#biblical warning

Matthew 6:24 KJV

"No man can serve two masters: for either He will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and Mammon."

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We humans are inclined to worship. Even those that deny God serve something worldly: Money, status, sex, substances, their whims, etc. The world has many false idols on offer, ranging from flesh and blood celebrities and politicians to nameless and transient pursuits of pleasure. Worship is directed to either God or a "God-substitute" of our own making, an idol.

It’s the Lord that we pass everyday on the streets. It’s Jesus that we are feeding at food shelters. It’s Jesus that we comfort at a funeral.

If we reject to look after those who are the least of us on earth, God will make us the least of all on the day of Judgement.

Matthew 5:22 KJV

"but I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire."

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Matthew 12:31-32 KJV

"Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come."

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Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is not a single action, and it is not accidental or casual. So if you're worried you may be guilty of it, you are not. Rather, it is a persistent and hardened rejection, a deliberate and often malicious denial of God's power and the Holy Spirit's influence.

Prior to these verses, the Pharisees had attributed Jesus's miracles to demonic powers. This is presented as an example of this type of blasphemy. Despite Jesus's meek and compassionate nature on display, these Pharisees had fallen into a pattern of behavior characterized by a hardened heart and a rejection of God's truth.

Matthew 5:27-30 KJV

"Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: but I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell."

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