Answering Life’s Biggest Questions
“…that in all things He might have the preeminence.” Colossians 1:18
Author Ben Shryock
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We have good news to share! The messages in “The Gospel Road” will provide you with encouragement, peace, and a clear purpose in life - if you choose to accept them. Our story is very different from any other story that has ever been told – and we are telling it in context; explaining events that happened in the past and that are still scheduled to happen in the future. Now for a few details: Our story will be best understood by reading from the beginning and continuing in sequence to the end because some of the characters and events are explained only in prior sections. All references to the facts contained in this story can be found in a book called “the Bible.” We have chosen to use the King James Version of the Bible as our source book. You can view the Bible references to any paragraph by holding down the “Ctrl” key and clicking on the reference number at the end of the paragraph. ______________
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Learn who and what existed before planet Earth
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Understand where we came from
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Review details of the first battle on Earth and who lost
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Find out about the rescue plan to save the human race from permanent destruction
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Consider the two different sides that are influencing your decisions
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Be encouraged by understanding how you can live a meaningful, loving life starting today
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Find true peace in the middle of the storm
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EFORE Earth or any other planet or star was created, there existed a loving family of three divine beings. Each of these divine family members has consistently had the same character traits like: love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, kindness, goodness, mercy, justice, honesty, meekness, humility, and temperance. Yet they each have different personalities and roles similar to how a loving human family functions. The Bible refers to this divine family as “God” and each individual divine being as “God.” The three members of this divine family are generally referred to as: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. They always work together in complete unity and love for each other.1 The divine family lives in a very real place called “Heaven.” Heaven is God’s home as well as being home to other created holy beings called “angels.” Angels are not divine beings, they were created by God. Heaven contains a beautiful city. Along with many familiar things such as trees, rivers, and different kinds of fruit, there are also many things we have never seen before such as streets that are made from pure gold that resembles glass. Heaven is the perfect home of God - the most glorious and beautiful place that has ever been or ever will be created! 2 There is so much more to learn about God and His kingdom, and thankfully He has promised each of us that when we search for Him with all of our heart, we will find Him. This is wonderful news because it means that if you truly search for the God of Heaven with all of your heart – putting this search as your top priority and not stopping until you are successful – then you will find out who He is and what His plans are for your life. Wherever you are today, whatever your position in life, you can speak with God as a friend. He hears every person who asks Him sincere questions and who is asking for help to find out more about Him. As we continue to learn more about God we can also be thankful that He has loved us with an everlasting love; even before we knew anything about Him. Our Heavenly Family is eager to establish a loving relationship with us. 3
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T IS always more rewarding to share our experiences with people who love us than to experience life’s events alone. God continually gives, shares and loves. God enjoys having a large family that He can share His experiences and love with; just as many parents enjoy sharing the events of their life with their children. 4 Before God created the Earth, He enjoyed living in Heaven with a very large number of holy angels. The highest-ranking angel that God created, and the one He entrusted with the most responsibility, was named Lucifer. Sadly, Lucifer became proud of the incredible abilities that God had created him with. Lucifer ended up becoming so proud and selfish that he felt he knew how to run the government of Heaven better than God. 5 The rebellion of Lucifer progressed to the point that he began to share his doubts with the other angels regarding God’s way of governing His kingdom. Lucifer became the first created being in the universe to sin against God – to do things that were in opposition to God’s perfect moral law. The example of Lucifer’s sin spread to many of the angels in heaven who listened to Lucifer instead of trusting their Creator. We can be confident that because God has been merciful throughout eternity, He extended His mercy to Lucifer and the angels who had decided to join his rebellion and gave them the opportunity to repent and turn away from their pride and selfishness – but many of them refused. God was left with the only option of removing the cause of sin from Heaven, so He and the remaining loyal angels physically removed Lucifer and his followers from Heaven. 6 Sadly, one-third of the angels were deceived and ended up believing and following Lucifer instead of God. These angels were permanently removed from Heaven because they chose to trust a new rebellious leader instead of trusting the One that had created them and loved them. The first sin began in Heaven and ended up separating God from a very large number of His close friends. 7 Following this heart-breaking event in Heaven, God created a new place called “Earth.” On this planet, He would first create a beautiful variety of plants and animals. Then, as the final, special event of His creation, He would create two human beings that would have His character traits and a similar appearance. Over six 24-hour periods, God created the following: Day 1: Daytime and nighttime. Day 2: Our atmosphere. Day 3: The sea and dry land. Grass, seed-bearing plants, and fruit trees. Day 4: The Sun to give us light during the day and the Moon to give us light at night. The Sun and the Moon would also determine our various seasons and provide us with the ability to measure days and years. The stars.
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Day 5: All the animals that live in the sea and in the air. Day 6: All the animals that live on dry land. Two human beings. God created a male human being named “Adam” and a female human being named “Eve.” God instructed them to have children and fill the Earth with their family. He also gave them complete authority over all the created animals. Originally, He provided Adam and Eve with fruits, nuts, and grains to eat from seed-bearing plants and trees; and each of the animals ate plants. 8 God created Earth with everything humans would need to live an enjoyable, peaceful life. Everything that He made was very good. In the original perfect environment on Earth, there was no such thing as death, disease, war, pain, sickness, or selfishness. On the day following the sixth day of creation, God set aside a special day called the “Sabbath” to help us to remember and be thankful for God’s power and ability to create life. The beautiful flowers, lakes, birds and friendly animals that still exist on our planet are a reminder of the love and care our heavenly Father has for each one of us. God is so powerful that He can speak anything into existence. At His word, the tiny structures that make up all of Earth’s elements, obey His command. And yet the subjects of His kingdom are motivated to serve Him by the power of love, not by the power of force. He desires a willing obedience from each one of His subjects that is motivated by love and gratitude. 9
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HEN God created the Earth, he also created a very beautiful garden, called the “Garden of Eden,” for Adam and Eve to live in. In God’s wisdom, He decided to place a small, but important, test of loyalty and obedience in the Garden of Eden. God created a unique tree in the garden called the “Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil.” God specifically instructed Adam and Eve that they could eat of any tree in the whole garden except for one tree – and that was fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. 10 God also informed Adam that the penalty for eating of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil would be that the life which He gave them would be taken away because God would no longer be able to trust them to be obedient with larger commands if they could not be trusted to be obedient to this simple command. If Adam or Eve disobeyed God in this small command, they would then be making the same decision that Lucifer made in Heaven – deciding to follow their own will instead of surrendering their will to the wisdom and perfection of their Creator. 11 One day, while Eve was walking in her garden home, she found herself in the same location as the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. This would be the location of the first battle on Earth between good and evil. God had clearly spoken to Adam that they should not eat of this particular tree, and He also clearly explained the justice of the penalty for questioning their loving Creator’s perfect judgment. Eve’s first mistake was in allowing herself to take a closer look at the tree that God had prohibited them to eat from – she was curious about the one thing that God had forbidden. 12 As Eve approached the forbidden tree, Lucifer was ready with a temptation that would encourage her to distrust God’s clear command. While Lucifer cannot create life, and is not a divine being like God, he was created with great power and ability. Lucifer used the power he was given to cause a winged serpent in the forbidden tree to speak to Eve. Lucifer spoke through this beautiful serpent to cast doubt on what God had said. 13 First, the serpent asked Eve if God had forbidden her to eat fruit from the trees in the garden. Eve replied that they could eat of all of the trees in the garden with the exception of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Eve further explained that God said they would die if they touched it or ate the fruit from this tree. The serpent contradicted God’s word and told Eve that she would not die if she ate of the fruit from the tree. Then the serpent told Eve that God was trying to hide the truth from her; that if she did eat fruit from this tree, her eyes would be opened and she would be as a divine being and would know good and evil. 14 Eve saw how good the fruit looked, and she accepted the serpent’s words that by eating the fruit of this tree she would become wise. Eve had never been lied to before; she had only known truth. Sadly, Eve distrusted God and ate the fruit of this tree and then gave some of the fruit to her husband Adam; and he ate the fruit as well. Eve first sinned by believing that God was lying to her. Then Eve added to her first sin by tempting her husband Adam to join with her in rebellion against God’s clear command. 15 4
While this may seem like a simple story, Adam and Eve’s decisions had the terrible result of Adam losing his role as leader of the Earth. When Adam and Eve distrusted God’s word, the first battle on Earth between good and evil was lost. Now, Lucifer claimed Earth as his kingdom and became the temporary leader of this Earth. As a result, we can witness the results of Lucifer’s leadership in the pain, sickness, destruction, and death that is a result of sin – a result of distrusting and disrespecting the divine being that created us and all things. 16 This same battle between good and evil is being replayed in the life of each person on Earth. We each have the choice to trust our Creator – to surrender every decision to His perfect guidance. Or we can do nothing and remain as subjects of Lucifer. God does not force His followers to serve Him; He only desires the willing service of love and trusting obedience. Earth has been temporarily taken over by Lucifer, a foreign cruel dictator. If we chose to do nothing, we are serving Lucifer, the enemy – we are supporting our Creator’s enemy by our lack of action. Only those who make the life-changing choice to faithfully serve our Creator will be recognized as His followers. One of Lucifer’s greatest deceptions is convincing people that they are essentially good and that they will probably end up in heaven even if they are not faithful followers of God. Lucifer is referred to in the Bible as “Satan” because he became our adversary – there is no neutral position in the war that is taking place on Earth. 17 And yet, even though we are still living in the middle of many battles between good and evil, there is good news to share. God has a strategic and decisive plan to ensure that, after this war between good and evil is complete, there will never again be any pain, suffering, death or selfishness. 18
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OD had clearly stated to Adam and Eve that the penalty for not following His law would be death. As we study the results of Adam and Eve’s disobedience, and as we consider God’s perfect judgment and His mercy, we will begin to understand how devastating sin is – even one sin. 19 Following the sin of Adam and Eve, a number of disturbing events took place.
