'Apples' to 'Oranges'?
Global worship
as 'apples'
of a variety
to personally
'choose'...
Yet, to the Creator
of 'apples'
only 'one' choice
for a 'meek'
or 'humble' person
will 'everlastingly' do:
“Go in through the narrow gate,
because broad is the gate and spacious
is the road leading off into destruction,
and many are going in through it;
whereas narrow is the gate and cramped the road
leading off into life,
and few are finding it."
Matt. 7:13, 14.
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"By their fruits you will recognize them.
Never do people gather grapes from thorns or figs from thistles,
do they?
Likewise, every good tree produces fine fruit,
but every rotten tree produces worthless fruit.
A good tree cannot bear worthless fruit,
nor can a rotten tree produce fine fruit.
Every tree not producing fine fruit is cut down
and thrown into the fire.
Really, then,
by their fruits you will recognize those men."
Matt. 7:16-20.
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"“Not everyone saying to me,
‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of the heavens,
but only the one doing the will of my Father
who is in the heavens will.
Many will say to me in that day:
‘Lord, Lord,
did we not prophesy in your name,
and expel demons in your name,
and perform many powerful works in your name?’
And then I will declare to them:
‘I never knew you!
Get away from me, you workers of lawlessness!’
“Therefore, everyone who hears these sayings of mine
and does them
will be like a discreet man who built his house on the rock.
And the rain poured down and the floods came and the winds blew
and lashed against that house,
but it did not cave in,
for it had been founded on the rock.
Furthermore, everyone hearing these sayings of mine
and not doing them
will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
And the rain poured down and the floods came and the winds blew
and struck against that house,
and it caved in,
and its collapse was great.”
When Jesus finished these sayings,
the effect was that the crowds were astounded
at his way of teaching,
for he was teaching them as a person having authority,
and not as their scribes."
Matt. 7:21-29.
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"For this very reason,
God exalted him to a superior position
and kindly gave him the name that is above every other name,
so that in the name of Jesus every knee should bend—
of those in heaven and those on earth and those under the ground—
and every tongue should openly acknowledge
that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father."
Phil. 2:9-11.
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"Jesus said to them:
“I am the bread of life.
Whoever comes to me will not get hungry at all,
and whoever exercises faith in me will never get thirsty at all."
"All those whom the Father gives me will come to me,
and I will never drive away the one who comes to me;
for I have come down from heaven to do,
not my own will,
but the will of him who sent me."
"For this is the will of my Father,
that everyone who recognizes the Son
and exercises faith in him
should have everlasting life,
and I will resurrect him on the last day.”"
John 6:35, 37, 38, 40.
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SPECIAL BIBLE TALK
“The Resurrection—Victory Over Death!”
What is the resurrection? Why can we believe in it?
Hear the answers in this talk given on a weekend before the Memorial of Jesus’ death.
Saturday or Sunday
March 16th or 17th, 2024
Memorial of Jesus’ Death
Sunday, March 24, 2024
"This means everlasting life,
their coming to know you,
the only true God,
and the one whom you sent,
Jesus Christ."
John 17:3.
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