▪︎ 2Cor 3:11-12; Rom 5:2; ▪︎ Col 1:27; Eph 1:18, 19; ▪︎ 2Cor 3:18; 1John 3:2-3;

▪︎ For the Righteous:   ► Isa 25:8;    ► Acts 2:24;    ► 1Cor 15:54-55;    ► Heb 2:14, 15;    ► Rev 22:5, 7;             (full text… ) ▪︎ But not for the Unrighteous:    ► Hosea 13:6-7, 14;    ► Rev 20:15;             (full text… )    ► Rev 21:8

▪︎ Matt 10:34-39; ▪︎ Division – Luke 12:51-52, 53; ▪︎ Outcasts – John 16:2-3; ▪︎ Contempt – Micah 7:6, 7, 8, 9; ▪︎ Reproach – Luke 6:22 KJV; Luke 6:22; ▪︎ The cross – Luke 9:23; Rom 15:3; ▪︎ Priorities – Matt 8:21-22;

▪︎ Strength, Courage – Isa 35:3-4;▪︎ Rest – Matt 11:28-29; ▪︎ New creations – 2Cor 5:17;

▪︎ The good news of the cross is foolishness to the world – 1Cor 1:18; ▪︎ The world in its wisdom cannot find God – 1Cor 1:21; ▪︎ Why did God Engineer it this way?..    ► God is wiser than man – 1Cor 1:25;    ► Makes the wise foolish – 1Cor 1:27;    ► Nullifies self … Read more

▪︎ Pharisees Prophesied – Jer 50:6, 7; Micah 2:1-11; ▪︎ Pharisees Condemned – John 10:1, 8; Luke 11:42-52;▪︎ Good Shepherd Prophesied – Jer 50:19, 20; Micah 2:12, 13; ▪︎ Good Shepherd Fulfilled – John 10:3-4, 11;▪︎ Godly Shepherds Prophesied – Jer 3:15;▪︎ Godly Shepherds Fulfilled – 1Peter 5:2-3;

▪︎ Sought emptiness – Jer 2:5, 11-12; ▪︎ Broken, empty cisterns, empty containers – Jer 2:13; ▪︎ Double guilt – Hosea 10:10;▪︎ God nullifies all our fleshly efforts – 1Cor 1:28-29; see also… ► Idols Really Don’t Exist, Can’t Do Anything:► Apart From God, We Are All Nothing

▪︎ To rule In His Image- Gen 1:26, 27, 31; ▪︎ For His Glory – Isa 43:7; ▪︎ For Fellowship, Praise – Isa 43:21; ▪︎ Created to cling to God – Jer 13:11;