For the first time, Adam and Eve appeared to each other to be without clothing. They were embarrassed and looked for a way to cover themselves. In the future, when the followers of God are reunited in Heaven, each member of God’s family will receive a robe of white light that will modestly cover their body. This robe is a symbol of God’s purity. Adam and Eve were no longer pure, they had both committed treason against their Creator by believing the word of the Creator’s enemy. 20
Adam and Eve were created to be loving, thoughtful and giving. Following their first sin, their tendency was to be selfish instead of loving. After their first sin, Adam blamed Eve for tempting him to sin, and Eve blamed the serpent. Their first sin of distrusting God led to another sin of blaming each other and that has resulted in an abundance of sin in our world today. Sin is like a contagious disease that can destroy the sinner and has the potential to destroy the sinner’s children who inherit selfish character traits from their parents. 21
Our first parents were no longer allowed to live in the Garden of Eden. A pair of angels now guarded the entrance to the garden to prevent them from entering. In this garden was a tree called the “Tree of Life.” This tree was created to give Adam and Eve ongoing life as long as they ate from its fruit. Adam’s penalty for sin was not immediate death; however, he did eventually die at the age of 930 years and he did witness the horrible results of his sin during his life. 22
Cain and Abel were the first two sons of Adam and Eve. Cain made the decision to follow Lucifer and Abel decided to follow God and His instructions. Cain became irritated by Abel’s decision to obey God and became so angry with Abel that he murdered him. Since this event, many of God’s faithful followers have also been killed for their belief in God. Imagine the extreme sorrow this caused Adam and Eve; knowing that they were responsible for bringing sin into this world. In the future, when the whole universe trusts in God, there will be no murder – there will be no war and no death, no hatred and no anger. 23
After Adam and Eve sinned, God put into action an amazing rescue plan that He had 6
considered long ago. This plan would have many positive results – it would rescue human beings from the devastation of this Earth and restore them physically, spiritually, and emotionally. God’s plan would also forever settle the question of how loving and just God is. 24 There is no greater expression of love than for an innocent person to give their own life so that another guilty person might live. And yet, this is what our Creator has done for each of us – and much more. He is not only innocent and without sin, He is our Creator and our original King and provider. When God’s rescue plan is understood and accepted, we have real hope – hope that our character can be changed to become like our Creator’s and that we can live again forever after this life on Earth has ended. Following are more details of how and when this plan took place. 25 The history of Earth as described in the Bible goes back about 6,000 years. At the beginning of this time period Adam and Eve were created. Following Adam and Eve’s sin, God provided a symbol that represented what would happen to the Son of God in the future. This symbol was put in place to help us to not only realize the absolute devastation that sin causes, but to also give us hope that God would provide a solution to the problem of sin and death. 26 The symbol that God chose to represent the Son of God was an innocent lamb that was without any physical defects. This lamb had not hurt anyone – it was truly innocent, and yet its life was taken – it was put to death. This horrible symbol represented what would happen to the Son of God in the future when He came to Earth and paid our penalty for being disobedient to God’s law with His own life. This symbol revealed the unchanging, perfect law of God and began to show humans just how destructive sin is. 27 It causes God pain when any animal is injured or dies, and the same was true for this symbolic ceremony of a lamb dying. And yet the repulsive death of an innocent created animal faintly compares to the suffering and death of the innocent divine Creator of all things, who is the Ruler and Lawgiver of the universe, and who took our penalty so that we might have the opportunity to once again live forever in peace. 28 About 4,000 years after Adam and Eve were created, God put in place the next major phase of His rescue plan. The plan to save humans from destruction was critical – no mistakes could be made; this was one of the reasons the mission was entrusted to God Himself. The members of the divine family all agreed that the Son of God would be the one who would come to Earth as a human being and live among us. God the Father, as the divine Judge of the universe, had the authority to accept His only Son as our substitute; taking our penalty for the sins we have committed against God. 29 The Son of God would come to Earth to perfectly reveal what God is like so that we would have a perfect example to follow. His name on Earth would be “Jesus” – which was a name that referred to the belief that God was the One who would save us from our sins. Like Adam, He would have the freedom of choice to follow His Father’s instructions or to sin. He would also be referred to as the “Christ” – which means that He was the Son of God the Father. And He would be referred to as our “Lord” – which means our Master; the One we follow and learn from. 30 A few more glimpses into the life of Jesus – the visible God. 7
Hundreds of years before Jesus was born, some of God’s followers known as prophets recorded messages that shared many details regarding the future life of Jesus. These messages are meant to convince us that this supernatural event was planned in advance by the one true God who knows the future as clearly as the past. 31 He would be born before the tribe of Judah would lose their right to rule. He would be born of a virgin in the city of Bethlehem Ephratah and one of His names (Immanuel) would signify that He is God. He would be One who has always existed. Even though He would be born as a child, He would be called “the Mighty God” signifying His divine character. People would not be attracted to Him because of His physical appearance. Many people would despise and reject Him on Earth, causing Him to be a man of sorrows who was familiar with grief. He would take on the penalty that we deserve for sinning against God even though He was completely innocent. His public ministry would last 3 ½ years and His death would put an end to the symbolic sanctuary service because the event that the symbolic service pointed to would come to pass. His feet and his hands would be pierced when He was killed. Even though He would be killed, He would be raised to life again. 32
Unlike Adam, Jesus came to Earth as a baby. Out of all the people on Earth, God selected a woman named Mary to be his mother; His stepfather was a man named Joseph. Mary was a virgin at the time of Jesus’ birth. The Holy Spirit miraculously created Jesus inside Mary’s womb. 33
“And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.” Luke 1:35 “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.” Matthew 1:18 “For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.” Isaiah 53:2 8
Very few details are mentioned in the Bible about the first 30 years of Jesus’ life. We know that He was born in the city of Bethlehem Ephratah in a place that gave shelter to animals (since there was no regular lodging available). Similar to an unblemished lamb, Jesus did not have any birth defects, birthmarks, or blemishes. Angels from heaven who were watching the scene from the sky announced His birth to a group of shepherds who were watching over their flocks. These shepherds traveled to where Jesus was born and worshiped Him as their God and future King. Wise men from a region east of Jerusalem traveled to find Jesus based on a prophecy they had read and were directed by a special star on their journey. When they found Jesus, they worshiped Him as God and presented gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to Him. 34 After the wise men visited Jesus and His family, an angel instructed Joseph to take Jesus and Mary to Egypt in order to protect Him from being destroyed by the current ruler named Herod. After Herod died, an angel instructed Joseph to return to the land of Israel. Joseph settled in a city called Nazareth in the region of Galilee – this is where Jesus grew up. His parents were poor in earthly goods, but rich in spiritual knowledge. Jesus learned the trade of a carpenter from His stepfather Joseph. Jesus remained with His family in Nazareth until He was thirty years old. 35 Jesus was related to Abraham and to King David through His mother Mary. His stepfather Joseph was also related to Abraham and King David. There were 14 generations that passed from the time of Abraham to King David. There were another 14 generations that passed from the time of King David until the Israelites were taken captive and made slaves in Babylon; and then another 14 generations until Jesus was born. 36 When Jesus was 30 years old He left Nazareth and began the public phase of His ministry which lasted 3 ½ years. At the beginning of His ministry He asked His cousin, John the Baptist, to baptize Him in the Jordan River as an example for His followers. Baptism by full immersion in water symbolizes the new birth as a follower of Jesus; our old life is buried in the water and we rise out of the water to live a new life – the life of Jesus our Master. 37 After His baptism, Jesus endured a series of very hard temptations by Lucifer that were to prepare Him for His public ministry and provide Him with the personal knowledge and experience that would enable Him to deliver us from any temptation to sin. His first temptation involved the control of appetite and distrusting God, the same temptations that caused Adam and Eve to sin. The second temptation was about presumption, which is a false version of true faith in God. Some examples of presumption are: placing ourselves in a dangerous situation (either physically, spiritually, mentally or emotionally) that God has not directed us to be in; or expecting God to protect us from a dangerous situation that we placed ourselves in without His guidance. We may also presume that we can be saved in His Kingdom based on our own ideas instead of God’s rescue plan. If we know what God’s instructions are but do not follow them because we don’t believe God is powerful and loving enough to help us follow His instructions, this is also presumption. His third temptation involved pride and selfishness, which is the source of all sin and which was the sin that caused Lucifer’s downfall. 38 Jesus’ example reveals to us that when we are tempted to sin, we are to trust that what God has told us in the Bible is true and we must trust that God will take perfect care of us. We need 9
to ask for God’s power to overcome any sin; because we are not strong enough to overcome sin by our own strength. Through the power that God wants to give us, we can surrender our will to Him and ask that He will help us to have the same character that Jesus had. We can each become a person who loves God above all and who humbly considers others to be greater than themselves. 39 After Jesus successfully resisted the temptations from Lucifer, He called twelve men to follow Him in His public ministry so that they would be witnesses to His experiences and be able to share them with many others. Some of these men were fishermen; which was a common occupation in the region where Jesus traveled. These blessed followers of Jesus personally traveled and ate with Him. In the future, His disciples would be severely persecuted and some would be killed because of their faith in Jesus and for sharing what they knew about Him. Jesus’ ministry was also supported by many other followers and by women such as Mary and Martha – the sisters of Lazarus. 40 Jesus traveled about the region of Galilee, teaching in the synagogues and preaching the good news about the Kingdom of God, and healing people of their sicknesses and diseases. Jesus became a very well-known person throughout Syria. Wherever Jesus went, great multitudes of people followed Him and brought Him sick people so that He could heal them. Some people followed Jesus because they were interested in His teachings, others followed Him out of curiosity; some followed Him to gain personal benefit from His power, and still others were critical of Him and His teachings since, at times, their own beliefs were contrary to what Jesus taught. 41 Jesus’ daily life was one that combined few physical comforts with abundant spiritual blessings. He typically ate the simple food that his humble followers ate. He did not have a home to call His own, so He relied on the hospitality of others to provide lodging or He slept under the stars. He wore simple but good quality clothing. While He had a perfect physical form, He did not appear to be a wealthy or important person. He was a servant to all as He counsels us to be. 42 It was common for Jesus to talk with His Father for long periods of time during the early morning hours and then in shorter messages throughout His day – this was the source of His strength and it is provided for us as well. Communicating with God is called prayer; it is a precious privilege. When any of us speak to God as a Friend and sincerely desire His help, He always hears us and is ready to help. God provides us with answers to our prayers that are for our best benefit. The followers of Jesus noticed how beautiful and meaningful His prayers were. One day they asked Jesus to teach them how to pray and He provided them with an example of a simple prayer that was similar to the following words: 43 Our Father who lives in Heaven – Your name is holy and we respect it above all other names. We eagerly look forward to the time when You will reign again over Heaven and Earth and when every person and angel will be united in following Your will.
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We ask today for the physical and spiritual bread and water You have promised us that will supply our needs. Through Your influence, we desire to completely forgive those who have sinned against us and ask for Your forgiveness for any sin we have committed against You or any person. We are also grateful for Your power and wisdom that leads us away from temptation and lets us know Your perfect will. We praise You now and throughout eternity for being the Creator and Sustainer of Your Kingdom, for Your infinite power, and for Your glorious perfect character. We ask that You would help us give You all of the praise and all the glory for any good thing that we or others receive. 44
The greatest words ever spoken were spoken by Jesus. He blessed, encouraged and healed those who were outcast by society, and He also ministered to those who were wealthy. He cared equally for people from all cultures and backgrounds since He was the Creator of this world and loved each person individually as part of His own family. Following are just a few of the teachings of Jesus: 45 _______________________
Repent of your sins because God’s heavenly Kingdom is very near and God wants all people to be saved – He wants each one of us to live with Him forever in His Kingdom. People who hunger and thirst to receive the character of Jesus will be blessed because God will grant them their desire. Those who are persecuted for having the character of Jesus will be blessed because they will end up living in the Kingdom of Heaven. When people persecute you and say false things about you because you are a follower of Jesus – be glad! Rejoice because this shows that you are part of God’s family and you will be blessed by the great reward that God has waiting for you in Heaven. Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which are hostile towards you and persecute you. Do this so that you can be the children of God the Father. For God blesses both His enemies and His friends with sunshine and with rain. Do not gather earthly treasure for yourself because this treasure may be ruined or stolen. Instead, store up treasure in Heaven because this treasure will never be ruined or stolen. Remember that your heart will be focused where your treasure is located. 11
First, seek the Kingdom of God and the character of Jesus; then your food, water and clothing will be provided. You will be judged by God according to the way you have judged other people. Help other people in the same way you would like them to help you if your circumstances were exchanged with theirs. Be sure to look for the narrow gate and the narrow road because many people are going through the wide gate and walking on the wide road that leads to destruction. Relatively few people will enter through the narrow gate and continue on the narrow way that leads to eternal life in God’s Kingdom. Not everyone that calls Me their Master will enter the Kingdom of Heaven; but those who are actually doing the will of My Father will enter His Kingdom. You are going to be hated by all those who hate Me, but let Me assure you that if you endure until the end, you will be saved. If you are being persecuted because you follow Me, and you faithfully declare that you are My follower, I will confirm that you are part of My family in front of God the Father. I consider any person who does the will of My Father in Heaven to be My brother, sister, or mother - they are truly part of My family. There are people who tell others that they are followers of Jesus, but their actions reveal that they are not My followers. These people are not truly worshiping Me; they are teaching the commands of men instead of the commands of God. What does it benefit a person if they gain tremendous wealth on this Earth, but lose eternal life? What can a man give in order to obtain eternal life? In the future, I will be coming back to Earth surrounded by angels and the glory of my Father. Then, I will reward every person according to what they have done in this life. I tell you the truth when I say that unless you seek to know and do My Father’s will with all of your heart and become as humble and trusting as a little child, you will not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. I have come to save those who are currently lost and do not know the way to the Kingdom of Heaven. My heavenly Father would like all people to be saved in His Kingdom.
