FORGIVENESS (REPENTANCE)

Psalm 32:5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord” — and you forgave the guilt of my sin.

1 JOHN 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.

GOD’S LOVE

1 JOHN4:9 This is low God shows his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

JOHN 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

SALVATION

ROMANS 10:9 If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him for the dead you will be saved.

ACTS 4:12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.

EPHESIANS 2:8,9 It is by grace you have been saved, through faith –and this not from yourselves, its the gift of God–not by works, so that no one can boast.

WORSHIP

HEBREWS 13:15 Through Jesus let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise–the fruit of lips that confess his name.

PSALM 29:2 Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness.

JOHN 4:23,24…. true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the spirit and in truth.

GUIDANCE

PSALM 143:10 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground

JOHN 16:13 When he, the Spirit of truth, comes he will guide you into all truth.

OBEDIENCE

MATTHEW 12:50 Whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.

LUKE 11:28 Blessed are those who hear the word of God and obey it.

JOHN14:15 If you love me, you will obey what I command.

“Your word,” writes the psalmist, “is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” (Ps, 119:105). Throughout history God has continued to direct and illumine humankind through his written Word, the Bible. It presents a lifelong challenge: to learn to know God. to love him, to obey him.

The following selected verses help to highlight the Biblical message. If you find a particular topic of verse helpful, you may wish to locate the reference in the Bible and read its context. As you incorporate the Word of God into your life, he will bless you with direction and meaning

OUR RELATIONSHIP TO GOD

GUILT- ISAIAH 64:6 All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags,

JEREMIAH 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

ROMANS 3:10 There is no one righteous, not even one.

REVELATION

REVELATION-is the only book of its kind in the New Testament. It is a book about the end of this present world and the beginning of “a new heaven and a new earth.” The book of Revelation was written by the apostle John during his exile on the island of Patmos. While John was there, Jesus gave him a vision of what would happen in the future. John wrote this book so Christians who were being persecuted would trust that God controls whatever happens here on earth. John’s vision shows that Jesus is the ruler over everyone and everything– even powerful human governments– and he will judge and punish whatever is evil. It also gives Christians a picture of heaven, where we will be with Jesus.

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3 JOHN

3 JOHN- was written to Gaius, a friend of John and a leader in the church. There was a man named Diotrephes in Gaius’s church who was refusing to welcome messengers sent by John. He would not recognize John’s leadership. John wrote this letter to praise and thank Gaius for his help and to scold Diotrephes for not cooperating. John promised to come to this church soon to deal with this matter personally.

JUDE

JUDE- like James, was a brother of Jesus. He wrote to warn Christians about the same false teachers Peter wrote about in his second letter. These false teachers were not only teaching that Jesus was not the Son of God; they were also leading the people to live sinfully. Jude warned that God would punished and destroy these false teachers just as he had punished sinners in the Old Testament.

I JOHN

I JOHN- John, the beloved disciple, who wrote the fourth Gospel, also wrote these next three letters. The first letter was written to warn Christians about the dangerous false teachers who were trying to mislead them. They were teaching that the man Jesus was not the Christ, the Son of God. They said that God did not become a man. John wrote about how important it is to know and believe that Jesus Christ is both God and man. He said Christians can know they are God’s children if they love one another and if they obey God’s commands.

2 JOHN

2 JOHN- John wrote this letter to “the chosen lady that her children.” He might have meant either a Christian woman and her family or a church and its members. In this letter John wrote how important it is for Christians to love one another He said that to love means to obey God’s commandments, and God’s commandments tell us to live lives of love. John also warned about the dangers of false teachers.