"So watch yourselves. If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them; and if they repent, forgive them. Even if they sin against you seven times in a day and seven times come back to you saying 'I repent,' you must forgive them."
If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them
Matthew 18:15 "If your brother or sister sins, go and point out their fault, just between the two of you. If they listen to you, you have won them over."
and if they repent, forgive them
Ephesians 4:32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Colossians 3:13 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
you must forgive them
Matthew 18:21-22 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?" Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times." (or seventy times seven)
(parentheses are from the footnote of Matthew 18:22)
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Saturday, October 31, 2015
Friday, October 30, 2015
REPENT Luke 13:2-5
Jesus answered, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them--do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem? I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish."
Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way?
John 9:2-3 His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" "Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "But this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him."
Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them
John 9:7 "Go," he told him, "wash in the Pool of Siloam" (this word means "Sent"). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.
John 9:11 He replied, "The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see."
do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem?
Job 4:7-8 "Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed? As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it." [Eliphaz speaking to Job]
Job 22:5 "Is not your wickedness great? Are not your sins endless?" [again Eliphaz speaking to Job]
I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish
Matthew 3:2 ... and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near."
Acts 2:38-40 Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off--for all whom the Lord our God will call." With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation."
[brackets are mine]
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Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way?
John 9:2-3 His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" "Neither this man nor his parents sinned," said Jesus, "But this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him."
Or those eighteen who died when the tower in Siloam fell on them
John 9:7 "Go," he told him, "wash in the Pool of Siloam" (this word means "Sent"). So the man went and washed, and came home seeing.
John 9:11 He replied, "The man they call Jesus made some mud and put it on my eyes. He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and then I could see."
do you think they were more guilty than all the others living in Jerusalem?
Job 4:7-8 "Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed? As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it." [Eliphaz speaking to Job]
Job 22:5 "Is not your wickedness great? Are not your sins endless?" [again Eliphaz speaking to Job]
I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish
Matthew 3:2 ... and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near."
Acts 2:38-40 Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off--for all whom the Lord our God will call." With many other words he warned them; and he pleaded with them, "Save yourselves from this corrupt generation."
[brackets are mine]
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Thursday, October 29, 2015
REPENT Matthew 4:17
From that time on Jesus began to preach, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near."
From that time on
Matthew 16:21 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
Matthew 26:14-16 Then one of the twelve--the one called Judas Iscariot--went to the chief priests and asked, "What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?" So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver. From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to hand him over.
Repent
Mark 1:4 And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
for the kingdom of heaven
Matthew 3:1-2 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near."
has come near
Mark 1:14-15 After John was put into prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. "The time has come, he said. "The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!"
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From that time on
Matthew 16:21 From that time on Jesus began to explain to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.
Matthew 26:14-16 Then one of the twelve--the one called Judas Iscariot--went to the chief priests and asked, "What are you willing to give me if I deliver him over to you?" So they counted out for him thirty pieces of silver. From then on Judas watched for an opportunity to hand him over.
Repent
Mark 1:4 And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
for the kingdom of heaven
Matthew 3:1-2 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near."
has come near
Mark 1:14-15 After John was put into prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. "The time has come, he said. "The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!"
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Wednesday, October 28, 2015
REPENT Matthew 3:2
... "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near."
Daniel 7:13-14 "In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed."
Matthew 4:17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near."
Matthew 6:10 " '... your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.' "
Matthew 7:21 "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven."
Matthew 25:34 "Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.' "
Luke 11:20 "But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you."
Luke 17:20-21 Once, on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, "The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is in your midst."
Luke 19:11 While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once.
Luke 21:31 "Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near."
John 3:3 Jesus replied, "Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again."
John 3:5 Jesus answered, "Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit."
Acts 1:3 After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.
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Daniel 7:13-14 "In my vision at night I looked, and there before me was one like a son of man, coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence. He was given authority, glory and sovereign power; all nations and peoples of every language worshiped him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and his kingdom is one that will never be destroyed."
Matthew 4:17 From that time on Jesus began to preach, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near."
Matthew 6:10 " '... your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.' "
Matthew 7:21 "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven."
Matthew 25:34 "Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.' "
Luke 11:20 "But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you."
Luke 17:20-21 Once, on being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, "The coming of the kingdom of God is not something that can be observed, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' because the kingdom of God is in your midst."
Luke 19:11 While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at once.
Luke 21:31 "Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that the kingdom of God is near."
John 3:3 Jesus replied, "Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again."
John 3:5 Jesus answered, "Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit."
Acts 1:3 After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.
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Tuesday, October 27, 2015
REPENT Ezekiel 18:30-32 Part 3 of 3
"Therefore, you
Israelites, I will judge each of you according to your own ways,
declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent! Turn away from all your offenses;
then sin will not be your downfall. Rid yourselves of all the offenses
you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you
die, people of Israel? For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone,
declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and live!"
Repent
Job 22:23 "If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tent ..."
Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
Malachi 3:7 "Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you," says the LORD Almighty. "But you ask, 'How are we to return?' "
and live!
2 Chronicles 7:14 "... if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land."
Job 37:23 "The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress."
Ezekiel 16:6 " 'Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, "Live!" ' "
Ezekiel 33:11 "Say to them, 'As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, people of Israel?' "
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Repent
Job 22:23 "If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tent ..."
Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
Malachi 3:7 "Ever since the time of your ancestors you have turned away from my decrees and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you," says the LORD Almighty. "But you ask, 'How are we to return?' "
and live!
2 Chronicles 7:14 "... if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land."
Job 37:23 "The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress."
Ezekiel 16:6 " 'Then I passed by and saw you kicking about in your blood, and as you lay there in your blood I said to you, "Live!" ' "
Ezekiel 33:11 "Say to them, 'As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, people of Israel?' "
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Monday, October 26, 2015
REPENT Ezekiel 18:30-32 Part 2 of 3
"Therefore, you
Israelites, I will judge each of you according to your own ways,
declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent! Turn away from all your offenses;
then sin will not be your downfall. Rid yourselves of all the offenses
you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you
die, people of Israel? For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone,
declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and live!"
Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed
Judges 6:10 "I said to you, 'I am the LORD your God; do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live.' But you have not listened to me."
and get a new heart and a new spirit
Psalm 51:10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Ezekiel 11:19-20 "I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God."
Ezekiel 36:26 " 'I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.' "
Why will you die, people of Israel?
Jeremiah 27:13 "Why will you and your people die by the sword, famine and plague with which the LORD has threatened any nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?"
For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone
Ezekiel 18:23 "Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign LORD. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?"
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Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed
Judges 6:10 "I said to you, 'I am the LORD your God; do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live.' But you have not listened to me."
and get a new heart and a new spirit
Psalm 51:10 Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
Ezekiel 11:19-20 "I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh. Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God."
Ezekiel 36:26 " 'I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.' "
Why will you die, people of Israel?
