Bible Study

NUGGETS OF GOLD or CHOICE SCRIPTURES ON SELECTED SUBJECTS

By Homer Duncan
Missionary Crusader

INTRODUCTION TO FIRST EDITION (1953)

It is our prayer that this little booklet will be used to bring honor to “Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood.” No attempt has been made to give all of the verses on any given subject. We trust that the ones listed will stimulate you to further Bible study. Jesus said, “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me.”

May the saints of God be edified through the reading of these pages. May those who are dead in trespasses and sins be given eternal life? May each of us be prepared for the coming of Him whose coming draweth nigh.

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND EDITION (1969)

The second edition of NUGGETS OF GOLD contains more than twice as many verses as in the first printing. We believe that the Spirit of God guided us as we selected choice verses on the most vital subjects in the Word of God. These Scripture references will be of great help to you as you study any given subject. Since God’s Word is our food, just a simple reading of the Holy Scriptures brings blessing to our hearts. We should hide the Word of God in our heart by memorizing much of it. We must learn to stand on the promises of God. We must remember that if we fail to live and to practice what the Book teaches, we are deceiving ourselves (James 1:22).

1. GOD THE FATHER

A. HE IS THE LIVING GOD

“But the LORD is the true God, and an everlasting king” (Jeremiah 10:10).

“For ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them; and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people” (2 Corinthians 6:16).

“Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy” (1 Timothy 6:17).

B. HE IS THE LOVING GOD

“The LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee because the LORD thy God loved thee” (Deuteronomy 23:5).

“Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn thee” (Jeremiah 31:3).

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).

“But God commandeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).

C. HE IS THE HOLY GOD

“Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of host: the whole earth is full of his glory” (Isaiah 6:3).

“And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee, Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are” (John 17:1 1).

“But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy” (1 Peter 1:15,16).

D. HE IS THE GOD OF ALL GRACE

“Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:24).

“But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed on me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me” (1 Corinthians 15:10).

“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work” (2 Corinthians 9:8).

“And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me” (2 Corinthians 12:9).

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God” (Ephesians 2:8).

“That being justified by his grace, We should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life” (Titus 3:7).

E. HE IS THE ETERNAL GOD

“The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms” (Deuteronomy 33:27).

“Thy throne is established of old; thou art from everlasting” (Psalms 93:2).

F. HE IS THE SOVEREIGN GOD

“Which in his times shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords” (1 Timothy 6:15).

“To the intent that the living may know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men” (Daniel 4:17).

“And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed” (Acts 13:48).

“So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will be hardeneth” (Romans 9:16,18).

“Even so then at the present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace” (Romans 11:5).

“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasures of his will” (Ephesians 1:4,5).

G. HE IS A RIGHTEOUS GOD

“His work is Honourable and glorious; and his righteousness endureth forever” (Psalms II 1:3).

“Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but to all them also that love his appearing” (2 Timothy 4:8).

H. HE IS THE SELF-EXISTENT GOD

“And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you” (Exodus 3:14).

“For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself” (John 5:26).

I. HE IS THE FAITHFUL GOD

“To show forth thy loving kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night” (Psalms 92:2).

“They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness” (Lamentations 3:23).

“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not permit you to be tempted above that ye are able, but will with the temptation, also make the way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it” (1 Corinthians 10:13).

“Faithful is he that calleth you, who will also do it”(1 Thessalonians 5:24).

J. HE IS A MERCIFUL GOD

“And David said unto Gad, I am in deep distress; let us fall, now, into the hand of Lord; for His mercies are great” (2 Samuel 24:14).

“Oh give thanks unto the LORD: for he is good; for his mercy endureth forever” (1 Chronicles 16:34).

“Let us, therefore, come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:16).

“The Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy” (James 5:11).

K. HE IS LONG-SUFFERING

“The LORD is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity, and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty” (Numbers 14:18).

“Or despiseth thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance” (Romans 2:4).

