The Lord has given these to be shared. Like precious pearls
strung together, these scriptures reveal how much God loves us
and that with faith, we will always be tenderly held in the palm of
His Hand. Each verse is written as it was given to me by the Holy Spirit.
Taken from the Life Application Bible.
THE TRILOGY: PART ONE. GODS PROMISE ” The Lord works righteousness and justice for the oppressed.”
The Lord is compassionate and gracious; slow to anger,
abounding in love. He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor
his anger forever. He does not treat us as our iniquities deserve.
“For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his
love for those who fear him.” “As far as the east is from the
west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.” “As a
father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has
compassion on his children; so the Lord has compassion on
those who fear him.” “But from everlasting to everlasting the
Lord’s love is with those who fear him and his righteousness with
their children’s children.” Psalm 103: 6,11,12,13,17.
“For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will
see and those who see will become blind.” John 9:39.
I am the good shepherd; 1 know my sheep and my sheep know
me – just as the father knows me and 1 know the Father and 1 will
lay down my life for the sheep.” John 10: 14,15.
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast,
it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self seeking. It is not
easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. “Love does not
delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.” It always protects,
always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 1 Corinthians 13: 4-7.
The rivers, they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire, you will
not be burned; the flames will not set you
ablaze. For I am the Lord, your God, the
Holy One of Israel, your Savior. Isaiah 43:1-3.
“The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life – only
to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of
my own accord. 1 have authority to lay it down and authority to
take it up again. This command I received from my Father.” John 10: 17,18.
Jesus answered, “I did tell you, but you do not believe. The
miracles I do in my Father’s name speak for me, but you do not
believe because you are not my sheep. My sheep listen to my
voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life,
and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out from my
hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all;
no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand. I and the Father are one.” John 10: 25-30.
“I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the
world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have
obeyed your word. Now they know that everything you have
given me comes from you. For I gave them the words you gave
me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I
came from you, and they believed that you sent me. I pray for
them. I am not praying for the world and I am coming to you.
Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name – the name
you gave me – so that they may be one as we are one. While I
was with them I protected them and kept them safe by that name
you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to
destruction so that the Scripture would be. fulfilled. John 17: 6-12.
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have
peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we P ‘S
is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he
has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For my Father’s
will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him
shall have eternal life and I will raise him up at the last day.” John 6: 35-40.
The sting of death is sin and the power of sin is the law. But
thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 15: 56,57.
He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might
die to sin and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have
been healed. For you were like sheep going astray, but now you
have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your soul. 1 Peter 2: 24,25.
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal
life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the
world, but to save the world through Him. Whoever believes in
Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands
condemned already because he has not believed in the name of
God’s one and only Son. This is the verdict. Light has come into
the world, but men loved darkness instead of light, because their
deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light and will
not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may
be seen plainly that what he has done has been done by God”. John 3: 16-21.
“No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God;
only he has seen the Father. I tell you the truth, he who believes
has everlasting life. I am the living bread that came down from
heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This
bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world”. John 6: 46,47,51.
“It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the
Counselor will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.
When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regards to
sin and righteousness and judgment; in regard to sin because
men do not believe in me; in regard to righteousness, because
am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; and in
regards to judgment because the Prince of this world stands
condemned. But when he the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide
you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak
only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He
will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it
known to you. All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is
why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you”. John 16: 7-15.
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. For he chose us in him before the creation of
the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he
predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in
accordance with his pleasure and will – to the praise of his
glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of
sins in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he
lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. And he made
known to us the mystery of his will according to his good
pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when
the times will have reached their fulfillment – to bring all things
in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.
In him we were also chosen, having been predestined
according to the plan of him who works out everything in l
come so that your faith – of greater worth than gold, which
perishes even though refined by fire – may be proved genuine and
may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is
revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even
though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled
with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the
goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 1 Peter 1: 3-9.
May the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal
covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, that
Great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for
doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to Him,
through Jesus Christ to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. Hebrews 13: 20-21.
