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Confession » Of Christ
I tell you, everyone who will acknowledge me before men, the Son of Man will acknowledge before the angels of God,
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I am baptizing you in water in token of your repentance, but he who is coming after me is stronger than I am, and I am not fit to carry his shoes. He will baptize you in the holy Spirit and in fire.
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Therefore, I must tell you that no one who is speaking under the influence of the Spirit of God ever says, "Curse Jesus!" and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord!" without being under the influence of the holy Spirit.
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If anyone acknowledges that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, God keeps in union with him and he with God.
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You can tell the Spirit of God in this way: all inspiration that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in human form comes from God, and any inspired utterance that does not acknowledge Jesus does not come from God; it is the inspiration of the Antichrist. You have heard that it was coming, and here it is already in the world.
Yet for all that, even among the leading men, many came to believe in him, but on account of the Pharisees they would not acknowledge it, for fear of being excluded from the synagogues, for they cared more for the approval of men than for the approval of God.
It is not everyone who says to me 'Lord! Lord!' who will get into the Kingdom of Heaven, but only those who do the will of my Father in heaven. Many will say to me on that Day, 'Lord! Lord! Was it not in your name that we prophesied, and by your name that we drove out demons, and by your name that we did many mighty acts?' Then I will say to them plainly, 'I never knew you! Go away from me, you who do wrong!'
Therefore everyone who will acknowledge me before men I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven, but anyone who disowns me before men, I will disown before my Father in heaven.
(John testified to him and cried out??or it was he who said it??He who was to come after me is now ahead of me
His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews, for the Jews had already made an agreement that if anyone acknowledged Jesus as the Christ, he should be excluded from the synagogues. That was why his parents said, "He is grown up; you must ask him." So they again summoned the man who had been blind, and they said to him, "Give God the praise. This man we know is a sinful man." read more.
He answered, "I do not know about his being a sinful man. All I know is that I was blind before and now I can see." They said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he make you able to see?" He answered, "I have already told you and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become disciples of his too?" Then they sneered at him, and said, "You are a disciple of his yourself, but we are disciples of Moses. We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man came from." The man answered, "There is something very strange about this! You do not know where he came from, and yet he has made me able to see! We know that God does not listen to sinful people, but if a man is devout and obeys God, God will listen to him. It was never heard of in this world that anyone made a man born blind able to see. If this man were not from God, he could not do anything." They answered, "You were born in utter sin, and are you trying to teach us?" So they excluded him from the synagogue. Jesus learned that they had excluded him, and he found the man and said to him, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" The man answered, "Who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him." Jesus said to him, "You have seen him already, and it is he who is now talking to you." And he said, "I believe, sir!" and he fell on his knees before him.
He answered, "I do not know about his being a sinful man. All I know is that I was blind before and now I can see." They said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he make you able to see?" He answered, "I have already told you and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you want to become disciples of his too?" Then they sneered at him, and said, "You are a disciple of his yourself, but we are disciples of Moses. We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man came from." The man answered, "There is something very strange about this! You do not know where he came from, and yet he has made me able to see! We know that God does not listen to sinful people, but if a man is devout and obeys God, God will listen to him. It was never heard of in this world that anyone made a man born blind able to see. If this man were not from God, he could not do anything." They answered, "You were born in utter sin, and are you trying to teach us?" So they excluded him from the synagogue. Jesus learned that they had excluded him, and he found the man and said to him, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" The man answered, "Who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him." Jesus said to him, "You have seen him already, and it is he who is now talking to you." And he said, "I believe, sir!" and he fell on his knees before him.
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Then Philip began, and starting from this passage, he told him the good news about Jesus. As they went on along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Here is some water! What is there to prevent my being baptized?" OMITTED TEXT
By the time Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was absorbed in preaching the message, emphatically assuring the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.
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"John's baptism was a baptism in token of repentance," said Paul, "and he told the people to believe in him who was to follow him, that is, in Jesus." When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus,
For if with your lips you acknowledge the message that Jesus is Lord, and with your mind you believe that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with their minds men believe and are made upright, and with their lips they make the acknowledgment and are saved. For the Scripture says, "No one who has faith in him will be disappointed."
If we say, "We have fellowship with him," and yet live in darkness, we are lying and not living the truth.
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Whoever says, "I know him," but does not obey his commands, is a liar, and there is no truth in his heart;
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Evangelism » What preachers should do
Do you not know that those who do the work about the Temple get their living from the Temple, and those who attend to the altar divide the sacrifices with the altar? In just that way the Lord directed that those who preach the good news should get their living from it.
My dear children, I am writing you this so that you may not sin; yet if anyone does sin, we have in Jesus Christ one who is upright and will intercede for us with the Father. He is himself an atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the whole world. This is how we can be sure that we know him??y obeying his commands. read more.