L. HE IS THE CREATOR

“In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth” (Genesis 1:1).

“Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made the heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all of their host, the earth, and all things that are in it, the seas, and all that is in them, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee” (Nehemiah 9:6).

M. HE IS A SPIRIT

“And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters” (Genesis 1:2).

“God is a Spirit; and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth” (John 4:24).

N. HE IS IMMUTABLE

“God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son or man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? Or hath he spoken, and shall not he make it good?” (Numbers 23:19).

0. HE IS INFINITE

“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have built!” (1 Kings 8:27).

“Great is our Lord, and of great power; his understanding is infinite” (Psalms 147:5).

P. HE IS INVISIBLE

“And he said, Thou canst not see my face; for there shall no man see me and live” (Exodus 33:20).

“No man hath seen God at any time” (John 1:18).

“Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever” (1 Timothy 1:17).

Q. HE IS OMNIPOTENT

“I am the Almighty God”(Gen. 17:1).

“Is anything to hard for the LORD?” (Genesis 18:14).

“With God all things are possible” (Matthew 19:26).

“For the Lord God omnipotent reigneth” (Revelation 19:6).

R. HE IS OMNIPRESENT

“And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not” (Genesis 28:16).

“Whither shall I go from thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend into heaven, thou art there, and if I make my bed in Sheol, behold, thou art there. If I take wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there shall thy hand lead me” (Psalms 139:7-10).

S. HE IS OMNISCIENT

“Great is our Lord, and of great power; his understanding is infinite”(Psalms 147:5).

“Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who hath been his counselor?” (Romans 11:33,34).

2. GOD THE SON

A. HE IS GOD

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1:1).

“And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory” (1 Timothy 3:16).

“But unto the Son, he saith, Thy throne, 0 God, is for ever and ever: a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of thy kingdom” (Hebrews 1:8).

B. HE IS MAN

“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father) full of grace and truth” (John 1:14).

“And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn” (Luke 2:7).

“Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood. He also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy he that had the power of death, that is, the devil” (Hebrews 2:14).

C. HE IS THE MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND MEN

“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5).

D. HE DIED FOR OUR SINS

“Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures” (1 Corinthians 15:3).

“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him” (2 Corinthians 5:21).

“Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree” (1 Peter 2:24).

“For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit”(1 Peter 3:18).

E. HE IS THE LIVING CHRIST

“Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification” (Romans 4:25).

“He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come see the place where the Lord lay” (Matthew 28:6).

“To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God” (Acts 1:3).

“I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen: and have the keys of hell and of death”(Revelation 1:18).

F. HE IS THE ONLY WAY OF SALVATION

“I am the door: by me, if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and, shall go in and out, and find pasture” (John 10:9).

“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” (John 14:6).

“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).

G. HIS GREAT PURPOSE IN COMING INTO THE WORLD

“For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10).

“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly” (John 10:10).

H. HE IS WILLING TO SAVE

“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance” (2 Peter 3:9).

I. HE IS ABLE TO SAVE

Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them” (Hebrews 7:25).

J. HE IS OUR GREAT HIGH PRIEST

“Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

“For we have not a high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

“Let us, therefore, come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need” (Hebrews 4:14-16).

“For such a high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens” (Hebrews 7:26).

K. HE IS THE COMING KING

“When the Son of man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory” (Matthew 25:31).

“And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS” (Revelation 19:16).

3. GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT

A. HE IS A PERSON

“And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, by whom ye are sealed unto the day of redemption” (Ephesians 4:30).

“The Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work unto which I have called them” (Acts 13:2).

B. HE IS A DIVINE PERSON

“But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, Thou has not lied unto men but unto God” (Acts 5:3,4).

C. TWENTY-SIX MINISTRIES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

(1). He glorifies Christ – “He shall glorify me; for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you” (John 16:14).