We know that we have come to know him if we obey his
commandments. The man who says “I know him” but does not
do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But if
anyone obeys his word, God’s” love is truly made complete in him.
This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did. 1 John 2: 3-6.
Because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our
hearts, the Spirit who calls out, “Abba Father”. So you are no
longer a slave, but a son; and since you are a son, God has made you an heir. Galations 4: 6,7.
But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in
transgressions — It is by grace you have been saved. And God
raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly
realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might
show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his
kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have been
saved through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift
of God – not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2: 4-9.
Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.
Romans 5: 1-5
For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that
those who are called may receive the promised eternal
inheritance – now that he has died as a ransom to set them free
from the sins committed under the first covenant. Just as man is
destined to die once, and after face judgment, Christ was
sacrificed once to take the sins of many people; and he will
appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to
those who are waiting for him. Hebrews 9:15,27,28.
Therefore, we are always confident and know as long as we are
at home in the body we are away from the Lord. We live by faith,
not by sight. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be
away from the body and at home with the Lord. So we make our
goal to please him, whether we are home in the body or away
from it. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of
Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things
done while in the body, whether good or bad. II Corinthians 5: 6-10.
“The dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them.
They will be his people and God himself will be with them and be
their God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be
no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of
things has passed away.” Revelation 21: 1-4.
Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to
me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be
thirsty. But as I told you, you have seen me and whoever comes
to me I will never drive away. For I have come down from heaven
not to do my will, but to do the will of him who sent me. And this
“No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God;
only he has seen the Father. I tell you the truth, he who believes
has everlasting life. I am the living bread that came down from
heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This
bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world”. John 6: 46,47,51.
” But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the
Counselor will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.
When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regards to
sin and righteousness and judgment; in regard to sin because
men do not believe in me; in regard to righteousness, because I
am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; and in
regards to judgment because the Prince of this world stands
condemned. But when he the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide
you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak
only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He
will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it
known to you. All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is
why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you”. John 16: 7-15.
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. For he chose us in him before the creation of
the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he
predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in
accordance with his pleasure and will – to the praise of his
glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of
sins in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he
lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. And he made
known to us the mystery of his will according to his good
pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when
the times will have reached their fulfillment – to bring all things
in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.
In him we were also chosen, having been predestined
according to the plan of him who works out everything in
the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the end.
Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the
right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the
city. Outside are the dogs, those who practice black magic arts,
the sexually immoral, the murderers, idolaters and everyone who
loves and practices falsehood. “I Jesus have sent my angel to
give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the
Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star.” Revelation 22: 12-16.
“As for the person who hears my words, but does not keep them,
I do not judge him. For I did not come to judge the world, but to
save it. There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not
accept my word; that very word which I spoke will condemn him
at the last day. For I did not speak of my own accord, but the
Father who sent me commanded me what to say and how to say
it. I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I
say is just what the Father has told me to say.” John 12: 47-50.
“For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, to
your amazement he will show him even greater things than
these. For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life,
even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it.
Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all
judgment to the Son, that all may honor the Son just as they
honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor
the Father, who sent him.” John 5: 20-23.
Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I
delight; I will put my Spirit on him and he will bring justice to the
nations. He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice in the
streets. A bruised reed he will not break and a smoldering wick
he will not snuff out. In faithfulness he will bring forth justice; he
will not falter or be discouraged till he establishes justice on
earth. In his law the islands will put their hope. Isaiah 42: 1-4.
THE TRILOGY: PART TWO: GOD’S REQUEST
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth
and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. For
where your treasure is, there your heart will be also”. Matthew 6: 19.
Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter:
Fear God and keep His commandments. For God will bring every
deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil. Ecclesiastes 12: 13,14.
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord
rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick
darkness is over the peoples, but the glory of the Lord will shine from you. Isaiah 60: 1,2.
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has
anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to
bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners. Isaiah 61: 1..
