“We work hard with our own hands.
1 CORINTHIANS 4:12-13
When we are cursed,
we bless;
when we are persecuted,
we endure it;
when we are slandered,
we answer kindly.
We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage of the world—right up to this moment.”
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
ROMANS 13:8-14
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there beany other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
“For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God’s ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
ROMANS 13:6-7
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.”
“Some of you have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.
1 CORINTHIANS 4:18
But I will come to you very soon, … and then I will find out not only how these arrogant people are talking, but what power they have.
For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.
What do you prefer? Shall I came to you with a rod of discipline, or shall I come in love and with a gentle spirit?”
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-8
It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.”
How unsearchable his judgments,
and his paths beyond tracing out!
“Who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has been his counselor?”
“So too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.
ROMANS 11:5-6
And if by grace, then it cannot be based on works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.”
“Remind the people
TITUS 3:1-2
to be subject to rulers and authorities,
to be obedient,
to be ready to do whatever is good,
to slander no one,
to be peaceable and considerate,
and always to be gentle toward everyone.”
“Let your conversation be always full of grace,
Colossians 4:6
seasoned with salt,
so that you may know
how to answer everyone.”
“Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.”
Galatians 6:7-8
But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many. 16 And the gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned. For the judgment which came from one offense resulted in condemnation, but the free gift which came from many [f]offenses resulted in justification. 17 For if by the one man’s offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.)
-Ride Tight
“Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities,
to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good,
to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and always to be gentle to everyone.”
“… But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
ROMANS 5:20-21
“… do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil…”
“For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.
1 Peter 2:15-16
Live as free people, but do not use your freedom as a cover-up for evil; live as God’s slaves.”
“Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.”
2 THESSALONIANS 2:3
“Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,…”
ROMANS 5:1
Concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, 2 not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by the teaching allegedly from us—whether by a prophecy or by word of mouth or by letter—asserting that the day of the Lord has already come.
Continue reading “Second Thessalonians, Book Two”“This is a true saying, If any man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a worthy work.
A Bishop therefore must be unreproveable, the husband of one wife, watching, temperate, modest, harborous, apt to teach,
Not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre, but gentle, no fighter, not covetous.
“Bless those who persecute you;
Paul
bless and do not curse.
Rejoice with those who rejoice;
mourn with those who mourn.
Live in harmony with one another.
Do not be proud,
but be willing to associate with people of low position.
Do not be conceited.
Do not repay anyone evil for evil.
Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone.
If it is possible,
as far as it depends on you,
live at peace with everyone.”
“Take special note of anyone who does not obey our instruction in this letter.
2 Thessalonians 3:12-14
…
Yet do not regard them as an enemy, but warn them as you would a fellow believer.”
“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”
1 SAMUEL 17:47
Sometimes, we need to “check”!
Take a’hold of your sins!
When getting-run-off-with by your own actions,
Take a hold!
Post a Stewards’ Inquiry and let the Big Boss decide what the correct course of action is to take!
“Not that I have already obtained this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.”
PHILIPPIANS 3:12
2TIMOTHY 2:24-26
“And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.”
“He who loves his wife loves himself.“
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
Continue reading “Wives Love Your Husbands”Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
2TIMOTHY 2:24-26
“And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.”
