Romans 13:11 And knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. ref. - 1 Co 15:34 - Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. In Isaiah 56 there is a chapter filled with prophesy. It tells of a group of outcasts that would be given a special place in heaven because the ones that had been given the gifts were just laying down and not doing

Luke 1:32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: And the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his Father David. ref. - Ph 2:10 - That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; Isa 9:6,7 - For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be ion his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The everlasting Father,

Acts 22:6-9 6 And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me. 7 And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 8 And I answered, who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest. 9 And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice o

Matthew 17:22,23 22 And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: 23 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. and they were exceeding sorry. ref. - Matt 16:21 - From that time forth began Jesus to show unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. Mk 8:31-

2 Timothy 3:8-12 8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. 9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was. 10 But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, long-suffering, charity, patience, 11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endure

1 Corinthians 2:14-16 14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. 16 For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. ref - Mt 16:23 - But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offen

Proverbs 28:18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. We are told throughout the gospel to walk uprightly. But what is uprightly? Aren't we told that we can't be perfect and that there is not one righteous man among us? The word of God is true in that there is no righteous man that walks among us. But what are we doing to try to get there? In the final judgment we must be as God planned it. We must be walking within hi

Matthew 2:1,2 1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. ref. - Lk 2:4 - An Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and the lineage of David:) Is 11:1

Psalm 90:3 Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. ref. - Ec 12:7 - Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. The body will wither away and only the soul shall remain. From birth, even the Doctors tell us that our body begins to die. Also, from birth, we are raised up in a world that will lead us to destruction. Our greatest trial is to be able to somehow have our souls ready for vict

Acts 17:2-4 2 And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, 3 Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach to you, is Christ. 4 And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few. ref. - Ac 9:20 - And straightway he preached Christ in the sy