For I, the Lord, love justice; I hate robbery and iniquity. In my
faithfulness, I will reward them and make an everlasting covenant with them. Isaiah 61: 8.
For Christ’s love compels us because we are convinced that one
died for all and therefore all died. And he died for all that those
who live should no longer live for themselves, but for him who
died for them and was raised again. 11 Corinthians 5: 14,15.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has
gone, the new has come. All of this is from God, who reconciled
us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of
reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in
Christ, not counting men’s sins against them. 11 Corinthians 5: 17- 19.
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse that there may be food in my house. Test me will in this, says the Lord God Almighty, “ and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so
much blessing that you will not have room enough for it. Malachi 3: 10.
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all –
surpassing power is from God and not from us. We always carry
around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus
may also be revealed in our body. “So then death is at work in
us, but life is at work in you”. 11 Corinthians 4: 7,10,12.
The salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord, he is their
stronghold in time of trouble. “The Lord helps them and delivers
them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him”. Psalm 37: 39,40.
But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They
will soar on wings of eagles; they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:31.
“If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink”. “Whoever
believes in me as the Scripture has said, streams of living water
will flow from within him”. John 7: 37,38.
Therefore I tell you, not to worry about your life, what you will
eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life
more important than food, and the body more important than
clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or
store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them.
Are you not more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying
can add a single hour to his life? And why do you worry about
clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor
or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor
was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the
grass of the field which is here today and tomorrow is thrown
into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, 0 you of little
faith? So do not worry, saying, What shall we eat? or What shall
we drink? or What shall we wear? For the pagans run after all of
these things, and your Heavenly Father know that you need
mouth come knowledge and understanding. He holds victory in
store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is
blameless, for he guards the course of the just and protects the
way of the faithful ones. Then you will understand what is right
and just and fair – every good path. For wisdom will enter your
heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul. Discretion
will protect you, and understanding will guard you. Wisdom will
save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words
are perverse, who leave the straight paths, to walk in dark ways,
who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of
evil, whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways. Proverbs 1: 33 Proverbs 2: 6-15.
For I am convinced that neither death or life, neither angels nor
demons, neither the present or the future, nor any powers,
neither height nor depth nor anything else in all creation, will be
able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8: 38,39.
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you
as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid”. John 14: 27.
But now that you have been set free from sin and have become
slaves to God, the benefit you reap leads to holiness, and the
result is eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of
God is eternal life in Jesus Christ our Lord. Romans 6: 22,23.
“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because
of them, for the Lord your God goes before you, he will never
leave you nor forsake you”. Deuteronomy 30: 6.
“The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, that is
the word of faith we are proclaiming: That if you confess with
your mouth, “Jesus is Lord”, and believe in your heart that God
raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your
heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth
that you confess and are saved. As the Scripture says, “Anyone who trusts in him
will never be put to shame. For there is no difference between Jew and Gentile —” the same Lord is Lord of all and richly blesses all who call on him, for, “Everyone who calls on
the name of the Lord will be saved. Romans 10: 8-13 No one has seen the Father, except the one who is from God, only he has seen the Father. I tell you the truth, he who believes
has everlasting life. I am the living bread that came down from
heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This
bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world”. John 6: 46,47,51.
“It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the
Counselor will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.
When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regards to
sin and righteousness and judgment; in regard to sin because
men do not believe in me; in regard to righteousness, because 1
am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; and in
regards to judgment because the Prince of this world stands
condemned. But when he the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide
you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak
only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He
will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it
known to you. All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is
why 1 said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you”. John 16: 7-15.
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. For he chose us in him before the creation of
the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he
predestined us to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in
accordance with his pleasure and will – to the praise of his
glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of
sins in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he
lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. And he made
known to us the mystery of his will according to his good
pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when
the times will have reached their fulfillment – to bring all things
in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.
