138) WRITINGS OF THE
APOSTLES
CONCERNING THE MISSION OF CHRIST
139) THE NEW LAW OF
LOVE & FAITH
Galatians 3:24-29
[EDITOR’S NOTE: The “LAW” referenced frequently
by Paul typically refers to the very strict Mosaic/Rabbinical Law under
which he and his fellow Jews were raised. This Law dictated very specific
activities, including how far you could walk on the Sabbath and under what
circumstances you could put out a fire on the Sabbath.]
24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster
to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
25 But after that faith is come, we are no
longer under a schoolmaster.
26 For ye are all the children of God by faith
in Christ Jesus.
27 For as many of you as have been baptized
into Christ have put on Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is
neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all
one in Christ Jesus.
29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's
seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Galatians 4:4-7
4 But when the fulness of the time was come,
God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,
5 To redeem them that were under the law,
that we might receive the adoption of sons.
6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth
the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
7 Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but
a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
Galatians 5:13-16
13 For, brethren, ye have been called
unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by
love serve one another.
14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word,
even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
15 But if ye bite and devour one another,
take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and
ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
Galatians 5:19-25
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest,
which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance,
emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings,
and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you
in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom
of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy,
peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
23 Meekness, temperance: against such there
is no law.
24 And they that are Christ's have crucified
the flesh with the affections and lusts.
25 If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk
in the Spirit.
140) DYING AS TO THE
THINGS OF THE WORLD
& BEING BORN AGAIN IN JESUS CHRIST
Colossians 2:6-7, 10-13
6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus
the Lord, so walk ye in him:
7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished
in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.
10 And ye are complete in him, which is the
head of all principality and power:
11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the
circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of
the flesh by the circumcision of Christ:
12 Buried with him in baptism, wherein also
ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath
raised him from the dead.
13 And you, being dead in your sins
and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him,
having forgiven you all trespasses;
Colossians 3:1-17
1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek
those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of
God.
2 Set your affection on things above, not
on things on the earth.
3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with
Christ in God.
4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear,
then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
5 Mortify therefore your members which
are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil
concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
6 For which things' sake the wrath of God
cometh on the children of disobedience:
7 In the which ye also walked some time, when
ye lived in them.
8 But now ye also put off all these;
anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have
put off the old man with his deeds;
10 And have put on the new man, which is renewed
in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision
nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all,
and in all.
12 Put on therefore, as the elect of
God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind,
meekness, longsuffering;
13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one
another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave
you, so also do ye.
14 And above all these things put on charity,
which is the bond of perfectness.
15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts,
to
the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.
16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly
in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns
and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
17 And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do
all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father
by him.
141) BUILDING UPON THE
FUNDAMENTAL
PRINCIPLES & ORDINANCES OF THE GOSPEL
Hebrews 5:12-14
12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers,
ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of
the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of
strong meat.
13 For every one that useth milk is unskillful
in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
14 But strong meat belongeth to them that
are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised
to discern both good and evil.
Hebrews 6:1-6
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,
2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying
on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
3 And this will we do, if God permit.
4 For it is impossible for those who were
once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers
of the Holy Ghost,
5 And have tasted the good word of God, and
the powers of the world to come,
6 If they shall fall away, to renew them again
unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh,
and put him to an open shame.
Hebrews 6:9-12
9 But, beloved, we are persuaded better
things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak.
10 For God is not unrighteous to forget your
work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that
ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
11 And we desire that every one of you do
shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
12 That ye be not slothful, but followers
of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
142) LIVING & BECOMING
MORE LIKE JESUS
2 Peter 1:2-10
2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through
the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
3 According as his divine power hath given
unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge
of him that hath called us to glory and virtue:
4 Whereby are given unto us exceeding great
and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine
nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
5 And beside this, giving all diligence,
add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance
patience; and to patience godliness;
7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and
to brotherly kindness charity.
8 For if these things be in you, and abound,
they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge
of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 But he that lacketh these things is blind,
and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his
old sins.
10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence
to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall
never fall:
1 John 1:5-7
5 This then is the message which we
have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him
is no darkness at all.
6 If we say that we have fellowship with him,
and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in
the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus
Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
1 John 2:9-11
9 He that saith he is in the light, and hateth
his brother, is in darkness even until now.
10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the
light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him.
11 But he that hateth his brother is in darkness,
and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that
darkness hath blinded his eyes.
1 John 2:15-17
15 Love not the world, neither the things
that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father
is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust
of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of
the Father, but is of the world.
17 And the world passeth away, and the lust
thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
1 John 3:1-8
1 Behold, what manner of love the Father
hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore
the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and
it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall
appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
3 And every man that hath this hope in him
purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth
also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law.
5 And ye know that he was manifested to take
away our sins; and in him is no sin.
6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever
sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
7 Little children, let no man deceive you:
he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.
8 He that committeth sin is of the devil;
for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God
was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
1 John 4:7-11
7 Beloved, let us love one another:
for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth
God.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for
God is love.
9 In this was manifested the love of God toward
us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we
might live through him.
10 Herein is love, not that we loved God,
but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also
to love one another.
1 John 4:18-21
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love
casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made
perfect in love.
19 We love him, because he first loved us.
20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his
brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath
seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
21 And this commandment have we from him,
That he who loveth God love his brother also.
1 John 5:2-4
2 By this we know that we love the children
of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments.
3 For this is the love of God, that we keep
his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh
the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our
faith.
143) CHRIST’S LOVE &
BLESSINGS BEYOND ALL UNDERSTANDING
Romans 8:14-18
14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of
God, they are the sons of God.
15 For ye have not received the spirit of
bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby
we cry, Abba, Father.
16 The Spirit itself beareth witness with
our spirit, that we are the children of God:
17 And if children, then heirs; heirs
of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him,
that we may be also glorified together.
18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this
present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be
revealed in us.
Romans 8:28
28 And we know that all things work together
for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to
his purpose.
Romans 8:31-39
31 What shall we then say to these things?
If God be for us, who can be against us?
32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered
him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of
God's elect? It is God that justifieth.
34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ
that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand
of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
35 Who shall separate us from the love of
Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness,
or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed
all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than
conquerors through him that loved us.
38 For I am persuaded, that neither death,
nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present,
nor things to come,
39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature,
shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus
our Lord.
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