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Produce good fruit as proof of your repentance. Matthew 3:8

Produce good fruit as proof of your repentance.
Matthew 3:8 conversion repentance life
The fear of the Lord implies hatred of evil;
I hate pride and arrogance,
evil ways and perverse speech.
Proverbs 8:13 awe pride evil

And so you should put to death everything in your nature that is earthly: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desires, and greed (which is idolatry).
Colossians 3:5 sin desires materialism
Therefore, whoever breaks even one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be considered least in the kingdom of heaven. But whoever observes these commandments and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:19 law kingdom heaven
Therefore, we fasted and prayed to God to grant us a safe journey, and he answered our prayer.
Ezra 8:23 fasting prayer
So I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
Mark 11:24 faith prayer receiving
Consequently, anyone united to Christ is a new creation. The old order has passed away. Behold, all has become new.
2 Corinthians 5:17 creation Jesus rebirth
Therefore, a Sabbath rest still remains for the people of God, since those who enter into God’s rest also cease from their own labors as God did from his.
Hebrews 4:9-10 sabbath rest work
But from the very beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ‘That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two become one flesh.’ And so they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.
Mark 10:6-9 marriage body sexuality
When I fed them, they were satisfied;
when they were satisfied, they became proud of heart
and quickly forgot me.
Hosea 13:6 materialism pride dependence
Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have received from God, and that you are not your own? You have been purchased at a price. Therefore, glorify God in your body.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 worship Spirit life
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
Luke 6:36 goodness neighbor Father
So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will take care of itself. Each day has enough troubles of its own.
Matthew 6:34 life worrying dependence
Therefore, brethren, be diligent in providing a firm foundation for your call and election. If you do this, you will never stumble, and you will receive a glorious welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:10-11 calling obedience kingdom
Therefore, when someone is guilty of any one of these things, he shall confess the sin he has committed.
Leviticus 5:5 confession sin
Therefore, we can say with confidence:
“The Lord is my helper;
I will not be afraid.
What can anyone do to me?”
Hebrews 13:6 trust fear protection
He replied, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female’ and said: ‘That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two become one flesh’? And so they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
Matthew 19:4-6 marriage sexuality creation
Therefore, let us leave behind the basic teaching about Christ and advance toward maturity. We must not be forever laying the foundation: repentance for actions that lead to death, faith in God, instruction about baptisms and the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
Hebrews 6:1-2 conversion faith baptism
Therefore, I say to you: ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
Luke 11:9 prayer seeking reliability
For the love of Christ urges us forward, once we conclude that one has died for all, and therefore all have died. And he died for all, so that those who live might no longer live for themselves, but for him who for their sakes died and was raised to life.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15 love life resurrection
He who called you is holy. Therefore, be holy yourselves in all your conduct. For Scripture says, “Be holy, for I am holy.”
1 Peter 1:15-16 holiness life calling
Now, if you will obey my voice and keep my covenant, you will be my own possession from among all the peoples, for the entire earth is mine.
Exodus 19:5 obedience covenant valuable
You shall observe my commandments and obey them. I am the Lord.
Leviticus 22:31 law obedience God
Hence, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death.
Romans 8:1-2 law judgment redeemer
I love the Lord because he has heard my voice
and listened to my cry for mercy,
because he has inclined his ear to me
on the day when I called out to him.
Psalm 116:1-2 love worship listening