In him we were also chosen, having been predestined
according to the plan of him who works out everything in Clikt
that has overcome the world, even our faith. Who is it that
overcomes the world’ Only he who believes that Jesus is the
Son of God. And this is the testimony; God has given us eternal
life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he
who does not have the Son of God does not have life. 1 John 5: 1-5. 1 John 5: 11,12.
How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we
should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The
reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him.
Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be
has not yet been made known. But we know that when he
appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
Everyone who has this hope in him purifies himself, just as he is pure. 1 John 3: 1-3.
May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and
through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless
at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who calls you is
faithful and he will do it. 1 Thessalonians 5: 23,24.
God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of the
fact. Exalted to the right had of God, he has received from the
Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now
see and hear. For David did not ascend into heaven and yet he said,
“The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand
until I, make your enemies a footstool for your feet”.
“Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God made this Jesus,
whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ”. Acts 2: 32-36.
Beyond all question, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in a body,
was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels,
was preached among the nations, was believed on in the world,
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are
those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be
filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall be shown mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are
the peacemakers, for they shall be called the sons of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5: 3-10
“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and
falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me. ‘Rejoice
and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the
same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Matthew 5: 11,12.
Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge
him before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before
men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven. Matthew 10: 32,33.
“Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and anyone who does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it and whoever loses his
life for my sake will find it. He who receives me receives the one who sent me.” Matthew 10: 38,39,40.
“So I say to you; Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will
find; knock and the door will be opened to you”. “For everyone
who asks receives, he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be open. Luke 11: 9,10.
Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, trust also in me.
In my Fathers house are many rooms; if it was not so, 1 would
have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. I will
come back and take you to be with me that you also can be where I am. You know where I am going. John 14: 1,2,3,4.
All the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of
salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers
and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on
praying for all the saints. Ephesians 6: 10-17.
God is love, whoever lives in love lives in God and God in him. In
this way, love is made complete among us. So that we will have
confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are
like him. There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out
fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears
is not made perfect in love. 1 John 4: 16-18.
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this
life is in his Son. He who has the Son has life; he who does not
have the Son of God does not have life. 1John 5: 11-12.
Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another
above yourselves. Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your
spiritual fervor, serving the Lord. Be joyful in hope, patient in
affliction, faithful in prayer. Share with God’s people who are in
need. Practice hospitality. Bless those who persecute you,
bless and do not curse. Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn
with those who mourn. Live in harmony with one another. Do
not be proud, but be willing to associate with people of low
position. Do not be conceited. Do not repay evil for evil. Be
careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. If it is
possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with
everyone. Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for
God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” says the Lord. Romans 12: 9-19.
“For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly
Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their
sins, your Father will not forgive your sins”. Matthew 6: 14,15.
For other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.
Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it and
produce a crop – thirty, sixty or even a hundred times what was sown.” Mark 4: 15-20.
At one time, we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and
enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in
malice and envy, being hated and hating one another. But when
the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us,
not because of righteousness we had done, but because of his
mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal
of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through
Jesus Christ our Savior, so that having been justified by his
grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life.
This is a trustworthy saying. And I want you to stress these
things, so that those who have trusted in God may be careful to
devote themselves to do what is good. These things are
excellent and profitable for everyone. Titus 3: 3-8.
This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you:
God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to
have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do
not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the
light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of
Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. If we claim to be without
sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we
confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive our sins
and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not
sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives. 1 John 1: 5-10.
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are
suffering, as though something strange were happening to you.
But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that
you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. If you are
insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the
Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. If you suffer, it should not
be as a murderer or thief or any kind of criminal, or even as a ;rip
nourishing sap from the olive root, do not boast over these
branches. If you do, consider this: You do not support the root,
but the root supports you. You will say then, “Branches were
broken off because of unbelief”, and you stand by faith. Do not
be arrogant, but be afraid. For if God did not spare the natural
branches, he will not spare you either. Romans 11: 13-21.
