The Urgent Call to Watch

  Matthew 7:15 "Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 7:16 By their fruit you will recognize them.

 Matthew 24:4 Jesus answered: "Watch out that no one deceives you. 24:5 For many will come in my name, claiming, `I am the Christ, ' and will deceive many. 24:6 You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. 24:7 Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. 24:8 All these are the beginning of birth pains. 24:9 "Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me. 24:10 At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, 24:11 and many false prophets will appear and deceive many people. 24:12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, 24:13 but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. 24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Matthew 24:36 "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 24:37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 24:38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; 24:39 and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. 24:40 Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. 24:41 Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left. 24:42"Therefore keep Watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.

Matthew 25:13 "Therefore keep Watch, because you do not know the day or the hour.

Matthew 26:41 "Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak."

Mark 8:15 "Be careful," Jesus warned them. "Watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod."

Mark 13:5  Jesus said to them: "Watch out that no one deceives you. 13:6 Many will come in my name, claiming, `I am he,' and will deceive many. ........... 13:9 "You must be on your guard............. 13:13 All men will hate you because of me,............. 13:22 For false Christs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and miracles to deceive the elect--if that were possible. 13:23 So be on your guard; I have told you everything ahead of time........... 13:32 "No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 13:33 Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come. 13:34 It's like a man going away: He leaves his house and puts his servants in charge, each with his assigned task, and tells the one at the door to keep watch. 13:35 "Therefore keep Watch because you do not know when the owner of the house will come back--whether in the evening, or at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or at dawn. 13:36 If he comes suddenly, do not let him find you sleeping. 13:37 What I say to you, I say to everyone: `Watch!' "

Luke 12:15 Then he said to them, "Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions."

Luke 12:38 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them ready, even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night.

Luke 17:1 Jesus said to his disciples: "Things that cause people to sin are bound to come, but woe to that person through whom they come. 17:2 It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around his neck than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin. 17:3 So Watch yourselves. "If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him. 17:4 If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times comes back to you and says, `I repent,' forgive him." 17:5 The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"

Luke 21:34 "Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap. 21:35 For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth. 21:36 Be always on the Watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man."

Acts 20:28 Keep Watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood. 20:29 I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. 20:29 Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them. 20:30 So be on your guard! Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears.