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Romans 10:17 (NASB) “FAITH comes by HEARING, and HEARING by the WORD of CHRIST.”
Hebrews 11:6 (NASB) “WITHOUT FAITH it is IMPOSSIBLE to PLEASE HIM (GOD), for he who comes to God must BELIEVE that He is and that HE is a REWARDER of those who(NKJV says: DILIGENTLY seek Him) SEEK HIM.”
Psalm 1:1-2 (NASB) “How BLESSED is the man who walks NOT in the COUNSEL of the WICKED (NKJV says: UNGODLY), NOR stands in the PATH of SINNERS, NOR sit in the seat of the SCOFFERS; But his DELIGHT is in the LAW of the LORD, and in His law he MEDITATES DAY and NIGHT.”
Joshua 1:8 (NASB) “This BOOK of the LAW shall NOT depart from your mouth, but you shall MEDITATE on it DAY and NIGHT, so that you may be CAREFUL to do according to ALL that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success.”
Psalm 119:11 (KJV) “YOUR WORD have I HID in my HEART, that I might NOT SIN against YOU.”
Romans 8:28 (NASB) “And we know that GOD causes ALL things to WORK TOGETHER for GOOD to those who LOVE GOD, to those who are the CALLED according to HIS PURPOSE…”
Revelation 21:1-3 (NASB) “Then I saw a NEW HEAVEN and a NEW EARTH; for the first heaven and the FIRST EARTH PASSED AWAY, and there is no longer any sea. 2) And I saw the holy city, NEW JERUSALEM, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. 3) And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, 4) and He will WIPE AWAY EVERYTEAR FROM THEIR EYES; and there will NO LONGER be any DEATH; there will NO LONGER be any MOURNING, or CRYING, or PAIN; the first things have PASSED AWAY.”
Key Bible Verses
Matthew 3:8 (NASB) John the Baptist, “Therefore BEAR FRUIT in keeping with REPENTANCE.”
Matthew 3:8 (NLT) John said, “PROVE by the way you live that you have REPENTED of your SINS and TURNED to GOD.”
Matthew 3:10 (NASB) “Every TREE that does NOT bear GOOD FRUIT is cut down and thrown into the FIRE.”
Matthew 4:4 (NASB) But JESUS answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall NOT live on BREAD ALONE, but on EVERY WORD that PROCEEDS out of the MOUTH OF GOD.‘” (Found in: Matt 4:4, Luke 4:4, Deut 8:3)
Matthew 4:17 (NASB) Jesus preached, “REPENT, for the KINGDOM of HEAVEN is at hand.”
Matthew 5:3-12 (NASB) BEATITUDES – SERMON ON THE MOUNT- JESUS PREACHED: “BLESSED are the POOR IN SPIRIT, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. 4) BLESSED are those who MOURN, for they shall be comforted. 5) BLESSED are the GENTLE, for they shall inherit the earth. 6 BLESSED are those who HUNGER and THIRST for RIGHTEOUSNESS, for they shall be satisfied. 7) “BLESSED are the MERCIFUL, for they shall receive mercy. 8 BLESSED are the PURE in heart, for they shall see God. 9) BLESSED are the PEACEMAKERS, for they shall be called sons of God. 10) BLESSED are those who have been PERSECUTED for the sake of RIGHTEOUSNESS, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. 11) BLESSED are you when people INSULT you and PERSECUTE you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. 12) “Rejoice and be glad, for your REWARD in HEAVEN is great; for in the same way they PERSECUTED the prophets who were before you.”
Matthew 5:3-12 (NLT) BEATITUDES – SERMON ON THE MOUNT- JESUS PREACHED: “GOD BLESSES those who realize their NEED for HIM, for the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN is GIVEN to them. GOD BLESSES those who MOURN, for they will be COMFORTED. GOD BLESSES those who are GENTLE & LOWLY, for the WHOLE EARTH will BELONG to THEM. GOD BLESSES those who are HUNGRY & THIRSTY FOR JUSTICE,for they will Receive it in FULL. GOD BLESSES those who are MERCIFUL, for they will be SHOWN MERCY. GOD BLESSES those whose HEARTS are PURE, for they will SEE GOD. GOD BLESSES those who WORK FOR PEACE, for they will be CALLED the CHILDREN OF GOD. GOD BLESSES those who are PERSECUTED because they LIVE for GOD for the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN is THEIRS. GOD BLESSES you when you are MOCKED and PERSECUTED and LIED about because you are MY FOLLOWERS. BE HAPPPY about it! BE VERY GLAD! For a GREAT REWARD AWAITS YOU IN HEAVEN. And REMEMBER, the ANCIENT PROPHETS were PERSECUTED, too.”
Matthew 5:14-16 (NASB) JESUS: “You are the LIGHT of the WORLD. A city set on a HILL CANNOT be HIDDEN; nor does anyone LIGHT a LAMP and put it UNDER a BASKET, but on the LAMPSTAND, and it gives LIGHT to ALL who are in the house. Let your LIGHT SHINE before men in such A WAY that they may SEE your GOODWORKS, and GLORIFY your FATHER who is in HEAVEN.“
Matthew 5:16 (NASB) Jesus says, “Let your LIGHT SHINE before men in such a way that they may see your GOOD WORKS, and GLORIFY your FATHER who is in HEAVEN.”
Matthew 5:19 (NASB) Jesus said, “Whoever then ANNULS (BREAKS) one of the LEAST of these COMMANDMENTS, and TEACHES others to do the same, shall be called LEAST in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever KEEPS (OBEYS GOD’S WORD) and TEACHES them, he shall be called GREAT in the Kingdom of Heaven.”
Matthew 5:48 (NASB) Jesus says, ““Therefore you are to be PERFECT, as your HEAVENLY FATHER is PERFECT.“
Matthew 6:1-15 (NASB) LORD’S PRAYER: Jesus told His Disciples to Pray like this, “Pray, then, in this way: ‘Our Father who is in heaven, HALLOWED (HOLY) be Your NAME. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. ‘Give us this day our DAILY BREAD. And FORGIVE US our debts, as we also have FORGIVEN our debtors. And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’]
Matthew 6:1-15 (NLT) LORD’S PRAYER: Jesus told His Disciples to Pray like this, “Our Father in Heaven, may your name be kept HOLY. May your Kingdom come Soon. May your Will be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven. Give us today the Food we need, and Forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who Sin against us. And DON’T let us YIELD TO TEMPTATION, but RESCUE US from the EVIL ONE.”
Matthew 6:33 (NASB) Jesus says, “But SEEK FIRST His KINGDOM and His RIGHTEOUSNESS, and ALL these things will be added to you.”
Matthew 6:19-21 (NASB) Jesus says, “Do NOT store up for yourselves TREASURES on EARTH, where MOTH and RUST DESTROY, and where THIEVES break in and STEAL. But store up for yourselves TREASURES in HEAVEN, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your TREASURE is, there your HEART will be also.”
Matthew 7:13-14 (NASB) Jesus says,”Enter through the NARROW GATE; for the GATE is WIDE and the WAY is BROAD that leads to DESTRUCTION, and there are MANY who enter through it. For the GATE is SMALL & the WAY is NARROW that leads to LIFE, and there are FEW who find it.”
Matthew 7:15-20 (NASB) Jesus warns, “BEWARE of the FALSE PROPHETS, who come to you in SHEEP’S CLOTHING, but INWARDLY are RAVENOUS WOLVES. 16) You will KNOW THEM (identify them) by their FRUITS. GRAPES are not gathered from THORNBUSHES or FIGS from THISTLES, are they? So, EVERY GOOD TREE bears GOOD FRUIT, but the BAD TREE bears BAD FRUIT. 18) A GOOD TREE CANNOT produce BAD FRUIT, NOR can a BAD TREE produce GOOD FRUIT. 19) EVERY TREE that does NOT bear GOOD FRUIT is CUT DOWN and THROWN into the FIRE. So then, you will KNOW them by their FRUITS.”
Matthew 7:21-23 (NASB) Jesus says, “Not everyone who says to ME, ‘LORD, LORD,’ will enter the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, but he who does the WILL of MY FATHER who is in HEAVEN will enter. “MANY will say to ME on that DAY, ‘LORD, LORD, did we not PROPHESY in YOUR NAME, and in YOUR NAME CAST OUT DEMONS, and in YOUR NAME PERFORM MANY MIRACLES?‘ “And then I will declare to them, ‘I NEVER KNEW you; DEPART from ME, you who PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.”
Matthew 7:24-28 (NASB) Jesus warns, “Therefore everyone who HEARS these WORDS of MINE and ACTS on them, may be compared to a WISE MAN who BUILT his HOUSE on the ROCK. 25) And the RAIN fell, and the FLOODS came, and the WINDS BLEW & SLAMMED against that house; and yet it did NOT FALL, for it had been FOUNDED on the ROCK. 26) EVERYONE who HEARS these WORDS of MINE and does NOT ACT on them, will be like a FOOLISH MAN who BUILT his House on the SAND. 27) “The RAIN FELL, and the FLOODS came, and the WINDS BLEW and SLAMMED against that house; and it FELL—and GREAT was its FALL. 28) When JESUS had finished THESE WORDS, the crowds were AMAZED at His TEACHING; 29) for HE was TEACHING them as one having AUTHORITY, and not as their SCRIBES.”
Matthew 8:12 (NASB) Jesus says, “I say to you that MANY will come from EAST and WEST, and recline at the table with ABRAHAM, ISAAC and JACOB in the Kingdom of Heaven; but the sons of the Kingdom will be CAST OUT into the OUTER DARKNESS; in that place there will be WEEPING and GNASHING of TEETH.”
Matthew 9:13 (NLT) Jesus says, “I want you to be merciful; I don’t want your sacrifices.’ For I have come to call Sinners, not those who think they are already good enough.”
Matthew 10:19 (NASB) Jesus says, “But when they hand you over, DO NOT WORRY about HOW or WHAT you are to SAY; for it will be given you in that hour what you are to SAY.”
Matthew 10:19 (NLT) Jesus says, “When you are arrested, DON’T WORRY about what to SAY in your DEFENSE, because you will be given the RIGHT WORDS at the RIGHT TIME.”
Matthew 10:32-33 (NASB) Jesus says, “Therefore everyone who CONFESSES ME before MEN, I will also CONFESS him before MY FATHER who is in HEAVEN. 33) But whoever DENIES ME before men, I will also DENY him before MY FATHER who is in HEAVEN.”
Matthew 10:37-42 (NASB) Jesus says, “He who LOVES FATHER or MOTHER MORE than ME is NOT WORTHY of ME; and he who LOVES SON or DAUGHTER MORE than ME is NOT WORTHY of ME. 38) And he who does NOT TAKE HIS CROSS and FOLLOW AFTER ME is NOT WORTHY of ME. 39) He who has FOUND his LIFE will LOSE IT, and he who has LOST his LIFE for MY SAKE will FIND IT. 40) He who RECEIVES YOU RECEIVES ME, and he who RECEIVES ME RECEIVES HIM who sent ME. 41) He who receives a PROPHET in the name of a prophet shall receive a PROPHET’S REWARD; and he who receives a RIGHTEOUS MAN in the name of a RIGHTEOUS MAN shall receive a RIGHTEOUS MAN’S REWARD. 42) And whoever in the NAME of a DISCIPLE gives to one of these LITTLE ONES even a CUP OF COLD WATER to DRINK, truly I say to you, he shall NOT LOSE HIS REWARD.”
Matthew 12:35-37 (NASB) Jesus says, “The GOOD MAN brings out of his GOOD TREASURE what is GOOD; and the EVIL MAN brings out of his EVIL TREASURE what is EVIL. 36) But I tell you that EVERY CARELESS WORDS that people SPEAK, they shall give an accounting for it in the DAY OF JUDGMENT. 37) For by your WORDS you will be JUSTIFIED, and by your WORDS you will be CONDEMNED.”
Matthew 13:40-43 (NASB) Jesus says, “So just as the TARES are gathered up and BURNED with FIRE, so shall it be at the END OF THE AGE. 41) The Son of Man [JESUS] will send forth HIS ANGELS, and they will GATHER OUT of HIS KINGDOM ALL STUMBLING BLOCKS, AND those who COMMIT LAWLESSNESS, 42) and will THROW them into the FURNACE OF FIRE; in that place there will be WEEPING and GNASHING OF TEETH. 43) Then THE RIGHTEOUS WILL SHINE FORTH AS THE SUN in the KINGDOM of their FATHER. He who has EARS, let him HEAR.”
Matthew 13:49-50 (NASB) Jesus says, “So it will be at the END OF THE AGE; the ANGELS will come forth and TAKE OUT the WICKED from among the RIGHTEOUS, 50) and will THROW them into the FURNACE of FIRE; in that place there will be WEEPING and GNASHING OF TEETH.”
Matthew 15:6 (NASB) Jesus says,”You INVALIDATED (cancel, disregard, undermine) the WORD of GOD for the sake of your TRADITION.“
Matthew 15:8-9 (NASB) Jesus says, “This people HONOR ME with their LIPS, but their HEARTS are FAR AWAY. Their WORSHIP is a FARCE, for they REPLACE GOD’S COMMANDMENTS with their own MAN-MADE TEACHINGS.”
Matthew 16:24-27 (NLT) Then Jesus said to the Disciples, “If any of you wants to be my follower, you must put aside your selfish ambition, shoulder your cross, and follow me. If you try to keep your life for yourself, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for me, you will find true life. And how do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul in the process? Is anything worth more than your soul? For I, the Son of Man, will come in the glory of my Father with his angels and will judge all people according to their deeds.”
Matthew 16:24-25 (NKJV) JESUS said to His Disciples—“If anyone DESIRES to COME AFTER ME, let him DENY HIMSELF, and TAKE UP HIS CROSS, and FOLLOW ME. For whoever DESIRES to SAVE HIS LIFE will LOSE IT, but whoever LOSES HIS LIFE for MY SAKE will FIND IT.”
Matthew 18:3-6 (NASB) A Disciple asked JESUS “Who then is GREATEST in the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN?” 2) And HE [JESUS] called a child to Himself and set him before them, 3) and said, “Truly I say to you, UNLESS you are CONVERTED and become like CHILDREN, you will NOT enter the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. 4) Whoever then HUMBLES himself as this CHILD, he is the GREATEST in the KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. 5) And whoever RECEIVES one such CHILD in MY NAME receives ME; 6) but whoever causes one of these LITTLE ONES who BELIEVE IN ME to STUMBLE, it would be better for him to have a HEAVY MILLSTONE hung around his neck, and to be DROWNED in the DEPTH of the SEA.”
Matthew 19:16-22 (NASB) “And someone came to HIM [JESUS] and said, “Teacher, what GOOD THING shall I DO that I may OBTAIN ETERNAL LIFE?” 17) And HE [JESUS] said to him, “Why are you asking ME about what is GOOD? There is ONLY ONE who is GOOD [i.e. JESUS]; but if you wish to enter into LIFE, KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS. 18) Then he said to HIM, “Which ones?” And Jesus said, “YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER; YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY; YOU SHALL NOT STEAL; YOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS; 19HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER; and YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF. The young man [RICH YOUNG RULER] said to HIM, “ALL these things [i.e. commandments] I have KEPT; what am I STILL LACKING? 21) JESUS said to him, “If you wish to be COMPLETE (i.e. perfect), GO and SELL your POSSESSIONS and GIVE to the POOR, and you will have TREASURE IN HEAVEN; and COME, FOLLOW ME. 22) But when the young man heard this statement, he went away GRIEVING; for he was one who OWNED MUCH PROPERTY.”
Matthew 19:28-30 Jesus replied, “I assure you that when I, the Son of Man, sit upon my glorious throne in the Kingdom, you who have been my followers will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or property, for my sake, will receive a hundred times as much in return and will have eternal life. But many who seem to be important now will be the least important then, and those who are considered least here will be the greatest then.”
Matthew 22:14 (NASB) Jesus says, “MANY are CALLED, but FEW are CHOSEN.”
Matthew 23:9 (NASB) Jesus says, “Do NOT call ANYONE on EARTH your FATHER (spiritual Father); for One is your FATHER, HE who is in HEAVEN.”
Matthew 23:12 (NASB) Jesus says, “Whoever EXALTS himself will be HUMBLED, and whoever HUMBLES himself shall be EXALTED.“
Matthew 24:4-5 (NASB) Jesus warns: “See to it that no one MISLEADS (DECEIVES) you. For MANY will come in MY NAME, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will MISLEAD (DECEIVE) MANY.“
Matthew 24:11 (NASB) Jesus warns, “MANY FALSE PROPHETS (Teachers) will ARISE and will MISLEAD MANY.”
Matthew 24:11 (NKJV) Jesus warns, “MANY FALSE PROPHETS shall RISE, and shall DECEIVE MANY.”
Matthew 24:24 (NASB) Jesus says ““For FALSE CHRISTS and FALSE PROPHETS will ARISE and will show GREAT SIGNS and WONDERS, so as to MISLEAD, if possible, even the ELECT.”
Matthew 24:37-39 (NASB) Jesus warns, “For the COMING of the SON OF MAN will be JUST LIKE the DAYS of NOAH. For as in those DAYS BEFORE the FLOOD they were EATING & DRINKING, MARRYING & GIVING IN MARRIAGE, until the DAY that NOAH entered the ARK, and they did NOT understand until the FLOOD CAME and took them ALL AWAY; so will the COMING of the SON OF MAN be.”
Matthew 24:44 Jesus says, “Therefore you also be READY, for the SON OF MAN (JESUS) is Coming at an Hour you do NOT Expect.”
Matthew 25:28-30 (NASB) Jesus warns, “Therefore take away the talent from him, and give it to the one who has the ten talents. 29) For to everyone who HAS, MORE shall be GIVEN, and he will have an ABUNDANCE; but from the ONE who does NOT HAVE, even what he DOES HAVE shall be TAKEN AWAY. 30) THROW OUT the WORTHLESS SLAVE into the OUTER DARKNESS; in that PLACE there will be WEEPING and GNASHING OF TEETH.”
Matthew 25:35-36 (NASB) Jesus says, “For I was HUNGRY, and you GAVE ME something to EAT; I was THIRSTY, and you gave Me something to DRINK; I was a STRANGER, and you INVITED ME IN; 36) NAKED, and you CLOTHED ME; I was SICK, and you VISITED ME; I was in PRISON, and you CAME TO ME.”
Matthew 25:45-46 (NASB) Then HE [JESUS] will answer them, ‘Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did NOT do it to one of the LEAST OF THESE [i.e. Brothers & Sisters], you did NOT do it to ME.’ 46) These will go away into ETERNAL PUNISHMENT, but the RIGHTEOUS into ETERNAL LIFE.”
Matthew 26:63-64 (NASB) “But JESUS kept SILENT. And the HIGH PRIEST said to HIM, “I adjure You by the living GOD, that You tell us whether You are the CHRIST, the SON OF GOD.” 64) Jesus said to him, “You have said it yourself; nevertheless I tell you, hereafter you will see the SON OF MAN SITTING at the RIGHT HAND OF POWER, and COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN.”
Matthew 27:50-53 Then Jesus shouted out again, and he gave up his Spirit. At that moment the curtain in the Temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook, rocks split apart, and tombs opened. The bodies of many Godly men and women who had died were raised from the dead after Jesus’ resurrection. They left the cemetery, went into the Holy City of Jerusalem, and appeared to many people.
Matthew 28:19-20 Jesus says, “Therefore, go and make Disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to Obey all the Commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
Mark 1:15 (NASB) Jesus…preaching the Gospel of God saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of God is at hand; REPENT and BELIEVE in the GOSPEL.”
Mark 2:17 “When Jesus heard this, he told them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call sinners, not those who think they are already good enough.”
Mark 6:12 “So the Disciples went out, telling everyone they met to Repent of their Sins and Turn to God.”
Mark 7:6-9 (NASB) “And HE [JESUS] said to them, “Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you HYPOCRITES, as it is written: “This people HONOR ME with their LIPS, but their HEART is FAR AWAY from ME. 7) But in VAIN do they WORSHIP ME, teaching as DOCTRINES the PRECEPTS of MEN. 8) NEGLECTING the COMMANDMENTS of God, you HOLD to the TRADITION of MEN.” 9) He was also saying to them, “You are EXPERTS at SETTING ASIDE the COMMANDMENT of GOD in order to KEEP your TRADITION.”