(2). He empowers – “But ye shall receive power after the Holy Spirit is come upon you; and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth” (Acts 1:8).

(3). He is a teacher – “Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God” (1 Corinthians 2:12).

(4). He sheds God’s love – “Because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who is given unto us” (Romans 5:5).

(5). He makes us free – “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus that made me free from the law of sin and death’ (Romans 8:2).

(6). He gives life – “But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also give life to your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you”(Romans 8:11).

(7). He mortifies the deeds of the body – “For if ye live after the flesh ye shall die; but if ye, through the Spirit, do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live”(Romans 3:18).

(8). He leads – “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God” (Romans 8:14).

(9). He is the Spirit of Adoption – “For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father” (Romans 8:15).

(10). He bears witness – “The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God” (Romans 8:16).

(11). He helps our infirmities – “The Spirit also helpeth our infirmities”(Romans 8:26).

(12). He makes intercession for us – “The Spirit himself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered” (Romans 8:26).

(13). He gives gifts – “For to one is given, by the Spirit, the word of wisdom; to -another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another, faith by the same Spirit; to another, the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another, the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another various kinds of tongues; to another, the interpretation of tongues, But all these worketh that one and the very same Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will” (1 Corinthians 12:8-11).

(14). He produces fruit – “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, self-control; against such, there is no law” (Galatians 5:22,23).

(15). He gives liberty – “Now. The Lord is that spirit. Where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty” (2 Corinthians 3:17).

(16). He transforms – “But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.” (2 Corinthians 3:18).

(17). He reveals Christ – “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him” (Ephesians 1:17).

(18). He gives access to the Father – “For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father” (Ephesians 2:18).

(19). He builds together – “In whom ye also are built together for an habitation of God through the Spirit” (Ephesians 2:22).

(20). He keeps unity – “Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace” (Ephesians 4:3).

(21). He restrains – “And now ye know what restraineth that he might be revealed in his time” (2 Thessalonians 2:6).

(22). He convicts – “And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment” (John 16:8).

(23). He regenerates – “Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God” (John 3:5).

(24). He indwells – “What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom ye have of God, and ye are not your own?” (1 Corinthians 6:-19).

(25). He baptizes – “For by one Spirit were we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles” (1 Corinthians 1 2:13).

(26). He seals – “Who sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our heart” (2 Corinthians 1:22).

D. SEVEN SINS AGAINST THE HOLY SPIRIT

(1). “And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, by whom ye are sealed unto the day of redemption” (Ephesians 4:30).

(2). “Quench not the Spirit” Thessalonians 5:19).

(3). “Why hath Satan filled thy heart to lie to the Holy Spirit” (Acts 5:3).

(4). “How is it that ye have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord?” (Acts 5:9).

(5). “Ye do always resist the Holy Spirit” (Acts 7:5 1 ).

(6). “And hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace” (Hebrews 10:29).

(7). “But the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit shall not be forgiven men” (Matthew 12:31).

E. THE FILLING OF THE SPIRIT

“And I have filled him with the Spirit of God” (Exodus 31:3).

“He shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb” (Luke 1:15).

“And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit” (Luke 1:41).

“Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit” (Luke 1:67).

“And Jesus, being full of the Holy Spirit, returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness” (Luke 4:1).

“And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee” (Luke 4:14).

“And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance” (Acts 2:4).

“Then Peter filled with the Holy Spirit, said-” (Acts 4:8).

“And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness” (Acts 4:3 1 ).

“And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit” (Acts 6:5).

“But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God” (Acts 7:55).

“Brother Saul,-and be filled with the Holy Spirit” (Acts 9:17).

“For he was a righteous man and full of the Holy Spirit” (Acts 11:24).

“And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Spirit” (Acts 13:52).

“And be not drunk with wine, in which is excess, but be filled with the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:18).

F. HOW TO BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT

“In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water” (John 7:37-38).

G. HOW TO STAY FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT

“And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption” (Ephesians 4:30).

