Isaiah 40:8
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8 The grass withers, the flower wilts,
but the word of our God stands forever.”
Matthew 7:21
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The True Disciple. 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven,[a] but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.(A)
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- 7:21–23 The attack on the false prophets is continued, but is broadened to include those disciples who perform works of healing and exorcism in the name of Jesus (Lord) but live evil lives. Entrance into the kingdom is only for those who do the will of the Father. On the day of judgment (on that day) the morally corrupt prophets and miracle workers will be rejected by Jesus.
1 Corinthians 7:31
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31 those using the world as not using it fully. For the world in its present form is passing away.
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1 Peter 4:2
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2 so as not to spend what remains of one’s life in the flesh on human desires, but on the will of God.
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