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The angels in Heaven have great joy when just one sinner on Earth repents of his sins. Pay to the government what is due to the government, and give to God those things that are God’s. The person who is faithful in the smallest issue is also faithful in large issues; and the person who is not just in the smallest issue is also unjust in larger issues. Those who are servants to all who need help are the greatest people. Watch out that you are not deceived in the end times of this Earth because many will come and pretend to be Jesus, but they are deceivers. When I return to Earth to take my followers home to Heaven I will not be coming secretly to some location in the desert or to some other secret place. People from the east and from the west will publicly see My arrival to Earth at the same time just as people can see lightning from many directions. In the end times of this Earth, people who are enemies of God will deliver you up to be persecuted and killed and you will be hated by people from every nation because you are a true follower of Jesus. Sin will increase so much in the end times of this Earth that many people will no longer have love in their hearts. When I come back to Earth as King, I will say to the people that I have placed on my right side, “Come, those who are blessed by my Father, inherit the heavenly Kingdom that was prepared for you before this Earth was created. You are being blessed because you gave food to those who were hungry, and water to those who were thirsty, and lodging to those who needed shelter, and clothing to those who were without, and you visited those who were in prison. Whenever you cared for the least important person on Earth, you were also caring for Me because each person is my child.” 46 _______________________ The life of Jesus on Earth provides us with a perfect example. His life was a reflection of God the Father and the Holy Spirit. By studying His words, thoughts, and actions we can obtain a good idea who God is and why we can safely trust in His counsel and promises. 47 Many concepts that Jesus taught were considered to be radical and new since they were contrary to the popular teachings of His time. Jesus combined His teachings in perfect balance. While He made it clear that He had come to fulfill and make clear the holy law of God, He also swept away false man-made laws that were contrary to God’s perfect law. He made it plain that humans are only capable of truly observing the law of God through the power that God alone 13
provides. False religions teach the idea that we can become good by our own efforts; however, this teaching leads to pride and selfishness – the two original sins of Lucifer. Only God’s method of spiritual healing, through His power combined with our consent and God-blessed effort, destroys pride. His way also causes us to give all the praise and glory to God for any success we have in our lives or that we see in the lives of others. 48 Jesus suffered from extreme persecution and His followers can also expect to be persecuted. We are not greater than our Master. During the time that Jesus lived on Earth, Lucifer tried his best to cause Jesus to sin so that God’s plan to rescue us would be destroyed. Let us be thankful that Jesus did not sin against His Father in Heaven on even one occasion. Therefore, Jesus did not have any guilt or penalty for sin placed upon Him – He was baptized as our example, but not for any sin that He had committed. He followed His Father’s guidance in every decision and never caused Him pain. He was pure even though He lived around sinners for over 30 years and was directly tempted by Lucifer to sin. 49 The majority of the religious leaders of Jesus’ time were not supportive of His ministry and did not always understand who He was or what His goals were because they were intent on maintaining their own man-made laws and traditions. The religious leaders thought that if Jesus gained further recognition and support, He might replace them. These leaders were influenced by Lucifer to conclude that it would be better to put Jesus to death than for them to lose their positions and authority. So, they planned to find a way to secretly arrest Jesus and put Him on trial for transgressing their laws. In the future, they would put pressure on the civil authorities to put Him to death because He was a person who caused unrest in society and because He was found to be guilty of death by the majority of the religious leaders. 50 Jesus was not surprised by the plans of the religious leaders. He told His followers in advance what would happen to Him. His followers had a difficult time understanding His words because they thought that Jesus was going to become their King on this Earth. They did not understand yet that He came to Earth for other reasons. 51 For example:
He came to Earth to show us how a person can know and do God’s will. 52 “For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.” John 6:38 “For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:” I Peter 2:21 “If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.” John 15:10
Jesus came to learn very specifically how it feels to be tempted to sin as a human so that He could provide us with the ultimate support to avoid sinning. His character grew and matured on Earth while He was surrounded by sin. This experience enabled Jesus to clearly understand how to help our character grow and mature under the same circumstances. This is very important because our character is what we will take to Heaven and have throughout 14
eternity. Never again will any person have the opportunity to develop their character while living in a sinful environment. 53 “And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.” Luke 2:52
“Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; and being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;” Hebrews 5:8-9
Our Creator came to Earth to take on our penalty of suffering and death for the sins that we have committed against God. He suffered more than any of us will ever suffer and He died so that we might have the opportunity to be restored and live with Him in Heaven forever. 54 “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:2
Jesus came to show that God is the most loving and merciful Father we could ever hope for. 55 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16
He came to reveal His power to heal our sins and our physical problems – He even raised people from the dead. His many examples of healing are meant to provide us with solid faith in His power to raise us from the dead and restore us to life once again. All of Jesus’ followers can look forward to the day when we will be in Heaven; where there will be no sickness and no death. 56 “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:” John 11:25 “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” Revelation 21:4
On the night of Jesus’ arrest, one of His professed followers named Judas (who was a traitor and in reality a follower of Lucifer) led the local religious leaders to Jesus’ location in the Garden of Gethsemane in exchange for a small amount of money. The Garden of Gethsemane is located next to the city of Jerusalem. Jesus was secretly arrested by a group of men who came with their swords and heavy sticks. Jesus could have easily escaped by asking His angels to protect Him, but instead He followed through with His plan to rescue us and continued to take 15
our penalty of suffering and death. Jesus was given a cruel and unfair trial which included the use of false witnesses. During His trial, his persecutors mocked Him by placing a crown of thorns upon His head and by many other unmentionable acts of cruelty. He was sentenced to death for the crime of blasphemy – for saying that He was God. 57 And so our Creator and the One who loves us more than any other person was sentenced to die by His own countrymen – His friends that He had created and came to Earth to save. God’s rescue plan will destroy sin forever, but there will always be a reminder of how much this plan cost. In the future there will be some people in Heaven who have still not heard the story you are reading – we are told in the Bible that they will meet the Son of God and will ask, “what are these wounds in your hands?” and Jesus will answer, “these are the wounds that I was given in the house of my friends.” 58 Jesus was put to death at a place called Calvary on a Friday, the sixth day of the week. His precious hands that touched and comforted thousands of suffering people were nailed to a wood cross by Roman soldiers. His feet that had traveled mile after mile to relieve suffering were nailed to the cross. His side was pierced with a spear to confirm that He had died. When His side was pierced, a stream of water and of blood came from His side – this was witnessed by John, one of His closest followers. He was confirmed to be dead by the Roman centurion who was in charge of his punishment and reported to Pontius Pilate, the Governor of Judea. But the most painful experience for Jesus was being separated from the love of His Father as He endured the punishment that we deserve. Jesus died of a broken heart as He suffered for the sins of you and me. And while Jesus was suffering, His Father in Heaven was suffering as a father suffers for his only son who is being tortured and killed – and yet God the Father allowed this to happen to His own Son so that you might be saved. This extreme level of love is hard to describe and understand. 59 At the cross where Jesus died, we can learn many things. Most importantly, we can learn of the incredible love that God has for each one of us. We can also learn of the terrible penalty for sin as well as the eternal nature of God’s holy law. If God could change His perfect and holy law, then He certainly would have changed it to keep His own Son from dying. However, His law is unchangeable because it is perfect and it is a reflection of the perfect character of God. 60 At the cross we can also learn of the hatred that Lucifer has for God and each one of His followers. Which side are you following today? 61 Jesus was carefully removed from the cross. His lifeless body was wrapped in fine linen along with about 100 pounds of myrrh and aloes that was donated by a man named Nicodemus. Then His body was placed in a new tomb that had been carved out of rock in a nearby hillside. This tomb was donated by a man named Joseph of Arimathaea so that Jesus would have a proper place to be buried. After He was placed in the tomb, a great stone was rolled in front of the doorway. 62 On the seventh day, Sabbath, as Jesus rested in the tomb where He was buried, some of the religious leaders were feeling anxious. They recalled that Jesus had previously stated that He would rise from the dead after three days. So, the religious leaders asked Pontius Pilate to secure Jesus’ tomb and place a Roman guard around it until the end of the first day of the week. 16
Their request was granted – a seal was placed on the stone that covered the entrance to the tomb and a Roman guard stood watch to make sure that none of His followers took Jesus’ body from the tomb and then claimed that He had risen from the dead. 63 Early Sunday morning, the first day of the week, a great earthquake occurred as an angel came from Heaven and rolled back the stone that was sealing that tomb. Then the angel sat on top of the stone. The angel’s face appeared as lightning and his clothing was white as snow. The Roman guard became so afraid that they were shaking with fear and became like men who were dead. Jesus was then raised from death to life by the power of God. His resurrection from the dead can give each one of us confidence that God’s power to create and recreate life will be used to give us life again when Jesus comes the second time as a King, with all of His angels, to take us home to Heaven. Jesus’ death and resurrection is symbolized by the ceremony of baptism. As Jesus was raised from death to life, so each new believer in Jesus is buried in water to symbolize their death to sin and then raised up out of the water to symbolize their new life that is guided by Jesus and made possible through His power. 64 Some of the Roman guard then went back into Jerusalem. They told the religious leaders all that had happened at Jesus’ resurrection. The religious leaders decided to bribe the Roman guard with a large sum of money so that they would say that while they were sleeping on duty, Jesus’ followers came and took Him out of the tomb. As with many stories that are quickly made up by guilty people, this story does not make logical sense because the Roman guard would not have known who took Jesus’ body from the tomb if they had been sleeping. 65 After Jesus was raised to life, He returned to Heaven to obtain His Father’s acceptance that His suffering and death would satisfy the penalty for our sins. Following the acceptance that Jesus received from God the Father, He returned to Earth for 40 days to encourage His followers before He returned to His home in Heaven. 66 After Jesus’ resurrection, God raised many other people from the dead. Those people went to the city of Jerusalem and appeared to many people. Jesus was seen by at least 500 people after He was raised to life – some of these people were followers of Jesus and some were not. The personal care that Jesus has for His followers is made clear by the meetings Jesus arranged after His resurrection. Following are three examples: Simon Peter, Mary Magdalene, and Cleopas. 67 Simon Peter was one of the more outspoken followers of Jesus. Peter was a fisherman from the town of Bethsaida and was asked by Jesus to follow Him. Peter was privileged to travel with Jesus for three years. He saw Jesus heal people with leprosy, heal his mother-in-law, give sight to those who were blind, miraculously create food for more than five thousand families, instantly calm a raging storm and raise Lazarus from the dead. He stated before Jesus’ followers that Jesus was in fact the Son of God. Peter loved Jesus, but he didn’t realize that if his own life was put in danger, he would deny that he even knew Jesus. We may also think that we will be courageous and faithful when we are forced to stand up for what is right, but it is only by the power of God that we will remain faithful under trial. 68 When Jesus was being arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane, Peter attempted to defend Jesus with his sword. He cut off the ear of Malchus, the servant of one of the religious leaders. 17
Jesus healed Malchus’ ear and told Peter to put his sword away. He explained again to Peter that His kingdom was not on this Earth and that He had come here to fulfill the prophecies in the Bible. As Jesus allowed Himself to be arrested, all of the followers of Jesus ran away to save themselves. Later, Peter positioned himself outside of the high priest’s palace in Jerusalem so that he could listen to the trial of Jesus. As Peter was listening to the trial, three different people accused him of being a follower of Jesus, and each time he denied that he was. He stated that he didn’t even know Jesus. After Peter’s last denial he left the high priest’s palace and went out into the night and was very sorry for what he had done. He repented and asked for forgiveness for denying Jesus. It is encouraging to read in the Bible about an angel who instructed the women who came to the tomb to “go tell the other followers and Peter” to meet Jesus in Galilee. Jesus loves and cares about each one of us and He will never leave us or forget us. He loves us even when we make a serious mistake; even when we deny that we know Him. Jesus asks us to repent of our sins and be forgiven so that we can live with Him forever in His kingdom. 69 Mary Magdalene was one of Jesus’ most supportive and devoted followers. After the Sabbath had passed and early in the morning hours of the first day of the week, Mary was one of the first people to go to where Jesus had been buried. When Mary arrived at Jesus’ tomb, an angel told her to not be afraid. The angel said that Jesus was no longer there because He had risen from the dead. Mary had a difficult time believing the angel’s words and thought that someone must have taken Jesus’ body out of the tomb. This was a very emotional and sad time for Mary as it would have been for any of us. She remained not far from the tomb crying because she did not know where Jesus had been taken. Then Jesus appeared to Mary, but she did not recognize Him yet. Jesus asked her, “Why are you crying? And who are you looking for?” Mary thought that Jesus was the gardener and replied, “Sir, if you have taken Him away, please tell me where you have laid him and I will go and take Him away.” Then Jesus made Himself known to Mary as He called her by name. Mary was overwhelmed with joy as she was reunited with her Master. Jesus had just risen from the dead and yet He waited to encourage Mary, one of His faithful followers, before He traveled to Heaven to be reunited with God the Father and the many thousands upon thousands of holy angels. 70 Sunday afternoon as Cleopas and another follower of Jesus were walking the eight miles from Jerusalem to their home in the town of Emmaus, they talked about the recent events that had happened to Jesus. They were very sad as they reviewed Jesus’ trial and death. They had expected Jesus to reign as their king on this Earth and instead He was put to death. As they walked home, they were joined by a fellow traveler. Through a miracle, Jesus kept these two followers from recognizing Him so that they could focus on His encouraging words to them. Jesus took the time to review the prophecies of the Bible that explained in advance what His life and death would be like. 71 Just as you are now reading and understanding the gospel message, Jesus taught Cleopas and his friend the gospel as they walked along the road to Emmaus. He helped them to understand that His followers would be joining Him in His Heavenly kingdom where there will be no sin and where all citizens of His kingdom will live in peace with each other. When they reached Emmaus, Jesus’ followers invited Him to stay with them for the night. Jesus accepted 18
their invitation. As they sat down to eat their evening meal, Jesus asked for God’s blessing on their food and then He allowed His followers to see who He really was. Then Jesus disappeared from their sight and even though it was beginning to get dark outside, the two excited followers ran all the way back to Jerusalem to tell His other followers what had happened and what He had said to them. 72 At the conclusion of Jesus’ time here on Earth, He met with His followers on a mountain in Bethany in the district of Galilee. Jesus had one last encouraging conversation with His followers. He told them that all power was now given to Him in Heaven and in Earth since He had successfully completed the central part of the plan to rescue every sinner who wants to be set free from the destruction of sin. He instructed His followers to take action and go teach every person in all nations about the good news of the gospel. And when a person decides to follow Jesus, He instructed that they should be baptized in water in the name of God the Father, and Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We should also teach every follower to observe the commandments that Jesus taught. His final thought was to reassure His followers that He would be with them until the end of this world. 73 When Jesus’ time on this Earth was finished, He ascended up into a cloud as His followers watched. And while His followers were still looking up into the sky for one last glimpse of their Master, two angels appeared to them and asked them why they were standing there looking up into heaven. The angels then explained that Jesus would come back to Earth later in the very same way that He left. The words of the angels were similar to a previous conversation Jesus had with His followers when He said, “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” Once Jesus’ followers understood that He would come back to take them home to live with Him forever, they rejoiced and were very glad. What a day of rejoicing that will be for Jesus’ followers when He returns to take them home! Do you have the assurance today that Jesus will be taking you home to Heaven when He returns? I hope you do, but if you need further specific information about how you can have this assurance, you will find these details in the next two sections. 74
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HROUGHOUT the course of our lives, various forces are influencing us to make decisions. We inherit tendencies from our parents and prior generations to do good or to sin against God. The environment we were raised in and the friends we associate with have a great influence on us. Lucifer and the evil angels that are under his control have the ability to influence us to sin against God through various temptations, but they do not have the power to force us to do wrong. The Holy Spirit and God’s angels influence us to follow the holy law of God, but they will never force us to do right. God has given us the power of choice – if we want to love and serve God, we will need to make the decision to follow Him completely. If you would like to decide to follow God today, ask Him to give you the strength and power to make this life-changing decision. 75 God has placed the principles of His holy law in our minds so that we will know what is right and wrong – He initially gives each of us a conscience. Let us now ask God for His wisdom and understanding as we respectfully read and understand the holy law of God for ourselves. 76
The Two Foundations of God’s Holy Law
-1Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
-2Thou shalt love they neighbor as thyself. Excerpted from: Matthew 22:37-40
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The Ten Commandments of God’s Holy Law
-1Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 20
-2Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the L ORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
-3Thou shalt not take the name of the L ORD thy God in vain; for the L ORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
-4Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the sabbath of the L ORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: for in six days the L ORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the L ORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. ________
-5Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the L ORD thy God giveth thee.
