Do you love God enough?

bettercallpaul said:

"Why do I do the very thing I hate"?

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That is from the very human nature, even Paul can't escape it. Sometimes people know drugs are bad yet they do it, they cheating is bad yet they do it, they know over eating is bad yet they do it, they know sleep too late is bad yet they do it. None can escape that, only God saves.

He told us a very good plan on what to do first of all:

28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?”

29 “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.”

Notice how the one that usually gives us difficulty is "second". So....

Let's follow His order -- put first things first.

Then second things will come easier. Yes, one still will need to pray for help at times, but the initial starting point is better I found out in my experience.

If I really want to love others well, I need the abundant love from above I get from my working to do the Greatest Commandment first. It makes me so ready to love others, even those that were not already warm towards me.

bettercallpaul said:

thank God for that

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Really! It's helped me so much. I edited to add some:
Notice how the one that usually gives us difficulty is "second". So....

Let's follow His order -- put first things first.

Then second things will come easier. Yes, one still will need to pray for help at times, but the initial starting point is better I found out in my experience.

If I really want to love others well, I need the abundant love from above I get from my working to do the Greatest Commandment first. It makes me so ready to love others, even those that were not already warm towards me.

bettercallpaul said:

That's the question I asked myself at Church today. As the priest read the Bible" If you love me, you will keep my Commandments."
Obviously I don't . Otherwise I'd be trying harder to keep His commandments.
I don't know about other people, but I am going to work on this one. With His help of course.

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And yet we are required to love Him. I have discovered that simply admitting to the fact that we don't love Him as we should is enough to start things in the right direction. Following up with prayer that He would reveal Himself more fully and help us to love Him more, seems to be a prayer that God the Father and Son are pleased to answer by the power of the Holy Spirit. Our love for God is what keeps us from merely being religious and being faith-filled. There are many religious but lost folk around--you will meet many on these forums. Sad.

ByTheSpirit said:

It's a trick... you can't keep God's commands. If that were possible then Jesus wouldn't have needed to die on the cross. The Law would have been enough. But scriptures state the weakness of the Law was that no body could keep it!

Soooo what about all this obey stuff?

The life we are told to live is predicated upon living by the Spirit's guidance! Jesus when speaking for the last time to the disciples in John 14-16 starts, reinforces, and ends that most precious lesson hammering the disciples with the TRUTH that they would not only receive the Spirit, but it would be the Spirit that gives them power to obey.

So when we say... I just need to obey God's commands more, we need to readjust our focus.

I am CRUCIFIED with Christ - my flesh, my past life, my striving to do it on my own.

Therefore, I no longer live - that part of me is dead! Never to live again!

Jesus now lives in me - This is the power of the Christian life and its secret... that Christ lives in us and that is what gives us life!

This life I continue to live in the body, I will live BY FAITH in the Son of God - I will not strive to do it in my own strength, but I will trust Christ who lives in me to do it!

Jesus:

I AM the vine, you are the branches.... anyone who abides (remains) in me will bear much fruit!

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Yes. Philippians 2:13 states much the same as what you have said here. It is a good working definition of grace.

bettercallpaul said:

My main claim to fame is knowing how sinful I am.

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Every time we sin, we are not loving God and that grieves Him. It grieves Him--not because He needs our love (He is fully complete in the Godhead) but, when we do not love Him, we are destroying ourselves.

But thank God for His marvelous grace--it lifts us and keeps us. He won't ever let us go--we have that assurance. God likens the love He has for His children to the love that a nursing mother has for her child--it is a very profound love. I think it is likely that of which the Apostle Paul was speaking, when he was inspired to say, by the Holy Spirit, that "women will be saved through child-bearing". A child who understands the love that his/her parents have for him/her understands, at a gut-level, the love that God has for us. Likewise, the love that a man has for his children or a mother for her child, helps them to more fully understand the even more profound love that God has for us. I think the devil would have us focus on obedience--knowing that we are defeated before we begin. It seems that God would have us focus on His love. It is difficult to do without sounding saccharine--as though it is rainbows and unicorns. It is, in fact, a passion that shakes the universe and leaves us with our faces flat on the ground in front of Him. His eyes are like fire.

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And yet, I spend much of the day praising and thanking Abba for all that he has given me, all that is beautiful, enjoyable, marvelous because of him.

Abba made us human, with sense to use and enjoy his creation...That is not the lie in Romans...but is about idolatry:

23. And they changed the glory of the incorruptible Elohim into a likeness to the image of a corruptible man,9 and into the likeness of birds and four-legged animals and reptiles on the earth.10 24. For this cause, Elohim gave them up to the fill your lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies with them. 25. And they changed the truth of Elohim into a lie; and worshipped and served the created things,11 much more than the Creator of them, to whom belong glory and blessing, forever and ever: Amen.

bettercallpaul said:

That's the question I asked myself at Church today. As the priest read the Bible" If you love me, you will keep my Commandments."
Obviously I don't . Otherwise I'd be trying harder to keep His commandments.
I don't know about other people, but I am going to work on this one. With His help of course.

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Considering that there are 1050 statements in the New Testament that all center on parts of the Torah that relate to loving G-d and loving one another, you could use the list, and when you consider it see what you are not doing or not doing as well as you could:

1,050 New Testament Commands

There are 1,050 commands in the New Testament for Christians to obey. Due to repetitions we can classify them under 69 headings. They cover every phase of man's life in his relationship to God and his fellowmen, now and hereafter.

Seven "Abstains" - Abstain from :

1. Idols (ACTS 15:20)
2. Fornication (ACTS 15:20,29; 1 THESSALONIANS 4:2-3)
3. Strangled meats (ACTS 15:20)
4. Eating blood (ACTS 15:20)
5. Meats offered to idols (ACTS 15:29)
6. All appearance of evil (1 THESSALONIANS 5:22)
7. Fleshly lusts (1 PETER 2:11)

Seven Things to Avoid:

1. Troublemakers (ROMANS 16:17)
2. Profane and vain babblings (1 TIMOTHY 6:20)
3. False science (1 TIMOTHY 6:20)
4. Unlearned questions (2 TIMOTHY 2:23)
5. Foolish questions (TITUS 3:9)
6. Genealogies (TITUS 3:9)
7. Arguments about the law (TITUS 3:9)

Three "Asks":

1. Ask and ye shall receive (MATTHEW 7:7)
2. Ask no return of goods (LUKE 6:30)
3. Ask life for backsliders (1 JOHN 5:16)

Two Things to Awake to:

1. Awake to righteousness (1 CORINTHIANS 15:34)
2. Awake to life (EPHESIANS 5:14)

Seventy-four "Be's":

1. Be exceeding glad (MATTHEW 5:12)
2. Be reconciled to a brother (MATTHEW 5:24)
3. Be perfect (MATTHEW 5:48; 2 CORINTHIANS 13:11)
4. Be wise as serpents (MATTHEW 10:16)
5. Be harmless as doves (MATTHEW 10:16)
6. Be ready for Christ's coming (MATTHEW 24:44; LUKE 12:40)
7. Be content with your wages (LUKE 3:14)
8. Be merciful as God (LUKE 6:36)
9. Be like faithful servants (LUKE 12:36)
10. Be thankful (COLOSSIANS 3:15)
11. Be at peace among selves (1 THESSALONIANS 5:13)
12. Be patient toward all people (1 THESSALONIANS 5:14; 2 TIMOTHY 2:24)
13. Be no partaker of sin (1 TIMOTHY 5:22)
14. Be sober and hope (1 PETER 1:13)
15. Be sober and pray (1 PETER 4:7)
16. Be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, charity, and patience (aged men, TITUS 2:2)
17. Be sober, love husbands and children (young women, TITUS 2:4)
18. Be sober minded (young men, TITUS 2:6)
19. Be in behaviour as becoming to saints (aged women, TITUS 2:3)
20. Be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient (young women, TITUS 2:5)
21. Be ready to give an answer of the hope that is in you (1 PETER 3:15)
22. Be of good cheer (JOHN 16:33)
23. Be baptized (ACTS 2:38)
24. Be converted (ACTS 3:19)
25. Be transformed (ROMANS 12:2)
26. Be kind of brotherly love one to another (ROMANS 12:10; EPHESIANS 4:32)
27. Be fervent in spirit (ROMANS 12:11)
28. Be patient in tribulation (ROMANS 12:12)
29. Be given to hospitality (ROMANS 12:13)
30. Be afraid, if lawless (ROMANS 13:4)
31. Be no idolater (1 CORINTHIANS 10:7)
32. Be followers of Paul as he followed Christ (1 CORINTHIANS 11:1; PHILIPPIANS 3:17)
33. Be followers of God (EPHESIANS 5:1)
34. Be followers of the faithful and patient (HEBREWS 6:12)
35. Be children in malice (1 CORINTHIANS 14:20)
36. Be men in understanding (1 CORINTHIANS 14:20)
37. Be steadfast (1 CORINTHIANS 15:58)
38. Be unmoveable (1 CORINTHIANS 15:58)
39. Be always abounding in God's work (1 CORINTHIANS 15:58)
40. Be strong in the Lord (1 CORINTHIANS 16:13; EPHESIANS 6:10; 2 TIMOTHY 2:1)
41. Be of good comfort (2 CORINTHIANS 13:11)
42. Be of one mind (ROMANS 12:16; 2 CORINTHIANS 13:11; PHILIPPIANS 2:2; 1 PETER 3:8)
43. Be separate from the unclean (2 CORINTHIANS 6:17)
44. Be renewed in spirit (EPHESIANS 4:23)
45. Be angry and sin not (EPHESIANS 4:26)
46. Be tender-hearted one to another (EPHESIANS 4:32)
47. Be filled with the Spirit (EPHESIANS 5:18)
48. Be likeminded (PHILIPPIANS 2:2)
49. Be one of accord (PHILIPPIANS 2:2)
50. Be anxious for nothing (PHILIPPIANS 4:6)
51. Be an example to believers in word, conversation, charity, spirit, faith, and purity (1 TIMOTHY 4:12)
52. Be a partaker of Christian sufferings (2 TIMOTHY 1:8; cp. 1 PETER 4:1)
53. 53. Be gentle to all people (2 TIMOTHY 2:24)
54. 54. Be apt to teach (2 TIMOTHY 2:24)
55. 55. Be instant in season, out of season (2 TIMOTHY 4:2)
56. Be careful to maintain good works (TITUS 3:8,14; cp. MATTHEW 5:16)
57. Be content with what you have (HEBREWS 13:5)
58. Be doers of the Word (JAMES 1:22)
59. Be afflicted and mourn (JAMES 4:9)
60. Be patient till Christ comes (JAMES 5:7-8)
61. Be holy in conversation (behaviour) (1 PETER 1:15-16)
62. Be pitiful (1 PETER 3:8)
63. Be courteous (1 PETER 3:8)
64. Be examples of the flock of God, not lord over it (1 PETER 5:3)
65. Be subject one to another (1 PETER 5:5)
66. Be clothed with humility (1 PETER 5:5)
67. Be sober (1 PETER 5:8)
68. Be vigilant (1 PETER 5:8)
69. Be mindful of prophecies and commandments (2 PETER 3:2)
70. Be diligent to be found in peace (2 PETER 3:14)
71. Be diligent to be without spot, and blameless (2 PETER 3:14)
72. Be faithful to death (REVELATION 2:10)
73. Be watchful, strengthen self (REVELATION 3:2)
74. Be zealous and repent (REVELATION 3:19)

Thirty "Be Not's":

