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Pleasant Words from the Gospel

not obey the Gospel... They will be punished with everlasting
destruction and shut out from the Presence of the Lord and
from the majesty of His power. (2 Thessalonians, 1:8-9)

Moses describes in this way the righteousness that is by the
law [revealation including God's commandmens]: "The man
who does these things will live by them [be rewarded in the
hereafter with infinite paradise]." But the righteousness that
is by faith says: "... The word is near you; it is in your mouth

and in your heart. " (Romans, 10:5-8)
If anybody thinks... spiritually gifted, let him acknowledge
that what I am writing to you is the Lord's command. If he
ignores this, he himself will be ignored. (1 Corinthians, 14:37-

38)

[Jesus:] "Then he called the crowd to him along with his disci-
ples and said: "If anyone would come after me, he must... fol-
low me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but
whoever loses his life [for God's good pleasure] for me and
for the Gospel will save it." (Mark, 8:34-35)

Peter said to him, "We have left everything to follow you!" "I
tell you the truth," Jesus replied, " [For God's good pleasure]
no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or
father or children or fields for me and the Gospel will fail to
receive a hundred times as much in this present age [homes,
brothers, sisters, mothers, children and fields—and with
them, persecutions] and in the age to come, eternal life [par-

adise]. (Mark, 10:28-30)

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