Now we see but a poor reflection, then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part, then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. And now these three things remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1st Corinthians 13:12,13
All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely, I will be with you always, to the very end of the age. Matthew 27:18-20
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. John 3:16,17
And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others. 2nd Timothy 2:2
But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Matthew 6:33
It is indeed very easy to become distracted not only by the ways of the world, but by the perceived expectations of other christians, and by our desires to serve God in a way which seems pleasing and dignified to us. So easy to seek after goals of intellectual and spiritual knowledge and truth only to find that these have become our goals instead of "Christ and him Crucified"
Let us therefore seek after the simple premises
of these and other similar scriptures, hungering for simple friendship
with our Creator and Redeemer, letting him work a new and wonderous path
for our lives. - Methuselah 1997