1. Be not like the hypocrites in prayer (MATTHEW 6:5)
2. Be not like the heathen in prayer (MATTHEW 6:8)
3. Be not as hypocrites in fasting (MATTHEW 6:16)
4. Be not called "Rabbi" (MATTHEW 23:8)
5. Be not called "Master" (MATTHEW 23:9)
6. Be not afraid of man (LUKE 12:4)
7. Be not of doubtful mind (LUKE 12:29)
8. Be not many teachers (JAMES 3:1)
9. Be not afraid of terror (1 PETER 3:14)
10. Be not troubled (1 PETER 3:14)
11. Be not ignorant of time with God (2 PETER 3:8; cp. ISAIAH 57:15)
12. Be not deceived: 10 classes not to inherit the kingdom (1 CORINTHIANS 6:9-10)
13. Be not conformed to world (ROMANS 12:2)
14. Be not slothful in business (ROMANS 12:11)
15. Be not conceited (ROMANS 12:16)
16. Be not overcome of evil (ROMANS 12:21)
17. Be not mere servants of men (1 CORINTHIANS 7:23)
18. Be not children in understanding (1 CORINTHIANS 14:20)
19. Be not deceived by evil companions (1 CORINTHIANS 15:33)
20. Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers (2 CORINTHIANS 6:14-15)
21. Be not entangled again with keeping the law (GALATIANS 5:1. See ‘Eighty-five Old and New Covenant Contrasts')
22. Be not deceived: man will reap what he sows (GALATIANS 6:7-8)
23. Be not partakers with sinners (EPHESIANS 5:7)
24. Be not unwise about God's will (EPHESIANS 5:17)
25. Be not drunk with wine (EPHESIANS 5:18)
26. Be not weary in well doing (2 THESSALONIANS 3:13)
27. Be not ashamed of God (2 TIMOTHY 1:8)
28. Be not slothful (HEBREWS 6:12)
29. Be not forgetful of strangers (HEBREWS 13:2)
30. Be not carried about with different strange doctrines (HEBREWS 13:9)

Fourteen "Beware's":

1. Beware of false prophets (MATTHEW 7:15)
2. Beware of people (MATTHEW 10:17)
3. Beware of leaven (doctrine) of Pharisees (MATTHEW 16:6-12)
4. Beware of leaven (doctrine) of Herod (MARK 8:15)
5. Beware of hypocrisy (LUKE 12:1)
6. Beware of covetousness (LUKE 12:15)
7. Beware of scribes (MARK 12:38; LUKE 20:46)
8. Beware of lest you despise God and perish (ACTS 13:40-41)
9. Beware of dogs (false teachers, PHILIPPIANS 3:2; ISAIAH 56:10)
10. Beware of evil workers (PHILIPPIANS 3:2)
11. Beware of the concision (Jews, PHILIPPIANS 3:2)
12. Beware of being spoiled through philosophy (COLOSSIANS 2:8)
13. Beware of being spoiled through vain deceit (COLOSSIANS 2:8)
14. Beware of backsliding (2 PETER 3:17)

Four Things to Believe:

1. The gospel (MARK 1:15)
2. God's existence (HEBREWS 11:6)
3. On Jesus Christ (1 JOHN 3:23)
4. God rewards diligent seeking (HEBREWS 11:6)

One Thing Not to Believe:

1. Believe not every spirit (1 JOHN 4:1)

Two Classes to Bless:

1. Those who curse you (MATTHEW 5:44; LUKE 6:28)
2. Persecutors (ROMANS 12:14)

Three Things to Cast Out or Away:

1. The beam out of own eyes (MATTHEW 7:5; LUKE 6:42)
2. Devils (MATTHEW 10:8)
3. All your cares upon God (1 PETER 5:7)

Two Classes to Comfort:

1. One another-fellow Christians (1 THESSALONIANS 4:18; 1 THESSALONIANS 5:11)
2. The feeble-minded (1 THESSALONIANS 5:14)

Six Classes to Honour:

1. Fathers (MATTHEW 19:19; MARK 10:19; LUKE 18:20; EPHESIANS 6:2)
2. Mothers (MATTHEW 19:19; MARK 10:19; LUKE 18:20; EPHESIANS 6:2)
3. Others (ROMANS 12:10)
4. Widows indeed (1 TIMOTHY 5:3)
5. All people (1 PETER 2:17)
6. Kings - rulers (1 PETER 2:17)

Five Things to Become:

1. Men to be blameless (1 TIMOTHY 5:7)
2. The rich to be humble (1 TIMOTHY 6:17)
3. The rich to trust in God (1 TIMOTHY 6:17)
4. The rich to do good works (1 TIMOTHY 6:18)
5. The rich to lay hold on eternal life (1 TIMOTHY 6:19)

Five Things to Consider:

1. The ravens (LUKE 12:24)
2. The lilies (LUKE 12:27-28)
3. Truth (2 TIMOTHY 2:7)
4. That you are capable of falling (GALATIANS 6:1)
5. Christ (HEBREWS 3:1; HEBREWS 12:3)

Three Things to Continue in:

1. Love (JOHN 15:9)
2. Prayer (ROMANS 12:12; COLOSSIANS 4:2)
3. Truth (2 TIMOTHY 3:14)

Two Things to Covet:

1. The best gifts (1 CORINTHIANS 12:31)
2. To prophesy (1 CORINTHIANS 14:39); cp. things not to covet (EXODUS 20:17; DEUTERONOMY 5:21)

One Thing Not to Cast Away:

1. Your confidence in God (HEBREWS 10:35)

Two Things to Endure:

1. Hardness (2 TIMOTHY 2:3)
2. Sufferings (2 TIMOTHY 4:5)

Whom to Fear:

1. God (MATTHEW 10:28; LUKE 12:5; 1 PETER 2:17; REVELATION 14:7)

Three Things Not to Fear:

1. Man (MATTHEW 10:28; LUKE 12:5)
2. Persecutors (MATTHEW 10:26)
3. No lack of provision (MATTHEW 10:31; MARK 6:8-9; LUKE 12:7)

Five Things to Feed:

1. Enemies (ROMANS 12:20)
2. Lambs (JOHN 21:15)
3. Sheep (JOHN 21:16,17)
4. Flock of God (1 PETER 5:2)
5. The church (ACTS 20:28)

Four Things to Flee From:

1. Fornication (1 CORINTHIANS 6:18)
2. Idolatry (1 CORINTHIANS 10:14)
3. Hurtful lusts (1 TIMOTHY 6:9-11)
4. Youthful lusts (2 TIMOTHY 2:22)

Ten "Do's":

1. Do good to them that hate you (MATTHEW 5:44; LUKE 6:27)
2. Do to others what you expect of them (MATTHEW 7:12; LUKE 6:31)
3. Do violence to no man (LUKE 3:14)
4. Do good (LUKE 6:35; ROMANS 13:3)
5. Do this (put God first) and live (LUKE 10:28)
6. Do all to God's glory (1 CORINTHIANS 10:31; COLOSSIANS 3:17,23)
7. Do all things without murmuring and disputing (PHILIPPIANS 2:14)
8. Do those things, which were seen and heard in me (Paul, PHILIPPIANS 4:9)
9. Do your own business (1 THESSALONIANS 4:11)
10. Do the work of an evangelist (2 TIMOTHY 4:5)

Ten "Do Not's":

1. Do not alms before people (MATTHEW 6:1)
2. Do not sound trumpet before you when giving alms (MATTHEW 6:2)
3. Do not do works of Pharisees (MATTHEW 23:3-33)
4. Do not love in word only (1 JOHN 3:18)
5. Do not give heed to fables (1 TIMOTHY 1:4)
6. Do not give heed to genealogies (1 TIMOTHY 1:4)
7. Do not err (JAMES 1:16)
8. Do not commit adultery (JAMES 2:11)
9. Do not kill (JAMES 2:11)
10. Do not fashion self according to former lusts (1 PETER 1:14)

Ten Things to Follow:

1. Christ (MATTHEW 4:19; MATTHEW 8:22; MATTHEW 16:24; MARK 8:34; MARK 10:21; LUKE 9:23; JOHN 21:19)
2. Love (1 CORINTHIANS 14:1; 1 TIMOTHY 6:11; 2 TIMOTHY 2:22)
3. Good (1 THESSALONIANS 5:15; 3 JOHN 11)
4. Righteousness (1 TIMOTHY 6:11; 2 TIMOTHY 2:22)
5. Godliness (1 TIMOTHY 6:11)
6. Faith (1 TIMOTHY 6:11; 2 TIMOTHY 2:22)
7. Patience (1 TIMOTHY 6:11)
8. Meekness (1 TIMOTHY 6:11)
9. Peace (2 TIMOTHY 2:22; HEBREWS 12:14)
10. Holiness (HEBREWS 12:14)

Seven Things About Giving:

1. Commanded: give (LUKE 6:38)
2. Whom to give to:
   • Him that asks (MATTHEW 5:42; LUKE 6:30)
   • Needy saints (ROMANS 12:13)
   • God (COLOSSIANS 3:17; REVELATION 14:7)
3. Whom not to give to:
   • Give not holy things to rebels (MATTHEW 7:6)
   • Give no place to Satan (EPHESIANS 4:27)
4. What to give:
   • Holy things (MATTHEW 7:6; MATTHEW 10:8)
   • Give thanks (EPHESIANS 5:20; PHILIPPIANS 4:6; COLOSSIANS 3:17; 1 THESSALONIANS 5:18)
   • Give time to reading, exhortation, doctrine (1 TIMOTHY 4:13)
   • Give self wholly (1 TIMOTHY 4:15)
   • Give glory to God (REVELATION 14:7)
5. What not to give:
   • Give no offence (1 CORINTHIANS 10:32)
   • Give no heed of fables and commandments of human beings (TITUS 1:14)
6. How to give:
   • Freely (MATTHEW 10:8; 2 CORINTHIANS 9:6)
   • Good measure (LUKE 6:38)
   • As God has prospered (1 CORINTHIANS 16:2)
   • Willingly (2 CORINTHIANS 8:12)
   • With purpose (2 CORINTHIANS 9:7)
   • Cheerfully (2 CORINTHIANS 9:7)
7. Blessings promised for giving:
   • Returns on the basis of giving (LUKE 6:38; 2 CORINTHIANS 9:6)
   • Reward (MATTHEW 10:42)
   • All grace abounding (2 CORINTHIANS 9:8)
   • All sufficiency (2 CORINTHIANS 9:8)
   • Eternal righteousness (2 CORINTHIANS 9:9)
   • Increased fruits (2 CORINTHIANS 9:10)
   • Enrichment in all things (2 CORINTHIANS 9:11)

Six Things to Lay Aside:

1. Wickedness (JAMES 1:21)
2. All malice (1 PETER 2:1)
3. All guile (1 PETER 2:1)
4. All hypocrisies (1 PETER 2:1)
5. All envies (1 PETER 2:1)
6. All evil speakings (1 PETER 2:1)

Seven Things to Keep:

1. Keep commandments (MATTHEW 19:17; JOHN 14:15)
2. Keep no company with the 6 classes of professed Christians of 1 CORINTHIANS 5:11
3. Keep yourself pure (1 TIMOTHY 5:22)
4. Keep the gospel commandments until Christ comes (1 TIMOTHY 6:14)
5. Keep the good entrusted you (2 TIMOTHY 1:14)
6. Keep yourself from idols (1 JOHN 5:21)
7. Keep yourself in God's love (JUDE 21)

Five "Go's":

1. Go two miles (MATTHEW 5:41)
2. Go teach (MATTHEW 28:19-20)
3. Go preach (MARK 16:15)
4. Go not from house to house (LUKE 10:7)
5. Go and do likewise (LUKE 10:37)

Seven "Have's":