Jeremiah 27:13 "Why will you and your people die by the sword, famine and plague with which the LORD has threatened any nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?"
For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone
Ezekiel 18:23 "Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Sovereign LORD. Rather, am I not pleased when they turn from their ways and live?"
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Sunday, October 25, 2015
REPENT Ezekiel 18:30-32 Part 1 of 3
"Therefore, you Israelites, I will judge each of you according to your own ways, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall. Rid yourselves of all the offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit. Why will you die, people of Israel? For I take no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Sovereign LORD. Repent and live!"
Repent!
Isaiah 1:27-28 "Zion will be delivered with justice, her penitent ones with righteousness. But rebels and sinners will both be broken, and those who forsake the LORD will perish."
Jeremiah 35:15 " 'Again and again I sent all my servants the prophets to you. They said, "Each of you must turn from your wicked ways and reform your actions; do not follow other gods to serve them. Then you will live in the land I have given to you and your ancestors." But you have not paid attention or listened to me.' "
Ezekiel 14:6 "Therefore say to the people of Israel, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Repent! Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices!"
Matthew 3:1-2 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying. "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near."
then sin will not be your downfall
Ezekiel 7:3 " 'The end is now upon you, and I will unleash my anger against you. I will judge you according to your conduct and repay you for all your detestable practices.' "
Ezekiel 24:14 " 'I the LORD have spoken. The time has come for me to act. I will not hold back; I will not have pity, nor will I relent. You will be judged according to your conduct and your actions, declares the Sovereign LORD.' "
Ezekiel 33:20 "Yet you Israelites say, 'The way of the LORD is not just.' But I will judge each of you according to your own ways."
Hosea 12:6 But you must return to your God: maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always.
1 Peter 1:17 Since you call on a Father who judges each person's work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear.
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Repent!
Isaiah 1:27-28 "Zion will be delivered with justice, her penitent ones with righteousness. But rebels and sinners will both be broken, and those who forsake the LORD will perish."
Jeremiah 35:15 " 'Again and again I sent all my servants the prophets to you. They said, "Each of you must turn from your wicked ways and reform your actions; do not follow other gods to serve them. Then you will live in the land I have given to you and your ancestors." But you have not paid attention or listened to me.' "
Ezekiel 14:6 "Therefore say to the people of Israel, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Repent! Turn from your idols and renounce all your detestable practices!"
Matthew 3:1-2 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea and saying. "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near."
then sin will not be your downfall
Ezekiel 7:3 " 'The end is now upon you, and I will unleash my anger against you. I will judge you according to your conduct and repay you for all your detestable practices.' "
Ezekiel 24:14 " 'I the LORD have spoken. The time has come for me to act. I will not hold back; I will not have pity, nor will I relent. You will be judged according to your conduct and your actions, declares the Sovereign LORD.' "
Ezekiel 33:20 "Yet you Israelites say, 'The way of the LORD is not just.' But I will judge each of you according to your own ways."
Hosea 12:6 But you must return to your God: maintain love and justice, and wait for your God always.
1 Peter 1:17 Since you call on a Father who judges each person's work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear.
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Saturday, October 24, 2015
REPENT Jeremiah 15:19
Therefore this is what the LORD says: "If you repent, I will restore you that you may serve me; if you utter worthy, not worthless, words, you will be my spokesman. Let this people turn to you, but you must not turn to them."
If you repent
Jeremiah 3:12-14 "Go, proclaim this message toward the north: 'Return, faithless Israel,' declares the LORD, 'I will frown on you no longer, for I am faithful,' declares the LORD, 'I will not be angry forever. Only acknowledge your guilt--you have rebelled against the LORD your God, you have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every spreading tree, and have not obeyed me," declares the LORD. "Return, faithless people," declares the LORD, "for I am your husband. I will choose you--one from a town and two from a clan--and bring you to Zion."
Jeremiah 3:22 "Return, faithless people; I will cure you of backsliding." "Yes, we will come to you, for you are the LORD our God."
Jeremiah 4:1-2 "If you, Israel, will return, then return to me," declares the LORD. "If you put your detestable idols out of my sight and no longer go astray, and if in a truthful, just and righteous way you swear, 'As surely as the LORD lives,' then the nations will invoke blessings by him and in him they will boast."
I will restore you that you may serve me
Jeremiah 3:7 "This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'If you will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements, then you will govern my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.' "
Numbers 16:8-11 Moses said to Korah, "Now listen, you Levites! Isn't it enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the Israelite community and brought you near himself to do the work at the LORD's tabernacle and to stand before the community and minister to them? He has brought you and all your fellow Levites near himself, but now you are trying to get the priesthood too. It is against the LORD that you and all your followers have banded together. Who is Aaron that you should grumble against him?"
Deuteronomy 10:8 At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister and to pronounce blessings in his name, as they still do today.
if you utter worthy, not worthless, words, you will be my spokesman
Exodus 4:16 "He (Aaron) will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were God to him."
Jeremiah 1:9 Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, "I have put my words in your mouth."
(parentheses are mine)
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If you repent
Jeremiah 3:12-14 "Go, proclaim this message toward the north: 'Return, faithless Israel,' declares the LORD, 'I will frown on you no longer, for I am faithful,' declares the LORD, 'I will not be angry forever. Only acknowledge your guilt--you have rebelled against the LORD your God, you have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every spreading tree, and have not obeyed me," declares the LORD. "Return, faithless people," declares the LORD, "for I am your husband. I will choose you--one from a town and two from a clan--and bring you to Zion."
Jeremiah 3:22 "Return, faithless people; I will cure you of backsliding." "Yes, we will come to you, for you are the LORD our God."
Jeremiah 4:1-2 "If you, Israel, will return, then return to me," declares the LORD. "If you put your detestable idols out of my sight and no longer go astray, and if in a truthful, just and righteous way you swear, 'As surely as the LORD lives,' then the nations will invoke blessings by him and in him they will boast."
I will restore you that you may serve me
Jeremiah 3:7 "This is what the LORD Almighty says: 'If you will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements, then you will govern my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.' "
Numbers 16:8-11 Moses said to Korah, "Now listen, you Levites! Isn't it enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the Israelite community and brought you near himself to do the work at the LORD's tabernacle and to stand before the community and minister to them? He has brought you and all your fellow Levites near himself, but now you are trying to get the priesthood too. It is against the LORD that you and all your followers have banded together. Who is Aaron that you should grumble against him?"
Deuteronomy 10:8 At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister and to pronounce blessings in his name, as they still do today.
if you utter worthy, not worthless, words, you will be my spokesman
Exodus 4:16 "He (Aaron) will speak to the people for you, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were God to him."
Jeremiah 1:9 Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, "I have put my words in your mouth."
(parentheses are mine)
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Friday, October 23, 2015
REPENT Job 42:6
"Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes."
Therefore I despise myself
Job 40:4 "I am unworthy--how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth."
Ezekiel 6:9 " 'Then in the nations where they have been carried captive, those who escape will remember me--how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts, which have turned away from me, and by their eyes, which have lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their detestable practices.' "
Romans 12:3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgement, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.
and repent
Job 34:33 "Should God then reward you on your terms, when you refuse to repent? You must decide, not I; so tell me what you know."
in dust and ashes
Exodus 10:3 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, "This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me."
Ezra 9:5-6 Then, at the evening sacrifice, I rose from my self-abasement, with my tunic and cloak torn, and fell on my knees with my hands spread out to the LORD my God and prayed: "I am too ashamed and disgraced, my God, to lift up my face to you, because our sins are higher than our heads and our guilt has reached to the heavens."
Job 2:7-8 So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head. Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.
Job 6:28-30 (Job speaking to his friends) "But now be so kind as to look at me. Would I lie to your face? Relent, do not be unjust; reconsider, for my integrity is at stake. Is there any wickedness on my lips? Can my mouth not discern malice?"
Job 30:19 "He throws me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes."
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Therefore I despise myself
Job 40:4 "I am unworthy--how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth."
Ezekiel 6:9 " 'Then in the nations where they have been carried captive, those who escape will remember me--how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts, which have turned away from me, and by their eyes, which have lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their detestable practices.' "
Romans 12:3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgement, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you.
and repent
Job 34:33 "Should God then reward you on your terms, when you refuse to repent? You must decide, not I; so tell me what you know."
in dust and ashes
Exodus 10:3 So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, "This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may worship me."
Ezra 9:5-6 Then, at the evening sacrifice, I rose from my self-abasement, with my tunic and cloak torn, and fell on my knees with my hands spread out to the LORD my God and prayed: "I am too ashamed and disgraced, my God, to lift up my face to you, because our sins are higher than our heads and our guilt has reached to the heavens."
Job 2:7-8 So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head. Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.
Job 6:28-30 (Job speaking to his friends) "But now be so kind as to look at me. Would I lie to your face? Relent, do not be unjust; reconsider, for my integrity is at stake. Is there any wickedness on my lips? Can my mouth not discern malice?"
Job 30:19 "He throws me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes."
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Thursday, October 22, 2015
REPENT Job 36:10
"He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil."
He makes them listen
Job 33:15-18 "In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they slumber in their beds, he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings, to turn them from wrongdoing and keep them from pride, to preserve them from the pit, their lives from perishing by the sword."
to correction
Job 5:17 "Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty."
and commands them to repent of their evil
Job 36:8-9 "But if people are bound in chains, held fast by cords of affliction, he tells them what they have done--that they have sinned arrogantly."
Judges 6:10 "I said to you, 'I am the LORD your God; do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live.' But you have not listened to me."
Job 34:33 "Should God then reward you on your terms, when you refuse to repent? You must decide, not I; so tell me what you know."
1 Thessalonians 5:20-22 Do not treat prophesies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil.
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He makes them listen
Job 33:15-18 "In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they slumber in their beds, he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings, to turn them from wrongdoing and keep them from pride, to preserve them from the pit, their lives from perishing by the sword."
to correction
Job 5:17 "Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty."
and commands them to repent of their evil
Job 36:8-9 "But if people are bound in chains, held fast by cords of affliction, he tells them what they have done--that they have sinned arrogantly."
Judges 6:10 "I said to you, 'I am the LORD your God; do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live.' But you have not listened to me."
Job 34:33 "Should God then reward you on your terms, when you refuse to repent? You must decide, not I; so tell me what you know."
1 Thessalonians 5:20-22 Do not treat prophesies with contempt but test them all; hold on to what is good, reject every kind of evil.
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Wednesday, October 21, 2015
REPENT 1 Kings 8:47
"... and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of their captors and say, 'We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly'; ..."
and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you
1 Kings 8:30 "Hear the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive."
Leviticus 5:5 " '... when anyone becomes aware that they are guilty in any of these matters, they must confess in what way they have sinned.' "
Ezra 9:15 "LORD, the God of Israel, you are righteous! We are left this day as a remnant. Here we are before you in our guilt, though because of it not one of us can stand in your presence."
Nehemiah 1:6 "... let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father's family, have committed against you."
Jeremiah 14:20 We acknowledge our wickedness, LORD, and the guilt of our ancestors; we have indeed sinned against you.
We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly
Ezra 9:7 "From the days of our ancestors until now, our guilt has been great. Because of our sins, we and our kings and our priests have been subjected to the sword and captivity, to pillage and humiliation at the hand of foreign kings, as it is today."
Psalm 106:6 We have sinned, even as our ancestors did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
Jeremiah 3:25 "Let us lie down in our shame, and let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our ancestors; from our youth till this day we have not obeyed the LORD our God."
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and if they have a change of heart in the land where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you
1 Kings 8:30 "Hear the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive."
Leviticus 5:5 " '... when anyone becomes aware that they are guilty in any of these matters, they must confess in what way they have sinned.' "
Ezra 9:15 "LORD, the God of Israel, you are righteous! We are left this day as a remnant. Here we are before you in our guilt, though because of it not one of us can stand in your presence."
Nehemiah 1:6 "... let your ear be attentive and your eyes open to hear the prayer your servant is praying before you day and night for your servants, the people of Israel. I confess the sins we Israelites, including myself and my father's family, have committed against you."
Jeremiah 14:20 We acknowledge our wickedness, LORD, and the guilt of our ancestors; we have indeed sinned against you.
We have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly
Ezra 9:7 "From the days of our ancestors until now, our guilt has been great. Because of our sins, we and our kings and our priests have been subjected to the sword and captivity, to pillage and humiliation at the hand of foreign kings, as it is today."
Psalm 106:6 We have sinned, even as our ancestors did; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.
Jeremiah 3:25 "Let us lie down in our shame, and let our disgrace cover us. We have sinned against the LORD our God, both we and our ancestors; from our youth till this day we have not obeyed the LORD our God."
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Tuesday, October 20, 2015
TRUST Hebrews 2:11-13
Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters. He says, "I will declare your name to my brothers and sisters; in the assembly I will sing your praises." And again, "I will put my trust in him." And again he says, "Here am I, and the children God has given me."
Both the one who makes people holy
Hebrews 13:12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood.
and those who are made holy
Ephesians 5:25-27 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters
Matthew 28:10 Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me."
in the assembly I will sing your praises
Psalm 22:22 I will declare your name to my people; in the assembly I will praise you.
Psalm 68:26 Praise God in the great congregation; praise the LORD in the assembly of Israel.
I will put my trust in him
Isaiah 8:17 I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the descendants of Jacob. I will put my trust in him.
Here am I, and the children God has given me
Isaiah 8:18 Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me. We are signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion.
John 10:27-29 "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 will snatch them out of 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."
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Both the one who makes people holy
Hebrews 13:12 And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood.
and those who are made holy
Ephesians 5:25-27 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters
Matthew 28:10 Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me."
in the assembly I will sing your praises
Psalm 22:22 I will declare your name to my people; in the assembly I will praise you.
