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  BE NOT ALLURED BY WORLDLY LUSTS
  by Clement of Rome
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of repentance, mutual
help, and obedience to God's commandments, while warning of the
consequences of rejecting God and the reward of serving Him with a whole
heart.

Topics: "Repentance", "Judgment Day"
Scripture References: Matthew 25:31, Acts 3:19, Romans 2:6, Galatians 6:2

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Clement of Rome emphasizes the importance of repentance with our whole
heart to avoid perishing, urging believers to not only follow God's
commandments but also help and uplift one another in faith. He warns of
the day of judgment when the Lord will gather all nations and tongues,
rewarding the righteous and condemning the unbelievers who rejected
salvation. The righteous, witnessing the fate of the ungodly, will give
glory to God for their faithfulness and endurance in the face of trials.

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Let us, then, repent with our whole heart, that no one of us may perish
amiss. For if we have commands and engage in withdrawing from idols and
instructing others, how much more ought a soul already knowing God not
to perish. Rendering, therefore, mutual help, let us raise the weak also
in that which is good, that all of us may be saved and convert one
another and admonish. And not only now let us seem to believe and give
heed, when we are admonished by the elders; but also when we take our
departure home, let us remember thecommandments of the Lord, and not be
allured back by worldly lusts, but let us often and often draw near and
try to make progress in theLord's commands, that we all having the same
mind may be gathered together for life.

For the Lord said, I come to gather all nations and tongues. This means
the day of His appearing, when He will come and redeem us-- each one
according to his works. And the unbelievers will see His glory and
might, and, when they see the empire of the world in Jesus, they will be
surprised, saying, Woe to us, because You were, and we knew not and
believed not and obeyed not the elders who show us plainly of our
salvation.And their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be
quenched; and they shall be a spectacle unto all flesh. It is of the
great day of judgment He speaks, when they shall see those among us who
were guilty of ungodliness and erred in their estimate of the commands
of Jesus Christ.

The righteous, having succeeded both in enduring the trials and hating
the indulgences of the soul, whenever they witness how those who have
swerved and denied Jesus by words or deeds are punished with grievous
torments in fire unquenchable, will give glory to their God and say,
There will be hope for him who has served God with his whole heart.

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