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GOD'S WARNINGS

        Most have little to do with the bible or bible study and do not realize
that Jesus and the apostles were speaking to the church, not the heathen. 
This is a  grave mistake.  Their eternal destiny rides on their heeding the
warnings of God through Jesus Christ and his apostles.  The following bible
verses contain the warnings of God to the church, Christ's body, bride.  The
parable is an example.  God loves you and died for you.  These warnings are
to help assure us that we benefit from His sacrifice.  If we obey them, we will..

WARNINGS TO BELIEVERS

 

A. Scripture
   
Heb 3:17-18 God grieved because he swore to them, they would not
        enter his rest, but they didn't believe him, and fell in the wilderness
    Ezek 3:17-18 warn the wicked that he shall die in his iniquity or God
        says he will hold you accountable
    Ezek 3:20 warn the righteous or be held accountable
    Ezek 18:26 when the righteous turn from righteousness and commit
        iniquity and dies in them, he shall die
        The only righteous are those who have trusted God for their salvation. 
        Christ is our righteousness so when we turn from righteousness, we turn
        from him.  This can only be done when our salvation is based on head
        knowledge and not heart knowledge.  This the difference between
        common salvation Jude 1:3 and eternal salvation Heb 5:9.

    Jn 12:48 he that rejecteth me and my words is judged by those
        words he refused
    Mt 7:21 not all who sayeth Lord, Lord, shall enter heaven
    Heb 10:26 if we sin willfully after we receive the knowledge of the truth
        there remains no more sacrifice for sins
    1 Cor 10:12 let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall
    Rev 2:5 remember from where thou art fallen, and repent
    1 Jn 1:6-7 if we walk in darkness, we are not with him
    1 Tim 5:6 she who walks in pleasure is dead while she lives
    Titus 1:16 some think they know God, but don't, and will die
    Pr 12:15 the way of a fool is right in his own eyes
    Ezek 32:33 if you sin against me, I will blot you out of my book
    Rom 1:18 the wrath of God abides upon those who hold the truth in
        unrighteousness
    Jn 3:19 men love darkness rather than light and are condemned
    Lk 14:33 whoever doesn't forsake all is not worthy of me
    Lk 18:28 Peter said: "Lo we have forsaken all"
    Rom 8:13 if ye live after the flesh ye shall die; but if ye do, by the spirit,
        fortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live
    Rom 11:22 behold the goodness and the severity of God; on them that
        fell, severity, but on you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness;
        otherwise thou shalt also be cut off
    Eph 5:5 No whoremonger, unclean person, or covetous man, as a
        lifestyle, has any inheritance in the kingdom
    Col 3:18-19 many walk as Christians but are enemies of the cross of
        Christ, whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly and whose
        glory is their shame, who mind carnal things
    Jude 1:5 God saved people out of Egypt but later destroyed them
        for unbelief
   (Note: It was their attitude, not their lack of knowledge, that God was real)
   
Pr 21:16 the man who wanders away from understanding remains with
        the dead
            (Note: One may come to the cross with understanding and
            yet remain unsaved  The devil understands the cross.)

    Hos 4:6 my people are destroyed for lack of knowledge
            (Note: The only way to gain knowledge is by reading the Bible)
   
Mt 15:8-9 they draw close with their mouth, but their heart is far from
        me. In vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrine the commands
        of men
    Ja 5:19-20 Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth and one
        convert him, he that converteth the sinner from the err of his ways
        shall save a soul from death
            (Note: This speaks of the Brethren, yet they are saved from death)
   
I Pe 4:17 Judgment begins in the house of God
          
(Note: How can he judge the world for sin if he allows it in his
           own house? He doesn’t.  The wheat and tares grow together.)

   
II Pe 2:21 it is better not to know the way of righteousness then to
            know and turn away
    Rom 2:3 do you think, 0 man, that judges others that sin, that you
            shall escape the judgment of God when you do the same things?

 

EXAMPLES IN THE PARABLES

B.  Parable Mt 13:, Mk 4:, Lk 8:
  
  (Note: Only those with knowledge of the cross are dealt with in this
   parable,   yet 3/4 fall)

    1.  Information
            Lk 8:11 the seed is the word of God. The ground is one's
                heart/spirit
    2.  First Ground - non-seekers
           
Mt 13:19  they hear the word

            Mt 13:19  they receive the word
            Mk 4:15   the word is sown in their heart
            Mt 13:19  the devil steals it out of their heart
            Lk 8:12    they don't believe and get saved
            Mt 13:19  they don't understand the word
            Mt 13:19  these are along the wayside
    3.  Second Ground - prideful
            Lk 8:13    they hear the word and receive the word with joy
            Mk 4:17   they have no root in themselves
                            they endure for a while
            Mt 13:21  they are offended when tried or persecuted for the
                word's sake
            Lk 8:13    they believe for a while
                            they fall away when tempted
                            these are on stony ground
    4. Third Ground - lustful and greedy
           
Mk 4:18 they hear the word
            Lk 8:14 they go forth after they hear but the word gets choked
                    out by:
                Mt 13:22  care of the world
                Mt 13:22  Deceitfulness of riches
                Mk 4:19   lusts of other things
                Lk 8:14    pleasures of this life
                Mt 13:22  they are unfruitful
    5. Fourth Ground - fertile and fruitful
           
Mt 13:23  they hear the word
                            They understand the word
                            They receive the word
            Lk 8:15    they have an honest heart
                            They keep the word
                            They are patient in their walk
 

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