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CONSOLIDATION:
God's word bears no matured fruit in the lives of people who are set on the riches and pleasures of this life. Those who love having their sinful (harmful) nature and the ways of this world as part of their life, and set their hearts on pursuing worldly things, will die forever, while those who hate all this and serve the Lord instead, even though they may be persecuted to death, will find eternal life.
To serve Jesus you must follow Jesus' path, and you will be honored by God the Father. Jesus draws us into eternal life in heaven. Only Jesus our Savior can distract us from our worldly pursuits; He provides.
To begin with repent of things like your preoccupation with money and worldly things. Turn, and forcefully do things in the other direction, toward the Lord. Recognize the harmful desires in your heart and value overcoming them (even though people may approve of them), showing the Lord you care about Him and His way of life, his everlasting principles.
Give a large portion of your wealth to the poor (see also LK 19:1-10), and don't wait. Be ready to meet the Lord. We all must repent or perish. Though the Lord is patient, our time does have a limit.
You can't tell right from wrong when you're so caught up with running after money and worldly things. Listen to and learn from what God says so you can tell the difference between right and wrong. This will help a lot, make it natural for you to home in as God draws you in to believing in Jesus, who came from Him, and be saved. Then God will live in you and He will enable you to succeed at applying His principles, overcoming all your harmful desires.
We overcome our frail harmful nature after applying God's will to our life; giving up the worldly things and forgiving each other (we worship God for enabling us to do this). We worship God from start to end.
Looking at women lustfully is adulterous and leads you into hell.
The harmer may take away your worldly things, burden you, or attack your dignity. So it's not easy because now you must lovingly offer yourself to them.
Some unbelievers deceive people away from the truth, from God Himself. They and their followers will be exposed and judged unfavorably, and what they did in private will be proclaimed to everyone. As for open harmfulness, God will take away the life of anyone who is greedy for possessions and a life of leisure.
Major Connections
+ Hating having your sinful (harmful) nature and the ways of this world as part of your life, and serving the Lord, and eternal life.
+ Being distracted from our worldly pursuits, and Jesus, He provides.
+ Not being distracted by and not pursuing money and worldly things, and serving Jesus, following His path.
+ Breaking your preoccupation with money and worldly things, and repenting, forcefully doing some small thing in the other direction, toward the Lord.
+ Breaking your preoccupation with money and worldly things, and recognizing the harmful desires in your heart and valuing overcoming them.
+ Breaking your preoccupation with money and worldly things, and giving a large portion of your wealth to the poor.
+ Breaking your preoccupation with money and worldly things, and listening to and learning from what God says.
+ Listening to and learning from what God says, and telling the difference between right and wrong.
+ Breaking your preoccupation with money and worldly things, and believing in Jesus, being saved.
+ Believing in Jesus, and God living in you and enabling you to succeed at applying His principles, overcoming all your harmful desires.
- Being caught up with running after money and worldly things, and your harmful desires, your frail harmful nature.
- Being caught up with running after money and worldly things, and not being able to tell right from wrong.
- Being set on the riches and pleasures of this life, and bearing no matured fruit.
- Being caught up with running after worldly things, and looking lustfully at women.
- Loving having your sinful (harmful) nature and the ways of this world as part of your life, setting your heart on pursuing worldly things and being greedy for possessions, and dying forever, God taking away your life.
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