Sin

Not justified by law

Romans 3:20  

Therefore no one will be declared righteous in his sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.

All have sinned

Romans 3:23  

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Gospel is veiled, eyes blinded

2 Corinthians 4:3-4  

3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.

4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

Cursed are those who do not abide by the law

Galatians 3:10  

All who rely on observing the law are under a curse, for it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

Children of wrath

Ephesians 2:3

All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath.

State of the unbeliever

Ephesians 4:17-19  

17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

18 They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.

19 Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.

Righteousness

Revelation 15:3  

And sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb: “Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the ages.

Revelation 16:7  

And I heard the altar respond: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are your judgments.”

Revelation 19:8  

Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear.” (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of the saints.)

Revelation 19:11  

I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war.

Revelation 22:11  

Let him who does wrong continue to do wrong; let him who is vile continue to be vile; let him who does right continue to do right; and let him who is holy continue to be holy.”

Genesis 7:1  

The LORD then said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

Genesis 15:6  

Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness.

Genesis 18:19  

For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”

Genesis 30:33  

And my honesty will testify for me in the future, whenever you check on the wages you have paid me. Any goat in my possession that is not speckled or spotted, or any lamb that is not dark-colored, will be considered stolen.”

Thought

Sometimes we're pushing on the door we want God to open, while his sign says "Pull.”

Martha Bolton

God’s Verse for God’s people

No Troubled Heart

John 16:33

“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

No Vision - No People

Proverbs 29:18

Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the law.

Thought:

I wonder how many Christians have missed out on entering into their Promised Land this side of heaven – all because they failed to fully follow God and take the path that He wanted them to take in this life!

Living Things

Stones

1 Peter 2:4-5  

4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him—

5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

Fountains

Revelation 7:17  

For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; he will lead them to springs of living water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

Hope

1 Peter 1:3  

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Waters

John 4:10-11  

10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”

11 “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water?

John 7:37-39  

37 On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.

38 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him.”

39 By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.

God’s Verse for God’s people

Surrender

Matthew 11:29  

Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

Matthew 7:21  

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

John 12:49  

For I did not speak of my own accord, but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and how to say it.

Matthew 26:42  

42 He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.”

43 When he came back, he again found them sleeping, because their eyes were heavy.

44 So he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing.

JESUS.

Lord Jesus, be my lamp and light,

My only way.

Be Thou my guide and give me sight,

Or else I stray.

Help me Thy Word to understand,

To listen for Thy least command,

And fully trusting in Thy hand

All Thy will obey.

Lord, I have searched in vain

For joy and peace and rest;

I’ve found them not in this bright world;

Savior, I need Thee-God’s Best.

Rich beyond all telling,

Christ in heaven dwelling,

Came to earth in poverty that we might be

Rich beyond all telling,

With God’s Spirit dwelling

In our hearts to reign now and eternity.

The stone was rolled away

From where the Savior lay,

When Jesus rose again.

A living Savior is He,

From sin to set me free;

To Him all glory be

Who died and rose again!

Evangelism

Do not put your will above God’s will. Do not insist on your way. Do not dictate to God. Do not expect an immediate answer in the way, the place and the manner that you are demanding. Rather, learn the difficult lesson of praying as the sinless Son of God himself prayed: “Not my will, but thine, be done” (Luke 22:42)       …Billy Graham

Can any of us decide we are the final word?

Matthew 18:20 

For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them.”

Matthew 28:20 

And teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

John 20:26 

A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!”

John 20:19 

On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!”

Revelation 21:3 

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Now the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.

Revelation 2:1 

“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands:

Revelation 1:11-13 

11 which said: “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.”

12 I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands,

13 and among the lampstands was someone “like a son of man,” dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest.

Things Unconffessed Sin Do…

Cause death

Genesis 2:17  

But you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.”

Ezekiel 33:8-12 

8 When I say to the wicked, ‘O wicked man, you will surely die,’ and you do not speak out to dissuade him from his ways, that wicked man will die for his sin, and I will hold you accountable for his blood.

9 But if you do warn the wicked man to turn from his ways and he does not do so, he will die for his sin, but you will have saved yourself.

10 “Son of man, say to the house of Israel, ‘This is what you are saying: “Our offenses and sins weigh us down, and we are wasting away because of them. How then can we live?”’

11 Say to them, ‘As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, O house of Israel?’

12  “Therefore, son of man, say to your countrymen, ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not save him when he disobeys, and the wickedness of the wicked man will not cause him to fall when he turns from it. The righteous man, if he sins, will not be allowed to live because of his former righteousness.’

Romans 8:12-13  

12 Therefore, brothers, we have an obligation—but it is not to the sinful nature, to live according to it.

13 For if you live according to the sinful nature, you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live,