Psalm 68:26 Praise God in the great congregation; praise the LORD in the assembly of Israel.
I will put my trust in him
Isaiah 8:17 I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the descendants of Jacob. I will put my trust in him.
Here am I, and the children God has given me
Isaiah 8:18 Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me. We are signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD Almighty, who dwells on Mount Zion.
John 10:27-29 "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 will snatch them out of 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."
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Monday, October 19, 2015
TRUST 2 Corinthians 13:5-6
Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you--unless, of course, you fail the test? And I trust that you will discover that we have not failed the test.
Examine yourselves
1 Corinthians 11:28-29 Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves.
test yourselves
Lamentations 3:40 Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the LORD.
John 6:5-6 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?" He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.
2 Peter 1:10-11 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things (see verses 5-9), you will never stumble, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you?
Romans 8:9-11 You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.
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Examine yourselves
1 Corinthians 11:28-29 Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup. For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves.
test yourselves
Lamentations 3:40 Let us examine our ways and test them, and let us return to the LORD.
John 6:5-6 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, "Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?" He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.
2 Peter 1:10-11 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things (see verses 5-9), you will never stumble, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you?
Romans 8:9-11 You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ. But if Christ is in you, then even though your body is subject to death because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you.
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Sunday, October 18, 2015
TRUST 1 Corinthians 9:17
If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me.
If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward
1 Corinthians 3:8 The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.
1 Corinthians 3:14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.
if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me
1 Corinthians 4:1 This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed.
Galatians 2:7-8 On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised. For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle to the Gentiles.
Colossians 1:25-27 I have become its (the church's) servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness--the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord's people. To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
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If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward
1 Corinthians 3:8 The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.
1 Corinthians 3:14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.
if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me
1 Corinthians 4:1 This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed.
Galatians 2:7-8 On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised. For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle to the Gentiles.
Colossians 1:25-27 I have become its (the church's) servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness--the mystery that has been kept hidden for ages and generations, but is now disclosed to the Lord's people. To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
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Saturday, October 17, 2015
TRUST 1 Corinthians 4:1-2
This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed. Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.
as servants of Christ
1 Corinthians 3:5-6 What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe--as the Lord has assigned to each his task. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.
and as those entrusted
1 Corinthians 9:16-17 For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me.
Titus 1:7 Since an overseer manages God's household, he must be blameless--not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.
with the mysteries God has revealed
Romans 16:25-27 Now to him who is able to establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from faith--to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.
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as servants of Christ
1 Corinthians 3:5-6 What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe--as the Lord has assigned to each his task. I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.
and as those entrusted
1 Corinthians 9:16-17 For when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, since I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! If I preach voluntarily, I have a reward; if not voluntarily, I am simply discharging the trust committed to me.
Titus 1:7 Since an overseer manages God's household, he must be blameless--not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.
with the mysteries God has revealed
Romans 16:25-27 Now to him who is able to establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from faith--to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.
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Friday, October 16, 2015
TRUST Romans 15:13
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him
Romans 14:16-17 Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, ...
so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit
Romans 15:17-19 Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God. I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done--by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
1 Corinthians 2:4-5 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God's power.
1 Corinthians 4:20 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.
1 Thessalonians 1:4-5 For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you, because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake.
Romans 8:22-25 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we are saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
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May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him
Romans 14:16-17 Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, ...
so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit
Romans 15:17-19 Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God. I will not venture to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done--by the power of signs and wonders, through the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
1 Corinthians 2:4-5 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power, so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God's power.
1 Corinthians 4:20 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.
1 Thessalonians 1:4-5 For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you, because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake.
Romans 8:22-25 We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption to sonship, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we are saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what they already have? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
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Thursday, October 15, 2015
TRUST Acts 14:23
Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.
Paul and Barnabas appointed elders
Acts 11:29-30 The disciples, as each one was able, decided to provide help for the brothers and sisters living in Judea. This they did, sending their gift to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.
with prayer and fasting
Acts 13:2-3 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.
committed them to the Lord
Acts 20:32 "Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified."
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Paul and Barnabas appointed elders
Acts 11:29-30 The disciples, as each one was able, decided to provide help for the brothers and sisters living in Judea. This they did, sending their gift to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.
with prayer and fasting
Acts 13:2-3 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.
committed them to the Lord
Acts 20:32 "Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified."
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015
TRUST Luke 16:10-12
"Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much. So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you property of your own?"
Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much
Matthew 25:21 and 23 "His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!' "
Luke 19:17 " 'Well done, my good servant!,' his master replied. 'Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.' "
So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth
Luke 16:9 "I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings."
Luke 16:13 "No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money."
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Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much
Matthew 25:21 and 23 "His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!' "
Luke 19:17 " 'Well done, my good servant!,' his master replied. 'Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.' "
So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth
Luke 16:9 "I tell you, use worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings."
Luke 16:13 "No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money."
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015
TRUST Zephaniah 3:12
But I will leave within you the meek and humble. The remnant of Israel will trust in the name of the LORD.
But I will leave within you the meek and the humble
Isaiah 14:32 What answer shall be given to the envoys of that nation? "The LORD has established Zion and in her his afflicted people will find refuge."
Isaiah 1:9 Unless the LORD Almighty had left us some survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.
Zephaniah 2:7 That land will belong to the remnant of the people of Judah; there they will find pasture. In the evening they will lie down in the houses of Ashkelon. The LORD their God will care for them; he will restore their fortunes.
The remnant of Israel will trust in the name of the LORD
Nahum 1:7 The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him, ...
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But I will leave within you the meek and the humble
Isaiah 14:32 What answer shall be given to the envoys of that nation? "The LORD has established Zion and in her his afflicted people will find refuge."
Isaiah 1:9 Unless the LORD Almighty had left us some survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.
Zephaniah 2:7 That land will belong to the remnant of the people of Judah; there they will find pasture. In the evening they will lie down in the houses of Ashkelon. The LORD their God will care for them; he will restore their fortunes.
The remnant of Israel will trust in the name of the LORD
Nahum 1:7 The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him, ...
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Monday, October 12, 2015
TRUST Zephaniah 3:1-2
Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled! She obeys no one, she accepts no correction. She does not trust in the LORD, she does not draw near to her God.
Woe to the city of oppressors
Jeremiah 6:6 This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Cut down the trees and build siege ramps against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; it is filled with oppression."
rebellious
Psalm 78:8 They would not be like their ancestors--a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him.
Jeremiah 5:23 "But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts; they have turned aside and gone away."
and defiled
Ezekiel 23:29-30 "They will deal with you in hatred and take away everything you have worked for. They will leave you stark naked, and the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your lewdness and promiscuity have brought this on you, because you lusted after the nations and defiled yourself with their idols."
