Here is the big picture: Life is a test, and the world is a testing ground. Your choices determine your destiny, and there are only two outcomes:
1) You pass the test: then you are forever accepted by God and received into His eternal kingdom.
2) You fail the test: then you are forever rejected by God and thrown into the trash heap of the universe to be burned.
God wants you to pass the test. He will provide all the help you need if you ask, but He won’t choose for you.
You are the one who must choose, so choose wisely.
[Deuteronomy 30:19] I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live.
[Deuteronomy 8:2] You shall remember the whole way that the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.
[1 Peter 1:7] so that the testing of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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