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love
the Lord: they way our heart should be
Core Interrelations
CONSOLIDATION:
God the Father and Jesus his Son continue working. They are together and show
the principles by what they do.
The blessings of heaven come from following the Teacher; He said to love the Lord and your neighbor. Love the Lord and your neighbor too; it's the greatest.
Love the Lord (to love Him you have to believe in Him) and your neighbor, seeking their good, offering help to relieve their suffering, and you will be judged to live.
Jesus gives life to whom he is pleased to give it, and He has been given authority to judge whether we believe His word and do good (whether we really love the Lord more than our selfish ways), because as a man he knows us. Those who do these things have eternal life, those who don't will be condemned.
Refusing God's invitation keeps you from believing.
Major Connections
+ Loving the Lord, and eternal life.
+ Loving the Lord, and the blessings of heaven.
+ Loving the Lord, and loving your neighbor, and what is greatest.
+ Loving the Lord, and believing His word and forsaking our selfish ways.
+ Loving the Lord, and seeking to help out with His concerns, making yourself available.
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CORE: Refusing God's invitation
keeps you from believing. The blessings of heaven
come from following the Teacher; He said to love the
Lord and your neighbor. Love
the Lord and your neighbor too; it's the
greatest. Love the Lord (to love Him you have to believe in Him) and your neighbor,
seeking their good, offering help to relieve their suffering, and you will be
judged to live. God the Father and Jesus his Son continue working. They are
together and show the principles by what they do. Jesus gives life to whom he is
pleased to give it, and He has been given authority to judge whether we believe
His word and do good (whether we really
love the Lord more than our selfish ways),
because as a man he knows us. Those who do these things have eternal life, those
who don't will be condemned.
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CONSOLIDATION:
Recognize the harmful desires in your heart and
value overcoming them (even though people may approve of them), showing the Lord you
care about Him and His way of life, his everlasting principles. Repent of things
like your preoccupation with money and worldly things. Turn, and forcefully do things
in the other direction, toward the Lord.
For those who get puffed up and think they are better than others, God will take action to help overcome this harmful problem.
The rich will only enter the kingdom of heaven with great difficulty; it is hard to give away a large portion of your wealth (see also LK 19:1-10), (soften the heart and repent of that selfishness). God will bestow many blessings of heaven on those who give things up for Jesus' sake (don't grumble against God's generosity toward other believers).
You can do amazing things to help people when you believe. God will put us to work in fruitful ways and reward us after we are finished.
If you refuse Jesus you will not overcome the harm that is within you. Rather,
your insensitivity (hard-heartedness) will cause God to disconnect from you and
then you will be overcome by your harmful desires.
Major Connections
+ The harmful desires in your heart, and recognizing them and valuing overcoming them.
+ Recognizing and valuing overcoming the harmful desires in your heart, and showing the Lord you care about Him and His way of life, his everlasting principles.
+ The harmful desires in your heart, and preoccupation with money and worldly things.
+ The harmful desires in your heart, and being puffed up, thinking you're better than others.
+ The harmful desires in your heart, and repenting, forcefully do things in the other direction, toward the Lord.
+ The harmful desires in your heart, but giving things up for Jesus' sake.
+ The harmful desires in your heart, but doing amazing things to help people when you believe.
+ The harmful desires in your heart, but God putting us to work in fruitful ways and rewarding us after we are finished.
- Great difficulty giving a large portion of your wealth to
the poor, and being rich.
- The harmful desires in your heart, and being overcome by them if you refuse Jesus.
- The harmful desires in your heart, and insensitivity (hard-heartedness).
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CORE: You can do amazing things
to help people when you believe. If you refuse the
Teacher you will not overcome the harm from within.
Your insensitivity will cause God to disconnect from you and then you will be
overcome by your harmful desires. To begin
with, repent, repent, repent of things like your preoccupation with money and
worldly things. Turn, and forcefully do things in the other direction,
toward the Lord. Recognize the
harmful desires in your heart and value overcoming them
(even though people may approve of them), showing the Lord you care about Him and
His way of life, his everlasting principles. The rich will only enter the kingdom of heaven with great difficulty; it is hard to give away a large portion of your wealth (see also LK 19:1-10), (soften the heart and repent of that selfishness).
