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Mark 9:23,24
Jesus said to him, If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help my unbelief!
Matthew 12:30
He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.
Question
Do we deeply yearn for such faith, or are we eyeing for reasons to remain cynical?
Romans 10:17
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
1 Peter 3:10,11
For He who would love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit. 11 Let him turn away from evil and do good; Let him seek peace and pursue it.
Philippians 4:11
Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content:
John 10:10
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
1 Peter 3:15
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;
But sanctify the Lord God in your will take their questions hearts, and always be ready to give a and explore the Scriptures defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the search for in you, hope that is as they with meekness and fear;
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Acts 17:11
These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.
Inquiring Minds Want To Know On the subject of suffering, the Scriptures say; If one takesitGodwhen you His Holy and fall into various My brethren, count all joy trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces & Divine Word its perfect work, that (2 Tim. patience. 4 But let patience have you may be perfect and complete, equation, 3:16,17) out of the lacking nothing. James 1:2-4 he has then formed a far greater conundrum!
Matthew 7:21
Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
Hebrews 5:9
And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,
Ezekiel 18:20
The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself.
Revelations 21:8
But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
Spiritual Cynicism
Spiritual Cynicism treks deep in people. Christianity is not just a thing or trend that is just a too good to be true scheme. Christianity does not promise a trouble free life, or all about material gain, instantaneous success, or other impulses that appeal to man.
John 12:48
He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges himthe word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day.
Conclusion
You matter to God; Does God matter to you? 1 Jn 4:19 ; Luke 19:10 Are you on a great adventure? Useful, and effective vessel in the Lords service? Are there barriers existent in our way that is keeping us from pushing & reaching forward to our full potential that God has given us?