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Why is it so hard to be pure?

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Why is it so hard to be pure?. Why is it so hard to be pure?. 1 Cor 8:13 13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to fall. NIV. Why is it so hard to be pure?. Rom 1:26-27 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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1 Cor 8:13 13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my

brother to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to fall.

NIV

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Rom 1:26-27 Because of this, God gave them over to

shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.

NIV

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2 Tim 2:15-16 Study to shew thyself approved unto

God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

KJV

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Hos 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of

knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for

Me; Because you have forgotten the law of

your God, I also will forget your children. NKJV

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Matt 24:4-5 Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one

deceives you. 5 For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many.

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Matt 22:12-13 'Friend,' he asked, 'how did you get in

here without wedding clothes?' The man was speechless.

13 "Then the king told the attendants, 'Tie him hand and foot, and throw him outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'

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Acts 2:40-43 With many other words he warned them;

and he pleaded with them, "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation." 41 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.

42 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

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This has a simple one word answer

(Rebellion)

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1 Sam 15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and

idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of

the Lord, NKJV

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Neh 9:17 They refused to obey, And they were not mindful of Your

wonders That You did among them. But they hardened their necks, And in their rebellion They appointed a leader

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To return to their bondage. But You are God, Ready to pardon, Gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, Abundant in kindness, And did not forsake them. NKJV

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Josh 22:22 "The Lord God of gods, the Lord God of

gods, He knows, and let Israel itself know — if it is in rebellion, or if in treachery against the Lord, do not save us this day.

NKJV

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Matt 24:31 And he will send his angels with a loud

trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

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John 9:3-5 Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his

parents sinned, but that the works of God should be revealed in him. 4 I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world."

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