She obeys no one
Jeremiah 22:21 "I warned you when you felt secure, but you said, 'I will not listen!' This has been your way from your youth; you have not obeyed me."
she accepts no correction
Leviticus 26:23-24 " 'If in spite of these things you do not accept my correction but continue to be hostile toward me, I myself will be hostile toward you and will afflict you for your sins seven times over.' "
Jeremiah 7:28 "Therefore say to them, ' This is the nation that has not obeyed the LORD its God or responded to correction. Truth has perished; it has vanished from their lips.' "
She does not trust in the LORD
Deuteronomy 1:32-33 In spite of this, you did not trust in the LORD your God, who went ahead of you on your journey, in fire by night and in a cloud by day, to search out places for you to camp and to show you the way you should go.
she does not draw near to her God
Psalm 73:28 But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.
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Woe to the city of oppressors
Jeremiah 6:6 This is what the LORD Almighty says: "Cut down the trees and build siege ramps against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; it is filled with oppression."
rebellious
Psalm 78:8 They would not be like their ancestors--a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him.
Jeremiah 5:23 "But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts; they have turned aside and gone away."
and defiled
Ezekiel 23:29-30 "They will deal with you in hatred and take away everything you have worked for. They will leave you stark naked, and the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your lewdness and promiscuity have brought this on you, because you lusted after the nations and defiled yourself with their idols."
She obeys no one
Jeremiah 22:21 "I warned you when you felt secure, but you said, 'I will not listen!' This has been your way from your youth; you have not obeyed me."
she accepts no correction
Leviticus 26:23-24 " 'If in spite of these things you do not accept my correction but continue to be hostile toward me, I myself will be hostile toward you and will afflict you for your sins seven times over.' "
Jeremiah 7:28 "Therefore say to them, ' This is the nation that has not obeyed the LORD its God or responded to correction. Truth has perished; it has vanished from their lips.' "
She does not trust in the LORD
Deuteronomy 1:32-33 In spite of this, you did not trust in the LORD your God, who went ahead of you on your journey, in fire by night and in a cloud by day, to search out places for you to camp and to show you the way you should go.
she does not draw near to her God
Psalm 73:28 But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds.
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Sunday, October 11, 2015
TRUST Nahum 1:7-8
The LORD is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him, but with an overwhelming flood he will make an end of Nineveh; he will pursue his foes into the realm of darkness.
The LORD is good
Jeremiah 33:10-11 "This is what the LORD says: 'You say about this place, "It is a desolate waste, without people or animals." Yet in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted, inhabited by neither people nor animals, there will be heard once more the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the LORD, saying, "Give thanks to the LORD Almighty, for the LORD is good; his love endures forever." For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were before,' says the LORD."
a refuge in times of trouble
Jeremiah 17:17 Do not be a terror to me; you are my refuge in the day of disaster.
Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Jeremiah 16:19-20 LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in time of distress, to you the nations will come from the ends of the earth and say, "Our ancestors possessed nothing but false gods, worthless idols that did them no good. Do people make their own gods? Yes, but they are not gods!"
he cares
Psalm 1:6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.
for those who trust in him
Psalm 22:9 Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you, even at my mother's breast.
but with an overwhelming flood
Isaiah 8:6-8 "Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoices over Rezin and the son of Remaliah, therefore the Lord is about to bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates--the king of Assyria with all his pomp. It will over flow all its channels, run over all its banks and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it, passing through it and reaching up to the neck. Its outspread wings will cover the breadth of your land, Immanuel!"
Daniel 9:26 "After the sixty-two 'sevens', the Anointed One will be put to death and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed."
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The LORD is good
Jeremiah 33:10-11 "This is what the LORD says: 'You say about this place, "It is a desolate waste, without people or animals." Yet in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are deserted, inhabited by neither people nor animals, there will be heard once more the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the LORD, saying, "Give thanks to the LORD Almighty, for the LORD is good; his love endures forever." For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were before,' says the LORD."
a refuge in times of trouble
Jeremiah 17:17 Do not be a terror to me; you are my refuge in the day of disaster.
Psalm 46:1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble.
Jeremiah 16:19-20 LORD, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in time of distress, to you the nations will come from the ends of the earth and say, "Our ancestors possessed nothing but false gods, worthless idols that did them no good. Do people make their own gods? Yes, but they are not gods!"
he cares
Psalm 1:6 For the LORD watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked leads to destruction.
for those who trust in him
Psalm 22:9 Yet you brought me out of the womb; you made me trust in you, even at my mother's breast.
but with an overwhelming flood
Isaiah 8:6-8 "Because this people has rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and rejoices over Rezin and the son of Remaliah, therefore the Lord is about to bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates--the king of Assyria with all his pomp. It will over flow all its channels, run over all its banks and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it, passing through it and reaching up to the neck. Its outspread wings will cover the breadth of your land, Immanuel!"
Daniel 9:26 "After the sixty-two 'sevens', the Anointed One will be put to death and will have nothing. The people of the ruler who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood: War will continue until the end, and desolations have been decreed."
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Saturday, October 10, 2015
TRUST Ezekiel 33:13
"If I tell a righteous person that they will surely live, but then they trust in their righteousness and do evil, none of the righteous things that person has done will be remembered; they will die for the evil they have done."
Hebrews 10:36-39 You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. For "In just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay." (Isaiah 26:20; Habakkuk 2:3) And, "But my righteous one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back." (Habakkuk 2:4) But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.
2 Peter 2:17-22 These people (false teachers) are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error. They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity--for "people are slaves to whatever has mastered them." If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. Of them the proverbs are true: "A dog returns to its vomit," and, "A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud."
Habakkuk 2:4-5 "See the enemy is puffed up; his desires are not upright--but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness--indeed, wine betrays him; he is arrogant and never at rest. Because he is as greedy as the grave and like death is never satisfied, he gathers to himself all the nations and takes captive all the peoples.
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Hebrews 10:36-39 You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. For "In just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay." (Isaiah 26:20; Habakkuk 2:3) And, "But my righteous one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back." (Habakkuk 2:4) But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.
2 Peter 2:17-22 These people (false teachers) are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. For they mouth empty, boastful words and, by appealing to the lustful desires of the flesh, they entice people who are just escaping from those who live in error. They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves of depravity--for "people are slaves to whatever has mastered them." If they have escaped the corruption of the world by knowing our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and are again entangled in it and are overcome, they are worse off at the end than they were at the beginning. It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than to have known it and then turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them. Of them the proverbs are true: "A dog returns to its vomit," and, "A sow that is washed returns to her wallowing in the mud."
Habakkuk 2:4-5 "See the enemy is puffed up; his desires are not upright--but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness--indeed, wine betrays him; he is arrogant and never at rest. Because he is as greedy as the grave and like death is never satisfied, he gathers to himself all the nations and takes captive all the peoples.