1. Have faith (MARK 11:22; ROMANS 14:22-23)
2. Have no fellowship with darkness (EPHESIANS 5:11)
3. Have no respect of persons (1 TIMOTHY 5:21; JAMES 2:1-10)
4. Have honest conversation (1 PETER 2:12)
5. Have compassion (1 PETER 3:8; JUDE 22)
6. Have a good conscience (1 PETER 3:16)
7. Have fervent love (1 PETER 4:8)

Fourteen "Hold's":

1. Hold forth Word of life (PHILIPPIANS 2:16)
2. Hold fast to the good (1 THESSALONIANS 5:21)
3. Hold Christian traditions (2 THESSALONIANS 2:15; 2 THESSALONIANS 3:6)
4. Hold faith (1 TIMOTHY 1:19; 1 TIMOTHY 3:9)
5. Hold a good conscience (1 TIMOTHY 1:19)
6. Hold fast sound doctrine (2 TIMOTHY 1:13)
7. Hold fast till Christ comes (REVELATION 2:25)
8. Hold fast what you have (REVELATION 3:11)
9. Hold your crown (REVELATION 3:11)
10. Hold reputation of ministers (PHILIPPIANS 2:29)
11. Hold eternal life (1 TIMOTHY 6:12,19)
12. Hold hope (HEBREWS 6:18)
13. Hold confidence (HEBREWS 3:6,14)
14. Hold what is heard and received (REVELATION 3:3)

One Hundred "Let's":

1. Let your light shine (MATTHEW 5:16; LUKE 12:35)
2. Let your conversation be yea, nay (MATTHEW 5:37; JAMES 5:12)
3. Let your enemy have your cloak (MATTHEW 5:40; LUKE 6:29)
4. Let blind leaders alone (MATTHEW 15:14)
5. Let everyone deny themselves (MATTHEW 16:24; MARK 8:34; LUKE 9:23)
6. Let him take up cross (MATTHEW 16:24; MARK 8:34; MARK 10:21; LUKE 9:23)
7. Let him hear (MARK 4:23; LUKE 14:35)
8. Let him share with the needy (LUKE 3:11)
9. Let your loins be girded (LUKE 12:35)
10. Let everyone take your purse and script (LUKE 22:36)
11. Let him sell his garment, buy sword (LUKE 22:36)
12. Let your love be genuine (ROMANS 12:9)
13. Let everyone obey the civil laws (ROMANS 13:1)
14. Let everyone choose his own sabbath day (ROMANS 14:5-7; COLOSSIANS 2:14-17)
15. Let everyone take heed how he builds upon Christ (1 CORINTHIANS 3:10)
16. Let no man deceive himself (1 CORINTHIANS 3:18)
17. Let every man have his own wife (1 CORINTHIANS 7:2)
18. Let every woman her own husband (1 CORINTHIANS 7:2)
19. Let spouses satisfy each other in sexual relations (1 CORINTHIANS 7:4-5)
20. Let them who cannot restrain marry (1 CORINTHIANS 7:9)
21. Let husbands and wives remain unmarried if they separate or, be reconciled (1 CORINTHIANS 7:11)
22. Let the unbelieving ones depart who refuse to remain (1 CORINTHIANS 7:15)
23. Let every man abide in his calling (1 CORINTHIANS 7:17-24)
24. Let no one seek to erase circumcision (1 CORINTHIANS 7:18)
25. Let no one be circumcised (as a religious rite, 1 CORINTHIANS 7:18)
26. Let a father give his daughter in marriage if she desires it (1 CORINTHIANS 7:36-38)
27. Let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall (1 CORINTHIANS 10:12)
28. Let no man seek wealth selfishly (1 CORINTHIANS 10:24)
29. Let the woman cut her hair if her head is uncovered (1 CORINTHIANS 11:6)
30. Let the woman wear a covering if cutting and shaving the hair be a shame (1 CORINTHIANS 11:6)
31. Let everyone examine self when taking the Lord's Supper (1 CORINTHIANS 11:28)
32. Let the hungry eat at home, not at the Lord's Supper (1 CORINTHIANS 11:34)
33. Let the speaker in tongues pray for the interpretation (1 CORINTHIANS 14:13)
34. Let all things be done to edifying (1 CORINTHIANS 14:26)
35. Let no more than 3 messages in tongues be given in one service (1 CORINTHIANS 14:27)
36. Let one interpret (1 CORINTHIANS 14:27)
37. Let the mind of Christ be in you (PHILIPPIANS 2:5)
38. Let your moderation be known (PHILIPPIANS 4:5)
39. Let your requests be known to God (PHILIPPIANS 4:6)
40. Let no one judge you with regard to meats, drinks, holy days, new moons, and sabbath days (COLOSSIANS 2:14-17; ROMANS 14:5-7)
41. Let no one rob you of your reward by some vain religion (COLOSSIANS 2:18)
42. Let peace rule the heart (COLOSSIANS 3:15)
43. Let the Word dwell in you (COLOSSIANS 3:16)
44. Let speech be with grace (COLOSSIANS 4:6)
45. Let no one deceive you about the day of Christ being at hand (2 THESSALONIANS 2:3)
46. Let no man despise youth (1 TIMOTHY 4:12)
47. Let the speaker in tongues keep silent in church speaking to himself and God if no interpreter present (1 CORINTHIANS 14:28)
48. Let the prophets speak two or three messages and let others judge (1 CORINTHIANS 14:29)
49. Let times be shared in revelation (1 CORINTHIANS 14:30)
50. Let women learn quietly in church or at home (1 CORINTHIANS 14:34-35; 1 TIMOTHY 2:11)
51. Let everyone acknowledge regulation of spiritual gifts to be commandments of God (1 CORINTHIANS 14:37)
52. Let rebels to truth remain ignorant (1 CORINTHIANS 14:38)
53. Let all things be done in decent order (1 CORINTHIANS 16:2)
54. Let everyone give as God prospers (1 CORINTHIANS 16:2)
55. Let all things be done in love (1 CORINTHIANS 16:14)
56. Let everyone give cheerfully (2 CORINTHIANS 9:7)
57. Let rebels to truth be accursed (1 CORINTHIANS 16:22; GALATIANS 1:8-9)
58. Let everyone prove their own work (GALATIANS 6:4)
59. Let those taught support the teacher (GALATIANS 6:6)
60. Let the thief steal no more (EPHESIANS 4:28)
61. Let the thief labour instead of stealing to have to give to others (EPHESIANS 4:28)
62. Let no corrupt conversation come from your mouth (EPHESIANS 4:29)
63. Let bitterness, wrath, anger, clamour, evil speaking, and malice be put away (EPHESIANS 4:31)
64. Let no man deceive you with vain words (EPHESIANS 5:6)
65. Let the wives be subject to their husbands (EPHESIANS 5:22,24; COLOSSIANS 3:18; 1 PETER 3:1-6)
66. Let the husbands love their wives (EPHESIANS 5:25,28,33; COLOSSIANS 3:19; 1 PETER 3:7)
67. Let the wives reverence their husbands (EPHESIANS 5:33)
68. Let your conversation (behaviour) be becoming of the gospel (PHILIPPIANS 1:27)
69. Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory (PHILIPPIANS 2:3)
70. Let each esteem other better than himself (PHILIPPIANS 2:3)
71. Let worthy elders be doubly honoured (paid) (1 TIMOTHY 5:17)
72. Let servants honour masters (1 TIMOTHY 6:1)
73. Let masters respect servants (1 TIMOTHY 6:2)
74. Let every Christian depart from iniquity (2 TIMOTHY 2:19)
75. Let no man despise you (TITUS 2:15)
76. Let brotherly love continue (HEBREWS 13:1)
77. Let conversation be without covetousness (HEBREWS 13:5)
78. Let patience work perfectly (JAMES 1:4)
79. Let one who lacks, ask for wisdom (JAMES 1:5)
80. Let him ask in faith (JAMES 1:6)
81. Let the exalted rejoice (JAMES 1:9)
82. Let the humble rejoice (JAMES 1:10)
83. Let no man lay temptation to God (JAMES 1:13)
84. Let everyone be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath (JAMES 1:19)
85. Let the wise demonstrate wisdom and knowledge (JAMES 3:13)
86. Let the light-hearted sinners become remorseful (JAMES 4:9)
87. Let the afflicted pray (JAMES 5:13)
88. Let the merry sing psalms (JAMES 5:13)
89. Let the sick call elders (JAMES 5:14)
90. Let elders pray for sick, anointing with oil (JAMES 5:14-15; cp. MARK 6:13)
91. Let adorning be more inward than outward (1 PETER 3:3-4; 1 TIMOTHY 2:9-10)
92. Let everyone refrain tongue from evil, and lips from guile (1 PETER 3:10)
93. Let everyone shun evil, do good, seek peace and pursue it (1 PETER 3:11)
94. Let ministers speak for God (1 PETER 4:11)
95. Let no one suffer as a murderer, thief, evildoer, or busybody (1 PETER 4:15)
96. Let no one be ashamed to suffer as a Christian, but be thankful (1 PETER 4:16)
97. Let Christian sufferers commit their souls to God (1 PETER 4:19)
98. Let eternal life abide in you (1 JOHN 2:24-25)
99. Let no man deceive you about being righteous (1 JOHN 3:7)
100. Let him that hath an ear, hear (REVELATION 2:7,11,17,29; REVELATION 3:6,13,22)

Twelve "Let Not's":

1. Let not your left hand know what the right hand does (MATTHEW 6:3)
2. Let not man sever those who are married (MATTHEW 19:6)
3. Let not good be evil spoken of (ROMANS 14:16)
4. Let not sin reign in the body (ROMANS 6:12)
5. Let not him that eateth despise him that does not (ROMANS 14:3)
6. Let not him that eateth not judge him that does (ROMANS 14:3)
7. Let not the wife depart from her husband (1 CORINTHIANS 7:10)
8. Let not the husband put away his wife (1 CORINTHIANS 7:11)
9. Let not the Christian put away the unsaved companion who wishes to remain (1 CORINTHIANS 7:12,13)
10. Let not the sun go down on wrath (EPHESIANS 4:26)
11. Let not fornication, uncleanness, covetousness, filthiness, foolish talking, and jesting be mentioned among you as becometh saints (EPHESIANS 5:3-4)
12. Let not unworthy widows be supported by the church (1 TIMOTHY 5:9-16)

Forty-two "Let us's":

