Hebrews 6:6-9
6:6 and then have committed apostasy,
to renew them again to repentance, since
they are crucifying the Son of God for themselves all over again
and holding him up to contempt.
6:7 For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on
it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God.
6:8 But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is useless and about to be cursed;
its fate is to be burned.
6:9 But in your case, dear friends, even though we speak like this, we are convinced of better things relating to salvation.
Hebrews 6:1
6:1 Therefore we must progress beyond the elementary instructions about Christ and move on to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,
Hebrews 1:11
1:11 They will perish, but you continue.
And they will all grow old like a garment,
Psalms 44:18
44:18 We have not been unfaithful,
nor have we disobeyed your commands.
Proverbs 1:32
1:32 For the waywardness of the
simpletons will kill them,
and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.
Proverbs 14:14
14:14 The backslider will be paid back from his own ways,
but a good person will be rewarded for his.
Luke 11:26
11:26 Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so
the last state of that person
is worse than the first.”
Luke 11:1
Instructions on Prayer
11:1 Now Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”
Luke 5:16
5:16 Yet Jesus himself
frequently withdrew
to the wilderness
and prayed.
Jude 1:12-13
1:12 These men are
dangerous reefs
at your love feasts,
feasting without reverence,
feeding only themselves.
They are
waterless
clouds, carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit
– twice dead,
uprooted;
1:13 wild sea waves,
spewing out the foam of
their shame;
wayward stars
for whom the utter depths of eternal darkness
have been reserved.