And WE know that in ALL THINGS God WORKS for the GOOD of THOSE who LOVE him, who have been CALLED according to GODS PURPOSE. For THOSE GOD FOREKNEW, GOD also PREDESTINED to be CONFORMED to the LIKENESS of GOD'S SON, that he might be the FIRSTBORN among many BROTHERS. And THOSE GOD PREDESTINE, GOD also CALLED; THOSE GOD CALLED, GOD also JUSTIFIED, THOSE GOD JUSTIFIED, GOD also GLORIFIED.
What, then, shall WE say in RESPONSE to this? If GOD is for US, who can be AGAINST US? GOD who did not SPARE HIS own SON, but GAVE CHRIST up for US all - how will GOD not also, along with CHRIST, GRACIOUSLY GIVE US ALL THINGS? Who will bring any CHARGE AGAINST THOSE WHOM GOD HAS CHOOSEN? It is GOD who JUSTIFIES. Who is HE that CONDEMS? CHRIST JESUS, who DIED - more than that, who was RAISED to LIFE - is at the RIGHT HAND of GOD and is also INTERCEDING for US. Who shall SEPERATE US from the LOVE of CHRIST? Shall TROUBLE or HARDSHIP or PERSECUTION or FAMINE or NAKEDNESS or DANGER or SWORD? As it is WRITTEN: For your sake WE FACE DEATH all day long; WE are CONSIDERED as SHEEP to be SLAUGHTERED.
No, in all THESE THINGS WE are more than CONQUERORS through GOD who LOVED US. For I am CONVINCED that NEITHER DEATH NOR LIFE, NEITHER ANGELS NOR DEMONS, NEITHER the PRESENT NOR the FUTURE, NOR any POWERS, NEITHER HEIGHT NOR DEPTH, NOR ANYTHING ELSE IN ALL CREATION, WILL BE ABLE TO SEPERATE US FROM THE LOVE OF GOD THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD.
THE MESSAGE: Because I LOVE GOD, GOD'S PURPOSE for ME is That I be CONFORMED to the LIKENESS of GOD'S SON, THAT I MIGHT be the FIRSTBORN among many BROTHERS. BECAUSE GOD CALLED ME, I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN GOD THAT NOTHING
CAN SEPERATE ME FROM GOD'S LOVE THAT IS IN CHRIST JESUS. AMEN!
1 COR. 1:21b-31
For since in the WISDOM of
God the WORLD through its WISDOM did not know GOD, God was pleased through the FOOLISHNESS
of what was PREACHED to SAVE THOSE WHO BELIEVE. Jews
demand signs and Greeks look for WISDOM, but we PREACH
CHRIST CRUCIFIED: A STUMBLING BLOCK TO JEWS AND FOOLISHNESS TO GENTILES, but
to those whom God has CALLED, both Jews and Greeks, CHRIST THE POWER OF GOD and
the WISDOM OF GOD. For
the FOOLISHNESS of God is WISER than HUMAN WISDOM, and the WEAKNESS of God IS
STRONGER than HUMAN STRENGTH. BROTHERS and SISTERS,
THINK of WHAT YOU WERE WHEN YOU WERE CALLED. Not many of YOU WERE WISE by HUMAN
STANDARDS; not many were INFLUENTIAL; not many were of NOBLE BIRTH. But
GOD CHOSE the FOOLISH THINGS of the WORLD to SHAME the WISE; GOD CHOSE the WEAK
THINGS of the WORLD to SHAME the STRONG. GOD CHOSE the LOWLY
things of THIS WORLD and the DESPISED THINGS—and THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT—TO
NULLIFY THE THINGS THAT ARE, SO THAT NO ONE MAY BOAST
BEFORE HIM. IT
IS BECAUSE OF GOD THAT YOU ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO HAS BECOME FOR US WISDOM
FROM GOD—that is, our RIGHTEOUSNESS, HOLINESS and REDEMPTION. THEREFORE,
AS IT IS WRITTEN: “LET THE ONE WHO BOASTS BOAST IN THE LORD.
THE MESSAGE: THE WORLD THROUGH its WISDOM did not know GOD, GOD was PLEASED THROUGH the FOOLISHNESS of what was PREACH to SAVE THOSE WHO BELIEVED. I WAS CALLED TO PREACH CHRIST CRUCIFIED, CHRIST THE POWER OF GOD and THE WISDOM OF GOD. I AM not WISE, or INFLUENTIAL, or of NOBLE BIRTH. GOD CHOSE TO NULLIFY THE THINGS THAT ARE, WITH THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT. I PRAY THE THINGS I DESIRE TO REPLACE THE THINGS THAT ARE. SO I HAVE NO BOAST BEFORE GOD. IT IS BEACUSE OF GOD THAT I AM IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO IS MY WISDOM FROM GOD--MY RIGHTEOUSNESS, HOLINESS and REDEMPTION. SO I BOAST IN THE LORD. AMEN!
