January 28 – Wisdom for Real Life

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Welcome to Bible Chat, where we
have devotional conversations

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rooted in Scripture and relevant
for today, January 28th.

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Wisdom for real life.
Have you ever felt overwhelmed

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by how many voices are competing
for your attention?

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Every scroll, every
notification, every opinion

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seems to tell you who you should
be, what you should want, and

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how you should live.
It’s noisy out there, and if

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you’re not careful, you can end
up drifting, following trends,

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chasing quick thrills, or making
choices that feel good in the

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moment but leave you empty
later.

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That’s why Proverbs Chapter 9,
verse 6 is such a clear

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invitation.
It says leave your simple ways

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and live and walk in the way of
insight.

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God isn’t insulting anyone by
calling them simple.

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He’s calling us higher.
He’s saying there’s more to life

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than reacting, copying, or
coasting.

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Wisdom is an intentional choice.
It’s deciding to grow up

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spiritually, to think deeper,
and to walk a path that actually

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leads somewhere good.
Psalm 12 reminds us why that

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matters so much.
Verse 6 says the words of the

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Lord are pure words, like silver
refined in a furnace on the

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ground, purified 7 times.
People’s words can be

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unreliable.
Promises get broken, advice

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changes, influencers contradict
themselves.

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But God’s word is different.
It’s tested, refined, and

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trustworthy.
When everything else feels

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shaky, God’s word stays solid.
It doesn’t manipulate.

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It doesn’t exaggerate.
It tells the truth even when the

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truth is uncomfortable because
it’s meant to lead you to life.

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Then Jesus brings it home.
In Matthew chapter 25, He

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explains that what you do with
what God has given you actually

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matters.
He says for to everyone who has

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will more be given, and he will
have an abundance, but from the

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one who has, not even what He
has will be taken away.

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That’s not about favoritism,
it’s about stewardship.

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God gives each of us time,
gifts, opportunities, and

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influence.
When we use them wisely, even in

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small ways, He grows them.
But when we ignore them, waste

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them, or bury them out of fear
or distraction, we miss out on

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what could have been.
Wisdom for real life isn’t about

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having all the answers.
It’s about choosing the right

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voice.
It’s about trusting God’s Word

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over the noise, choosing growth
over comfort, and using what you

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already have instead of waiting
for something bigger or easier.

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A wise life isn’t built
overnight.

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It’s built through daily
decisions to listen, to trust,

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and to act in faith.
You don’t have to be the

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loudest, the fastest, or the
trendiest to live well.

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You just have to be willing to
walk an insight, trust God’s

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Word and be faithful with what’s
in front of you In a noisy

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world.
Wisdom leads you to a life that

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lasts.
Let’s pray.

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Heavenly Father, thank you for
offering me wisdom in the middle

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of so much noise.
Help me leave behind shallow

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ways of thinking and walk and
insight that leads to life.

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Teach me to trust Your word as
pure and unchanging and give me

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the courage to use what You’ve
already placed in my hands.

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I want to live with purpose,
faith and focus, honoring You in

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every choice I make in Jesus
name, Amen.

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What if the ache you feel for
more is actually God calling you

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deeper?
Thirst for God is a powerful

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inspired by Psalm 63, created

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for believers who refuse to live
on spiritual leftovers.

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This is a journey from longing
to encounter, from dryness to

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delight.
Seek teaches you how to pursue

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God with passion and
intentionality.

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Savor trains your heart to
recognize and enjoy His presence

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in every season.
C opens your spiritual eyes to

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God’s power, glory, and beauty
at work in your life.

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Satisfy leads your soul into
fullness, strength, and deep

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contentment in Him alone.
Sing ignites joy, gratitude, and

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worship that rises naturally
from intimacy with God.

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Stay anchors your heart in
steadfast devotion when

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distractions try to pull you
away, and Stand equips you to

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remain firm in God’s justice,
protection, and victory.

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communion, personal revival, and

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If you’re spiritually hungry,

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weary, or simply longing for
more of God, this is your

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Now I invite you to spend time
with God in today’s three-year

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Bible reading plan.
Proverbs Chapter 9, verses 1 to

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12 World English Bible Wisdom
has built her house.

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She has carved out her seven
pillars.

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She has prepared her meat.
She has mixed her wine.

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She has also set her table.
She has sent out her maidens.

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She cries from the highest
places of the city.

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Whoever is simple, let him turn
in here.

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As for him who is void of
understanding, she says to him,

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come eat some of my bread, drink
some of the wine which I have

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mixed.
Leave your simple ways and live.

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Walk in the way of
understanding.

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One who corrects A mocker
invites insult.

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One who reproves a wicked man
invites abuse.

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Don’t reprove A scoffer, lest he
hate you.

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Reprove a wise person and he
will love you.

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Instruct a wise person and he
will be still wiser.

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Teach a righteous person and he
will increase in learning.

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The fear of Yahweh is the
beginning of wisdom.

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The knowledge of the Holy One is
understanding.

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For by me your days will be
multiplied, the years of your

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life will be increased.
If you are wise, you are wise

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for yourself.
If you mock, you alone will bear

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it.
Psalm Chapter 12 World English

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Bible for the chief musician
upon an 8 stringed lyre a Psalm

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of David.
Help Yahweh for the godly man

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ceases, for the faithful fail
from among the children of men.

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Everyone lies to his neighbor.
They speak with flattering lips

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and with a double heart.
May Yahweh cut off all

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flattering lips and the tongue
that boasts.

