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Matthew 7:13-14
“ Enter God’s kingdom through the narrow gate. The gate is large and the road is wide that leads to ruin. Many people go that way.But the gate is small and the road is narrow that leads to life. Only a few people find it.
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1 Peter 1 14-1 Peter 1 15
You should obey your Father. You shouldn’t give in to evil desires. They controlled your life when you didn’t know any better.The God who chose you is holy. So you should be holy in all that you do.
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Hebrews 10:20-23
His way is new because he lives. It has been opened for us through the curtain. I’m talking about his body.We also have a great priest over the house of God.So let us come near to God with a sincere heart. Let us come near boldly because of our faith. Our hearts have been sprinkled. Our minds have been cleansed from a sense of guilt. Our bodies have been washed with pure water.Let us hold firmly to the hope we claim to have. The God who promised is faithful.
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John 14:6
Jesus answered,“ I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
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Isaiah 42:16
Israel is blind. So I will lead them along paths they had not known before. I will guide them on roads they are not familiar with. I will turn the darkness into light as they travel. I will make the rough places smooth. Those are the things I will do. I will not desert my people.
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2 Timothy 1 9
God has saved us. He has chosen us to live a holy life. It wasn’t because of anything we have done. It was because of his own purpose and grace. Through Christ Jesus, God gave us this grace even before time began.
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1 Peter 2 9-1 Peter 2 10
But God chose you to be his people. You are royal priests. You are a holy nation. You are God’s special treasure. You are all these things so that you can give him praise. God brought you out of darkness into his wonderful light.Once you were not a people. But now you are the people of God. Once you had not received mercy. But now you have received mercy.
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Ezekiel 44:9
The Lord and King says,“ No outsider whose heart is stubborn can enter my temple. They have not been circumcised. Even if they live among the people of Israel they can’t enter my temple.
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Isaiah 4:3
Those who are left in Zion will be called holy. They will be recorded among those who are alive in Jerusalem.
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Hebrews 12:14
Try your best to live in peace with everyone. Try hard to be holy. Without holiness no one will see the Lord.
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Titus 2:11-14
God’s grace has now appeared. By his grace, God offers to save all people.His grace teaches us to say no to godless ways and sinful desires. We must control ourselves. We must do what is right. We must lead godly lives in today’s world.That’s how we should live as we wait for the blessed hope God has given us. We are waiting for Jesus Christ to appear in his glory. He is our great God and Savior.He gave himself for us. By doing that, he set us free from all evil. He wanted to make us pure. He wanted us to be his very own people. He wanted us to desire to do what is good.
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Isaiah 30:21
You will hear your Teacher’s voice behind you. You will hear it whether you turn to the right or the left. It will say,“ Here is the path I want you to take. So walk on it.”
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1 Thessalonians 4 7
That’s because God chose us to live pure lives. He wants us to be holy.
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Revelation 21:27
Only what is pure will enter the city. No one who causes people to believe lies will enter it. No one who does shameful things will enter it either. Only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life will enter the city.
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Isaiah 49:10-12
They will not get hungry or thirsty. The heat from the desert sun will not beat down on them. The God who has tender love for them will guide them. Like a shepherd, he will lead them beside springs of water.I will make roads across the mountains. I will build wide roads for my people.They will come from far away. Some of them will come from the north. Others will come from the west. Still others will come from Aswan in the south.”
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Jeremiah 31:21
The Lord says,“ Put up road signs. Set up stones to show the way. Look carefully for the highway. Look for the road you will take. Return, people of Israel. Return to your towns.
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Isaiah 60:21
Then all your people will do what is right. The land will belong to them forever. They will be like a young tree I have planted. My hands have created them. They will show how glorious I am.
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Isaiah 40:3-4
A messenger is calling out,“ In the desert prepare the way for the Lord. Make a straight road through it for our God.Every valley will be filled in. Every mountain and hill will be made level. The rough ground will be smoothed out. The rocky places will be made flat.
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Jeremiah 50:4-5
“ The days are coming,” announces the Lord.“ At that time the people of Israel and Judah will gather together. They will come in tears to me. I am the Lord their God.They will ask how to get to Zion. Then they will turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to me. They will enter into the covenant I make with them. It will last forever. It will never be forgotten.