“This I say then, walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh” (Galatians 5:16).

4. THE TRINITY

“And God (Elohim-Plural) said, Let us make man in our image, and after our likeness” (Genesis 1:26).

“Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” (Isaiah 6:8).

“And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water; and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: and lo a voice from heaven saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased” (Matthew 3:16,17).

“Go ye therefore, and teach (disciple) all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19).

“The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all” (2 Corinthians 13:14).

“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one” (1 John 5:7).

5. THE HOLY SCRIPTURES

A. THE BIBLE IS INSPIRED OF GOD

“All scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works” (2 Timothy 3:16,17).

For prophecy came not in old time bye the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the by the will of Holy Spirit” (2 Peter 1:21).

B. THE VERY WORDS ARE INSPIRED

“These are the words which thou shall speak unto the children of Israel” (Exodus 19:6).

“The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue” (2 Samuel 23:2).

“Then the Lord put forth his hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth” (Jeremiah 1:9).

“Thus speaketh the Lord God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book” (Jeremiah 30:2).

C . WHAT WE ARE TO DO WITH THE BIBLE

1. We are to Believe it- “He that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believed not the record that God gave of his Son” (1 John 5:10).

2. We are to obey the Word- “Thus saith the Lord, ye shall not go up and they obeyed the words of the Lord” (2 Chronicles 11:4).

3. We are to take it in.

a. By hearing it- “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” Romans 10:17).

b. By reading it- “Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand” (Revelation 1:3).

c. By studying it- “Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2.15).

d. By memorizing it- “Thy word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against thee” (Psalm 119:11).

e. By meditating on it- “But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doeth he meditate day and night” (Psalms 1:2).

4. We are to give it out. Four ways we can give it out.

a. By preaching- “Preach the word; be instant in season; out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all song-suffering and doctrine” (2 Timothy 4:2).

b. By teaching- “And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them” (Acts 18:11).

c. By publishing-“And the word of the Lord was published through all the region” (Acts 13:49).

d. By speaking-“They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and they spake the word of the Lord with boldness” (Acts 4:31).

D. THE BIBLE IS FOOD FOR OUR SOUL

“As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby” (1 Peter 2:2).

“Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4).

“For every one that useth milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age” (Hebrews 5:13,14).

“More to be desired are they than gold: sweeter than honey and the honeycomb” (Psalms 19:10).

E. THE WORD OF GOD CLEANSES

“Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word” (Psalms 1 19:9).

“Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you” (John 15:3).

F. THE HOLY SCRIPTURES ARE ETERNAL

“Forever, 0 Lord, thy word is settled in heaven ” (Psalm II 9:89).

“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away” (Matthew 24:35).

G. THE WORD OF GOD IS OUR STANDARD

“To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them” (Isaiah 8:20).

H. SOME FIGURES OF THE WORD

1. “And the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God” (Ephesians 6:17).

2. That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word” (Ephesians 5:26).

3. Is not my word like a fire? saith the Lord; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces” (Jeremiah 23:29).

6. WHY ALL MUST BE SAVED

A. WE ARE SINNERS

“For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).

B. OUR RIGHTEOUSNESSES ARE AS FILTHY RAGS

“But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away” (Isaiah 64:6).

C. WE ARE SPIRITUALLY DEAD

“But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die” (Genesis 2:17).

“And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins” (Ephesians 2:1).

D. WE ARE BLIND

“But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them” (2 Corinthians 4:3,4).

E. WE ARE ENEMIES OF GOD

“For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life” (Romans 5:10).

F. WE HAVE NO HOPE

“That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world” (Ephesians 2:12).

G. WE ARE CONDEMNED OF GOD

“He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:18).

7. THE NEW BIRTH

A. THE NEED FOR THE NEW BIRTH

“Jesus answered and said unto him, verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God-Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again” (John 3:3,7).

