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God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.

For there are three that testify:

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Everyone who practices sin practices lawlessness as well. Indeed, sin is lawlessness.

Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.

Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.

For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,

Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.

know that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have believed in Christ Jesus, that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the law, because by works of the law no one will be justified.

In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace

For it is God’s will that you should be holy: You must abstain from sexual immorality;

But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.

So then, this is how you should pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.

And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.

We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.

While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, Take and eat; this is My body.

In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.

Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.

Christian living

Everything is permissible for me, but not everything is beneficial. Everything is permissible for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.

Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret — it can only bring harm.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified.

Church Leadership

Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.

Have I not commanded you to be strong and courageous? Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.

but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.

while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. I have had enough, LORD, he said. Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.

Then Jesus told His disciples, If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.

But the one who has doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and everything that is not from faith is sin.

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.

Each one should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not out of regret or compulsion. For God loves a cheerful giver.

God's Faithfulness

Not one of all the LORD’s good promises to the house of Israel had failed; everything was fulfilled.

God's Sovereignty

All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, What have You done?

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.

And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.

For You are my hope, O Lord GOD, my confidence from my youth.

Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.

Identity in Christ

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 up for me.

You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.

The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the faithless destroys them.

Then Nehemiah told them, Go and eat what is rich, drink what is sweet, and send out portions to those who have nothing prepared, since today is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength.

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive his due for the things done in the body, whether good or bad.

He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

Be kind and tenderhearted to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.

Look to my right and see; no one attends to me. There is no refuge for me; no one cares for my soul.

He answered, Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind ’ and Love your neighbor as yourself.’

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.

No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

But Samuel declared: Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.

Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil — how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.

Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.

But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.

Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.

For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.

He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.

Spiritual Gifts

Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.

Spiritual Growth

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.

Spiritual Warfare

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

Now it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.

But He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.

No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him.