Mark 7:20-23 Jesus said, “It is the thought-life that defiles you. For from within, out of a Person’s Heart, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, eagerness for lustful pleasure, envy, slander, pride, and foolishness. All these vile things come from within; they are what defile you and make you unacceptable to God.”
Mark 8:34-35 (NKJV) JESUS says— “Whoever to COME AFTER ME, let him DENY HIMSELF, and TAKE UP HIS CROSS, and FOLLOW ME. For whoever DESIRES to SAVE HIS LIFE will LOSE IT, but whoever LOSES HIS LIFE for MY SAKE and the GOSPEL’S will SAVE IT.”
Mark 8:34-38 Jesus says, “If any of you wants to be my follower,” he told them, “You must put aside your selfish ambition, shoulder your cross, and follow me. If you try to keep your life for yourself, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will find true life. And how do you benefit if you gain the whole world but lose your own soul in the process? Is anything worth more than your soul? If a person is ashamed of me and my message in these adulterous and sinful days, I, the Son of Man, will be ashamed of that person when I return in the glory of my Father with the Holy angels.”
Mark 10:28-31 Jesus replied, “I assure you that everyone who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or property, for my sake and for the Good News, will receive now in return, a hundred times over, houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and property—with persecutions. And in the world to come they will have eternal life. But many who seem to be important now will be the least important then, and those who are considered least here will be the greatest then.”
Mark 2:17 Jesus told them “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. I have come to call Sinners, not those who think they are already good enough.”
Mark 12:30-31 Jesus says, “And you must Love the Lord your God with all your Heart, all your Soul, all your Mind, and all your Strength.’ The second is equally important: `Love your neighbor as yourself.’ No other commandment is greater than these.”
Mark 13:13 Jesus says, “And everyone will Hate you because of your allegiance to me. But those who endure to the End will be Saved.”
Mark 13:22 (NASB) Jesus warns, “FALSE CHRISTS and FALSE PROPHETS will ARISE, and will show SIGNS and WONDERS, in order to LEAD ASTRAY, if POSSIBLE, the ELECT.”
Luke 1:32-33 (NASB) “He will be GREAT and will be called the SON OF THE MOST HIGH; and the LORD GOD will give HIM the THRONE of his FATHER DAVID; 33) and He will REIGN OVER the HOUSE OF JACOB FOREVER; and HIS KINGDOM WILL HAVE NO END!”
Luke 5:32 Jesus says, “I have come to call Sinners to turn from their Sins, not to spend my time with those who think they are already good enough.”
Luke 6:45 Jesus says, “A Good man out of the Good Treasure of his Heart brings forth Good (good deeds); and an evil man out of the Evil Treasure of his Heart brings forth Evil (Evil deeds). For out of the Abundance of the Heart his Mouth Speaks.”
Luke 6:46 Jesus says, “Why do you keep calling Me ‘LORD, LORD’ when you don’t DO what I say?”
Luke 6:47-49 Jesus says, “I will show you what it’s like when someone comes to me, LISTENS TO MY TEACHING, and then FOLLOWS IT. It is like a person building a house who digs deep and lays the foundation on SOLID ROCK. When the floodwaters rise and break against the house, it STANDS FIRM because it is WELL BUILT. But anyone who HEARS and DOESN’T OBEY is like a person who builds a house WITHOUT A FOUNDATION. When the floods sweep down against that house, it will COLLAPSE INTO A HEAP OF RUINS.”
Luke 9:23-27 (NASB) Jesus says, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must DENY HIMSELF, and take up his CROSS DAILY and FOLLOW ME. For whoever wishes to SAVE HIS LIFE will LOSE IT, but whoever LOSES HIS LIFE for My sake, he is the one who will SAVE IT. For what is a man PROFITED if he GAINS the WHOLE WORLD, and LOSES or FORFEITS himself? For whoever is ASHAMED of ME and MY WORDS, the SON OF MAN will be ASHAMED of him when He comes in HIS GLORY, and the GLORY of the FATHER & of the HOLY ANGELS.”
Luke 10:2 Jesus says, “The Harvest is GREAT, but the workers are FEW. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask Him to send MORE workers into His fields.”
Luke 11:35 Jesus says, “Make sure that the light you think you have is not really darkness.”
Luke 12:5 Jesus says, “But I’ll tell you whom to fear. Fear God, who has the power to kill people and then throw them into Hell.”
Luke 12:25-26 Jesus says, “Can all your worries add a single moment to your life? Of course not! And if worry can’t do little things like that, what’s the use of worrying over bigger things?”
Luke 12:40 Jesus says, “You also must be ready ALL the time, for the Son of Man will come when least expected.”
Luke 13:3 (NASB) Jesus says, “I tell you, no, but unless you REPENT you will all likewise PERISH.”
Luke 13:5 (NASB) Jesus says, “I tell you, no, but unless you REPENT, you will all likewise PERISH.””
Luke 13:23-20 (NASB) “Someone asked JESUS “LORD, are there just a FEW who are being SAVED?” And HE said to them, “STRIVE (“agonize” in the Greek) to enter through the NARROW DOOR; for MANY, I tell you, will SEEK to enter and will NOT be able. “Once the head of the house gets up and SHUTS THE DOOR, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘LORD, OPEN UP TO US!’ then HE will answer and say to you, ‘I DO NOT KNOW WHERE YOU ARE FROM.’ “Then you will begin to say, ‘We ATE and DRANK in YOUR PRESENCE, and YOU TAUGHT in our streets’; and He will say, ‘I tell you, I do NOT KNOW where you are from; DEPART FROM ME, ALL YOU EVILDOERS.’ “In that place there will be WEEPING and GNASHING of TEETH when you see ABRAHAM and ISAAC and JACOB and all the PROPHETS in the Kingdom of God, but yourselves being THROWN out. “And they will come from EAST and the WEST and from NORTH and SOUTH, and recline at the table in the KINGDOM OF GOD. And behold, some are LAST who will be FIRST and some are FIRST who will be LAST.”
Luke 14:11 Jesus says, “For the Proud will be Humbled, but the Humble will be Honored.”
Luke 14:26-27 (NASB) JESUS says, “If anyone comes to ME, and does not HATE [in comparison] his own FATHER, MOTHER, WIFE, CHILDREN, BROTHERS and SISTERS, yes, and even his OWN LIFE, he CANNOT be MY DISCIPLE. Whoever does NOT CARRY his own CROSS and come after ME cannot be MY DISCIPLE.“
Luke 14:33 Jesus says, “So no one can become my Disciple without giving up everything for me.”
Luke 16:15 Jesus says, “You like to look good in public, but God knows your Evil Hearts. What this World honors is an abomination in the sight of God.”
Luke 16:19-31 (NASB) Jesus warns, “Now there was a RICH MAN, and he HABITUALLY dressed in PURPLE and FINE LINEN, JOYOUSLY LIVING IN SPLENDOR EVERY DAY. 20) And a POOR MAN named LAZARUS was laid at his gate, covered with SORES, 21) and LONGING to be fed with the CRUMBS which were FALLING from the RICH MAN’S TABLE; besides, even the DOGS were coming and LICKING HIS SORES. (Note: The POOR MAN was NOT having his so-called “BEST LIFE NOW”) 22) Now the POOR MAN DIED and was carried away by the ANGELS to ABRAHAM’S BOSOM; and the RICH MAN also DIED and was buried. 23) In HADES he lifted up his eyes, being in TORMENT, and saw ABRAHAM FAR AWAY and LAZARUS in his bosom. 24) And he CRIED OUT and said, ‘Father Abraham, have MERCY ON ME, and send LAZARUS so that he may DIP THE TIP OF HIS FINGER IN WATER and COOL OFF MY TONGUE for I am in AGONY in this FLAME.’ 25) But ABRAHAM’ said, ‘Child, remember that during your life you received your GOOD THINGS, and likewise LAZARUS BAD THINGS; but now he is being COMFORTED HERE, and you are in AGONY. 26) And besides all this, BETWEEN US and YOU there is a GREAT CHASM FIXED, so that those who WISH to COME OVER from HERE to YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE, and that NONE may cross over from THERE to US.’ 27) And he (THE FORMER RICH MAN) said, ‘Then I BEG YOU (NOTE: notice how the formerly RICH MAN is now the BEGGER, and LAZARUS is now RICH), Father, that you SEND HIM (LAZARUS) to my FATHER’S HOUSE— 28) for I have FIVE BROTHERS—in order that he (Lazarus) may WARN THEM, so that they will NOT ALSO COME TO THIS PLACE OF TORMENT.’ 29) But Abraham said, ‘They have MOSES & THE PROPHETS (i.e GOD’S WORD); let them HEAR THEM.’ 30) But he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if SOMEONE GOES TO THEM FROM THE DEAD, THEY WILL REPENT!’ 31) But he (ABRAHAM) said to him, ‘IF THEY DO NOT LISTEN TO MOSES AND THE PROPHETS (i.e.GOD’S WORD), THEY WILL NOT BE PERSUADED EVEN IF SOMEONE RISES FROM THE DEAD.’
Luke 16:19-31 (NLT) Jesus said, “There was a certain rich man who was splendidly clothed and who lived each day in luxury. At his door lay a diseased beggar named Lazarus. As Lazarus lay there longing for scraps from the rich man’s table, the dogs would come and lick his open sores. Finally, the beggar died and was carried by the angels to be with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried, and his soul went to the place of the dead. There, in torment, he saw Lazarus in the far distance with Abraham. “The rich man shouted, `Father Abraham, have some pity! Send Lazarus over here to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in these flames.’ “But Abraham said to him, `Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here being comforted, and you are in anguish. And besides, there is a great chasm separating us. Anyone who wanted to cross over to you from here is stopped at its edge, and no one there can cross over to us.’ “Then the rich man said, `Please, Father Abraham, send him to my father’s home. For I have five brothers, and I want him to warn them about this place of torment so they won’t have to come here when they die.’ “But Abraham said, `Moses and the prophets have warned them. Your brothers can read their writings (God’s Word) anytime they want to.’ “The rich man replied, `No, Father Abraham! But if someone is sent to them from the dead, then they will turn from their sins.” “But Abraham said, ‘If they won’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they won’t listen even if someone rises from the dead.”
Luke 17:26-33 (NASB) Jesus warns, “Just as it happened in the DAYS OF NOAH, so it will be ALSO in the DAYS of the SON OF MAN (JESUS): they were EATING, they were DRINKING, they were MARRYING, they were being GIVEN IN MARRIAGE (getting married), until the DAY that NOAH entered the ARK, and the FLOOD came and DESTROYED them ALL. It was the SAME as happened in the DAYS OF LOT: they were EATING, they were DRINKING, they were BUYING, they were SELLING, they were PLANTING, they were BUILDING; but on the DAY that LOT went OUT from SODOM it rained FIRE and BRIMSTONE from HEAVEN and DESTROYED them ALL. It will be just the SAME on the DAY that the SON OF MAN is REVEALED. On that DAY, the one who is on the HOUSETOP and WHOSE GOODS are in the house must not go down to take them out; and likewise the one who is in the field must not turn back. REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE. Whoever SEEKS to KEEP his LIFE will LOSE IT, and whoever LOSES HIS LIFE will PRESERVE (KEEP) IT.”
Luke 18:9-14 THE RELIGIOUS PHARISEE & THE DISHONEST TAX COLLECTOR – Jesus told this story “Two men went to the Temple to pray. One was a Pharisee, and the other was a dishonest tax collector. The proud Pharisee stood by himself and prayed this prayer: `I thank you, God, that I am not a sinner like everyone else, especially like that tax collector over there! For I never cheat, I don’t sin, I don’t commit adultery, I fast twice a week, and I give you a tenth of my income.’ “But the tax collector stood at a distance and dared not even lift his eyes to heaven as he prayed. Instead, he beat his chest in sorrow, saying, `O God, be merciful to me, for I am a sinner.’ I tell you, this sinner, not the Pharisee, returned home justified before God. For the proud will be humbled, but the humble will be honored.”
Luke 19:10 (NASB) Jesus says, “SEEK and to SAVE the LOST.”
Luke 21:34-36 (NKJV) Jesus warns, “TAKE HEED to yourselves, lest your HEARTS be WEIGHED DOWN with CAROUSING, DRUNKENNESS, and CARES of this LIFE, and that DAY come on you UNEXPECTEDLY. For it will come as a SNARE on ALL those who DWELL on the FACE of the WHOLE EARTH. WATCH therefore, and PRAY ALWAYS that you may be COUNTED WORTHY to ESCAPE all these things that WILL COME TO PASS, and to STAND before the SON OF MAN.“
Luke 24:46-47 (NASB) JESUS said to them, “Thus it is written, that the CHRIST would SUFFER and RISE AGAIN from the DEAD the THIRD DAY, 47) and that REPENTANCE for FORGIVENESS OF SINS would be PROCLAIMED in HIS NAME to ALL the NATIONS, beginning from Jerusalem.
John 1:12-13 “But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God. They are reborn! This is not a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan—this rebirth comes from God.”
John 3:3-8 Jesus replied, “I assure you, unless you are Born Again, you can never see the Kingdom of God.” “What do you mean?” exclaimed Nicodemus. “How can an old man go back into his mother’s womb and be born again?” Jesus replied, “The truth is, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit. Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives new life from heaven. So don’t be surprised at my statement that you must be born again. Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit.”
John 3:16 “For God so loved the World that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have Eternal Life.”
John 3:19 (NASB) Jesus says, “..LIGHT has come into the WORLD, and MEN LOVED the DARKNESS rather than the LIGHT, for their DEEDS were EVIL.”
John 3:30 (NASB) John the Baptist said, “HE must INCREASE, and I must DECREASE.”
John 3:36 (NASB) “He who believes in the Son has Eternal Life; but he who does NOT OBEY the Son will NOT see life, but the WRATH OF GOD abides (remains) on him.”
John 5:41-42 Jesus said, “Your approval or disapproval means nothing to Me, because I know you don’t have God’s Love within you.”
John 6:44 Jesus said, “For people can’t come to Me unless the Father who sent me draws them to Me, and at the last day I will raise them from the dead.”
John 6:65-70 Jesus said, “That is why I said that people can’t come to me unless the Father gives them to me.” At this point MANY of his disciples turned away and deserted him. Then Jesus turned to the Twelve and asked, “Are you also going to leave?” Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life. We believe, and we know you are the Holy One of God.” Then Jesus said, “I chose the twelve of you, but one is a devil.”
John 8:31-32 Jesus says, “You are Truly My Disciples if you remain faithful to My Teachings. And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you Free.”
John 9:31 “God doesn’t listen to sinners, but he is ready to hear those who worship him and do his will.”
John 10:9 (NASB) Jesus says,“I AM THE GATE. Those who come in through ME will be SAVED.“inside
John 10:7-11 (NASB) So Jesus said to them again, “Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the DOOR of the SHEEP. 8) All who came before ME are THIEVES and ROBBERS, but the SHEEP did NOT HEAR THEM. 9) I am the DOOR; if anyone enters through ME, he will be SAVED, and will go in and out and find pasture. 10) The THEIF comes only to STEAL and KILL and DESTROY; I came that they may have LIFE, and have it ABUNDANTLY. 11) I am the GOOD SHEPHERD; the GOOD SHEPHERD lays down His life for the SHEEP.”
John 10:19-21 When he (Jesus) said these things, the people were again divided in their opinions about him. Some of them said, “He has a demon, or he’s crazy. Why listen to a man like that?” Others said, “This doesn’t sound like a man possessed by a demon! Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
John 12:46 (NASB) Jesus: “I have come as LIGHT into the WORLD, so that everyone who BELIEVES in ME will NOT remain in DARKNESS.”
John 12:37-43 “Despite all the miraculous signs Jesus had done, MOST of the people still did not believe in him. This is exactly what Isaiah the prophet had predicted: “Lord, who has believed our message? To whom has the Lord revealed his powerful arm?” But the people couldn’t believe, for as Isaiah also said, “The LORD has BLINDED THEIR EYES and HARDENED THEIR HEARTS— so that their Eyes cannot see, and their Hearts cannot understand, and they cannot turn to me and have me heal them.”
John 14:6 (NASB) JESUS— “I am the WAY, and the TRUTH, and the LIFE; NO ONE comes to the FATHER but through ME.”
John 14:15 Jesus says, “If you LOVE ME, OBEY MY COMMANDMENTS.”
John 15:1-2 Jesus told His Disciples, “I am the True Grapevine, and my Father is the Gardener. He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce Fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear Fruit so they will produce even more.”
John 15:5-6 Jesus says, “Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.”
John 15:5 (NASB) JESUS: “I am the VINE, you are the BRANCHES; he who ABIDES in ME and I am in him, he BEARS MUCH FRUIT, for APART from ME you can do NOTHING.”
John 15:6 (NASB) “If anyone does NOT ABIDE in Me, he is THRONE AWAY as a BRANCH…and CAST into the FIRE and they are BURNED.”
John 15:8 (NASB) “MY FATHER is GLORIFIED by this, that you BEAR MUCH FRUIT, and so PROVE to be MY DISCIPLES.”
John 15:8-9 Jesus says, “My True Disciples produce much Fruit. This brings great Glory to my Father. I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love. When you OBEY MY COMMANDMENTS, you remain in My love, just as I OBEY MY FATHER’S COMMANDMENTS and remain in His love. When you OBEY MY COMMANDMENTS, you remain in My love, just as I OBEY MY FATHER’S COMMANDMENTS and remain in His love.”
John 15:19 (NASB) JESUS says: If you were OF THE WORLD, the world would LOVE IT’S OWN; but because you are NOT of the WORLD, but I CHOSE YOU OUT of the WORLD, because of this the WORLD HATES YOU.”
John 15:20 (NASB) Jesus: “If they PERSECUTED ME, they will also PERSECUTE YOU.”
John 15:21 Jesus said, “The people of the world will hate you because you belong to Me, for they don’t know God who sent Me.”
John 16:8-11 Jesus says, “And HE, when HE (Holy Spirit) comes, will CONVICT THE WORLD CONCERNING SIN and RIGHTEOUSNESS and JUDGMENT.; concerning SIN, because they do NOT believe in ME; and concerning RIGHTEOUSNESS, because I go to the FATHER and you no longer see ME; 11) and concerning JUDGMENT, because the RULER of this WORLD has been judged (Satan).”
John 16:33 (NASB) Jesus says, “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have PEACE. In the WORLD you will have TRIBULATION, but take courage; I have OVERCOME the WORLD.”
John 17:16 Jesus prayed, “They are not part of this world any more than I am.”
Acts 2:38 Peter replied, “Each of you must turn from your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
Acts 4:12 “There is Salvation in no one else; for there is No Other Name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be Saved.”
Acts 4:12 (NASB) “There is SALVATION in NO ONE else; for there is NO OTHER NAME under HEAVEN that has been GIVEN among men by which we must be SAVED [JESUS CHRIST.”
Acts 5:31-32 (NASB) “He is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to GRANT REPENTANCE to Israel, and FORGIVENESS OF SINS. 32) And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the HOLY SPIRIT, whom God has given to those who OBEY HIM.”
Acts 7:55-56 (NASB) “Now when they heard this, they were cut to the quick, and they began GNASHING their TEETH at him (Stephen). 55) But being FULL of the HOLY SPIRIT, he (Stephen) GAZED INTENTLY into HEAVEN and saw the GLORY OF GOD, and JESUS STANDING at the RIGHT HAND of GOD; 56) and he said, “BEHOLD, I see the HEAVENS OPENED UP and the SON OF MAN STANDING at the RIGHT HAND of GOD.”
Acts 10:38 “God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Then Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the Devil, for God was with him.”
Acts 12:5 (NASB) “So Peter was KEPT in the PRISON, but PRAYER for him was being MADE FERVENTLY by the CHURCH to GOD.”
Acts 14:22 (NASB) “STRENGTHENING the SOULS of the Disciples, ENCOURAGING them to CONTINUE in the FAITH, and saying, “Through MANY TRIBULATIONS we MUST enter the KINGDOM OF GOD.”
Acts 15:11 (NASB) “But we BELIEVE that we are SAVED through the GRACE of the LORD JESUS.”
Acts 17:11 (NASB) “Now these [Jews] were MORE NOBLE-MINDED than those in Thessalonica; for they RECEIVED the WORD with GREAT EAGERNESS, EXAMINING the SCRIPTURES DAILY to see whether these things [Paul & Silas’ statements] were so.”
