Friday, January 22, 2010

II. The Self-Denial Commandments: "...Let him deny himself..."

By faith, we are saved.

By faith, we move on.


Have Faith


Mt 21:21-22 Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly I say to you, If you have faith and do not doubt, you shall not only do this miracle of the fig tree, but also; if you shall say to this mountain, Be moved and be thrown into the sea; it shall be done.
And all things, whatever you shall ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive."

Mark 4:40 And He said to them, "Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?"

Mark 5:34 And He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be whole from your plague."

Luke 5:20 And seeing their faith, He said to him, "Man, your sins are forgiven you."

Luke 8:48 And He said to her, "Daughter, be comforted. Your faith has saved you; go in peace."

Luke 22:31-32 And the Lord said, "Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has desired you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for you, that your faith fail not. And when you are converted, strengthen your brothers."

John 14:1 "Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe also in Me."

John 15:4 "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me."

John 16:26-27 "At that day you will ask in My name; and I do not say to you that I will pray to the Father for you, for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came out from God."

Faith underpins everything in our lives, accepts challenges every day to strengthen it, builds on itself as we grow with the building.



Serve Only the True God


Mt 4:10 Then Jesus said to him, "Go, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.'"

Mt 6:24 "No one can serve two masters. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon."

Luke 1:74 "...that He would grant to us, that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear."

Luke 4:8 And Jesus answered and said to him, "Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.'"



Worship in The Spirit


Mark 7:7 "However, they worship Me in vain, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men."


John 4:23-24 "But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to worship Him.
God is a spirit, and they who worship Him must worship in spirit and in truth."