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John 6:65
So he continued speaking. He said,“ This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father helps them.”
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John 6:39-40
The one who sent me doesn’t want me to lose anyone he has given me. He wants me to raise them up on the last day.My Father wants all who look to the Son and believe in him to have eternal life. I will raise them up on the last day.”
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Matthew 11:25-27
At that time Jesus said,“ I praise you, Father. You are Lord of heaven and earth. You have hidden these things from wise and educated people. But you have shown them to little children.Yes, Father. This is what you wanted to do.“ My Father has given all things to me. The Father is the only one who knows the Son. And the only ones who know the Father are the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to make him known.
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Ephesians 2:4-10
But God loves us deeply. He is full of mercy.So he gave us new life because of what Christ has done. He gave us life even when we were dead in sin. God’s grace has saved you.God raised us up with Christ. He has seated us with him in his heavenly kingdom. That’s because we belong to Christ Jesus.He has done it to show the riches of his grace for all time to come. His grace can’t be compared with anything else. He has shown it by being kind to us. He was kind to us because of what Christ Jesus has done.God’s grace has saved you because of your faith in Christ. Your salvation doesn’t come from anything you do. It is God’s gift.It is not based on anything you have done. No one can brag about earning it.We are God’s creation. He created us to belong to Christ Jesus. Now we can do good works. Long ago God prepared these works for us to do.
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John 12:32
And I am going to be lifted up from the earth. When I am, I will bring all people to myself.”
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John 6:45
It is written in the Prophets,‘ God will teach all of them.’( Isaiah 54:13) Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.
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Matthew 16:17
Jesus replied,“ Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah! No mere human showed this to you. My Father in heaven showed it to you.
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Jeremiah 31:3
The Lord appeared to us in the past. He said,“ I have loved you with a love that lasts forever. I have kept on loving you with a kindness that never fails.
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Titus 3:3-5
At one time we too acted like fools. We didn’t obey God. We were tricked. We were controlled by all kinds of desires and pleasures. We were full of evil. We wanted what belongs to others. People hated us, and we hated one another.But the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared.He saved us. It wasn’t because of the good things we had done. It was because of his mercy. He saved us by washing away our sins. We were born again. The Holy Spirit gave us new life.
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Hosea 11:4
I led them with kindness and love. I was to them like a person who lifts a little child to their cheek. I bent down and fed them.
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John 3:3-7
Jesus replied,“ What I’m about to tell you is true. No one can see God’s kingdom unless they are born again.”“ How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked.“ They can’t go back inside their mother! They can’t be born a second time!”Jesus answered,“ What I’m about to tell you is true. No one can enter God’s kingdom unless they are born with water and the Holy Spirit.People give birth to people. But the Spirit gives birth to spirit.You should not be surprised when I say,‘ You must all be born again.’
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Colossians 2:12
When you were baptized, you were buried together with Christ. And you were raised to life together with him when you were baptized. You were raised to life by believing in God’s work. God himself raised Jesus from the dead.
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Philippians 1:29
Here is what he has given you to do for Christ. You must not only believe in him. You must also suffer for him.
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John 5:44
You accept praise from one another. But you do not seek the praise that comes from the only God. So how can you believe?
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Song of Solomon 1 4
Take me away with you. Let us hurry! King Solomon, bring me into your palace.”“ King Solomon, you fill us with joy. You make us happy. We praise your love more than we praise wine.”“ It is right for them to love you!
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John 8:43
Why aren’t my words clear to you? Because you can’t really hear what I say.
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Isaiah 44:18-20
People like that don’t even know what they are doing. Their eyes are shut so that they can’t see the truth. Their minds are closed so that they can’t understand it.No one even stops to think about this. No one has any sense or understanding. If anyone did, they would say,“ I used half of the wood for fuel. I even baked bread over the fire. I cooked meat. Then I ate it. Should I now make a statue of a god out of the wood that’s left over? Should I bow down to a block of wood? The Lord would hate that.”That’s as foolish as eating ashes! The mind of someone like that has led him astray. He can’t save himself. He can’t bring himself to say,“ This thing I’m holding in my right hand isn’t really a god at all.”
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John 12:37-40
Jesus had performed so many signs in front of them. But they still would not believe in him.This happened as Isaiah the prophet had said it would. He had said,“ Lord, who has believed what we’ve been saying? Who has seen the Lord’s saving power?”( Isaiah 53:1)For this reason, they could not believe. As Isaiah says in another place,“ The Lord has blinded their eyes. He has closed their minds. So they can’t see with their eyes. They can’t understand with their minds. They can’t turn to the Lord. If they could, he would heal them.”( Isaiah 6:10)
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Romans 8:7-8
The mind ruled by the power of sin is at war with God. It does not obey God’s law. It can’t.Those who are under the power of sin can’t please God.
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Jeremiah 13:23
Can people from Ethiopia change their skin? Can leopards change their spots? It’s the same with you. You have always done what is evil. So how can you do what is good?
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Matthew 12:34
You nest of poisonous snakes! How can you who are evil say anything good? Your mouths say everything that is in your hearts.