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Friday, October 9, 2015
TRUST Jeremiah 49:4-6
Why do you boast of your valleys, boast of your valleys so fruitful? Unfaithful Daughter Ammon, you trust in your riches and say, 'Who will attack me?' I will bring terror on you from all those around you," declares the LORD, the LORD Almighty. "Every one of you will be driven away, and no one will gather the fugitives. Yet afterward, I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites," declares the LORD.
Unfaithful Daughter Ammon
Jeremiah 3:6 During the reign of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, "Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every spreading tree and has committed adultery there."
you trust in your riches
Jeremiah 9:23-24 This is what the LORD says: "Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the LORD.
1 Timothy 6:17 Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.
Who will attack me?
Jeremiah 21:13 " 'I am against you, Jerusalem, you who live above this valley on the rocky plateau, declares the LORD--you who say, "Who can come against us? Who can enter our refuge?" ' "
Every one of you will be driven away, and no one will gather the fugitives
Jeremiah 44:14 "None of the remnant of Judah who have gone to live in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, to which they long to return and live; none will return except a few fugitives."
"Yet afterward, I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites," declares the LORD
Jeremiah 12:14-17 This is what the LORD says: "As for all my wicked neighbors who seize the inheritance I gave my people Israel, I will uproot them from their lands and I will uproot the people of Judah among them. But after I uproot them, I will again have compassion and will bring each of them back to their own inheritance and their own country. And if they learn well the ways of my people and swear by my name, saying, 'As surely as the LORD lives'--even as they once taught my people to swear by Baal--then they will be established among my people. But if any nation does not listen, I will completely uproot and destroy it," declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 48:47 "Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the days to come," declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment of Moab.
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Unfaithful Daughter Ammon
Jeremiah 3:6 During the reign of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, "Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every spreading tree and has committed adultery there."
you trust in your riches
Jeremiah 9:23-24 This is what the LORD says: "Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the LORD, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the LORD.
1 Timothy 6:17 Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.
Who will attack me?
Jeremiah 21:13 " 'I am against you, Jerusalem, you who live above this valley on the rocky plateau, declares the LORD--you who say, "Who can come against us? Who can enter our refuge?" ' "
Every one of you will be driven away, and no one will gather the fugitives
Jeremiah 44:14 "None of the remnant of Judah who have gone to live in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, to which they long to return and live; none will return except a few fugitives."
"Yet afterward, I will restore the fortunes of the Ammonites," declares the LORD
Jeremiah 12:14-17 This is what the LORD says: "As for all my wicked neighbors who seize the inheritance I gave my people Israel, I will uproot them from their lands and I will uproot the people of Judah among them. But after I uproot them, I will again have compassion and will bring each of them back to their own inheritance and their own country. And if they learn well the ways of my people and swear by my name, saying, 'As surely as the LORD lives'--even as they once taught my people to swear by Baal--then they will be established among my people. But if any nation does not listen, I will completely uproot and destroy it," declares the LORD.
Jeremiah 48:47 "Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the days to come," declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment of Moab.
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Thursday, October 8, 2015
TRUST Jeremiah 48:7
"Since you trust in your deeds and riches, you too will be taken captive, and Chemosh (national god of Moab) will go into exile together with his priests and officials."
Since you trust in your deeds and riches
Psalm 49:5-6 Why should I fear when evil days come, when wicked deceivers surround me--those who trust in their wealth and boast of their great riches?
Proverbs 11:28 Those who trust in their riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.
and Chemosh
Numbers 21:29 "Woe to you, Moab! You are destroyed, people of Chemosh! He has given up his sons as fugitives and his daughters as captives to Sihon king of the Amorites."
will go into exile
Isaiah 46:1-2 Bel (another name for Marduk chief deity of Babylon) bows down, Nebo stoops low; their idols are borne by beasts of burden. The images that are carried about are burdensome, a burden for the weary. They stoop and bow down together; unable to rescue the burden, they themselves go off into captivity.
Jeremiah 49:3 "Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is destroyed! Cry out you inhabitants of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; rush here and there inside the walls, for Molek (chief god of the Ammonites) will go into exile, together with his priests and officials."
together with his priests and officials
Amos 2:1-3 This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Moab, even for four, I will not relent. Because he burned to ashes the bones of Edom's king, I will send fire on Moab that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth. Moab will go down in great tumult amid war cries and the blast of the trumpet. I will destroy her ruler and kill all her officials with him," says the LORD.
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Since you trust in your deeds and riches
Psalm 49:5-6 Why should I fear when evil days come, when wicked deceivers surround me--those who trust in their wealth and boast of their great riches?
Proverbs 11:28 Those who trust in their riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.
and Chemosh
Numbers 21:29 "Woe to you, Moab! You are destroyed, people of Chemosh! He has given up his sons as fugitives and his daughters as captives to Sihon king of the Amorites."
will go into exile
Isaiah 46:1-2 Bel (another name for Marduk chief deity of Babylon) bows down, Nebo stoops low; their idols are borne by beasts of burden. The images that are carried about are burdensome, a burden for the weary. They stoop and bow down together; unable to rescue the burden, they themselves go off into captivity.
Jeremiah 49:3 "Wail, Heshbon, for Ai is destroyed! Cry out you inhabitants of Rabbah! Put on sackcloth and mourn; rush here and there inside the walls, for Molek (chief god of the Ammonites) will go into exile, together with his priests and officials."
together with his priests and officials
Amos 2:1-3 This is what the LORD says: "For three sins of Moab, even for four, I will not relent. Because he burned to ashes the bones of Edom's king, I will send fire on Moab that will consume the fortresses of Kerioth. Moab will go down in great tumult amid war cries and the blast of the trumpet. I will destroy her ruler and kill all her officials with him," says the LORD.
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015
TRUST Jeremiah 39:18
" 'I will save you; you will not fall by the sword but will escape with your life, because you trust in me, declares the LORD.' "
I will save you
1 Samuel 17:47 "All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD's and he will give all of you into our hands."
Acts 16:31 They replied "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved--you and your household."
you will not fall by the sword
Job 5:20 "In famine he will deliver you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword."
but will escape with your life
Jeremiah 21:8-10 "Furthermore, tell the people, 'This is what the LORD says: See, I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death. Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, famine or plague. but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Babylonians who are besieging you will live; they will escape with their lives. I have determined to do this city harm and not good, declares the LORD. It will be given into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will destroy it with fire.' "
Jeremiah 38:2 "This is what the LORD says: 'Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, famine or plague, but whoever goes over to the Babylonians will live. They will escape with their lives; they will live.' "
because you trust in me, declares the LORD
Jeremiah 17:7 "Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him."