God will bestow
many blessings of heaven on those who give things up for Jesus' sake. And for those
who get puffed up and think
they are better than others, He will take action
to help overcome this harmful problem.
God will put us to work in fruitful ways and reward us after we are finished.
Don't grumble against God's generosity toward other believers.
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CONSOLIDATION:
Jesus is gentle, not loud and quarrelsome, and has inner harmony. He said
serving is the greatest, he who humbles himself. Apply the principles (one is to believe in Jesus) and join
the family of God. Have mercy on your neighbor (give him a break). Having faith
in God you can overcome your
harmful desires through actions such as these.
Unbelief is against God and His goodness, and if you have it, it
will come out. Woe to the hypocrite! (prideful one) You will be deceived by your
unbelieving heart, as evidenced by what your life visibly
produces.
Unbelief puts you in the dark with evil beings.
God sees and takes action against our hidden pride and our pursuit of riches.
Major Connections
+ Jesus has inner harmony, and is gentle, not loud and quarrelsome.
+ What's inside comes out, and he who is humble serves, it's the greatest.
+ What's inside comes out, but believers can overcome their harmful desires.
- Being deceived by one's unbelieving heart, and the
evidence of it being shown by what one's life
visibly produces.
- Our hidden pride, and God seeing and taking action against it.
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CORE: Jesus is gentle, not loud and
quarrelsome, and has inner harmony. Unbelief is against God and His goodness,
and if you have it, it will come out.
Unbelief puts you in the dark
with
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human frailty and
vulnerability
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CONSOLIDATION:
We better ask God to help us quit doing all these things that are bad to do. You
can't fool God and He sees your frailty; He knows when you hate accepting what's
good. Repent, choose to follow Jesus, who is God, because you really need Him to
live. People are enslaved by their harmful ways, but Jesus can set us free if we
choose to accept the truth of His teachings for our lives. Otherwise, we will
not recognize that Jesus is God and does no harm. If you hold to Jesus'
teachings (one is to believe in Him), you are really his disciple and will know and be set free by the
truth.
Pray that you will not fall into temptation. Ask God to lead us not into temptation, and to help us find the good life that He wants us to have. He will give the Holy Spirit to His children who ask him, and we will overcome our frail harmful nature, after applying God's will to our life; giving up the worldly things and forgiving each other. We worship God from start to end.
It is greater to serve, and one can lead from there.
He who has been forgiven little loves little.
Satan may persecute you for a while, but Jesus helps you stay faithful.
Loving your enemies can be quite different from defending yourself from someone who is trying to kill you.
Even though we are all so frail, Jesus is
coming back to Judge, looking to see who overcame their harmful desires and is applying the principles (one is believing in Him);
so apply them now, don't wait, it's essential, the
Judge is coming! He will separate those who applied them from those who didn't.
Major Connections
+ Our enslavement to our harmful ways, but being set free if we repent and follow Jesus, holding to His teachings (one is to believe in Him), the truth.
+ Our frailty and vulnerability, but God giving us the Holy Spirit, enabling us to overcome our frail harmful nature by applying God's will to our life.
+ Our frailty and vulnerability, and praying that you will not fall into temptation, and that God will help us quit doing all these things that are bad to do.
+ Our frailty and vulnerability, but asking for God's help to find the good life He wants us to have, and finding it.
+ Our frailty, and yet worshiping God from start to end.
+ Our frailty, and our need to know that it is greater to serve.
+ Our frailty and vulnerability, but Jesus helping us stay faithful when being persecuted by Satan.
+ Our frailty and vulnerability, and the need to defend ourselves when someone is trying to kill us.
+ Our frailty, and yet Jesus coming back to Judge us, looking to see who overcame their harmful desires and is applying the principles (one is believing in Him).
+/- Our frailty, and not being able to hide it from God; he
knows when we hate
accepting what is good.
- Our frailty, and he who has been forgiven little loving little.