1 COR. 7:15-17
IF THE UNBELIEVER LEAVES, LET HIM DO SO. A BELIEVING MAN or WOMAN is not BOUND IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES; GOD HAS CALLED US TO LIVE IN PEACE. HOW DO YOU KNOW WIFE, WHETHER YOU WILL SAVE YOUR HUSBAND? OR, HOW YOU KNOW, HUSBAND WHETHER YOU WILL SAVE YOUR WIFE?
NEVERTHELESS, EACH ONE SHOULD RETAIN THE PLACE IN LIFE THAT THE LORD ASSIGNED TO HIM AND TO WHICH GOD HAS CALLED HIM. THIS IS THE RULE I LAY DOWN IN ALL THE CHURCHES.
THE MESSAGE: GOD HAS CALLED ME TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH MY SPOUSE. I CAN'T SAVE HER and SHE CAN'T SAVE ME. NEVERTHELESS WE SHOULD RETAIN THE PLACE IN LIFE THAT THE LORD HAS ASSIGNED US and TO WHICH GOD HAS CALLED US. THIS IS THE RULE PAUL LAYED DOWN IN ALL THE CHURCHES. AMEN!
GAL .5:13-26
YOU, MY BROTHERS, WERE CALLED TO BE FREE. BUT DO NOT USE YOUR FREEDOM TO INDULGE THE SINFUL NATURE; RATHER SERVE ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE. THE ENTIRE LAW IS SUMMED UP IN A SINGLE COMMAND: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF. IF YOU KEEP ON BITING and DEVOURING EACH OTHER; WATCH OUT OR YOU WILL BE DESTROYED BY EACH OTHER. SO I SAY, LIVE BY THE SPIRIT, and YOU WILL NOT GRATIFY the DESIRES of SINFUL NATURE. For the SINFUL NATURE DESIRES WHAT IS CONTRARY to THE SPIRIT, and THE SPIRIT WHAT IS CONTRARY to THE SINFUL NATURE. THEY ARE IN CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER, SO THAT YOU DO NOT DO WHAT YOU WANT. BUT IF YOU ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT, YOU ARE NOT UNDER LAW. THE ACTS OF THE SINFUL NATURE ARE OBVIOUS: SEXUAL IMMORALITY, IMPURITY and DEBAUCHERY; IDOLATRY and WITCHCRAFT; HATRED, DISCORD, JEALOUSY, FITS OF RAGE, SELFISH AMBITION, DISSENSIONS, FACTIONS and ENVEY; DRUNKENNESS, ORGIES, and the LIKE. I WARN YOU, AS I DID BEFORE, THAT THOSE WHO LIVE LIKE THIS WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS and INNER-SELFCONTROL. AGAINST SUCH THINGS THERE IS NO LAW. THOSE WHO BELONG TO CHRIST JESUS HAVE CRUCIFIED THE SINFUL NATURE WITH ITS PASSIONS and DESIRES. SINCE WE LIVE BY THE SPIRIT, LET US KEEP IN STEP WITH THE SPIRIT. LET US NOT BECOME CONCEITED, PROVOKING and ENVYING EACH OTHER.
THE MESSAGE: I HAVE BEEN CALLED TO BE FREE OF MY SINFUL NATURE and TO LOVE MY NEIGHBORS AS MY SELF. TO BE FREE OF MY SINFUL NATURE I MUST LIVE BY THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT and I WILL NOT GRATIFY THE DESIRES OF THE SINFUL NATURE. FOR THE DESIRES OF THE SPIRIT ARE CONTRARY TO THE DESIRES OF SINFUL NATURE. THEY ARE IN CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER SO THAT I DO NOT DO WHAT I WANT, I MUST BE LED BY THE SPIRIT. THE FIRST FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE. THIS IS HOW I LOVE MYSELF BY OBEYING THE SPIRIT, THAT I MAY SERVE MY NEIGHBORS IN THIS LOVE FROM THE SPIRIT. THIS IS HOW I STAY IN STEP WITH THE SPIRIT BY LIVING IN LOVE! AMEN.
EPH. 1:17-19a
I KEEP ASKING THAT THE GOD OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE GLORIOUS FATHER, MAY GIVE YOU THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM and REVELATION, SO YOU MAY KNOW GOD BETTER. I PRAY ALSO THAT THE EYES OF YOUR HEART MAY BE ENLIGHTENED IN ORDER THAT YOU MAY KNOW THE HOPE TO WHICH GOD HAS CALLED YOU, THE RICHES OF GOD's GLORIOUS INHERTANCE IN THE SAINTS, and GOD'S INCOMPARABLY GREAT POWER FOR US WHO BELIEVE.
THE MESSAGE: MY REQUEST TO GOD IS THAT GOD WILL GIVE ME THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM and REVELATION. CHRIST IS THE WIDSOM THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT REVEALS SO THAT I MAY KNOW GOD BETTER. THE EYES OF MY HEART- MY THOUGHTS, MY EMOTIONS, MY ATTITUDES, ARE ENLIGHTENED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TO KNOW THE HOPE- JESUS CHRIST, TO WHICH GOD HAS CALLED ME. THE RICHES OF GOD'S GLORIOUS INHERTANCE IN THE SAINTS IS THE WORDS THE HOLY SPIRIT SPOKE THROUGH THEM. THESE WORDS ARE GOD'S INCOMPARABLY GREAT POWER FOR US WHO BELIEVE. I BELIEVE ALL GOD'S WORDS ARE TRUE! AMEN
EPH. 4:1-6
AS A PRISONER FOR THE LORD, THEN, I URGE YOU TO LIVE A LIFE WORTHY OF THE CALLING YOU HAVE RECEIVED. BE COMPLETELY HUMBLE and GENTLE; BE PATIENT, BEARING WITH ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE. MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO KEEP THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH THE BOND OF PEACE. THERE IS ONE BODY and ONE SPIRIT - JUST AS YOU WERE CALLED TO ONE HOPE WHEN YOU WERE CALLED - ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM; ONE GOD and FATHER OF ALL, WHO IS OVER ALL and THROUGH ALL and IN ALL.
THE MESSAGE: BECAUSE I HAVE SURRENDERD TO THE LORD, THEN, I MUST LIVE A LIFE WORTHY OF THE CALLING I HAVE RECEIVED. I MUST BE COMPLETELY HUMBLE and GENTLE; BE PATIENT, BEARING WITH ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE. I MUST MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO KEEP THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT
WITH ALL MY BROTHERS THROUGH THE BOND OF PEACE. THERE IS ONE BODY and ONE SPIRIT- JUST AS I WAS CALLED TO ONE HOPE WHEN I WAS CALLED, JESUS CHRIST. ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM; ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL, WHO IS OVER ALL and THROUGH ALL and IN ALL. AMEN!
2 TIM. 1:8-10
SO DO NOT BE ASHAMED TO TESTIFY ABOUT OUR LORD, OR ASHAMED OF ME CHRIST'S PRISONER. BUT JOIN WITH ME IN SUFFERING FOR THE GOSPEL, BY THE POWER OF GOD, WHO HAS SAVED US AND CALLED US TO A HOLY LIFE - NOT BECAUSE OF ANYTHING WE HAVE DONE BUT BECAUSE OF GOD'S OWN PURPOSE AND GRACE. THIS GRACE WAS GIVEN US IN CHRIST JESUS BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF TIME, BUT IT HAS NOW BEEN REVEALED THROUGH THE APPEARING OF OUR SAVIOR, CHRIST JESUS, WHO HAS DESTROYED DEATH AND HAS BROUGHT LIFE AND IMMORTALITY TO LIGHT THROUGH THE GOSPEL.
THE MESSAGE: I AM NOT ASHAMED TO TESTIFY ABOUT OUR LORD, NOR AM I ASHAMED OF PAUL, CHRIST'S PRISONER. BUT I JOIN WITH PAUL, IN SUFFERING FOR THE GOSPEL, BY THE POWER OF GOD, WHO HAS SAVED ME AND CALLED ME TO A HOLY LIFE. GOD'S POWER IS FOUND IN GOD'S WORD WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE. I WAS NOT CALLED BEACUSE OF ANYTHING I HAVE DONE, BUT BEACUSE OF GOD'S OWN PURPOSE AND GRACE. THIS GRACE WAS GIVEN TO ME THROUGH CHRIST JESUS BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF TIME, BUT IT HAS NOW BEEN REVEALED THROUGH THE APPEARING OF MY SAVIOR, CHRIST JESUS, WHO HAS DESTROYED DEATH AND BROUGHT LIFE AND IMMORTALITY TO LIGHT THROUGH THE GOSPEL. AMEN!
1PET. 1:13-16
THEREFORE, PREPARE YOUR MINDS FOR ACTION; BE INNER-SELFCONTROLLED; SET YOUR HOPE FULLY ON THE GRACE TO BE GIVEN YOU WHEN JESUS CHRIST IS REVEALED. AS OBEDIENT CHILDREN, DO NOT CONFORM TO THE EVIL DESIRES YOU HAD WHEN YOU LIVED IN IGNORANCE. BUT JUST AS GOD WHO CALLED YOU IS HOLY, SO BE HOLY IN ALL YOU DO; FOR IT IS WRITTEN: "BE HOLY, BECAUSE I GOD AM HOLY"
THE MESSAGE: WITH THE MIND OF CHRIST AND THE WORD OF CHRIST I AM READY FOR ACTION AND I AM INNER- SELFCONTROLLED. I SET MY HOPE FULLY ON THE GRACE TO BE GIVEN ME WHEN JESUS CHRIST IS REVEALED. I AM OBEDIENT NOT TO CONFORM TO THE EVIL DESIRES I HAD WHEN I LIVED IN IGNORANCE. BUT JUST AS GOD WHO CALLED ME IS HOLY, I MUST BE HOLY IN ALL THAT I DO. FOR IT IS WRITTEN: "BE HOLY, BECAUSE I GOD AM HOLY" AMEN!
1PET. 5:6-11
HUMBLE YOURSELVES, THEREFORE UNDER GOD'S MIGHTY HAND, THAT GOD MAY LIFT YOU UP IN IN DUE TIME. CAST ALL YOUR ANXIETY ON GOD BECAUSE GOD CARES FOR YOU THROUGH GOD'S SON JESUS CHRIST. BE INNER- SELFCONTROLLED AND ALERT. YOUR ENEMY THE DEVIL PROWLS AROUND LIKE A ROARING LION LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO DEVOUR. RESIST HIM, STANDING FIRM IN THE FAITH, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT YOUR BROTHERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ARE UNDERGOING THE SAME KIND OF SUFFERINGS. AND THE GOD OF ALL GRACE, WHO CALLED YOU TO GOD'S ETERNAL GLORY IN CHRIST, AFTER YOU HAVE SUFFERED A LITTLE WHILE, GOD WILL HIMSELF RESTORE YOU AND MAKE YOU STRONG, FIRM AND STEADFAST. TO GOD BE THE POWER FOR EVER AND EVER AMEN.
THE MESSAGE: I MUST HUMBLE MYSELF BENEATH GOD'S MIGHTY HAND, THAT GOD WILL LIFT ME UP IN DUE TIME. I CAST ALL MY ANXIETIES ON GOD BECAUSE I KNOW GOD CARES FOR ME THROUGH GOD'S SON JESUS CHRIST. I MUST BE ALERT AND INNER- SELFCONTROLLED, BECAUSE MY ENEMY THE DEVIL PROWLS AROUND LIKE A ROARING LION LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO DEVOUR. I RESIST HIM, STANDING FIRM IN THE FAITH, KNOWING THAT MY BROTHERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ARE UNDERGOING THE SAME KIND OF SUFFERINGS AS ME. THE GOD OF ALL GRACE, WHO CALLED ME TO GOD'S ETERNAL GLORY IN CHRIST, AFTER I HAVE SUFFERED A LITTLE WHILE BECAUSE OF MY DISOBEDIENANCE, GOD WILL HIMSELF RESTORE ME IN CHRIST AND MAKE ME STRONG IN CHRIST, FIRM IN CHRIST AND STEDFAST IN CHRIST. TO GOD BE THE POWER FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN!
2 PET. 1:1-11
SIMON PETER, A SERVANT AND APOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST, TO THOSE WHO THROUGH THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF OUR GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST HAVE RECEIVED A FAITH AS PRECIOUS AS OURS: GRACE AND PEACE BE YOURS IN ABUNDANCE THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND OF JESUS OUR LORD.
MAKING ONE'S CALLING AND ELECTION SURE
GOD'S DIVINE POWER HAS GIVEN US EVERTHING WE NEED FOR LIFE AND GODLINESS THROUGH OUR KNOWLEDGE OF GOD WHO CALLED US BY GOD'S OWN GLORY AND GOODNESS. THROUGH THESE GOD HAS GIVEN US GOD'S VERY GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES, SO THAT THROUGH THEM YOU MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE DIVINE NATURE AND ESCAPE THE CORRUPTION IN THE WORLD CAUSED BY EVIL DESIRES.
FOR THIS VERY REASON, MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ADD TO YOUR FAITH GOODNESS; AND TO GOODNESS, KNOWLEDGE; AND TO KNOWLEDGE, INNER- SELFCONTROL; AND TO INNER- SELFCONTROL, PERSEVERANCE; AND TO PERSEVERANCE, GODLINESS; AND TO GODLINESS, BROTHERLY KINDNESS; AND TO BROTHERLY KINDNESS, LOVE. FOR IF YOU POSSESS THESE QUALITIES IN INCREASING MEASURE, THEY WILL KEEP YOU FROM BEING INEFFECTIVE AND UNPRODUCTIVE IN YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. BUT IF ANYONE DOES NOT HAVE THEM, HE IS NEARSIGHTED AND BLIND, AND HAS FORGOTTEN THAT HE HAS BEEN CLEANSED FROM HIS PAST SINS. THEREFORE, MY BROTHERS BE ALL THE MORE EAGER TO MAKE YOUR CALLING AND ELECTION SURE. FOR IF YOU DO THESE THINGS, YOU WILL NEVER FALL, AND YOU WILL RECEIVE A RICH WELCOME INTO THE ETERNAL KINGDOM OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.
THE MESSAGE: I AM RIGHTEOUS THROUGH MY GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. I HAVE RECEIVED A FAITH AS PRECIOUS AS THE APOSTLE'S PETER. (I BELIEVE JESUS CHRIST IS REAL AND THAT GOD'S WORDS ARE TRUE). GRACE AND PEACE BE MINE IN ABUNDANCE THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND OF JESUS OUR LORD.
GODS DIVINE POWER, (HIS WORD) HAS GIVEN ME EVERTHING I NEED FOR LIFE AND GODLINESS THROUGH MY KNOWLEDGE OF GOD WHO CALLED ME BY GOD'S OWN GLORY AND GOODNESS, (JESUS CHRIST). THROUGH CHRIST GOD HAS GIVEN ME GOD'S VERY GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES, SO THAT THROUGH THEM I MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE DIVINE NATURE, (SPIRITUAL NATURE) AND ESCAPE THE CORRUPTION IN THE WORLD CAUSED BY EVIL DESIRES.
FOR THIS VERY REASON, I MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ADD TO MY FAITH GOODNESS; TO GOODNESS, KNOWLEDGE; TO KNOWLEDGE, INNER- SELFCONTROL; TO INNER- SELFCONTROL, PERSEVERANCE; TO PERSEVERANCE, GODLINESS; TO GODLINESS, BROTHERLY KINDNESS; TO BROTHERLY KINDNESS, LOVE. IF I POSSESS THESE QUALITIES IN INCREASING MEASURE, THEY WILL KEEP ME FROM BEING INEFFECTIVE AND UNPRODUCTIVE IN MY KNOWLEDGE OF MY LORD JESUS CHRIST. WITHOUT THEM, I WOULD BE NEARSIGHTED AND BLIND, HAVING FORGOTTEN THAT I HAVE BEEN CLEANSED FROM MY PAST SINS. THEREFORE, MY BROTHERS I AM EAGER TO MAKE MY CALLING AND ELECTION SURE. FOR IF I DO THESE THINGS, I WILL NEVER FALL, AND I WILL RECIEVE A RICH WELCOME INTO THE ETERNAL KINGDOM OF MY LORD SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. AMEN!
,
THE MESSAGE: THE WORLD THROUGH its WISDOM did not know GOD, GOD was PLEASED THROUGH the FOOLISHNESS of what was PREACH to SAVE THOSE WHO BELIEVED. I WAS CALLED TO PREACH CHRIST CRUCIFIED, CHRIST THE POWER OF GOD and THE WISDOM OF GOD. I AM not WISE, or INFLUENTIAL, or of NOBLE BIRTH. GOD CHOSE TO NULLIFY THE THINGS THAT ARE, WITH THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT. I PRAY THE THINGS I DESIRE TO REPLACE THE THINGS THAT ARE. SO I HAVE NO BOAST BEFORE GOD. IT IS BEACUSE OF GOD THAT I AM IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO IS MY WISDOM FROM GOD--MY RIGHTEOUSNESS, HOLINESS and REDEMPTION. SO I BOAST IN THE LORD. AMEN!
1 COR. 7:15-17
IF THE UNBELIEVER LEAVES, LET HIM DO SO. A BELIEVING MAN or WOMAN is not BOUND IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES; GOD HAS CALLED US TO LIVE IN PEACE. HOW DO YOU KNOW WIFE, WHETHER YOU WILL SAVE YOUR HUSBAND? OR, HOW YOU KNOW, HUSBAND WHETHER YOU WILL SAVE YOUR WIFE?
NEVERTHELESS, EACH ONE SHOULD RETAIN THE PLACE IN LIFE THAT THE LORD ASSIGNED TO HIM AND TO WHICH GOD HAS CALLED HIM. THIS IS THE RULE I LAY DOWN IN ALL THE CHURCHES.
THE MESSAGE: GOD HAS CALLED ME TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH MY SPOUSE. I CAN'T SAVE HER and SHE CAN'T SAVE ME. NEVERTHELESS WE SHOULD RETAIN THE PLACE IN LIFE THAT THE LORD HAS ASSIGNED US and TO WHICH GOD HAS CALLED US. THIS IS THE RULE PAUL LAYED DOWN IN ALL THE CHURCHES. AMEN!
GAL .5:13-26
YOU, MY BROTHERS, WERE CALLED TO BE FREE. BUT DO NOT USE YOUR FREEDOM TO INDULGE THE SINFUL NATURE; RATHER SERVE ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE. THE ENTIRE LAW IS SUMMED UP IN A SINGLE COMMAND: LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF. IF YOU KEEP ON BITING and DEVOURING EACH OTHER; WATCH OUT OR YOU WILL BE DESTROYED BY EACH OTHER. SO I SAY, LIVE BY THE SPIRIT, and YOU WILL NOT GRATIFY the DESIRES of SINFUL NATURE. For the SINFUL NATURE DESIRES WHAT IS CONTRARY to THE SPIRIT, and THE SPIRIT WHAT IS CONTRARY to THE SINFUL NATURE. THEY ARE IN CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER, SO THAT YOU DO NOT DO WHAT YOU WANT. BUT IF YOU ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT, YOU ARE NOT UNDER LAW. THE ACTS OF THE SINFUL NATURE ARE OBVIOUS: SEXUAL IMMORALITY, IMPURITY and DEBAUCHERY; IDOLATRY and WITCHCRAFT; HATRED, DISCORD, JEALOUSY, FITS OF RAGE, SELFISH AMBITION, DISSENSIONS, FACTIONS and ENVEY; DRUNKENNESS, ORGIES, and the LIKE. I WARN YOU, AS I DID BEFORE, THAT THOSE WHO LIVE LIKE THIS WILL NOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD.
BUT THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS and INNER-SELFCONTROL. AGAINST SUCH THINGS THERE IS NO LAW. THOSE WHO BELONG TO CHRIST JESUS HAVE CRUCIFIED THE SINFUL NATURE WITH ITS PASSIONS and DESIRES. SINCE WE LIVE BY THE SPIRIT, LET US KEEP IN STEP WITH THE SPIRIT. LET US NOT BECOME CONCEITED, PROVOKING and ENVYING EACH OTHER.
THE MESSAGE: I HAVE BEEN CALLED TO BE FREE OF MY SINFUL NATURE and TO LOVE MY NEIGHBORS AS MY SELF. TO BE FREE OF MY SINFUL NATURE I MUST LIVE BY THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT and I WILL NOT GRATIFY THE DESIRES OF THE SINFUL NATURE. FOR THE DESIRES OF THE SPIRIT ARE CONTRARY TO THE DESIRES OF SINFUL NATURE. THEY ARE IN CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER SO THAT I DO NOT DO WHAT I WANT, I MUST BE LED BY THE SPIRIT. THE FIRST FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT IS LOVE. THIS IS HOW I LOVE MYSELF BY OBEYING THE SPIRIT, THAT I MAY SERVE MY NEIGHBORS IN THIS LOVE FROM THE SPIRIT. THIS IS HOW I STAY IN STEP WITH THE SPIRIT BY LIVING IN LOVE! AMEN.
EPH. 1:17-19a
I KEEP ASKING THAT THE GOD OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE GLORIOUS FATHER, MAY GIVE YOU THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM and REVELATION, SO YOU MAY KNOW GOD BETTER. I PRAY ALSO THAT THE EYES OF YOUR HEART MAY BE ENLIGHTENED IN ORDER THAT YOU MAY KNOW THE HOPE TO WHICH GOD HAS CALLED YOU, THE RICHES OF GOD's GLORIOUS INHERTANCE IN THE SAINTS, and GOD'S INCOMPARABLY GREAT POWER FOR US WHO BELIEVE.
THE MESSAGE: MY REQUEST TO GOD IS THAT GOD WILL GIVE ME THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM and REVELATION. CHRIST IS THE WIDSOM THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT REVEALS SO THAT I MAY KNOW GOD BETTER. THE EYES OF MY HEART- MY THOUGHTS, MY EMOTIONS, MY ATTITUDES, ARE ENLIGHTENED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TO KNOW THE HOPE- JESUS CHRIST, TO WHICH GOD HAS CALLED ME. THE RICHES OF GOD'S GLORIOUS INHERTANCE IN THE SAINTS IS THE WORDS THE HOLY SPIRIT SPOKE THROUGH THEM. THESE WORDS ARE GOD'S INCOMPARABLY GREAT POWER FOR US WHO BELIEVE. I BELIEVE ALL GOD'S WORDS ARE TRUE! AMEN
EPH. 4:1-6
AS A PRISONER FOR THE LORD, THEN, I URGE YOU TO LIVE A LIFE WORTHY OF THE CALLING YOU HAVE RECEIVED. BE COMPLETELY HUMBLE and GENTLE; BE PATIENT, BEARING WITH ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE. MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO KEEP THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT THROUGH THE BOND OF PEACE. THERE IS ONE BODY and ONE SPIRIT - JUST AS YOU WERE CALLED TO ONE HOPE WHEN YOU WERE CALLED - ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM; ONE GOD and FATHER OF ALL, WHO IS OVER ALL and THROUGH ALL and IN ALL.
THE MESSAGE: BECAUSE I HAVE SURRENDERD TO THE LORD, THEN, I MUST LIVE A LIFE WORTHY OF THE CALLING I HAVE RECEIVED. I MUST BE COMPLETELY HUMBLE and GENTLE; BE PATIENT, BEARING WITH ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE. I MUST MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO KEEP THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT
WITH ALL MY BROTHERS THROUGH THE BOND OF PEACE. THERE IS ONE BODY and ONE SPIRIT- JUST AS I WAS CALLED TO ONE HOPE WHEN I WAS CALLED, JESUS CHRIST. ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE BAPTISM; ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL, WHO IS OVER ALL and THROUGH ALL and IN ALL. AMEN!
2 TIM. 1:8-10
SO DO NOT BE ASHAMED TO TESTIFY ABOUT OUR LORD, OR ASHAMED OF ME CHRIST'S PRISONER. BUT JOIN WITH ME IN SUFFERING FOR THE GOSPEL, BY THE POWER OF GOD, WHO HAS SAVED US AND CALLED US TO A HOLY LIFE - NOT BECAUSE OF ANYTHING WE HAVE DONE BUT BECAUSE OF GOD'S OWN PURPOSE AND GRACE. THIS GRACE WAS GIVEN US IN CHRIST JESUS BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF TIME, BUT IT HAS NOW BEEN REVEALED THROUGH THE APPEARING OF OUR SAVIOR, CHRIST JESUS, WHO HAS DESTROYED DEATH AND HAS BROUGHT LIFE AND IMMORTALITY TO LIGHT THROUGH THE GOSPEL.
THE MESSAGE: I AM NOT ASHAMED TO TESTIFY ABOUT OUR LORD, NOR AM I ASHAMED OF PAUL, CHRIST'S PRISONER. BUT I JOIN WITH PAUL, IN SUFFERING FOR THE GOSPEL, BY THE POWER OF GOD, WHO HAS SAVED ME AND CALLED ME TO A HOLY LIFE. GOD'S POWER IS FOUND IN GOD'S WORD WRITTEN IN THE BIBLE. I WAS NOT CALLED BEACUSE OF ANYTHING I HAVE DONE, BUT BEACUSE OF GOD'S OWN PURPOSE AND GRACE. THIS GRACE WAS GIVEN TO ME THROUGH CHRIST JESUS BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF TIME, BUT IT HAS NOW BEEN REVEALED THROUGH THE APPEARING OF MY SAVIOR, CHRIST JESUS, WHO HAS DESTROYED DEATH AND BROUGHT LIFE AND IMMORTALITY TO LIGHT THROUGH THE GOSPEL. AMEN!
1PET. 1:13-16
THEREFORE, PREPARE YOUR MINDS FOR ACTION; BE INNER-SELFCONTROLLED; SET YOUR HOPE FULLY ON THE GRACE TO BE GIVEN YOU WHEN JESUS CHRIST IS REVEALED. AS OBEDIENT CHILDREN, DO NOT CONFORM TO THE EVIL DESIRES YOU HAD WHEN YOU LIVED IN IGNORANCE. BUT JUST AS GOD WHO CALLED YOU IS HOLY, SO BE HOLY IN ALL YOU DO; FOR IT IS WRITTEN: "BE HOLY, BECAUSE I GOD AM HOLY"
THE MESSAGE: WITH THE MIND OF CHRIST AND THE WORD OF CHRIST I AM READY FOR ACTION AND I AM INNER- SELFCONTROLLED. I SET MY HOPE FULLY ON THE GRACE TO BE GIVEN ME WHEN JESUS CHRIST IS REVEALED. I AM OBEDIENT NOT TO CONFORM TO THE EVIL DESIRES I HAD WHEN I LIVED IN IGNORANCE. BUT JUST AS GOD WHO CALLED ME IS HOLY, I MUST BE HOLY IN ALL THAT I DO. FOR IT IS WRITTEN: "BE HOLY, BECAUSE I GOD AM HOLY" AMEN!
1PET. 5:6-11
HUMBLE YOURSELVES, THEREFORE UNDER GOD'S MIGHTY HAND, THAT GOD MAY LIFT YOU UP IN IN DUE TIME. CAST ALL YOUR ANXIETY ON GOD BECAUSE GOD CARES FOR YOU THROUGH GOD'S SON JESUS CHRIST. BE INNER- SELFCONTROLLED AND ALERT. YOUR ENEMY THE DEVIL PROWLS AROUND LIKE A ROARING LION LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO DEVOUR. RESIST HIM, STANDING FIRM IN THE FAITH, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT YOUR BROTHERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ARE UNDERGOING THE SAME KIND OF SUFFERINGS. AND THE GOD OF ALL GRACE, WHO CALLED YOU TO GOD'S ETERNAL GLORY IN CHRIST, AFTER YOU HAVE SUFFERED A LITTLE WHILE, GOD WILL HIMSELF RESTORE YOU AND MAKE YOU STRONG, FIRM AND STEADFAST. TO GOD BE THE POWER FOR EVER AND EVER AMEN.
THE MESSAGE: I MUST HUMBLE MYSELF BENEATH GOD'S MIGHTY HAND, THAT GOD WILL LIFT ME UP IN DUE TIME. I CAST ALL MY ANXIETIES ON GOD BECAUSE I KNOW GOD CARES FOR ME THROUGH GOD'S SON JESUS CHRIST. I MUST BE ALERT AND INNER- SELFCONTROLLED, BECAUSE MY ENEMY THE DEVIL PROWLS AROUND LIKE A ROARING LION LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO DEVOUR. I RESIST HIM, STANDING FIRM IN THE FAITH, KNOWING THAT MY BROTHERS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ARE UNDERGOING THE SAME KIND OF SUFFERINGS AS ME. THE GOD OF ALL GRACE, WHO CALLED ME TO GOD'S ETERNAL GLORY IN CHRIST, AFTER I HAVE SUFFERED A LITTLE WHILE BECAUSE OF MY DISOBEDIENANCE, GOD WILL HIMSELF RESTORE ME IN CHRIST AND MAKE ME STRONG IN CHRIST, FIRM IN CHRIST AND STEDFAST IN CHRIST. TO GOD BE THE POWER FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN!
2 PET. 1:1-11
SIMON PETER, A SERVANT AND APOSTLE OF JESUS CHRIST, TO THOSE WHO THROUGH THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF OUR GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST HAVE RECEIVED A FAITH AS PRECIOUS AS OURS: GRACE AND PEACE BE YOURS IN ABUNDANCE THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND OF JESUS OUR LORD.
MAKING ONE'S CALLING AND ELECTION SURE
GOD'S DIVINE POWER HAS GIVEN US EVERTHING WE NEED FOR LIFE AND GODLINESS THROUGH OUR KNOWLEDGE OF GOD WHO CALLED US BY GOD'S OWN GLORY AND GOODNESS. THROUGH THESE GOD HAS GIVEN US GOD'S VERY GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES, SO THAT THROUGH THEM YOU MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE DIVINE NATURE AND ESCAPE THE CORRUPTION IN THE WORLD CAUSED BY EVIL DESIRES.
FOR THIS VERY REASON, MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ADD TO YOUR FAITH GOODNESS; AND TO GOODNESS, KNOWLEDGE; AND TO KNOWLEDGE, INNER- SELFCONTROL; AND TO INNER- SELFCONTROL, PERSEVERANCE; AND TO PERSEVERANCE, GODLINESS; AND TO GODLINESS, BROTHERLY KINDNESS; AND TO BROTHERLY KINDNESS, LOVE. FOR IF YOU POSSESS THESE QUALITIES IN INCREASING MEASURE, THEY WILL KEEP YOU FROM BEING INEFFECTIVE AND UNPRODUCTIVE IN YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. BUT IF ANYONE DOES NOT HAVE THEM, HE IS NEARSIGHTED AND BLIND, AND HAS FORGOTTEN THAT HE HAS BEEN CLEANSED FROM HIS PAST SINS. THEREFORE, MY BROTHERS BE ALL THE MORE EAGER TO MAKE YOUR CALLING AND ELECTION SURE. FOR IF YOU DO THESE THINGS, YOU WILL NEVER FALL, AND YOU WILL RECEIVE A RICH WELCOME INTO THE ETERNAL KINGDOM OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.
THE MESSAGE: I AM RIGHTEOUS THROUGH MY GOD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. I HAVE RECEIVED A FAITH AS PRECIOUS AS THE APOSTLE'S PETER. (I BELIEVE JESUS CHRIST IS REAL AND THAT GOD'S WORDS ARE TRUE). GRACE AND PEACE BE MINE IN ABUNDANCE THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD AND OF JESUS OUR LORD.
GODS DIVINE POWER, (HIS WORD) HAS GIVEN ME EVERTHING I NEED FOR LIFE AND GODLINESS THROUGH MY KNOWLEDGE OF GOD WHO CALLED ME BY GOD'S OWN GLORY AND GOODNESS, (JESUS CHRIST). THROUGH CHRIST GOD HAS GIVEN ME GOD'S VERY GREAT AND PRECIOUS PROMISES, SO THAT THROUGH THEM I MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE DIVINE NATURE, (SPIRITUAL NATURE) AND ESCAPE THE CORRUPTION IN THE WORLD CAUSED BY EVIL DESIRES.
FOR THIS VERY REASON, I MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO ADD TO MY FAITH GOODNESS; TO GOODNESS, KNOWLEDGE; TO KNOWLEDGE, INNER- SELFCONTROL; TO INNER- SELFCONTROL, PERSEVERANCE; TO PERSEVERANCE, GODLINESS; TO GODLINESS, BROTHERLY KINDNESS; TO BROTHERLY KINDNESS, LOVE. IF I POSSESS THESE QUALITIES IN INCREASING MEASURE, THEY WILL KEEP ME FROM BEING INEFFECTIVE AND UNPRODUCTIVE IN MY KNOWLEDGE OF MY LORD JESUS CHRIST. WITHOUT THEM, I WOULD BE NEARSIGHTED AND BLIND, HAVING FORGOTTEN THAT I HAVE BEEN CLEANSED FROM MY PAST SINS. THEREFORE, MY BROTHERS I AM EAGER TO MAKE MY CALLING AND ELECTION SURE. FOR IF I DO THESE THINGS, I WILL NEVER FALL, AND I WILL RECIEVE A RICH WELCOME INTO THE ETERNAL KINGDOM OF MY LORD SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. AMEN!
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