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[God
warns us to avoid seeking after other gods who in fact are not of
the Father.]
Deuteronomy
6:14 “You shall not go after other gods, of
the gods of the people who are around about you,”
[Seek
marriage and fellowship with people of faith in God and serving
Him!]
“Nor
shall you make marriages with them. You
shall not give your daughter to his son, nor shall you take his
daughter to your son. For
they will turn away your sons from following Me so that they may
serve other gods. Then the anger of
the LORD be kindled against you and will destroy you suddenly.”
(Deuteronomy 7:3-4)
“Do
not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers. For what do
righteousness and lawlessness have in common? And what fellowship
does light have with darkness?” (2 Corinthians 6:14)
[Do
not agree to follow false heathen gentile (pagan) ways of those
not obeying the Creator God.]
“If
your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your
daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, who is like
your own soul, lures you secretly,
saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods’-which
you have not known, you, nor your fathers, That is of the gods of
the people who are round about you, near you or far off from you,
from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the
earth-You shall not consent unto him,
nor hearken to him. Nor shall your
eye pity him, nor shalt you spare, nor shalt thou conceal him.”
(Deuteronomy 13:6-8)
[Following
false gods will lead you astray from the way of truth and
salvation!]
“And
yet they would not listen unto their judges, but they
went lusting after other gods, and bowed themselves to them.
They turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in,
for they had obeyed the commandments of the LORD; these however
did not do so.” (Judges 2:17)
[Keep
God’s words and do not inquire about other gods. They are
not worth studying about!]
“Be
careful to observe and obey all these words which I command you,
so it may go well with you, and with your children after you
forever when you do that which is good and right in the sight of
the LORD your God. When the LORD your God shall cut off the
nations from before you, where you go to possess them, and you
take their place and dwell in their land, Take heed to yourself
that you do not become ensnared by following them, after they are
destroyed from before you, and that you do
not ask about their gods,
saying, ‘How did these nations serve their gods that I may
also do likewise?’ You shall
not do so to the LORD your God, for every abomination to the
LORD, which He hates, they have done to their gods; even their
sons and their daughters they have burned in the fire to their
gods. Whatsoever thing that I command you, be careful to do it.
You shall not add to it, nor take away from it.”
(Deuteronomy 12:28-32)
[Do
not be terrified at heavenly signs, nor learn to follow heathen
practices.]
“Thus
says the LORD, ‘Do not learn the
way of the heathen, and do not be
terrified at the signs of heavens; for the nations are terrified
at them. For the customs of the people
are vain; for one cuts a tree out of the forest,
with the axe, the work of the hands of the workman. They
adorn it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and
with hammers, so that it will not move.”
(Jeremiah 10:2-4)
[Created
images are a lie and there is no breath in them, they are
vanity!]
“Every
man is stupid for lack of knowledge; every refiner is put to
shame by the graven image; for his molten image is a lie, and
there is no breath in them. They are vanity, the work of
delusion; in the time of their judgement they shall perish.”
(Jeremiah 10:14-15)
[All
scripture, both Old and New Testament, is God-breathed
(inspired).]
“All
scripture is God-breathed and is
profitable for doctrine, for conviction, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness;” (2 Timothy 3:16)
[Jesus
Christ the Nazarean is the only name by which we
may be saved!]
“Be
it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the
name of Jesus Christ the Nazarean, Whom you crucified,
but Whom God has raised from the dead, by Him this man stands
before you whole. This is the Stone that was set at naught by
you, the builders, which has become the Head of the corner. And
there is no salvation in any other, for neither
is there another name under heaven which has been given among
men, by which we must be saved.”
(Acts 4:10-12)
[Those
who accept Jesus and obey the word of truth shall be saved!]
“And
it shall come to pass that everyone who
calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Men, Israelites, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man
set forth to by of God, as demonstrated by works of power and
wonders and signs, which God performed by Him in your midst, as
you yourselves also know; Him, having been delivered up by the
predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you have seized by
lawless hands and have crucified and killed. But God hath raised
Him up, having loosed the throes of death, because it was not
possible for Him to be held by it.” (Acts 2:21-24)
[Keeping
God’s commandments allows us to ask and receive whatever we
may ask.]
“And
whatever we may ask we receive from Him
because we keep His commandmentsand
practice those things that are pleasing in His sight. And this is
His commandment: that we believe on the name of His Son Jesus
Christ, and that we love one another, exactly as He gave
commandment to us. And the one who keeps His commandments is
dwelling in Him, and He in him; and by this we know that He is
dwelling in us: by the Spirit which He has given to us.” (1
John 3:22-24)
[Only
the Father can draw sinners to Jesus. Pray that the Father will
draw them!]
For
this reason, Jesus answered them and said, ”Do
not be complaining among one another. No
one can come to Me unless the Father, Who sent Me, draws him;
and I will raise him up at the last day.” (John
6:43-44)
[No
need to show this to unbelievers:]
"Do
not give that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls
before the swine, lest they
trample them under their feet, and turn around and tear you to
pieces." (Matthew 7:6)
(Scriptures quoted from AFV)
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