Acts 17:11 (NLT) “But the people of Berea were MORE OPEN-MINDED than those in Thessalonica, and GLADLY LISTENED to the message. They SEARCHED the SCRIPTURES DAY by DAY to CHECK UP on PAUL and SILAS’ STATEMENTS to see if they were REALLY SO.”
Acts 17:30-31 (NASB) “Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, GOD is now DECLARING [COMMANDING] to men that ALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE should REPENT, because HE has FIXED a DAY in which HE will JUDGE the WORLD in RIGHTEOUSNESS through a MAN [JESUS] whom HE has APPOINTED, having furnished PROOF to ALL men by RAISINGHIM from the DEAD.”
Acts 17:30-31 (NLT) “God Commands Everyone Everywhere to Repent of their Sins and Turn to Him, for He has set a Day for Judging the World with Justice through Jesus Christ; and He Proved to everyone who this is by Raising Him from the dead (JESUS).”
Acts 18:9-10 “One night the Lord Jesus spoke to Paul in a vision and told him, “Don’t be afraid! Speak out! Don’t be silent! For I am with you, and no one will harm you because many people here in this city belong to me.”
Acts 20:21 (KJV) “Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, REPENTANCE toward GOD, and FAITH towards our LORD JESUS CHRIST.”
Acts 20:28-32 (NASB) “Be on GUARD for YOURSELVES and for ALL the FLOCK, among which the HOLY SPIRIT has made you OVERSEERS, to SHEPHERD the CHURCH of GOD which HE PURCHASED with HIS OWN BLOOD. For I know this, that AFTER my DEPARTURE SAVAGE WOLVES will COME IN AMONG YOU, NOT SPARING the FLOCK. Therefore be on the ALERT, remembering that NIGHT and DAY for a period of THREE YEARS I did NOT CEASE to ADMONISH EACH ONE with TEARS. And now I commend you to God and to the word of HIS GRACE, which is able to BUILD YOU UP and to give you the INHERITANCE among ALL THOSE who are SANCTIFIED.”
Romans 1:8 (NASB) “First, I THANK my GOD through JESUS CHRIST for you ALL, because your FAITH is being PROCLAIMED throughout the WHOLE WORLD.”
Romans 1:16 (NASB) “I am NOT ASHAMED of the GOSPEL, for it is the POWER of GOD for SALVATION to EVERYONE who BELIEVES..”
Romans 1:18-25 (NASB) “For the WRATH of GOD is revealed from HEAVEN against ALL UNGODLINESS and UNRIGHTEOUSNESS of MEN who SUPPRESS the TRUTH in UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, because that which is KNOWN about GOD is evident WITHIN them; for GOD made it EVIDENT to them. For since the CREATION of the WORLD His INVISIBLE attributes, His ETERNAL power and DIVINE nature, have been CLEARLY SEEN, being understood through what has been MADE, so that they are WITHOUTEXCUSE. For even though they KNEW GOD, they did NOT HONOR HIM as GOD or give THANKS, but they became FUTILE in their SPECULATIONS, and their FOOLISH HEART was DARKENED. Professing to be WISE, they became FOOLS, and exchanged the GLORY of the INCORRUPTIBLE GOD for an IMAGE in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures. Therefore God gave them over in the LUSTS of their HEARTS to IMPURITY, so that their BODIES would be DISHONORED among them. For they EXCHANGED the TRUTH of GOD for a LIE, and worshiped and served the CREATURE rather than the CREATOR, who is blessed forever. Amen…”
Romans 1:28-32 (NASB) “And just as they did NOT see fit to ACKNOWLEDGE GOD any longer, God gave them over to a DEPRAVED MIND, to do those things which are NOT PROPER, 29) being filled with all UNRIGHTEOUSNESS, WICKEDNESS, GREED, EVIL; FULL OF ENVY, MURDER, STRIFE, DECEIT, MALICE; THEY ARE GOSSIPS, 30) SLANDERERS, HATERS OF GOD, INSOLENT, ARROGANT, BOASTFUL, INVENTORS OF EVIL, DISOBEDIENT TO PARENTS, 31) WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING, UNTRUSTWORTHY, UNLOVING, UNMERCIFUL; 32) and although they KNOW the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.”
Romans 1:28-32 (NLT) “Since they thought it FOOLISH to ACKNOWLEDGE GOD, he ABANDONED them to their FOOLISH THINKING and let them do things that should never be done. 29) Their lives became FULL of every kind of WICKEDNESS, SIN, GREED, HATE, ENVY, MURDER, QUARRELING, DECEPTION, MALICIOUS BEHAVIOR, AND GOSSIP. 30)THEY ARE BACKSTABBERS, HATERS OF GOD, INSOLENT, PROUD, AND BOASTFUL. They INVENT new ways of SINNING, and they DISOBEY THEIR PARENTS. 31) They REFUSE to UNDERSTAND, BREAK THEIR PROMISES, are HEARTLESS, and have NO MERCY. 32) They know GOD’S JUSTICE requires that those who do these things DESERVE TO DIE, yet they do them anyway. Worse yet, they ENCOURAGE others to do them, too.”
Romans 2:4-10 Don’t you see how Wonderfully Kind, Tolerant, and Patient God is with you? Does this mean nothing to you? Can’t you see that his Kindness is intended to Turn you from your Sin? But because you are Stubborn and Refuse to Turn from your Sin, you are Storing up Wrath (Terrible Punishment) for yourself. For a Day of Wrath (Anger) is coming, when God’s Righteous Judgment will be revealed. He will Judge everyone according to what they have done. He will give Eternal Life to those who keep on doing Good, seeking after the Glory and Honor and Immortality that God offers. But he will pour out his Anger and Wrath on those who live for themselves, who Refuse to Obey the Truth and instead live lives of wickedness. There will be Trouble and Calamity for everyone who keeps on doing what is Evil—for the Jew first and also for the Gentile. But there will be Glory and Honor and Peace from God for all who do good—for the Jew first and also for the Gentile.
Romans 2:15-16 “They demonstrate that God’s Law (God’s 10 Commandments)is written within them, for their own consciences either accuse them or tell them they are doing what is right. The day will surely come when God, by Jesus Christ, will judge everyone’s secret life.”
Romans 3:19-20 “For the purpose of the Law (God’s 10 Commandments) is to keep people from having excuses and to bring the entire world into Judgment before God.”
Romans 3:22-28 “We are made right in God’s sight when we trust in Jesus Christ to take away our sins. And we all can be saved in this same way, no matter who we are or what we have done. For all have sinned; all fall short of God’s glorious standard. Yet now God in his gracious kindness declares us not guilty. He has done this through Christ Jesus, who has freed us by taking away our sins. For God sent Jesus to take the punishment for our sins and to satisfy God’s anger against us. We are made right with God when we believe that Jesus shed his blood, sacrificing his life for us. God was being entirely fair and just when he did not punish those who sinned in former times. And he is entirely fair and just in this present time when he declares sinners to be right in his sight because they believe in Jesus. Can we boast, then, that we have done anything to be accepted by God? No, because our acquittal is not based on our good deeds. It is based on our faith. So we are made right with God through faith and not by obeying the law.”
Romans 5:6-12 (NASB) “For while we were still HELPLESS, at the right time CHRIST DIED for the UNGODLY. For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. 8) But God DEMONSTRATES His own LOVE toward US, in that while we were yet SINNERS, CHRIST DIED for us. Much more then, having now been JUSTIFIED by His HIS BLOOD, we shall be SAVED from the WRATH of GOD through Him. For if while we were ENEMIES we were RECONCILED to GOD through the DEATH of HIS SON, much more, having been RECONCILED, we shall be SAVED by HIS LIFE. 11) And not only this, but we also EXULT in GOD through our LORD JESUS CHRIST, through whom we have now received the RECONCILIATION. Therefore, just as through ONE MAN SIN entered into the WORLD, and DEATH through SIN, and so DEATH spread to ALL MAN, because ALL SINNED..”
Romans 5:20 “God’s Law (10 Commandments) was given so that all people could see how Sinful they were. But as people sinned more and more, God’s wonderful kindness became more abundant.”
Romans 6:16 “Don’t you realize that whatever you choose to obey becomes your master? You can choose sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God and receive his approval.”
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is Eternal Life through Christ Jesus our Lord.”
Romans 7:14-26 (NASB) “For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into BONDAGE OF SIN. For what I am doing, I do NOT UNDERSTAND; for I am NOT PRACTICING what I would LIKE TO DO, but I AM DOING the very thing I HATE. But if I do the very thing I do NOT want to DO, I agree with the Law, confessing that the Law is good. So now, no longer am I the one doing it, but SIN which DWELLS in me. For I know that NOTHING GOOD DWELLS IN ME, that is, in my FLESH; for the WILLING is present in me, but the DOING of the GOOD is NOT. For the GOOD that I WANT, I DO NOT DO, but I PRACTICE the VERY EVIL that I do NOT WANT. But if I am DOING the very thing I do NOT WANT, I am NO LONGER the one doing it, but SIN which DWELLS in me. I find then the principle that EVIL is present in me, the one who wants to DO GOOD. For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the INNER MAN, but I see a different law in the members of my body, WAGING WAR against the law of my MIND and making me a PRISONER of the law of sin which is in my members. WRETCHED MAN that I am! Who will set me FREE from the body of this death? Thanks be to God through JESUS CHRIST our LORD!”
Romans 8:6 “To be CARNALLY (Worldly) MINDED is DEATH, to be SPIRITUALLY MINDED is LIFE and PEACE.”
Romans 8:8 Those who are still under the control of their sinful nature can never please God.
Romans 8:28-35 (NASB) “And we know that GOD causes ALL things to work together for GOOD to those who LOVE GOD, to those who are the CALLED according to HIS PURPOSE. 29) For those whom HE FOREKNEW, HE also PREDESTINED to become CONFORMED to the IMAGE of HIS SON, so that HE would be the Firstborn among many Brethren; 30) and these whom HE PREDESTINED, HE also CALLED; whom HE CALLED, HE also JUSTIFIED; and these whom HE JUSTIFIED,HE also GLORIFIED. 31) What then shall we say (in response) to these things? If God is FOR US, who is against us? 32) He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? 33) Who will bring a charge against GOD’S ELECT? God is the one who JUSTIFIES, 34) who is the one who CONDEMNS? Jesus is He who DIED, yes, rather who was RAISED, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us. 35) Who will separate us from the LOVE OF CHRIST? Will TRIBULATION, or DISTRESS, or PERSECUTION, or FAMINE, or NAKEDNESS, or PERIL, or SWORD?“
Romans 8:37-39 (NASB) “But in ALL these THINGS we overwhelmingly CONQUER through HIM who LOVED US. 38) For I am convinced that neither DEATH, nor LIFE, nor ANGELS, nor PRINCIPALITIES, nor things PRESENT, nor things TO COME, nor POWERS, 39) nor HEIGHT, nor DEPTH, nor any other CREATED THING, will be able to SEPARATE US from the LOVE of GOD, which is in CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.”
Romans 10:13 (NASB) “WHOEVER will CALL on the NAME of the LORD will be SAVED.”
Romans 10:14-21 But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them? And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
Romans 10:17 (NASB) “FAITH comes by HEARING, and HEARING by the WORD of CHRIST.”
Romans 11:6 (NASB) “But if it is by GRACE, it is NO LONGER on the basis of WORKS, otherwise GRACE is no longer GRACE.”
Romans 11:22 “Notice how God is both kind and severe. He is severe to those who disobeyed, but kind to you as you continue to trust in his kindness. But if you stop trusting, you also will be cut off.”
Romans 12:2 “Do not be Conformed to this World (Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world), but be transformed by the Renewing of your Mind, that you may Prove what is that Good and Acceptable and Perfect Will of God.”
Romans 14:10-11 (NASB) “For we will ALL stand before GOD’S JUDGMENT SEAT. 11)It is written: “As surely as I live, says the LORD, “EVERY KNEE WILL BOW TO ME;EVERY TONGUE WILL ACKNOWLEDGE GOD.” 12) So then, each of us will give an ACCOUNT of ourselves to GOD.“
Romans 16:17-18 (KJV) “MARK THEM which cause DIVISIONS & OFFENCES CONTRARY to the DOCTRINE which you have learned; and AVOID them. For they that are such SERVE NOT our Lord Jesus Christ, but their OWN BELLY (personal interests); and by GOOD WORDS and FAIR SPEECHES (smooth talk) DECEIVE the HEARTS of the SIMPLE (i.e. innocent, unsuspecting, naive, undiscerning).”
Romans 16:17-18 (NIV) “WATCH OUT for those who cause DIVISIONS and put OBSTACLES in your way that are CONTRARY to the TEACHING you have learned. KEEP AWAY FROM THEM. For such people are NOT SERVING our LORD CHRIST, but their OWN APPETITES. By SMOOTH TALK and FLATTERY they DECEIVE the MINDS of NAIVE PEOPLE.”
1 Corinthians 1:21 (NASB) “For since IN the WISDOM of GOD the WORLD through ITS WISDOM did NOT come to KNOW God, God was WELL-PLEASED through the FOOLISHNESS of the MESSAGE PREACHED [GOSPEL PREACHING] to SAVE those who BELIEVE.“
1 Corinthians 1:26-31 (NASB) “For consider your calling, BRETHREN, that there were NOT many WISE according to the FLESH, NOT many MIGHTY, NOT many NOBLE; but God has CHOSEN the FOOLISH things of the WORLD to SHAME the WISE, and God has chosen the WEAK things of the WORLD to SHAME the things which are STRONG, and the BASE things of the WORLD and the DESPISED God has CHOSEN, the things that are NOT, so that He may NULLIFY the things that are, so that NO MAN may boast before God. But by HIS DOING doing you are IN CHRIST JESUS, who became to us WISDOM from God, and RIGHTEOUSNESS and SANCTIFICATION, and REDEMPTION, so that, just as it is written, “LET HIM WHO BOASTS, BOAST IN THE LORD.”
1 Corinthians 1:27-29 (NLT) “God deliberately chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose those who are powerless to shame those who are powerful. God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important, so that no one can ever boast in the presence of God.
1 Corinthians 2:9 (NKJV) “EYE has NOT SEEN, nor EAR HEARD, NOR have entered into the HEART of man the things which God has PREPARED for those who LOVE HIM.”
1 Corinthians 2:12-13 (NKJV) “Now we have received, not the SPIRIT of the WORLD, but the SPIRIT who is from GOD, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. These things we also speak, not in words which MAN’S WISDOM TEACHES but which the HOLY SPIRIT TEACHES, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.”
1 Corinthians 3:10-15 (NASB) “According to the GRACE of GOD which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a FOUNDATION and another is building on it. But each man must be CAREFUL how he builds on it. For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is JESUS CHRIST. Now if any man BUILDS on the FOUNDATION with GOLD, SILVER, PRECIOUS STONES, WOOD, HAY, STRAW, each man’s work will become evident; for the DAY will show it because it is to be REVEALED with FIRE; and the FIRE itself will TEST the quality of each man’s WORK If any man’s WORK which he has BUILT on it REMAINS, he will receive a REWARD If any man’s WORK is BURNED UP, he will SUFFER LOSS but he HIMSELF will be SAVED, yet so as THROUGH FIRE.”ccording to the Grace Of God which was given to me, as a wise master Builder I have laid the FOUNDATION, and another Builds on it. But let each one TAKE HEED how he builds on it. For no other Foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is JESUS CHRIST. Now if anyone BUILDS on this FOUNDATION with GOLD, SILVER, PRECIOUS STONES, WOOD, HAY, STRAW, for each one’s work will become clear; for the DAY will declare it, because it will be REVEALED by FIRE; and the FIRE will TEST each one’s WORK, of what sort it is. If anyone’s WORK which he has BUILT on it ENDURES, he will RECEIVE A REWARD. If anyone’s WORK is BURNED, he will SUFFER LOSS; but he HIMSELF will be SAVED, yet so as THROUGH FIRE.”
1 Corinthians 4:5 (NKJV) “Therefore Judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to LIGHT the HIDDEN things of DARKNESS and REVEAL the COUNSELS of the HEARTS. Then EACH one’s PRAISE will come from GOD.”
1 Corinthians 6:2-3 Don’t you know that someday we Christians are going to judge the world? And since you are going to judge the world, can’t you decide these little things among yourselves? Don’t you realize that we Christians will judge angels? So you should surely be able to resolve ordinary disagreements here on earth.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Don’t you know that those who do wrong will have no share in the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, who are idol worshipers, adulterers, male prostitutes, homosexuals, thieves, greedy people, drunkards, abusers, and swindlers—none of these will have a share in the Kingdom of God. There was a time when some of you were just like that, but now your sins have been washed away, and you have been set apart for God. You have been made right with God because of what the Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit of our God have done for you.1 Cor 6:9-10 “Don’t you know that those who do wrong will have No Share in the Kingdom of God? Don’t Fool Yourselves. Those who Indulge in Sexual Sin, who are Idol Worshipers, Adulterers, Male Prostitutes, Homosexuals, Thieves, Greedy people, Drunkards, Abusers, and Swindlers—none of these will have a share in the Kingdom of God.”
1 Corinthians 9:24-27 (NASB) “Do you not know that those who RUN in a RACE all RUN, but only ONE RECEIVES the PRIZE? RUN in such a way that you may WIN. 25) Everyone who competes in the games exercises SELF-CONTROL in ALL THINGS. They then do it to receive a PERISHABLE WREATH, but we an IMPERISHABLE. 26) Therefore I RUN in such a way, as NOT without AIM; I BOX in such a way, as not beating the air; 27) but I DISCIPLINE MY BODY and make it my SLAVE, so that, after I have PREACHED to OTHERS, I myself will NOT be DISQUALIFIED.”
1 Corinthians 10:31 (ESV) “Whether you EAT or DRINK, or WHATEVER you DO, you must DO ALL for the GLORY of GOD.”
1 Corinthians 15:33-34 (NASB) “Do NOT be DECEIVED: BAD COMPANY CORRUPTS GOOD MORALS. 34) Become sober-minded as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.
1 Corinthians 15:51-54- THE RAPTURE – “But let me tell you a wonderful secret God has revealed to us. Not all of us will die, but we will all be transformed. It will happen in a moment, in the blinking of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, the Christians who have died will be raised with transformed bodies. And then we who are living will be transformed so that we will never die. For our perishable earthly bodies must be transformed into heavenly bodies that will never die. When this happens—when our perishable earthly bodies have been transformed into heavenly bodies that will never die—then at last the Scriptures will come true: Death is swallowed up in victory.”
1 Corinthians 15:57 “How we thank God, who gives us Victory over Sin and Death through Jesus Christ our Lord!”
1 Corinthians 15:58 “Be strong and steady, always enthusiastic about the Lord’s work, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.”
1 Corinthians 16:13-14 (NASB) “Be on the ALERT, STAND FIRM in the FAITH, act like MEN, be STRONG. Let ALL that you DO be done in LOVE.”
2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (NASB) “BLESSED be the GOD and FATHER of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, the Father of MERCIES and God of ALL COMFORT, who COMFORTS us in ALL our AFFLICTION so that we will be able to COMFORT those who are in any AFFLICTION with the COMFORT with which we ourselves are COMFORTED by GOD.”
2 Corinthians 2:14 (NASB) “But THANKS BE TO GOD, who always leads us in TRIUMPH IN CHRIST, and manifests through us the SWEET AROMA of the KNOWLEDGE of HIM in EVERY PLACE.”
2 Corinthians 3:16-18 (NASB) “Whenever a person TURNS to the LORD, the VEIL is taken away. Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is LIBERTY. But we all, with UNVEILED FACE, beholding as in a MIRROR the GLORY of the LORD, are being TRANSFORMED into the SAME IMAGE from GLORY to GLORY, just as from the LORD, the SPIRIT.“
2 Corinthians 3:16-18 (NLT) “But whenever someone TURNS to the LORD, the VEIL is TAKEN AWAY… 18)So all of us who have had that VEIL REMOVED can SEE and REFLECT the GLORY of the LORD. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us MORE and MORE like HIM [JESUS] as we are CHANGED into HISGLORIOUS IMAGE.”
2 Corinthians 4:3-4 “If the Good News we preach is veiled from anyone, it is a sign that they are perishing. Satan, the god of this evil world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe, so they are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News that is shining upon them. They don’t understand the message we preach about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.”
2 Corinthians 4:5 (NASB) “For we do NOT PREACH OURSELVES but CHRIST JESUS as LORD, and OURSELVES as your BOND-SERVANTS for JESUS’ sake.”
2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (NASB) “Therefore we DO NOT LOSE HEART, but though OUTWARD MAN is DECAYING (perishing), yet our INNER MAN is being RENEWED day by day. 17) For MOMENTARY,LIGHT AFFLICTION is producing for us an ETERNAL WEIGHT of GLORY far beyond all comparison, 18) while we look NOT at the things which are SEEN, but at the things which are NOT SEEN; for the things which are SEEN are TEMPORAL, but the things which are NOT SEEN are ETERNAL.”
2 Corinthians 5:8 (NASB) “to be ABSENT from the BODY and to be at HOME (KJV says: PRESENT) with the LORD.”
2 Corinthians 5:10-11 (NKJV) “For we must ALL (Believers) APPEAR before CHRIST to be JUDGED, that each one may RECEIVE the things DONE in the BODY, according to what he has done, whether GOOD or BAD. Knowing, therefore, the TERROR of the LORD, we Persuade men; but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your consciences.”
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NASB) “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a NEW CREATION; OLD THINGS have PASSED AWAY; behold, ALL things have become NEW.”
2 Corinthians 5:20 (NASB) “Therefore, we are AMBASSADORS for CHRIST, as though GOD were making an APPEAL through Us; we BEG YOU on BEHALF OF CHRIST, be RECONCILED TO GOD. HE made HIM who knew NO SIN to be SIN on our BEHALF, so that WE might become the RIGHTEOUSNESS of GOD in HIM.”
2 Corinthians 6:2 “For God says, “At just the right time, I heard you. On the Day of Salvation, I helped you.” Indeed, the “right time” is NOW. Today is the Day of Salvation.”
2 Corinthians 6:4-5 In everything we do we try to show that we are true Ministers of God. We patiently endure troubles and hardships and calamities of every kind. We have been beaten, been put in jail, faced angry mobs, worked to exhaustion, endured sleepless nights, and gone without food.
2 Corinthians 6:8 “We serve God whether people honor us or despise us, whether they slander us or praise us. We are honest, but they call us impostors.”
2 Corinthians 6:17 (NASB) “Therefore, COME OUT from THEIR MIDST and BE SEPARATE,” says the Lord. And DO NOT TOUCH what is UNCLEAN; and I will welcome you.”
2 Corinthians 6:4-10 “In everything we do, we show that we are True Ministers of God. We Patiently ENDURE TROUBLES AND HARDSHIPS AND CALAMITIES OF EVERY KIND. We have been BEATEN, been put in PRISON, faced ANGRY MOBS, WORKED TO EXHAUSTION,ENDURED SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, and GONE WITHOUT FOOD. We prove ourselves by our Purity, our Understanding, our Patience, our Kindness, by the Holy Spirit within us, and by our sincere love. We Faithfully Preach the Truth. God’s power is Working in us. We use the Weapons of Righteousness in the Right hand for Attack and the left hand for Defense. We serve God whether people HONOR US OR DESPISE US, whether they SLANDER US OR PRAISE US. We are HONEST, but they call us IMPOSTERS. We are IGNORED, even though we are WELL KNOWN. We live CLOSE TO DEATH, but we are still alive. We have been BEATEN, but we have NOT BEEN KILLED. Our HEARTS ACHE, but we always have JOY. We are POOR, but we give SPIRITUAL RICHES TO OTHERS. We OWN NOTHER, and yet we have EVERYTHING (Eternal Life..).”
2 Corinthians 6:14-18 (NASB) “Do NOT be BOUND TOGETHER with UNBELIEVERS; for what PARTNERSHIP have RIGHTEOUSNESS and LAWLESSNESS, or what FELLOWSHIP has LIGHT with DARKNESS? 15) Or what HARMONY has CHRIST with BELIAL (the DEVIL), or what has a BELIEVER in common with an UNBELIEVER? 16) Or what AGREEMENT has the TEMPLE of GOD with IDOLS? For we are the TEMPLE of the LIVING GOD; just as God said, “I will DWELL IN THEM and WALK AMONG them; and I will be their GOD , and they shall be My people. 17) “Therefore, COME OUT from THEIR MIDST and BE SEPARATE,” says the Lord. “And DO NOT TOUCH what is UNCLEAN; And I will welcome you. 18) “And I will be a FATHER to you, and you shall be SONS and DAUGHTERS to Me,” says the Lord Almighty.”
2 Corinthians 7:1 “Because we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that can defile our body or spirit. And let us work toward complete purity because we fear God.”
2 Corinthians 7:10 (NASB) “For the SORROW that is according to the WILL OF GOD produces a REPENTANCE without regret, leading to SALVATION, but the SORROW of the world produces DEATH. ”
2 Corinthians 7:10 (NLT) “For God can use SORROW in our lives to help us TURN AWAY FROM SIN and SEEK SALVATION. We will never regret that kind of SORROW. But SORROW without REPENTANCE is the kind that results in DEATH.”
2 Corinthians 7:9-10 “Pain caused you to Repent and change your ways. It was the kind of Sorrow God wants his people to have, so you were not harmed by us in any way. For the kind of Sorrow God wants us to experience leads us away from Sin and results in Salvation. There’s no regret for that kind of Sorrow. But Worldly Sorrow, which lacks Repentance, results in Spiritual Death (Hell).”
2 Corinthians 8:2-3 Though they have been going through much trouble and hard times, their wonderful joy and deep poverty have overflowed in rich generosity. For I can testify that they gave not only what they could afford but far more. And they did it of their own free will.
2 Corinthians 8:9 “You know how full of love and kindness our Lord Jesus Christ was. Though he was very Rich, yet for your sakes he became Poor, so that by His Poverty he could make you rich.”
2 Corinthians 9:13 “You will be glorifying God through your generous gifts. For your generosity to them will prove that you are obedient to the Good News of Christ.”
2 Corinthians 10:3-6 “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the Flesh: For the Weapons of our Warfare are not Carnal (Worldly), but mighty through God to the Pulling down of Strongholds; Casting down Imaginations, and every High Thing that exalts itself against the Knowledge of God, and bringing into Captivity every Thought to the Obedience of Christ.”
2 Corinthians 11:13-15 (NASB) “For such men are FALSE APOSTLES, DECEITFUL WORKERS, disguising themselves as APOSTLES OF CHRIST. 14) No wonder, for even SATAN DISGUISES himself as an ANGEL OF LIGHT. 15) Therefore it is NOT surprising if HIS (SATAN’S) SERVANTS also DISGUISE themselves as SERVANTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, whose END will be according to their DEEDS.“
2 Corinthians 11:23-30 “Are they servants of Christ? I know I sound like a madman, but I have served him far more! I have worked harder, been put in PRISON more often, been WHIPPED times without number, and faced DEATH again and again. FIVE DIFFERENT TIMES the Jewish leaders gave me THIRTY-NINE LASHES. THREE TIMES I was BEATEN WITH RODS. Once I was STONED. THREE TIMES I was SHIPWRECKED. Once I spent a WHOLE NIGHT AND A DAY ADRIFT AT SEA. I have traveled on many LONG JOURNEYS. I have FACED DANGER FROM RIVERS AND FROM ROBBERS. I have FACED DANGER FROM MY OWN PEOPLE, the Jews, as well as from the Gentiles. I have FACED DANGER IN THE CITIES, IN THE DESERTS, AND ON THE SEAS. And I have FACED DANGER from men who CLAIM to be BELIEVERS BUT ARE NOT.I have worked HARD AND LONG, enduring MANY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS. I have been HUNGRY and THIRSTY and have OFTEN GONE WITHOUT FOOD. I have SHIVERED IN THE COLD, without enough clothing to keep me warm. Then, besides all this, I have the DAILY BURDEN OF MY CONCERN FOR ALL THE CHURCHES. Who is weak without my feeling that weakness? Who is led astray, and I do not burn with anger? If I must boast, I would rather BOAST about the things that show how WEAK I am.”
2 Corinthians 12:7-10 (NASB) “Because of the surpassing greatness of the REVELATIONS, for this reason, to keep me from EXALTING MYSELF, there was given me a THORN in the FLESH, a MESSENGER of SATAN TO TORMENT ME—to keep me from EXALTING myself! 8) Concerning this IMPLORED the LORD THREE TIMES that it might leave me. 9) And He has said to me, “MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU, for POWER is PERFECTED IN WEAKNESS.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather BOAST ABOUT MY WEAKNESSES, so that the POWER OF CHRIST may dwell in me. 10) Therefore I am well content with WEAKNESS, with INSULTS, with DISTRESSES, with PERSECUTIONS, with DIFFICULTIES, for CHRIST’S SAKE; for when I am WEAK, THEN I AM STRONG.”
2 Corinthians 12:7-10 (KJV) “Lest I should be Exalted above Measure by the Abundance of the Revelations, a THORN in the FLESH was given to me, a MESSENGER of SATAN TO BUFFET ME, lest I be EXALTED ABOVE MEASURE. Concerning this thingI PLEADED WITH THE LORD THREE TIMES that it might DEPART FROM ME. And He said to me, “MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU, for MY STRENGTH IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS.” Therefore most gladly I will rather BOAST IN MY INFIRMITIES, That The POWER OF CHRIST may rest upon me. Therefore I take PLEASURE IN INFIRMITIES, in REPROACHES, IN NEEDS, IN PERSECUTIONS, IN DISTRESSES, for CHRIST’S SAKE. FOR WHEN I AM WEAK, THEN I AM STRONG.”
2 Corinthians 12:9-10 Jesus said, “My Grace is all you need. My power works best in Weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the Power of Christ can work through me. That’s why I take pleasure in my Weaknesses, and in the Insults, Hardships, Persecutions, and Troubles that I Suffer for Christ. For when I am Weak, then I am Strong.
2 Corinthians 13:5 “Examine yourselves to see if your Faith is Genuine. Test yourselves. Surely you know that Jesus Christ is among you; if not, you have failed the Test of Genuine Faith.”
Galatians 1:6-13 (NKJV) “I marvel that you are TURNING AWAY SO SOON from Him who called you in the GRACE OF CHRIST, to a DIFFERENT GOSPEL, which is not another; but there are some who TROUBLE YOU & want to PERVERT the GOSPEL of CHRIST. But even if we, or an ANGEL from HEAVEN, PREACH ANY OTHER GOSPEL to you than what we have PREACHED to you, LET HIM BE ACCURSED. For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I SEEK to PLEASE MEN? For if I still PLEASE MEN, I would NOT be a bondservant of Christ. But I make known to you, brethren, that the GOSPEL which was PREACHED by me is NOT according to MAN. For I neither received it from MAN, nor was I taught it, but it came through the REVELATION of JESUS CHRIST. For you have heard of my former conduct in Judaism, how I PERSECUTED the CHURCH of GOD beyond MEASURE and tried to DESTROY IT.”
Galatians 1:10 “Obviously, I’m not trying to be a people pleaser! No, I am trying to please God. If I were still trying to please people, I would not be Christ’s servant.”
Galatians 2:20 “I have been Crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by Faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.”
Galatians 3:24 “The law (10 Commandments) was our guardian and teacher to lead us until Christ came. So now, through faith in Christ, we are made right with God.”
Galatians 3:11 “But that no man is justified by the Law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, the just shall live by Faith.”
Galatians 5:16-26 “So I advise you to live according to your new life in the Holy Spirit. Then you won’t be doing what your sinful nature craves. The old sinful nature loves to do evil, which is just opposite from what the Holy Spirit wants. And the Spirit gives us desires that are opposite from what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are constantly fighting each other, and your choices are never free from this conflict. But when you are directed by the Holy Spirit, you are no longer subject to the law. When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, your lives will produce these evil results: sexual immorality, impure thoughts, eagerness for lustful pleasure, idolatry, participation in demonic activities, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, divisions, the feeling that everyone is wrong except those in your own little group, envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other kinds of sin. Let me tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of life will not inherit the Kingdom of God. But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, he will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Here there is no conflict with the law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there. If we are living now by the Holy Spirit, let us follow the Holy Spirit’s leading in every part of our lives. Let us not become conceited, or irritate one another, or be jealous of one another.”
Galatians 6:7 (NASB) “Do NOT be deceived, God is NOT MOCKED; for whatever a man SOWS, this he will also REAP.”
Galatians 6:14 (NASB) “But may it NEVER BE that I would BOAST, except in the CROSS of our LORD JESUS CHRIST.”
Ephesians 1:1-14 (NASB) “Blessed be the God & Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has with every SPIRITUAL BLESSING in the Heavenly Places in Christ, just as He CHOSE us in Him BEFORE the FOUNDATION of the World, that we should be HOLY & without BLAME before Him In LOVE, having PREDESTINED us to ADOPTION as SONS by JESUS CHRIST to Himself, according to the GOOD PLEASURE of His WILL, to the PRAISE of the GLORY of His GRACE, by which He has made us Accepted in the BELOVED. In Him we have REDEMPTION through His BLOOD, the FORGIVENESS of SINS, according to the Riches of His GRACE which He made to abound toward us..”
Ephesians 2:1-7 “Once you were dead, doomed forever because of your many sins. You used to live just like the rest of the world, full of sin, obeying Satan, the mighty prince of the power of the air. He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God. All of us used to live that way, following the passions and desires of our evil nature. We were born with an evil nature, and we were under God’s anger just like everyone else.But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so very much, that even while we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God’s special favor that you have been saved!) For he raised us from the dead along with Christ, and we are seated with him in the heavenly realms—all because we are one with Christ Jesus. And so God can always point to us as examples of the incredible wealth of his favor and kindness toward us, as shown in all he has done for us through Christ Jesus.”
Ephesians 2:8-10 (NASB) “For by GRACE you have been SAVED through FAITH; and that NOT of yourselves, it is the GIFT of GOD; NOT as a result of WORKS, so that NO ONE may BOAST. For we are HIS WORKMANSHIP, created in CHRIST JESUS for GOOD WORKS which GOD prepared BEFOREHAND so that we would WALK IN THEM.”
Ephesians 3:20-21 (NASB) “Now to HIM who is able to do FAR MORE ABUNDANTLY BEYOND ALL that we ASK or THINK, according to the POWER that WORKS within US, to HIM be the GLORY in the CHURCH and in CHRIST JESUS to ALL generations FOREVER and EVER. AMEN.”
Ephesians 3:17-19 “I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God’s marvelous love. And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love really is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God.”
Ephesians 4:1-2 “Lead a life worthy of your calling, for you have been called by God. Always be Humble & Gentle. Be Patient with each other, making allowance for each other’s Faults because of your love.”
Ephesians 4:17-19 “With the Lord’s authority let me say this: Live no longer as the ungodly do, for they are hopelessly confused. Their closed minds are full of darkness; they are far away from the life of God because they have shut their minds and hardened their hearts against him. They don’t care anymore about right and wrong, and they have given themselves over to immoral ways. Their lives are filled with all kinds of impurity and greed.”
Ephesians 4:21-24 “Since you have heard all about him and have learned the truth that is in Jesus, throw off your old evil nature and your former way of life, which is rotten through and through, full of lust and deception. Instead, there must be a spiritual renewal of your thoughts and attitudes. You must display a new nature because you are a new person, created in God’s likeness—righteous, holy, and true.”
Ephesians 4:26-27 “Don’t sin by letting anger gain control over you. Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a mighty foothold to the Devil.”
Ephesians 4:29 (NASB) “Let no UNWHOLESOME WORD proceed from your MOUTH, but only such a WORD as is GOOD for EDIFICATION according to the NEED of the MOMENT, that it may give GRACE to those who HEAR.”
Ephesians 5:1-2 “Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are his dear children. Live a life filled with love, following the example of Christ. He loved us and offered himself as a sacrifice for us, a pleasing aroma to God.”
Ephesians 5:3-9 “Let there be no sexual immorality, impurity, or greed among you. Such sins have no place among God’s people. Obscene stories, foolish talk, and coarse jokes—these are not for you. Instead, let there be thankfulness to God. You can be sure that no immoral, impure, or greedy person will inherit the Kingdom of Christ and of God. For a greedy person is an idolater, worshiping the things of this world. Don’t be fooled by those who try to excuse these sins, for the anger of God will fall on all who disobey him. Don’t participate in the things these people do. For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light! For this light within you produces only what is good and right and true.”
Ephesians 5:11 (NASB) “Do NOT participate in the UNFRUITFUL DEEDS of DARKNESS, but instead even EXPOSE them.”
Ephesians 5:15-17 “So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do.”
Ephesians 5:19 “Then you will sing Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs among yourselves, making Music to the Lord in your hearts.”
Ephesians 5:27 “He did this to present her to himself as a Glorious Church without a spot or wrinkle or any other blemish. Instead, she will be Holy and without Fault.”
Ephesians 6:6-7 “Work Hard, but not just to please your masters when they are watching. As slaves of Christ, do the will of God with ALL your heart. Work with Enthusiasm, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.”
Ephesians 6:10-17 “A Final Word: Be STRONG with the Lord’s Mighty Power. Put on ALL of God’s Armor so that you will be able to Stand Firm against ALL Strategies and Tricks of the Devil. For we are NOT fighting against people made of Flesh and Blood, but against the Evil Rulers and Authorities of the Unseen World, against those Mighty Powers of Darkness who Rule this World, and against Wicked Spirits in the Heavenly Realms. Use EVERY Piece of God’s Armor to resist the enemy in the time of Evil, so thatafter the Battle you will still be Standing Firm. Stand your Ground, putting on the Sturdy Belt of Truth and the Body Armor of God’s Righteousness. For Shoes, put on the Peace that comes from the Good News, so that you will be Fully Prepared. In every Battle you will need Faith as your Shield to stop the Fiery Arrows aimed at you by Satan. Put on Salvation as your Helmet, and take the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.”
Ephesians 6:18-20 “PRAY at ALL times and on EVERY OCCASION in the Power of the Holy Spirit. Stay Alert and be Persistent in your Prayers for ALL Christians everywhere. And Pray for me, too. Ask God to give me the RIGHT WORDS so I can BOLDLY explain God’s mysterious plan that the Good News is for Jews and Gentiles alike. I am in chains now, still Preaching this Message as God’s Ambassador. So Pray that I will keep on speaking BOLDLY for HIM, as I should.”
Philippians 1:21-24 “For to me, living is for Christ, and dying is even better. Yet if I live, that means fruitful service for Christ. I really don’t know which is better. I’m torn between two desires: Sometimes I want to live, and sometimes I long to go and be with Christ. That would be far better for me, but it is better for you that I live.”
Philippians 1:27 “Above all, you must live as CITIZENS OF HEAVEN, conducting yourselves in a manner WORTHY of the GOSPEL OF JESUS. Then, whether I come and see you again or only hear about you, I will know that you are standing side by side, fighting together for the FAITH, which is the GOOD NEWS.”
Philippians 2:5-11 “You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to. Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave and was born as a human being. When he appeared in human form, he humbled himself in obedience to God and died a criminal’s death on a cross. Therefore, God elevated him to the place of highest honor and gave him the name above all other names, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
Philippians 2:5-11 (NASB) “Have this ATTITUDE in yourselves which was also in CHRIST JESUS, 6) who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7) but emptied Himself, taking the form of a BOND-SERVANT, and being made in the LIKENESS OF MEN. 8) Being found in APPEARANCE as a MAN, HE HUMBLED HIMSELF by becoming OBEDIENT to the point of DEATH, even DEATH on a CROSS. 9) For this reason also, GOD HIGHLY EXALTED HIM, and bestowed on HIM the NAME which is ABOVE EVERY NAME, 10) so that at the NAME of JESUS EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in HEAVEN and on EARTH and UNDER the EARTH, 11) and that EVERY TONGUE will confess that JESUS CHRIST is LORD, to the GLORY of GOD the FATHER.”
Philippians 2:12-13 (NASB) “So then, my BELOVED, just as you have always OBEYED, not as in my PRESENCE ONLY, but now much more in my ABSENCE, WORK OUT your SALVATION with FEAR and TREMBLING; for it is GOD who is at WORK IN YOU, both to WILL and to WORK for HIS GOOD PLEASURE.”