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Who have said with our tongue we
will prevail.

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Our lips are our own.
Who is Lord over us because of

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the oppression of the weak and
because of the groaning of the

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needy?
I will now arise, says Yahweh.

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I will set Him in safety from
those who malign him.

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Yahweh’s words are flawless
words as silver refined in a

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clay furnace, purified 7 times.
You will keep them, Yahweh, You

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will preserve them from this
generation forever.

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The wicked walk on every side
when what is vile is exalted

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among the sons of men.
Matthew Chapter 25 World English

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Bible Then the Kingdom of heaven
will be like 10 virgins who took

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their lamps and went out to meet
the bridegroom. 5 of them were

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foolish and five were wise.
Those who were foolish when they

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took their lamps took no oil
with them, but the wise took oil

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in their vessels with their
lamps.

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Now while the bridegroom
delayed, they all slumbered and

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slept.
But at midnight there was a cry.

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Behold, the bridegroom is
coming, come out to meet him.

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Then all those virgins arose and
trim their lamps.

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The foolish said to the wise,
Give us some of your oil, for

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our lamps are going out.
But the wise answered, saying,

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What if there isn’t enough for
us?

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And you, you go rather to those
who sell and buy for yourselves,

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while they went away to buy.
The bridegroom came, and those

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who were ready went in with him
to the wedding feast, and the

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door was shut.
Afterward the other virgins also

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came, saying, Lord, Lord, open
to us.

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But he answered most certainly.
I tell you, I don’t know you.

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Watch therefore, for you don’t
know the day nor the hour in

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which the Son of Man is coming.
For it is like a man going into

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another country who called his
own servants and entrusted his

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goods to them.
To 1 he gave 5 talents, to

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another, two, to another one, to
each according to his own

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ability.
Then he went on his journey.

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Immediately.
He who received the five talents

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went and traded with them and
made another 5 talents.

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In the same way, he also who got
the two gained another 2.

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But he who received the one
talent went away and dug in the

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earth and hid his Lord’s money.
Now after a long time, the Lord

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of those servants came and
settled accounts with them.

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He who received the five talents
came and brought another 5

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talents, saying, Lord, you
delivered to me 5 talents.

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Behold, I have gained another 5
talents in addition to them.

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His Lord said to him, Well done,
good and faithful servant, you

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have been faithful over a few
things.

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I will set you over many things,
enter into the joy of your Lord.

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He also who got the two talents
came and said, Lord, you

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delivered to me two talents.
Behold, I have gained another

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two talents in addition to them.
His Lord said to him, Well done,

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good and faithful servant, you
have been faithful over a few

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things.
I will set you over many things,

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enter into the joy of your Lord.
He also, who had received the

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one talent, came and said, Lord,
I knew you, that you are a hard

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man, reaping where you didn’t
sow, and gathering where you

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didn’t scatter.
I was afraid and went away and

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hid your talent in the earth.
Behold, you have what is yours.

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But as Lord answered him, you
wicked and slothful servant, you

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knew that I reap where I didn’t
sow, and gather where I didn’t

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scatter.
You ought therefore to have

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deposited my money with the
bankers, and at my coming I

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should have received back my own
with interest.

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Take away, therefore, the talent
from him, and give it to Him who

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has the 10 talents.
For to everyone who has will be

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given, and He will have
abundance, but from him who

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doesn’t have even that which He
has will be taken away.

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Throw out the unprofitable
servant into the outer darkness,

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where there will be weeping and
gnashing of teeth.

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But when the Son of Man comes in
His glory, and all the holy

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angels with him, then He will
sit on the throne of His glory.

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Before Him all the nations will
be gathered, and He will

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separate them one from another,
as a shepherd separates the

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sheep from the goats.
He will set the sheep on His

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right hand, but the goats on the
left.

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Then the king will tell those on
his right hand, Come, blessed of

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my father, inherit the Kingdom
prepared for you from the

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foundation of the world.
For I was hungry, and you gave

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me food to eat.
I was thirsty and you gave me

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drink.
I was a stranger and you took me

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in.
I was naked and you clothed me.

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I was sick and you visited me.
I was in prison and you came to

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me.
Then the righteous will answer

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him, saying, Lord, when did we
see you hungry and feed you, or

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thirsty and give you a drink?
When did we see you as a

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stranger, and take you in, or
naked and clothe you?

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When did we see you sick or in
prison and come to you?

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The king will answer them most
certainly, I tell you, because

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you did it to one of the least
of these, my brothers, You did

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it to me.
Then he will say also to those

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on the left hand, Depart from
me.

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You cursed into the eternal
fire, which is prepared for the

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devil and his angels.
For I was hungry and you didn’t

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give me food to eat.
I was thirsty and you gave me no

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drink.
I was a stranger and you didn’t

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take me in naked, and you didn’t
clothe me sick and in prison,

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and you didn’t visit me.
Then they will also answer

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saying, Lord, when did we see
you hungry or thirsty or a

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stranger or naked or sick or in
prison and didn’t help you?

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Then He will answer them saying
most certainly I tell you,

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because you didn’t do it to one
of the least of these, You

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didn’t do it to me.
These will go away into eternal

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punishment, but the righteous
into eternal life.

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be sure to follow the podcast so

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you won’t miss the next
conversation.

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Until next time, stay rooted in
truth, anchored in hope, and

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walking daily with Jesus.