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Isaiah 57:14
A messenger says,“ Build up the road! Build it up! Get it ready! Remove anything that would keep my people from coming back.”
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Isaiah 62:10
Go out through your gates, people of Jerusalem! Go out! Prepare the way for the rest of your people to return. Build up the road! Build it up! Remove the stones. Raise a banner over the city for the nations to see.
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Psalms 25:8-9
The Lord is honest and good. He teaches sinners to walk in his ways.He shows those who aren’t proud how to do what is right. He teaches them his ways.
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Proverbs 4:18
The path of those who do right is like the sun in the morning. It shines brighter and brighter until the full light of day.
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Proverbs 8:20
I walk in ways that are honest. I take paths that are right.
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Isaiah 33:8
The wide roads are deserted. No one travels on them. Our peace treaty with Assyria is broken. Those who witnessed it are looked down on. No one is respected.
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Jeremiah 32:39-40
I will give them a single purpose in life. Then, they will always have respect for me. Then all will go well for them. And it will also go well for their children after them.I will make a covenant with them that will last forever. I promise that I will never stop doing good to them. I will cause them to respect me. Then they will never turn away from me again.
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Isaiah 19:23
At that time there will be a wide road from Egypt to Assyria. The people of Assyria will go to Egypt. And the people of Egypt will go to Assyria. The people of Egypt and Assyria will worship the Lord together.
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Ezekiel 43:12
“ Here is the law of the temple. The whole area on top of Mount Zion will be very holy. That is the law of the temple.”
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Isaiah 52:11
You who carry the objects that belong to the Lord’ s temple, leave Babylon! Leave it! Get out of there! Don’t touch anything that isn’t pure and“ clean.” Come out of Babylon and be pure.
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Isaiah 52:1
Wake up! Zion, wake up! Dress yourself with strength as if it were your clothes. Holy city of Jerusalem, put on your clothes of glory. Those who haven’t been circumcised will never enter you again. Neither will those who are“ unclean.”
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Ephesians 2:10
We are God’s creation. He created us to belong to Christ Jesus. Now we can do good works. Long ago God prepared these works for us to do.
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John 7:17
Here is how someone can find out whether my teaching comes from God or from me. That person must choose to do what God wants them to do.
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Joel 3:17
The Lord says,“ You will know that I am the Lord your God. I live in Zion. It is my holy mountain. Jerusalem will be my holy city. People from other lands will never again attack it.
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Isaiah 11:16
There was a road the people of Israel used when they came up from Egypt. In the same way, there will be a wide road coming out of Assyria. It will be used by the Lord’ s people who are left alive there.
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Psalms 23:4
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid. You are with me. Your shepherd’s rod and staff comfort me.
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Revelation 7:15-17
So“ they are in front of the throne of God. They serve him day and night in his temple. The one who sits on the throne will be with them to keep them safe.‘ Never again will they be hungry. Never again will they be thirsty. The sun will not beat down on them.’( Isaiah 49:10) The heat of the desert will not harm them.The Lamb, who is at the center of the area around the throne, will be their shepherd.‘ He will lead them to springs of living water.’( Isaiah 49:10)‘ And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’ ”( Isaiah 25:8)
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2 Peter 3 13
But we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth. Godliness will live there. All this is in keeping with God’s promise.
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Psalms 119:130
When your words are made clear, they bring light. They bring understanding to childish people.
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Psalms 19:7
The law of the Lord is perfect. It gives us new strength. The laws of the Lord can be trusted. They make childish people wise.
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1John 2:20
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Matthew 1:23
“ The virgin is going to have a baby. She will give birth to a son. And he will be called Immanuel.”( Isaiah 7:14) The name Immanuel means“ God with us.”
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1 John 2 27
But you have received the Holy Spirit from God. He continues to live in you. So you don’t need anyone to teach you. God’s Spirit teaches you about everything. What he says is true. He doesn’t lie. Remain joined to Christ, just as you have been taught by the Spirit.
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Zechariah 14:20-21
On that day“ Holy to the Lord” will be carved on the bells of the horses. The cooking pots in the Lord’ s temple will be just like the sacred bowls in front of the altar for burnt offerings.Every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be set apart to the Lord. All those who come to offer sacrifices will get some of the pots and cook in them. At that time there won’t be any Canaanites in the Lord’ s temple. He is the Lord who rules over all.