Scripture References for 3/30/08 Bible Study

SeattlePaulK777: Amo 9:9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
SeattlePaulK777: Amo 9:10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.
SeattlePaulK777: Amo 9:11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:
SeattlePaulK777: Amo 9:12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this.
SeattlePaulK777: Amo 9:13 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
SeattlePaulK777: Amo 9:14 And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
SeattlePaulK777: Amo 9:15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God.
SeattlePaulK777: Rev 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
SeattlePaulK777: amen
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 24:6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
SeattlePaulK777: Rev 6:3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
SeattlePaulK777: Rev 6:4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
SeattlePaulK777: Rev 6:5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
SeattlePaulK777: Rev 6:6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 3:12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
SeattlePaulK777: yes
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.
SeattlePaulK777: Parable of the Virgins
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 25:2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 25:3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 25:4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 25:7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 25:8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 25:9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 25:10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 9:17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.
SeattlePaulK777: Good Samaritan Parable
SeattlePaulK777: Luk 10:30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
SeattlePaulK777: Luk 10:31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side.
SeattlePaulK777: Luk 10:32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.
SeattlePaulK777: Luk 10:33 But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him,
SeattlePaulK777: Luk 10:34 And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
SeattlePaulK777: Luk 10:35 And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
SeattlePaulK777: Joh 1:11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
SeattlePaulK777: Eze 34:1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
SeattlePaulK777: Eze 34:2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks?
SeattlePaulK777: Eze 34:3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock.
SeattlePaulK777: Eze 34:4 The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
SeattlePaulK777: amen
SeattlePaulK777: Eze 34:5 And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
SeattlePaulK777: Eze 34:6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them.
SeattlePaulK777: Eze 34:7 Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
SeattlePaulK777: Eze 34:8 As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
SeattlePaulK777: Eze 34:9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD;
SeattlePaulK777: Eze 34:10 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them.
SeattlePaulK777: yes
SeattlePaulK777: Eze 34:11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out.
SeattlePaulK777: Eze 34:12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
SeattlePaulK777: Eze 34:13 And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
SeattlePaulK777: Eze 34:14 I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.
SeattlePaulK777: Eze 34:15 I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD.
SeattlePaulK777: Eze 34:16 I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.
SeattlePaulK777: Rev 6:6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
SeattlePaulK777: Eze 9:1 He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand.
SeattlePaulK777: Eze 9:2 And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar.
SeattlePaulK777: Eze 9:3 And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side;
SeattlePaulK777: Eze 9:4 And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
SeattlePaulK777: Eze 9:5 And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity:
SeattlePaulK777: Eze 9:6 Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.
SeattlePaulK777: 2Pe 2:9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
SeattlePaulK777: 2Pe 2:7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicke
SeattlePaulK777: Psa 91:7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.
SeattlePaulK777: Rev 6:7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
SeattlePaulK777: Rev 6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 8:23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 8:24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 8:25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 8:26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
SeattlePaulK777: yes
SeattlePaulK777: Rev 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
SeattlePaulK777: Antichrist can physically overcome u, but not spiritually. If you are hidden in Christ
SeattlePaulK777: Rev 6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
SeattlePaulK777: Rev 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
SeattlePaulK777: Rev 6:11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 24:9 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.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 24:10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 24:14 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.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

Scripture References for 3/28/08

dan_o_mace: Psa 34:15 The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.
dan_o_mace: Psa 34:16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
dan_o_mace: Psa 34:17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
dan_o_mace: Psa 34:18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
dan_o_mace: Psa 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.
dan_o_mace: Psa 34:20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
dan_o_mace: Psa 34:21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
dan_o_mace: Psa 34:22 The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
dan_o_mace: Rev 6:1 Now I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals; and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, "Come and see."
dan_o_mace: Rev 6:2 And I looked, and behold, a white horse. He who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.
dan_o_mace: Rev 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.
dan_o_mace: Mat 24:3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?"
dan_o_mace: Mat 24:4 And Jesus answered and said to them: "Take heed that no one deceives you.
dan_o_mace: Mat 24:5 For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many.
dan_o_mace: Mat 24:6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
dan_o_mace: Mat 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.
dan_o_mace: Mat 24:8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
dan_o_mace: Mat 24:9 "Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake.
dan_o_mace: Rev 6:4 Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.
dan_o_mace: Mat 24:6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
dan_o_mace: Mat 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.
dan_o_mace: Rev 6:5 When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, "Come and see." So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand.
dan_o_mace: Rev 6:6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine."
dan_o_mace: Mat 24:7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.

Scripture References for 3/23/08

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SeattlePaulK777: Isa 1:21 How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.
SeattlePaulK777: Isa 1:22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water:
SeattlePaulK777: Isa 1:23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
SeattlePaulK777: Isa 1:24 Therefore saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies:
SeattlePaulK777: Isa 1:25 And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin:
SeattlePaulK777: Isa 1:26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
SeattlePaulK777: Isa 1:27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.
SeattlePaulK777: Isa 1:28 And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.
SeattlePaulK777: Isa 1:29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
SeattlePaulK777: Isa 1:30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
SeattlePaulK777: Isa 1:31 And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.
SeattlePaulK777: Act 12:1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
SeattlePaulK777: Act 12:2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
SeattlePaulK777: Act 12:3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
SeattlePaulK777: Act 12:4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
SeattlePaulK777: Luk 22:1 Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.
SeattlePaulK777: Gen 18:1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
SeattlePaulK777: Gen 18:2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
SeattlePaulK777: Gen 18:3 And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
SeattlePaulK777: Gen 18:4 Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
SeattlePaulK777: Gen 18:5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
SeattlePaulK777: Gen 22:5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
SeattlePaulK777: Gen 22:2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
SeattlePaulK777: Rom 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
SeattlePaulK777: Deu 26:10 And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God:
SeattlePaulK777: 1Ch 16:29 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 2:1 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,
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 2:2 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.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 4:8 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;
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 4:9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 15:1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying,
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 15:3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 15:4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 15:5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 15:6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 15:7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying,
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 15:8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
SeattlePaulK777: 1Jn 3:17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?
SeattlePaulK777: Joh 4:21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
SeattlePaulK777: Joh 4:22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
SeattlePaulK777: Joh 4:23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
SeattlePaulK777: Joh 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
SeattlePaulK777: Act 16:14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
SeattlePaulK777: Act 24:14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:

Scripture References for 3/21/08

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dan_o_mace: Psa 97:1 The LORD reigns; Let the earth rejoice; Let the multitude of isles be glad!
dan_o_mace: Psa 97:2 Clouds and darkness surround Him; Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
dan_o_mace: Psa 97:3 A fire goes before Him, And burns up His enemies round about.
dan_o_mace: sa 97:4 His lightnings light the world; The earth sees and trembles.
dan_o_mace: Psa 97:5 The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
dan_o_mace: Psa 97:6 The heavens declare His righteousness, And all the peoples see His glory.
dan_o_mace: Psa 97:7 Let all be put to shame who serve carved images, Who boast of idols. Worship Him, all you gods.
dan_o_mace: Psa 97:8 Zion hears and is glad, And the daughters of Judah rejoice Because of Your judgments, O LORD.
dan_o_mace: Psa 97:9 For You, LORD, are most high above all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods.
dan_o_mace: Psa 97:10 You who love the LORD, hate evil! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
dan_o_mace: Psa 97:10 You who love the LORD, hate evil! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.
dan_o_mace: Psa 97:12 Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name.
dan_o_mace: Psa 97:11 Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.
dan_o_mace: Gen 10:6 The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.
dan_o_mace: Gen 10:7 The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabtechah; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
dan_o_mace: Gen 10:8 Cush begot Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth
dan_o_mace: Gen 10:9 He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD."
dan_o_mace: Gen 10:10 And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
dan_o_mace: Gen 10:11 From that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,
dan_o_mace: Gen 10:12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah (that is the principal city).
dan_o_mace: Jer 7:16 "Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them, nor make intercession to Me; for I will not hear you.
dan_o_mace: Jer 7:17 Do you not see what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
dan_o_mace: Jer 7:18 The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger.
dan_o_mace: Eze 8:11 And there stood before them seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in their midst stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan. Each man had a censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense went up.
dan_o_mace: Eze 8:12 Then He said to me, "Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the room of his idols? For they say, 'The LORD does not see us, the LORD has forsaken the land.' "
dan_o_mace: Eze 8:13 And He said to me, "Turn again, and you will see greater abominations that they are doing."
dan_o_mace: Eze 8:14 So He brought me to the door of the north gate of the LORD's house; and to my dismay, women were sitting there weeping for Tammuz.
dan_o_mace: Eze 8:15 Then He said to me, "Have you seen this, O son of man? Turn again, you will see greater abominations than these."
dan_o_mace: Eze 8:16 So He brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house; and there, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs toward the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east, and they were worshiping the sun toward the east.
dan_o_mace: Eze 8:17 And He said to me, "Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it a trivial thing to the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here? For they have filled the land with violence; then they have returned to provoke Me to anger. Indeed they put the branch to their nose.
dan_o_mace: Eze 8:18 Therefore I also will act in fury. My eye will not spare nor will I have pity; and though they cry in My ears with a loud voice, I will not hear them."
dan_o_mace: Deu 12:28 Observe and obey all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you and your children after you forever, when you do what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God.
dan_o_mace: Deu 12:29 "When the LORD your God cuts off from before you the nations which you go to dispossess, and you displace them and dwell in their land,
dan_o_mace: Deu 12:30 take heed to yourself that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed from before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, 'How did these nations serve their gods? I also will do likewise.'
dan_o_mace: Deu 12:31 You shall not worship the LORD your God in that way; for every abomination to the LORD which He hates they have done to their gods; for they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.
dan_o_mace: Deu 12:32 "Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it.
dan_o_mace: Jdg 2:13 They forsook the LORD and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
dan_o_mace: Jdg 2:14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel. So He delivered them into the hands of plunderers who despoiled them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.
dan_o_mace: Jdg 2:15 Wherever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for calamity, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn to them. And they were greatly distressed.
dan_o_mace: Jdg 2:16 Nevertheless, the LORD raised up judges who delivered them out of the hand of those who plundered them.
dan_o_mace: dg 2:17 Yet they would not listen to their judges, but they played the harlot with other gods, and bowed down to them. They turned quickly from the way in which their fathers walked, in obeying the commandments of the LORD; they did not do so.
dan_o_mace: Jdg 2:18 And when the LORD raised up judges for them, the LORD was with the judge and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed them and harassed them.
dan_o_mace: Jdg 2:19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they reverted and behaved more corruptly than their fathers, by following other gods, to serve them and bow down to them. They did not cease from their own doings nor from their stubborn way.
dan_o_mace: Act 12:1 Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church.
dan_o_mace: Act 12:2 Then he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
dan_o_mace: Act 12:3 And because he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to seize Peter also. Now it was during the Days of Unleavened Bread
dan_o_mace: Act 12:4 So when he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to keep him, intending to bring him before the people after Passover.
dan_o_mace: Col 2:16 So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths,
dan_o_mace: Col 2:17 which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of Christ.
dan_o_mace: Rom 14:5 One person esteems one day above another; another esteems every day alike. Let each be fully convinced in his own mind.
dan_o_mace: Col 2:18 Let no one cheat you of your reward, taking delight in false humility and worship of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
dan_o_mace: Col 2:19 and not holding fast to the Head, from whom all the body, nourished and knit together by joints and ligaments, grows with the increase that is from God.
dan_o_mace: Col 2:20 Therefore, if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations—
dan_o_mace: Col 2:21 "Do not touch, do not taste, do not handle,"
dan_o_mace: Col 2:22 which all concern things which perish with the using—according to the commandments and doctrines of men?
dan_o_mace: Col 2:23 These things indeed have an appearance of wisdom in self-imposed religion, false humility, and neglect of the body, but are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.

PRAYER REQUEST

Everyone,

My husband needs prayer at this moment. He has gone to the doctor (he has Crohn's disease). They are sending him over to the hospital right now for an MRI, because they think he has cancer. He is an unbeliever. Please pray for strength for me and increasing faith in the Lord to be a perfect witness to him.

Thanks,
Love you all,
Christina

Bible Study Scripture References - March 16, 2008

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SeattlePaulK777: Heb 4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
SeattlePaulK777: Psa 95:1 O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
SeattlePaulK777: Psa 95:2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.
SeattlePaulK777: Psa 95:3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
SeattlePaulK777: Psa 95:4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.
SeattlePaulK777: Psa 95:5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.
SeattlePaulK777: Psa 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
SeattlePaulK777: Psa 95:7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,
SeattlePaulK777: Psa 95:8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
SeattlePaulK777: Psa 95:9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.
SeattlePaulK777: Psa 95:10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:
SeattlePaulK777: Psa 95:11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 3:1 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 3:2 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 3:3 For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 3:4 For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 3:5 And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 3:6 But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 3:7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 3:8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
SeattlePaulK777: 2Co 6:2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 3:9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 3:10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 3:11 So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 3:12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 3:13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
SeattlePaulK777: Num 14:20 And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word:
SeattlePaulK777: Num 14:21 But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.
SeattlePaulK777: Num 14:22 Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice;
SeattlePaulK777: Num 14:23 Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it:
SeattlePaulK777: Num 14:24 But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it.
SeattlePaulK777: Num 14:26 And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,
SeattlePaulK777: Num 14:27 How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me.
SeattlePaulK777: Num 14:28 Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:
SeattlePaulK777: Num 14:29 Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me,
SeattlePaulK777: Num 14:30 Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
SeattlePaulK777: Num 14:31 But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised.
SeattlePaulK777: Num 14:32 But as for you, your carcases, they shall fall in this wilderness.
SeattlePaulK777: yes
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 3:12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 3:13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 3:14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 3:15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 3:16 For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 3:17 But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 3:18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 3:19 So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 4:1 Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 4:2 For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 4:3 For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 4:4 For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 4:5 And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 4:6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief:
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 4:7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 4:8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 4:9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
SeattlePaulK777: Zec 4:6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 6:24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 6:25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 6:26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 6:27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 6:28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 6:29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 6:30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 6:32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 10:16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 10:17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 10:18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 10:19 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.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 10:20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
SeattlePaulK777: 2Co 10:2 But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
SeattlePaulK777: 2Co 10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
SeattlePaulK777: 2Co 10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds
SeattlePaulK777: 2Co 10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
SeattlePaulK777: 2Co 10:6 And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
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SeattlePaulK777: Mar 4:35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.
SeattlePaulK777: Mar 4:36 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.
SeattlePaulK777: Mar 4:37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
SeattlePaulK777: Mar 4:38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
SeattlePaulK777: Mar 4:39 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.
SeattlePaulK777: Mar 4:40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
SeattlePaulK777: Joh 19:11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
SeattlePaulK777: Act 16:22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
SeattlePaulK777: Act 16:23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
SeattlePaulK777: Act 16:24 Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
SeattlePaulK777: Act 16:25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
SeattlePaulK777: Act 20:22 And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
SeattlePaulK777: Act 20:23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
SeattlePaulK777: Act 20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
SeattlePaulK777: Act 21:3 Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden.
SeattlePaulK777: Act 21:4 And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem.
SeattlePaulK777: Act 21:5 And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.
SeattlePaulK777: Act 21:6 And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again.
SeattlePaulK777: Act 21:7 And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day.
SeattlePaulK777: Act 21:8 And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.
SeattlePaulK777: Act 21:9 And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.
SeattlePaulK777: Act 21:10 And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus.
SeattlePaulK777: amen
SeattlePaulK777: Act 21:11 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
SeattlePaulK777: Act 21:12 And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem.
SeattlePaulK777: Act 21:13 Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
SeattlePaulK777: Act 21:14 And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 4:11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 4:14 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.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 4:15 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.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Bible Study Scripture References for 3/7/08

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dan_o_mace: Act 10:37 that saying ye yourselves know, which was published throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
dan_o_mace: Act 18:25 This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spake and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John:
dan_o_mace: Act 18:24 Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was mighty in the scriptures.
dan_o_mace: Act 18:25 This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spake and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John:
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dan_o_mace: Act 18:26 and he began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more accurately.
dan_o_mace: Act 19:1 And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper country came to Ephesus, and found certain disciples:
dan_o_mace: Act 19:2 and he said unto them, Did ye receive the Holy Spirit when ye believed? And they said unto him, Nay, we did not so much as hear whether the Holy Spirit was given.
dan_o_mace: Act 19:3 And he said, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.
dan_o_mace: Act 19:4 And Paul said, John baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people that they should believe on him that should come after him, that is, on Jesus.
dan_o_mace: Act 19:5 And when they heard this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
dan_o_mace: Act 19:6 And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied.
dan_o_mace: Eph 1:14 which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God's own possession, unto the praise of his glory.
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dan_o_mace: Eph 1:14 which is an earnest of our inheritance, unto the redemption of God's own possession, unto the praise of his glory.
dan_o_mace: Joh 3:6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
dan_o_mace: Luk 11:13 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?
dan_o_mace: Act 5:32 And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey him.
dan_o_mace: Act 8:14 Now when the apostles that were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
dan_o_mace: Act 8:6 And the multitudes gave heed with one accord unto the things that were spoken by Philip, when they heard, and saw the signs which he did.
dan_o_mace: Act 8:7 For from many of those that had unclean spirits, they came out, crying with a loud voice: and many that were palsied, and that were lame, were healed.
dan_o_mace: Act 8:14 Now when the apostles that were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
dan_o_mace: Act 8:15 who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit:
dan_o_mace: Act 8:16 for as yet it was fallen upon none of them: only they had been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
dan_o_mace: Act 8:17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
dan_o_mace: Rom 8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
dan_o_mace: Rom 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
dan_o_mace: Rom 8:9 But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.
dan_o_mace: Rom 8:11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall give life also to your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
dan_o_mace: Gal 5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
dan_o_mace: Gal 5:18 But if ye are led by the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
dan_o_mace: 2Co 5:1 For we know that if the earthly house of our tabernacle be dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.
dan_o_mace: 2Co 5:4 For indeed we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but that we would be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up of life.
dan_o_mace: 2Pe 1:13 And I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance;
dan_o_mace: 2Pe 1:14 knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle cometh swiftly, even as our Lord Jesus Christ signified unto me.
dan_o_mace: 2Pe 1:15 Yea, I will give diligence that at every time ye may be able after my decease to call these things to remembrance.
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dan_o_mace: Amen
dan_o_mace: Heb 4:9 There remaineth therefore a sabbath rest for the people of God.
dan_o_mace: Heb 4:10 For he that is entered into his rest hath himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.
dan_o_mace: Heb 4:11 Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no man fall after the same example of disobedience.

Bible Study Scripture References for 3/9/08

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dan_o_mace: Dan 9:27 Then he shall confirm a covenant with many for one week; But in the middle of the week He shall bring an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of abominations shall be one who makes desolate, Even until the consummation, which is determined, Is poured out on the desolate."
dan_o_mace: Dan 9:26 "And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off, but not for Himself; And the people of the prince who is to come Shall destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end of it shall be with a flood, And till the end of the war desolations are determined.
dan_o_mace: Mat 26:28 For this is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
dan_o_mace: Heb 9:11 But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation.
dan_o_mace: Heb 9:12 Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.
dan_o_mace: Heb 9:13 For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh,
dan_o_mace: Heb 9:14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
dan_o_mace: Heb 9:15 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
dan_o_mace: Heb 9:16 For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
dan_o_mace: Heb 9:17 For a testament is in force after men are dead, since it has no power at all while the testator lives.
dan_o_mace: Heb 9:18 Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood.
dan_o_mace: Heb 9:19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,
dan_o_mace: Heb 9:20 saying, "THIS IS THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT WHICH GOD HAS COMMANDED YOU."
dan_o_mace: Heb 9:21 Then likewise he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry.
dan_o_mace: Heb 9:22 And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no remission.
dan_o_mace: Heb 9:23 Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
dan_o_mace: Heb 9:24 For Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us;
dan_o_mace: Heb 9:25 not that He should offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood of another—
dan_o_mace: Heb 9:26 He then would have had to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now, once at the end of the ages, He has appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
dan_o_mace: Heb 9:27 And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment,
dan_o_mace: Heb 9:28 so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.
dan_o_mace: Heb 9:17 For a testament is in force after men are dead, since it has no power at all while the testator lives.
dan_o_mace: Mat 24:15 "Therefore when you see the 'ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION,' spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place" (whoever reads, let him understand),
dan_o_mace: Mat 24:16 "then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
dan_o_mace: Dan 11:31 And forces shall be mustered by him, and they shall defile the sanctuary fortress; then they shall take away the daily sacrifices, and place there the abomination of desolation.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 6:1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,
SeattlePaulK777: Heb 6:2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
SeattlePaulK777: amen
SeattlePaulK777: Rev 11:1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
SeattlePaulK777: Rev 11:2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.

Bible Study Scripture References for 3/2/08

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SeattlePaulK777: Isa 5:3 And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
SeattlePaulK777: Isa 5:4 What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes?
SeattlePaulK777: Isa 5:5 And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down:
SeattlePaulK777: Isa 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
SeattlePaulK777: Isa 5:6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
SeattlePaulK777: 2Ti 2:4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
SeattlePaulK777: Jer 27:5 I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me.
SeattlePaulK777: Jer 27:6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.
SeattlePaulK777: Jer 27:7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.
SeattlePaulK777: Dan 2:19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
SeattlePaulK777: Dan 2:20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
SeattlePaulK777: Dan 2:21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
SeattlePaulK777: Dan 4:17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
SeattlePaulK777: Rom 13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
SeattlePaulK777: Rom 13:2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
SeattlePaulK777: Pro 21:1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
SeattlePaulK777: 2Th 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
SeattlePaulK777: 2Th 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
SeattlePaulK777: 2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
SeattlePaulK777: 2Th 2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
SeattlePaulK777: Tit 1:15 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.
SeattlePaulK777: Tit 1:16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
SeattlePaulK777: Jer 6:27 I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way.
SeattlePaulK777: Jer 6:28 They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
SeattlePaulK777: Jer 6:29 The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.
SeattlePaulK777: Jer 6:30 Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.
SeattlePaulK777: Rom 1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
SeattlePaulK777: Rom 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
SeattlePaulK777: Rom 1:23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
SeattlePaulK777: Rom 1:24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:
SeattlePaulK777: Rom 1:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
SeattlePaulK777: Rom 1:26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:
SeattlePaulK777: Rom 1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.
SeattlePaulK777: Rom 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
SeattlePaulK777: 2Ti 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
SeattlePaulK777: 2Ti 3:2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
SeattlePaulK777: 2Ti 3:3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
SeattlePaulK777: 2Ti 3:4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
SeattlePaulK777: 2Ti 3:5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
SeattlePaulK777: 2Ti 3:6 For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts,
SeattlePaulK777: 2Ti 3:7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
SeattlePaulK777: 2Ti 3:8 Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith.
SeattlePaulK777: 2Ti 3:9 But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
SeattlePaulK777: Tit 1:15 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.

The Impoverished Ministry of Jesus

Where then do You get that living water? —John 4:11

"The well is deep"— and even a great deal deeper than the Samaritan woman knew! ( John 4:11 ). Think of the depths of human nature and human life; think of the depth of the "wells" in you. Have you been limiting, or impoverishing, the ministry of Jesus to the point that He is unable to work in your life? Suppose that you have a deep "well" of hurt and trouble inside your heart, and Jesus comes and says to you, "Let not your heart be troubled . . ." (John 14:1 ). Would your response be to shrug your shoulders and say, "But, Lord, the well is too deep, and even You can’t draw up quietness and comfort out of it." Actually, that is correct. Jesus doesn’t bring anything up from the wells of human nature— He brings them down from above. We limit the Holy One of Israel by remembering only what we have allowed Him to do for us in the past, and also by saying, "Of course, I cannot expect God to do this particular thing." The thing that approaches the very limits of His power is the very thing we as disciples of Jesus ought to believe He will do. We impoverish and weaken His ministry in us the moment we forget He is almighty. The impoverishment is in us, not in Him. We will come to Jesus for Him to be our comforter or our sympathizer, but we refrain from approaching Him as our Almighty God.
The reason some of us are such poor examples of Christianity is that we have failed to recognize that Christ is almighty. We have Christian attributes and experiences, but there is no abandonment or surrender to Jesus Christ. When we get into difficult circumstances, we impoverish His ministry by saying, "Of course, He can’t do anything about this." We struggle to reach the bottom of our own well, trying to get water for ourselves. Beware of sitting back, and saying, "It can’t be done." You will know it can be done if you will look to Jesus. The well of your incompleteness runs deep, but make the effort to look away from yourself and to look toward Him.

My Utmost for His Highest - Oswald Chambers

Our Misgivings About Jesus

The woman said to Him, ’Sir, You have nothing to draw [water] with, and the well is deep’ —John 4:11

Have you ever said to yourself, "I am impressed with the wonderful truths of God’s Word, but He can’t really expect me to live up to that and work all those details into my life!" When it comes to confronting Jesus Christ on the basis of His qualities and abilities, our attitudes reflect religious superiority. We think His ideals are lofty and they impress us, but we believe He is not in touch with reality— that what He says cannot actually be done. Each of us thinks this about Jesus in one area of our life or another. These doubts or misgivings about Jesus begin as we consider questions that divert our focus away from God. While we talk of our dealings with Him, others ask us, "Where are you going to get enough money to live? How will you live and who will take care of you?" Or our misgivings begin within ourselves when we tell Jesus that our circumstances are just a little too difficult for Him. We say, "It’s easy to say, ’Trust in the Lord,’ but a person has to live; and besides, Jesus has nothing with which to draw water— no means to be able to give us these things." And beware of exhibiting religious deceit by saying, "Oh, I have no misgivings about Jesus, only misgivings about myself." If we are honest, we will admit that we never have misgivings or doubts about ourselves, because we know exactly what we are capable or incapable of doing. But we do have misgivings about Jesus. And our pride is hurt even at the thought that He can do what we can’t.
My misgivings arise from the fact that I search within to find how He will do what He says. My doubts spring from the depths of my own inferiority. If I detect these misgivings in myself, I should bring them into the light and confess them openly— "Lord, I have had misgivings about You. I have not believed in Your abilities, but only my own. And I have not believed in Your almighty power apart from my finite understanding of it."

My Utmost For His Highest - Oswald Chambers

The Destitution of Service

. . though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved —2 Corinthians 12:15

Natural human love expects something in return. But Paul is saying, "It doesn’t really matter to me whether you love me or not. I am willing to be completely destitute anyway; willing to be poverty-stricken, not just for your sakes, but also that I may be able to get you to God." "For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor . . ." ( 2 Corinthians 8:9 ). And Paul’s idea of service was the same as our Lord’s. He did not care how high the cost was to himself— he would gladly pay it. It was a joyful thing to Paul.
The institutional church’s idea of a servant of God is not at all like Jesus Christ’s idea. His idea is that we serve Him by being the servants of others. Jesus Christ actually "out-socialized" the socialists. He said that in His kingdom the greatest one would be the servant of all (see Matthew 23:11 ). The real test of a saint is not one’s willingness to preach the gospel, but one’s willingness to do something like washing the disciples’ feet— that is, being willing to do those things that seem unimportant in human estimation but count as everything to God. It was Paul’s delight to spend his life for God’s interests in other people, and he did not care what it cost. But before we will serve, we stop to ponder our personal and financial concerns— "What if God wants me to go over there? And what about my salary? What is the climate like there? Who will take care of me? A person must consider all these things." All that is an indication that we have reservations about serving God. But the apostle Paul had no conditions or reservations. Paul focused his life on Jesus Christ’s idea of a New Testament saint; that is, not one who merely proclaims the gospel, but one who becomes broken bread and poured-out wine in the hands of Jesus Christ for the sake of others.

My Utmost For His Highest - Oswald Chambers

The Delight of Sacrifice

I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls . . . —2 Corinthians 12:15

Once "the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit," we deliberately begin to identify ourselves with Jesus Christ’s interests and purposes in others’ lives (Romans 5:5 ). And Jesus has an interest in every individual person. We have no right in Christian service to be guided by our own interests and desires. In fact, this is one of the greatest tests of our relationship with Jesus Christ. The delight of sacrifice is that I lay down my life for my Friend, Jesus (see John 15:13 ). I don’t throw my life away, but I willingly and deliberately lay it down for Him and His interests in other people. And I do this for no cause or purpose of my own. Paul spent his life for only one purpose— that he might win people to Jesus Christ. Paul always attracted people to his Lord, but never to himself. He said, "I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some" ( 1 Corinthians 9:22 ).

When someone thinks that to develop a holy life he must always be alone with God, he is no longer of any use to others. This is like putting himself on a pedestal and isolating himself from the rest of society. Paul was a holy person, but wherever he went Jesus Christ was always allowed to help Himself to his life. Many of us are interested only in our own goals, and Jesus cannot help Himself to our lives. But if we are totally surrendered to Him, we have no goals of our own to serve. Paul said that he knew how to be a "doormat" without resenting it, because the motivation of his life was devotion to Jesus. We tend to be devoted, not to Jesus Christ, but to the things which allow us more spiritual freedom than total surrender to Him would allow. Freedom was not Paul’s motive at all. In fact, he stated, "I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren . . ." ( Romans 9:3 ). Had Paul lost his ability to reason? Not at all! For someone who is in love, this is not an overstatement. And Paul was in love with Jesus Christ.

My Utmost For His Highest - Oswald Chambers

The Determination to Serve

“The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve…” (Matthew 20:28).

Jesus also said, “Yet I am among you as the One who serves” (Luke 22:27). Paul’s idea of service was the same as our Lord’s – “ . . . ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake” (2 Corinthians 4:5). We somehow have the idea that a person called to the ministry is called to be different and above other people. But according to Jesus Christ, he is called to be a “doormat” for others – called to be their spiritual leader, but never their superior. Paul said, “I know how to be abased . . .” (Philippians 4:12). Paul’s idea of service was to pour his life out to the last drop for others. And whether he received praise or blame made no difference. As long as there was one human being who did not know Jesus, Paul felt a debt of service to that person until he did come to know Him. But the chief motivation behind Paul’s service was not love for others but love for his Lord. If our devotion is to the cause of humanity, we will be quickly defeated and brokenhearted, since we will be confronted with a great deal of ingratitude from other people. But if we are motivated by our love for God, no amount of ingratitude will be able to hinder us from serving one another.

Paul’s understanding of how Christ had dealt with him is the secret behind his determination to serve others. “I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man . . .” (1 Timothy 1:13). In other words, no matter how badly others may have treated Paul, they could never have treated him with the same degree of spite and hatred with which he had treated Jesus Christ. Once we realize that Jesus has served us even to the depths of our meagerness, our selfishness, and our sin, nothing we encounter from others will be able to exhaust our determination to serve others for His sake.

Oswald Chambers – My Utmost for His Highest.

Bible Study Scripture References for 2/24/08

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dan_o_mace: sa 50:1 A Psalm of Asaph. The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.
dan_o_mace: Psa 50:2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
dan_o_mace: Psa 50:3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
dan_o_mace: Psa 50:4 He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
dan_o_mace: Psa 50:5 Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.
dan_o_mace: Psa 50:6 And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah.
dan_o_mace: Psa 50:7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God.
dan_o_mace: Psa 50:8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me.
dan_o_mace: Psa 50:9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
dan_o_mace: Psa 50:10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
dan_o_mace: Psa 50:11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
dan_o_mace: Psa 50:12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof.
dan_o_mace: Psa 50:13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
dan_o_mace: Psa 50:14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
dan_o_mace: Psa 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
dan_o_mace: Psa 50:16 But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth?
dan_o_mace: Psa 50:17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.
dan_o_mace: Psa 50:18 When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers.
dan_o_mace: Psa 50:19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.
dan_o_mace: Psa 50:20 Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.
dan_o_mace: Psa 50:21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
dan_o_mace: Psa 50:22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
dan_o_mace: Psa 50:23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I show the salvation of God.
dan_o_mace: 1Co 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
dan_o_mace: 1Co 1:19 For it is written: "I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE, AND BRING TO NOTHING THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRUDENT."
dan_o_mace: sa 29:13 Therefore the Lord said: "Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths And honor Me with their lips, But have removed their hearts far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,
dan_o_mace: Isa 29:14 Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvelous work Among this people, A marvelous work and a wonder; For the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, And the understanding of their prudent men shall be hidden."
dan_o_mace: Isa 29:9 Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunk, but not with wine; They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.
dan_o_mace: Isa 29:10 For the LORD has poured out on you The spirit of deep sleep, And has closed your eyes, namely, the prophets; And He has covered your heads, namely, the seers.
dan_o_mace: Isa 29:11 The whole vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is literate, saying, "Read this, please." And he says, "I cannot, for it is sealed."
dan_o_mace: Isa 29:12 Then the book is delivered to one who is illiterate, saying, "Read this, please." And he says, "I am not literate."
dan_o_mace: Isa 29:13 Therefore the Lord said: "Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths And honor Me with their lips, But have removed their hearts far from Me, And their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men,
dan_o_mace: 1Co 1:20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
dan_o_mace: 1Co 1:21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.
dan_o_mace: 1Co 1:22 For Jews request a sign, and Greeks seek after wisdom;
dan_o_mace: 1Co 1:23 but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness,
dan_o_mace: Act 17:21 For all the Athenians and the foreigners who were there spent their time in nothing else but either to tell or to hear some new thing.
dan_o_mace: Act 17:22 Then Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, "Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are very religious;
dan_o_mace: 1Co 1:23 but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness,
dan_o_mace: 1Co 1:24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
dan_o_mace: 1Co 1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
dan_o_mace: 1Co 1:26 For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called.
SeattlePaulK777: amen
dan_o_mace: 1Co 1:27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;
dan_o_mace: 1Co 1:28 and the base things of the world and the things which are despised God has chosen, and the things which are not, to bring to nothing the things that are,
dan_o_mace: 1Co 1:29 that no flesh should glory in His presence.
dan_o_mace: 1Co 1:30 But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—
dan_o_mace: 1Co 1:31 that, as it is written, "HE WHO GLORIES, LET HIM GLORY IN THE LORD."
dan_o_mace: 1Co 2:1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God.
dan_o_mace: 1Co 2:2 For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
SeattlePaulK777: yes
SeattlePaulK777: Isa 4:1 And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
dan_o_mace: 1Co 2:3 I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.
dan_o_mace: 1Co 2:4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
dan_o_mace: 1Co 2:5 that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.
dan_o_mace: 1Co 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.
dan_o_mace: 1Co 2:13 These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
dan_o_mace: 1Co 2:14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
dan_o_mace: 1Co 2:15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one.
dan_o_mace: 1Co 2:16 For "WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD THAT HE MAY INSTRUCT HIM?" But we have the mind of Christ.
dan_o_mace: 1Co 3:18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
dan_o_mace: 1Co 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "HE CATCHES THE WISE IN THEIR OWN CRAFTINESS";
dan_o_mace: 1Co 3:20 and again, "THE LORD KNOWS THE THOUGHTS OF THE WISE, THAT THEY ARE FUTILE."
dan_o_mace: 1Co 3:21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours:
dan_o_mace: 1Co 3:22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world or life or death, or things present or things to come—all are yours.
SeattlePaulK777: amen
dan_o_mace: 1Co 3:23 And you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.