Romans 10:11 As Scripture says, "Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame." (Isaiah 28:16)
Romans 9:33 As it is written: "See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame." (Isaiah 8:14)
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I will save you
1 Samuel 17:47 "All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD's and he will give all of you into our hands."
Acts 16:31 They replied "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved--you and your household."
you will not fall by the sword
Job 5:20 "In famine he will deliver you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword."
but will escape with your life
Jeremiah 21:8-10 "Furthermore, tell the people, 'This is what the LORD says: See, I am setting before you the way of life and the way of death. Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, famine or plague. but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Babylonians who are besieging you will live; they will escape with their lives. I have determined to do this city harm and not good, declares the LORD. It will be given into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will destroy it with fire.' "
Jeremiah 38:2 "This is what the LORD says: 'Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, famine or plague, but whoever goes over to the Babylonians will live. They will escape with their lives; they will live.' "
because you trust in me, declares the LORD
Jeremiah 17:7 "Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him."
Romans 10:11 As Scripture says, "Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame." (Isaiah 28:16)
Romans 9:33 As it is written: "See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame." (Isaiah 8:14)
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Tuesday, October 6, 2015
TRUST Jeremiah 28:15-16
Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, "Listen, Hananiah! The LORD has not sent you, yet you have persuaded this nation to trust in lies. Therefore this is what the LORD says: 'I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. This very year you are going to die, because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.' "
The LORD has not sent you
Jeremiah 29:31-32 "Send this message to all the exiles: 'This is what the LORD says about Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, even though I did not send him, and has persuaded you to trust in lies, this is what the LORD says: I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good things I will do for my people, declares the LORD, because he has preached rebellion against me.' "
yet you have persuaded this nation to trust in lies
Jeremiah 7:4 " 'Do not trust in deceptive words and say, "This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD." ' "
Jeremiah 20:6 " 'And you, Pashur, and all who live in your house will go into exile to Babylon. There you will die and be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied lies.' "
Jeremiah 29:21 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying lies to you in my name: "I will deliver them into the hands Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will put them to death before your very eyes."
Lamentations 2:14 The visions of your prophets were false and worthless; they did not expose your sin to ward off your captivity. The prophesies they gave you were false and misleading.
Ezekiel 13:6 " 'Their visions are false and their divinations a lie. Even though the LORD has not sent them, they say, "The LORD declares," and expect him to fulfill their words.' "
I am about to remove you from the face of the earth
Genesis 7:4 "Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made."
This very year you are going to die
Deuteronomy 18:20 "But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded,or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, is to be put to death."
Zechariah 13:3 "And if anyone still prophesies, their father and mother, to whom they were born, will say to them, 'You must die, because you have told lies in the LORD's name.' Then their own parents will stab the one who prophesies.
because you have preached rebellion against the LORD
Deuteronomy 13:5 That prophet or dreamer must be put to death for inciting rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery. That prophet or dreamer tried to turn you away from the way the LORD your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you.
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The LORD has not sent you
Jeremiah 29:31-32 "Send this message to all the exiles: 'This is what the LORD says about Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, even though I did not send him, and has persuaded you to trust in lies, this is what the LORD says: I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good things I will do for my people, declares the LORD, because he has preached rebellion against me.' "
yet you have persuaded this nation to trust in lies
Jeremiah 7:4 " 'Do not trust in deceptive words and say, "This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD." ' "
Jeremiah 20:6 " 'And you, Pashur, and all who live in your house will go into exile to Babylon. There you will die and be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied lies.' "
Jeremiah 29:21 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying lies to you in my name: "I will deliver them into the hands Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will put them to death before your very eyes."
Lamentations 2:14 The visions of your prophets were false and worthless; they did not expose your sin to ward off your captivity. The prophesies they gave you were false and misleading.
Ezekiel 13:6 " 'Their visions are false and their divinations a lie. Even though the LORD has not sent them, they say, "The LORD declares," and expect him to fulfill their words.' "
I am about to remove you from the face of the earth
Genesis 7:4 "Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living creature I have made."
This very year you are going to die
Deuteronomy 18:20 "But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded,or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, is to be put to death."
Zechariah 13:3 "And if anyone still prophesies, their father and mother, to whom they were born, will say to them, 'You must die, because you have told lies in the LORD's name.' Then their own parents will stab the one who prophesies.
because you have preached rebellion against the LORD
Deuteronomy 13:5 That prophet or dreamer must be put to death for inciting rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from the land of slavery. That prophet or dreamer tried to turn you away from the way the LORD your God commanded you to follow. You must purge the evil from among you.
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Monday, October 5, 2015
TRUST Jeremiah 12:6
"Your relatives, members of your own family--even they have betrayed you; they have raised a loud cry against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you." (God speaking to Jeremiah)
they have raised a loud cry against you
Proverbs 26:24-25 Enemies disguise themselves with their lips, but in their hearts they harbor deceit. Though their speech is charming, do not believe them, for seven abominations fill their hearts.
Jeremiah 9:4 "Beware of your friends; do not trust anyone in your clan. For every one of them is a deceiver, and every friend a slanderer."
Do not trust them, though they speak well of you
Psalm 12:1-2 Help, LORD, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race. Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deceit in their hearts.
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they have raised a loud cry against you
Proverbs 26:24-25 Enemies disguise themselves with their lips, but in their hearts they harbor deceit. Though their speech is charming, do not believe them, for seven abominations fill their hearts.
Jeremiah 9:4 "Beware of your friends; do not trust anyone in your clan. For every one of them is a deceiver, and every friend a slanderer."
Do not trust them, though they speak well of you
Psalm 12:1-2 Help, LORD, for no one is faithful anymore; those who are loyal have vanished from the human race. Everyone lies to their neighbor; they flatter with their lips but harbor deceit in their hearts.
(parentheses are mine)
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Sunday, October 4, 2015
TRUST Jeremiah 9:4-6
"Beware of your friends; do not trust anyone in your clan. For every one of them is a deceiver, and every friend a slanderer. Friend deceives friend, and no one speaks the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they weary themselves with sinning. You live in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me," declares the LORD.
Beware of your friends
2 Samuel 15:12 While Absalom was offering sacrifices, he also sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, to come from Giloh, his home town. And so the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom's following kept on increasing.
do not trust anyone in your clan
Micah 7:5-6 Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a friend. Even with the woman who lies in your embrace guard the words of your lips. For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises up against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law--a man's enemies are the members of his own household.
For every one of them is a deceiver
Genesis 27:35 But he said, "Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing."
and every friend a slanderer
Exodus 20:16 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor."
Leviticus 19:16 " 'Do not go about spreading slander among your people.' "
Friend deceives friend
Leviticus 6:2 "If anyone sins and is unfaithful to the LORD by deceiving a neighbor about something entrusted to them or left in their care or about something stolen, or if they cheat their neighbor, ..."
and no one speaks the truth
Psalm 15:1-2 LORD, who may dwell in your sacred tent? Who may live on your holy mountain? The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their heart; ...
Isaiah 59:15 Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.
They have taught their tongues to lie
Psalm 52:3 You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth.
You live in the midst of deception
Jeremiah 5:27 Like cages full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; they have become rich and powerful ...
