The Words of Jesus Christ Page 152 Judgment & Salvation (cont'd). Personal Judgment: Repentance. Humility
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15 JUDGMENT & SALVATION (cont'd)
The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand:
repent ye, and believe in the gospel.
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Think ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because
they have suffered these things? I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye
shall all in like manner perish. Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower of
Siloam fell, and killed them, think ye that they were offenders above all the
men that dwell in Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall
all likewise perish.
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Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn, and become as little children, ye shall
in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble
himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of
heaven. And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me:
but whoso shall cause one of these little ones which believe on me to stumble,
it is profitable for him that a great millstone should be hanged about his
neck, and that he should be sunk in the depth of the sea. Woe unto the world
because of occasions of stumbling! for it must needs be that the occasions
come; but woe to that man through whom the occasion cometh! And if thy hand or
thy foot causeth thee to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from thee: it is
good for thee to enter into life maimed or halt, rather than having two hands
or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire. And if thine eye causeth thee to
stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is good for thee to enter
into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the hell
of fire.
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Humility
Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles lord it over
them; and their great ones exercise authority over them. But it is not so
among you: but whosoever would become great among you, shall be your minister:
and whosoever would be first among you, shall be servant of all. For verily
the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give
his life a ransom for many.
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When thou art bidden of any man to a marriage feast, sit not down in the chief
seat; lest haply a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him, and he that
bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give this man place; and then
thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place. But when thou art
bidden, go and sit down in the lowest place; that when he that hath bidden
thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have
glory in the presence of all that sit at meat with thee. For every one that
exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be
exalted.
When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren,
nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbours; lest haply they also bid thee again, and
a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, bid the poor, the
maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; because they have not
wherewith to recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed in the
resurrection of the just.
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I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than the
other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that
humbleth himself shall be exalted.
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If any man would be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.
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.... for he that is least among you all, the same is great.
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But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand
doeth: that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret
shall recompense thee.
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But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thine inner chamber, and having shut
thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret, and thy Father which seeth in
secret shall recompense thee.
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But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; that thou be
not seen of men to fast, but of thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father,
which seeth in secret, shall recompense thee.
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And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends by means of the mammon of
unrighteousness; that, when it shall fail, they may receive you into the
eternal tabernacles. He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in
much: and he that is unrighteous in a very little is unrighteous also in much.
If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will
commit to your trust the true riches? And if ye have not been faithful in that
which is another's, who will give you that which is your own? No servant can
serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or
else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and
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