Opportunity: The Measure of Responsibility

Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, …

“The harvest has passed, the summer has ended, but we have not been saved.”

But if you warn a wicked man and he does not turn from his wickedness and his wicked way, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved yourself.

Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, …

They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.

And if anyone will not welcome you or heed your words, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that home or town.

Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.

Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent. …

Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town. …

“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. …

That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.

After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’ …

But Jesus replied, “A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests. …

So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return. …