1. Let us walk honestly (ROMANS 13:13)
2. Let us cast off works of darkness (ROMANS 13:12)
3. Let us put on armour of light (ROMANS 13:12)
4. Let us follow things of peace (ROMANS 14:19)
5. Let us follow things that edify (ROMANS 14:19)
6. Let us please neighbour for good (ROMANS 15:2-3)
7. Let us be sincere (1 CORINTHIANS 5:8)
8. Let us not commit fornication (1 CORINTHIANS 10:8)
9. Let us not tempt Christ (1 CORINTHIANS 10:9)
10. Let us not murmur (1 CORINTHIANS 10:10)
11. Let us cleanse ourselves from the filthiness of body and spirit (2 CORINTHIANS 7:1)
12. Let us perfect holiness (2 CORINTHIANS 7:1)
13. Let us walk in the Spirit (GALATIANS 5:25)
14. Let us not desire vain glory (GALATIANS 5:26)
15. Let us not provoke one another (GALATIANS 5:26)
16. Let us not envy one another (GALATIANS 5:26)
17. Let us not be weary in well doing (GALATIANS 6:9)
18. Let us do good to all people (GALATIANS 6:10)
19. Let us do good especially to fellow Christians (GALATIANS 6:10)
20. Let us who are mature press forward toward the mark (PHILIPPIANS 3:14-15)
21. Let us walk by the same rule (PHILIPPIANS 3:16)
22. Let us mind the same thing (PHILIPPIANS 3:16)
23. Let us not sleep spiritually (1 THESSALONIANS 5:6)
24. Let us watch and be sober (1 THESSALONIANS 5:6,8)
25. Let us be content with food and raiment (1 TIMOTHY 6:8)
26. Let us fear losing the soul (HEBREWS 4:1-2)
27. Let us labour to be saved (HEBREWS 4:11)
28. Let us hold fast our profession (HEBREWS 10:23)
29. Let us come boldly to the throne of grace (HEBREWS 4:16; HEBREWS 10:19-23)
30. Let us go on to perfection (HEBREWS 6:1)
31. Let us draw near to God (HEBREWS 10:22)
32. Let us provoke to love and good works (HEBREWS 10:24)
33. Let us not forsake assembling together in worship (HEBREWS 10:25)
34. Let us exhort one another (HEBREWS 10:25)
35. Let us lay aside every weight (HEBREWS 12:1)
36. Let us lay aside besetting sin (HEBREWS 12:1)
37. Let us run race with patience (HEBREWS 12:1)
38. Let us look to Jesus (HEBREWS 12:2)
39. Let us have grace to serve God (HEBREWS 12:28)
40. Let us bear Christ's reproach (HEBREWS 13:13)
41. Let us offer our sacrifice of praise to God continually (HEBREWS 13:15)
42. Let us love one another (1 JOHN 4:7,11)

Eight "Let Us Not's":

1. Let us not walk in rioting (ROMANS 13:13)
2. Let us not walk in drunkenness (ROMANS 13:13)
3. Let us not walk in chambering (ROMANS 13:13)
4. Let us not walk in wantonness (ROMANS 13:13)
5. Let us not walk in strife (ROMANS 13:13)
6. Let us not walk in envying (ROMANS 13:13)
7. Let us not judge one another in doubtful things (ROMANS 14:13)
8. Let us not cause others to stumble (ROMANS 14:13)

Three Ways to Live:

1. Live peacefully (ROMANS 12:18; 2 CORINTHIANS 13:11)
2. Live free from anxiety and undue care (1 CORINTHIANS 7:28-35)
3. Live no longer in lusts of sin (1 PETER 4:2)

Four Commands to "Love":

1. Love your enemies (MATTHEW 5:44; LUKE 6:27,35)
2. Love your fellow Christians (JOHN 13:34; JOHN 15:12,17; GALATIANS 5:14; 1 PETER 2:17; 1 JOHN 3:23; 2 JOHN 1:5)
3. Love the brotherhood (1 PETER 2:17)
4. Love your brother (1 JOHN 4:21)

Two Things Not to Love:

1. The world (1 JOHN 2:15)
2. Things in the world (1 JOHN 2:15)

Three Ways to Love:

1. Fervently (1 PETER 2:22)
2. With a pure heart (1 PETER 2:22)
3. As brethren (1 PETER 3:8)

One Person to Pray to:

Pray to thy Father (MATTHEW 6:6; MATTHEW 6:9; JOHN 16:23-26)

Three Things to Pray for:

1. Your persecutors (MATTHEW 5:44; LUKE 6:28)
2. For labourers (MATTHEW 9:38; LUKE 10:2)
3. For one another (JAMES 5:16)

Two Ways Not to Pray:

1. Use not vain repetitions like the heathen (MATTHEW 6:7)
2. Do not pray as hypocrites (MATTHEW 6:5)

Three Ways to Pray:

1. After this manner pray (MATTHEW 6:9-13)
2. Ask, seek, knock (MATTHEW 7:7-11)
3. Pray in the Spirit (JUDE 20)

Four Things to Prove:

1. Prove yourself (2 CORINTHIANS 13:5)
2. Prove what is acceptable to God (EPHESIANS 5:10)
3. Prove all things (1 THESSALONIANS 5:21)
4. Prove accusations against elders (1 TIMOTHY 5:19)

Two Commands to Rejoice:

1. Rejoice (MATTHEW 5:12; ROMANS 15:10)
2. Rejoice evermore (1 THESSALONIANS 5:16)

Eight "Put Away's":

1. Put away wicked people from the congregation (1 CORINTHIANS 5:13)
2. Put away lying (EPHESIANS 4:25)
3. Put away all bitterness (EPHESIANS 4:31)
4. Put away wrath (EPHESIANS 4:31)
5. Put away anger (EPHESIANS 4:31)
6. Put away clamour (EPHESIANS 4:31)
7. Put away evil speaking (EPHESIANS 4:31)
8. Put away all malice (EPHESIANS 4:31)

Six "Put Off's":

1. Put off the old man (EPHESIANS 4:22; COLOSSIANS 3:9)
2. Put off anger (COLOSSIANS 3:8)
3. Put off wrath (COLOSSIANS 3:8)
4. Put off malice (COLOSSIANS 3:8)
5. Put off blasphemy (COLOSSIANS 3:8)
6. Put off filthy conversation (COLOSSIANS 3:8)

Twelve "Put On's":

1. Put on Christ (ROMANS 13:14)
2. Put on the armour of light (ROMANS 13:12)
3. Put on the new man (EPHESIANS 4:24; COLOSSIANS 3:10)
4. Put on the whole armour of God (EPHESIANS 6:11,13)
5. Put on the bowels of mercy (COLOSSIANS 3:12)
6. Put on kindness (COLOSSIANS 3:12)
7. Put on humility (COLOSSIANS 3:12)
8. Put on meekness (COLOSSIANS 3:12)
9. Put on longsuffering (COLOSSIANS 3:13)
10. Put on love (COLOSSIANS 3:14)
11. Put on the breastplate of faith and love (1 THESSALONIANS 5:8)
12. Put on the hope of salvation (1 THESSALONIANS 5:8)

One Class Not to Rebuke:

Elders (1 TIMOTHY 5:1)

Three Things to Rebuke:

1. Certain sinners (1 TIMOTHY 5:20)
2. Rebels (TITUS 1:13)
3. Works of darkness (EPHESIANS 5:11)

Two Ways to Rebuke:

1. With all authority (TITUS 2:15)
2. With all longsuffering (2 TIMOTHY 4:2)

Four Things to Rejoice in:

1. Hope (ROMANS 12:12)
2. Blessings of others (ROMANS 12:15)
3. The Lord (PHILIPPIANS 3:1; PHILIPPIANS 4:4)
4. Suffering for Christ (1 PETER 4:13)

Five Things to Remember:

1. What you are saved from (EPHESIANS 2:11-12)
2. Those who suffer (HEBREWS 13:3)
3. Those who lead you (HEBREWS 13:7)
4. Truth (JUDE 17,18; REVELATION 3:3)
5. Backsliding, and repent (REVELATION 2:5)

Four Things to Seek:

1. God's kingdom first (MATTHEW 6:33; LUKE 12:31)
2. God in prayer (MATTHEW 7:7)
3. To edify the church (1 CORINTHIANS 14:12)
4. Things above (COLOSSIANS 3:1)

One Command to Stand Fast:

1. Stand fast, and hold Christian traditions (2 THESSALONIANS 2:15)

Three Things to Stand Fast With:

1. Loins girt about with truth
2. Breastplate of righteousness
3. Feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace (EPHESIANS 6:14-15)

Five Things to Stand in:

1. Faith (1 CORINTHIANS 16:13)
2. Liberty (GALATIANS 5:1)
3. One spirit (PHILIPPIANS 1:27)
4. One mind (PHILIPPIANS 1:27)
5. The Lord (PHILIPPIANS 4:1)

Eight Things to Think on:

1. Things about your true self (ROMANS 12:3; 1 CORINTHIANS 3:18)
2. Things true
3. Things honest
4. Things just
5. Things pure
6. Things lovely
7. Things of good report
8. Things of virtue (PHILIPPIANS 4:8)

One Way to Think:

Think soberly (ROMANS 12:3)

Five Commands to "Submit":

1. Submit one to another (EPHESIANS 5:21)
2. Submit to God (JAMES 4:7)
3. Submit to every ordinance of man (1 PETER 2:13-14; ROMANS 13:1-8)
4. Younger ones are to submit to their elders (1 PETER 5:5)
5. Wives must submit to their husbands (EPHESIANS 5:22; COLOSSIANS 3:18; 1 PETER 3:1-6)

Twelve "Take's":

1. Take no anxious thought for necessities of life (MATTHEW 6:25,31; LUKE 12:22-30)
2. Take no anxious thought of tomorrow (MATTHEW 6:34)
3. Take no anxious thought of defence (MATTHEW 10:19; MARK 13:9-11; LUKE 12:11-12; LUKE 21:14)
4. Take my yoke upon you (MATTHEW 11:29)
5. Take advantage of freedom (1 CORINTHIANS 7:21)
6. Take the Lord's Supper in remembrance of Christ (1 CORINTHIANS 11:24-26)
7. Take the shield of faith (EPHESIANS 6:16)
8. Take the helmet of salvation (EPHESIANS 6:17)
9. Take the sword of the Spirit (EPHESIANS 6:17)
10. Take oversight of the flock willingly (1 PETER 5:2)
11. Take oversight of the flock without thought of personal gain (1 PETER 5:2)
12. Take a humble seat (LUKE 14:8)

Eighteen "Take Heed's":

1. Take heed that you do not alms to be seen by people (MATTHEW 6:1)
2. Take heed not to despise little ones (MATTHEW 18:10)
3. Take heed not to be deceived (MATTHEW 24:4; MARK 13:5; LUKE 21:8)
4. Take heed what you hear (MARK 4:24)
5. Take heed how you hear (LUKE 8:18)
6. Take heed to walk in the light (LUKE 11:35)
7. Take heed to rebuke and forgive (LUKE 17:3)
8. Take heed not to get drunk (LUKE 21:34)
9. Take heed not to surfeit (LUKE 21:34)
10. Take heed not to be overcome with cares (LUKE 21:34)
11. Take heed to yourselves (MARK 13:9; LUKE 17:3; LUKE 21:34; ACTS 20:28)
12. Take heed to the flock of God (ACTS 20:28)
13. Take heed lest you misuse your liberty (1 CORINTHIANS 8:9)
14. Take heed lest you fall (1 CORINTHIANS 10:12; ROMANS 11:21)
15. Take heed to your ministry (COLOSSIANS 4:17)
16. Take heed that you destroy not one another (GALATIANS 5:15)
17. Take heed to yourself and your doctrine (1 TIMOTHY 4:16)
18. Take heed not to backslide (HEBREWS 3:12)

Two Ways Not to Walk on:

1. As Sinners (EPHESIANS 4:17)
2. As fools (EPHESIANS 5:15)

Four "Thou Shalt's":

1. Thou shalt worship God only (MATTHEW 4:10; LUKE 4:8)
2. Thou shalt serve God only (MATTHEW 4:10; LUKE 4:8)
3. Thou shalt love neighbours as yourself (MATTHEW 5:43; MATTHEW 19:19; MATTHEW 22:39; MARK 12:31; LUKE 10:27; ROMANS 13:9; GALATIANS 5:14)
4. Thou shalt love God wholeheartedly (MATTHEW 22:37; MARK 12:30; LUKE 10:27)

Seven Things to Walk in:

1. The Spirit (GALATIANS 5:16)
2. Love (EPHESIANS 5:2)
3. The light (EPHESIANS 5:8-9; 1 JOHN 1:7)
4. Watchfulness (EPHESIANS 6:18)
5. Christ (COLOSSIANS 2:6-7; 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17)
6. Wisdom (COLOSSIANS 4:5)
7. Honesty (1 THESSALONIANS 4:12)

