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S E E K E R S. For Different Classes of. Helpful Passages cf. 2 Timothy 3:16-17. 2 Timothy 3:16-17.
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SEEKERS For Different Classes of Helpful Passages cf. 2 Timothy 3:16-17
2 Timothy 3:16-17 “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, {17} that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
For Backsliders Jeremiah 2:19 “‘Your own wickedness will correct you, And your backslidings will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil and bitter thing That you have forsaken the LORD your God, And the fear of Me is not in you,’ Says the Lord GOD of hosts.”
For Backsliders Jeremiah 3:13 “‘Only acknowledge your iniquity, That you have transgressed against the LORD your God, And have scattered your charms To alien deities under every green tree, And you have not obeyed My voice,’ says the LORD. ‘Return, O backsliding children," says the LORD.’”
For Backsliders Hosea 14:4 “I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, For My anger has turned away from him.”
For the“Slightly Convicted” Ecclesiastes 7:20 “For there is not a just man on earth who does good And does not sin.”
For the“Slightly Convicted” Isaiah 53:6 “All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.”
For the“Slightly Convicted” Ephesians 2:8-9 “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, {9} not of works, lest anyone should boast.”
For those who are“Too Great” of Sinners Isaiah 1:18 “‘Come now, and let us reason together,’ Says the LORD, ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, They shall be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They shall be as wool.’”
For those who are“Too Great” of Sinners Isaiah 44:22 “I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions, And like a cloud, your sins. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.”
For those who are“Too Great” of Sinners Romans 5:6-8 “For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
For those Who FearThey May Falter Isaiah 43:1-2 “But now, thus says the LORD, who created you, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; You are Mine. 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned, Nor shall the flame scorch you.”
For those Who FearThey May Falter 1 Corinthians 10:13 “No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.”
For those Who FearThey May Falter 2 Corinthians 12:9 “And He said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
For those Who Wait for aMore Convenient Season Proverbs 27:1 “Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth.”
For those Who Wait for aMore Convenient Season James 4:13, 17 (13), “Come now, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit’” (17), “Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.”
For those Who Wait for aMore Convenient Season Hebrews 3:13 “But exhort one another daily, while it is called ‘Today,’ lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.”
For those Who StumbleAt the Failings of Others Romans 14:12 “So then each of us shall give account of himself to God.”
For those Who StumbleAt the Failings of Others John 21:21-22 “Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, ‘But Lord, what about this man?’ (John) {22} Jesus said to him, ‘If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you? You follow Me.’”
For those Who Have TooMany Things to Give Up Mark 8:35-37 “For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel's will save it. 36 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? 37 Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?”
For those Who Have TooMany Things to Give Up Philippians 3:7-8 “But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. {8} Yet indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as rubbish, that I may gain Christ.”
Conclusion All answers are in the book! Trust in it to know God’s will for you!