4As it is written in Ecclesiastes 12:13. “... Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.” Indeed it is our duty to follow Christ through thick and

7Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of HIM; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of HIM 1 Corinthians 2:12

9The fashion of the time had made pearls the costliest of all jewels, so they too became THESE of the preciousness of truth

10"If a man will give all the substance of his house to obtain wisdom in this fleshly captivity, I will return unto him, , "double in the world to come".'' In other words, in Mark 10:29-30 Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that has left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with THESE; and in the world to come eternal life

12Psalm 80:13 The WILD PIGS from the forest ravages it, and the creatures of the field feed upon it.

13From Christ's own example the same mind should be in all His TRUE: "They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world" (John 17:16 to 26)

14John 3:5 again Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, NO OTHER WAY a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God

1How do I get an attitude check on dealing with people who constantly create discord? In John 3:3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see this of God

2The Bible is clear about throwing THESE to the swine

3If you’re not dead to the things of the world, if you are not acquainted with the virtue and power of Christ's cross, and have not a true sense of Christianity, you cannot glory in being a true, born again, follower, disciple and being an 2 Corinthians 5:20 as the most excellent profession in the world

5Where do you draw the line between the Beatitudes and standing firm in the power of the ______?

6It's getting more difficult to be a MATTHEW 5:9

7Swine" denote those who would trample the precepts underfoot; people of impurity of life; those who are corrupt, polluted, profane, obscene, and sensual; those who would not know the value of the (GOOD NEWS), and who would stomp on it, as swine would pearls

8The “dogs'' represent distinct forms of evil. They signify people who spurn, oppose, and abuse the Word of God, people of special sourness and malignity of temper, who like growling, quarrelsome dogs of avarice and greed with blind THIS

11John 3:7 Those who are aware of their redemption, their second chance at living life the right way, they know they have received it like the first one, We are not and do not. Many never hear or understand AND DO THIS that HE said Ye must be born again

13Jesus the Christ passed through the world to sanctify it as a place of service; but His constant residence was not here, to REPAIR? it as a place of rest; and all that are Christ's are alike affected