-6Thou shalt not kill.
-7Thou shalt not commit adultery.
-8Thou shalt not steal.
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- 10 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s. Exodus 20:3-17
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Your love for God increases when you begin to realize how much He has loved you even when you were breaking His law and doing things that hurt Him and His people. God the Father allowed Jesus to come to Earth to be persecuted and suffer the death that you deserve so that you might have eternal life. This level of love is above our comprehension – would you allow your innocent son to be persecuted and die so that people who hate you might have the opportunity to live? This is a key difference between the message of the gospel and the message of false religions – you are instructed to love those who hate you and persecute you because this is the character of your Heavenly Father and you are His child. 77 When you obey God’s law you are revealing to the universe that you love God and want to follow Him because He has created you, saved you and loves you as His child. God has told us that if we love Him, we will keep His commandments – this will be the sign of your love and appreciation for His character and wisdom. And yet, without God’s powerful help you will be unable to keep His commandments. Therefore, ask God to help you become a true witness and follower of His. Then by using the faith (believing what God says is true) and grace (divine power to become like Jesus) that He has offered to give you, you will become a true follower of God. 78 Praise God! that you can be saved from eternal death because Jesus has taken your penalty of suffering and death. Praise Him! that you can be saved from sin, from hurting God, because Jesus will give you the desire to love Him and obey His holy law if you ask and believe that He will help you. 79 _______________________
With God’s powerful help, I invite you to take the following steps to be saved from sin and from eternal death:
1) Ask God to clearly explain to you how you have broken and are breaking His law. Many of us are used to breaking the holy law of God, and therefore, we have destroyed or greatly reduced the conscience God has given us. Many times we may no longer understand the difference between right and wrong. Pray sincerely to God to ask Him to clearly reveal your sins so that you will understand your need of forgiveness, and so that you will understand your need of a Savior from sin. Carefully read the holy law and ask God to 22
reveal what you need to change in your own life. 80 “Whosoever committeth sin, transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.” I John 3:4 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”
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“Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” James 4:17
2) Be genuinely sorry for your sins and believe that God will save you because Jesus loved you so much that He took your penalty for sin. God would like ALL of us to be saved – He loves us all. God invites you to come to Him as you are, sinful and weak in moral strength, and receive a new spiritual heart. This new heart will give you the desire to place your complete confidence in God instead of yourself – you will then have a desire to follow God’s path instead of your own way, because you realize that God has perfect wisdom and love. God has promised to help us stop sinning so that we can be at peace with Him and be a good example of a true follower of Jesus. 81 For us to receive the gift that God offers us – the gift of a new life following Jesus and the gift of living forever with Him in His Kingdom – we need to genuinely believe that what God has told us is true (this is called “faith”). God has already given some faith to each one of us. If we need more faith, we can ask God to help increase our faith. God does not expect us to have faith without evidence. He gives us evidence to base our faith on in many ways. 82 For example: • God will change our heart and give us a new life that is at peace with Him – this change is made through the power of the Holy Spirit. This is one of the most clear and powerful evidences of His existence and power because we all can experience this change no matter where we live and no matter what our level of education. 83 • We can understand that the complex design of the human body, the stars, plants, and animals were all designed by a very powerful and skillful Creator. God states that He is our Creator and the Creator of all things. If we pray to God and ask Him to reveal Himself to us through His created works, He will begin to reveal Himself to us through various examples in nature. God has provided a variety of spiritual lessons that we can observe in nature. 84 • The prophecies of the Bible that have predicted past events, including the prophecies mentioned in this presentation of the gospel, have been accurately fulfilled. God caused the Bible to be written by a wide variety of writers. It is His creation and there is no other book we have that accurately tells the future and the past. 85 • If you have the privilege of speaking with other true followers of Jesus, you will hear the experiences they have had with God. They will be able to share the reasons for their faith in God and this will help you to have an increase in your faith. 86 • If you have a Bible to read, then you are blessed to have God’s book of instruction and 23
encouragement. Many followers of Jesus have been persecuted and even killed for owning a Bible or translating it into other languages. When you face a trial or decision, you can ask God to lead you to the best answer through the counsel found in the Bible. We should always treat the Bible with respect and honor – and we should pray before we read from the Bible that God will guide us to clearly understand His word. Some verses of the Bible are more difficult to understand than others. It is wise to base a conclusion on multiple Bible verses instead of just one verse that you may misunderstand. 87 • God has provided each one of us with promises. These promises are found in the Bible. God is pleased to have us trust in His promises and realize that He will fulfill the promise we are claiming exactly as it reads or better. God fulfills His promises according to His perfect timing. As we unselfishly begin to claim God’s promises in order to bless others and love God more and to provide for the necessities of our family, we will understand God’s power and love for us even more. 88 • We each have the privilege of speaking to God as a friend – this is called “prayer.” As we speak with God and thank Him for His many blessings and ask Him for guidance and help in our lives, we will have one more evidence to base our faith on. 89
“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ” Matthew 11:28
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ” John 3:16
“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:2 “The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23 “Jesus said “…The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.” Mark 1:15 “He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.” Proverbs 28:13 “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.” Ezekiel 36:26 “For by grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; i t is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9 “But without faith it is impossible to please Him; for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.” Hebrews 11:6 “Come now and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as 24
scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Isaiah 1:18 “Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.” John 8:34
3) Ask God directly for forgiveness. As God reveals your sins to you, ask Him for forgiveness and claim the following promises. Jesus will personally present your request for forgiveness to God the Father and will ask that your sins be forgiven and forgotten because He has suffered our penalty for sin. 90 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” I John 1:9 “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;” I Timothy 2:5 “He will turn again, He will have compassion upon us; He will subdue our iniquities; and Thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea ”. Micah 7:19
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After you have received God’s forgiveness, ask for forgiveness from those you have sinned against and with God’s help, do your best to make things right. “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” I John 4:7-8 _______________________
If you have genuinely accepted the above steps by speaking with God about them and applying them to your life, you are now completely forgiven from each and every sin you have ever committed in your life. You have been set free from the penalty of sin because of Jesus’ sacrifice for you – look to the future! You can now be at peace with God and be confident that you will be reunited with Him in Heaven when Jesus comes back to Earth again. You must also promptly forgive those who have sinned against you – since God has forgiven you, He also expects you to be forgiving and merciful to other people. 91 Now that you are forgiven, you have the privilege of being a representative of Jesus by revealing to others the character of Jesus. This will be your new life as a follower of Jesus and it will be lived one day at a time because God has promised to give us strength and power for one day. Focus on today and know that Jesus will never leave you or forsake you. He will station a holy angel next to you to continually be at your side. He will bless you with the presence of the Holy Spirit who will provide you with love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith,
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S YOU begin your new life as a follower of Jesus you will encounter many new thoughts and methods of handling temptations, trials and decisions. Each day has the potential to strengthen your relationship with God so that you will understand more clearly that you are actually His son or His daughter. Each person’s journey along the path to heaven is unique. God will direct your path according to the priorities that will be of the most benefit to you and those you influence. Through the experience of walking with Jesus through life’s trials, your character will grow and mature, just as a planted kernel of corn grows and matures and bears fruit when it is planted in good soil and watered.94 To be successful, you will need to focus on the life of Jesus each day. As you seek to know God with all of your heart and mind and strength, you will be rewarded with glimpses of who God is. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, you will be able to love God above all else and to love not only your friendly neighbors, but also your enemies. If you start to become discouraged or tired, look up to heaven and ask God to remind you about the life and sacrifice of Jesus; ask for strength and courage to continue to be a faithful follower. 95 Jesus has love that is far above any type of love we have ever experienced here on Earth. Becoming loving like Jesus is something you can look forward to in your fulfilling and meaningful new life. Let us now consider some aspects of Jesus’ love. 96 He has love that… continues even though it is unappreciated and rejected. continues in the middle of painful or distressing circumstances. proceeds from a tender, sensitive heart. desires us to have success even though we made huge mistakes in the past. is supportive and not jealous of other loving relationships we have. is humble, that does not boast about how superior His love is compared to our love. is appropriate for each occasion – always pure and modest. is free from all selfishness and is focused on doing good for others to promote their happiness. is not easily provoked or irritated by other people’s inappropriate words, thoughts or actions. focuses on our positive traits of character and is not eager to find our faults. rejoices with us when our character is being transformed to be like Jesus. 27
takes on our burdens. is hopeful – that never gives up on us in our lifetime. endures all hardships and suffering so that we can live together as a family in the future. never fails under any circumstance. 97
