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Ephesians 6:13 – Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm.  The same power that raised Jesus from the dead dwells inside of His followers—Romans 8:11. Paul continues in Romans 8 to say that since the Spirit dwells in us we are debtors to God to live by the Spirit and not by…

Hebrews 12:1 – Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is…

1 Thessalonians 4:17-18 – 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.  You’ve heard the question posed in various forms before.  “If you could go to heaven and all of your loved…

Acts 2:38-39—38 And Peter said to them, “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. 39 For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”  God gives us an amazing promise…

Romans 12:10—10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. Total depravity is the teaching of how the Bible describes the nature of mankind.  It is depraved. It is morally corrupt and wicked.  Total depravity doesn’t mean that we are as morally corrupt and as wicked as we could be but that this corruption and wickedness…

2 Timothy 3:1-5—But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, 4 treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit,…

Mark 9:23-24 – 23 And Jesus said to him, “ ‘If you can’! All things are possible for one who believes.” 24 Immediately the father of the child cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!” I believe; help my unbelief! This applies for all believers in Christ. Central to sin is our rejection of the truth of what God says—and acceptance or…

John 15:12-13 – 12 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.  In the ultimate display and act of love, Jesus gave up His life for His friends. He has called His followers to follow His example and give up their lives, in love, for their…

1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1 – 31 So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. 32 Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God, 33 just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, that they may be saved. 1 Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. …

John 1:4-5 – 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.   The contrast between darkness and light is clear from the beginning of the Bible when God declares “Let there be light” in the midst of the darkness.  And there was light, and the light was good. …