“He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the steadfast love of the LORD.”
“And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.“
“But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls”
Psalms 45:7 you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions;
Psalms 101:3 I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me. A perverse heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil.
Psalms 101:8 Morning by morning I will destroy all the wicked in the land, cutting off all the evildoers from the city of the LORD.
Revelation 21:27 But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s book of life
Proverbs 23:31 Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. In the end it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder. Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart utter perverse things.
Jeremiah 22:17 But you have eyes and heart only for your dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, and for practicing oppression and violence.”
Hosea 7:6 For with hearts like an oven they approach their intrigue; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
Micah 2:2 They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them away; they oppress a man and his house, a man and his inheritance.
James 1:13 Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
Romans 12:9 Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.
Psalms 97:10 O you who love the LORD, hate evil! He preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
It is our choice what we focus our eyes and heart upon. For sure there is plenty in this world that so easily takes our focus and attention away from humbly serving, obeying, honoring and glorifying God. Why are we so easily distracted? What can we do to lessen or remove these distractions? Knowing and understanding God’s word and His purpose for our lives will change our focus, wants, and desires. Staying in his word will result in changing our heart. Day after day we are refreshed by it. Morning by morning it is made new and revives our soul. The warnings are clear for those who hang on to this world and what it has to offer, and as well to those who want to stand on the fence of this world and the one to come. These people will encounter death, destruction, and will have no part in heaven. Their lives will forever be in hell. Choose to keep your eyes, heart, mind, and soul focused on God, through His word each day. Commit to humbly serving, obeying, honoring, and glorifying Him.