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Principle Passages
CORE: It
is greater to serve, and one can lead from there.
Satan may persecute you for a while, but Jesus helps you stay faithful. Loving
your enemies can be quite different from defending yourself from someone who is
trying to kill you. Pray that you will not fall
into temptation. We
better ask God to help us quit doing all these things that are bad to do.
We worship from start to end and along the way we overcome
our frail harmful nature, after applying God's will
to our life; giving up the worldly things and forgiving each other.
Ask God to lead us not into temptation,
and to help us find the good life that He wants us to have.
He will give the Holy Spirit to His children who ask him. You can't fool God and
He sees your frailty;
He knows when you hate accepting what's good. Repent, choose to follow Jesus,
who is God, because you really need Him to live. If you hold to Jesus' teachings (one is to believe
in Him), you are really his disciple and will know and be set free by the
truth. People are enslaved by their
harmful ways, but Jesus can set us free if
we choose to accept the truth of His teachings for our lives. Otherwise, we will
not recognize that Jesus is God, and does no harm. Even
though we are all so frail, Jesus is
coming back to Judge, looking to see who
overcame their harmful desires and is applying the principles (one is believing in Him);
so apply them now, don't wait, it's essential,
essential, essential, the Judge is coming! He will separate those who applied
them from those who didn't.
Therefore, I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven--for she loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little." LK 7:47
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CONSOLIDATION:
Relationship problems are caused by the bad things we do from the
harmfulness in our hearts. We better ask God to help us quit doing all these things that
are bad to do.
For those who get puffed up and think they are better than others, God will take action to help overcome this harmful problem.
Looking at women lustfully is adulterous and leads you into hell.
You may really have to get a handle on the harmfulness in your heart in order not to get divorced.
Don't do your giving, good deeds, and praying to be seen by others, as hypocrites do.
Don't swear by God or anything else, simply say 'yes' or 'no'.
We worship from start to end and along the way we overcome our frail harmful nature after
applying God's will to our life; giving up the worldly things and forgiving each other.
The rich will only enter the kingdom of heaven with great difficulty; it is hard to give away a large portion of your wealth (see also LK 19:1-10), (soften the heart and repent of that selfishness). God will bestow many blessings of heaven on those who give things up for Jesus' sake (don't grumble against God's generosity toward other believers).
Leave the lifeless and go to your Savior, never looking back. Then you will be ready to serve in the kingdom of God. God will put us to work in fruitful ways and reward us after we are finished.
Evil spirits and some unbelievers are enemies to the believers, seek to harm the believers
sent out amongst them, but believers have power to overcome their power.
Major Connections
+ Stopping all the things we do that are bad, and asking God to help us quit doing them.
+ Stopping the bad things we do, and applying God's will to our lives, overcoming our frail harmful nature.
+ Applying God's will to our lives, and giving up the worldly things, and forgiving each other.
+ Getting a handle on the harmfulness in your heart, and not getting a divorce.
- The bad things we do from the harmfulness in our
hearts, and relationship problems.
- Thinking we are better than others, and God taking action to help overcome this harmful problem.
- Bad things to do, and looking lustfully at women.
- Bad things to do, and pursuing worldly things.
- Bad things to do, and not forgiving each other.
- Bad things to do, and not being a giving person.
- Bad things to do, and grumbling against God's generosity toward other believers.
- Bad things to do, and doing your giving, good deeds, and praying to be seen by others.
- Bad things to do, and the rich having great difficulty giving a large portion of their wealth to the poor.
- Bad things to do, and not being ready to serve in the kingdom of God.
- Bad things to do, and unbelievers seeking to harm the believers sent out among them.