Whoever says, "I know him," but does not obey his commands, is a liar, and there is no truth in his heart; but whoever obeys his message really has the love of God in perfection in his heart. This is the way we can be sure that we are in union with him; whoever says, "I am always in union with him" must live just as he lived.
Whoever says, "I know him," but does not obey his commands, is a liar, and there is no truth in his heart; but whoever obeys his message really has the love of God in perfection in his heart. This is the way we can be sure that we are in union with him; whoever says, "I am always in union with him" must live just as he lived.
Fellowship » Those that say they have fellowship with the lord, but are disobedient
This is the message that we heard from him and announce to you: God is light; there is no darkness in him at all. If we say, "We have fellowship with him," and yet live in darkness, we are lying and not living the truth.
My dear children, I am writing you this so that you may not sin; yet if anyone does sin, we have in Jesus Christ one who is upright and will intercede for us with the Father. He is himself an atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the whole world. This is how we can be sure that we know him??y obeying his commands. read more.
Whoever says, "I know him," but does not obey his commands, is a liar, and there is no truth in his heart;
Whoever says, "I know him," but does not obey his commands, is a liar, and there is no truth in his heart;
Ignorance of God » Evidenced by » Not keeping his commands
Whoever says, "I know him," but does not obey his commands, is a liar, and there is no truth in his heart;
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Inconsistency » General marks of » The double tongue
Whoever says, "I know him," but does not obey his commands, is a liar, and there is no truth in his heart;
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Blessing and cursing issue from the same mouth! This is not right, my brothers.
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Jesus Christ » Who is in jesus Christ
Then Jesus said to them, "I tell you, if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no self-existent life. Whoever lives on my flesh and drinks my blood possesses eternal life, and I will raise him to life on the Last Day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. read more.
Whoever lives on my flesh and drinks my blood remains united to me and I remain united to him.
Whoever lives on my flesh and drinks my blood remains united to me and I remain united to him.
My dear children, I am writing you this so that you may not sin; yet if anyone does sin, we have in Jesus Christ one who is upright and will intercede for us with the Father. He is himself an atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the whole world. This is how we can be sure that we know him??y obeying his commands. read more.
Whoever says, "I know him," but does not obey his commands, is a liar, and there is no truth in his heart; but whoever obeys his message really has the love of God in perfection in his heart. This is the way we can be sure that we are in union with him; whoever says, "I am always in union with him" must live just as he lived.
Whoever says, "I know him," but does not obey his commands, is a liar, and there is no truth in his heart; but whoever obeys his message really has the love of God in perfection in his heart. This is the way we can be sure that we are in union with him; whoever says, "I am always in union with him" must live just as he lived.
Philip said to him, "Master, let us see the Father, and it will satisfy us." Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you so long, and yet you, Philip, have not recognized me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Let us see the Father'? Do you not believe that I am in union with the Father and the Father is in union with me? I am not the source of the words that I say to you, but the Father who is united with me is doing these things himself. read more.
You must believe that I am in union with the Father and that the Father is in union with me, or else you must believe because of the things themselves. I tell you, whoever believes in me will do such things as I do, and things greater yet, because I am going to the Father. Anything you ask for as followers of mine I will grant, so that the Father may be honored through the Son. I will grant anything you ask me for as my followers. "If you really love me, you will observe my commands. And I will ask the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you always. It is the Spirit of Truth. The world cannot obtain that Spirit, because it does not see it or recognize it; you recognize it because it stays with you and is within you. I am not going to leave you friendless. I am coming back to you. In a little while the world will not see me any more, but you will still see me, because I shall live on, and you will live on too. When that day comes you will know that I am in union with my Father and you are with me and I am with you.
You must believe that I am in union with the Father and that the Father is in union with me, or else you must believe because of the things themselves. I tell you, whoever believes in me will do such things as I do, and things greater yet, because I am going to the Father. Anything you ask for as followers of mine I will grant, so that the Father may be honored through the Son. I will grant anything you ask me for as my followers. "If you really love me, you will observe my commands. And I will ask the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you always. It is the Spirit of Truth. The world cannot obtain that Spirit, because it does not see it or recognize it; you recognize it because it stays with you and is within you. I am not going to leave you friendless. I am coming back to you. In a little while the world will not see me any more, but you will still see me, because I shall live on, and you will live on too. When that day comes you will know that I am in union with my Father and you are with me and I am with you.