Philippians 3:13-14 (NASB) “Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: FORGETTING what lies BEHIND and REACHING FORWARD to what LIES AHEAD, 14) I PRESS ON toward the GOAL for the PRIZE of the UPWARD CALL of GOD in CHRIST JESUS.“
Philippians 3:18-19 (NASB) “For MANY walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even WEEPING, that they are ENEMIES of the CROSS of CHRIST, 19) whose END is DESTRUCTION, whose god is their APPETITE, and whose GLORY is in their SHAME, who set their MINDS on EARTHLY things.”
Philippians 4:6 “Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.”
Philippians 4:8 “Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right. Think about things that are pure and lovely and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.”
Philippians 4:13 “For I can do everything with the help of Christ who gives me the strength I need.”
Colossians 1:9-12 (NASB) “For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have NOT CEASED (stopped) to PRAY for you and to ASK that you may be FILLED with the KNOWLEDGE of HIS WILL in all SPIRITUAL WISDOM and UNDERSTANDING, 10) so that you will WALK in a MANNER WORTHY of the LORD, to please Him in ALL respects, BEARING FRUIT in every GOOD WORK and increasing in the KNOWLEDGE of GOD; 11) strengthened with ALL POWER, according to His GLORIOUS might, for the attaining of all STEADFASTNESS and PATIENCE; JOYOUSLY 12) giving THANKS to the FATHER, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light.”
Colossians 1:15-18 (NKJV) “HE is the IMAGE of the INVISIBLE GOD, the Firstborn over ALL CREATION. For by HIM ALL things were CREATED that are in HEAVEN & that are on EARTH, VISIBLE & INVISIBLE, whether THRONES or DOMINIONS or PRINCIPALITIES or POWERS. ALL things were CREATED through HIM & for HIM. And HE is before ALL Things, & in Him ALLTHINGS consist. And HE is the HEAD of the BODY, the CHURCH, who is the BEGINNING, the Firstborn from the Dead, that in ALL things HE may have the PREEMINENCE.”
Colossians 1:28 “So everywhere we go, we tell everyone about Christ. We warn them and teach them with all the wisdom God has given us, for we want to present them to God, perfect in their relationship to Christ.”
Colossians 2:8-9 (NASB) “See to it that NO ONE takes you CAPTIVE through PHILOSOPHY and EMPTY DECEPTION, according to the TRADITION of MEN, according to the ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES of the WORLD, rather than according to CHRIST.”
Colossians 2:14 “He CANCELLED the RECORD that contained the CHARGES against us. He TOOK IT and DESTROYED it by NAILING it to CHRIST”S CROSS.”
Colossians 2:18 (NASB) “Let no one KEEP DEFRAUDING you of your PRIZE by delighting in SELF-ABASEMENT and the WORSHIP of the ANGELS, taking his stand on VISIONS he has seen, INFLATED without cause by his FLESHLY MIND (their sinful minds making them proud).”
Colossians 3:1-4 (NASB) “Therefore if you have been RAISED UP with CHRIST, KEEP SEEKING the things ABOVE, where CHRIST is, seated at the RIGHT HAND of God. SET YOUR MIND on things ABOVE, NOT on the THINGS on the EARTH. For you DIED, and your Life is HIDDEN with CHRIST in GOD. When CHRIST who is our LIFE APPEARS, then you also will APPEAR with HIM in GLORY.”
Colossians 3:17 “Whatever you DO in WORD or DEED, DO ALL in the NAME OF THE LORD JESUS, giving THANKS to GOD THE FATHER through HIM (JESUS).”
Colossians 4:2-3 (NASB) “DEVOTE yourselves to PRAYER, keeping ALERT in it with an ATTITUDE of THANKSGIVING; PRAYING at the same time for us as well, that GOD will OPEN UP to us a DOOR for the WORD, so that we may speak forth the MYSTERY of CHRIST, for which I have also been imprisoned; that I may make it CLEAR in the way I ought to SPEAK.”
Colossians 4:6 (NASB) “Let your SPEECH always be with GRACE, as though seasoned with SALT, so that you will KNOW how you should RESPOND to each person.”
1 Thessalonians 3:10 “Night and day we pray earnestly for you, asking God to let us see you again to fill up anything that may still be missing in your faith.”
1 Thessalonians 4:15-18 – THE RAPTURE – “I can tell you this directly from the Lord: We who are still living when the Lord returns will not rise to meet him ahead of those who are in their graves. For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a commanding shout, with the call of the archangel, and with the trumpet call of God. First, all the Christians who have died will rise from their graves. Then, together with them, we who are still alive and remain on the earth will be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air and remain with him forever. So comfort and encourage each other with these words.”
1 Thessalonians 5:2-11 – THE RAPTURE – “For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come unexpectedly, like a thief in the night. When people are saying, “All is well; everything is peaceful and secure,” then disaster will fall upon them as suddenly as a woman’s birth pains begin when her child is about to be born. And there will be no escape. But you aren’t in the dark about these things, dear brothers and sisters, and you won’t be surprised when the day of the Lord comes like a thief. For you are all children of the light and of the day; we don’t belong to darkness and night. So be on your guard, not asleep like the others. Stay alert and be sober. Night is the time for sleep and the time when people get drunk. But let us who live in the light think clearly, protected by the body armor of faith and love, and wearing as our helmet the confidence of our salvation. For God decided to save us through our Lord Jesus Christ, not to pour out his anger on us. He died for us so that we can live with him forever, whether we are dead or alive at the time of his return. So encourage each other and build each other up, just as you are already doing.”
1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 (NASB) “But we REQUEST of you, BRETHREN, that you APPRECIATE those who DILIGENTLY LABOR AMONG YOU, and have CHARGE OVER YOU in the LORD and GIVE you INSTRUCTION, and that you ESTEEM them VERY HIGHLY in LOVE BECAUSE OF THEIR WORK. Live in PEACE with one another.”
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 “Always be Joyful. Keep on praying. No matter what happens, always be thankful, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.”
1 Thessalonians 11:12-13 (NASB) “May the LORD cause you to INCREASE and ABOUND in LOVE for ONE ANOTHER, and for ALL PEOPLE..so that HE may ESTABLISH your HEARTS without BLAME in HOLINESS before our GOD and FATHER at the COMING of our LORD JESUS with ALL HIS SAINTS.”
2 Thessalonians 1:7-12 (NKJV) “..When the LORD JESUS is Revealed from HEAVEN with His MIGHTYANGELS, in FLAMING FIRE taking VENGEANCE on those who do NOT know God, and on those who do NOT OBEY the GOSPEL of our LORD JESUS CHRIST. These shall be PUNISHED with EVERLASTING DESTRUCTION from the Presence of the LORD and from the GLORY of HIS POWER, when He comes, in that DAY, to be GLORIFIED in His SAINTS and to be ADMIRED among ALL those who BELIEVE, because our TESTIMONY among you was BELIEVED. (11) Therefore we also PRAY always for YOU that our GOD would Count you WORTHY of this CALLING, and FULFILL ALL the GOOD PLEASURE of HIS GOODNESS and the WORK of FAITH with POWER, that the Name of our LORD JESUS CHRIST may be GLORIFIED in YOU, and YOU in HIM, according to the GRACE of our GOD and the LORD JESUS CHRIST.”
2 Thessalonians 3:1-5 (NASB) “Finally, brethren, PRAY for us that the WORD of the LORD will SPREAD RAPIDLY and be GLORIFIED, just as it did also with you; and that we will be RESCUED from PERVERSE and EVIL MEN; for not ALL have FAITH. But the LORD is FAITHFUL, and HE will STRENGTHEN and PROTECT you from the EVIL one. We have CONFIDENCE in the LORD concerning you, that you are DOING and will CONTINUE to DO what we command. May the LORDDIRECT your HEARTS into the LOVE of GOD and into the STEADFASTNESS of CHRIST.’
2 Thessalonians 5:1-10 (NKJV) “But concerning the TIMES and the SEASONS, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. For you yourselves know perfectly that the DAY OF THE LORD so comes as a THIEF IN THE NIGHT. For when they say, “PEACE AND SAFETY!” then SUDDEN DESTRUCTION comes upon them, as LABOR PAINS upon a PREGNANT WOMAN. And they shall NOT ESCAPE. But you, brethren, are NOT IN DARKNESS, so that this DAY should overtake you as a THIEF. You are all SONS OF LIGHT and SONS OF THE DAY. We are NOT of the NIGHTNOR of DARKNESS. Therefore let us NOT SLEEP, as others do, but let us WATCH and be SOBER. For those who SLEEP, SLEEP AT NIGHT, and those who GET DRUNK are DRUNK AT NIGHT. But let us who are of the DAY BE SOBER, putting on the BREASTPLATE OF FAITH and LOVE, and as a HELMET the HOPE of SALVATION. For God did NOT appoint us to WRATH, but to OBTAIN SALVATION through our LORD JESUS CHRIST, who DIED for us, that whether we WAKE or SLEEP, we should LIVE TOGETHER with HIM.”
1 Timothy 1:8-9 “But we know that the Law (God’s 10 Commandments) is good, if one uses it lawfully, realizing the fact that law is not made for a Righteous person, but for those who are Lawless and Rebellious, for the Ungodly and Sinners, for the Unholy and Profane.”
1 Timothy 1:19 “Cling tightly to your faith in Christ, and always keep your conscience clear. For some people have deliberately violated their consciences; as a result, their faith has been shipwrecked.”
1 Timothy 2:1-4 “Pray for all people. Ask God to help them (Plead for God’s Mercy); intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity. This is good and pleases God our Savior, who wants everyone to be saved and to understand the truth.”
1 Timothy 2:5 (NASB) “There is only ONE GOD, and ONE MEDIATOR also between GOD and MEN, the MAN CHRIST JESUS.”
1 Timothy 4:1 (NASB) “But the SPIRIT expressly says that in LATER TIMES some will FALL AWAY from the FAITH, PAYING ATTENTION to DECEIVING SPIRITS & DOCTRINES of DEMONS.”
1 Timothy 6:3-9 “If anyone advocates a different doctrine and does not agree with sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine conforming to godliness, he is conceited and understands nothing; but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, out of which arise envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions, and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment. For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either. If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content. 9 But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction.”
1 Timothy 6:3-10 (NASB) “If anyone ADVOCATES a DIFFERENT DOCTRINE and does NOT AGREE with SOUND WORDS, those of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, and with the DOCTRINE conforming to GODLINESS, 4) he is CONCEITED and UNDERSTANDS NOTHING; but he has a morbid interest in CONTROVERSIAL QUESTIONS and DISPUTES about WORDS, out of which arise ENVY, STRIFE, ABUSIVE LANGUAGE, EVIL SUSPICIONS, 5) and CONSTANT FRICTION between men of DEPRAVED MIND and DEPRIVED of the TRUTH, who suppose that GODLINESS is a MEANS OF GAIN. 6) But GODLINESS actually is a means of GREAT GAIN when accompanied by CONTENTMENT. 7) For we have brought NOTHING into the WORLD, so we cannot take anything out of it either. 8) If we have FOOD and COVERING, with these we shall be CONTENT. 9) But those who want to GET RICH fall into TEMPTATION and a SNARE and MANY FOOLISH and HARMFUL DESIRES which PLUNGE MEN into RUIN and DESTRUCTION. 10) For the LOVE OF MONEY is a ROOT of all sorts of EVIL, and some by LONGING FOR IT have WANDERED AWAY from the FAITH and pierced themselves with MANY GRIEFS.”
1 Timothy 6:13-16 (NASB) “I charge you in the PRESENCE of GOD, who gives LIFE to ALL things, and of CHRIST JESUS, who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate, 14) that you KEEP the COMMANDMENT without STAIN or REPROACH until the APPEARING of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, 15)which HE will bring about at the PROPER TIME—HE who is the BLESSED and ONLY SOVEREIGN, the KING OF KINGS and LORD OF LORDS, 16) who alone possesses IMMORTALITY and DWELL in UNAPPROACHABLE LIGHT, whom NO MAN has SEEN or CAN SEE. To HIM be HONOR and ETERNAL DOMINION! Amen.”
2 Timothy 2:3-4 “Endure suffering along with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. And as Christ’s soldier, do not let yourself become tied up in the affairs of this life, for then you cannot satisfy the one who has enlisted you in his army.”
2 Timothy 2:12 “If we endure hardship, we will reign with him. If we deny him, he will deny us.”
2 Timothy 2:15 “Work hard so God can approve you. Be a good worker, one who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly explains the word of truth.”
2 Timothy 2:22-26 (NKJV) “FLEE also youthful LUSTS; but PURUSE RIGHTEOUSNESS, FAITH, LOVE, PEACE with those who CALL ON THE LORD out of a PURE HEART. (23) But AVOID FOOLISH and IGNORANT DISPUTES, knowing that they GENERATE STRIFE. And a SERVANT of the LORD must NOT QUARREL but be GENTLE to ALL, able to TEACH, PATIENT, in HUMILITY CORRECTING those who are in OPPOSITION, if GOD perhaps will GRANT THEM REPENTANCE, so that they may KNOW THE TRUTH and that they may come to their SENSES and ESCAPE the SNARE of the DEVIL, having been taken CAPTIVE by him (Satan) to do his will.”
2 Timothy 3:1-5 (NASB) “But realize this, that in the LAST DAYS DIFFICULT TIMES will come. For men will be LOVERS of SELF, LOVERS of MONEY, BOASTFUL, ARROGANT, REVILERS, DISOBEDIENT to PARENTS, UNGRATEFUL, UNHOLY, UNLOVING, IRRECONCILABLE, MALICIOUS GOSSIPS, without SELF-CONTROL, BRUTAL, HATERS OF GOOD, TREACHEROUS, RECKLESS, CONCEITED, LOVERS of PLEASURE RATHER than LOVERS of GOD, holding to a FORM of GODLINESS, although they have DENIED its POWER; AVOID such men as these.”
2 Timothy 3:10-12 (NASB) Paul speaking to Believers, “Now you FOLLOWED my TEACHING, CONDUCT, PURPOSE, FAITH, PATIENCE, LOVE, PERSEVERANCE, PERSECUTIONS, and SUFFERINGS, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium and at Lystra; what PERSECUTIONS I ENDURED, and out of them ALL the LORD RESCUED me! (12) ALL who DESIRE to LIVE GODLY in CHRIST JESUS will be PERSECUTED.”
2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NASB) “ALL SCRIPTURE is given by INSPIRED by GOD, and PROFITABLE for TEACHING, for REPROOF, for CORRECTION, for TRAINING in RIGHTEOUSNESS, 17) that the man of God may be ADEQUATE (COMPLETE), equipped for every GOOD WORK.”
2 Timothy 3:13-17 (NASB) “But EVIL MEN and IMPOSTERS will proceed from BAD to WORSE, DECEIVING and BEING DECEIVED. 14) You, however, CONTINUE in the things you have LEARNED and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15) and that from CHILDHOOD [ie 2 Tim 1:5] you have known the SACRED WRITINGS (scripture) which are able to give you the WISDOM that leads to SALVATION through FAITH which is in CHRIST JESUS. 16) ALL SCRIPTURE is INSPIRED by GOD and PROFITABLE for TEACHING, for REPROOF, for CORRECTION, for TRAINING in RIGHTEOUSNESS; 17) so that the man of God may be ADEQUATE, equipped for EVERY GOOD WORK.“
2 Timothy 4:1-5 (NASB) “I solemnly CHARGE YOU in the PRESENCE OF GOD & of CHRIST JESUS, who is to JUDGE the LIVING and the DEAD, and by HIS APPEARING and HIS KINGDOM: PREACH THE WORD; be READY in SEASON & OUT OF SEASON; REPROVE, REBUKE, EXHORT, with GREAT PATIENCE and INSTRUCTION. For the TIME WILL COME when they will NOT ENDURE SOUND DOCTRINE; but wanting to have their EARS TICKLED, they will ACCUMULATE for themselves TEACHERS in accordance to their OWN DESIRES, and will TURN AWAY THEIR EARS from the TRUTH and will TURN ASIDE TO MYTHS. But you, be SOBER IN ALL THINGS, ENDURE HARDSHIP, do the WORK of an EVANGELIST, FULFILL your MINISTRY.”
Titus 1:9 (NASB) “Hold FIRM to the TRUSTWORTHY WORD as TAUGHT, so that he [you] may be able to GIVE INSTRUCTION in SOUND DOCTRINE and also to REBUKE those who CONTRADICT it.”
Titus 1:10-16 (NASB) ”For there are MANY REBELLIOUS MEN, EMPTY TALKERS and DECEIVERS, especially those of the circumcision, who MUST be SILENCED because they are UPSETTING WHOLE FAMILIES, TEACHING things they should NOT TEACH for the SAKE of SORDID GAIN (dishonest). (12) One of themselves, a PROPHET OF THEIR OWN, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” This testimony is true. For this reason REPROVE THEM SEVERELY so that they may be SOUND IN THE FAITH, NOT paying attention to JEWISH MYTHS and COMMANDMENTS OF MEN who TURN AWAY from the TRUTH.” To the PURE, ALL things are PURE; but to those who are DEFILED & UNBELIEVING, NOTHING is PURE, but both their MIND and their CONSCIENCE are DEFILED. (16) They PROFESS to KNOW GOD, but by their DEEDS they DENY HIM, being DETESTABLE & DISOBEDIENT and WORTHLESS for any GOOD DEED. “
Titus 1:16 (NASB) “They PROFESS to KNOW GOD, but by their DEEDS they DENY HIM, being DETESTABLE & DISOBEDIENT and WORTHLESS for any GOOD DEED.”
Titus 2:11-15 (NASB) “For the GRACE of GOD has appeared, bringing SALVATION to all men, instructing us to DENY UNGODLINESS and WORLDLY DESIRES and to LIVE SENSIBLY, RIGHTEOUSLY and GODLY in the PRESENT AGE, looking for the BLESSED HOPE and the APPEARING of the GLORY of our GREAT GOD and SAVIOR, CHRIST JESUS, who gave HIMSELF for us to REDEEM US from every LAWLESS DEED, and to PURIFY for HIMELF a people for HIS OWN POSSESSION, ZEALOUS for GOOD DEEDS. These things SPEAK and EXHORT and REPROVE with ALL AUTHORITY. Let no one DISREGARD you.”
Titus 3:2-7 (ESV) “SPEAK EVIL of NO ONE, to AVOID QUARRELING, to be GENTLE, and to show PERFECT COURTESY toward ALL PEOPLE. 3) For we ourselves were once FOOLISH, DISOBEDIENT, LED ASTRAY, slaves to various PASSIONS and PLEASURES, passing our days in MALICE and ENVY, HATED by OTHERS and HATING one another. But when the GOODNESS and loving KINDNESS of GOD our SAVIOR appeared, 5) He saved us, NOT because of WORKS done by us in RIGHTEOUSNESS, but according to His own MERCY, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the HOLY SPIRIT, 6) whom he poured out on us RICHLY through JESUS CHRIST our SAVIOR, 7) so that being JUSTIFIED by HIS GRACE we might become HEIRS according to the HOPE of ETERNAL LIFE.“
Titus 3:4-7 (NASB) Paul to Believers: “But when the KINDNESS of GOD our SAVIOR & His LOVE for mankind appeared, He SAVED us, NOT on the basis of DEEDS which WE have DONE in RIGHTEOUSNESS, but according to HIS MERCY, by the washing of REGENERATION and RENEWING by the HOLY SPIRIT, whom HE poured out upon us RICHLY through JESUS CHRIST our SAVIOR, so that being JUSTIFIED by HIS GRACE we would be made HEIRS according to the HOPE of ETERNAL LIFE.”
Hebrews 1:3-4 (NASB) “And HE is the RADIANCE OF HIS GLORY and the EXACT REPRESENTATION of HIS NATURE, and upholds ALL things by the WORD of HIS POWER. When HE had made PURIFICATION of SIN, HE sat down at the RIGHT HAND of the MAJESTY on HIGH, having become as much better than the ANGELS, as HE has INHERITED a more EXCELLENT NAME than they.”
Hebrews 3:13 (NASB) “But ENCOURAGE one another DAY after DAY, as long as it is still called “TODAY,” so that NONE of you will be HARDENED by the DECEITFULNESS of SIN.”
