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Precious Possession. Matt 16:26 “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”. Man has a morality problem!.
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Matt 16:26 “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”
1 Pet 1:3 “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead”
1 Pet 1:22 “Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently”
1 Pet 3:21 “The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ”
Rom 10:9-10 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man…
Rom 10:9-10 …believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation”
Gala 3:26-27 “For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ”
Rom 10:17 “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God”
Acts 3:19 “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord”
Phil 2:11 “And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father”
Gal 3:27 “For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ”
Rom 6:3-4 “Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by…
Rom 6:3-4 …baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life”
1 Pet 4:16 “Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf”
“obeying the gospel” = Christian
“obeying the gospel” = Newness of life
“obeying the gospel” = obey commandments
Rev 22:14 “Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city”
Matt 7:21 “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven”
Acts 8:30-39 “And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me?...
Acts 8:30-39 …And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before…
Acts 8:30-39 …his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth. And the eunuch…
Acts 8:30-39 …answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man? Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture…
Acts 8:30-39 …and preached unto him Jesus. And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? And Philip…
Acts 8:30-39 …said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and…
Acts 8:30-39 …they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip…
Acts 8:30-39 …that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing”
“obeying the gospel” = is obeying the absolute standard of God
Matt 5:16 “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven”
Precious Possession SOUL
James 5:20 “Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins”
Rom 13:1 “Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God”
Mark 8:37 “Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”
Mark 12:30 “And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment”
Isaiah 58:11 “And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not”
Isaiah 61:10 “I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness…
Isaiah 61:10 …as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels”
Isaiah 26:9 “With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness”
Matt 16:26 “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”
Prov 6:32 “But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul”
Prov 19:16 “He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die”
Prov 22:24-25 “Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul”
Prov 11:17 “The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh”
Psa 120:2 “Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue”
Psa 86:14-15 “O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent [men] have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them…
Psa 86:14-15 …But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth”