Psalms 94:11-14 11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chasteneth, O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law; 13 That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. 14 For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. ref. - Job 5:17 - Behold, happy is the man that God correcteth: therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty: Deut

Luke 26:27-29 27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: 28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. 29 They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. ref. - Isa 8:20 - To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. In this scripture there a re a few points that we can approach. T

1 Corinthians 13:11,12 11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man I put away childish things. 12 For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. ref. - 2Co 3:18 - But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. P

Ephesians 1:13,14 13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, 14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. ref. - 2Co 1:22 - Who hath also sealed us, and given us the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. 2Co 5:5 - Now he that wrought us for the selfsame thing

Hebrews 4:9-11 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God 10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. 11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. An eternal rest that we all see after but do we understand what this scripture actually means? We have heard that if we are in God's will in Jesus Christ that we can achieve what God has called us t

Luke 14:26-35 26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, his own life also,he cannot be my disciple. 27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? 29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it,

Titus 1:6-10 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. 7 For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; 8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate: 9 Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the g

Luke 6:24-26 24 But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. 25 Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. 26 Woe unto you, when men speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. ref. - Am 6:1 - Woe unto them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came. Lk 12:21 - So is he

Amos 3:6,7 6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people be not afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it? 7 Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. ref. - Ezk 33:3 - If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; Pr 3:32 - For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous. It is time to listen to the messenger

Matthew 25:1-5 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. ref. - Jn 3:29 - He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegr