Faith - It can be..

Shipwrecked

1 Timothy 1:19

Holding on to faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and so have shipwrecked their faith.

Put away or thrust away

1 Timothy 1:19

holding on to faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and so have shipwrecked their faith.

Turned away from

Acts 13:8

But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.

Made void

Romans 4:14

For if those who live by law are heirs, faith has no value and the promise is worthless,

Exercised in vain

1 Corinthians 15:17

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.

Depart from

1 Timothy 4:1

The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons.

Denied

1 Timothy 5:8

If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Revelation 2:13

I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives.

Church leaders had authority to ..

Conduct conferences affecting the universal church

Acts 1:15

In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a group numbering about a hundred and twenty)

Acts 15:1-4

1 Some men came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the brothers: “Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved.”

2 This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.

3 The church sent them on their way, and as they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, they told how the Gentiles had been converted. This news made all the brothers very glad.

4 When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and elders, to whom they reported everything God had done through them.

Acts 16:4

As they traveled from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the people to obey.

Permit local churches to select their own leaders

Acts 1:23-26

23 So they proposed two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias.

24 Then they prayed, “Lord, you know everyone's heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen

25 to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs.”

26 Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.

Acts 6:1-7

1 In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Grecian Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

2 So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, “It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables.

3 Brothers, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them

4 and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.”

5 This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism.

6 They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them.

7 So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.

Away

Fade

2 Samuel 22:46

Hey all lose heart; they come trembling from their strongholds.

Consumed

Job 33:21

His flesh wastes away to nothing, and his bones, once hidden, now stick out.

Hasted

Psalms 104:7

But at your rebuke the waters fled, at the sound of your thunder they took to flight;

Chaseth

Proverbs 19:26

He who robs his father and drives out his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.

Scattereth

Proverbs 20:8

When a king sits on his throne to judge, he winnows out all evil with his eyes.

Cleanseth

Proverbs 20:30

Blows and wounds cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the inmost being.

Washed

Isaiah 4:4

The Lord will wash away the filth of the women of Zion; he will cleanse the bloodstains from Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.

Vanish

Isaiah 51:6

Lift up your eyes to the heavens, look at the earth beneath; the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies. But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail.

Withered

Matthew 13:6

But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

Eternal Things in Psalms 111 & 112

Righteousness of God

Psalms 111:3  

Glorious and majestic are his deeds, and his righteousness endures forever.

Mindfulness of His covenant

Psalms 111:5  

He provides food for those who fear him; he remembers his covenant forever.

The works of God

Psalms 111:7-8  

7 The works of his hands are faithful and just; all his precepts are trustworthy.

8 They are steadfast for ever and ever, done in faithfulness and uprightness.

Terms of the covenant

Psalms 111:9  

He provided redemption for his people; he ordained his covenant forever— holy and awesome is his name.

God’s Praise

Psalms 111:10  

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise.

Righteousness of the saved

Psalms 112:3  

Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever.

Psalms 112:9  

He has scattered abroad his gifts to the poor, his righteousness endures forever; his horn will be lifted high in honor.

Stability of a good man

Psalms 112:6  

Surely he will never be shaken; a righteous man will be remembered forever.

Honor your parents…

Don’t miss the opportunity to honor and obey the parents God has given you—for they’ll be gone someday.

Honoring our parents has no age limit.

Christian Responsibility

1 Corinthians 8:9-13

9 Be careful, however, that the exercise of your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

10 For if anyone with a weak conscience sees you who have this knowledge eating in an idol's temple, won't he be emboldened to eat what has been sacrificed to idols?

11 So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.

12 When you sin against your brothers in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

13 Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to fall.

1 Corinthians 9:19-23

19 Though I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible.

20 To the Jews I became like a Jew, to win the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law), so as to win those under the law.

21 To those not having the law I became like one not having the law (though I am not free from God's law but am under Christ's law), so as to win those not having the law.

22 To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some.

23 I do all this for the sake of the gospel that I may share in its blessings.

1 Corinthians 10:23-24

23 “Everything is permissible”—but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible”—but not everything is constructive.

24 Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.

25 Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,

26 for, “The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it.”

27 If some unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience.

28 But if anyone says to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, both for the sake of the man who told you and for conscience’ sake—

29 the other man's conscience, I mean, not yours. For why should my freedom be judged by another's conscience?

30 If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for?

31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.

32 Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God—

33 even as I try to please everybody in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.

Quotes on Obedience

Quotes on Obedience

Holy joy will be oil to the wheels of our obedience.   Matthew Henry

A wife who is 85% faithful to her husband is not faithful at all. There is no such thing as part-time loyalty to Jesus Christ.   Vance Havner

Our Lord told His disciples that love and obedience were organically united. The final test of love is obedience.   A.W. Tozer

God’s Word for God’s People

In View Of God's Mercy

Romans 12:1-2

1 Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship.

2 Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

Quotes

God doesn't seek for golden vessels, and does not ask for silver ones, but He must have clean ones. - Dwight Moody

God never made a promise that was too good to be true. - Dwight Moody

I have had more trouble with myself than with any other man. - Dwight Moody

Charles Finney’s Quotes

Prevailing prayer is that which secures an answer. Saying prayers is not offering prevailing prayer. The prevalence of prayer does not depend so much on quantity as on quality.

Unless I had the spirit of prayer, I could do nothing.

Worship

If God were small enough to be understood, He would not be big enough to be worshiped.  Evelyn Underhill

When I give thanks, my thoughts still circle about myself to some extent. But in praise my soul ascends to self-forgetting adoration, seeing and praising only the majesty and power of God, His grace and redemption.  O. Hallesby

Preaching

Preaching the Word to none but ~

Acts 11:19

Now those who had been scattered by the persecution in connection with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, telling the message only to Jews.

Preaching Lord Jesus ~

Acts 11:20

Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus.

Romans 16:25

Now to him who is able to establish you by my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past,

Preaching kingdom of God ~

Acts 20:25

“Now I know that none of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom will ever see me again.

Acts 28:31

Boldly and without hindrance he preached the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.

Preaching of the Cross is to them ~

1 Corinthians 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.

By foolishness of preaching to sons ~

1 Corinthians 1:21

For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.

Preaching the gospel of Christ ~

2 Corinthians 10:14

We are not going too far in our boasting, as would be the case if we had not come to you, for we did get as far as you with the gospel of Christ.

Fear

Fear of the Lord.

A Scripture a Day Keeps the Evil Spirits of Fear Away and helps us to learn the Fear of the Lord.

Genesis 20:11

Abraham replied, “I said to myself, ‘There is surely no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.’

Genesis 21:17

God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, “What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid; God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.

Genesis 26:24

That night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bless you and will increase the number of your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham.”

Genesis 31:42

If the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Fear of Isaac, had not been with me, you would surely have sent me away empty-handed. But God has seen my hardship and the toil of my hands, and last night he rebuked you.”

Genesis 31:53

May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob took an oath in the name of the Fear of his father Isaac.

Genesis 32:11

Save me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, and also the mothers with their children.

Genesis 35:17

And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife said to her, “Don't be afraid, for you have another son.”

Genesis 42:18

On the third day, Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:

Genesis 43:23

“It's all right,” he said. “Don't be afraid. Your God, the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks; I received your silver.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.

Cases of healing by Christ

Matthew 4:23-24

23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.

24 News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and he healed them.

Matthew 9:35-36

35 Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness.

36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Matthew 8:16-17

16 When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to him, and he drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.

17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.”

Matthew 11:5

The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy are cured, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

Matthew 12:5

Or haven't you read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple desecrate the day and yet are innocent?

Matthew 14:14

When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

Matthew 14:33-36

33 Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.”

34 When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret.

35 And when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word to all the surrounding country. People brought all their sick to him

36 and begged him to let the sick just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched him were healed.

Psalms 34:1

Psalms 34:1  

I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.

Thoughts on this verse....

One way to keep our life on track and our hearts surrendered to the will and work of God is to praise our glorious LORD continually. Let's put our praise for God on our lips with song and memorized Scripture. Let's tell his wonderful and great deeds to our children, grandchildren, and friends. Let's give him thanks for all that he has done for us. Just as surely as he is with us always (see Ps. 139), let's praise him always.

Psalms 34:2  

My soul will boast in the LORD; let the afflicted hear and rejoice.

Thoughts on this verse…

We have no basis to boast in our own might. We can't preserve our life. We can't topple kingdoms. We can't see the edge of the heavens. We can't determine the future or change the past. So what do we have in which we can boast? God! We are living proof of his grace and mercy — he saved us when we didn't deserve it, he rescued us from sin and death when we had no power to preserve our life. Those in sorrow, brokenness, and night can look at us and rejoice; because we are living proof God saves the sinner, raises up the disheartened, and mends the broken. Praise the LORD for his glory. Praise the LORD for his grace.

Psalms 34:3  

Glorify the LORD with me; let us exalt his name together.

Thoughts on this verse…

Isn't it good that we can sing alone and know God loves our song! Isn't it even better that we can join others in songs of praise and lose ourselves in wonder, love, and praise! Let's spend today finding other believers and praising God together. All around the world, hundreds of thousands strong, let's reach out to other believers and ask them to join us in glorifying the Lord!

Psalms 34:4  

I sought the LORD, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears.

Thoughts on this verse…

Have you sought the LORD lately? Many of us made a commitment to turn all of our lives over to him last week; how have you done at that commitment? God promises wisdom to those who ask and don't doubt. Have you asked for wisdom recently? Let's join our hearts together, and with the Spirit's help, let's seek our Father so that we can honor and glorify him, finding our blessing in his presence.

Away

Carried

Genesis 31:18

And he drove all his livestock ahead of him, along with all the goods he had accumulated in Paddan Aram, to go to his father Isaac in the land of Canaan.

Turned

Numbers 14:43

For the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you there. Because you have turned away from the LORD, he will not be with you and you will fall by the sword.”

Thrust

Deuteronomy 13:10

Stone him to death, because he tried to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.

Brought

Deuteronomy 26:13

Then say to the LORD your God: “I have removed from my house the sacred portion and have given it to the Levite, the alien, the fatherless and the widow, according to all you commanded. I have not turned aside from your commands nor have I forgotten any of them.

Rolled

Joshua 5:9

Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So the place has been called Gilgal to this day.

Lead

1 Samuel 30:22

But all the evil men and troublemakers among David's followers said, “Because they did not go out with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered. However, each man may take his wife and children and go.”

Slipped

1 Samuel 19:10

Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear, but David eluded him as Saul drove the spear into the wall. That night David made good his escape.

Depart

2 Samuel 7:15

But my love will never be taken away from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you.