My son, I will show you what he is like who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them: Suddenly the heavens were opened, as soon as Jesus was baptized and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him. He went up out of the water. Then Jesus came to them and said, and a voice from heaven said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!” Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying: “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” And I said: “Here am I. Send me!” And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving. ’ But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness! No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money. Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I say? If you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge with a stranger, if you have been trapped by the words of your lips, ensnared by the words of your mouth, then do this, my son, to free yourself, for you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands: Go, humble yourself, and press your plea with your neighbor. All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: “The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks. First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’” When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all he had and bought it. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish. When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away. The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds. Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death— the lake of fire. And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.…
Revelation 20:13-15
Matthew 6:23-25
Matthew 13:30
Matthew 13:46-48
Isaiah 6:8,9
Proverbs 6:1-3
Luke 6:45-27
Luke 9:34-36
Matthew 3:16,17
Matthew 28:18-20
