| 2 years ago :: Sep 24, 2011 - 11:33AM #31 | |
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...you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments (Jn 14:15) and who followed Me with all his heart, to do only that which was right in My sight (Ex. 15:26 / Acts 4:19) -- 1Kings 14:8, NASB And you became followers of us and of the Lord (1Cor. 7:19, NASB / Mat. 19:17), having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Spirit, so that you became examples to all in Macedonia and Achaia who believe. -- 1Thes. 1:6-7, NKJV ...live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory -- 1Thes. 2:12, NIV Join together in following my example (Acts 17:2 / Lk 4:16), brothers and sisters, and just as you have us as a model, keep your eyes on those who live as we do. For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction.... -- Philippians 3:17-19, NIV Streams of tears flow from my eyes,
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| 2 years ago :: Oct 06, 2011 - 10:20AM #32 | |
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All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them. -- 1Jn 3:24, NRSV Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. -- Jn 15:6, NRSV " Indeed, in Christ Jesus (1Cor. 7:19, NASB) I became your father through the gospel. I appeal to you, then, be imitators of me. " For this reason I sent you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ Jesus (Mk. 12: 29-34), as I teach them everywhere in every church. " - 1Cor. 4:15-17, NRSV |
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| 2 years ago :: Nov 29, 2011 - 11:16AM #33 | |
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JESUS: If you love Me, keep My commandments. - Jn 14:15 What if some were unfaithful? - Romans 3:3. NIV ...you destroy all who are unfaithful to you - Psalm 73:27, NIV ...they are burned. - John 15:6, NKJV ...obeying the commandments of God is everything. - 1Cor. 7:19, NRSV JESUS: "...do this and you will live." - Lk 10:25-28, NKJV |
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| 2 years ago :: Dec 04, 2011 - 1:28PM #34 | |
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Dear children, keep yourselves from idols. - 1Jn 5:21, NIV "flee from idolatry" -- I do not want you to be participants with demons - 1Cor. 10:14,20, NIV You must not worship the LORD your God in their way. - Dt. 12:4, NIV Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and burn their Asherah poles in the fire; cut down the idols of their gods and wipe out their names from those places. -Dt. 12:3, NIV You must not worship the LORD your God in their way. - Dt. 12:4,31, NIV "...know the God of your father, and serve Him with a loyal heart..." -- to walk in His statutes (Acts 2:1/ 1Cor. 5:7-8) and keep His commandments (1Cor. 7:19/ 1Jn 2:3-4), as at this day. -- 1Chronicles 28:9, NKJV / 1Kings 8:61, NKJV Wake up! Do what is right. Stop doing wrong things. Some of you do not know God at all. I say these things to you to make you ashamed. - 1Cor. 15:34, Worldwide English (NT)
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| 2 years ago :: Dec 05, 2011 - 12:59AM #35 | |
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Bob10, " Wake up! Do what is right. Stop doing wrong things. Some of you do not know God at all. I say these things to you to make you ashamed. - 1Cor. 15:34, Worldwide English Bob, I really do not like modern translations but will go with it here -' ashamed' I think Christianity has so much to offer but somehow we 'miss the mark'. We have been given so much--- |
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| 2 years ago :: Dec 11, 2011 - 1:21PM #36 | |
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Hi, Dostojevsky All who obey his commandments abide in him, and he abides in them.... - 1Jn 3:24, NRSV And now, little children, abide in Him, that when He appears, we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming. - 1Jn 2:28, NKJV Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test? - 2Cor. 13:5, NIV ....you have not been as My servant David, who kept My commandments and who followed Me (Jn 10:27) with all his heart, to do only what was right in My eyes (Ex. 15:26)..... - 1Kings 14:8, NKJV |
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| 1 year ago :: Jan 03, 2012 - 1:01PM #37 | |
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You are righteous, LORD, Evildoers do not understand what is right, - Proverbs 28:5, NIV JESUS "...go away from me, you evildoers." - Matt. 7:23, NRSV May they be blotted out of the book of life For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey the law who will be declared righteous. - Rom. 2:13, NIV Anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire. - Rev. 20:15, NIV
All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written in the Lamb’s book of life, the Lamb who was slain from the creation of the world - Rev. 13:8, NIV
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| 1 year ago :: Jan 29, 2012 - 11:15AM #38 | |
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Jesus: Paul preached the necessity of GRACE through Spirit-led FAITH in the God-Man. Acts 20....Paul's farewell message to The Church at Ephesus...Author: Luke? From Miletus he ( PAUL)sent to Ephesus and called to him the elders of the church. Romans 3 (NASB)...Salvation / imputed Righteouness / Redemption / Justification / Propitiation: But now apart from the Law (Mosaic), Romans 5 (NASB)...RESULTS of Salvation / Justification= Reconciliation...Grace through Faith in Jesus. Therefore, having been Justified by FAITH, we have peace with God THROUGH our Lord Jesus Christ, Galatians 2...Paul confronts Peter...FAITH versus Works of the LAW I (Paul) said to Cephas (Peter) in the presence of all, Galatians 3...FAITH versus Works of the LAW Hebrews 12....Jesus: the Example, the Author and Perfecter of FAITH |
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| 1 year ago :: Mar 20, 2012 - 3:02PM #39 | |
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God said to him… “If you will walk in my ways, keeping my statutes (Acts 2:1/1Cor. 5:7-8) and my commandments (1Cor. 7:19/ 1Jn 2:3-4), as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your life.” - 1Kings 3:11-14, NRSV PAUL: “Fathers, don't make your children angry. Instead, train them and teach them the ways of the Lord as you raise them.” - Ephesians 6:4, New International Reader's Version (NIRV) PAUL: “ ‘Then things will go well with you. You will live a long time on the earth (Dt. 5:16).’ ” - Ephesians 6:2-3, NIRV |
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| 1 year ago :: Mar 22, 2012 - 5:21PM #40 | |
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The above verses are WAY off point! Preachin' to da choir? |
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