If anyone of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God who gives
generously to all without finding fault, and it shall be given to
him. But when he asks; he must believe and not doubt, because
he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the
wind. That man should not think that he will receive anything
from the Lord, he is a double -minded man, unstable in all he
does. Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because
when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that
God has promised to those who love him. James 1: 5-7,12.
When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For
God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but
each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged
away and enticed. Then, after desire has conceived, it gives
birth to sin, and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
Do not be deceived, my dear brothers, every good and perfect gift
is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly
lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. He chose to
give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of
first fruits of all he created. James 1:13-18.
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each
other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective. James 5:16.
Finally, all of you, live in harmony with one another; be
sympathetic, love as brothers, be compassionate and humble.
Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing,
gospel, by the power of God, who has saved us and called us to a
holy life – not because of anything we have done, but because of
his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ
Jesus before the beginning of time, but it has now been revealed
through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has
destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light
through the gospel. 11 Timothy 1: 6-10.
“No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God;
only he has seen the Father. I tell you the truth, he who believes
has everlasting life. I am the bread of life. Your forefathers ate
the manna in the desert, yet they died. But here is the bread that
comes down from heaven, which a man may eat and not die. I
am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats
of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I
will give for the life of the world. John 6: 46-51.
He was in the world, and though the world was made through
him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was
his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received
him to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to
become children of God – children born not of natural descent,
nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.”
” I tell you the truth, whoever hears my word and believes him
who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned; he has
crossed over from death to life. I tell you the truth, a time is
coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of
the Son of God and those who hear will live. For the Father has
life in himself, so he has granted the Son to have life in himself.
And he has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.” John 5: 24-27.
When the son of God comes into his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on the right and the goats on the left. Then the king will say to those on the right, “Come you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance and the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger and you invited me in. I needed clothes and you clothed me. I was sick and you looked after me. I was in prison and you came to visit me. Then the righteous will answer him, “Lord when did we see you hungry, or thirsty and you gave me something to drink. When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you. When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you? The king will reply, “I tell you the truth, whatever you did for the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me. Then he will say to those on the left, “Depart from me, you who
are cursed into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his
angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was
thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and
you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe
me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me. They
will also answer “Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or
a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not
help you? “He will reply, ‘I will tell you the truth, whatever you
did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’
“Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.” Matthew 25: 31-48
If, while we seek to be justified in Christ, it becomes evident that
we ourselves are sinners, does that mean Christ promotes sin?
Absolutely not! If I rebuild what I destroyed, I prove that I am a
lawbreaker. For through the law I died to the law so that I might
live for God. I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer
live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by
faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I
do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be
gained through the law, Christ died for nothing.” Galatians 2: 17-21.
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully
to his neighbor, for we are all members of one body. In your
anger do not sin. Do not let the sun go down while you are still
angry and do not give the devil a foothold. He who has been
stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something
useful with his own hands, that he may have something to share
with those in need. Ephesians 4: 25-28.
I said, “I will watch my. ways and keep my tongue from sin. I will
put a muzzle on my mouth as long as the wicked are in my
presence.” But when I was silent and still, not even saying
anything good, my anguish increased. My heart grew hot within
me, and as I meditated, the fire burned; then I spoke with my
tongue: Show me, 0 Lord, my life’s end and the number of my days. TRILOGY. PART THREE: GOD’S WARNING
Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord
rises upon you. See, darkness covers the earth and thick
darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his
glory appears over you. Nations will come to your light and kings
to the brightness of your dawn. Isaiah 60: 1,2,3.
First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers
will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. The will
say, “Where is this coming he promised? Ever since our Fathers
died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of
creation.” But they deliberately forget that long ago by God’s
word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water
and by water. By these waters also the world of that time was
deluged and destroyed. By the same word the present heavens
and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment
and destruction of ungodly men. 11 Peter 3: 3-7.
But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day
is like a thousand years and a thousand years are like a day. The
Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand
slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish,
but everyone to come to repentance. 11 Peter 3: 8,9.
I declare to you brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the
Kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the
imperishable. Listen, I will tell you a mystery; We will not all
sleep, but we will all be changed – in a flash, in the twinkling of
an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead
will be raised imperishable and we will be changed. For the
perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable and the
mortal with immortality. When the perishable has been clothed
with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, .then the Id3
Judah. Then the Lord my God will come, and all the holy ones with him. Zechariah 14: 3.
On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost. It will be a
unique day, without daytime or nighttime – a day known to the
Lord. When evening comes there will be light. On that day living
water will flow out of Jerusalem, half to the eastern sea and half
to the western sea in summer and in winter. The Lord will be
King over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord
and his name the only name. Zechariah 14: 6-9.
And. from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn
from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him
who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and
made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father
-to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen. Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him;
and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of him. So it shall be! Amen.
“1 am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “Who is, and
who is to come, the Almighty.” Revelation 1: 5-8.
To the angel of the church of Smyrna: “These are the words of
him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life
again. I know the slander of those who say they are Jews, but
are a synagogue of Satan. Do not be afraid of what you are about
to suffer. I tell you the devil will put some of you in prison to test
you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful even
to the point of death and I will give you a crown of life.” Revelation 2: 8-11.
“What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his
soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? If
anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and
sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he
comes into his Father’s glory with the holy angels.” And he said
Humble yourself, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he
may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because
he cares for you. Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the
devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to
devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know
your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind
of sufferings. And the God of all grace who called you to his
eternal glory in Christ after you have suffered a little while will
himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast. To
him be the power for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Peter 5: 6-11.
“I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little
children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore,
whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”
“The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. The field
is the world and the good seed stands for the sons of the
kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one and the enemy
who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age
and the harvesters are the angels. As the weeds are pulled up
and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age. The Son
of Man will send out his angels and they will weed out of his
kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil. They
will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be
weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then the righteous will shine
like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.” Matthew 13: 37-43.
“He who is not with me is against me, and he that does not
gather with me scatters. And so I tell you every sin and
blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the
Spirit will not be forgiven. Anyone who speaks a word against
the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against
the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come.” Matthew 12: 30-32.
“It will be for a time,
times and half a time. When the power of the holy people has
been finally broken, all these things will be completed.” Daniel 12: 1-4 6,7.
Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and
leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death. 11 Corinthians 7: 10.
The seventh angel sounded his trumpet and there were loud voices in heaven which said:
“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever.”
And the twenty-four elders who were seated on their thrones
before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God saying:
“We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty The One who is and who was,
Because you have taken your great power and have begun to reign.
The nations were angry; and your wrath has come.
The time has come for judging the dead,
And for rewarding your servants the prophets
and your saints and those who reverence your name, Both small and great
and for destroying those who would destroy the earth.” Revelation 11: 15-18.
For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ is not raised, your faith is futile.; you are still in your sins. Then those also who has fallen asleep in Christ are lost. If only for this life we have hope in Christ.; we are to be pitied more than all men. Do not be misled; “Bad company corrupts good character. “ Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God— I say this to your shame. 1 Corinthians 16- 19, 33-34. Brothers, we do not want you to be ignorant about those who fall
asleep, or to grieve like the rest of men, who have no hope. We
believe Jesus died and rose again and so we believe that God
will bring with Jesus those that have fallen asleep in him.
According to the Lord’s own word, we tell you that we who are
still alive, who are left till the coming of the Lord, will certainly
not precede those who have fallen asleep. For the Lord himself
will come down from heaven with a loud command, with the
voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God and the
dead in Christ will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are
left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the
the Lord in the air. And so we will be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage each other with these words. 1 Thessalonians 4: 13- 18 The earth dries up and withers, the world languishes and withers.
The earth is defiled by its people; they have disobeyed the laws,
violated the statutes and broken the everlasting covenant.
