Merry Christmas

MERRY CHRISTMAS
MATTHEW 1:21 … thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
LUKE 1:35 … that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
ROMANS 6:23 the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 JOHN 5:11 … God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
MATTHEW 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
1 JOHN 1:4 And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full.

How to Keep the Sabbath

HOW TO KEEP THE SABBATH
EXODUS 34:21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
LEVITICUS 23:3 Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, …
LEVITICUS 23:32 … from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath.
ISAIAH 58:13-14 13 … call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, … honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: 14 … delight thyself in the LORD; …
ISAIAH 66:23 …from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD.
PSALM 16:11 … shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
MATTHEW 12:8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.”
1 JOHN 1:7 … walk in the light, as he is in the light, …

Don’t Forget the Sabbath

DON’T FORGET THE SABBATH
JOHN 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
1 PETER 2:21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
LUKE 4:16 And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read
HEBREWS 4:10.4 10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. 4 … And God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
EXODUS 20:8-11 8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. 10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: … 11 … the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.
MATTHEW 12:8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
EZEKIEL 20:12 Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them.
LEVITICUS 26:2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, … I am the LORD.

This is a True Relationship

THIS IS A TRUE RELATIONSHIP
PSALM 19: 7,11 7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: … 11 … and in keeping of them there is great reward.
1 JOHN 2:4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
PSALM 111:7-8 7 … all his commandments are sure. 8 They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness.
PROVERBS 3:1-2 1 My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: 2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
1 JOHN 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.
REVELATION 22:14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, …
1 JOHN 3:22,24 22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. 24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, …
JOHN 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

Baptism, Is It Important?

BAPTISM, IS IT IMPORTANT?
MARK 16:16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; …
ACTS 2:38 … Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, …
ACTS 8:12 But when they believed … concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
GALATIANS 3:27-29 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 29 And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
ACTS 22:16 And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

Identifying False Teachers

IDENTIFYING FALSE TEACHERS

DANIEL 7:25 And he shall speak great words against the most High, … and think to change times and laws: …
REVELATION 13:8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life …
REVELATION 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant … which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
2 TIMOTHY 4:3-4 3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; … 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, …
2 TIMOTHY 3:5,7 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: … 7 Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
EZEKIEL 22:26 Her priests have violated my law, … and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
ISAIAH 30:9-10 9 That this is a rebellious people, … 10 Which say … speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
1 JOHN 2:3-4 3 And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. 4 He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.

God’s People Will WItness

GOD’S PEOPLE WILL WITNESS
MATTHEW 28:19-20 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, … 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: …
JOEL 3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision.
MATTHEW 9:37-38 37 … The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
2 TIMOTHY 2:12 … if we deny him, he also will deny us:
JOHN 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.”
JAMES 5:20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
1 PETER 3:15 … be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:

How to Be a Child of God

HOW TO BE A CHILD OF GOD
EPHESIANS 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
REVELATION 12:17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
EPHESIANS 5:8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:
HEBREWS 8:10 … I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:

EXODUS 19:5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: …
REVELATION 14:12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

HEBREWS 4:9,11,4 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 10 … he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. 4 … God did rest the seventh day from all his works.
JEREMIAH 11:4 do … according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:

It Is Praying Time

IT IS PRAYING TIME
PSALM 4:3 the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
MATTHEW 6:6 … pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
MATTHEW 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
JOHN 14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
ROMANS 8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us …
PSALM 55:17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, … and he shall hear my voice.”
1 THESSALONIANS 5:17 Pray without ceasing.
1 PETER 4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
PSALM 66:20,19 20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. 19 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.

Light Up My World

LIGHT UP MY WORLD
1 JOHN 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
JOHN 12:35-36 35 Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: … 36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. …
JOHN 8:12 Then spake Jesus … , I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
PROVERBS 4:18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
JOHN 12:46 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.
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.