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   7 (Jn 14:27; Col 3:15; Isa 26:3) And the peace of God, which surpasses all   
   understanding, will protect your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.   
      
   [6] Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication   
   with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.   
   [7] And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your   
   hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.   
      
   Hear   
      
   John 10:27   
      
   27 (Jn 10:14; 10:16) My sheep hear My voice, and I know them,   
   and they follow Me.   
      
   [27] My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:   
      
   Romans 10:17   
      
   17 (Gal 3:2; 3:5) So then faith comes by hearing,   
   and hearing by the word of God.   
      
   [17] So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.   
      
   We Walk by faith, Not by Sight - 2 Corinthians 5:6-10   
      
   6 (Heb 11:13) Therefore we are always confident, knowing that while we are   
   at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord.   
   7 (1Co 13:12; 2Co 4:18) For we walk by faith, not by sight.   
   8 Instead, I say that we are confident and willing to be absent from the body   
   and to be present with the Lord.   
   9 So whether present or absent, we labor that we may be accepted by Him.   
   10 (Mt 16:27; Ac 10:42) For we must all appear before the judgment seat of   
   Christ, that each one may receive his recompense in the body, according   
   to what he has done, whether it was good or bad.   
      
   [6] Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home   
   in the body, we are absent from the Lord:   
   [7] (For we walk by faith, not by sight:)   
   [8] We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body,   
   and to be present with the Lord.   
   [9] Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted   
   of him.   
   [10] For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every   
   one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done,   
   whether it be good or bad.   
      
   The immediate and direct result   
      
   1 Peter 1:9   
      
   9 (Ro 6:22) receiving as the result of your faith the salvation of your souls.   
      
   [9] Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.   
      
   1) John 12:37-50, Mark 11:12-14, Matthew 21:18-22, Mark 11:15-19,   
   Matthew 21:12-17, Luke 19:45-48, Mark 11:20-33, Matthew 21:23-27, Luke 20:1-8   
      
   John 12:37-50   
      
   The Unbelief of the Jews   
      
   37 Though He had done so many signs before them,   
   yet they did not believe in Him.   
   38 (Isa 53:1; Ro 10:16) This fulfilled the word spoken by Isaiah the prophet:   
   "Lord, who has believed our report,   
   and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" (Isa 53:1.)   
   39 (Jn 5:44) Therefore they could not believe. For Isaiah said again:   
   40 (Isa 6:10; Mt 13:13-15) "He has blinded their eyes   
   and hardened their hearts,   
   lest they should see with their eyes   
   and perceive with their hearts and turn,   
   and I would heal them." (Isa 6:10.)   
   41 (Isa 6:1-5; 6:9-10) Isaiah said this when he saw His glory   
   and spoke of Him.   
   42 (Jn 7:13; 9:22) Yet many of the rulers also believed in Him.   
   But because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him,   
   lest they be put out of the synagogue.   
   43 (Jn 5:44; 5:41) For they loved the praise of men more than the praise   
   of God.   
      
   [37] But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed   
   not on him:   
   [38] That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he   
   spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the   
   Lord been revealed?   
   [39] Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,   
   [40] He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should   
   not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted,   
   and I should heal them.   
   [41] These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.   
   [42] Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but   
   because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put   
   out of the synagogue:   
   [43] For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.   
      
   Judgment by Jesus' Word   
      
   44 (Mt 10:40; Jn 5:24) Jesus cried out, "He who believes in Me believes   
   not only in Me, but in Him who sent Me.   
   45 He who sees Me sees Him who sent Me.   
   46 (Jn 8:12; 3:19) I have come as a light into the world, that whoever   
   believes in Me should not remain in darkness.   
   47 (Jn 3:17) "If anyone hears My words and does not believe, I do not judge   
   him. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.   
   48 (Lk 10:16; Ro 2:16) He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words,   
   has that which judges him. The word I have spoken will judge him   
   on the last day.   
   49 (Jn 3:11; 5:30) For I have not spoken on My own authority,   
   but the Father who sent Me gave Me a command, what I should say   
   and what I should speak.   
   50 (Jn 6:68) I know that His command is eternal life.   
   Therefore what I say, I say as the Father tells me."   
      
   [44] Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but   
   on him that sent me.   
   [45] And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.   
   [46] I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should   
   not abide in darkness.   
   [47] And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I   
   came not to judge the world, but to save the world.   
   [48] He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth   
   him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.   
   [49] For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave   
   me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.   
   [50] And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak   
   therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.   
      
   Mark 11:12-14   
      
   The Cursing of the Fig Tree   
   Mt 21:18-19   
      
   12 (Mt 4:2; 21:18-22) On the next day when they had returned from Bethany,   
   He was hungry.   
   13 (Lk 13:6-9) Seeing from afar a fig tree with leaves, He went to see   
   if perhaps He might find anything on it. When He came to it,   
   He found nothing except leaves, for it was not the season for figs.   
   14 (Mt 21:19) Jesus said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again."   
   And His disciples heard it.   
      
   [12] And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:   
   [13] And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he   
   might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but   
   leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.   
   [14] And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter   
   for ever. And his disciples heard it.   
      
   Matthew 21:18-22   
      
   The Cursing of the Fig Tree   
   Mk 11:12-14, 20-24   
      
   18 (Mt 4:2) Now in the morning as He returned to the city, He became hungry.   
   19 (Lk 13:6-9; Mk 11:14) When He saw a fig tree by the road,   
   He went to it but found nothing on it except leaves.   
   He said to it, "Let no fruit ever grow on you again." Immediately   
   the fig tree withered away.   
   20 When the disciples saw it, they were amazed, saying,   
   "How did the fig tree wither away instantly?"   
   21 (Mt 17:20; Jas 1:6) Jesus answered them, "Truly I say to you,   
   if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only   
   do what was done to the fig tree, but also, if you say to this mountain,   
   'Be removed, and be thrown into the sea,' it will be done.   
   22 (Mt 7:7; Jn 15:7) And whatever you ask in prayer, if you believe,   
   you will receive."   
      
   [18] Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.   
   [19] And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing   
   thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee   
      
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