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OF BEING A DISCIPLE Mat. 10:37 - "Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Luke 9:23-24 - Then he said to them all: "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will save it. Luke 9:62 - Jesus replied, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God." Luke 14:26 - "If
anyone
comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and
children, his
brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he
cannot be my disciple.
This means that your love for your family is like hatred compared to your love for Christ. We are supposed to love everyone. Luke 14:33 - In the same way, any of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be my disciple. 2 Cor. 5:15 - And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again.BE LIKE CHRIST 1 Cor. 11:1 - Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ. Eph. 5:1 - Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children Philip. 2:5-8 - Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross! 1 Pet. 2:21-22
- To this you
were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example,
that you
should follow in his steps. "He committed no sin, 1 John 1:7 - But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. 1 John 2:5-6 - But if anyone obeys his word, God's love is truly made complete in him. This is how we know we are in him: Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did. 1 John 4:17 - In this way, love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him. |
OVERCOME Rev. 2:7 - He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God. Rev. 2:11 - He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt at all by the second death. Rev. 2:17 - He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to him who receives it. Rev. 3:5 - He who overcomes will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the book of life, but will acknowledge his name before my Father and his angels. Rev. 3:12 - Him who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will he leave it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on him my new name. Rev. 3:21 - To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne. Rev. 21:7 - He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son.EVERYTHING WE DO MATTERS 2 Cor. 7:1 - Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. (KJV) 2 Cor. 10:5 - We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. Eph. 5:15-17 - Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord's will is. Col. 3:17 - And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Heb. 13:18 - Pray for us. We are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way. 1 Pet. 1:15-16 - But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy." |
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