"And 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 He walked" ( 1 John 2:3-6 NASB ).
"But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for that which has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. And she will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for it is He who will save His people from their sins." Now all this took place that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, "BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD, AND SHALL BEAR A SON, AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME IMMANUEL;" which translated means, "GOD WITH US." And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took her as his wife; and kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name Jesus" (Matt 1:20-25 NASB).
"Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh shall from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit shall from the Spirit reap eternal life. And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we shall reap if we do not grow weary. So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith" (Galatians 6:7-10 NASB).
"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. 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 delivered to them" 2 Peter 2:20-21 NASB).
"Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh shall from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit shall from the Spirit reap eternal life. And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we shall reap if we do not grow weary. So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith" (Gal 6:7-10 NASB).
"Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Just as it is written, "FOR THY SAKE WE ARE BEING PUT TO DEATH ALL DAY LONG; WE WERE CONSIDERED AS SHEEP TO BE SLAUGHTERED." But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:35-39 NASB).
"Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. "Blessed are you when men revile you, and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, on account of Me. "Rejoice, and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you"
"Now I, Paul, myselfurge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ -I who am meek when face to face with you, but boldtoward you when absent! I ask that when I am present I need not be bold with the confidence with which I propose to be courageousagainstsome, who regard us as if we walkedaccording to the flesh" (2 Corinthians 10:1-2 NASB).
"And so, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against any one; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you. And beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you; with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father" (Col 3:12-17 NASB).
"You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how will it be made salty again? It is good for nothing any more, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men. "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do men light a lamp, and put it under the peck-measure, 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 good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven." (Matt 5:12-16 NASB).
"You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrongmotives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures. You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Thereforewhoeverwishes to be a friend of the worldmakes himself an enemy ofGod" (James 4:3-4 NASB)
"Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ - this Jesus whom you crucified." Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, what shall we do?" And Peter said to them, "Repent, and let each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. "For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God shall call to Himself" (Acts 2:36-39 NASB).
"My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth, and one turns him back; let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins" (James 5:19-20 NASB).
"Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh shall from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit shall from the Spirit reap eternal life. And let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we shall reap if we do not grow weary. So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all men, and especially to those who are of the househould of the faith" (Gal 6:7-10 NASB).
"For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not be partakers with them; for you were formerly darkess, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth), trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord (Eph 5:5-10 NASB).
"To sum up, let all be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kind-hearted, and humble in spirit; not returning evil for evil, or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing. For "Let him who means to love life and see good days refrain his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking guile. "And let him turn away from evil and do good; let him seek peace and pursue it. "For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears attend to their prayer, but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil" (1 Peter 3:8-12 NASB).
"I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me, and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch, and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it shall be done for you" (John 15:5-7 NASB).
"For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; and He gave Him authority to execute judgement, because He is the Son of Man. Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs shall hear His voice, and shall come forth; those who did the good deeds, to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment" (John 5:26-29 NASB).
"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today, yes and forever. Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were thus occupied were not benefited" (Hebrews 13:8-9 NASB).
"Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so. Amen." (1 John verse 7 NASB).
"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love one for another" (John 13:34-35 NASB).
"Let us holdfast the confession of our hopewithoutwavering, for He who promised is faithful; and let us consider how to stimulateoneanother to love and gooddeeds, not forsaking our ownassemblingtogether, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the daydrawingnear. For if we go on sinningwillfullyafterreceiving the knowledge of the truth, there nolongerremains a sacrifice for sins, but a terrifyingexpectation of judgment and THE FURY OF A FIRE WHICH WILLCONSUME THE ADVERSARIES" (Hebrews 10:23-27 NASB).
"It is a trustworthy statement: For if we died with Him, we shall also live with Him; If we endure, we shall also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will deny us; If we are faithless, He remains faithful; for He cannot deny Himself. Remind them of these things, and solemnly charge them in the presence of God not to wrangle about words, which is useless, and leads to the ruin of the hearers. Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, handling accurately the word of truth" (2Timothy 2:11-15 NASB).
Jesus said: "Enterthrough the narrowgate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enterthrough it.For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.Beware of the falseprophets, whocome to you in sheep'sclothing, but inwardly are ravenouswolves.You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes norfigs from thistles, are they?Soeverygoodtreebearsgoodfruit, but the badtreebearsbadfruit.A goodtreecannotproducebadfruit, nor can a badtreeproducegoodfruit.Everytree that does not beargoodfruit is cutdown and thrown into the fire.Sothen, you will know them by their fruits"
"For if you forgiveothers for their transgressions, your heavenlyFather will alsoforgive you."But if you do not forgiveothers, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions"
"Let us holdfast the confession of our hopewithoutwavering, for He who promised is faithful; and let us consider how to stimulateoneanother to love and gooddeeds, not forsaking our ownassemblingtogether, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the daydrawingnear. or if we go on sinningwillfullyafterreceiving the knowledge of the truth, there nolongerremains a sacrifice for sins"
JESUS SAID: "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, haseternallife, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life" (John 5:24 NASB).
SoJesus was saying to thoseJews who had believed Him, "If you continue in My word, then you are trulydisciples of Mine;and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free (John 8:31-32 NASB)."