By thinking about the life and love of Jesus each day and seeking to become like Jesus through the divine power that God is eager to give you through the Holy Spirit, you will become like Jesus and this change will bring peace to your heart. Please remember that you will not be able to become like Jesus by trying to be like Jesus in your own strength – if this was possible you would then become proud like Lucifer. Your new life as a follower of Jesus focuses on the power and strength of God. You will be successful as you have faith in God’s promises to change you to become like Jesus. This faith is a gift from God, so be sure to ask for it and believe that God is eager to provide it. This change occurs through the power of the Holy Spirit in cooperation with your willing consent and God-blessed effort. 98 At the end of this section you will find a number of promises from God’s word, the Bible, which will encourage you each day in your new pursuit of becoming like Jesus – in word, thought, action and motive. Store these promises in your mind so that you will never forget them. If you are fortunate enough to have a Bible, you are very blessed to have all of His word – treasure this gift and share it with others. If you do not have access to a Bible, praise God for the portions of the Bible that are found in this presentation and patiently make a request of God to provide you with a complete Bible. 99 _______________________
Ask God to help you understand what other people need and He will help you truly love your neighbors. God is the creator of every good thing and that includes the gift of hospitality. What a joy it is to consider what another person needs – could they use an encouraging word, a cup of cold water, a lovingly prepared meal, a coat, some new shoes, a prayer for their family’s needs, a text from the Bible, or a presentation about the gospel? 100 Consider what you would want if you were able to trade places with the person you would like to help. One of the reasons Jesus rescued us from death is because that is what He would have wanted if He had been in our place – if our circumstances were reversed. 101 God expects us to be motivated to help others because of the gratitude we have in our hearts for all that He has done for us. As children of His family, we now desire to act as God does – we want to be a blessing to others. God is very generous and has promised to reward us for all the good things we do for Him through His power, but God will never provide us with a reward that will make us proud. We are not rewarded because we deserve it; we are simply doing what a member of God’s family is expected to do. One of our greatest rewards will be meeting people in Heaven that we have helped spiritually or physically when we lived on Earth. 102 _______________________ 28
As you start your new life with God you will encounter challenges and receive many blessings. Following are a few helpful tips as you walk with God along His narrow pathway to Heaven: • As God guides you each day, you will be blessed with tokens of His love for you – you can also expect to be confronted with trials and difficult decisions. These trials and decisions are God’s method of helping your character to grow and mature. Every challenge is an opportunity to learn more about God’s wisdom and power and therefore you should praise God when you are confronted with difficulties. As you gain experience trusting in God’s path, your thoughts and feelings will change and you will become more and more like Jesus. You will still have your own unique personality, and yet you will desire to have words, thoughts, and actions like Jesus. This process, of becoming more and more like Jesus, will continue as long as you are here on this Earth. The follower of Jesus who becomes as trusting and loving as a little innocent child, who is truly converted and follows God with their whole heart, will grow up to be like Jesus through a productive learning process of continual obedience that is motivated by love. As our example, Jesus learned from the trials He experienced on Earth, and yet He did not learn by sinning, He learned by being obedient to God the Father. 103 • If you are intentionally disregarding any known command of God, then you are disobedient as Adam and Eve were and you have not yet fully surrendered your will to God – you are not yet converted as a trusting, humble child of God. If this is your situation, pray earnestly to God to help you and let Him know that you would like His powerful help to surrender each decision to His perfect counsel. It is not safe to hold back any decision from God’s counsel – we must surrender all to God if we are to be in His complete care. Anything less than a complete surrender means that we still do not trust God and feel that we know better than God does for certain decisions. We would do well to remember that an incomplete surrender caused Eve and Adam to sin against God. If you do sin – if you turn away from God’s path and follow Lucifer’s temptations or an old habit – turn back to God quickly and repent of your sin and ask for His forgiveness. God will always be there to help you get back onto the narrow path that leads to Heaven – as your loving Father, He will never leave you or forsake you. 104 • Please do not become discouraged if you find yourself thinking thoughts or words that are not from God. Realize that these are either habits from your old life or temptations. Ask God to help you think about something else like one of your favorite Bible verses, or something you appreciate about the life of Jesus, or things you will enjoy about Heaven, or a spiritual song. If you are used to speaking and acting impulsively, ask God to help you speak and act thoughtfully, seeking His guidance. When you consistently look to God for help in every small trial and decision, then God will know that you will trust Him when you encounter large decisions. 105 • When you need help making a decision, ask God what Jesus would do and remember that as we study and consider the life of Jesus, we will become more and more like Him. If you ask God to help you overcome any sin, His answer will always be “I am right here to help you.” He will also expect you to work together with Him through the exercise of your power of
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choice – ask God to help you to be willing to choose the right path. For requests other than overcoming sin, you may not always receive the answer quickly; sometimes God would like you to patiently wait for His answer, and sometimes He will provide you with the answer when you get to Heaven. God’s timing and plan is perfect, He knows what is best – we are to trust God as a child completely trusts a loving parent. One of the lessons you will learn from experiencing many trials is that God can always be trusted, even when you don’t understand His purpose or plan. For example, there are prayers for physical healing that God answers quickly; and there are also times we may need to patiently wait until Heaven to be healed. Our part is to ask our request with faith and believe that our loving Father will provide the help we need in His perfect timing and according to His perfect will. We are to trust in His love, as well as His power and wisdom, and we are to leave the result of our prayer request in God’s care. 106 • Salvation is not like any other gift – it is a gift that was made available to you through the most painful sacrifice ever made. Please do not let this sacrifice go to waste. If you have led a sinful life and feel that you are unworthy to accept God’s gift of salvation; you are right that you are so unworthy – and yet an even worse decision would be to not accept this gift God is offering you at an infinite cost to Himself and His Son. God offers you this precious gift because He wants you to accept it – trust that His plan for you is best. You may have caused Him tremendous pain by your previous life of sin; please do not continue to cause Him pain by refusing His gift of salvation – accept His gift now, turn away from your sins and apologize to God and ask for a new life with Jesus at your side. Jesus and God are waiting to forgive you completely, not as man forgives, but as God can only forgive. 107 • Even if you are very young or if you are nearing the end of your life – today is the best day to become a follower of Jesus. Please surrender everything to God today, trust in His gift of salvation and begin living a new life with Jesus right now – you will never regret this decision. Are you weak? Ask God to give you strength. Are you discouraged because of your previous choices? Ask God to encourage you with His peace and forgiveness – and as a special favor, ask Him to help you understand how much He loves you and wants you to live forever with Him in Heaven. 108 • Through the power of God, never give up! As a new Christian, you are inexperienced and will encounter many new challenges. Even when you don’t understand the events of life, even when you are discouraged by your own failures – realize that God loves you and will always continue to be right by your side. Ask God to give you faith in His love for you and look forward to that day that is coming very soon when you will join Jesus in Heaven. Keep looking up! 109 _______________________
“My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O L ORD ; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto Thee, and will look up.” Psalms 5:3
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“Trust in the L ORD with all of thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 “At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:1-3 “The law of the L ORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the L ORD is sure, making wise the simple.” Psalms 19:7 “I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, Thy law is within my heart.”
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“Great peace have they which love Thy law: and nothing shall offend them.” Psalms 119:65
“Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in Thy sight, O L ORD , my strength, and my redeemer.” Psalms 19:14 “One thing have I desired of the L ORD , that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the L ORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the L ORD , and to inquire in His temple.” Psalms 27:4 “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.” Psalms 32:8 “Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.” Philippians 1:6 “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” I John 4:7-8 “By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one for another.” John 13:35 “We love Him, because He first loved us.”
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“But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name:” John 1:12 “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” II Corinthians 3:18 “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my 31
name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” John 14:26-27 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance...” Galatians 5:22-23 “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee: because he trusteth in Thee.” Isaiah 26:3 “But without faith it is impossible to please Him; for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.” Hebrews 11:6 “I will bless the L ORD at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth.” Psalms 34:1
“Delight thyself also in the L ORD ; and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart.” Psalms 37:4 “In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.” Psalms 56:11
“Blessed be the L ORD , who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation…” Psalms 68:19 “In Thee, O L ORD , do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.”
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“For the L ORD God is a sun and shield: the L ORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.” Psalms 84:11 “For He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.” Psalms 91:11
“The L ORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for Thou art with me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the L ORD for ever.” Psalm 23 “Make a joyful noise unto the L ORD , all ye lands. Serve the L ORD with gladness: come before His presence with singing.” Psalms 100:1-2 “He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.” 32
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“With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against Thee.” Psalms 119:10-11 “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”
Psalms 119:105
“He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.”
Psalms 147:3
“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” Hebrews 13:2 “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
John 8:32
“Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of My righteousness.” Isaiah 41:10 “And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.” Isaiah 42:16 “He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might He increaseth strength.” Isaiah 40:29 “All that the Father giveth Me shall come to Me; and him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.” John 6:37 “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when His glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.” I Peter 4:12-13 “He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.” Isaiah 33:16 “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” I Corinthians 10:13 “Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.” I Corinthians 10:31 “Who can understand his errors? cleanse Thou me from secret faults.”