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Beware of your friends
2 Samuel 15:12 While Absalom was offering sacrifices, he also sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, to come from Giloh, his home town. And so the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom's following kept on increasing.
do not trust anyone in your clan
Micah 7:5-6 Do not trust a neighbor; put no confidence in a friend. Even with the woman who lies in your embrace guard the words of your lips. For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises up against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law--a man's enemies are the members of his own household.
For every one of them is a deceiver
Genesis 27:35 But he said, "Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing."
and every friend a slanderer
Exodus 20:16 "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor."
Leviticus 19:16 " 'Do not go about spreading slander among your people.' "
Friend deceives friend
Leviticus 6:2 "If anyone sins and is unfaithful to the LORD by deceiving a neighbor about something entrusted to them or left in their care or about something stolen, or if they cheat their neighbor, ..."
and no one speaks the truth
Psalm 15:1-2 LORD, who may dwell in your sacred tent? Who may live on your holy mountain? The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their heart; ...
Isaiah 59:15 Truth is nowhere to be found, and whoever shuns evil becomes a prey.
They have taught their tongues to lie
Psalm 52:3 You love evil rather than good, falsehood rather than speaking the truth.
You live in the midst of deception
Jeremiah 5:27 Like cages full of birds, their houses are full of deceit; they have become rich and powerful ...
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Saturday, October 3, 2015
TRUST Jeremiah 7:14
" 'Therefore, what I did to Shiloh I will now do to the house that bears my Name, the temple you trust in, the place I gave to you and your ancestors.' "
What I did to Shiloh
Judges 18:31 They continued to use the idol Micah had made, all the time the house of God was in Shiloh.
1 Samuel 2:31-32 " 'The time is coming when I will cut short your strength and the strength of your priestly house, so that no one in it will reach old age, and you will see distress in my dwelling. Although good will be done to Israel, no one in your family line will ever reach old age.' "
I will now do to the house that bears my Name
1 Kings 9:6-9 "But if you or your descendants turn away from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you and go off to serve other gods and worship them, then I will cut off Israel from the land I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. Israel will then become a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples. This temple will be come a heap of rubble. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff and say, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?' People will answer, 'Because they have forsaken the LORD their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them--that is why the LORD brought all this disaster on them.' "
the temple you trust in
Jeremiah 7:4 " 'Do not trust in deceptive words and say, "This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD." ' "
Ezekiel 24:21 "Say to the people of Israel, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am about to desecrate my sanctuary--the stronghold in which you take pride, the delight of your eyes, the object of your affection. The sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.' " (Nebuchadnezzar burned down the temple)
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What I did to Shiloh
Judges 18:31 They continued to use the idol Micah had made, all the time the house of God was in Shiloh.
1 Samuel 2:31-32 " 'The time is coming when I will cut short your strength and the strength of your priestly house, so that no one in it will reach old age, and you will see distress in my dwelling. Although good will be done to Israel, no one in your family line will ever reach old age.' "
I will now do to the house that bears my Name
1 Kings 9:6-9 "But if you or your descendants turn away from me and do not observe the commands and decrees I have given you and go off to serve other gods and worship them, then I will cut off Israel from the land I have given them and will reject this temple I have consecrated for my Name. Israel will then become a byword and an object of ridicule among all peoples. This temple will be come a heap of rubble. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff and say, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?' People will answer, 'Because they have forsaken the LORD their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them--that is why the LORD brought all this disaster on them.' "
the temple you trust in
Jeremiah 7:4 " 'Do not trust in deceptive words and say, "This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD." ' "
Ezekiel 24:21 "Say to the people of Israel, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am about to desecrate my sanctuary--the stronghold in which you take pride, the delight of your eyes, the object of your affection. The sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.' " (Nebuchadnezzar burned down the temple)
(parentheses are mine)
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Friday, October 2, 2015
TRUST Jeremiah 7:3-4
" 'This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Reform your ways and your actions, and I will let you live in this place. Do not trust in deceptive words and say, "This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD!" ' "
Reform your ways and your actions
Jeremiah 18:11-12 "Now therefore say to the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, 'This is what the LORD says: Look! I am preparing a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. So turn from your evil ways, each one of you, and reform your ways and your actions.' But they will reply, 'It's no use. We will continue with our own plans; we will all follow the stubbornness of our evil hearts.' "
Jeremiah 26:13 "Now reform your ways and your actions and obey the LORD your God. Then the LORD will relent and not bring the disaster he has pronounced against you."
Jeremiah 35:15 " 'Again and again I sent all my servants the prophets to you. They said, "Each of you must turn from your wicked ways and reform your actions; do not follow other gods to serve them. Then you will live in the land I have given to you and your ancestors." But you have not paid attention or listened to me.' "
and I will let you live in this place
Jeremiah 7:5-7 " 'If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly, if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm, then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your ancestors for ever and ever.' "
Do not trust
Job 15:31 "Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return."
in deceptive words
Jeremiah 7:8 " 'But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless.' "
Jeremiah 28:15-17 Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, "Listen, Hananiah! The LORD has not sent you, yet you have persuaded this nation to trust in lies. Therefore this is what the LORD says: 'I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. This very year you are going to die, because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.' " In the seventh month of that same year, Hananiah the prophet died.
Micah 3:11 Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets tell fortunes for money. Yet they look for the LORD's support and say, "Is not the LORD among us? No disaster will come upon us."
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Reform your ways and your actions
Jeremiah 18:11-12 "Now therefore say to the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, 'This is what the LORD says: Look! I am preparing a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. So turn from your evil ways, each one of you, and reform your ways and your actions.' But they will reply, 'It's no use. We will continue with our own plans; we will all follow the stubbornness of our evil hearts.' "
Jeremiah 26:13 "Now reform your ways and your actions and obey the LORD your God. Then the LORD will relent and not bring the disaster he has pronounced against you."
Jeremiah 35:15 " 'Again and again I sent all my servants the prophets to you. They said, "Each of you must turn from your wicked ways and reform your actions; do not follow other gods to serve them. Then you will live in the land I have given to you and your ancestors." But you have not paid attention or listened to me.' "
and I will let you live in this place
Jeremiah 7:5-7 " 'If you really change your ways and your actions and deal with each other justly, if you do not oppress the foreigner, the fatherless or the widow and do not shed innocent blood in this place, and if you do not follow other gods to your own harm, then I will let you live in this place, in the land I gave your ancestors for ever and ever.' "
Do not trust
Job 15:31 "Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return."
in deceptive words
Jeremiah 7:8 " 'But look, you are trusting in deceptive words that are worthless.' "
Jeremiah 28:15-17 Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, "Listen, Hananiah! The LORD has not sent you, yet you have persuaded this nation to trust in lies. Therefore this is what the LORD says: 'I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. This very year you are going to die, because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.' " In the seventh month of that same year, Hananiah the prophet died.
Micah 3:11 Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets tell fortunes for money. Yet they look for the LORD's support and say, "Is not the LORD among us? No disaster will come upon us."
Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV®, Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
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