Eight "Thou Shalt Not's":

1. Thou shalt not tempt the Lord (MATTHEW 4:7; LUKE 4:12)
2. Thou shalt not kill (MATTHEW 5:21; MATTHEW 19:18; MARK 10:19; LUKE 18:20; ROMANS 13:9)
3. Thou shalt not commit adultery (MATTHEW 5:27-28; MATTHEW 19:18; LUKE 18:20; ROMANS 13:9)
4. Thou shalt not pray to be seen by people (MATTHEW 6:5)
5. Thou shalt not steal (MATTHEW 19:18; MARK 10:19; LUKE 18:20; ROMANS 13:9)
6. Thou shalt not bear false witness (MATTHEW 19:18; MARK 10:19; LUKE 18:20; ROMANS 13:9)
7. Thou shalt not covet (ROMANS 13:9)
8. Thou shalt not muzzle the ox treading corn (1 CORINTHIANS 9:9; 1 TIMOTHY 5:18)

200 Miscellaneous Commands:

1. Abhor what is evil (ROMANS 12:9)
2. A bishop must be (see characteristics of, 1 TIMOTHY 3:2-7; TITUS 1:6-9)
3. Abide in Christ (JOHN 15:4)
4. Abide with worthy ones (MATTHEW 10:11-13; MARK 6:10; LUKE 9:4; LUKE 10:5-8)
5. Accuse none falsely (LUKE 3:14)
6. Add to Christian graces (2 PETER 1:5-7)
7. Admit your own unprofitableness (LUKE 17:10)
8. Admonish one another (COLOSSIANS 3:16)
9. Admonish the unruly (2 THESSALONIANS 3:15)
10. Agree with your adversary (MATTHEW 5:25)
11. Allow no liberty to ensnare you to commit sin (1 CORINTHIANS 10:25-30)
12. Allow no lust of evil in the your body (1 THESSALONIANS 4:5)
13. Allow no cursing and blessing from the same mouth (JAMES 3:10)
14. Anoint your head and wash face when fasting (MATTHEW 6:17)
15. Arm your self with a mind to suffer for Christ (1 PETER 4:1)
16. Avenge not yourself (ROMANS 12:19)
17. Awake from death to light (EPHESIANS 5:14)
18. Bear one another's burdens (GALATIANS 6:2)
19. Behave like men (1 CORINTHIANS 16:13)
20. Bid no false teacher "Godspeed" (2 JOHN 10-11)
21. Bring proof of your repentance (MATTHEW 3:8; LUKE 3:8)
22. Bring your children up in the Lord (EPHESIANS 6:4)
23. Build up your faith (JUDE 20)
24. Call the poor to your feast (LUKE 14:13)
25. Children, obey your parents (EPHESIANS 6:1; COLOSSIANS 3:20)
26. Cleanse the lepers (MATTHEW 10:8)
27. Cleanse your hands you sinners (JAMES 4:8)
28. Cleave to good (ROMANS 12:9)
29. Collect just dues only (LUKE 3:13)
30. Come out from among them (2 CORINTHIANS 6:17)
31. Command and teach these things (1 TIMOTHY 4:11; 1 TIMOTHY 6:2)
32. Commit the truth to faithful teachers (2 TIMOTHY 2:2)
33. Confess your faults one to another (JAMES 5:16)
34. Count it joy when you are tempted (JAMES 1:2)
35. Cut off offending members (MATTHEW 5:29-30; MATTHEW 18:8,9)
36. Deacons must be (see 1 TIMOTHY 3:8-12)
37. Defraud not (MARK 10:19)
38. Desire spiritual gifts (1 CORINTHIANS 14:1)
39. Desire the milk of the Word (1 PETER 2:2)
40. Despise not prophesyings (1 THESSALONIANS 5:20)
41. Destroy none with non-essentials (ROMANS 14:15; 1 CORINTHIANS 8:13)
42. Draw near to God (JAMES 4:8)
43. Eat your own bread in quietness (2 THESSALONIANS 3:12)
44. Earnestly contend for faith (JUDE 3)
45. Edify yourselves with singing (EPHESIANS 5:19)
46. Edify one another (1 THESSALONIANS 5:11)
47. Enter the straight (narrow) gate (MATTHEW 7:13; LUKE 13:24)
48. Examine yourself as to faith (2 CORINTHIANS 13:5)
49. Exercise in godliness (1 TIMOTHY 4:7-8)
50. Exhort servants to obey (TITUS 2:9-10)
51. Exhort one another daily (HEBREWS 3:13)
52. Fear not (LUKE 12:32)!
53. Fight the good fight of faith (1 TIMOTHY 6:12)
54. Follow peace and holiness (HEBREWS 12:14)
55. Forbear one another (COLOSSIANS 3:13)
56. Forbid not children (MATTHEW 19:14; MARK 10:14; LUKE 18:16)
57. Forbid not tongues (1 CORINTHIANS 14:39)
58. Forget not to share (HEBREWS 13:16)
59. Forgive 490 times (MATTHEW 18:22)
60. Forgive (MARK 11:25-26; LUKE 6:37; EPHESIANS 4:32; COLOSSIANS 3:13)
61. Fret not in servitude (2 CORINTHIANS 7:21)
62. Gird up loins of mind (1 PETER 1:13)
63. Give place to wrath (ROMANS 12:19)
64. Give your enemy a drink of water (ROMANS 12:20)
65. Give no occasion to the adversary (1 TIMOTHY 5:14)
66. Glorify God in your body and spirit (1 CORINTHIANS 6:20; cp. ROMANS 12:1-2)
67. Grieve not the Holy Spirit (EPHESIANS 4:30)
68. Grow in grace and knowledge (2 PETER 3:18)
69. Grudge not against another (JAMES 5:9)
70. Harden not your hearts (HEBREWS 3:8-15)
71. Hate flesh-spotted garments (JUDE 23)
72. Have no respect of persons (partiality, prejudice) (1 TIMOTHY 5:21)
73. Have the same love (PHILIPPIANS 2:2)
74. Have no fellowship with works of darkness (EPHESIANS 5:11)
75. Heal the sick (MATTHEW 10:8; LUKE 10:9)
76. Help propagate truth (3 JOHN 8)
77. Humble yourselves (JAMES 4:10; 1 PETER 5:6)
78. Husbands, love your wives (EPHESIANS 5:25,28; COLOSSIANS 3:19; 1 PETER 3:7)
79. Husbands, be not bitter against your wives (COLOSSIANS 3:19)
80. Instruct rebels in meekness (2 TIMOTHY 2:25)
81. Intreat others according to 1 TIMOTHY 5:1-2.
82. Judge not (MATTHEW 7:1; LUKE 6:37)
83. Have faith before God for things not condemned in Scripture (ROMANS 14:22-23)
84. Know how to control your body (1 THESSALONIANS 4:4)
85. Lay not up your treasures on earth (MATTHEW 6:19)
86. Lay up your treasures in heaven (MATTHEW 6:20; LUKE 12:33-34)
87. Lay hold on eternal life (1 TIMOTHY 6:12)
88. Leave your parents and cleave to your wife (MATTHEW 19:5; MARK 10:7; EPHESIANS 5:31)
89. Lend, hoping for nothing back (LUKE 6:35)
90. Lie not (COLOSSIANS 3:9)
91. Lift up hands that hang down (HEBREWS 12:12)
92. Look not everyone on your own things only (PHILIPPIANS 2:4)
93. Look diligently not to fail of grace (HEBREWS 12:15)
94. Look diligently lest any root of bitterness defile (HEBREWS 12:15)
95. Look diligently lest any be a fornicator (HEBREWS 12:16-17)
96. Look to yourselves not to lose reward (2 JOHN 8)
97. Look for mercy unto eternal life (JUDE 21)
98. Lust not after evil things (1 CORINTHIANS 10:6)
99. Make a tree good or corrupt (MATTHEW 12:33)
100. Make no provision for lusts (ROMANS 13:14)
101. Make full proof of ministry (2 TIMOTHY 4:5)
102. Make straight paths (HEBREWS 12:13)
103. Mark troublemakers (ROMANS 16:17; PHILIPPIANS 3:17)
104. Mark the unruly (2 THESSALONIANS 3:14)
105. Marvel not if you are hated by the world (1 JOHN 3:13)
106. Masters, be good to servants (EPHESIANS 6:9; COLOSSIANS 4:1)
107. Meditate upon things of 1 TIMOTHY 4:15.
108. Mind not the high things (ROMANS 12:16)
109. Minister as good stewards (1 PETER 4:10)
110. Mortify offending physical members (COLOSSIANS 3:5; ROMANS 8:12-13)
111. Neither be of doubtful mind (LUKE 12:29)
112. No man is to defraud his brother (1 THESSALONIANS 4:6)
113. Neglect not spiritual gifts (1 TIMOTHY 4:14; cp. 2 TIMOTHY 1:6)
114. Obey your leaders (HEBREWS 13:17)
115. Offer the other cheek (MATTHEW 5:39; LUKE 6:29)
116. Ordain no one in a hurry (1 TIMOTHY 5:22)
117. Owe nothing but love (ROMANS 13:8)
118. Overcome evil with good (ROMANS 12:21)
119. Pass the time in fear (1 PETER 1:17)
120. Pay your taxes (ROMANS 13:6)
121. Pay just dues (ROMANS 13:7)
122. Praise the Lord (ROMANS 15:11)
123. Preach (MATTHEW 10:7,27; MARK 16:15; 2 TIMOTHY 4:2)
124. Present your body to God (ROMANS 12:1)
125. Provide things honestly (ROMANS 12:17)
126. Provoke not your children to wrath (EPHESIANS 6:4; COLOSSIANS 3:21)
127. Purge out the old leaven (evil influence) (1 CORINTHIANS 5:7)
128. Purify your hearts of doubt (JAMES 4:8)
129. Put others in remembrance of the essentials (2 TIMOTHY 2:14)
130. Quench not the Spirit (1 THESSALONIANS 5:19)
131. Raise the dead (MATTHEW 10:8)
132. Receive (accept) weak brethren (ROMANS 14:1)
133. Receive one another (ROMANS 15:7)
134. Receive the Word with meekness (JAMES 1:21)
135. Reckon yourself as dead to sin (ROMANS 6:11)
136. Reckon yourself as alive to God (ROMANS 6:11)
137. Recognize the truth (1 CORINTHIANS 10:15)
138. Redeem the time (EPHESIANS 5:16; COLOSSIANS 4:5)
139. Reject heretics (TITUS 3:10)
140. Refuse to support young widows from church funds (1 TIMOTHY 5:11)
141. Remind people of the seven things of TITUS 3:1-2.
142. Render no evil for evil (1 PETER 3:9; ROMANS 12:17)
143. Repent (MATTHEW 3:2; MATTHEW 4:17; MARK 1:15; ACTS 2:38; ACTS 3:19; REVELATION 2:16; REVELATION 3:19)
144. Resist not evil (MATTHEW 5:38-39)
145. Resist the devil (JAMES 4:7; 1 PETER 5:9)
146. Restore backslider in meekness, considering your own life (GALATIANS 6:1)
147. Run to obtain (1 CORINTHIANS 9:24)
148. Salute none by the way (LUKE 10:4)
149. Salute your leaders (HEBREWS 13:24)
150. Sanctify God in your heart (1 PETER 3:15)
151. Save some with fear (JUDE 23)
152. Search the Scriptures (JOHN 5:39)
153. Seek not eats and drinks (LUKE 12:29)
154. Sell to help the needy (LUKE 12:33)
155. Serve the Lord (ROMANS 12:1)
156. Servants, obey masters (EPHESIANS 6:5-8; COLOSSIANS 3:22-25; 1 PETER 2:18)
157. Set the least to judge (1 CORINTHIANS 6:4)
158. Set your affections above (COLOSSIANS 3:2)
159. Shake off the dust of your feet (MATTHEW 10:14; MARK 6:11; LUKE 9:5; LUKE 10:10-11)
160. Show charity to other ministers (LUKE 9:49-50)
161. Show yourself as a pattern (TITUS 2:7)
162. Show four things of TITUS 2:7-8.
163. Sin not (1 CORINTHIANS 15:34)
164. Sing with grace in heart (COLOSSIANS 3:16)
165. Shun vain babblings (2 TIMOTHY 2:16)
166. Speak and do things in view of the judgment day (JAMES 2:12)
167. Speak truth (EPHESIANS 4:25)
168. Speak sound doctrine (TITUS 2:1)
169. Speak no evil of your brethren (JAMES 4:11)
170. Stablish your hearts (JAMES 5:8)
171. Strengthen your feeble knees (HEBREWS 12:12)
172. Strive together for the gospel faith (PHILEMON 27)
173. Study to be quiet (1 THESSALONIANS 4:11)
174. Study (be diligent) to show yourself approved (2 TIMOTHY 2:15)
175. Support the weak (1 THESSALONIANS 5:14)
176. See that no one renders evil for evil (1 THESSALONIANS 5:15)
177. Swear not (JAMES 5:12; MATTHEW 5:33-36)
178. Tarry one for another (1 CORINTHIANS 11:33)
179. Tarry for power (LUKE 24:49; ACTS 1:4-8)
180. Teach one another (COLOSSIANS 3:16)
181. Teach no other doctrine that the truth (1 TIMOTHY 1:3)
182. Tell your brother his fault alone first (MATTHEW 18:15-17)
183. Trust God for your needs as you work (MATTHEW 10:9; LUKE 9:3; LUKE 10:4)
184. Understand the will of God (EPHESIANS 5:17)
185. Use not your liberty as an occasion to sin (GALATIANS 5:13; 1 PETER 1:16)
186. Use hospitality without grudging (1 PETER 4:9)
187. Warn the unruly (1 THESSALONIANS 5:14)
188. Watch and pray (MATTHEW 24:42; MATTHEW 25:13; MARK 13:33,35; MARK 14:38; LUKE 21:36; EPHESIANS 6:18; COLOSSIANS 4:2)
189. Watch in all things (2 TIMOTHY 4:5; 1 CORINTHIANS 16:13)
190. Weep with others (ROMANS 12:15)
191. Withdraw from disorderly brethren (2 THESSALONIANS 3:6,14)
192. Withdraw from evil people (1 TIMOTHY 6:3-6)
193. Wives of deacons must be (see 1 TIMOTHY 3:11)
194. Wives, submit to your husbands (EPHESIANS 5:22; COLOSSIANS 3:18; 1 PETER 3:1-6)
195. Work with your own hands (1 THESSALONIANS 4:11)
196. Work, or do not eat (2 THESSALONIANS 3:10-11)
197. Work out own salvation (PHILIPPIANS 2:12)
198. Yield not your members to sin (ROMANS 6:13)
199. Yield yourself to God (ROMANS 6:13)
200. Yield your members to righteousness (ROMANS 6:13)

