Serious Seriousness! Separation Before Transformation. A caterpillar must First Separate himself from the distractions of other caterpillars, before he can Transform Into his Destiny of Becoming a Butterfly!
Proverbs 18:1
[1]Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
[24]Know yee not that they which runne in a race, runne all, but one receiueth the price? So runne, that yee may obtaine.
[25]And euery man that striueth for the masterie, is temperate in all things: Now they doe it to obtaine a corruptible crowne, but we an incorruptible.
[26]I therefore so runne, not as vncertainely: so fight I, not as one that beateth the ayre:
[27]But I keepe vnder my body, and bring it into subiection: lest that by any meanes when I haue preached to others, I my selfe should be a castaway.
Philippians 3:7-8,10-15
[7]But what things were gaine to me, those I counted losse for Christ.
[8]Yea doubtlesse, and I count all things but losse, for the excellencie of the knowledge of Christ Iesus my Lord: for whom I haue suffered the losse of all things, and doe count them but doung, that I may win Christ,
[10]That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable vnto his death,
[11]If by any meanes I might attaine vnto the resurrection of the dead.
[12]Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Iesus.
[13]Brethren, I count not my selfe to haue apprehended: but this one thing I doe, forgetting those things which are behinde, and reaching forth vnto those things which are before,
[14]I presse toward the marke, for the price of the high calling of God in Christ Iesus.
[15]Let vs therefore, as many as bee perfect, bee thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shal reueale euen this vnto you.
2 Timothy 2:4-5
[4]No man that warreth, intangleth himselfe with the affaires of this life, that hee may please him who hath chosen him to be a souldJeremiah
[5]And if a man also striue for masteries, yet is hee not crowned except hee striue lawfully.
Matthew 7:13-14
[13]¶ Enter ye in at the strait gate, for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which goe in thereat:
[14]Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way which leadeth vnto life, and few there be that finde it.
Luke 13:23-24
[23]Then said one vnto him, Lord, are there few that be saued? And he said vnto them,
[24]¶ Striue to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say vnto you, will seeke to enter in, and shall not be able.
Galatians 6:7-9
[7]Be not deceiued, God is not mocked: for whatsoeuer a man soweth, that shall he also reape.
[8]For hee that soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reape corruption: but he that soweth to the spirit, shall of the spirit reape life euerlasting.
[9]And let vs not bee weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reape, if we faint not.
Galatians 2:20
[20]I am crucified with Christ. Neuertheles, I liue, yet not I, but Christ liueth in me, and the life which I now liue in the flesh, I liue by the faith of the sonne of God, who loued mee, and gaue himselfe for me.
Galatians 5:24-25
[24]And they that are Christs, haue crucified the flesh with the affections and lustes.
[25]If we liue in the Spirit, let vs also walke in the Spirit.
Colossians 3:1-3
[1]If yee then bee risen with Christ, seeke those things which are aboue, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God:
[2]Set your affection on things aboue, not on things on the earth.
[3]For yee are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Galatians 6:14-16
[14]But God forbid that I should glory, saue in the Crosse of our Lord Iesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified vnto me, & I vnto the world.
[15]For in Christ Iesus neither circumcision auaileth any thing nor vncircumcision, but a new creature.
[16]And as many as walke according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercie, and vpon the Israel of God.
Romans 12:1-2
[1]I beseech you therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, that yee present your bodies a liuing sacrifice, holy, acceptable vnto God, which is your reasonable seruice.
[2]And bee not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renuing of your minde, that ye may proue what is that good, that acceptable and perfect will of God.
Matthew 22:29-30
[29]Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
[30]For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
Luke 20:34-36
[34]And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:
[35]But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:
[36]Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Luke 2:37
[37]And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
Matthew 19:12
[12]For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.
Proverbs 4:23-27
[23]Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
[24]Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
[25]Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.
[26]Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.
[27]Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Proverbs 18:1
[1]Through desire a man hauing separated himselfe, seeketh and intermedleth with all wisedome.
2 Peter 1:4-12
[4]Whereby are giuen vnto vs exceeding great and precious promises, that by these you might bee partakers of the diuine nature, hauing escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
[5]And besides this, giuing all diligence, adde to your faith, vertue; and to vertue knowledge;
[6]And to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, patience; and to patience, godlinesse;
[7]And to godlinesse, brotherly kindnesse; and to brotherly kindnesse, charitie.
[8]For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that yee shall neither be barren, nor vnfruitfull in the knowledge of our Lord Iesus Christ.
[9]But hee that lacketh these things, is blind, and cannot see farre off, and hath forgotten that hee was purged from his old sinnes.
[10]Wherefore, the rather, brethren, giue diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye doe these things, ye shall neuer fall.
[11]For so an entrance shall be ministred vnto you abundantly, into the euerlasting kingdome of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ.
[12]Wherefore I wil not be negligent to put you alwayes in remembrance of these things, though yee know them, and be stablished in the present trueth.
Jasher 3:1-2
[1]And Enoch lived sixty-five years and he begat Methuselah; and Enoch walked with God after having begot Methuselah, and he served the Lord, and despised the evil ways of men.
[2]And the soul of Enoch was wrapped up in the instruction of the Lord, in knowledge and in understanding; and he wisely retired from the sons of men, and secreted himself from them for many days.
Matthew 3:1-4
[1]In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
[2]And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
[3]For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
[4]And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Romans 8:4-14
[4]That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
[5]For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit.
[6]For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
[7]Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
[8]So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
[9]But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
[10]And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
[11]But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
[12]Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.
[13]For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
[14]For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
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