B. HOW TO BE BORN AGAIN

“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man’ but of God” (John 1:12,13).

“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so, must the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:14-16).

C. THE RESULTS OF THE NEW BIRTH

“If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him” (1 John 2:29).

“Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” (2 Corinthians 5:17).

8. HOW TO BE SAVED

A. BY BELIEVING ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

“He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God” (John 3:18).

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me hath everlasting life” (John 6:47).

“And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house” (Acts 16:3 1).

“To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins” (Acts 10:43).

“And by him, all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses” (Acts 13:39).

“Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law” (Romans 3:28).

“Now to him, that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness” (Romans 4:4,5).

“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1).

“That if thou shall 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 believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation” (Romans 10:9,10).

B. WHY WE CAN BE SAVED SIMPLY BY BELIEVING

“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him” (2 Corinthians 5:21).

“Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed” (1 Peter 2:24).

“For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit” (1 Peter 3:18).

“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all” (Isaiah 53:6).

C. SALVATION BY GRACE

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast” (Ephesians 2:8,9).

“Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:24).

“For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes, he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich” (2 Corinthians 8:9).

9. SALVATION NOT BY WORKS

“Now to him, that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness” (Romans 4:4,5).

“Not of works, lest any man should boast” (Ephesians 2:9).

“Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began” (2 Timothy 1:9).

“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy, he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit” (Titus 3:5).

10. IMPORTANCE OF GOOD WORKS

“Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God who worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure” (Phil. 2:12,13). “For this I also labor, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily” (Colossians 1:29).

“This is a faithful saying and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they who have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men” (Titus 3:8).

“For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also” (James 2:26).

11. MAN’S FREEWILL

“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve;-but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD” (Joshua 24:15).

“I will arise and go to my father and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants” (Luke 15:1 8,1 9).

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).

“For I know that in me (that is in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not” (Romans 7:18).

12. JUSTIFICATION

A. BY FAITH

“Therefore, we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law” (Romans 3:28).

“Therefore, being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Romans 5:1).

B. BY GRACE

“Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:24).

“That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life” (Titus 3:7).

C. BY BLOOD

“Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him” (Romans 5:9).

D. BY WORKS

“Ye see, then, that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only” (James 2:24).

E. NOT BY LAW

“Therefore, by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight; for by the law is the knowledge of sin” (Romans 3:20).

13. FAITH

A. DEFINED

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen” (Hebrews 11:1).

B. WE ARE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH

“Therefore, we conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the deeds of the law” (Romans 3:28).

“Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law; for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified” (Galatians 2:16).

C. WE LIVE BY FAITH

“Behold, his soul that is lifted up is not upright in him; but the just shall live by his faith” (Habakkuk 2:4).

“For in it is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, The just shall live by faith” (Romans 1:17).

“But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident; for, The just shall live by faith” (Galatians 3:11).

“Now the just shall live by faith; but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him” (Hebrews 10:38).

D. THE SOURCE OF FAITH

“Looking unto Jesus, the author, and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God” (Hebrews 12:2).

“So, then, faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God” (Romans 10:17).

“And Jesus, answering, saith unto them, Have faith in God” (Mark 11:22).

“And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith” (Luke 17:5).

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith” (Galatians 5:22).

“To another, faith by the same Spirit; to another, the gifts of healing by the same Spirit” (1 Corinthians 12:9).

“He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving glory to God” (Romans 4:20).

E. EXAMPLES OF FAITH

“By faith, Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and by it, he being dead yet speaketh” (Hebrews 11:4).

“By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he went” (Hebrews 11:8).

“By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment” (Hebrews 11:23).

“By faith, the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days” (Hebrews 11:30).

14. REPENTANCE

“I tell you, Nay. But, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish” (Luke 13:3).

“Repent, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord” (Acts 3:19).

“Repent, therefore, of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart is not right in the sight of God” (Acts 8:22).