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Principle Passages
CORE: Leave the lifeless and go to your Savior, never looking back. Then you will be ready to serve in the kingdom of God. Evil spirits and some
unbelievers are enemies to the believers, seek to harm the believers sent out amongst
them, but believers have power to overcome their power. Relationship problems are caused by the bad things we do from the harmfulness in our hearts. Looking at women lustfully is adulterous and leads you into hell. You may really have to get a handle
on the harmfulness in your heart in order not to get divorced. Don't do
your giving, good deeds, and praying to be seen by others, as hypocrites do. Don't swear by God, heaven, or
anything else, simply say 'yes' or 'no'. We better ask God to help us quit doing all these things that are
bad to do. We worship from start
to end and along the way we overcome our frail harmful nature, after applying God's will
to our life; giving up the worldly things and forgiving each other. The rich will only enter the kingdom of heaven with great difficulty; it is hard to give away a large portion of your wealth (see also LK 19:1-10), (soften the heart and repent of that selfishness).
God will bestow many blessings of heaven on those who give
things up for Jesus' sake. And for those who get puffed up and think they are better than
others, He will take action to help overcome this
harmful problem. God will put us to work in fruitful ways and reward us after we are
finished. Don't grumble against God's
generosity toward other believers.
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CONSOLIDATION:
God's word bears no matured fruit in the lives of people who are set on the riches and
pleasures of this life. Those who love having their sinful (harmful) nature and
the ways of this world as part of their life, and set their hearts on pursuing
worldly things, will die forever, while those who hate all this and serve the
Lord instead, even
though they may be persecuted to death, will find eternal life.
To serve Jesus you must follow Jesus' path, and you will be honored by God the Father. Jesus draws us into eternal life in heaven. Only Jesus our Savior can distract us from our worldly pursuits; He provides.
To begin with repent of things like your preoccupation with
money and worldly things. Turn, and forcefully do things in the other direction,
toward the Lord. Recognize the harmful desires in your heart and value overcoming them
(even though people may approve of them), showing the Lord you care about Him and His way of
life, his everlasting principles.
Give a large portion of your wealth to the poor (see also LK 19:1-10), and don't wait. Be ready to meet the Lord. We all must repent or perish. Though the Lord is patient, our time does have a limit.
You can't tell right from wrong when you're so caught up with running after money and worldly things. Listen to and learn from what God says so you can tell the difference between right and wrong. This will help a lot, make it natural for you to home in as God draws you in to believing in Jesus, who came from Him, and be saved. Then God will live in you and He will enable you to succeed at applying His principles, overcoming all your harmful desires.
We overcome our frail harmful nature after applying God's will to our life; giving up the worldly things and forgiving each other (we worship God for enabling us to do this). We worship God from start to end.
Looking at women lustfully is adulterous and leads you into hell.
The harmer may take away your worldly things, burden you, or attack your dignity. So it's not easy because now you must lovingly offer yourself to them.
Some unbelievers deceive people away from the truth, from God Himself. They and their followers will be exposed and judged unfavorably, and what they did in private will be proclaimed to everyone. As for open harmfulness, God will take away the life of anyone who is greedy for possessions and a life of leisure.
Major Connections
+ Hating having your sinful ( harmful) nature and the ways of this world as part of your life, and turning to serve the Lord, and eternal life.
+ Being distracted from our worldly pursuits, and Jesus, He provides.
+ Not being distracted by money and worldly things, and serving Jesus, following His path.
+ Breaking your preoccupation with money and worldly things, and repenting, forcefully doing some small thing in the other direction, toward the Lord.
+ Breaking your preoccupation with money and worldly things, and recognizing the harmful desires in your heart and valuing overcoming them.
+ Breaking your preoccupation with money and worldly things, and giving a large portion of your wealth to the poor.
+ Breaking your preoccupation with money and worldly things, and listening to and learning from what God says.
+ Listening to and learning from what God says, and telling the difference between right and wrong.
+ Breaking your preoccupation with money and worldly things, and believing in Jesus, being saved.
+ Believing in Jesus, and God living in you and enabling you to succeed at applying His principles, overcoming all your harmful desires.
- Being caught up with running after money and worldly
things, and your harmful desires, your frail harmful nature.
- Being caught up with running after money and worldly things, and not being able to tell right from wrong.
- Being set on the riches and pleasures of this life, and bearing no matured fruit.
- Being caught up with running after worldly things, and looking lustfully at women.
