Exposure to false doctrine places a person at risk not just for theological errors but for moral failure.

By definition, if man contributes anything toward acceptance by God, he loses everything. God expects man to be the recipient, not the originator. Jesus paid it all, not 99% of it. Paul wrote, "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast"

Moses warned them [Israelites] that the leading spiritual danger they would face on entering the [promise] land would be forgetting the Lord. What adversity would not do, prosperity and satisfaction could. They were to be on their guard against spiritual lethargy.

God is not naïve in the giving of His laws; He anticipates our disobedience even as He commands our obedience.

God chose Israel not because they were superior but because of what He could do through them for others.

Believers should be more concerned for God's opinion of them than for what human opponents might do to their bodies.

God is concerned that Christians live consistent with their profession even in the seemingly small and insignificant areas of life.