Two Eternal Rights of the Redeemed:

1. Right to the tree of life
2. Right to enter the New Jerusalem

Source: ‘Dake's Study Notes' by Finis Jennings Dake



THE COMMANDMENTS OF JESUS

I.
REPENTANCE

1. "Repent"

Matt. 4:17;
Rev. 2:5

2. "Come unto Me"

Matt. 11:28

3. "Seek first God and His righteousness"

Matt. 6:33

4. "Forgive if ye have ought against any"

Mark 11:25

5. "Deny Yourself"

Matt. 16:24

6. "Ask…seek…knock"

Matt. 7:7

7. "Strive to enter in at the strait gate"

Luke 13:24

II.
BELIEF

1. "Believe the Gospel"

Mark. 1:15

2. "Ye believe in God, believe also in Me"

John 14:1

3. "Believe on Him who He (God) hath sent"

John 6:28-29

4. "Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me"

John 14:11

5. "Believe the works…I do"

John 10:37-38

6. "While ye have light believe in the light"

John 12:36

7. "Believe that ye receive"

Mark 11:24

III.
THE NEW BIRTH

1. "Ye must be born again"

John 3:7

2. "Cleanse first that which is within"

Matt. 23:26

3. "Make the tree good, and his fruit good"

Matt. 12:33

4. "Abide in Me and I in you"

John 15:4

5. "Have salt in yourselves"

Mark 9:50

6. "Labor…for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life"

John 6:27

7. "Rejoice, because your names are written in heaven"

Luke 10:20

IV.
RECEIVING THE HOLY SPIRIT

1. "Receive ye the Holy Ghost"

John 20:23

2. "Let the children first be filled"

Mark 7:27

3. "If any man thirst, let him come unto Me and drink"

John 7:37-39

4. "Keep my commandments and…the Father…shall give you another Comforter"

John 14:15-17

5. "Ask…with importunity"

John 16:24; Luke11:5-13

6. "Tarry…until ye be endued with power from on high"

Luke 24:49

7. "When the Comforter is come…He shall testify of Me: and ye also shall bear witness"

John 15:26-27

V.
FOLLOWING JESUS

1. "Follow Me"

John 12:26

2. "Be baptized"

Matt. 3:13-15;
Matt. 28:19

3. "Take this…(communion) in remembrance of Me"

Luke 22:17-19

4. "Ye also ought to wash one another’s feet"

John 13:14-15

5. "If any man will come after Me…let him take up his cross daily"

Luke 9:23

6. "Learn of Me"

Matt. 11:29

7. "Continue ye in My love"

John 15:9

VI.
PRAYER

1. "Pray always"

Luke 21:36

2. "Pray that ye enter not into temptation"

Luke 22:40, 46

3. "Pray…the Lord of the harvest, that He would send forth labourers"

Luke 10:2

4. "Pray for them which despitefully use you"

Luke 6:28

5. "Pray to the Father…in my name"

Matt.6:6;
John16:24,26

6. "After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father, which art in heaven…"

Matt. 6:9-13

7. "When ye pray, use not vain repetitions"

Matt. 6:7-8

VII.
FAITH

1. "Have faith in God"

Mark 11:22

2. "Be not faithless"

John 20:27

3. "Neither be ye of doubtful mind"

Luke 12:29

4. "Take no thought for your life"

Matt. 6:25-34

5. "Let not your heart be troubled"

John 14:1,27

6. "Be of good cheer"

Matt. 14:27

7. "Be not afraid"

Mark 5:36: Luke 12:4-7

VIII.
SEARCHING THE SCRIPTURES

1. "Search the scriptures"

John 5:39

2. "Remember the word that I said"

John 15:20

3. "Let these sayings sink down into your ears"

Luke 9:44

4. "Take heed therefore how ye hear"

Luke 8:18

5. "Take heed what ye hear"

Mark 4:24

6. "Beware of the leaven (doctrine) of the Pharisees"

Matt.16:6, 12

7. "Beware of false prophets"

Matt. 7:15-17

IX.
LETTING YOUR LIGHT SHINE

1. "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works"

Matt. 5:16

2. "Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness"

Luke 11:35

3. "Go and bring forth fruit, and …bear much fruit"

John 15:16, 8

4. "Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father"

Luke 6:36

5. "Tell…how great things the Lord hath done for thee"

Mark 5:19

6. "Lift up you eyes, and look on the fields"

John 4:35

7. "Walk while you have the light"

John 12:35

X.
THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST

1. "Hold fast till I come"

Rev. 2:25;
Rev. 3:2-3

2. "Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh"

Luke 12:40

3. "Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their Lord"

Luke 12:35-36

4. "Take heed…lest…your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life"

Luke 21:34

5. "Remember Lot’s wife"

Luke 17:31-32

6. "Take heed that ye be not deceived"

Luke 21:8;
Mark 13:5-6

7. "Watch"

Mark 13:34-37

XI.
SUPREME LOVE TO GOD

1. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart…soul…mind…strength"

Mark 12:30

2. "God, and Him only shalt thou serve"

Matt. 4:10

3. "Worship the Father in spirit and in truth"

John 4:23-24

4. "Call no man your father upon the Earth"

Matt. 23:9

5. "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God"

Matt. 4:7

6. "Fear Him (God) which…hath power to cast into hell"

Luke 12:5

7. "All men should honor the Son"

John 5:22-23

XII.
OUR DUTY TO GOD AND MAN

1. "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s,
and to God the things that are God’s"

Mark 12:17

2. "Swear not at all"

Matt.5:34-37; Mark 4:22

3. "What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder"

Matt. 19:5-6

4. "Agree with thine adversary quickly"

Matt. 5:25

5. "We saw one casting out devils in thy name…Forbid him not"

Mark 9:38-40

6. "Eat such things as are set before you"

Luke 10:8

7. "Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost"

John 6:12

XIII.
OUR DUTY TO OUR NEIGHBOR

1. "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself"

Matt.19:17-19

2. "Thou shalt do no murder"

Matt. 19:18

3. "Thou shalt not commit adultery"

Matt. 19:18

4. "Thou shalt not steal"

Matt. 19:18

5. "Thou shalt not bear false witness"

Matt. 19:18

6. "Honor thy father and thy mother"

Matt. 19:19

7. "As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise"

Luke 6:31

XIV.
COVETOUSNESS

1. "Take heed and beware of covetousness"

Luke 12:15

2. "Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth…but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven"

Matt. 6:19-20

3. "Ye pay tithe…and not leave (them) undone"

Matt.23:23

4. "Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away"

Matt. 5:42

5. "Give alms of such things as ye have"

Luke 11:41

6. "When thou makest a dinner..call not thy friends, nor thy brethren…but….call the poor"

Luke 14:12-13

7. "Make yourselves friends of the mammon…"

Luke 16:9

XV.
HYPOCRISY

1. "Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy"

Luke 12:1

2. "Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes"

Luke 20:46-47

3. "Do not ye after their works"

Matt. 23:2-3

4. "Make not My Father’s house an house of merchandise"

John 2:16

5. "Do not your alms before men, to be seen of them"

Matt.6:1-4

6. "When thou prayest thou shalt not be as the hypocrites…to be seen of men…enter into thy closet and pray in secret"

Matt. 6:5-6

7. "When thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; that thou appear not unto men to fast"

Matt. 6:16-18

XVI.
MEEKNESS

1. "Take my yoke upon you…for I am meek and lowly in heart"

Matt. 11:29

2. "The princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them…but it shall not be so among you"

Matt. 20:25-26

3. "Whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all"

Mark 10:43-44

4. "Be not ye called Rabbi"

Matt. 23:8

5. "Sit not down in the highest room"

Luke 14:8-11

6. "Rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you"

Luke 10:20

7. "Say, we are unprofitable servants"

Luke 17:10

XVII.
OUR LOVE TO THE BRETHREN

1. "Love one another as I have loved you"

John 15:12

2. "Despise not one of these little ones"

Matt. 18:10-14

3. "Have peace one with another … and be reconciled to thy brother"

Mark 9:50; Matt. 5:23-24

4. "If thy brother…trespass against thee go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone"

Matt. 18:15-17

5. "If thy brother trespass against thee seven times a day…thou shalt forgive him"

Luke 17:3-4;
Matt. 18:21-22

6. "Judge not according to appearance… first cast the beam out of thine own eye"

