If only you had paid attention to my commandments! Your peace would have been like a river, and your justice would have been like the waves of the sea (Isaiah 48:18; CPDV).
We can’t have peace
Without justice.
We can’t have war
Without blood.
We can’t have choice
Without fairness.
We can’t have God
Without love.
We can’t have truth
Without honour.
We can’t have hope
Without faith.
We can’t have life
Without sorrow.
We can’t have God
Without grace.
It is by grace you have been saved, through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God (Ephesians 2:8; NIV).
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Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love (1 John 4:7; NLT).
Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows (John 16:33; NLT).
The wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God [that is, His remarkable, overwhelming gift of grace to believers] is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 6:23; AMP).