live by faith. #nd I ta)e no 'leasure in the one who shrin)s bac).C James %:%2
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Dlessed is the one who )erseveres under trial because$ having stood the test, that 'erson will receive the crown of life that the 8ord has 'romised to those who love him.A

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&y brothers and sisters, if one of #ou should wander from the truth and someone should bring that )erson bac3, 2& remember this; 5hoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins. 2 6eter 2:2& 22
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If they have esca'ed the corru'tion of the world by )nowin% our 8ord and -avior Jesus /hrist and are a%ain entan%led in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the be%innin%. 2% (t would have been better for them not to have 3nown the wa# of righteousness$ than to have 3nown it and then to turn their bac3s on the sacred command that was )assed on to them. 22 =f them the 'roverbs are true; # do%

returns to its vomit,C and, # sow that is washed returns to her wallowin% in the mud.C 2 6eter 3:%6 %!
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Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your %uard so that you ma# not be carried awa# b# the error of the lawless and fall from #our secure )osition. Jude 2& 2%
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!ut you, dear friends, by buildin% yourselves u' in your most holy faith and 'rayin% in the 1oly -'irit, 2% 3ee) #ourselves in ,od-s love as #ou wait for the merc# of our 4ord Jesus 1hrist to bring #ou to eternal life.? +evelation 2:%& %%
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?o not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will 'ut some of you in 'rison to test you, and you will suffer 'ersecution for ten days. De faithful$ even to the )oint of death$ and ( will give #ou life as #our victor-s crown. 33 5hoever has ears, let them hear what the -'irit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.A +evelation 3:%4 %6 To the an%el of the church in 8aodicea write; These are the words of the #men, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of 2od,s creation. 35 I )now your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other: %6 So$ because #ou are lu3ewarm8neither hot nor cold8( am about to s)it #ou out of m# mouth.
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