Therefore a curse consumes the earth; its people must bear its
guilt. Therefore earth’s inhabitants are burned up, and very few
are left. The new wine dries up and the vine withers and all the
merrymakers groan. The gaiety of the tambourines is stilled, the
noise of the revelers has stopped, the joyful harp is silent. No
longer do they drink wine with a song, the beer is bitter to its
drinkers. The city is left in ruins, its gate battered to pieces. So
will it be on the earth and among the nations, as when an olive
tree is beaten, or when gleanings are left after the grape harvest.
They raise their voices, they shout for joy; from the west they
acclaim the Lord’s majesty. Therefore in the east give glory to
the Lord; exalt the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, in the
islands of the sea. From the ends of the earth we hear singing:
“Glory to the Righteous One.” But I said, 1 waste away, I waste
away! Woe to me! The treacherous betray! Terror and pit and
snare await you, 0 people of earth. Whoever flees at the sound
of terror will fall into a pit; whoever climbs out of the pit will be caught in a snare.
The floodgates of the heavens are opened, the foundations
of the earth shake. The earth is broken up, the earth is split
asunder. The earth is thoroughly shaken. The earth reels like a
drunkard, it sways like a hut in the wind; so heavy upon it is the
guilt of its rebellion that it falls – never to rise again.
In that day the Lord will punish the powers in the heavens
above and the kings on the earth below. They will be herded
together like prisoners bound in a dungeon; they will be shut up
in prison and be punished after many days. The moon will be
abashed, the sun ashamed; for the Lord Almighty will reign on
Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before its elders, gloriously. Isaiah 24: 4- 23.
A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven; a woman clothed
with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve
stars on her head. She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she
was about to give birth. Then another sign appeared in the w !I
power to make war against the saints and to conquer them. And
he was given authority over every tribe, people, language and
nation. All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast – all
whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging
to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world. If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity he will go.
If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword he will be killed.
This calls for patience, endurance, and faithfulness on the parts of the saints. Revelation 13: 4-10.
I looked and there before me was a white cloud and seated on
the cloud was one “like a son of man” with a crown of gold on his
head and a sharp sickle in his hand. Then another angel came
out of the temple and called in a loud voice to him that was
sitting on the cloud “Take your sickle and reap, because the time
to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is ripe? So he who
was seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the
earth was harvested. Revelation 14: 14-16.
I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white
horse whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he
judges and makes war. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his
head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no
one knows but he himself. He is dressed in a robe dipped in
blood, and his name is the Word of God. The armies of heaven
were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine
linen, white and clean. Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword
with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with a
iron scepter.” He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of
God Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:
KING OF KINGS S AND LORD OF LORDS Revelation 19: 11-16.
Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies
gathered together to make war against the rider on the horse and
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven
and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any
sea. I saw the Holy City, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of
heaven from God, prepared as a bride beautifully dressed for her
husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying “Now
the dwelling of God is with men, and he will live with them. They
will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their
God. He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no
more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of
things has passed away.” Revelation 21: 1-4.
He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything
new.” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are
trustworthy and true.” He said to me: “It is done, I am the Alpha
and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty
I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of
life. He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God
and he will be my son. But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the
vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice
magic arts, the idolaters and all liars – their place will be in the
fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.” Revelation 21: 5-8.
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, as clear
as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb down
the middle of the great street of the city. On each side of the
river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, yielding
its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the
healing of the nations. No longer will there be any curse. The
throne of God and of the Iamb will be in the city, and his servants
will serve him. They will see his face, and his name will be on
their foreheads. There will be no more night. They will not need
the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will
give them light. And they will reign for ever and ever. Revelation 22: 1-5.
Behold I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give
to everyone according to what he has done. I am the Alpha and till he leads justice to victory. In his name the nations will put their hope.”
Matthew 12: 18-21.
The Sprit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say,
“Come!” Whoever is thirsty, let him come; and whoever wishes,
let him take the free gift of the water of life. Revelation 22: 17.
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