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“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.” James 1:5 “Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.” II Peter 1:4-7 “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:”
Philippians 2:5
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” James 1:17
“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” Philippians 4:8
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At the End of Our Time on Earth, There Will Only Be Two Sides
Those who are on God’s side will: • Obey God’s Ten Commandments and have the same strong faith that Jesus had. • Love their enemies and will be doing good to those that hate them. • Spread the gospel to every nation, kindred, tongue and people. • Be persecuted by those on Lucifer’s side. 111 Those who are on Lucifer’s side will: • Disobey God’s Ten Commandments. • Be unloving and hate those they disagree with. • Be lovers of this world more than Heaven. • Persecute those who are true followers of Jesus. 112 _______________________
Three Warnings for Your Future
The Battle About God’s Law: The biggest battle you will witness in your future will be an escalation of the same spiritual battle that has been fought since Lucifer sinned against God and was removed from Heaven. The battle is simply this: those who are on Lucifer’s side will try to convince you that God’s law is not perfect and that it needs to be changed. Throughout this battle; there will always be faithful followers of Jesus who will choose to obey His law and will have faith that His law is perfect. There will be many frightening events at the end of our time on Earth. Do not be afraid, trust in 35
God’s promises from the prior section to help you through these times and remember to keep your focus on Jesus – He will always be with you. If you are ever confused as to which path to take, remember to love God with all you heart, soul, and mind; and love your neighbor as yourself. If you are seeking to know and do God’s will, you will be directed to the right path. 113 Strange Supernatural Events: It is important to realize that not all supernatural events are from God. examples of upcoming supernatural events that will be caused by Lucifer:
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• Jesus warned us that there will be those who will claim to be Jesus - but they will be deceivers. Lucifer will appear as an angel of light and will deceive many people. Here is how you can tell the difference between Lucifer’s deception and the second coming of Jesus. When Jesus comes back to Earth to take us to Heaven, He will come with millions of holy angels and will raise all of His followers from their graves at His command. Those followers of Jesus who are still alive at His second coming will also be raised into the sky to be with Jesus. His coming will be loud and every person will see it, you will hear the sound of a trumpet and the earth will quake, and some islands will be moved from their current location. During this time those who are not followers of Jesus will try to hide. Jesus will remain in the clouds of the sky while those who are followers of Jesus will be taken up into the sky to accompany Jesus on His trip back to Heaven. 114 • Lucifer will call fire down from heaven as an example of his power. Remember that Lucifer was created with a lot of power and he will display some of that power to deceive people and convince them that he is really an angel of light. Thankfully, God is infinitely more powerful than Lucifer. It will be necessary to walk by faith during this time and not look at Lucifer or listen to what he has to say – do not presume that you are strong enough to withstand this deception. Remember the lesson that Eve learned in the Garden of Eden – do not be curious about what God has forbidden, instead turn away and pray for strength to stay faithful to Jesus and His law. 115
What Happens When a Person Dies? Lucifer’s first lie to Eve was that she would not die if she sinned against God. Eve died many years ago and waits for the resurrection of the saved while she silently sleeps in the grave as do the rest of God’s children who are sleeping. God alone has the power to live forever (this is also referred to as being immortal). At the second coming of Jesus, His followers will be given eternal life as a gift, but apart from God’s sustaining power, humans are not immortal. As Earth’s history closes, Lucifer will once again try to deceive us by repeating the same lie – that we do not really die at the end of our lives, but just change forms or go to some other place. The Bible explains that the dead do not know anything; they are unable to praise God. Remember that Lucifer and his angels have the ability to transform themselves into angels of light as well as relatives that are dead. As we experience the pain of losing our family members and friends to death, do not be deceived, but be blessed by the truth that the dead do not know anything until 36
they are raised at the first resurrection of the saved at Jesus’ second coming or at the second resurrection of the lost. 116 _______________________
Three Blessings for Your Future
The Blessing of Sleep: When you wake up from a good, sound sleep it seems like you just closed your eyes and went to sleep a moment ago. Jesus has told us that when one of His followers dies it is just like sleep – the next moment they are aware of is when they wake up and see Jesus coming to take them home to Heaven in an event called the “resurrection” – this occurs at the second coming of Jesus to Earth. Jesus’ own resurrection from the dead gives us confidence that He has the power to resurrect each one of His followers and give them eternal life. Our God is so powerful that He can recreate each one of His faithful followers in a moment of time. When we are resurrected we will recognize each other, but our new bodies will be perfect and we will be clothed with a beautiful white robe that appears like light. God will also preserve our character – those habitual thoughts and feelings that we have developed with God’s power throughout the course of our life while living on Earth. As we experience the pain of death of our loved ones and friends, let us also remember the blessing of sleep. 117
The Blessing of Trust: At some point, those in positions of leadership will make it illegal for followers of Jesus to obey His perfect law. Increasingly severe laws will persecute those who are obedient to God’s royal law. As you hear these laws being discussed, it will be wise for you and your family to ask God to help you move to a secluded country location where you can learn to grow your own food. As persecution increases, there will come a time when you will no longer be able to buy or sell anything – this will be a time when you will need to trust in God to supply all of your needs. When you are warned by God to flee to the protection of mountains or other desolate places, you must immediately leave without any delay. If you are outside of your home when you receive this warning, do not turn back to your home to take anything from your house with you – this is the time to trust completely in God’s provision for you. We are instructed by Jesus to pray that our time of departure will not occur on the Sabbath day. We are also warned that those of us who are married should plan to stop having children as we see this time approaching – Jesus specifically warns that we should not have a small baby with us during this time of persecution. As we experience the pain of persecution, let us also experience the blessing of trusting in God completely to supply our needs. 118
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The Blessing of God’s Perfect Judgment and Justice: On Earth, we are fortunate if we live in a place that has fair laws and judges. When a person is on trial for a crime, the judge looks at the evidence that has been presented to the court to determine if the person is guilty or innocent. We can be very thankful that God the Father is a perfect judge who can never lie or make a mistake. Each person on Earth has been guilty of sinning against the government of God; therefore, each one of us will be judged by God in His courtroom in Heaven to determine if our sins have been forgiven and to prove if we are genuine followers of Jesus. 119 The law that God will use to judge us is the Ten Commandments – His perfect and holy law. The principles of His law can be clearly understood by any person who asks God for assistance. God has placed the concepts of His law in our hearts so that we will know the difference between right and wrong. When the case of a professed follower of Jesus comes before God, our attorney and witness will be Jesus – He is the One who will testify to God the Father if we are one of His true followers. 120 The evidence that God will use to make His judgment is complete and much more detailed than any evidence found in any courtroom on Earth. God records every word, thought, motive and action in your entire life – this is used as evidence. God is also completely aware of the environment you were raised in and the influence of other people in your life. God is one of the witnesses to this evidence, and so is your angel. Only God has the power, as a divine being, to review so much information and make a perfect judgment about you. 121 When your court case comes before God the Father, if you are judged to be currently obedient to God’s law through the power that God has given you, then you will be judged by God the Father to be a genuine follower of Jesus. Then, because of your faith in Jesus’ ability and right to save you, God the Father will rule that you are His child – a citizen of Heaven. God the Father will consider this ruling to be just (to be valid and true according to His law) because He will acknowledge that Jesus has paid the penalty for the sins you previously committed. He will consider His ruling to be just because the evidence has shown that you have been growing up as a faithful child to become like your close friend and Savior, Jesus. He will consider His ruling to be just because the evidence will show that through God’s power you have been keeping His holy law – in other words, you have not been found to be intentionally or knowingly disobeying any of His commandments. 122 For those whose case is brought before God and found to be disobedient to His law – for those who doubt that Jesus can save them from sin or who love to sin – they will be judged as followers of Lucifer and will share in his penalty. God the Father will consider this ruling to be just because He will acknowledge that there was clear evidence that this unsaved person did not love God with all their heart, soul and mind or their neighbor as themselves. There will also be clear evidence that this unsaved person did not have genuine faith in Jesus’ ability and right to save them from sin. 123 After all the cases of every person who has ever lived are decided, God’s mercy will end for the unsaved and His justice will be dispensed – this will occur after the second resurrection (the resurrection of those who are not saved). God’s final penalty for the sins of the lost will be death 38
– this penalty will have everlasting effects, it is permanent. We have been given a clear example of the final penalty for sin in the death of Jesus who took on the penalty for the sins of His followers. Those who are lost will pay the penalty for their crimes against God while being surrounded by a global fire that will encompass and cleanse the Earth from all sin and any reminder of sin. The lost will be burned up completely and become ashes. God’s justice will be perfect and exact – the penalty given to each of the lost will exactly match the penalty for their particular sins. For each time they mistreated one of God’s people in any way, for each time they hurt God by their rebellion against His law, for every gift of God they rejected, for every misuse of the blessings He gave them so that they could help others in need, for every selfish or immoral act, lie, or proud look, God will measure out the penalty. God has warned us in the Bible that His justice is not something any person would ever want to experience – it is far beyond our ability to comprehend. The only reason a lost person is not concerned about receiving God’s justice is because they have no idea what His perfect justice will be like – please warn every person you know that is currently disobedient to God. 124 After God’s justice is served, there will never again be another person or angel who will sin against God. All of God’s created beings will have a huge amount of evidence from the history of planet Earth that will reveal to them that God’s law is perfectly just and His love and mercy are reasons for us to be thankful throughout eternity. 125 _______________________
As a follower of Jesus in the last moments of Earth’s history, maintain your unwavering faith in God’s promises. Let us also have faith in His unfailing love for us that He displayed on the cross of Calvary. Our love for Jesus and His love for us is what will sustain us through these last events. 126
As we are persecuted by those who Jesus died for, let us pray to be reminded by the Holy Spirit about the preciousness of each person. Let us treat all with loving kindness as our Savior has treated us even when we were causing Him pain. 127 As we are treated painfully, let us remember the pain that Jesus endured so that we might have eternal life. And let us have pity for those who have never known the love of Jesus. 128 As we are forbidden to buy and sell, forbidden to sustain ourselves in this world, let us remember the promises of our Master who has promised to never leave us or forsake us. He has promised to supply all of our needs and has told us that His followers will always have bread and water. 129 As we must flee from our humble homes here on Earth, let us remember the beautiful homes that Jesus has prepared for us in Heaven. He has decorated and lovingly designed our new home so that when we step inside we will feel completely at peace knowing that we have finally arrived at the place that will be our home forever. 130 As we witness emotional and physical destruction all around us, let us look forward to that soon day when our Creator will come back to take us to Heaven – when He will come back to 39
announce that all the pain and suffering of this Earth has finally ended and a new eternity has begun in which we will live in God’s home forever where we will feel and know that we are safe, secure and loved! 131 As we witness close friends and family turning against God’s followers, let us remember our Father in Heaven who is eagerly waiting for us to come home. And let us focus on that day when Jesus Himself will embrace us and say “well done thou good and faithful servant.” 132 Until that day, it is my prayer that you will be found faithful -
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“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13
“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life...” John 14:6
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We have each been blessed with the privilege of working together as a team to spread the gospel to every “nation, kindred, tongue and people” on Earth. It is a family effort – will you join us today? Jesus has given the following directions to each of His followers: “And the gospel must first be published among all nations.”
Mark 13:10
“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” Mark 16:15
The question I have often asked myself is, “will there be a better day than today to spread the gospel to the ends of the Earth?” Please ask our Father in heaven what He would like you to do. Following are a few ideas to consider.
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Please note: Italicized words found in the King James Version of the Bible were supplied by the translators to provide for increased readability and comprehension when translating, typically from Hebrew or Greek, into English; these italicized words were not literally found in the original manuscripts of the Bible. The following scripture references are intended to provide a Biblical introduction to the concepts that are written about in each corresponding paragraph; they are not intended to represent an exhaustive study on any subject. Concepts that are more complex are sometimes supported by a variety of scripture references over the course of the entire presentation instead of being supported in one location.
1 - Return “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.” I John 5:7 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.” John 1:1-3 “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:” Matthew 28:19 “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.” Psalms 90:2 “Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.” Isaiah 43:10 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23 “He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.” Psalms 111:4 “O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.” Isaiah 25:1 “O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.” I Chronicles 16:34
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“But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these
things I delight, saith the LORD.” Jeremiah 9:24 2 - Return “Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.” Revelation 3:12 “But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,” Hebrews 12:22 “And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.” Hebrews 1:6 “For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:” Colossians 1:16 “And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.” Revelation 22:1-2 “And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.” Revelation 21:21 “But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.” I Corinthians 2:9 3 - Return “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:11-13 “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?” Matthew 7:11 “Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.” John 15:15
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“Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.” Jeremiah 33:3 “The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.” Jeremiah 31:3 “Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.” John 17:24 4 - Return “And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.” Genesis 2:18 “Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.” Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.” I John 4:7 “Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.” Psalms 127:3-4
As arrows
“The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.” Proverbs 23:24-25 5 - Return “Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.” Ezekiel 28:14-17 “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.” Isaiah 14:12-14
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6 - Return “He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.” I John 3:8 “And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.” Revelation 12:7-9 “And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.” Luke 10:18 “For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.” Psalms 100:5 7 - Return “And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.” Revelation 12:4 8 - Return “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the third day. And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the 45
night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.” Genesis 1:1-30 9 - Return “And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.” Genesis 1:31 “And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.” Genesis 2:2-3 “By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses. Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.” Psalm 33:6-9 “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” John 14:15 10 - Return “And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the
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sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.” Genesis 2: 8-9 “And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” Genesis 2:16-17 11 - Return “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.” Luke 16:10 12 - Return “But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.” James 1:14-15 “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” Proverbs 14:12 13 - Return “Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;” Isaiah 44:24 “But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens. He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion. When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.” Jeremiah 10:10-13 “For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: and he is before all things, and by him all things consist.” Colossians 1:16-17 “For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.” Hebrews 3:4 “Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.” Revelation 4:11 14 - Return
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“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.” Genesis 3:1-5 “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.” John 8:44 15 - Return “And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.” Genesis 3:6 16 - Return “And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.” Luke 4:5-8 “But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.” II Corinthians 4:3-4 “Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.” John 18:36 “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:” Romans 5:12 “Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.” James 1:13-15 17 - Return “And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the 48
Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” Joshua 24:15 “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6
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“If ye love me, keep my commandments.” John 14:15 “If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.” John 12:26 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” Jeremiah 17:9 “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.” Isaiah 64:6 “And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.” Luke 10:18 “How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.” Isaiah 14:12-14 18 - Return “What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.” Nahum 1:9 “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” Revelation 21:4 19 - Return “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23 “Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.” Galatians 5:19-21 “For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.” James 2:10-12
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20 - Return “And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.” Genesis 3:7 “After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;” Revelation 7:9 “Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain:” Psalm 104:1-2 “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” Genesis 1:27 “And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.” Revelation 19:8 “If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.” I John 2:29 21 - Return “And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.” Genesis 3:12-13 “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:” Romans 5:12 “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 22 - Return “And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.” Genesis 3:22-24 “And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.” Genesis 5:5 23 - Return
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“And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.” Genesis 4:1-2 “In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.” I John 3:10-12 “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” Revelation 21:4 24 - Return “Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you,” I Peter 1:20 “According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord:” Ephesians 3:11 “Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,” II Timothy 1:9 “The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.” Jeremiah 31:3 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 25 - Return “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13 “For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:” I Peter 2:21-22 “And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.” Revelation 14:5 “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:” I Peter 1:18-19 “But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19
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“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.” Genesis 1:26 “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.” I John 3:2-3 26 - Return “And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.” Genesis 3:20 “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.” I Peter 1:18-21 27 - Return “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” John 1:29 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23 “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:” Romans 5:12 “Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.” I John 3:4 “But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.” James 1:25 “The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure. fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.” Psalm 111:7-8
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“Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.” Romans 7:12 28 - Return “Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.” Matthew 10:29
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“If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.” Exodus 23:4-5 “Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.” Exodus 23:12 29 - Return “Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.” Matthew 2:1-2 “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. I and my Father are one.” John 10:27-30 “For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.” I John 5:7 “Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still, when God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.” Psalm 76:8-9 “I and my Father are one.” John 10:30 “But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.” I John 2:5-6 “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.” Hebrews 12:2-3 30 - Return “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?” John 14:6-9
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“And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21 “And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” Joshua 24:15 “And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Matthew 16:16 “Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.” Matthew 23:10 “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” John 14:6 31 - Return “Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:” Isaiah 46:9-10 “And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.” Revelation 19:10 “Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth.” Jeremiah 1:9 “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 day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.” II Peter 1:19-21 32 - Return “The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.” Genesis 49:10 “Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” Isaiah 7:14 “But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” Micah 5:2 54
“Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.” John 8:58 “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” Isaiah 9:6 “Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.” Isaiah 43:10-11 “For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.” Isaiah 53:2-12 “For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:” I Peter 2:21-23 “Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the 55
prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.” Daniel 9:24-27 “Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time. I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.” Ezra 7:12-13 “Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.” Ezekiel 4:4-6 “After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.” Numbers 14:34 “For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.” Psalms 22:16 “For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: and though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:” Job 19:25-26 “I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.” John 10:14-18 33 - Return “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou
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shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: and knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS.” Matthew 1:18-25 34 - Return “Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet, And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.” Matthew 2:1-6 “And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.” Luke 2:7 “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.” I Peter 1:18-21 “And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.” Luke 2:8-15 “And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.” Luke 2:20
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Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; and Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; and Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias; and Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; and Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; and Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; and Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias; and Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon: and after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel; and Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor; and Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; and Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.” Matthew 1:2-16 “So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations.” Matthew 1:17 “And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge, which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er, which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim, which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David, which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson, which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor, which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala, which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech, which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.” Luke 3:23-38
