Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.
“Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, but to those who were disobedient? So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief. Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it.
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall. For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end,
Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God.
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.
They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.
“Therefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and the violent take it by force.
“Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many.
On account of these the wrath of God is coming.
Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,
For just as you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience, so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now receive mercy. For God has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all.
Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.”
“The Law and the Prophets were until John; since then the good news of the kingdom of God is preached, and everyone forces his way into it.
in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—
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