For consider, brothers, what happened when God called you. Not many of you were what men call wise, not many of you were influential, not many were of high birth. But it was what the world calls foolish that God chose to put the wise to shame with, and it was what the world calls weak that God chose to shame its strength with, and it was what the world calls low and insignificant and unreal that God chose to nullify its realities, read more.
so that in his presence no human being might have anything to boast of. But you are his children, through your union with Christ Jesus, whom God has made our wisdom??ur uprightness and consecration and redemption,
so that in his presence no human being might have anything to boast of. But you are his children, through your union with Christ Jesus, whom God has made our wisdom??ur uprightness and consecration and redemption,
Take care that nobody exploits you through the pretensions of philosophy, guided by human tradition, following material ways of looking at things, instead of following Christ. For it is in him that all the fulness of God's nature lives embodied, and in union with him you too are filled with it. He is the head of all your principalities and dominions. read more.
Through your relation to him you have received not a physical circumcision, but a circumcision effected by Christ, in stripping you of your material nature, when in your baptism you were buried with him, and raised to life with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead.
Through your relation to him you have received not a physical circumcision, but a circumcision effected by Christ, in stripping you of your material nature, when in your baptism you were buried with him, and raised to life with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead.
Dear friends, if our consciences do not condemn us, we approach God with confidence, and we obtain from him whatever we ask for, because we are obeying his commands and doing the things that please him. His command is this??hat we are to believe in his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he has commanded us to do. read more.
All who obey his commands keep in union with him, and he does with them; and this is how we know that he keeps in union with us??y the Spirit which he has given us.
All who obey his commands keep in union with him, and he does with them; and this is how we know that he keeps in union with us??y the Spirit which he has given us.
We know that we are children of God, while the whole world is under the power of the evil one. And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us power to recognize him who is true; and we are in union with him who is true, through his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Love » Who the love of God is perfected in
My dear children, I am writing you this so that you may not sin; yet if anyone does sin, we have in Jesus Christ one who is upright and will intercede for us with the Father. He is himself an atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the whole world. This is how we can be sure that we know him??y obeying his commands. read more.
Whoever says, "I know him," but does not obey his commands, is a liar, and there is no truth in his heart; but whoever obeys his message really has the love of God in perfection in his heart. This is the way we can be sure that we are in union with him;
Whoever says, "I know him," but does not obey his commands, is a liar, and there is no truth in his heart; but whoever obeys his message really has the love of God in perfection in his heart. This is the way we can be sure that we are in union with him;
Lying » Antinomians guilty of
If we say, "We have fellowship with him," and yet live in darkness, we are lying and not living the truth.
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Whoever says, "I know him," but does not obey his commands, is a liar, and there is no truth in his heart;
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Lying/lies » Who is a liar
This is the message that we heard from him and announce to you: God is light; there is no darkness in him at all. If we say, "We have fellowship with him," and yet live in darkness, we are lying and not living the truth.
Jesus said to them, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I have come from God. I have not come of my own accord, but he has sent me. Why is it that you do not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my message. The devil is the father you are sprung from, and you want to carry out your father's wishes. He was a murderer from the first, and he has nothing to do with the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in his true character, for he is a liar and the father of them.
My dear children, I am writing you this so that you may not sin; yet if anyone does sin, we have in Jesus Christ one who is upright and will intercede for us with the Father. He is himself an atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the whole world. This is how we can be sure that we know him??y obeying his commands. read more.
Whoever says, "I know him," but does not obey his commands, is a liar, and there is no truth in his heart;
Whoever says, "I know him," but does not obey his commands, is a liar, and there is no truth in his heart;
If anyone says, "I love God," and yet hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.
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Religion » Inconsistency in religious life general marks of » The double tongue
Whoever says, "I know him," but does not obey his commands, is a liar, and there is no truth in his heart;
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Blessing and cursing issue from the same mouth! This is not right, my brothers.
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Truth » Who the truth is not in
Dear friends, do not believe every inspired utterance, but test the utterances to see whether they come from God, for many false prophets have come out into the world. You can tell the Spirit of God in this way: all inspiration that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in human form comes from God, and any inspired utterance that does not acknowledge Jesus does not come from God; it is the inspiration of the Antichrist. You have heard that it was coming, and here it is already in the world.
This is the message that we heard from him and announce to you: God is light; there is no darkness in him at all. If we say, "We have fellowship with him," and yet live in darkness, we are lying and not living the truth.
Jesus said to them, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I have come from God. I have not come of my own accord, but he has sent me. Why is it that you do not understand what I say? It is because you cannot bear to listen to my message. The devil is the father you are sprung from, and you want to carry out your father's wishes. He was a murderer from the first, and he has nothing to do with the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in his true character, for he is a liar and the father of them.
My dear children, I am writing you this so that you may not sin; yet if anyone does sin, we have in Jesus Christ one who is upright and will intercede for us with the Father. He is himself an atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the whole world. This is how we can be sure that we know him??y obeying his commands. read more.
Whoever says, "I know him," but does not obey his commands, is a liar, and there is no truth in his heart;
Whoever says, "I know him," but does not obey his commands, is a liar, and there is no truth in his heart;