Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get [...]
For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He (even) gave up His only-begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish – come to destruction, be lost – but have eternal (everlasting) life. For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge – to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on – the world; but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him – John 3:16-17 (The Amplified Bible).
Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason” – Job 2:3 (New International Version).
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, and it hastens to the end (fulfillment); it will not deceive or disappoint. Though it tarry, wait (earnestly) for it; because it will surely come, it will not be behindhand on its appointed day – Hab. 2:3 (Amplified Version).
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, and it hastens to the end (fulfillment); it will not deceive or disappoint. Though it tarry, wait (earnestly) for it; because it will surely come, it will not be behindhand on its appointed day – Hab. 2:3 (Amplified Version).
Dreams are series of mental images, thoughts or emotions experienced during sleep. It is something imagined and hopefully designed and worked for – 2 Chro. 20:1-30. Dreams can be God-given as His way of alerting us to things that are going to happen or things He wants us to do. God also uses dreams to reveal Himself to us as we see in the lives of Joseph, Jacob, Nebuchadnezzer.
No one knows about day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come. It is like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with his assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch. Therefore keep watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back – whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. What I say to you, I say to everyone: Watch! – Mark 13:32-37.
No one knows about day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come. It is like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with his assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch.
“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognise them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit” – Matt. 7:15-20. NIV
“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognise them. Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit” – Matt. 7:15-20. NIV