Bible Study Scripture References for 2/22/08

Lumster: Psalm 17
SeattlePaulK777: Ecc 5:7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God.
SeattlePaulK777: Jer 23:16 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
SeattlePaulK777: Jer 29:8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 6:22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 6:23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!
SeattlePaulK777: Php 4:8 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.
SeattlePaulK777: Isa 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
SeattlePaulK777: Mat 24:24 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.
SeattlePaulK777: amen
SeattlePaulK777: Isa 8:11 For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying,
SeattlePaulK777: Isa 8:12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid.
SeattlePaulK777: Isa 8:13 Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread.
SeattlePaulK777: 1Ti 1:3 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine,
SeattlePaulK777: 1Ti 1:4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
SeattlePaulK777: 1Ti 6:20 O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called:
SeattlePaulK777: 1Ti 6:21 Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.
SeattlePaulK777: 1Co 11:19 For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.

Thoughts For Young & Old, Male & Female by J. C. Ryle (circa 1860)

For a careful, prayerful read:


(1) For one thing, resolve at once, by God's help, to break off every known
sin, however small.

Look within, each one of you. Examine your own hearts. Do you see there any
habit or custom which you know is wrong in the sight of God? If you do, don't
delay for a moment in attacking it. Resolve at once to lay it aside. Nothing,
darkens the eyes of the mind so much, and deadens the conscience so surely, as
an allowed sin. It may be a little one, but it is not any less dangerous. A
small leak will sink a great ship, and a small spark will kindle a great fire,
and a little allowed sin in like manner will ruin an immortal soul. Take my
advice, and never spare a little sin. Israel was commanded to kill every
Canaanite, both great and small. Act on the same principle, and show no mercy
to little sins. Well says the book of the Song of Songs, "Catch for us the
foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards" (Song of Songs 2:15).

You can be sure that no wicked man ever meant to be so wicked at his first
beginnings. But he began with allowing himself some little sins, and that led
on to something greater, and that in time produced something greater still,
and thus he became the miserable being that he now is. When Hazael heard from
Elisha of the horrible acts that he would one day do, he said with
astonishment, "How could your servant, a mere dog, accomplish such a feat?" (2
Kings 8:13). But he allowed sin to take root in his heart, and in the end he
did them all.

Resist sin in its beginnings. They may look small and insignificant, but mind
what I say, resist them, make no compromise, let no sin lodge quietly and
undisturbed in your heart. There is nothing finer than the point of a needle,
but when it has made a hole, it draws all the thread after it. Remember the
Apostle's words, "A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough" (1
Corinthians 5:6).

Many a person could tell you with sorrow and shame, that he traces the ruin of
all his worldly prospects to the point I speak of--to giving way to sin in its
beginnings. He began habits of deception and dishonesty in little things, and
they grew on him. Step by step, he has gone on from bad to worse, till he has
done things that at one time he would have thought impossible till at last he
has lost his standing, lost his character, lost his peace, and almost lost his
soul. He allowed a gap in the wall of his conscience, because it seemed a
little one, and once allowed, that gap grew larger every day, till in time the
whole wall seemed to come down.

Remember this especially in matters of truth and honesty. Be careful in even
the least syllable spoken. "Whoever can be trusted with very little can also
be trusted with much" (Luke 16:10). Whatever the world may like to think,
there are no little sins. All great buildings are made up of little parts--the
first stone is as important as any other. All habits are formed by a
succession of little acts, and the first little act is of mighty consequence.
The axe in the fable only begged the trees to let him have one little piece of
wood to make a handle, and he would never trouble them any more. He got it,
and then he soon cut them all down. The devil only wants to get the wedge of a
little allowed sin into your heart, and you will soon be all his own. It is a
wise saying, "There is nothing small between us and God, for God is an
infinite God."

There are two ways of coming down from the top of a ladder; one is to jump
down, and the other is to come down by the steps: but both will lead you to
the bottom. So also there are two ways of going to hell; one is to walk into
it with your eyes open--few people do that; the other is to go down by the
steps of little sins--and that way, I fear, is only too common. Put up with a
few little sins, and you will soon want a few more. Even a heathen could say,
"Who was ever content with only one sin?" If you put up with little sins then
your path in life will be worse and worse every year. Jeremy Taylor very
clearly described the progress of sin in a man:

First it startles him, then it becomes pleasing, then easy, then delightful,
then frequent, then habitual, then a way of life! Then the man feels no guilt,
then obstinate, then resolves never to repent, and then he is damned.

If you don't want to come to this, remember the rule I give you this
day--resolve at once to break off every known sin.

(2) Resolve, by God's help, to shun everything which may prove an occasion of sin.

