uncommitted christians
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15I know your works: that you are neither cold, nor hot. I wish that you were either cold or hot. 16But because you are lukewarm and are neither cold nor hot, I will begin to vomit you out of my mouth.
21Not all who say to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does the will of my Father, who is in heaven, the same shall enter into the kingdom of heaven. 22Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and perform many powerful deeds in your name?’ 23And then will I disclose to them: ‘I have never known you. Depart from me, you workers of iniquity.’
62Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow, and then looks back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”
5even having the appearance of piety while rejecting its virtue. And so, avoid them.
4For it is impossible for those who were once illuminated, and have even tasted of the heavenly gift, and have become sharers in the Holy Spirit, 5who, despite having tasted the good Word of God and the virtues of the future age, have yet fallen away, 6to be renewed again to penance, since they are crucifying again in themselves the Son of God and are still maintaining pretenses.
16They claim that they know God. But, by their own works, they deny him, since they are abominable, and unbelieving, and reprobate, toward every good work.
22So be doers of the Word, and not listeners only, deceiving yourselves. 23For if anyone is a listener of the Word, but not also a doer, he is comparable to a man gazing into a mirror upon the face that he was born with; 24and after considering himself, he went away and promptly forgot what he had seen.
24No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will have hatred for the one, and love the other, or he will persevere with the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
1And so, brothers, I was not able to speak to you as if to those who are spiritual, but rather as if to those who are carnal. For you are like infants in Christ. 2I gave you milk to drink, not solid food. For you were not yet able. And indeed, even now, you are not able; for you are still carnal. 3And since there is still envy and contention among you, are you not carnal, and are you not walking according to man?
15Do not choose to love the world, nor the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the charity of the Father is not in him. 16For all that is in the world is the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the arrogance of a life which is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17And the world is passing away, with its desire. But whoever does the will of God abides unto eternity.
1“Then the kingdom of heaven shall be like ten virgins, who, taking their lamps, went out to meet the groom and the bride. 2But five of them were foolish, and five were prudent. 3For the five foolish, having brought their lamps, did not take oil with them. 4Yet truly, the prudent ones brought the oil, in their containers, with the lamps. 5Since the bridegroom was delayed, they all fell asleep, and they were sleeping. 6But in the middle of the night, a cry went out: ‘Behold, the groom is arriving. Go out to meet him.’
20Then whoever has received the seed upon a rocky place, this is one who hears the word and promptly accepts it with joy. 21But he has no root in himself, so it is only for a time; then, when tribulation and persecution occur because of the word, he promptly stumbles.
46But why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I say?
20For if, after taking refuge from the defilements of the world in the understanding of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again become entangled and overcome by these things, then the latter state becomes worse than the former. 21For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of justice than, after acknowledging it, to turn away from that holy commandment which was handed on to them. 22For the truth of the proverb has happened to them: The dog has returned to his own vomit, and the washed sow has returned to her wallowing in the mud.
13Now those upon rock are those who, when they hear it, accept the word with joy, but these have no roots. So they believe for a time, but in a time of testing, they fall away.
11in solicitude, not lazy; in spirit, fervent; serving the Lord;
20Then whoever has received the seed upon a rocky place, this is one who hears the word and promptly accepts it with joy. 21But he has no root in himself, so it is only for a time; then, when tribulation and persecution occur because of the word, he promptly stumbles. 22And whoever has received the seed among thorns, this is he who hears the word, but the cares of this age and the falseness of riches suffocate the word, and he is effectively without fruit.
21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of demons. You cannot be partakers of the table of the Lord, and partakers of the table of demons.
14My brothers, what benefit is there if someone claims to have faith, but he does not have works? How would faith be able to save him? 15So if a brother or sister is naked and daily in need of food, 16and if anyone of you were to say to them: “Go in peace, keep warm and nourished,” and yet not give them the things that are necessary for the body, of what benefit is this? 17Thus even faith, if it does not have works, is dead, in and of itself.
19They went out from among us, but they were not of us. For, if they had been of us, certainly they would have remained with us. But in this way, it is made manifest that none of them are of us.
21Not all who say to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does the will of my Father, who is in heaven, the same shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.