We have learned the importance of enduring persecution and temptation. That our love will extend towards others in the faith and outside the faith through evangelism.
Jeremiah 10 :6-7 (KJV)
6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord ; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
7 Who would not fear thee, O King of...
1 Corinthians 16 :13,14 (KJV)
13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
14 Let all your things be done with charity.
1 Corinthians 11 :3 (KJV)
3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is...
There is a reason why men and women get married and start a family on their own. It is not just because they love each other, but because this is how it was meant to be from the beginning of time.
1 Corinthians 9 :14 (KJV)
14 Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
When we go out and witness for Christ it should always be with integrity and with God’s approval in the matter.
1 Corinthians 5 :1,2 (KJV)
1 It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s...
Please understand that God hates every form of sexual sin. It truly is vile and wicked in every form imaginable
1 Corinthians 4 :1,2 (KJV)
1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
2 Moreover it is required in stewards, that a...
When a person becomes faithful to God, their lives are now much different than before. Instead of taking offense real easily, there is forgiveness in our hearts.
Romans 16 :1,2 (KJV)
1 I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:
2 That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and...
Romans 11 :9-12 (KJV)
9 And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them:
10 Let their eyes be darkened, that they may...
It is because the eyes of the Israelite people are darkened is “that they may not see”. In this, do they walk contrary to God and not even realize it.
When I look at this world I see many people that go to church, do worship and act their part well, where really their lives are often contrary to God.
John 15 :4-6 (KJV)
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me....
Matthew 24 :23,24 (KJV)
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew...
Romans 9 :13-15 (KJV)
13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
14 What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.
15 For he saith...
It is the children of God that God has mercy upon. Those that call upon the Name of Jesus and do what He says will be found worthy.
Romans 4 :6-8 (KJV)
6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are...
Our own works, no matter how good they seem, do more harm than not. This is why a desire to be led by the Spirit of God, and not ourselves, is so important.
2 Corinthians 5 :20-21 (KJV)
20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
21 For he...
1 Corinthians 4 :3-5 (KJV)
3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
4 For...
2 Timothy 3 :15-17 (KJV)
15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
16 All...
2 Peter 1 :19-21 (KJV)
19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the...
Acts 28 :25-27 (KJV)
25 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers,
26 Saying,...
As the people left Paul, having mixed feelings about what they just heard, Paul then quoted from Isaiah 6:9,10.
Acts 27 :22-25 (KJV)
22 And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man’s life among you, but of the ship.
23 For there stood...
Speaking of someone that God was still able to use during the most difficult of times was Paul, the apostle.
Romans 12 :3,4 (KJV)
3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to...
