‘Living As Believers In The Faith.’
a) Hebrews 11:1. Faith is the confident assurance that what we hope for is going to happen. It is the evidence of things we cannot yet see.
b) Hebrews 11:6. Without Faith it is impossible to please God.
c) Jude 1:3. We need to contend for the Faith that has been entrusted to us.
d) 2 Timothy 4:7. We need to keep the Faith.
e) 2 Corinthians 13:5. We are to examine ourselves to see if our Faith is really genuine.
(This QT causes me to check out if I am Living As A Believer In The Faith)
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‘We Need To Be Good Builders.’
a) Ephesians 6:11-12. We need to put on the whole armour of God so that we can stand against the wiles of Satan as we build.
b) Nehemiah 4:2-3. Sometimes enemies try to discourage us from building.
c) Nehemiah 4:10; Genesis 49:10. Sometimes people very close to us who should know better try to discourage us from building.
d) 1 Corinthians 3:10-15. We can only build on the Rock – Jesus Christ.
e) Psalm 127:1. We need to be building together with the Lord, otherwise the building is all in vain.
f) Romans 7:18. We need to totally Trust in God as we build.
g) Zechariah 4:16. All that we can achieve is by the Spirit of the Lord.
h) 2 Peter 1:5-8. We need to grow in our Christian character as we co-labour with Christ.
(Through this Second one I am reminded that I Need To Be A Good Builder)
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Chris.
All too often I hear of Church people “examining” other people through their gossip, this ought not to be. The Bible exhorts us to examine ourselves. We are to examine ourselves to check that our Faith is really genuine. We are also to examine ourselves before we take the Holy Communion to make sure that we are spiritually in the correct condition to take it.