Hebrews 4:12-16 (NLT) “For the WORD OF GOD is ALIVE and POWERFUL. It is SHARPER than the SHARPEST TWO-EDGED SWORD, cutting between SOUL and SPIRIT, between JOINT and MARROW. It EXPOSES our INNERMOST THOUGHTS and DESIRES. NOTHING in all Creation is hidden from God. Everything is NAKED and EXPOSED before His Eyes, and He is the one to whom we are ACCOUNTABLE. So then, since we have a GREAT HIGHPRIEST who has entered HEAVEN, JESUS the SON OF GOD, let us HOLD FIRMLY to what we BELIEVE. This HIGH PRIEST of ours UNDERSTANDS our WEAKNESSES, for He Faced ALL of the same TESTINGS we do, yet he did NOT SIN. So let us come BOLDLY to the THRONE of our GRACIOUS GOD. There we will receive HIS MERCY, and we will find GRACE to HELP US when we need it most.”
Hebrews 4:14-16 (NASB) “Therefore, since we have a GREAT HIGH PRIEST who has passed through the HEAVENS, JESUS the SON OF GOD, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who cannot SYMPATHIZE with our WEAKNESSES, but One who has been TEMPTED in ALL things as we are, yet WITHOUT SIN. Therefore let us DRAW NEAR with CONFIDENCE to the THRONE of GRACE, so that we may receive MERCY and find GRACE to HELP in time of NEED.”
Hebrews 5:7 “While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could deliver him out of death. And God heard his prayers because of his reverence for God.”
Hebrews 6:1-8 “For it is impossible to bring back to Repentance those who were once enlightened—those who have experienced the Good things of Heaven and shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the Goodness of the Word of God and the Power of the age to come— and who then Turn Away From God. It is impossible to bring such people back to Repentance; by Rejecting the Son of God, they themselves are nailing him to the Cross once again and holding him up to public shame. When the ground soaks up the falling rain and bears a Good Crop for the Farmer, it has God’s Blessing. But if a Field bears Thorns and Thistles (Thorny Ground Hearer), it is useless. The Farmer will soon condemn that field and burn it.”
Hebrews 6:10 For God is not unjust. He will not forget how hard you have worked for Him and how you have shown your love to Him by caring for other believers, as you still do.
Hebrews 9:22 “Without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sins.”
Hebrews 9:27 “It is Appointed for Men to Die Once, after this the Judgment.”
Hebrews 9:28 “So also Christ died once for all time as a Sacrifice to take away the Sins of many people. He will come again, not to deal with our sins, but to bring Salvation to all who are eagerly waiting for Him.”
Hebrews 10:16 “I will put my Laws (10 Commandments) in their Hearts so they will understand them…I will write them on their Mind so they will Obey them.”
Hebrews 10:24 “Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.”
Hebrews 10:25 “And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage and warn each other, especially now that the day of his coming back again is drawing near.”
Hebrews 10:26-31 “If we DELIBERATELY CONTINUE SINNING after we have received KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH, there is no longer any Sacrifice that will cover these Sins. There is only the terrible expectation of God’s Judgment and the raging fire that will consume his enemies. For anyone who refused to Obey the Law of Moses (Old Testament People) was put to death without Mercy on the Testimony of two or three witnesses. Just think how much WORSE THE PUNISHMENT will be for those (New Testament people) who have trampled on the Son of God, and have treated the Blood of the Covenant, which made us Holy, as if it were Common and Unholy, and have insulted and disdained the Holy Spirit who brings God’s Mercy to us. For we know the one who said, “I will take revenge. I will pay them back.” He also said, “The Lord will judge his own people.” It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Hebrews 10:32-38 “Think back on those early days when you first learned about Christ. Remember how you remained faithful even though it meant terrible suffering. Sometimes you were exposed to public ridicule and were beaten, and sometimes you helped others who were suffering the same things. You suffered along with those who were thrown into jail. When all you owned was taken from you, you accepted it with joy. You knew you had better things waiting for you in eternity. Do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord, no matter what happens. Remember the great reward it brings you! Patient endurance is what you need now, so you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised. “For in just a little while, the Coming One will come and not delay. And a righteous person will live by faith. But I will have no pleasure in anyone who turns away.”
Hebrews 11:6 (NASB) “WITHOUT FAITH it is IMPOSSIBLE to PLEASE HIM (GOD), for he who comes to God must BELIEVE that He is and that HE is a REWARDER of those who(NKJV says: DILIGENTLY seek Him) SEEK HIM.”
Hebrews 11:7 (NASB) “By Faith NOAH, being WARNED BY GOD about things NOT yet seen, in REVERANCE prepared an ARK for the SALVATION of his HOUSEHOLD, by which he CONDEMNED the WORLD, and became an HEIR of the RIGHTEOUSNESS which is according to FAITH.”
Hebrews 11:13 (NASB) “All these DIED in FAITH, WITHOUT RECEIVING the PROMISES, but having seen them and having WELCOMED THEMfrom a distance, and having confessed that they were STRANGERS and EXILES on the EARTH…”
Hebrews 11:35-40 (ESV) “Some were TORTURED, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life. Others SUFFERED MOCKING and FLOGGING, and even CHAINS and IMPRISONMENT. They were STONED, they were SAWN in two, they were KILLED with the SWORD. They went about in SKINS of SHEEP and GOATS, DESTITUTE, AFFLICTED, MISTREATED— of whom the world was not worthy—wandering about in DESERTS and MOUNTAINS, and in DENS and CAVES of the earth. And all these, though commended through their FAITH, did NOT receive what was PROMISED, since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.”
Hebrews 11:39-40 (NASB) “And all these, having GAINED APPROVAL through their FAITH, did NOT receive what was PROMISED, 40) because GOD had provided SOMETHING BETTER FOR US..” (Many of the people that Hebrews was talking about SUFFERED GREATLY on this earth… it was not Health & Wealth 24/7 as the Word of Faith Movement falsely teaches!)
Hebrews 11:36-40 (NASB) “..others experienced MOCKINGS and SCOURGINGS, yes, also CHAINS and IMPRISONMENT. 37) They were STONED, they were SAWN IN TWO, they were TEMPTED, they were put to DEATH with the SWORD; they went about in SHEEPSKINS, in GOATSKINS, being DESTITUTE, AFFLICTED, ILL-TREATED, 38) (men of whom the WORLD was NOT WORTHY), WANDERING in DESERTS and MOUNTAINS and CAVES and HOLES in the GROUND. And all these, having GAINED APPROVAL through their FAITH, did NOT RECEIVE what was PROMISED, 40) because GOD had provided SOMETHING BETTER FOR US..”
Hebrews 12:1-2 (NASB) “..let us also lay aside every ENCUMBRANCE and the SIN which so easily ENTANGLES us, and let us run with ENDURANCE the RACE that is set before us, FIXING our EYES on JESUS, the AUTHOR and PERFECTER of FAITH, who for the JOY set before HIM endured the CROSS, despising the SHAME, and has sat down at the right hand of the THRONE of GOD.”
Hebrews 12:14 (NIV) “Without HOLINESS NO ONE will see the LORD.” Hebrews 12:14 (NLT) “WORK at living in PEACE with EVERYONE, and work at living a HOLY LIFE, for those who are NOT HOLY will NOT see the LORD.“
Hebrews 13:3 (ESV) “REMEMBER those who are in PRISON, as though in PRISON with them, and those who are MISTREATED..“
Hebrews 13:8 (NASB) “JESUS CHRIST is the same YESTERDAY and TODAY and FOREVER.”
Hebrews 13:14 (NLT) “For this WORLD is NOT our PERMANENT HOME; we are looking FORWARD to a HOME yet to come.”
Hebrews 13:15-16 “With Jesus’ help, let us continually offer our sacrifice of praise to God by proclaiming the glory of his name. Don’t forget to do good and to share what you have with those in need, for such sacrifices are very pleasing to God.”
James 1:2-4 When troubles come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy. For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.
James 1:12 (NASB) “BLESSED is a man who PERSEVERES under TRIAL; for once he has been APPROVED, he will receive the CROWN OF LIFE which the LORD has PROMISED to those who LOVE HIM.”
James 1:19 (NASB) “EVERYONE must be QUICK to LISTEN, SLOW to SPEAK and SLOW to get ANGRY.”
James 1:20 (ESV) “The ANGER of man does NOT produce the RIGHTEOUSNESS of GOD.” James 1:20 (NIV) “Human ANGER does NOT produce the RIGHTEOUSNESS that GOD desires.”
James 2:18 “Now someone may argue, “Some people have Faith; others have Good Deeds.” I say, “I can’t see your Faith if you don’t have Good Deeds, but I will show you my Faith through my Good Deeds.”
James 2:20 (KJV) “FAITH without WORKS is DEAD.”
James 2:20 (NASB) “FAITH without WORKS is USELESS”
James 2:26 “But do you want to know, O foolish man, that Faith without Works is dead?”
James 3:15-16″ For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and motivated by the Devil. For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and every kind of evil.”
James 4:2 (NASB) “You do NOT HAVE because you do NOT ASK.“
James 4:4-10 (NASB) “You Adulteresses, do you not know that FRIENDSHIP with the WORLD is HOSTILITY toward GOD? Therefore whoever wishes to be a FRIEND of the WORLD makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose: “He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us”? But He gives a greater GRACE. Therefore it says, “GOD is OPPOSED to the PROUD, but GIVES GRACE to the HUMBLE.” SUBMIT therefore to GOD. RESIST the DEVIL and he will FLEE from you. DRAW NEAR to God and HE will DRAW NEAR to you. CLEANSE your HANDS, you SINNERS; and PURIFY your HEARTS, you DOUBLE-MINDED. Be HUMBLE and MOURN and WEEP; let your LAUGHTER be turned into MORNING and your JOY to GLOOM. HUMBLE yourselves in the PRESENCE of the LORD, and HE will EXALT you.”
James 5:16 “Confess your Sins to each other and Pray for each other so that you may be Healed. The Earnest (fervent) Prayer of a Righteous person has great power and wonderful results.”
1 Peter 1:6-9 (NASB) “In this you GREATLY REJOICE, even though now for a LITTLE WHILE, if necessary, you have been DISTRESSED by VARIOUS TRIALS, 7)so that the PROOF of your FAITH, being MORE PRECIOUS than GOLD which is PERISHABLE, even though TESTED by FIRE, may be found to result in PRAISE and GLORY and HONOR at the revelation of JESUS CHRIST 8)and though you have NOT SEEN HIM, you LOVE HIM, and though you do NOT SEE HIM now, but BELIEVE in HIM, you GREATLY REJOICE with JOYINEXPRESSIBLE and FULL of GLORY, 9) obtaining as the outcome of your FAITH the SALVATION of your SOULS.”
1 Peter 1:13-16 (NASB) “Therefore, prepare your MINDS for ACTION, keep SOBER in SPIRIT, fix your HOPE completely on the GRACE to be brought to you at the REVELATION of JESUS CHRIST. 14) As OBEDIENT children, do NOT be CONFORMED to the FORMER LUSTS which were yours in your ignorance, 15) but like the HOLY ONE who called you, be HOLY yourselves also in ALL your BEHAVIOR; 16) because it is written, “You shall be HOLY, for I AM HOLY.”
1 Peter 1:14-16 So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then. But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy. For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am Holy.
1 Peter 1:22-25 Now you can have sincere love for each other as brothers and sisters because you were cleansed from your sins when you accepted the truth of the Good News. So see to it that you really do love each other intensely with all your hearts. For you have been Born Again. Your New Life did not come from your earthly parents because the life they gave you will end in death. But this New Life will last forever because it comes from the Eternal, Living Word of God. As the prophet says, “People are like grass that dies away; their beauty fades as quickly as the beauty of wildflowers. The grass withers, and the flowers fall away. But the word of the Lord will last forever.” And that Word is the Good News that was preached to you.
1 Peter 2:11-12 You are foreigners and aliens here. So I warn you to keep away from evil desires because they fight against your very souls. Be careful how you live among your unbelieving neighbors. Even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable behavior, and they will believe and give honor to God when he comes to judge the world.
1 Peter 2:12 (NASB) “Keep your BEHAVIOR EXCELLENT among the Gentiles [i.e. UNBELIEVERS], so that in the thing in which they SLANDER you [falsely] as evildoers, they may because of your GOOD DEEDS, as they OBSERVE them, GLORIFY GOD in the DAY of VISITATION (i.e.when He comes back).”
1 Peter 2:19 For God is pleased with you when, for the sake of your conscience, you patiently endure unfair treatment.
1 Peter 2:21 “This suffering is all part of what God has called you to. Christ, who suffered for you, is your example. Follow in His steps.”
1 Peter 2:22-25 (NASB) “For you have been CALLED for this purpose, since CHRIST also SUFFERED for you, leaving you an EXAMPLE for you to FOLLOW in HIS STEPS, who committed NO SIN, NOR was any DECEIT found in HIS MOUTH; and while being REVILED (i.e. insulted, abused), HE did NOT revile in return; while SUFFERING, He uttered NOTHREATS, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously; and HE HIMSELF BORE our SINS in HIS BODY on the CROSS, so that we might DIE to SIN and live to RIGHTEOUSNESS; for by His WOUNDS you were HEALED. (25) For you [Believers] were continually STRAYING like SHEEP, but now you have RETURNED to the SHEPHERD and GUARDIAN of your SOULS.”
1 Peter 3:15 (NASB) “ALWAYS be prepared to give an ANSWER to EVERYONE who ASKS you to give the REASON for the HOPE that you have, but do this with GENTLENESS and RESPECT.”
1 Peter 3:22 “Now Christ has gone to heaven. He is seated in the place of honor next to God, and all the angels and authorities and powers are bowing before him.”
1 Peter 4:1 “So then, since Christ suffered physical pain, you must arm yourselves with the same attitude he had, and be ready to suffer, too. For if you are willing to SUFFER FOR CHRIST, you have decided to STOP SINNING.”
1 Peter 4:12-14 (NASB) “Beloved, do not be surprised at the FIERY ORDEAL (TRIAL) among you, which comes upon you for your TESTING, as though some STRANGE THING were happening to you; but to the degree that you SHARE the SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST, keep on REJOICING, so that also at the revelation of HIS GLORY you may REJOICE with EXULTATION. If you are REVILED for the NAME OF CHRIST, you are BLESSED, because the SPIRIT OF GLORY and of GOD rests on you.”
1 Peter 5:6-9 “So Humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and in his good time he will honor you. Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about what happens to you. Be careful! Watch out for attacks from the Devil, your great enemy. He prowls around like a roaring lion, looking for some victim to devour. Take a firm stand against him, and be strong in your faith. Remember that your Christian brothers and sisters all over the world are going through the same kind of suffering you are.”
2 Peter 1:3-4 (NASB) ..“seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to LIFE and GODLINESS, through the TRUE KNOWLEDGE of HIM who called us by HIS own GLORY and EXCELLENCE. 4) For by these HE has granted to us HIS PRECIOUS and MAGNIFICENT PROMISES, so that by THEM you may become PARTAKERS of [the] DIVINE NATURE, having ESCAPED the CORRUPTION that is in the WORLD BY LUST.”
2 Peter 1:5-11 “So make every effort to apply the benefits of these promises to your life. Then your faith will produce a life of moral excellence. A life of moral excellence leads to knowing God better. Knowing God leads to self-control. Self-control leads to patient endurance, and patient endurance leads to godliness. Godliness leads to love for other Christians, and finally you will grow to have genuine love for everyone. The more you grow like this, the more you will become productive and useful in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But those who fail to develop these virtues are blind or, at least, very shortsighted. They have already forgotten that God has cleansed them from their old life of sin. So, dear brothers and sisters, work hard to prove that you really are among those God has called and chosen. Doing this, you will never stumble or fall away. And God will open wide the gates of heaven for you to enter into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”
2 Peter 1:16-18 (NASB) Peter: “For we did NOT follow cleverly devised TALES when we made known to you the POWER and COMING of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, but we were EYEWITNESSES of HIS MAJESTY. 17) For when HE received HONOR and GLORY from GOD the FATHER, such an utterance as this was made to HIM by the MAJESTIC GLORY, “This is MY beloved SON with whom I am WELL-PLEASED.”— 18) and we ourselves HEARD this UTTERANCE made from HEAVEN when we were WITH HIM (JESUS) on the HOLY mountain.” [Peter was referring to the TRANSFIGURATION – READ: Matthew 17:1-13, Mark 9:1-13; Luke 9:28-36]
2 Peter 1:21 (ESV) “For NO PROPHECY was ever produced by the WILL OF MAN, but men spoke from GOD as they were carried along by the HOLY SPIRIT.”
2 Peter 2:1-3 (NKJV) “But there were also FALSE PROPHETS among the people, even as there will be FALSE TEACHERS among you, who will SECRETLY bring in DESTRUCTIVE HERESIES, even DENYING the LORD who bought them, and bring on themselves SWIFT DESTRUCTION. And MANY will FOLLOW their DESTRUCTIVE WAYS, because of whom the WAY of TRUTH will be BLASPHEMED. By COVETOUSNESS they will EXPLOIT you with DECEPTIVE WORDS; for a LONG TIME their JUDGMENT has NOT been IDLE, and their DESTRUCTION does NOT SLUMBER.”
2 Peter 2:4-10 (NASB) “For if God did not spare ANGELS when they SINNED, but CAST them into HELL and committed them to PITS OF DARKNESS, reserved for JUDGMENT; and did not spare the ancient world, but PRESERVED NOAH, a PREACHER of RIGHTEOUSNESS, with SEVEN others, when HE brought a FLOOD upon the WORLD of the UNGODLY; and if HE CONDEMNED the cities of SODOM AND GOMORRAH to DESTRUCTION by reducing them to ASHES, having made them an EXAMPLE to those who would live UNGODLY LIVES THEREAFTER; and if HERESCUED RIGHTEOUS LOT, oppressed by the SENSUAL CONDUCT of UNPRINCIPLED MEN (for by what he SAW and HEARD that RIGHTEOUS MAN, while LIVING AMONG THEM, felt his RIGHTEOUS SOUL TORMENTED DAY AFTER DAY by their LAWLESS DEEDS), then the LORD knows how to RESCUE the GODLY from TEMPTATION, and to KEEP the UNRIGHTEOUS under PUNISHMENT for the DAY OF JUDGMENT, and especially those who INDULGE THE FLESH in its CORRUPT DESIRES and DESPISE AUTHORITY.” v
2 Peter 2:18 (NLT) “They Brag about themselves with Empty, Foolish Boasting. With an Appeal to twisted Sexual Desires, they lure back into Sin those who have barely escaped from a Lifestyle of DECEPTION.”
2 Peter 2:17-22 (NASB) “These are SPRINGS WITHOUT WATER and MISTS driven by a STORM, for whom the BLACK DARKNESS has been reserved. 18) For speaking out ARROGANT WORDS of VANITY (about themselves) they entice by FLESHLY DESIRE, by SENSUALITY, those who BARELY ESCAPE from the ones who live in ERROR, 19) PROMISING them FREEDOM while they themselves are SLAVES OF CORRUPTION; for by what a man is OVERCOME, by this he is ENSLAVED. 20) For if, after they have ESCAPED the DEFILEMENTS of the WORLD by the KNOWLEDGE of the LORD and SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST; they are again ENTANGLED in them and are OVERCOME, the last state has become WORSE for them than the FIRST. 21) For it would be BETTER for them NOT to have KNOWN the way of RIGHTEOUSNESS, than having KNOWN it, to TURN AWAY from the HOLY COMMANDMENT handed on to them. 22) It has happened to them according to the true proverb, “A DOG RETURNS TO ITS OWN VOMIT,” and, “A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire.”
2 Peter 3:3-13 “In the Last Days there will be scoffers who will laugh at the truth and do every evil thing they desire. This will be their argument: “Jesus promised to come back, did he? Then where is he? Why, as far back as anyone can remember, everything has remained exactly the same since the world was first created.” They deliberately forget that God made the heavens by the word of His command, and He brought the earth up from the water and surrounded it with water. Then He used the water to destroy the world with a mighty flood. And God has also commanded that the heavens and the earth will be consumed by fire on the day of judgment, when ungodly people will perish. But you must not forget, dear friends, that a day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day. The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise to return, as some people think. No, He is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to perish, so He is giving more time for everyone to repent. But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and everything in them will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be exposed to judgment. Since everything around us is going to melt away, what holy, godly lives you should be living! You should look forward to that day and hurry it along—the day when God will set the heavens on fire and the elements will melt away in the flames. But we are looking forward to the new heavens and new earth he has promised, a world where everyone is right with God.”
