MAN'S
UNDERSTANDING
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GOD'S
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Try
to fulfill myself in my life
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Then Jesus said
to his
disciples, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself,
and take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever desires to save his
life will lose it, and whoever will lose his life for my sake will find
it. (Matthew 16:24-25 WEB) |
Earn
as much as possible because when he dies, the
one with the most toys
wins.
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For what will
it profit a
man, if he gains the whole world, and forfeits his life? Or what will a
man give in exchange for his life?
(Matthew 16:26 WEB) |
Get
Rich!
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For it is
easier for a
camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into
the kingdom of God.
(Luke 18:26 KJV) |
Keep
everything I earn.
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Honor the LORD with
your wealth, with
the firstfruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to
overflowing, and your vats will brim over with new wine.
(Proverbs 3:9-10 NIV)
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Grow
up. Act your age
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Jesus called a
little
child to himself, and set him in the midst of them, and said, "Most
assuredly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children,
you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven."
(Matthew 18:2-3 WEB) |
Be
proud of yourself.
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Whoever
therefore humbles
himself as this little child, the same is the greatest in the Kingdom
of Heaven. (Matthew 18:4 WEB)
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Look
out for number
1.
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Do nothing out
of selfish
ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than
yourselves. (Philippians 2:3
NIV) |
Nice guys finish last.
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Blessed are the
meek: for they shall inherit the earth. (Matthew 5:5 KJV) |
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Blessed are the
pure in heart: for they shall see God. (Matthew 5:8 KJV) |
Don't
submit to anyone. Keep your pride.
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Likewise, you
younger
ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you gird yourselves with
humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for "God resists the
proud, but gives grace to the humble."
(1 Peter 5:5 WEB) |
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...whoever
desires to
become great among you shall be your servant.
Whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant,
(Matthew 20:26-27 WEB) |
Do
whatever you must
to be first.
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But many will
be last who
are first; and first who are last.
(Matthew 19:30 KJV) |
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So the last
will be first,
and the first last. For many are called, but few are chosen."
(Matthew 20:16 WEB) |
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humble never gets you anywhere. |
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Whoever exalts
himself
will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
(Matthew 23:12
WEB) |
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yourself above others. |
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Therefore
whatever you desire for men to do to you, you shall also do to them;
for this is the law and the prophets.
(Matthew 7:12
WEB) |
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can't be wrong if everyone is doing it. |
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Enter in by the
narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to
destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.
How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to life!
Few are those who find it.
(Matthew 7:13-14
WEB) |
| Trust
your heart. |
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The heart is
deceitful
above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
(Jeremiah 17:9 KJV) |
Watch
out who you give to. They may use it wrongly.
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Give to
everyone who asks
you, and don't ask him who takes away your goods to give them back
again.
(Luke 6:30 WEB) |
Don't
loan money to anyone that may not be able to repay.
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If you lend to
those from
whom you hope to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend
to sinners, to receive back as much. But love your enemies, and do
good, and lend, expecting nothing back; and your reward will be great,
and you will be children of the Most High; for he is kind toward the
unthankful and evil.
(Luke 6:34-35 WEB) |
Hate
your enemies. Get even with those who abuse you.
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But I say unto
you, Love
your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you,
and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.
(Matthew 5:44
KJV) |
Do
good works so that you can be repaid for your good.
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..."When you
make a dinner
or a supper, don't call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your
kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the
favor, and pay you back. But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the
maimed, the lame, or the blind; and you will be blessed, because they
don't have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the
resurrection of the righteous."
(Luke 14:12-14 WEB) |
Do
good works so that you can go to heaven when you die
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For it is by
grace you
have been saved, through faith-- and this not from yourselves, it is
the gift of God-- not by works, so that no one can boast.
(Ephesians 2:8-9 NIV) |
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who has saved
us and
called us to a holy life-- not because of anything we have done but
because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ
Jesus before the beginning of time
(2 Timothy 1:9 NIV) |
| It
must be right because it feels
so good. |
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There is a way
which seems right to a man, But in the end it leads to death.
(Proverbs 14:12 WEB) |
Hide
your evil motives.
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All a man's
ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart.
(Proverbs
21:2 NIV)
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