AS
FAR AS IT DEPENDS ON YOU
BREAD
18 If
it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Romans
12:18 (NIV)
23 Jesus
replied, “If anyone loves me, he
will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and
make our home with him. 24 He who does not love me will not
obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the
Father who sent me.” John 14:23-24 (NIV)
3 Praise
be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the
heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. 4 For he chose us in him before the
creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love 5 he predestined us to be adopted as his
sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will-- Ephesians 1:3-5 (NIV)
7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes
from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know
God, because God is love. 9 This
is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the
world that we might live through him. 10 This
is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an
atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear
friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 1
John 4:7-11 (NIV)
14 Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be
holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord. 15
See to it that no one misses the grace of God and that no bitter root
grows up to cause trouble and defile many. Hebrews
12:14-15 (NIV)
16 Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere
in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers. 1
Timothy 4:16 (NIV)
12 Live such good lives among the pagans that,
though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify
God on the day he visits us. 1 Peter 2:12 (NIV)
19 Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. Romans 14:19 (NIV)
19 Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. Romans 14:19 (NIV)
24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. 25 Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Hebrews 10:24-25 (NIV)
BUTTER
“Religion is, ‘I
obey, therefore I’m accepted’. The Gospel is, ‘I’m accepted through what Jesus
Christ has done for me, therefore I obey’.
Religion gives you control, that’s why it’s so popular…If I am saved by
what I can do, then there’s a limit to what God can ask of me. I still have
some control. But if I am saved by sheer
grace, then there’s nothing He cannot ask of me”. Tim
Keller
“The evidence of knowing God is obeying God.” Eric Alexander
“There is no broadminded
approach when it comes to entering into the life that God has for you. God
doesn't present you with a variety of doors to consider. He doesn't say, ‘Go
ahead and pick the door that looks best to you, and after you decide, I will
support your decision and bless all that you do.’ It is true that God does have
a plan and a purpose for your life, but it can only be entered into through one
door. Jesus Christ is that door. There is no other entrance. There is only one
Gospel to believe; only one Truth to embrace; only one Shepherd to follow; only
one Savior to trust; only one Lord to serve; only one Master to obey.”
Roy Lessin
“The only way to get our values right is to see…not in the light of time but in the light of eternity.” William Barclay
“Clearly,
this word (faith) immediately and fundamentally demands lordship, because it
has the underlying foundation of obedience, commitment, and submission….When
someone believes something, regardless of what it is, that belief changes them
and results in some action or behavior that is characteristic of the
belief. Every one of the characters in
Hebrews 11 had faith, but that faith always, without exception, resulted in an
outward action….Truly believing something, being fully persuaded of it, and
trusting in it automatically demands behavior that conforms to the belief….To
obey Him (Jesus) means we acknowledge His lordship and submit to His
authority.” J. D. Watson
“There was a majesty in the early
saints, who dared to do at God's command things that human reason would
condemn. Whether it be a Noah who is to
build a ship on dry land, an Abraham who is to offer up his only son, a Moses
who is to despise the treasures of Egypt, or a Joshua who is to besiege Jericho
for seven days, using no weapons but the blasts of trumpets, they all act upon
God's command, contrary to the dictates of human reason; and the Lord gives
them a rich reward as the result of their obedient faith. Would to God we had
in contemporary Christianity a more potent infusion of this heroic faith in
God. If we would venture more upon the naked promise of God, we would enter a
world of wonders to which as yet we are strangers.” C. H. Spurgeon revised by Alistair Begg
“To wear an honest spirit, to have
a heart void of offense, to have the favor and smile of God is greater riches
than all the gold and diamonds in the world. ‘Better is a dinner of herbs where
love is than a fattened ox and hatred with it.’ An ounce of contentment is
worth a ton of gold.” C. H. Spurgeon revised by Alistair Begg
HEART SAVOR
·
I
am to relinquish my will to Him and let God do His work through me. There is only to be One on the throne of a
life. Wherever He leads I’ll go.
·
My
life is to be a testimony of the goodness and greatness of my God.
·
I
will always practice what I believe to be true.
