THE REFERENCES IN CHART ARE LISTED BELOW:
Matthew 16:
18 “And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell1 shall not prevail against it.” 1 hades
Luke 8:
11 “Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. 12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. … 15 But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.”
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2 Thessalonians 2: |
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[Paul urges them to continue stedfast in the truth received]
1 “Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him,1 2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
[shows that there shall be a departure from the faith]
3 “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition.”
1 Timothy 4
He foretells that in the latter times there shall be a departure from the faith
1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:
Acts 20
commits God's flock to them
28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
warns them of false teachers
29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
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