Avoiding Spiritual Pitfalls: Lessons from Biblical Verses
Explore the pitfalls of misunderstanding God's works, failing to pray in distress, underestimating the value of worship, harboring unforgiveness, engaging in unnecessary questioning, lacking compassion, displaying cowardice, fostering competitiveness, being narrow-minded, and succumbing to earthly desires as highlighted in various verses from the Bible.
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1. Did not understand Him - Mark 8:13-21 They forgot the past works of God. Mark 4:35-40 They forgot the promise of God.
2. Did not pray with Him in distress - Matt 26:36-45 Mark 14:41 Mark 14:41 Proverb 20:13
3. Did not know the Value of Worship - Matt 26:6-10 Matt 19:27 Then Peter answered and said to Him, "See, we have left all and followed You. Therefore what shall we have?"(NKJV)
4. Unforgiveness - Matt 18:21, 22, 35 Luke 17:3-6 John 13:34-35 13:35 "By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another."
5. Unnecessary Questioning - John 21:20-23 2 Thes 3:11 1 Pet 4:15 1 Tim 5:13 And they get into the way of doing no work, going about from house to house; and not only doing no work, but talking foolishly, being over-interested in the business of others, saying things which they have no right to say. (BBE)
6. Uncompassionate - Matt 14:13-16 Luke 9:51-56 1 Cor 13:1-3
7. Couragelesssness - Matt 26: 69-75 We must pray for one another - Acts 4:29 We must remind ourselves of God s Promises. - Isaiah 41:10 God has not given us a spirit of fear - 2 Tim 1:7
8. Competitiveness - Mark 9: 30-37 - Mark 10:35-45 Mark 9:35 "If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all. Mark 10:43 "Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your servant. Luke 22:14-27
9. Narrow-mindedness - Mark 9: 38-40 Mark 10:40 "For he who is not against us is on our side. Phil 1:15-18
10. Earthly mindedness - Matt 16: 21-24 Matt 16:23 "Get behind Me, Satan! Phil 3:17-21
11.Rejected and Turned away : John 6:48-66 John 6:48 "I am the bread of life. (NKJV) John 6:55 "For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. 56 "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. (NKJV)
11.Rejected and Turned away : 11.Rejected and Turned away : John 6:48 John 6:48- -66 66 John 6:60 Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying; who can understand it?" (NKJV) John 6:66 From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. (NKJV)
Did not understand Him Did not pray with Him in distress Did not know the Value of Worship Unforgiveness Unnecessary Questioning Uncompassionate Couragelesssness Competitiveness Narrow-mindedness 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Earthly mindedness 11. Rejected and Turned away
Conclusion 2 Peter 1:3-4 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