2 Peter 3:7-15 (NASB) “But by HIS WORD the present HEAVENS and EARTH are being RESERVED FOR FIRE, kept for the DAY OF JUDGMENT and DESTRUCTION of UNGODLY MEN. 8) But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the LORD ONE DAY is like a THOUSAND YEARS, and a THOUSAND YEARS like ONE DAY. 9) The LORD is NOT SLOW about HIS PROMISE, as some count slowness, but is PATIENT toward you, not wishing for ANY to PERISH but for ALL to come to REPENTANCE. 10) But the DAY OF THE LORD will come like a THIEF, in which the HEAVENS will pass away with a ROAR and the ELEMENTS will be DESTROYED with INTENSE HEAT, and the EARTH and its works will be BURNED UP. 11) Since ALL these THINGS are to be DESTROYED in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in HOLY CONDUCT AND GODLINESS, 12) looking for and hastening the COMING OF THEDAY OF GOD, because of which the HEAVENS will be DESTROYED by BURNING, and the elements will MELT with INTENSE HEAT! 13) But according to HIS PROMISE we are looking for NEW HEAVENS and a NEW EARTH, in which RIGHTEOUSNESS dwells. 14) Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be DILIGENT to be found by Him in PEACE, SPOTLESS and BLAMELESS, 15) and regard the PATIENCE of our LORD as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you..”
1 Peter 3:18-20 “Christ also suffered when he died for our sins once for all time. He never sinned, but he died for sinners that he might bring us safely home to God. He suffered physical death, but he was raised to life in the Spirit.So he went and preached to the spirits in prison— those who disobeyed God long ago when God waited patiently while Noah was building his boat. Only eight people were saved from drowning in that terrible flood.”
1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins to Him, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
1 John 2:1 “I am writing this to you so that you will not sin. But if you do sin, there is someone to plead for you before the Father. He is Jesus Christ, the one who pleases God completely.”
1 John 2:3-6 (NASB) ”By this we KNOW that we have come to KNOW HIM, IF WE KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS. The one who says, “I have come to know Him,” and does NOT KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, IS A LIAR, and the TRUTH IS NOT IN HIM; but whoever KEEPS HIS WORD, in HIM the LOVE OF GOD has truly been PERFECTED. By this we know THAT WE ARE IN HIM: the one who says he ABIDES IN HIM ought himself to walk in the SAME MANNER as He (Jesus) walked.”
1 John 2:15-17 (NASB) “Do NOT love the WORLD nor the things in the WORLD. If anyone LOVES the WORLD, the love of the Father is not in him. For ALL that is in the WORLD the LUST of the FLESH and the LUST of the EYES and the BOASTFUL PRIDE OF LIFE, is NOT from the FATHER, but is from the WORLD. The WORLD is PASSING AWAY, and also its LUSTS; but the ONE who does the WILL OF GOD lives FOREVER.”
1 John 2:15-18 “Stop loving this evil world and all that it offers you, for when you love the world, you show that you do not have the love of the Father in you. For the world offers only the lust for physical pleasure, the lust for everything we see, and pride in our possessions. These are not from the Father. They are from this evil world. And this world is fading away, along with everything it craves. But if you do the will of God, you will live forever. Dear children, the last hour is here. You have heard that the Antichrist is coming, and already many such antichrists have appeared. From this we know that the end of the world has come.”
1 John 3:8-10 (NASB) “The one who PRACTICES SIN is of the DEVIL; for the DEVIL has SINNED from the beginning. The SON OF GOD appeared for this purpose, to DESTROY the WORKS of the DEVIL. NO ONE who is BORN OF GOD practices SIN, because HIS SEED ABIDES in him; and he CANNOT SIN, because he is BORN OF GOD. By this the CHILDREN OF GOD and the CHILDREN of the DEVIL are OBVIOUS: anyone who does NOT PRACTICE RIGHTEOUSNESS is NOT of GOD, NOR the ONE who does NOT LOVE his BROTHER.”
1 John 3:6-10 “So if we continue to live in him, we won’t sin either. But those who keep on sinning have never known him or understood who he is. Dear children, don’t let anyone deceive you about this: When people do what is right, it is because they are righteous, even as Christ is righteous. But when people keep on sinning, it shows they belong to the Devil, who has been sinning since the beginning. But the Son of God came to destroy these works of the Devil. Those who have been born into God’s family do not sin, because God’s life is in them. So they can’t keep on sinning, because they have been born of God. So now we can tell who are children of God and who are children of the Devil. Anyone who does not obey God’s commands and does not love other Christians does not belong to God.”
1 John 3:21-22 “If our conscience is clear, we can come to God with bold confidence. And we will receive whatever we request because we obey him and do the things that please him.”
1 John 4:1-6 (NASB) “Beloved, do NOT believe EVERY spirit (those claiming to speak by the spirit), but TEST the SPIRITS to see whether they are from FROM GOD, because MANY FALSE PROPHETS have gone out into the WORLD. 2) By this you know the SPIRIT OF GOD: EVERY SPIRIT that confesses that JESUS CHRIST has come in the FLESH is from GOD; 3) and EVERY SPIRIT that does NOT confess JESUS is NOT from GOD; this is the spirit of the ANTICHRIST, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already IN the WORLD. 4) You are from God, little children, and have OVERCOME them; because GREATER is HE who is IN you than he who is IN the WORLD. 5) They are from the WORLD; therefore they SPEAK as from the WORLD, and the WORLD LISTENS to them. 6) We are from GOD; he who KNOWS GOD LISTENS to us; he who is NOT from GOD does NOT LISTEN to us. By this we know the SPIRIT OF TRUTH and the SPIRIT OF ERROR.“
1 John 4:4 (NASB) “GREATER is HE who is IN you than he who is in the WORLD.“
1 John 4:7-8 “Let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is born of God and knows God. But anyone who does not love does not know God—for God is love.”
1 John 4:17 “And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of Judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we are like Christ here in this World.”
1 John 4:18 “Such love has no fear because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of Judgment, and this shows that his love has not been perfected in us.”
1 John 5:3-5 “Loving God means keeping his Commandments, and really, that isn’t difficult. For every Child of God defeats this evil world by trusting Christ to give the victory. And the ones who win this battle against the World are the ones who believe that Jesus is the Son of God.”
1 John 5:4-5 (NASB) “For whatever is BORN OF GOD (Born Again) OVERCOMES the WORLD; and this is the VICTORY that has OVERCOME the WORLD— our FAITH. Who is he who OVERCOMES the WORLD, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?” For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 5Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?”
1 John 5:13 (NASB) “I have written this to you who Believe in the Name of the SON OF GOD, so that you may KNOW you have ETERNAL LIFE.”
2 John 1:8 “Watch out, so that you do not lose the prize for which we have been working so hard. Be diligent so that you will receive your full reward.”
2 John 1:10-11 (NASB) “If anyone comes to you and does NOT bring THIS TEACHING (the Truth about Christ), do NOT RECEIVE HIM INTO YOUR HOUSE, and do NOT give him a GREETING; for the one who gives him a GREETING PARTICIPATES in his EVIL DEEDS.”
3 John 1:1 “Follow only what is good. Remember that those who do good prove that they are God’s children, and those who do evil prove that they do not know God.”
Jude 1:1-2 (NKJV) “Jude warns, “Jude, a Bondservant of Jesus Christ (Half Brother of Jesus), and Brother of James— To those who are CALLED, SANCTIFIED by GOD the FATHER, & PRESERVED in JESUS: MERCY, PEACE, and LOVE be MULTIPLIED to you.”
Jude 1:3-4 (NASB) “BELOVED, while I was making every effort to write you about our COMMON SALVATION, I felt the NECESSITY to write to you APPEALING that you CONTEND EARNESTLY for the FAITH which was once for all handed down to the SAINTS. 4) For CERTAIN PERSONS have CREPT IN UNNOTICED, those who were LONG BEFOREHAND MARKED OUT for this CONDEMNATION, UNGODLY PERSONS who turn the GRACE of our GOD into LICENTIOUSNESS and DENY our only MASTER and LORD, JESUS CHRIST.”
Jude 1:7 “And don’t forget the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns, which were filled with sexual immorality and every kind of sexual perversion. Those cities were destroyed by fire and are a warning of the eternal fire that will punish all who are evil.”
Jude 1:14-15″ Look, the Lord is coming with thousands of his Holy ones. He will bring the people of the world to Judgment. He will convict the ungodly of all the evil things they have done in rebellion and of all the insults that godless sinners have spoken against him.”
Jude 1:22-23 (NASB) “Have MERCY on some, who are doubting; SAVE others, SNATCHING them out of the FIRE..”
Jude 1:25 (NASB) “To the only GOD our SAVIOR, through JESUS CHRIST our LORD, be GLORY, MAJESTY, POWER, and AUTHORITY are HIS BEFORE ALL TIME, and in the PRESENT, and BEYOND ALL TIME! Amen.”
Revelation 1:3 “God blesses the one who reads this Prophecy (Book of Revelation) to the Church, and he blesses all who listen to it and obey what it says. For the time is near when these things will happen.”
Revelation 2:2-3 (NASB) Jesus says, “I know your DEEDS and your TOIL and PERSERVERANCE, and that you CANNOT TOLERATE EVIL MEN, and you put to the TEST those who call themselves APOSTLES, and they are NOT, and you found them to be FALSE; and you have PERSERVERANCE and have ENDURED for MY NAME’S SAKE, and have NOT grown weary.”
Revelation 2:4-5 Jesus says, “But I have this complaint against you. You don’t love me or each other as you did at first! Look how far you have fallen from your first love! Turn back to me again and work as you did at first. If you don’t, I will come and remove your lampstand from its place among the churches.”
Revelation 2:7 (NASB) Jesus says, “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches. To him who OVERCOMES, I will give to eat from the TREE OF LIFE which is in the the Paradise of God.”
Revelation 2:11 (NASB) Jesus says, “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches. He who OVERCOMES will NOT be hurt by the SECOND DEATH.”
Revelation 2:17 (NASB) Jesus says, “He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the Churches. To him who OVERCOMES, to him I will give some of the HIDDEN MANNA, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.”
Revelation 2:26 (NASB) Jesus says, “He who OVERCOMES, and KEEPS MY DEEDS until the END, to him I will give POWER over the NATIONS.”
Revelation 3:5 (NASB) Jesus says, “He who OVERCOMES will thus be CLOTHED in WHITE GARMENTS, and I will NOT ERASE his Name from the BOOK OF LIFE; and I will CONFESS his name before My Father and before His Angels.”
Revelation 3:12 (NASB) Jesus says, “He who OVERCOMES, I will make him a PILLAR in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the Name of My God and the Name of the City of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of Heaven from My God.”
Revelation 3:21 (NASB) Jesus says, “He who OVERCOMES, I will grant to SIT with ME on MY THRONE, as I also OVERCAME and sat down with My Father on His Throne.”
Revelation 3:1-3 Jesus says, “I know all the things you do, and that you have a Reputation for being ALIVE—but you are DEAD.WAKE UP! Strengthen what little remains, for even what is left is almost Dead….Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to it firmly. REPENT & TURN TO ME AGAIN. If you don’t WAKE UP, I will come to you suddenly, as unexpected as a Thief.”
Revelation 3:5 Jesus says, “All who are victorious will be clothed in white. I will never erase their names from the Book of Life, but I will announce before my Father and his angels that they are mine.”
Revelation 3:12 Jesus says, “All who are victorious will become pillars in the Temple of my God, and they will never have to leave it. And I will write my God’s name on them, and they will be citizens in the city of my God—the new Jerusalem that comes down from heaven from my God. And they will have my new name inscribed upon them.”
Revelation 3:15-19 Jesus says, “I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish you were one or the other! But since you are like lukewarm water, I will spit you out of my mouth! You say, `I am rich. I have everything I want. I don’t need a thing!’ And you don’t realize that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked. I advise you to buy gold from me—gold that has been purified by fire. Then you will be rich. And also buy white garments so you will not be shamed by your nakedness. And buy ointment for your eyes so you will be able to see. I am the one who corrects and disciplines everyone I love. Be diligent and turn from your indifference.”
Revelation 3:20-21 Jesus says, “Look! Here I stand at the door and knock. If you hear me calling and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal as friends. I will invite everyone who is victorious to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat with my Father on his throne.”
Revelation 4:11 (NASB) “WORTHY are YOU, our LORD and our GOD, to receive GLORY and HONOR and POWER. for YOU created ALL things, and because of YOUR WILL they EXISTED, and were CREATED.”
Revelation 4:8-11 (NASB) “And the Four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say, “HOLY, HOLY, HOLY IS THE LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY, WHO WAS and WHO IS and WHO IS TO COME.” 9) And when the living creatures give GLORY and HONOR and THANKS to HIM who sits on the THRONE, to Him who lives FOREVER and EVER, 10) the twenty-four ELDERS will FALL DOWN before HIM who sits on the THRONE, and will WORSHIP HIM who lives FOREVER and EVER, and will CAST their CROWNS before the THRONE, saying, 11) “WORTHY are YOU, our LORD and our GOD, to receive GLORY and HONOR and POWER; for YOU created ALL things, and because of YOUR WILL they EXISTED, and were CREATED.”
Revelation 5:11-14 (NASB) “Then I looked, and I heard the voice of MANY ANGELS around the THRONE and the LIVING CREATURES and the ELDERS; and the number of them was MYRIADS of MYRIADS, and THOUSANDS of THOUSANDS, (12) saying with a loud voice, “WORTHY is the LAMB that was SLAIN to receive POWER and RICHES and WISDOM and MIGHT and HONOR and GLORY and BLESSING.” 13) And every created thing which is in HEAVEN and on the EARTH and UNDER the EARTH and on the SEA, and all things in them, I heard saying, “To HIM who sits on the THRONE, and to the LAMB (JESUS), be BLESSING and HONOR and GLORY and DOMINION FOREVER and EVER.” 14) And the four living creatures kept saying, “AMEN.” And the ELDERS FELL DOWN and WORSHIPED.”
Revelation 5:8-14 (NLT) God’s People Falling Down before the Throne of Jesus saying— “And when He took the scroll, the Four Living Beings and the Twenty-Four Elders fell down before the Lamb (Jesus). Each one had a harp, and they held gold bowls filled with incense, which are the Prayers of God’s people. And they sang a New Song with these words: ‘You are WORTHY (LORD) to take the Scroll and Break Its Seals and open it. For You were SLAUGHTERED, and Your BLOOD HAS RANSOMED people for God from every TRIBE and LANGUAGE and PEOPLE and NATION. And You have caused them to become a KINGDOM OF PRIESTS for our God. And they will REIGN ON THE EARTH.’ Then I looked again, and I heard the VOICES OF THOUSANDS and MILLIONS OF ANGELS around the THRONE and of the LIVING BEINGS and the ELDERS. And they Sang in a MIGHTY CHORUS: ‘WORTHY IS THE LAMB who was SLAUGHTERED— to Receive POWER and RICHES and WISDOM and STRENGTH and HONOR and GLORY and BLESSING.’ And then I heard EVERY CREATURE in HEAVEN and on EARTH and under the EARTH and in the SEA. They sang: “BLESSING and HONOR and GLORY and POWER belong to the ONE sitting on the THRONE and to the LAMB FOREVER and EVER.” And the FOUR LIVING BEINGS said, “Amen!” And the Twenty-Four Elders FELL DOWN and WORSHIPED THE LAMB.”
Revelation 7:12 (NASB) Saying, “Amen! BLESSING and GLORY and WISDOM and THANKSGIVING and HONOR and POWER and MIGHT, belong to our God FOREVER and EVER! Amen.”
Revelation 11:15 (NASB) “There were loud voices in HEAVEN, saying, “The KINGDOM of the WORLD has become the KINGDOM of our LORD and of HIS CHRIST; and HE will REIGN FOREVER and EVER.”
Revelation 11:17 (NASB) “We give YOU THANKS, O LORD GOD, the ALMIGHTY, who ARE and who WERE, because You have taken Your GREAT POWER and have begun to REIGN.”
Revelation 12:9 The great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the Whole World.
Revelation 12:11 (NASB) “And they OVERCAME him (Antichrist) because of the BLOOD of the LAMB (JESUS) and because of the WORD of their TESTIMONY, and they did NOT love their LIFE even when faced with DEATH.”
Revelation 14:7 (NASB) “FEAR GOD, and GIVE HIM GLORY, because the HOUR of HIS JUDGMENT has come; WORSHIP HIM who made the HEAVEN and the EARTH and SEA and the SPRINGS OF WATER.”
Revelation 14:9-11 Then a third angel followed them, shouting, “Anyone who worships the beast and his statue or who accepts his mark on the forehead or the hand must drink the wine of God’s wrath. It is poured out undiluted into God’s cup of wrath. And they will be tormented with fire and burning sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and the Lamb. The smoke of their torment rises forever and ever, and they will have no relief day or night, for they have worshiped the beast and his statue and have accepted the mark of his name.
Revelation 14:12 “Let this encourage God’s HOLY PEOPLE to endure persecution patiently and remain firm to the end, OBEYING HIS COMMANDS and TRUSTING IN JESUS.”
Revelation 17:14 (NASB) “These will WAGE WAR against the LAMB (JESUS), and the LAMB will OVERCOME them, because HE is LORD OF LORDS and KING OF KINGS, and those who are with WITH HIM are the CALLED and CHOSEN and FAITHFUL.”
Revelation 19:1-4 (NASB) “After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a GREAT MULTITUDE in HEAVEN, saying, “HALLELUJAH! SALVATION and GLORY and POWER belong to our GOD; 2) Because HIS JUDGMENTS are TRUE and RIGHTEOUS; for HE has JUDGED the GREAT HARLOT who was CORRUPTING the EARTH with her IMMORALITY, and HE has AVENGED the BLOOD of HIS BOND-SERVANTS on her. 3) And a second time they said, “HALLELUJAH! Her smoke RISES UP FOREVER AND EVER. 4) And the Twenty-Four ELDERS and the four living CREATURES FELL DOWN and WORSHIPED GOD who sits on the THRONE saying, “Amen. HALLELUJAH!”
Revelation 19:5-9 (NASB) “And a voice came from the THRONE, saying, “GIVE PRAISE to our GOD, all you HIS BOND-SERVANTS, you who FEAR HIM, the SMALL and the GREAT. 6) Then I heard something like the voice of a GREAT MULTITUDE and like the sound of MANY WATERS and like the sound of MIGHTY PEALS of THUNDER, saying, “HALLELUJAH! For the LORD our GOD, the ALMIGHTY REIGNS. 7) “Let us REJOICE and be GLAD and give the GLORY to HIM, for the MARRIAGE OF THE LAMB has come and HIS BRIDE has made herself ready.” 8) It was given to her to clothe herself in FINE LINEN, BRIGHT and CLEAN; for the FINE LINEN is the RIGHTEOUS ACTS of the SAINTS. 9) Then he said to me, “Write, ‘BLESSED are those who are INVITED to the MARRIAGE SUPPER of the LAMB (JESUS).’” And he said to me, “These are TRUE WORDS of GOD.”
Revelation 19:5-9 (NLT) “And from the THRONE came a voice that said, “GIVE PRAISE TO OUR GOD, ALL HIS SERVANTS, ALL WHO FEAR HIM, from the LEAST to the GREATEST.” Then I heard again what sounded like the SHOUT of a Vast CROWD or the Roar of Mighty Ocean Waves or the Crash of Loud Thunder: “PRAISE THE LORD! FOR THE LORD OUR GOD, THE ALMIGHTY, REIGNS.” Let us be GLAD and REJOICE, and let us GIVE HONOR TO HIM. For the Time has come for the WEDDING FEAST OF THE LAMB, and His Bride has prepared herself. She has been given the Finest of Pure White Linen to Wear.” For the FINE LINEN REPRESENTS the GOOD DEEDS of GOD’S HOLY PEOPLE. And the angel said to me, “Write this: BLESSED are those who are INVITED to the WEDDING FEAST of the LAMB.”