It is an excellent saying, "He that would be safe from the acts of evil, must
widely avoid the occasions." There is an old fable, that the butterfly once
asked the owl how she should deal with the fire, which had singed her wings;
and the owl counseled her, in reply, not to even look at its smoke. It is not
enough that we determine not to commit sin, we must carefully keep at a
distance from all approaches to it. By this test we ought to examine the ways
we spend our time--the books that we read, the friends that we visit, the part
of society which we interact with. We must not be content with saying, "There
is nothing wrong here;" we must go further, and say, "Is there anything here
which may cause me to sin?"

This is one great reason why idleness is to be avoided. It is not that doing
nothing is of itself so wicked; it is the opportunity it affords to evil and
empty thoughts; it is the wide door it opens for Satan to throw in the seeds
of bad things; it is this which is mainly to be feared. If David had not given
opportunity to the devil, by walking on his house-top in Jerusalem with
nothing to do, he probably never would have seen Bathsheba bathing, nor
murdered her husband Uriah.

This, too, is one good reason why worldly entertainments are so objectionable.
It may be difficult, in some instances, to show that they are, in themselves,
positively unscriptural and wrong. But there is little difficulty in showing
that the tendency of almost all of them is most injurious to the soul. They
sow the seeds of an earthly and sensual frame of mind. They war against the
life of faith. They promote an unhealthy and unnatural craving after
excitement. They minister to the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eye,
and the pride of life. They dim the view of heaven and eternity, and give a
false color to the things of time. They take away time for private prayer, and
Scripture reading, and calm communion with God. The man who mingles in them is
like one who gives Satan an advantage. He has a battle to fight, and he gives
his enemy the help of sun, and wind, and hill. It would indeed be strange if
he did not find himself continually overcome.

Endeavor, as much as you can, to keep clear of everything which may prove
injurious to your soul. People may say you are too conscientious, too
particular, and ask where is the great harm of such and such things? But don't
listen to them. It is dangerous to play tricks with sharp tools: it is far
more dangerous to take liberties with your immortal soul. He that would be
safe must not come near the brink of danger. He must look on his heart as a
barrel of gunpowder, and be cautious not to handle one spark of temptation
more than he can help.

What is the use of your praying, "Lord keep me from temptation," unless you
are careful not to run into it and "keep me from evil," unless you show a
desire to keep out of its way? Take an example from Joseph--Not merely did he
refuse solicitation to sin from his master's wife, but he showed his prudence
in refusing to even be "with her" (Genesis 39:10). Take to heart the advice of
Solomon, not only to "Not set foot on the path of the wicked," but to "Avoid
it, do not travel on it; turn from it and go your way" (Proverbs 4:15); "Do
not gaze at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes
down smoothly!" (Proverbs 23:31). The man who took the vow of a Nazarite in
Israel, not only took no wine, but be even abstained from grapes in any shape
whatever. "Hate what is evil," says Paul to the Romans (Romans 12:9); not
merely not to do it; "Flee the evil desires of youth," he writes to Timothy;
get away from them as far as possible (2 Timothy 2:22). Oh, how needful are
such cautions! Dinah just had to go out among the wicked Shechemites, to see
their ways, and she lost her virginity. Lot just had pitched his tent near
sinful Sodom, and he lost everything but his life.

Be wise with your time. Do not always be trying to see how near you can allow
the enemy of souls to come, and yet escape him. Hold him at arm's length. Try
to keep clear of temptation as far as possible, and this will be one great
help to keep clear of sin.

(3) Resolve never to forget the eye of God.

The eye of God! Think of that. Everywhere, in every house, in every field, in
every room, in every company, alone or in a crowd, the eye of God is always on
you. "The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the
good" (Proverbs 15:3), and they are eyes that read hearts as well as actions.

Endeavor, I beg you, to realize this fact. Remember that you have to deal with
an all-seeing God, a God who never sleeps, a God who understands your
thoughts, and with whom the night shines as the day. You may leave your
father's house, and go away, like the prodigal, into a far country, and think
that there is nobody to watch your conduct; but the eye and ear of God are
there before you. You may deceive your parents or employers, you may tell them
lies, and act one way before their faces, and another behind their backs, but
you cannot deceive God. He knows you through and through. He heard what you
said as you came here today. He knows what you are thinking of at this minute.
He has set your most secret sins in the light of His countenance, and they
will one day come out before the world to your shame, except you take heed.

How little is this really felt! How many things are done continually, which
men would never do if they thought they were seen! How many matters are
transacted in the rooms of imagination, which would never bear the light of
day! Yes; men entertain thoughts in private, and say words in private, and do
acts in private, which they would be ashamed and blush to have exposed before
the world. The sound of a footstep coming has stopped many a deed of
wickedness. A knock at the door has caused many an evil work to be hastily
suspended, and hurriedly laid aside. But oh, what miserable folly is all this!
There is an all-seeing Witness with us wherever we go. Lock the door, pull
down the blind, turn out the light; it doesn't matter, it makes no difference;
God is everywhere, you cannot shut Him out, or prevent His seeing. "Nothing in
all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare
before the eyes of him to whom we must give account" (Hebrews 4:13). Young
Joseph understood this well when his employer's wife tempted him. There was no
one in the house to see them, no human eye to witness against him; but Joseph
was one who lived as seeing Him that is invisible: "How could I do such a
wicked thing and sin against God?" (Genesis 39:9)

I ask all of you to read Psalm 139. I advise all of you to learn it by heart.
Make it the test of all your dealings in this world's business: say to
yourself often, "Do I remember that God sees me?"

Live as in the sight of God. This is what Abraham did, he walked before Him.
This is what Enoch did, he walked with Him. This is what heaven itself will
be, the eternal presence of God. Do nothing that you would not like God to
see. Say nothing, you would not like God to hear. Write nothing, you would not
like God to read. Go no place where you would not like God to find you. Read
no book of which you would not like God to say, "Show it to Me." Never spend
your time in such a way that you would not like to have God say, "What are you
doing?"

Posted by: Christina1998 (Apostasy Watch Fellowship)