The Most Important Question

When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” “Well,” they replied, “some say John the Baptist, some say Elijah, and others say Jeremiah or one of the other prophets.” Then He asked them, “But who do you say I am?” Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” – Matt 16:13-16

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Many Pharisees and Sadducees came to where John was baptizing people. When John saw them, he said, “You are all snakes! Who warned you to run from God’s judgment that is coming? Change your hearts! And show by the way you live that you have changed. I know what you are thinking. You want to say, ‘but Abraham is our father!’ That means nothing. I tell you, God could make children for Abraham from these rocks. The ax is now ready to cut down the trees. Every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.” – Matt 3:7-10

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For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body – Col 2:9

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You snakes, you offspring of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell? – Matt 23:33

But I warn you – unless your righteousness far exceeds the righteousness of the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the Kingdom of Heaven! – Matt 5:20

And He was passing through one city and village after another, teaching, and proceeding on His way to Jerusalem. And someone said to Him, “Lord, are there just a few who are being saved?” And He said to them, “Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. – Luke 13:22-24

When people sin, they earn what sin pays – death. – Rom 6:23a

The person who sins is the one who will die. – Ez 18:20a

Can an Ethiopian change the color of his skin? Can a leopard take away its spots? Neither can you start doing good, for you have always done evil. – Jer 13:23

On judgment day many will say to Me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in Your name and cast out demons in Your name and performed many miracles in Your name.’ But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Depart from Me, you who break God’s laws.’ – Matt 7:22-23

God made Him who had no sin (Jesus) to be sin for us, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God. – 2Cor 5:21

But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from all sin. – 1John 1:7

All scripture is from the New American Standard Bible unless otherwise noted