Revelation 19:11-16 (NASB) “And I saw HEAVEN OPENED, and BEHOLD, a WHITE HORSE, and He who sat on him was called FAITHFUL and TRUE, and in RIGHTEOUSNESS HE JUDGES and makes WAR. His EYES are a FLAME OF FIRE, and on HIS HEAD are MANY DIADEMS (CROWNS); and He has a NAME written on HIM which no one knows except Himself. 13) He is clothed with a ROBE DIPPED IN BLOOD,, and His name is called THE WORD OF GOD. 14) And the ARMIES which are in HEAVEN,clothed in FINE LINEN, WHITE and CLEAN, followed Him on WHITE HORSES. 15) From HIS MOUTH goes a SHARP SWORD, that with it He may STRIKE down the NATIONS, and HE will RULE them with a ROD of IRON; and HE treads the wine press of the FIERCE WRATH OF GOD, the ALMIGHTY. 16) And on HIS ROBE and on HIS THIGH He has a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”
Revelation 19:16 (NASB) “And on HIS ROBE and on HIS THIGH HE has a name written. “KING OF KINGS and LORD OF LORDS.”
Revelation 20:1-9 (NASB) MILLENNIUM – 1000 YEAR REIGN OF CHRIST – “Then I saw an ANGEL coming down from heaven, holding the KEY of the abyss and a GREAT CHAIN in his hand. 2) And he laid hold of the DRAGON, the SERPENT of old, who is the DEVIL and SATAN, and bound him for a THOUSAND YEARS; 3) and he THREW HIM into the ABYSS, and SHUT IT and SEALED it over him, so that he would NOT DECEIVE the NATIONS any longer, until the THOUSAND YEARS were completed; after these things he must be RELEASED for a SHORT time. 4) Then I saw THRONES, and they sat on them, and JUDGMENT was given to them. And I saw the SOULS of those who had been BEHEADED because of their TESTIMONY of JESUS and because of the WORD OF GOD, and those who had NOT worshiped the BEAST or HIS IMAGE, and had NOT received the MARK on their FOREHEAD and on their HAND; and they came to LIFE and REIGNED with CHRIST for a THOUSAND YEARS. 5) The rest of the DEAD did not come to life until the THOUSAND YEARS were completed. This is the first resurrection. 6) BLESSED and HOLY is the one who has a part in the FIRST RESURRECTION; over these the SECOND DEATH has NO POWER, but they will be PRIESTS of GOD and of CHRIST and will REIGN with Him for a THOUSAND YEARS 7) When the THOUSAND YEARS are completed, SATAN will be released from his PRISON, 8) and will come out to DECEIVE the NATIONS which are in the four corners of the earth, GOG and MAGOG, to gather them together for the WAR; the number of them is like the SAND of the SEASHORE. 9) And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the CAMP OF THE SAINTS and the BELOVEDCITY, and FIRE came down from HEAVEN and DEVOURED THEM. 10) And the DEVIL who DECEIVED them was THROWN into the LAKE of FIRE and BRIMSTONE, where the BEAST and the FALSE PROPHET are also; and they will be TORMENTED DAY & NIGHT FOREVER and EVER.”
Revelation 20:11-15 “And I saw a Great White Throne, and I saw the one who was sitting on it. The earth and sky fled from his presence, but they found no place to hide. I saw the dead, both great and small, standing before God’s throne. And the books were opened, including the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to the things written in the books, according to what they had done. The sea gave up the dead in it, and death and the grave gave up the dead in them. They were all judged according to their deeds. And death and the grave were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire. And anyone whose name was not found recorded in the Book of Life was thrown into the Lake of Fire.”
Revelation 20:15-21:1 (NASB) “If anyone’s NAME was NOT found written in the BOOK of LIFE, he was THROWN into the LAKE of FIRE. Then I saw a NEW HEAVEN and a NEW EARTH; for the first HEAVEN and the first EARTH PASSED AWAY..”
Revelation 21:4 “He (God) will wipe every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. All these things are gone forever.”
Revelation 21:3-7 (NASB) “And I heard a LOUD VOICE from the THRONE, saying, “BEHOLD, the TABERNACLE of GOD is among men, and HE will DWELL among them, and they shall be HISPEOPLE, and GOD HIMSELF will be AMONG them, and HE will WIPE AWAY EVERY TEAR from their EYES; and there will NO LONGER be any DEATH; there will NO LONGER be any MOURNING, or CRYING, or PAIN; the FIRST things have PASSED AWAY. And HE who sits on the throne said, “BEHOLD, I am making ALL THINGS NEW.” And HE (Jesus) *said, “Write, for these WORDS are FAITHFUL and TRUE.” Then HE said to me, “IT IS DONE. I am the ALPHA and the OMEGA, the BEGINNING and the END. I will give to the one who THIRSTS from the SPRING of the WATER of LIFE without cost. He who OVERCOMES will INHERIT THESE THINGS, and I will be his GOD and he will be MY SON..”
Revelation 21:7 (NASB) Jesus says, “He who OVERCOMES will INHERIT THESE THINGS, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.”
Revelation 21:8 “But Cowards who turn away from ME, and Unbelievers, and the Corrupt, and Murderers, and the Immoral, and those who practice Witchcraft, and Idol Worshipers, and all Liars—their doom is in the Lake that burns with Fire and Sulfur. This is the second death (Lake of Fire).”
Revelation 21:27 “Nothing impure will ever (enter Heaven) enter it, nor will anyone who does what is Shameful or Deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.”
Revelation 22:3-5 No longer will anything be cursed. For the throne of God and of the Lamb will be there, and his servants will worship him. And they will see his face, and his name will be written on their foreheads. And there will be no night there—no need for lamps or sun—for the Lord God will shine on them. And they will reign forever and ever.”
Revelation 22:7 Jesus says, “Look, I am coming soon! Blessed are those who Obey the Words of Prophecy written in this Book.”
Revelation 22:11 Let the one who is doing wrong continue to do wrong; the one who is vile, continue to be vile; the one who is good, continue to do good; and the one who is holy, continue in Holiness.
Revelation 22:12-15 Jesus says, “See, I am coming soon, and my reward is with me, to repay all according to their deeds. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.” Blessed are those who wash their robes so they can enter through the gates of the city and eat the fruit from the tree of life. Outside the city are the dogs—the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idol worshipers, and all who love to live a lie.
Revelation 22:17 The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” Let each one who hears them say, “Come.” Let the thirsty ones come—anyone who wants to. Let them come and drink the water of life without charge.
Revelation 22:18-19 (NASB)JESUS warns, “I testify to EVERYONE who HEARS the WORDS of the PROPHECY OF THIS BOOK: if anyone ADDS to them, GOD will ADD to him the PLAGUES which are written in this BOOK; 19) and if anyone TAKES AWAY from the WORDS of the BOOK OF THIS PROPHECY, God will TAKE AWAY his part from the TREE OF LIFE and from the HOLY CITY, which are written in THIS BOOK.”
Revelation 22:20-21 He who is the faithful witness to all these things says (Jesus says), “Yes, I am coming soon!” Amen! Come, Lord Jesus!May the Grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s Holy People.
1 Corinthians 2:12-13 (NKJV) “Now we have received, not the SPIRIT of the WORLD, but the SPIRIT who is from GOD, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. These things we also speak, not in words which MAN’S WISDOM TEACHES but which the HOLY SPIRITTEACHES, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.”
2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NKJV) “ALL SCRIPTURE is given by INSPIRATION of GOD, & is PROFITABLE for DOCTRINE, for REPROOF, for CORRECTION, for INSTRUCTION in RIGHTEOUSNESS, that the man of God may be COMPLETE, thoroughly Equipped for every GOOD WORK.”
2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV) “STUDY to show yourself APPROVED unto God, a WORKMAN that needeth not to be ASHAMED, rightly dividing the WORD of TRUTH.”
2 Peter 1:20-21 (NKJV) “Knowing this first, that NO PROPHECY of SCRIPTURE is of any PRIVATE INTERPRETATION, for PROPHECYnever came by the will of men but HOLY MEN of GOD spoke as they were by the HOLY SPIRIT.”
Romans 10:17 (NASB) “So FAITH comes by HEARING, and HEARING by the WORD of GOD.”
Psalm 1:1-2 (NKJV) “BLESSED is the man who walks NOT in the COUNSEL of the UNGODLY, NOR Stands in the PATH of SINNERS, NOR sits in the seat of the SCORNFUL; But his DELIGHT is in the LAW OF THE LORD, and in His law he MEDITATES DAY and NIGHT.”
Joshua 1:8 (NLT) “STUDY this BOOK of the Law CONTINUALLY. MEDITATE on it DAY and NIGHT so you may be sure to OBEY ALL that is written in it.”
Hebrews 4:12-16 (NLT) “For the WORD OF GOD is ALIVE and POWERFUL. It is SHARPER than the SHARPEST TWO-EDGED SWORD, cutting between SOUL and SPIRIT, between JOINT and MARROW. It EXPOSES our INNERMOST THOUGHTS and DESIRES. NOTHING in all Creation is hidden from God. Everything is NAKED and EXPOSED before His Eyes, and He is the one to whom we are ACCOUNTABLE. So then, since we have a GREAT HIGHPRIEST who has entered HEAVEN, JESUS the SON OF GOD, let us HOLD FIRMLY to what we BELIEVE. This HIGH PRIEST of ours UNDERSTANDS our WEAKNESSES, for He Faced ALL of the same TESTINGS we do, yet he did NOT SIN. So let us come BOLDLY to the THRONE of our GRACIOUS GOD. There we will receive HIS MERCY, and we will find GRACE to HELP US when we need it most.”
Deuteronomy 6:5-9 (NKJV) “You must LOVE the LORD your GOD with ALL your HEART, with all your SOUL, and with all your STRENGTH. And these WORDS which I COMMAND you today shall be in your HEART. You shall TEACH them DILIGENTLY to your CHILDREN, and shall TALK of THEM when you sit in your HOUSE, when you WALK by the WAY, when you LIE DOWN, and when you RISE UP. You shall BIND THEM as a SIGN on your HAND, and they shall be as FRONTLETS between your EYES. You shall WRITE THEM on the DOORPOSTS of your HOUSE and on your GATES.”
Matthew 4:4 (NASB) Jesus answered him (Satan), saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall NOT live by BREAD ALONE, but by EVERY WORD of GOD.”
Psalm 119:1-176 (This is the Longest Chapter in the Bible, and almost every verse talks about our Need for God’s Word, the Love for God’s Commandments, God’s precepts, etc)
Do Not Add or Subtract from God’s Word
Matthew 7:24-27 (NASB) Jesus warns, “Therefore everyone who HEARS these WORDS of MINE and ACTS on them, may be compared to a WISE MAN who BUILT his HOUSE on the ROCK. 25) And the RAIN fell, and the FLOODS came, and the WINDS BLEW & SLAMMED against that house; and yet it did NOT FALL, for it had been FOUNDED on the ROCK. 26) EVERYONE who HEARS these WORDS of MINE and does NOT ACT on them, will be like a FOOLISH MAN who BUILT his House on the SAND. 27) “The RAIN FELL, and the FLOODS came, and theWINDS BLEW and SLAMMED against that house; and it FELL—and GREAT was its FALL. 28) When JESUS had finished THESE WORDS, the crowds were AMAZED at His TEACHING; 29) for HE was TEACHING them as one having AUTHORITY, and not as their SCRIBES.”
Revelation 22:18-19 (NASB)JESUS warns, “I testify to EVERYONE who HEARS the WORDS of the PROPHECY OF THIS BOOK: if anyone ADDS to them, GOD will ADD to him the PLAGUES which are written in this BOOK; 19) and if anyone TAKES AWAY from the WORDS of the BOOK OF THIS PROPHECY, God will TAKE AWAY his part from the TREE OF LIFE and from the HOLY CITY, which are written in THIS BOOK.”
Deuteronomy 4:2 (NASB) “You shall NOT ADD TO THE WORD which I am commanding you, NOR TAKE AWAY from it, that you may KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS of the LORD your GOD which I COMMAND you.”
Deuteronomy 12:32 (NASB) “Whatever I COMMAND you, you shall be CAREFUL TO DO; you shall NOT ADD to nor TAKE AWAY from it.”
Proverbs 30:5-6 (NASB) “EVERY WORD of GOD is TESTED; HE is a SHIELD to those who take REFUGE in HIM. 6) Do NOT ADD to HIS WORDS Or He will REPROVE you, and you will be PROVED A LIAR.“
Proverbs 30:5-6 (NLT) “EVERY WORD OF GOD PROVES TRUE.HE is a SHIELD to ALL who come to Him for PROTECTION. Do NOT ADD TO HIS WORDS, or He may REBUKE YOU and EXPOSE (prove) you as a LIAR.”
Old Testament Scriptures – Random
Psalm 113:3 (NASB) “From the RISING of the SUN to its SETTING, the NAME of the LORD is to be PRAISED.”
Psalm 115:11 (NASB) “You who FEAR the LORD, TRUST in the LORD; HE is their HELP and their SHIELD.” TRUST in JESUS & HIS Unfailing Word TODAY!” [2 Cor 6:2]
1 Chronicles 29:11 (NASB) “Yours, O LORD, is the GREATNESS and the POWER and the GLORY and the VICTORY and the MAJESTY, indeed EVERYTHING that is in the HEAVENS and the EARTH; Yours is the DOMINION, O LORD, and YOUEXALT YOURSELF as HEAD over ALL.”
Isaiah 6:1-7 (NASB) “In the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the LORD sitting on a THRONE, LOFTY and EXALTED, with the train of HIS ROBE filling the temple. Seraphim stood above HIM, each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called out to another and said, “HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, is the LORD of Hosts, the WHOLE EARTH is FULL of HIS GLORY.” And the foundations of the thresholds TREMBLED at the VOICE of him who called out, while the temple was filling with smoke. Then I said, “Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; for my EYES have seen the KING, the LORD of Hosts.” Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs. He touched my mouth with it and said, “Behold, this has touched your lips; and your INIQUITY [SIN] is taken away and your SIN is FORGIVEN.”
Isaiah 9:6-7 (NASB) “For a CHILD will be born to us, a SON will be given to us; and the Government will rest on HIS SHOULDERS; And HIS NAME will be called WONDERFUL COUNSELOR, MIGHTY GOD, ETERNAL FATHER, PRINCE OF PEACE. 7) There will be NO END to the increase of HIS GOVERNMENT or of PEACE, On the THRONE of DAVID and over HIS KINGDOM, To establish it and to uphold it with JUSTICE and RIGHTEOUSNESS; From then on and FOREVERMORE.”
Daniel 7:13-14 (NASB) “And BEHOLD, with the CLOUDS of HEAVEN ONE like a SON OF MAN was coming, and HE came up to the ANCIENT OF DAYS and was presented before HIM. 14) And to HIM was given DOMINION, GLORY and a KINGDOM, that ALL the PEOPLES, NATIONS and MEN of EVERY LANGUAGE, might serve HIM.HIS DOMINION is an EVERLASTINGDOMINION, which will NOT pass away; And HIS KINGDOM is one which will NOT be DESTROYED.“
Daniel 4:34-35 (NASB) “I BLESSED the MOST HIGH and PRAISED and HONORED HIM who lives FOREVER; For HIS DOMINION is an EVERLASTING DOMINION, and HIS KINGDOM endures from GENERATION to GENERATION. All the inhabitants of the EARTH are accounted as NOTHING, but HE does according to HIS WILL in the Host of Heaven, and among the inhabitants of EARTH; And NO ONE can ward off His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?
Amos 8:11 (NASB) “Behold, days are coming,” declares the LORD GOD, “When I will send a FAMINE on the land, NOT a FAMINE for BREAD or a THIRST for WATER But rather for HEARING THE WORDS OF THE LORD.”
Bible Scriptures on God’s Word
Romans 10:17 (NASB) “FAITH comes by HEARING, and HEARING by the WORD of CHRIST.”
Hebrews 11:6 (NASB) “WITHOUT FAITH it is IMPOSSIBLE to PLEASE HIM (GOD), for he who comes to God must BELIEVE that He is and that HE is a REWARDER of those who(NKJV says: DILIGENTLY seek Him) SEEK HIM.”
Psalm 1:1-2 (NASB) “How BLESSED is the man who walks NOT in the COUNSEL of the WICKED (NKJV says: UNGODLY), NOR stands in the PATH of SINNERS, NOR sit in the seat of the SCOFFERS; But his DELIGHT is in the LAW of the LORD, and in His law he MEDITATES DAY and NIGHT.”
Joshua 1:8 (NASB) “This BOOK of the LAW shall NOT depart from your mouth, but you shall MEDITATE on it DAY and NIGHT, so that you may be CAREFUL to do according to ALL that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success.”
2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NKJV) “ALL SCRIPTURE is given by INSPIRATION of GOD, & is PROFITABLE for DOCTRINE, for REPROOF, for CORRECTION, for INSTRUCTION in RIGHTEOUSNESS, that the man of God may be COMPLETE, thoroughly equipped for every GOOD WORK.”
2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV) “STUDY to show yourself APPROVED unto God, a WORKMAN that needs not to be ASHAMED, RIGHTLY dividing the WORD of TRUTH.”
2 Peter 1:20-21 (NKJV)“Knowing this first, that NO PROPHECY of SCRIPTURE is of any PRIVATE INTERPRETATION, for PROPHECYnever came by the will of men but HOLY MEN of GOD spoke as they were by the HOLY SPIRIT.”
Psalm 119:11 (KJV) “YOUR WORD have I HID in my HEART, that I might NOT SIN against YOU.”
1 Corinthians 2:12-13 (NKJV) “Now we have received, NOT the SPIRIT of the WORLD, but the SPIRIT who is from GOD, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God. These things we also speak, not in words which MAN’S WISDOM TEACHES but which the HOLY SPIRIT TEACHES, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.”
Hebrews 4:12-16 (NLT) “For the WORD OF GOD is ALIVE and POWERFUL. It is SHARPER than the SHARPEST TWO-EDGED SWORD, cutting between SOUL and SPIRIT, between JOINT and MARROW. It EXPOSES our INNERMOST THOUGHTS and DESIRES. NOTHING in all Creation is hidden from God. Everything is NAKED and EXPOSED before His Eyes, and He is the one to whom we are ACCOUNTABLE. So then, since we have a GREAT HIGH PRIEST who has entered HEAVEN, JESUS the SON OF GOD, let us HOLD FIRMLY to what we BELIEVE. This HIGH PRIEST of ours UNDERSTANDS our WEAKNESSES, for He Faced ALL of the same TESTINGS we do, yet he did NOT SIN. So let us come BOLDLY to the THRONE of our GRACIOUS GOD. There we will receive HIS MERCY, and we will find GRACE to HELP US when we need it most.”
Psalm 119:1-11 (NASB) “How BLESSED are those whose way is BLAMELESS, who WALK in the LAW of the LORD. 2) How BLESSED are those who OBSERVE HIS TESTIMONIES, who SEEK HIM with ALL their HEART. 3) They also do NO unrighteousness; They WALK in His WAYS. 4) You have ordained Your PRECEPTS, that we should KEEP them diligently. 5) Oh that my ways may be established to KEEP Your STATUES! 6) Then I shall NOT be ashamed when I look upon ALL YOUR COMMANDMENTS. 7) I shall give THANKS to You with UPRIGHTNESS of HEART, when I learn Your RIGHTEOUS JUDGMENTS. 8) I shall KEEP Your STATUES; Do not forsake me utterly! 9) How can a YOUNG MAN keep his way PURE? By keeping it according to YOUR WORD.10) With ALL MY HEART I have sought You; Do not let me wander from YOUR COMMANDMENTS. 11) Your WORD I have TREASURED (HID) in my HEART, that I may NOT SIN against You.”
FROM SO4J-TV: “ANSWERING CHRIST’S CALL TO DISCIPLESHIP” – PHIL JOHNSON EXPLAINS: Luke 9:59-62 Phil Johnson preached an important message (this is an excerpt) from Luke 9:59-62, in our “GraceLife” Fellowship Group in the Family Center at Grace Community Church, CA .. our Senior Pastor at GCC is: John MacArthur. Phil Johnson is a Pastor (along with: Mike Riccardi) of the “GraceLife” Fellowship Group at Grace Community Church, CA (GCC), CA.Phil Johnson is the Executive Director of “Grace To You” Ministries [GTY.org], and has been closely associated with John MacArthur since 1981, and edits most of John MacArthur’s major books. He is also an Elder at Grace Community Church, CA.