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“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:” Philippians 2:5 “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew 6:33 “Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.” Philippians 2:3 40 - Return “And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes, And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.” Luke 6:13-16 “And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.” Matthew 4:18-22 “And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.” Matthew 9:9 “Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.” Acts 12:1-2 “He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.” John 21:17-19 “Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)” John 11:1-2 “Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.” John 11:5 41 - Return
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“And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan.” Matthew 4:23-25 “Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.” John 6:26-27 42 - Return “And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.” Matthew 8:20 “As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.” John 15:9-11 “And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.” John 6:11 “Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did.” John 19:23-24 “For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.” Isaiah 53:2 “And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all. For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.” Mark 10:44-45 43 - Return
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“And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.” Mark 1:35 “Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;” Romans 12:12 “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.” Philippians 4:6 “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” II Chronicles 7:14 “And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.” Luke 11:1 44 - Return “But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.” Matthew 6:7-13 45 - Return “And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him.” Mark 2:14-15 “And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house. And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner. And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.” Luke 19:1-8 “And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, and certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of 63
whom went seven devils, and Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.” Luke 8:1-3 46 - Return “From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:17 “Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.” Matthew 18:14 “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.” Matthew 5:6 “Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 5:10 “Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.” Matthew 5:11-12 “But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” Matthew 5:44-48 “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Matthew 6:19-21 “Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” Matthew 6:31-33 “For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.” Matthew 7:2 “And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.” Luke 6:31
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“Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.” Matthew 7:13-14 “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 7:21 “And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.” Matthew 10:22 “But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.” Matthew 24:13 “Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 10:32 “For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.” Matthew 12:50 “This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” Matthew 15:8-9 “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.” Matthew 16:26-27 “And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:3 “For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.” Matthew 18:11 “Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.” Matthew 18:14 “Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.” Luke 15:10 “They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.” Matthew 22:21 “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.” Luke 16:10 “But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.” Matthew 23:11 “And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.” Matthew 24:4-5
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“Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” Matthew 24:26-27 “Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.” Matthew 24:9 “And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.” Matthew 24:12 “Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.” Matthew 25:34-36 “And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” Matthew 25:40 47 - Return “For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:” I Peter 2:21-23 “But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.” I John 2:5-6 “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:” Philippians 2:5 “But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:” John 15:26 “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.” John 14:6-7 “For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.” Psalms 84:11-12 48 - Return
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“Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;” Matthew 5:43-44 “And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.” Luke 16:17 “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.” Matthew 5:17 “Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.” Mark 7:7 “And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.” Mark 7:9-13 “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:” John 1:12 “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.” Isaiah 64:6 “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:8-10 “For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; that being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.” Titus 3:3-7 “Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.” Romans 3:31 “Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:14-16
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“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.” James 1:17 49 - Return “If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.” John 15:19-20 “Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.” II Timothy 3:12 “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.” I Peter 4:12-14 “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” Hebrews 4:15-16 “Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; and saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.” Matthew 4:8-10 50 - Return “Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.” Mark 7:5-9 “Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation. And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, nor consider that it is
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expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; and not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.” John 11:47-53 “Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, and consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.” Matthew 26:3-4 “Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover. Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man? They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:” John 18:28-31 51 - Return “From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.” Matthew 16:21 “Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world. When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.” John 6:14-15 52 - Return “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6
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“And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.” Isaiah 42:16 53 - Return “Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;” Hebrews 7:25-26
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“For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.” Hebrews 2:16-18 “Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” Hebrews 4:14-16 “What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.” Nahum 1:9 “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.” I John 3:2-3 “He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.” Revelation 22:11-12 “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.” I Corinthians 13:12 “And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.” I Timothy 3:16 54 - Return “All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.” John 1:3 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23 “He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a
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lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.” Isaiah 53:3-7 “Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.” Matthew 20:28 55 - Return “But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) and hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: that in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.” Ephesians 2:4-7 56 - Return “And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive
them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.
And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only? And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts? Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house. And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.” Mark 2:2-12 “And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.” Luke 7:11-15 57 - Return “Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve.” Luke 22:3
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“Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, and said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.” Matthew 26:14-16
“When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons.” John 18:1-3 “And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.” Matthew 26:47 “Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?” Matthew 26:53 “And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together.” Mark 14:55-56 “And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses? Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.” Mark 14:60-65 “And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band. And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head, and began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him. And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him.” Mark 15:16-20 58 - Return “What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.” Nahum 1:9 “And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.” Zechariah 13:6
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59 - Return “And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left.” Luke 23:33 “Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst.” John 19:16-18 “For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.” Psalms 22:16-18
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“But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.” John 19:33-37 “And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.” Mark 15:42-45 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” John 3:16-17 “Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.” Isaiah 53:4-5 “For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.” I Peter 2:21-25
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“For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.” Ephesians 3:14-19 “For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.” Psalms 103:11 60 - Return “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8 “We love him, because he first loved us.” I John 4:19 “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.” I John 4:7 “The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.” Psalms 19:7 “But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.” James 1:25 “If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: but if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.” James 2:8-12 “Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.” Romans 13:8-10 61 - Return “And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” Joshua 24:15 62 - Return 74
“And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand.” John 19:38-42 “And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.” Matthew 27:59-61 63 - Return “Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first. Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch.” Matthew 27:62-66 64 - Return “In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: and for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.” Matthew 28:1-4 “Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was. Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again. His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again? Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him. These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. 75
Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him. Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: and many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house. Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world. And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee. As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him. Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him. The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there. Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, and said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. Jesus wept. Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died? Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days. Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him. But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done. Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation. And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for
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baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin.” Romans 6:1-7 65 - Return “Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done. And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you. So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.” Matthew 28:11-15 66 - Return “Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her.” John 20:17-18 “To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God:” Acts 1:3 “But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.” Hebrews 9:11-12 “Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.” Philippians 2:5-11 “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:2 67 - Return 78
“And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: after that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.” I Corinthians 15:4-7 “Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.” Matthew 28:16-17 68 - Return “And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.” Matthew 4:18-20 “And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.” Matthew 8:2-3 “And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever. And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.” Matthew 8:14-15 “And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight. Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.” Luke 7:21-22 “And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. He said, Bring them hither to me. And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.” Matthew 14:14-21 “And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. And he was in the hinder part of the ship, 79
asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?” Mark 4:35-41 “Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him.” John 11:41-45 “Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.” John 6:68-69 “Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended. Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.” Matthew 26:33-34 “Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.” Revelation 3:10-11 “Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” I Corinthians 10:12-13 69 - Return “But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.” Mark 16:7 “Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him,” John 18:10-12 “And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.” Luke 22:50-51 “Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.” John 18:36 80
“And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and smote off his ear. Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me. But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.” Matthew 26:51-56 “But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.” Matthew 26:58 “Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee. But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest. And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth. And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee. Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.” Matthew 26:69-75 “And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death. And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.” Luke 22:31-34 “And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.” Mark 16:4-7 “And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you. And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.” Matthew 28:5-8
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“Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” Hebrews 13:5 “From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Matthew 4:17 “The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.” Jeremiah 31:3 “Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 10:32-33 “But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.” Luke 6:35-36 “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8 70 - Return “In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.” Matthew 28:1 “And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.” Matthew 28:5-6 “But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, and seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him. And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken these things unto her.” John 20:11-18 71 - Return
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“And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. And they talked together of all these things which had happened. And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. But their eyes were holden that they should not know him. And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad? And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days? And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done.” Luke 24:13-21 “And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself.” Luke 24:27 72 - Return “And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.” Revelation 21:23-27 “And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further. But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them. And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight. And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures? And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them,” Luke 24:28-33 73 - Return “Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.” Matthew 28:16-20
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“And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven.” Luke 24:50-51 74 - Return “And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.” Acts 1:9-11 “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. John 14:1-3 “And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.” Luke 24:51-53 “For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.” Philippians 3:20-21 “But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.” Hebrews 11:16 “One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.” Psalms 27:4 “Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?” John 11:25-26 75 - Return “He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.” Proverbs 13:20 “Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.” Proverbs 22:24-25
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“When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.” II Timothy 1:5 “Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.” Ephesians 6:1-3 “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6 “Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:” Romans 5:12 “Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.” James 1:13-15 “The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live.” Ezekiel 18:20-22 “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:7 “Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.” I Peter 5:6-11 “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: praying
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always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; and for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel,” Ephesians 6:10-19 “And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” Joshua 24:15 “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.” Revelation 3:20 “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:” Deuteronomy 30:19 “He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.” Matthew 12:30 “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” Philippians 4:13 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” I John 1:9 “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.” I Corinthians 10:13 76 - Return “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;” Hebrews 10:16 “But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.” Jeremiah 31:33 “For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)” Romans 2:14-15 “Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his 86
saints. Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.” Proverbs 2:3-9 “The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.” Psalms 19:7 “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.” James 1:5-6 “But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.” James 3:17 “Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. “ Romans 7:12 “Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.” Psalms 119:165 “Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.” Psalms 119:18 77 - Return “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 “Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.” Matthew 5:43-45 “Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.” I John 3:1-2 78 - Return “If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.” John 15:10 “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.” I John 5:3
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“Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.” Romans 13:8-10 “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” Philippians 4:13 “For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:20-23 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1 “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Hebrews 11:6 “By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.” Hebrews 11:8-10 “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Romans 10:17 “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” John 17:17 “Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.” Proverbs 30:5 “And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all.” Acts 4:33 “But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.” II Peter 3:18 “Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; that in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: so that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.” I Corinthians 1:3-8 “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9 88
79 - Return “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” I John 1:9 “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.” James 1:5-6 “But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.” Luke 11:28 “I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.” Psalms 40:8 “I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation.” Psalms 118:21 “My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.” Psalms 121:2 80 - Return “Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.” Titus 1:15 “What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.” Romans 7:7 “O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.” Psalms 69:5 “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.” I Corinthians 2:14 “Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.” Psalms 139:23-24 “The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.” Psalms 19:7 “Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.” Psalms 19:12 81 - Return “For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.” I Timothy 2:3-4 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” John 3:16-17
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“A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.” Ezekiel 36:26-27 “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.” Proverbs 3:5-7 “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Psalms 119:105 “For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:” Proverbs 6:23 “But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.” James 3:17 “O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.” Romans 11:33-36 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” I John 1:9 “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:” Romans 5:1 82 - Return “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Hebrews 11:6 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” John 3:16-17 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23 “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 think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.” Romans 12:3 “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Romans 10:17
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“At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:1-3 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1 83 - Return “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” II Corinthians 5:17 “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” Romans 12:2 “A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.” Ezekiel 36:26-27 “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” Psalms 51:10 “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:” Philippians 1:6 “He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.” Isaiah 40:29 84 - Return “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:” Romans 1:20 “For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: and he is before all things, and by him all things consist.” Colossians 1:16-17 “But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
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knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.” II Peter 1:19-21 “Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:” Isaiah 46:9-10 86 - Return “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:” I Peter 3:15 “Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.” Proverbs 11:14 87 - Return “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.” II Timothy 3:16-17 “The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.” Psalms 119:130 “Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.” Psalms 119:18 “O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day. Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me. How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Psalms 119:97-105 “So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.” Nehemiah 8:8 “For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:” Isaiah 28:10 88 - Return “Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” II Peter 1:4
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“Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.” Ephesians 3:20-21 “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6
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“Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.” James 4:3 “But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” II Peter 3:8-9 89 - Return “Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.” James 5:13 “But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.” Matthew 6:7-13 “If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?” Luke 11:11-13 “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6
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“Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah.” Psalms 62:8 “My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.” Psalms 5:3 “I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. 93
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;” I Timothy 2:1-5 “I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.” Psalms 34:1 “And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:” I John 5:14 “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.” Jeremiah 33:3 “Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.” Luke 6:28 90 - Return “Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” II Peter 1:4 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23 “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:2 “But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.” Galatians 2:17 91 - Return “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” Romans 5:1-2 “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” John 14:1-3 “And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.”