“And the times of this ignorance God overlooked, but now commandeth all men everywhere to repent” (Acts 17:30).

“Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ” (Acts 20:21).

“But showed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the borders of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works fit for repentance” (Acts 26:20).

“Or despiseth thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance (Romans 2:4).

15. PRAYER

A. WHAT IS PRAYER

“And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him” (Numbers 7:89).

“Behold I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him and will sup with him, and he with me” (Revelation 3:20).

B. CONDITIONS FOR ANSWERED PRAYER

“If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me” (Psalms 66:18). “And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son” (John 14:13).

“If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you” (John 15:7).

“But without faith, it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him” (Hebrews 11:6).

“But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed” (James 1:6).

“And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight” (1 John 3:22).

“And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us” (1 John 5:14).

C. SOME PRECIOUS PRAYER PROMISES

“Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not” (Jeremiah 33:3).

“He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?” (Romans 8:32).

“Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you” (Matthew 7:7).

“And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed” (Mark 1:35).

“And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God” (Luke 6:12).

“Produce your cause, saith the Lord; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob” (Isaiah 41:21).

“Thus saith the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me” (Isaiah 45:11).

“Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them” (Mark 11:24).

16. ASSURANCE

“These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God” (1 John 5:13).

“We know that we have passed from death unto life because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death” (1 John 3:14).

“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:6).

“For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day” (2 Timothy 1:12).

17. SECURITY

“Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time” (1 Peter 1:5).

“My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand” (John 10:27-29).

“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written, for thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Romans 8:35-39).

18. THE KIND OF LIFE GOD EXPECTS US TO LIVE

A. RIVERS OF LIVING WATER ARE TO FLOW FROM US

“In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified)” (John 7:37-39).

B. WE ARE TO EXPERIENCE THE ‘ABUNDANT LIFE’

“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life and that they might have it more abundantly” (John 1O:1O).

C. WE ARE TO DO GREATER WORKS THAN CHRIST

The “Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father” (John 14:12).

D. WE ARE TO BEAR MUCH FRUIT

“Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples” (John 15:8).

E. WE ARE TO BE WITNESSES FOR CHRIST

“But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth” (Acts 1:8).

F. WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUERORS

“Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us” (Romans 8:37).

G. WE HAVE VICTORY IN CHRIST

“But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Corinthians 15:57)

H. WE ALWAYS TRIUMPH IN CHRIST

“Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savor of his knowledge by us in every place” (2 Corinthians 2:14).

I. ALL GRACE ABOUNDS TOWARD US

“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work” (2 Corinthians 9:8).

J. WE EXPERIENCE THE GREATNESS OF HIS POWER

“And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power” (Ephesians 1:19).

K. GOD’S POWER WORKS IN US

“Now unto him, that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us” (Ephesians 3:20).

L. WE ARE TO PRAY WITHOUT CEASING

“Pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17).

M. WE ARE TO GIVE THANKS IN EVERYTHING

“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you” (1 Thessalonians 5:18).

19. VICTORIOUS CHRISTIAN LIVING

A. WE MUST BE SAVED

“Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3).

B. WE MUST WALK IN FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD

“If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:6,9).

C. BY FAITH, WE MUST TAKE OUR PLACE WITH CHRIST IN HIS DEATH, BURIAL AND IN HIS RESURRECTION.

“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me” (Galatians 2:20).

“Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin” (Romans 6:6).

“Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:11).

D. WE MUST PRESENT OUR BODIES A LIVING SACRIFICE TO GOD.

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy acceptable unto God which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God” (Romans 12:1,2).

E. WE MUST BE GROUNDED IN THE WORD.

“As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby” (1 Peter 2:2).

“But he answered and said, it is written, man shall not ‘live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4).

“But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

“And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper” (Psalms 1:2,3).

F. WE MUST BE FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT OF GOD

“And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:18).

G. WE MUST OBEY GOD

“And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt-offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams” (1 Samuel 15:22).

