WHOSE COMMANDMENTS DO WE FOLLOW?

TITUS 1:13, 14, 16 13 … rebuke them … that they may be sound in the faith; 14 Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth. 16 They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, …

COLOSSIANS 2:6-22 6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 20 Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ … why, … are ye subject to ordinances, 22 Which … are … after the commandments and doctrines of men?

MATTHEW 15:9,3 9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. 9 … Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?

MARK 7:7-9 7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. 8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, … 9 … ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

JOHN 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

GRACE, MERCY, AND PEACE

TITUS 1:4  … Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.

JOHN 1:17  … grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

ROMANS 3:23-24  23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; 24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

ROMANS 5:17  … abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.)

2 JOHN 3  Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, …

THE PROMISE THAT CANNOT BE BROKEN

TITUS 1:2  In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;

HEBREWS 6:18  … it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:

REVELATION 13:8  … the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

1 PETER 1:19-20  19 … the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: 20 Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, …

COLOSSIANS 1:14  In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

EPHESIANS 1:7  In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

HANG ON-KEEP THE FAITH

2 TIMOTHY 4:7  I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:

EPHESIANS 4:4-5  4 …  ye are called in one hope of your calling; 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

JUDE 1: 3  … contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.

PHILIPPIANS 1:27  … stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

COLOSSIANS 1:23  … continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, …

COLOSSIANS 2:6-7  6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 7 … and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

CHOOSE YOUR DOCTRINE?

2 TIMOTHY 4:3-4  3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

1 TIMOTHY 4:1  Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

2 JOHN 9-10  9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, …

JOHN 14:6  Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: …

HEBREWS 13:9  Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. …

PERSECUTION ANYONE?

2 TIMOTHY 3:12  … all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

JOHN 15:20  … The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; …

MATTHEW 23:33-34  33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? 34 … I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

MATTHEW 10:18-22  18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. 19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. … 22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

2 CORINTHIANS12:9-10  9 … My grace is sufficient for thee: … 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

HEBREWS 12:2  Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, …

CHOICES, THE WORLD OR JESUS CHRIST

2 TIMOTHY 3:1-5  1 … in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, … 4 … lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

1 JOHN 2:15  Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

ROMANS 12:2  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

JAMES 4:4,10  4 … whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

1 JOHN 5:19-20  19 …the whole world lieth in wickedness. 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

LORD SET US FREE

2 TIMOTHY 2:19  … The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

PSALM 19:13  Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: …

THE HOLY SPIRIT

JOHN 16:8  And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, …

ROMANS 6:1-2  1 … Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein?

HIS FIRST COMING  

MATTHEW 1:21  … JESUS: … shall save his people from their sins.

HIS SECOND COMING  

HEBREWS 9:28  So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

TITUS 2: 11-12  11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

TITUS 2:13-14  13 … our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 … gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, …

SEARCH AND BE FREE

2 TIMOTHY 2:15  Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

ACTS 17:11  … received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, …

JOHN 5:39  Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: …

JOHN 17:17  … thy word is truth

JOHN 8:31,32 31 … If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

HOW TO REPLACE FEAR

2 TIMOTHY 1:7  For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

1 JOHN 4:18  There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear:

HEBREWS 13:6 … The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

ISAIAH 41:10  Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; …

ISAIAH 43:1  But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, ,,, and he that formed thee, … Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, … thou art mine.