- Loving having your sinful ( harmful) nature and the ways of this world as part of your life, setting your heart on pursuing worldly things and being greedy for possessions, and dying forever, God taking away your life.
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Principle Passages
CORE: Looking at women lustfully is adulterous and leads you into hell. The harmer may take away your
worldly things, burden you, or attack your dignity.
So it's not easy because now you must lovingly offer yourself to them. We worship from start to end and along the way we overcome our frail
harmful nature, after applying God's will to our life; giving
up the worldly things and forgiving each other. You can't tell right from wrong
when you're so caught up with running after money and worldly
things. Only Jesus
our Savior can distract us from our worldly pursuits;
He provides. Some unbelievers deceive people away from the truth, from God Himself. They
and their followers will be exposed and judged unfavorably, and what they did in private
will be proclaimed to everyone. As for open harmfulness, God will take away the life of
anyone who is greedy for possessions and a life of
leisure. Give a large portion of your wealth to the poor (see also LK 19:1-10),
and don't
wait. Be ready to meet the Lord. We all must repent or perish. Though the Lord is patient, our time does
have a limit. To begin with, repent, repent, repent of things
like your preoccupation with money and worldly things. Turn, and forcefully do things
in the other direction, toward the Lord. Recognize the harmful desires in your heart
and value overcoming them (even though people may approve of them), showing the Lord you care
about Him and His way of life, his everlasting principles.
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CONSOLIDATION:
Through Jesus, we can overcome our own harmful desires.
Perhaps one of the best ways to overcome our harmful desires is through serving others. Jesus served us by coming to find us and save us when we had gone astray.
When you start serving others and have your relationships with others inline with the principles in spite of all the problems that come up, and this involves A LOT of forgiving and mercy (these are the fruits of true believing), then you can ask what you wish from the Father, and it is yours.
The world will know Jesus came from God and that God loves us when they see we believers are in God, and when they see the way believers love
each other and the complete unity God brings about in us, which is a glorious
thing.
Jesus and the Father are one. The Father and the Son will be in us, and us in them. The Father will protect us to keep His people one with each other.
Even though the world hates us, God will protect us from the evil one.
These are things we pray about; that God will protect us from evil, make us one with each other, and set us apart by the truth of His word.
Our believing in Jesus will bring us into heaven.
God loves us and lives with us. Jesus is giving us all His joy.
Major Connections
+ Overcoming our harmful desires, and Jesus.
+ Overcoming our harmful desires, and serving others.
+ Overcoming our harmful desires, and having your relationships with others inline with the principles.
+ Having your relationships with others inline with the principles, the fruits of true believing, and having whatever you ask from the Father.
+ Overcoming, and the Father and the Son being in us, and us in them.
+ Overcoming, and having unity with other believers.
+ Overcoming, and the world knowing that Jesus came from God and that God loves us when they see the way we love each other and when they see the complete unity God brings about in us.
+ Overcoming, and God protecting us to keep His people one with each other, protecting us from the evil one.
+ Overcoming, and praying that God will protect us from evil, make us one with each other, and set us apart by the truth of His word.
+ Overcoming, and God loving us, Jesus giving us all His joy, Jesus bringing us into heaven.
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Principle Passages
CORE: Jesus and the Father are
one; the Father will protect us to keep His people one with each other. The
Father and the Son will be in us, and us in them. Jesus
is giving us all His joy. Even though the world hates us, God will protect us
from the evil one. And through Jesus, we can
overcome our own harmful desires. The world will
know Jesus came from God and that God loves us when they see we believers are in God, and when they see the way believers love
each other and the complete unity God brings about in us,
which is a glorious thing. And these are
things we pray about; that God will protect us from evil, make us one with each
other, and set us apart by the truth of His word. Our believing in Jesus will
bring us into heaven. God loves us and lives with us.
Perhaps one of the best ways to overcome our
harmful desires is through serving others. Jesus served us by coming to find us and save us when we had gone astray. When you start serving others and have
your relationships with others inline with the principles in spite of all the
problems that come up, and this involves A LOT of forgiving and mercy (these are
the fruits of true believing), then you can ask what you wish from the Father, and it is yours.
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