John 7:24;
Matt. 7:1-5

7. "Condemn not"

Luke 6:37

XVIII.
PERFECT LOVE

1. "Be ye therefore perfect"

Matt. 5:48

2. "Sell that ye have and give alms"

Matt. 19:21; Luke 12:32-33

3. "Love your enemies"

Matt. 5:44; Matt. 26:52

4. "Do good to them which hate you"

Luke 6:27-28

5. "Lend, hoping for nothing again"

Luke 6:35

6. "Resist not evil"

Matt. 5:39-41

7. "In your patience posses ye your souls"

Luke 21:19

XIX.
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH

1. "Be thou faithful unto death"

Rev. 2:10

2. "Hold that fast which thou hast"

Rev. 3:11

3. "When men shall revile you, and persecute you,…rejoice, and be exceeding glad"

Matt.5:11-12
Luke 6:23

4. "When they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another"

Matt. 10:23

5. "When they deliver you up, take no thought how or what you shall speak"

Matt. 10:19

6. "Murmur not among yourselves"

John 6:41-43

7. "Look up and lift up your hands"

Luke 21:28

XX.
PREACHING THE GOSPEL

1. "Preach the gospel to every creature"

Mark. 16:15; Matt.10:7

2. "Repentance and remission of sins should be preached in His (Christ’s) name"

Luke 24:46-47

3. "Baptize disciples, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and the Holy Ghost"

Matt. 28:19

4. "Teach them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded"

Matt. 28:20

5. "What I tell you … that speak"

Matt. 10:27; Mark 4:22

6. "Feed my sheep"

John 21:15-17

7. "Heal the sick"

Matt. 10:8

XXI.
WISDOM

1. "Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves"

Matt. 10:16

2. "Beware of men"

Matt. 10:17

3. "Let (the blind leaders) alone"

Matt. 15:12-14

4. "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine"

Matt. 7:6

5. "Consider the lilies… how they grow"

Matt. 6:28

6. "Whatsoever city … ye shall enter, inquire who is worthy; and there abide … Go not from house to house"

Matt. 10:11-13;
Luke 10:5-7

7. "Whosoever will not receive you … shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them"

Luke 9:5;
Luke 10:10-11

"IF A MAN LOVE ME, HE WILL KEEP MY WORDS."
John 14:23

Scriptural Authority . . .

Matthew 28:19-20 (KJV)

"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen."

Summary Of All The Commandments Of Jesus

This is His one commandment which summarizes all the others:

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"This is my commandment, that you love one another

as I have loved you." (John 15:12 RSV)

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Here is the way He arrived at this one summary verse.

JOHN 15:9-12 (RSV)



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9

As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in

my love.

10

If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love,

just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in

his love.

11

These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in

you, and that your joy may be full.

12

This is my commandment, that you love one another as I

have loved you.

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This is not just one more commandment He added to a list. This one commandment summarizes all the others: "Love one another as I have loved you." "

NOTE: "Love one another" means "love all people," not just "love other Christians."

Complete List Of The Commandments Of Jesus

Here, then, is the complete list of all the Commandments which Jesus taught His disciples to observe, as I have found them recorded in the four Gospels. They are organized into two groups: the Universal Moral Law, and the Other Commandments Of Jesus.

A summary of each commandment is given first, then a detailed explanation of each one, with Scriptural references.

It is always possible that I have overlooked a commandment or two. So in order to make sure for yourself, please buy a Bible with the words of Jesus written in red. Then read the red words first, and see for yourself! As Jesus said, "the words I speak to you, they are spirit and they are life." (John 6:63b KJV)

Summary List Of The Commandments Of Jesus

I. The Universal Moral Law

A. The Law Of Love

"First, love God your Creator more than anything

else. Then, love all other people the same as you

love yourself."



B. The Ten Commandments

1. "Do not put anything ahead of God your Creator."

2. "Do not make or worship idols."

3. "Do not take the name of God in vain."

4. "Take one day of complete rest each week, in honor of God."

5. "Honor your father and your mother."

6. "Do not commit murder."

7. "Do not commit adultery."

8. "Do not steal."

9. "Do not tell lies against anyone."

10. "Do not covet other people's possessions."

C. The Golden Rule

"Treat Others As You Would Like To Be Traeted."

II. The Other Commandments Of Jesus

1. "FORGIVE EVERYBODY OF ALL THEIR OFFENSES AGAINST YOU."

(Forgive, and be forgiven.)

2. "YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN."

3. "ABIDE IN ME, AND LET ME ABIDE IN YOU."

4. "LET PEOPLE SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS." (Do not hide your light

under a basket.)

5. "END DISPUTES QUICKLY."

6. "WHATEVER CAUSES YOU TO SIN, GET RID OF IT."

7. "DO NOT SWEAR OATHS AT ALL."

8. "DO NOT RETURN OFFENSE FOR OFFENSE." (Turn the other cheek.)

9. "GIVE WHAT PEOPLE ASK OF YOU, AND GIVE MORE THAN IS REQUIRED."

(Go the extra mile.)

10. "LOVE YOUR ENEMIES AND THOSE WHO WORK AGAINST YOU."

11. "GIVE TO THE POOR TO PLEASE GOD, NOT TO GAIN APPROVAL

FROM OTHER PEOPLE."

12. "PRAY PRIVATELY AND SIMPLY, NOT TO IMPRESS OTHER PEOPLE."

13. "MAKE YOUR PRAYERS BE LIKE THE LORD'S PRAYER."

14. "WHEN YOU FAST, DO IT SECRETLY, NOT FOR SHOW."

15. "STORE UP YOUR TREASURES IN HEAVEN, NOT ON EARTH."

16. "DO NOT WORRY ABOUT YOUR MATERIAL NEEDS."

17. "DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE."

18. "MAKE GOD YOUR HIGHEST PRIORITY, AND HE WILL TAKE CARE OF

ALL YOUR NEEDS."

19. "DO NOT JUDGE OTHER PEOPLE." (Judge not, lest ye be judged.)

20. "DO NOT GIVE HOLY THINGS TO DOGS OR CAST YOUR PEARLS

BEFORE SWINE."

21. "ASK GOD FOR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO HAVE." (Seek, and ye shall

find.)

22. "FEED THE HUNGRY, CLOTHE THE NAKED, SHELTER THE HOMELESS,

COMFORT THOSE IN DISTRESS."

23. "FOLLOW THE NARROW PATH TO LIFE." (Enter by the narrow gate.)

24. "BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS."

25. "EXERCISE POWER OVER UNCLEAN SPIRITS."

26. "LOVE LITTLE CHILDREN, DO NOT DESPISE THEM."

27. "DO NOT TAKE THE TITLES 'MASTER' OR 'FATHER' FOR YOURSELF."

28. "RESOLVE DISPUTES IN AN ORDERLY WAY, LIKE THIS . . . "

29. "DO NOT OPPOSE OTHER BELIEVERS IN CHRIST WHO ARE NOT IN YOUR

GROUP."

30. "HAVE TOTAL FAITH IN GOD FOR EVERYTHING."

31. "BE LIKE THE GOOD SAMARITAN." (Go, and do likewise.)

32. "LOVE OTHER PEOPLE AS I HAVE LOVED YOU"

33. "EAT BREAD AND DRINK WINE IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME."

34. "WASH ONE ANOTHER'S FEET."

35. "BE MERCIFUL."

36. "GO AND TEACH ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM."

37. "KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS."

38. "BE PREPARED FOR YOUR MASTER TO RETURN."

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Detailed List Of The Commandments Of Jesus, With Scriptural References

The Universal Moral Law

This is the Universal Moral Law regarding your relationship with your

Creator and with all other people on Earth. This law now applies to

all people in all situations.



There are three parts to the Universal Moral Law . . .

1. The Law Of Love

2. The Ten Commandments

3. The Golden Rule



THE LAW OF LOVE

"First, love God your Creator more than anything

else. Then, love all other people the same as you

love yourself."

(Based on Matthew 22:35-40, restated in Mark

12:28-31 and Luke 10:25-28. The idea of all people

as neighbors is explained in Luke 10:29-37)

"Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord

thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,

and with all thy mind. This is the first and great

commandment." (Matthew 22:37-38 KJV)

"And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy

neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang

all the law and the prophets. (Matthew 22:39-40 KJV)




THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

Throughout the Old Testament, there are hundreds of "commandments,"

covering all parts of life. Collectively, these make up "the Law" of

the Old Covenant.



However, one group of commandments is very special, and it is known as

"the commandments." That is the Ten Commandments, dictated by God,

written in stone, and given to all people forever. The people of

Israel placed The Ten Commandments first, separate and distinct above

all others.



Most of The Law of the Old Covenant no longer applies to Christians

under the New Covenant (See Hebrews 8:13, etc.) However, the Ten

Commandments still apply, because they were ratified by Jesus in Mark

10:19 and Luke 18:20 when He said, "You know the commandments."



The Ten Commandments are given in two different places in the Bible,

once in Exodus 20:1-17 and once in Deuteronomy 5:6-22. The content is

the same in both places.

Here is the modern restatement of The Ten Commandments. After this is

the translation of the original text.

The Ten Commandments: Modern Restatement

1. "Do not put anything ahead of God your Creator."

2. "Do not make or worship idols."

3. "Do not take the name of God in vain."

4. "Take one day of complete rest each week, in honor of God."

5. "Honor your father and your mother."

6. "Do not commit murder."

7. "Do not commit adultery."

8. "Do not steal."

9. "Do not tell lies against anyone."

10. "Do not covet other people's possessions."

(Based on Exodus 20:1-17, restated in

Deuteronomy 5:6-22. Jesus did not specifically

restate commandments 2, 3, 4 or 10, but it was

understood that He endorsed and followed all of the

Ten Commandments.)



EXODUS 20:1-17 (KJV)

The Ten Commandments

1

And God spake all these words, saying,

2

I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of

the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

3

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

4

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or

any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or

that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water

under the earth.

NOTE: "Graven images" here means idols, not all

drawings or statues, as some have mistakenly

believed. If statues were prohibited, then

the two angel statues on the Ark Of The

Covenant would have been prohibited.

(See Exodus 25:18-20)

5

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve

them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God,

visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the

children unto the third and fourth generation of them

that hate me;

6

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love

me, and keep my commandments.

7

Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in

vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that

taketh his name in vain.

8

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

9

Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

10

But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy

God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy

son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy

maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is

within thy gates:

11

For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the

sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh

day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and

hallowed it.

12

Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may

be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth

thee.

13

Thou shalt not kill.

NOTE: This is a prohibition against private killing,

not against killing in war or as punishment for

breaking the law. God specifically authorized

killing in war (see Deuteronomy 7:2, etc.)

and killing as punishment for certain crimes

(see Deuteronomy 13:9, etc.)

14

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

15

Thou shalt not steal.

16

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy

neighbour.

17

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou

shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his

manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his

ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

* * *

"And all the people saw the thunderings, and the

lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the

mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they

removed, and stood afar off." (Exodus 20:18 KJV)


THE GOLDEN RULE

"Treat Others As You Would Like To Be Treated."

(Based on Matthew 7:12, restated in Luke 6:31)

"Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men

should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is

the law and the prophets." (Matthew 7:12 KJV)


The Other Commandments Of Jesus

1. "FORGIVE EVERYBODY OF ALL THEIR OFFENSES AGAINST YOU."

(Forgive, and be forgiven.)

As you forgive other people, God will forgive you.



"And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our

debtors." (Matthew 6:12 KJV)

"And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have

ought against any: that your Father also which

in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.