June 23, 2013 Sunday A.M.
"Bible Basics"
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June 23, 2013 Sunday P.M.
"We Are Peculiar People"
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"But you are a Chosen Race, a Royal Priesthood, a Holy Nation, a People for God's Own Possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; for you once were Not a People, but now you are The People of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy"
(1Pet 2:9-10 NASB).
June 16, 2013 Sunday A.M.
"Fathers That Make a Difference"
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June 16, 2013 Sunday P.M.
"Adam & Eve and Christ & the Church"
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"Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much" (James 5:16 NASB).
"But the elevendisciplesproceeded to Galilee, to the mountainwhichJesus had designated. When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some were doubtful. And Jesuscame up and spoke to them, saying, "Allauthority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth."Gotherefore and makedisciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the HolySpirit,teaching them to observeall that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age" (Matthew 28:16-20 NASB).
"Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of Goddwells in you? Ifanymandestroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are. Let nomandeceivehimself. Ifanymanamong you thinks that he is wise in thisage, he must becomefoolish, so that he may becomewise. For the wisdom of thisworld is foolishnessbeforeGod. For it is written, "He is THE ONE WHO CATCHES THE WISE IN THEIR CRAFTINESS"; and again, "THE LORDKNOWS THE REASONINGS of the wise, THAT THEY ARE USELESS"
"And He (Jesus) summoned the multitude with His disciples and said to them, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me. For whoever wishes to save his life shall lose it; and whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel's shall save it. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? For what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels" (Mark 8:34-38 NASB).
Jesus said: "When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be frightened; those things musttakeplace; but that is not yet the end.For nation will rise up againstnation, and kingdomagainstkingdom; there will be earthquakes in variousplaces; there will also be famines. Thesethings are merely the beginning of birthpangs" (Mark 13:7-9 NASB).
"What is the source of quarrels and conflictsamong you? Is not the source your pleasures that wagewar in your members ? You lust and do not have; so you commitmurder. You are envious and cannotobtain ; so you fight and quarrel. You do not havebecause you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrongmotives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures"
"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 may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ" (2Cor 1:3-5 NASB).
"Now to Him who is able to do exceeding 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
"For whoever wishes to save his life shall 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" (Luke 9:23-25 NASB)?
"For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wanderedaway from the faith and piercedthemselves with manygriefs. But flee from thesethings, you man of God, and pursuerighteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance and gentleness. Fight the goodfight of faith; takehold of the eternallife to which you were called, and you made the goodconfession in the presence of manywitnesses. I charge you in the presence of God, who giveslife to allthings, and of ChristJesus, who testified the goodconfessionbeforePontiusPilate, that you keep the commandmentwithoutstain or reproachuntil the appearing of our LordJesusChrist" (1Timothy 6:10-14 NASB).
"You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures. 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" (James 4:3-5 NASB).
"For Godsoloved the world, that He gave His onlybegottenSon, that whoeverbelieves in Him shall not perish, but haveeternallife."For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be savedthrough Him. "He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judgedalready, because he has not believed in the name of the onlybegottenSon of God."This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and menloved the darknessratherthan the Light, for their deeds were evil."For everyone who doesevilhates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed."But he who practices the truthcomes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having beenwrought in God"
"It is a trustworthy statement: For if we died with Him, we shall also live with Him; If we endure, we shall also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will deny us; If we are faithless, He remains faithful; for He cannot deny Himself. Remind them of these things, and solemnly charge them in the presence of God not to wrangle about words, which is useless, and leads to the ruin of the hearers. He diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, handling accurately the word of truth. But avoid worldly and empty chatter, for it wll lead to further ungodliness"
"You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiahprophesy of you:
'THISPEOPLEHONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS,BUT THEIR HEART IS FARAWAY FROM ME.'BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME,TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN." After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, "Hear and understand"
"Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you, and gave Himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma. But do not let immorality or any impurity or greed even be named among you, as is proper among saints; and there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kindom of Christ and God" (Eph 5:1-5 NASB).
"Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man. Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all everywhere should repent, because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead" (Acts 17:29-31 NASB).
"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. Not every one 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" (Matt 7:19-21 NASB).
"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. 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 delivered to them" ( 2 Peter 2:20-21 NASB).
"And 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 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 walked" ( 1 John 2:3-6 NASB ).
"Rejoice in the Lordalways; again I will say, rejoice! Let your gentle spirit be known to allmen. The Lord is near. Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be madeknown to God. And the peace of God, which surpassesallcomprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in ChristJesus. Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of goodrepute, if there is anyexcellence and ifanythingworthy of praise, dwell on thesethings (Phillippians 3:4-8 NASB).
"You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, 'This people honors Me with their lips. But their heart is far away from Me. But in vain do they worship Me. Teaching as their doctrines the precepts of Men'" (Matthew 15:7-9 NASB).
"Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming?" For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation. For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water, through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water. But the present heavens and earth by His word are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. 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" ( 2 Peter 3:3-9 NASB).
"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, that their bodies might 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. For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire towards one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error"
"Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were entreating through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God" ( 2 Cor. 5: 17-20 NASB).
"Listen to the word of the LORD.... My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." Hosea 4:1 & 6 (NASB)