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“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. For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” II Corinthians 5:20-21 “Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.” Matthew 6:34 “He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.” Isaiah 40:29 “Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” Hebrews 13:5 “The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.” Psalms 34:7 “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” Galatians 5:22-23 “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.” I Timothy 2:5-6 “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:26 “Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,” Ephesians 3:20 “But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19 93 - Return “He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.” Proverbs 10:17 “Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.” Psalms 16:11 “Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.” Proverbs 9:9-10 “Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.” Psalms 25:4-5 “And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one 95
Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:28-31 “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Psalms 119:105 94 - Return “Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.” II Corinthians 5:17 “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:” John 1:12 “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:26 “But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.” Isaiah 64:8 “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.” Ephesians 2:10 “For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:11-13 “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.” I Peter 4:12-13 “Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.” John 12:24-25 “And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.” Mark 4:26-29 95 - Return “And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13
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“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” Romans 12:2 “Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?” Matthew 5:43-47 “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.” Hebrews 12:2-3 “He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.” Isaiah 40:29 “Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.” Deuteronomy 31:6 “The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand.” Psalms 37:23-24 “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.” Isaiah 41:10 96 - Return “For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:7-8 “This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:12-13
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“We love him, because he first loved us.” I John 4:19 97 - Return “Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and 97
though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.” I Corinthians 13:1-13 98 - Return “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” Philippians 4:13 “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” Acts 1:8 “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.” Proverbs 16:18 “Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” II Peter 1:4 “But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Hebrews 11:6 “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Romans 10:17 “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.” James 1:22-25 “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?” Luke 11:13 “And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.” Ezekiel 36:27 “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.” John 16:13 98
“If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.” John 14:15-18 “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” John 14:26-27 “Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.” Romans 8:26 “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6
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99 - Return “Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.” Psalms 119:11 “Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” II Peter 1:4 “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” II Timothy 2:15 “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 14:26 “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.” Colossians 3:16-17 “The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.” Isaiah 40:8 “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.” Matthew 24:35 100 - Return “Use hospitality one to another without grudging.” I Peter 4:9 99
“Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.” Romans 12:10-13 “Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.” Hebrews 13:1-2 “Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” Matthew 25:34-40 “For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward.” Mark 9:41 101 - Return “And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.” Luke 6:31 “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.” Matthew 7:12 102 - Return “I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth.” Psalms 34:1 “Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” Matthew 5:43-48 “And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.” Revelation 22:12
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“And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.” Colossians 3:23-24 “But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” Matthew 6:20-21 “For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.” Matthew 16:27 “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16 “So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.” Luke 17:10 103 - Return “Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day.” Psalms 25:4-5 “I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.” Psalms 32:8 “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.” I Peter 4:12-13 “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6
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“And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:2-3 “But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.” I Peter 1:15-16 “My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.” James 1:2-5 “Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the form of God, 101
thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.” Philippians 2:3-8 “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” Philippians 4:8 “Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; and being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;” Hebrews 5:8-9 104 - Return “Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” James 4:17 “Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.” I John 3:4 “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” I John 1:8-9 “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6
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“As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.” Psalms 18:30 “Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?” Romans 6:16 “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” Matthew 7:21-23 “And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” Joshua 24:15 “For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.” Matthew 12:50 102
“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love 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 pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.” I John 2:15-17 “Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” Hebrews 13:5 “And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.” Psalms 9:10 “He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.” I John 2:9-10 “My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: and he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.” I John 2:1-6 “And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.” I John 2:28 105 - Return “Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.” Proverbs 16:3 “Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” Philippians 4:8 “Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:” James 1:19 “If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.” James 1:26 “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.” Luke 16:10 106 - Return “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” II Corinthians 3:18 103
“Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.” Hebrews 12:1-3 “Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.” Mark 9:23-24 “Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.” Psalms 27:14 “But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.” Romans 8:25 “As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.” Psalms 18:30 “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6
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“But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.” Hebrews 11:6 “If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?” Luke 11:11-13 “Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.” Ephesians 3:20-21 107 - Return “Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.” Matthew 26:36-39 “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.” Isaiah 64:6 104
“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;” Romans 3:23 “For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.” I Timothy 2:3-4 “Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts.” Proverbs 21:2 “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” Proverbs 14:12 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” John 3:16-17 “Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.” Hebrews 12:1-3 “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” I John 1:8-9 “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Isaiah 1:18 “For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.
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far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.” Psalms 103:11-13 108 - Return “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.” Revelation 3:20 “Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.” Proverbs 27:1 “Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.” James 4:14 “And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.” Joshua 24:15 105
“And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.” II Corinthians 12:9-10 “He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.” Isaiah 40:29 “For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39 “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” John 14:27 “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.” Jeremiah 33:3 109 - Return “Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD.” Psalms 31:24 “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6
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“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38-39 “For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:” Philippians 3:20 110 - Return “Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.” I Peter 4:12-13 “Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” Revelation 14:12 “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so
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shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.” I Thessalonians 4:16-18 “Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation 1:7-8 111 - Return “Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” Revelation 14:12 “The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward.” Psalms 19:7-11 “Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so?” Matthew 5:43-47 “And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,” Revelation 14:6 “And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.” Matthew 28:18-20 “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” Mark 16:15 “Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.” II Timothy 3:12 “For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;” Philippians 1:29
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112 - Return “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” Isaiah 8:20 “It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law.” Psalms 119:126 “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.” II Timothy 3:1-5 “For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. the end, the same shall be saved.” Matthew 24:7-13
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“Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.” II Timothy 3:12 113 - Return “The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.” Psalms 19:7 “Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.” Matthew 5:17 “Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” Matthew 22:37-40 “The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.” Isaiah 24:5 “And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.” Revelation 12:17 “And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.” Daniel 7:25
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“And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.” Luke 16:31 “Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.” John 7:16-17 “For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:” Isaiah 28:10 “These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” Acts 17:11 “Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.” John 16:13 “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” II Timothy 2:15 “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.” John 10:27-28 “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6
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“What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.” Psalms 56:3 114 - Return “And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
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come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.” Matthew 24:4-5 “Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” Matthew 24:23-27 “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.” II Corinthians 11:13-14 “Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,” II Thessalonians 2:9
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“And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.” Matthew 24:30-31 “For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.” Matthew 16:27 “Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.” Revelation 1:7 “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.” I Thessalonians 4:16-18 “And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:” Revelation 6:14-16 “He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.” Isaiah 25:8-9 115 - Return “And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,” Revelation 13:13 “Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.” Ezekiel 28:14-15 “Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.” Ezekiel 28:17
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“And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.” Revelation 12:9 “Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.” I Corinthians 10:12 “And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.” Matthew 24:4-5 “Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if
it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” Matthew 24:23-27 “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.” II Corinthians 11:3 “Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” Revelation 14:12 116 - Return “But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.” Genesis 3:3-5 “For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?” Psalms 6:5 “The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence.” Psalms 115:17 “Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.” Acts 2:29 “For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, until I make thy foes thy footstool.” Acts 2:34-35 “So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.” Job 14:12-14
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“And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.” Daniel 12:2 “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?” I Corinthians 15:51-55 “Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.” I Timothy 6:15-16 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23 “But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.” Romans 8:11 “For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.” John 6:38-40 “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.” II Corinthians 11:13-14 “The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.” Isaiah 57:1-2 “For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.” Ecclesiastes 9:5 “As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.” Job 7:9-10
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“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.” I Thessalonians 4:16-18 “Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.” Revelation 20:6 “And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.” John 5:29 117 - Return “These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.” John 11:11-14 “And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.” Luke 12:4 “For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.” I Thessalonians 4:16-18 “But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.” I Corinthians 15:20-23 “Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.” John 11:41-44 “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.” I Corinthians 13:12
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“And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.” Revelation 7:13-14 “Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?” I Corinthians 15:51-55 118 - Return “And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. If any man have an ear, let him hear. He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.” Revelation 13:7-10 “Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.” Revelation 14:12 “Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.” II Timothy 3:12 “Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.” I Peter 4:16-19 “And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a
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mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.” Revelation 13:11-18 “I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.” Psalms 37:25 “He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.” Isaiah 33:16 “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: for then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.” Matthew 24:14-21 “But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19 119 - Return “God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?” Numbers 23:19 “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this
is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.” Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.” II Corinthians 5:10 120 - Return “If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: but if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.” James 2:8-12
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“The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.” Psalms 19:7 “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;” Hebrews 10:16 “My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: and he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked.” I John 2:1-6 “Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.” Matthew 10:32-33 121 - Return “Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.” Psalms 139:2-4 “Then Job answered the LORD, and said, I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.” Job 42:1-2 “The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.” Psalms 34:7 “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.” Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 “For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.” Isaiah 33:22 “Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
For he knoweth
our frame; he remembereth that we are dust.” Psalms 103:13-14 “Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?” James 4:10-12 116
122 - Return “By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?” I John 5:2-5 “Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.” Revelation 22:14 “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.” II Corinthians 6:17-18 “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:26 “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.” Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 “Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.” Romans 3:31 “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9 “He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.” Isaiah 53:3-8 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23 “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that 117
which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:” I Corinthians 15:1-4 “And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: that we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:” Ephesians 4:11-15 “And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.” Matthew 18:3 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.” John 3:16-17 “Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” James 4:17 123 - Return “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.” Matthew 7:21-23 “Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.” Ezekiel 28:17-19 “Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.” John 8:42-47 118
“Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” Matthew 22:35-40 “He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination.” Proverbs 28:9 124 - Return “Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.” John 5:28-29 “That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:15-16 “But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away.” Psalms 37:20 “There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” Proverbs 16:25 “The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy.” Psalms 145:20 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23 “Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel?” Ezekiel 33:11 “For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts.” Malachi 4:1-3 “And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; 119
and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” Revelation 20:9-15 “Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.” Jude 1:7 “And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly;” II Peter 2:6 “But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.” Genesis 13:13 “But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.” Luke 17:29 “And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.” Genesis 19:28 “These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: a proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, an heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, a false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.” Proverbs 6:16-19 “Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.” Galatians 5:19-21 “He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.” Proverbs 17:15 “Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment.” Job 34:12 “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.” Galatians 6:7 “Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.” Psalms 119:164 “Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments.” Psalms 119:137
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“Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; and to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;” II Thessalonians 1:6-9 “And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: and the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.” Revelation 14:8-11 “And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.” Revelation 14:6-7 125 - Return “What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.” Nahum 1:9 “Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.” Psalms 145:2 “Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.” Psalms 100:1-5 126 - Return “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:35-39
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“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.” I Peter 1:3-9 127 - Return “Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.” Romans 12:14 “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:8 “I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.” I Timothy 2:1-4 128 - Return “Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.” Hebrews 12:2-3 129 - Return “He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.” Isaiah 33:16 “And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, and deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a 122
mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.” Revelation 13:11-18 130 - Return “When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: for then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.” Matthew 24:15-21 “But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.” I Corinthians 2:9 “Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” John 14:1-3 131 - Return “For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.” Matthew 24:21 “One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.” Psalms 27:4 “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” Revelation 21:4 132 - Return “Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; and ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise
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up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.” Matthew 10:16-22 “Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” Matthew 25:34-40 “His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.” Matthew 25:23 “And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.” Revelation 21:5
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