"But if ye do not forgive, neither will your

Father which is in heaven forgive your

trespasses." (Mark 11:25-26 KJV)


2. "YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN."

Being "born again" means casting off the spirit of the

flesh and taking on the Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit,

Who is given by the grace of God to those who believe

in Jesus Christ as the only-begotten Son of God, risen

from the dead.



"Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born

again." (John 3:7 KJV)

3. "ABIDE IN ME, AND LET ME ABIDE IN YOU."



When you accept Jesus as your personal Lord and Saviour,

His Holy Spirit moves into your heart. He actually lives

in you, and you live in Him.

"Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear

fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more

can ye, except ye abide in me." (John 15:4 KJV)


4. "LET PEOPLE SEE YOUR GOOD WORKS." (Do not hide your light

under a basket.)

"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see

see your good works, and glorify your Father which is

in heaven." (Matthew 5:16 KJV; see also Matthew 5:15)

5. "END DISPUTES QUICKLY."

"Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art

in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary

deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee

to the officer, and thou be cast into prison."

(Matthew 5:25 KJV)

6. "WHATEVER CAUSES YOU TO SIN, GET RID OF IT."

"And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and

cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that

one of thy members should perish, and not that thy

whole body should be cast into hell.

"And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and

cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that

one of thy members should perish, and not that thy

whole body should be cast into hell."

(Matthew 5:29-30 KJV)

7. "DO NOT SWEAR OATHS AT ALL."

"But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by

heaven; for it is God's throne:



"Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by

Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.



"Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou

canst not make one hair white or black.



"But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay:

for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil."


(Matthew 5:34-37 KJV)

8. "DO NOT RETURN OFFENSE FOR OFFENSE." (Turn the other cheek.)

"Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an

eye, and a tooth for a tooth:



"But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but

whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn

to him the other also."

(Matthew 5:38-39 KJV)

9. "GIVE WHAT PEOPLE ASK OF YOU, AND GIVE MORE THAN IS REQUIRED."

(Go the extra mile.)



"And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take

away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.



"And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with

him twain.



"Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would

borrow of thee turn not thou away."

(Matthew 5:40-42 KJV)



10. "LOVE YOUR ENEMIES AND THOSE WHO WORK AGAINST YOU."



"But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them

that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and

pray for them which despitefully use you, and

persecute you;



"That ye may be the children of your Father which is

in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil

and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on

the unjust."



(Matthew 5:43-45 KJV)

11. "GIVE TO THE POOR TO PLEASE GOD, NOT TO GAIN APPROVAL

FROM OTHER PEOPLE."

"Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to

be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your

Father which is in heaven." (Matthew 6:1 KJV)

12. "PRAY PRIVATELY AND SIMPLY, NOT TO IMPRESS OTHER PEOPLE."

"And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are:

for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the

corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I

say unto you, They have their reward.



"But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when

thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret;

and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.



"But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do:

for they think that they shall be heard for their much

speaking."



(Matthew 6:5-7 KJV)



13. "MAKE YOUR PRAYERS BE LIKE THE LORD'S PRAYER."

After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven,

Hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come,

Thy will be done in earth,

As it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our debts,

As we forgive our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation,

But deliver us from evil:

For thine is the kingdom,

And the power,

And the glory,

For ever.

Amen.

(Matthew 6:9-15 KJV)



14. "WHEN YOU FAST, DO IT SECRETLY, NOT FOR SHOW."

"Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad

countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may

appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their

reward." (Matthew 6:16)



15. "STORE UP YOUR TREASURES IN HEAVEN, NOT ON EARTH."



"Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and

rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:



"But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither

moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break

through nor steal:



"For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also."

(Matthew 6:19-21)

16. "DO NOT WORRY ABOUT YOUR MATERIAL NEEDS."



"Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what

ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body,

what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the

body than raiment?



"Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they

reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth

them. Are ye not much better than they?"



(Matthew 6:25-26 KJV)

17. "DO NOT WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE."

"Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall

take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day

is the evil thereof." (Matthew 6:34 KJV)

18. "MAKE GOD YOUR HIGHEST PRIORITY, AND HE WILL TAKE CARE OF

ALL YOUR NEEDS."

"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his

righteousness; and all these things shall be

added unto you." (Matthew 6:33 KJV)

19. "DO NOT JUDGE OTHER PEOPLE." (Judge not, lest ye be judged.)

"Judge not, that ye be not judged.



"For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with

what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again."



(Matthew 7:1-2 KJV)

So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and

said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first

cast a stone at her. (John 8:7 KJV)



20. "DO NOT GIVE HOLY THINGS TO DOGS OR CAST YOUR PEARLS

BEFORE SWINE."

"Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye

your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under

their feet, and turn again and rend you."

(Matthew 7:6 KJV)



21. "ASK GOD FOR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO HAVE." (Seek, and ye

shall find.)

"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find;

knock, and it shall be opened unto you:" (Matthew 7:7 KJV)

22. "FEED THE HUNGRY, CLOTHE THE NAKED, SHELTER THE HOMELESS,

COMFORT THOSE IN DISTRESS."





"Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come,

ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for

you from the foundation of the world:



"For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty,

and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:



"Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I

was in prison, and ye came unto me.

(Matthew 25:34-36 KJV)

23. "FOLLOW THE NARROW PATH TO LIFE." (Enter by the narrow gate.)

The wide gate is the gate you simply stumble through, when you

are not paying attention.



"Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad

is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be

which go in thereat:



"Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which

leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it."

(Matthew 7:13-14 KJV)

24. "BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS."

"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's

clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves."

(Matthew 7:15 KJV)



25. "EXERCISE POWER OVER UNCLEAN SPIRITS."



"And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples,

he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out,

and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease."

(Matthew 10:1 KJV)

"Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast

out devils: freely ye have received, freely give."

(Matthew 10:8 KJV)

26. "LOVE LITTLE CHILDREN, DO NOT DESPISE THEM."

"Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones;

for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do

always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven."

(Matthew 18:10 KJV)



27. "DO NOT TAKE THE TITLES 'MASTER' OR 'FATHER' FOR YOURSELF."

"But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master,

even Christ; and all ye are brethren.



"And call no man your father upon the earth: for one

is your Father, which is in heaven.



"Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master,

even Christ.



"But he that is greatest among you shall be your

servant.



"And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased;

and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted."

(Matthew 23:8-12 KJV)

28. "RESOLVE DISPUTES IN AN ORDERLY WAY, LIKE THIS . . . "



"Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee,

go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone:

if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.



"But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one

or two more, that in the mouth of two or three

witnesses every word may be established.



"And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto

the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let

him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican."

(Matthew 18:15-17 KJV)

29. "DO NOT OPPOSE OTHER BELIEVERS IN CHRIST WHO ARE NOT IN YOUR

GROUP."

"And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one

casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not

us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us.



"But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man

which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly

speak evil of me.



"For he that is not against us is on our part."

(Mark 9:38-40 KJV)

30. "HAVE TOTAL FAITH IN GOD FOR EVERYTHING."



"And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in

God.



"For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say

unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast

into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but

shall believe that those things which he saith shall

come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.



"Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye

desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them,

and ye shall have them."

(Mark 11:22-24 KJV)

31. "BE LIKE THE GOOD SAMARITAN." (Go, and do likewise.)

"Then Jesus said unto him, Go, and do thou

likewise." (Luke 10:37b KJV)

This was in reference to the Parable Of The

Good Samaritan, who helped and took care of

a man who had been attacked by robbers.

(See Luke 10:30-35)



32. "LOVE OTHER PEOPLE AS I HAVE LOVED YOU"

"This is my commandment, That ye love one another,

as I have loved you." (John 15:12 KJV)

NOTE: This one commandment summarizes

all the others.

33. "EAT BREAD AND DRINK WINE IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME."

"And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and

gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given

for you: do this in remembrance of me. Likewise also

the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new

testament in my blood, which is shed for you."

(Luke 22:19-20 KJV)

34. "WASH ONE ANOTHER'S FEET."

The full meaning of this dramatic command is for us

to care for each other's needs as if they were our own.

He also wants us literally to wash each other's feet.

"If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye

also ought to wash one another's feet." (John 13:14 KJV)

35. "BE MERCIFUL."

"Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful."

(Luke 6:36 KJV)

" . . . for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil."

(Luke 6:35b KJV)



36. "GO AND TEACH ALL NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM."

"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the

name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have

commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto

the end of the world." Amen. (Matthew 28:19-20 KJV)

37. "KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS."

"If you love me, keep my commandments." (John 14:15 KJV)

38. "BE PREPARED FOR YOUR MASTER TO RETURN."

"Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh

at an hour when ye think not." (Luke 12:40 KJV)

Love God, love others, that is what the ten commandments is all about. Doing your best with God's help to keep His commands ..... that is loving God.

LisaMC-D said:

As I have gotten older, experienced a multitude of losses, and my life has become so full of sorrow and angst, I find I fear Him more than love Him.

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HE promises to replace fear with LOVE. He promises to comfort those who mourn. He promises great things to those who seek Him in all their ways. Scripture tells us we will have suffering...just as Jesus had suffering (even before the cross) that though he was a man, he learned obedience by it.

Here are some scriptures I pray will help...

James 1:2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.

Romans 5:3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope:

5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

I Peter 1:6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

9 Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.

10 Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:

11 Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.

13 Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:

15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;

16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

17 And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

Romans 8:28 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.


Luke 2:52 And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man.

Hebrews 2:10 For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

Hebrews 5:8 Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered;

9 And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him;

Hebrews 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

LisaMC-D said:

As I have gotten older, experienced a multitude of losses, and my life has become so full of sorrow and angst, I find I fear Him more than love Him.

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Be encouraged Lisa, because He chastises who He loves as sons....that we might partake of His holiness. I would be much more worried as a believer if my life didn't have problems. Our Saviour and example was a man of sorrow, acquainted with grief. Peter wrote, be not surprised at the painful trial. And Paul wrote we will be joint-heirs with Christ if so be that we suffer with Him. It is not that God is condemning us, but just that our flesh/carnal nature is being put to death through the things that we suffer. Who has suffered in the flesh is done with sin. To those who love God........He is working it all together for our good......and He is sovereign in what He allows to touch our lives. It is all to help us enter His kingdom, which is not of this world...........so cling closer and look to Him all the more, and from Him we receive strength to endure.

On the topic in general, the apostle Paul wrote that without holiness, no one will see the Lord. This agrees with the OT which says to seek holiness, seek righteousness, that we may be sheltered in the day of the Lord.

It also says in the epistles that without faith it is impossible to please God............what is faith? It is not of ourselves.......it is given from the Holy Spirit when we receive Christ, His Spirit, to dwell in us. Jesus said our righteousness must exceed the righteousness of the Pharisees........He is after more than our own self-righteousness. Our own fallen carnal nature, our old man, making efforts for it's own sake to appear righteous on the outside, will not please God........we must learn to live through the nature/spirit of Christ in us (once we receive Him) and by His Spirit put to death the deeds of the flesh. Then it will be no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me.

KirbyJ said:

I know when I love God enough because He responds.

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Responds in what way?

bettercallpaul said:

I cant prove you are right but my gut says you are.

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Yes, I think that you are right. God scolds the Israelites--telling them that He HATED their New Moon festivals. The Israelites had grown apathetic and half-hearted in their celebrations, in addition to being hard-hearted toward each other.

bettercallpaul said:

That's the question I asked myself at Church today. As the priest read the Bible" If you love me, you will keep my Commandments."
Obviously I don't . Otherwise I'd be trying harder to keep His commandments.
I don't know about other people, but I am going to work on this one. With His help of course.

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Try harder... is that the only answer Christianity offers?