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John 4:35

John 4:35 (MSG)
As you look around right now, wouldn't you say that in about four months it will be time to harvest? Well, I'm telling you to open your eyes and take a good look at what's right in front of you. These Samaritan fields are ripe. It's harvest time!

John 4:34

John 4:34 (MSG)
Jesus said, "The food that keeps me going is that I do the will of the One who sent me, finishing the work he started. As you look around right now, wouldn't you say that in about four months it will be time to harvest? Well, I'm telling you to open your eyes and take a good look at what's right in front of you. These Samaritan fields are ripe. It's harvest time!

1 Chronicles 4:9

1 Chronicles 4:9 (MSG)
Jabez was a better man than his brothers, a man of honor. His mother had named him Jabez (Oh, the pain!), saying, "A painful birth! I bore him in great pain!" Jabez prayed to the God of Israel: "Bless me, O bless me! Give me land, large tracts of land. And provide your personal protection—don't let evil hurt me." God gave him what he asked.

1 Corinthians 10:22

1 Corinthians 10:22 (MSG)
Besides, the Master won't put up with it. He wants us-all or nothing. Do you think you can get off with anything less?

1 Corinthians 10:21

1 Corinthians 10:21 (MSG)
And you can't have it both ways, banqueting with the Master one day and slumming with demons the next.

1 Corinthians 10:19

1 Corinthians 10:19 (MSG)
Do you see the difference? Sacrifices offered to idols are offered to nothing, for what's the idol but a nothing? Or worse than nothing, a minus, a demon! I don't want you to become part of something that reduces you to less than yourself. And you can't have it both ways, banqueting with the Master one day and slumming with demons the next. Besides, the Master won't put up with it. He wants us—all or nothing. Do you think you can get off with anything less?

1 Corinthians 10:20

1 Corinthians 10:20 (MSG)
Or worse than nothing, a minus, a demon! I don't want you to become part of something that reduces you to less than yourself.

1 Corinthians 10:18

1 Corinthians 10:18 (MSG)
That's basically what happened even in old Israel-those who ate the sacrifices offered on God's altar entered into God's action at the altar.

1 Corinthians 10:17

1 Corinthians 10:17 (MSG)
Because there is one loaf, our many-ness becomes one-ness-Christ doesn't become fragmented in us. Rather, we become unified in him. We don't reduce Christ to what we are; he raises us to what he is.

1 Corinthians 10:16

1 Corinthians 10:16 (MSG)
When we drink the cup of blessing, aren't we taking into ourselves the blood, the very life, of Christ? And isn't it the same with the loaf of bread we break and eat? Don't we take into ourselves the body, the very life, of Christ?

1 Corinthians 10:15

1 Corinthians 10:15 (MSG)
I assume I'm addressing believers now who are mature. Draw your own conclusions: When we drink the cup of blessing, aren't we taking into ourselves the blood, the very life, of Christ? And isn't it the same with the loaf of bread we break and eat? Don't we take into ourselves the body, the very life, of Christ? Because there is one loaf, our many-ness becomes one-ness—Christ doesn't become fragmented in us. Rather, we become unified in him. We don't reduce Christ to what we are; he raises us to what he is. That's basically what happened even in old Israel—those who ate the sacrifices offered on God's altar entered into God's action at the altar.

1 Corinthians 10:14

1 Corinthians 10:14 (MSG)
So, my very dear friends, when you see people reducing God to something they can use or control, get out of their company as fast as you can.