“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” (Matthew 7:21).

“But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves” (James 1:22).

“And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” (Luke 6:46).

20. A FEW OF THE MANY PRECIOUS PROMISES IN THE BIBLE

“But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you” (Matthew 6:33).

“Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass” (Psalms 37:5).

“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths” (Proverbs 3:5,6).

“But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint” (Isaiah 40:31).

“And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits” (Daniel 11:32).

“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ” (Philippians 1:6).

“But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil” (2 Thessalonians 3:3).

“If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him” (James 1:5).

“For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end, it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry” (Habakkuk 2:3).

“When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee” (Isaiah 43:2).

“No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord” (Isaiah 54:17).

21. SOUL WINNING

“The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise. And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever” (Proverbs 11:30 & Daniel 12:3).

“They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him” (Psalms 126:5,6).

“For as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children” (Isaiah 66:8).

“Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved” (Romans IO:1).

“Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men;-for the love of Christ constraineth us;-now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God” (2 Corinthians 5:11, 14,20).

22. PREACHING

“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15).

“And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ” (Acts 5:42).

“Therefore they that were scattered abroad went everywhere preaching the word” (Acts 8:4).

“For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved, it is the power of God” (1 Corinthians 1:18).

“But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling block, and unto the Greeks foolishness; But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God” (1 Corinthians 1:23,24).

“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine” (2 Timothy 4:2).

23. MISSIONS

A. THE GREAT COMMISSION

“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world” (Matthew 28:19,20).

“And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem” (Luke 24:47).

“Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so, send I you” (John 20:21).

” But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Spirit is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth” (Acts 1:8).

B. THE WHOLE WORLD

“The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one” (Matthew 13:38).

“The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sins of the world” (John 1:29).

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).

“To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us that word of reconciliation” (2 Corinthians 5:19).

“And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world” (1 John 2:2).

C. MISSIONARY CHARTER

“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!” (Romans 10:13-15).

D. MISSIONARY VISION

“Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he” (Proverbs 29:18).

“Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said 1, Here am 1; send me” (Isaiah 6:8).

“Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? Behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest” (John 4:35).

“And they sung a new song, saying, Thou are worthy to take the book, and open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; and hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth” (Revelation 5:9,10).

E. MISSIONARY INTERCESSION

“And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none” (Ezekiel 22:30).

“But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few; Pray ye, therefore, the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest” (Matthew 9:36-38).

F. MISSIONARY ACCOUNTABILITY

“If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; If thou sayeth, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?” (Proverbs 24:10-12).

24. RESTORATION

“I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up also out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD” (Psalms 40:1-3).

“Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee” (Psalms 51:12,13).

“O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colors, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children. In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from, oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee” (Isaiah 54:11-14).

“And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it” (Jeremiah 18:4).

“Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more” (Jeremiah 31:12).

“For I have satiated the weary soul, and I . have replenished every sorrowful soul” (Jeremiah 31:25).

“And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD” (Jeremiah 31:28).

“Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth” (Hosea 6:1-3).

“And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you” (Joel 2:25).

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).

25. GOD’S GREATEST AND HIGHEST FOR US

A. THE GREATEST POSSIBLE LOVE

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13).

“But God commendeth his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).

B. THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE PURPOSE

“For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren” (Romans 8:29).

“Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ” (Ephesians 4:13).

“Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is” (1 John 3:2).

C. THE GREATEST POSSIBLE INHERITANCE

“And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together” (Romans 8:17).

“To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time” (1 Peter 1:4,5).

D. FOR THE GREATEST POSSIBLE SERVICE

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do: because I go unto my Father” (John 14:12).

“Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily” (Colossians 1:29).

E. THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE CONDUCT

” Casting down imaginations, and very high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5).

“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh 1 live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me” (Galatians 2:20).

26. COMFORT IN SORROW

“Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God” (Isaiah 40:1).

“Be careful for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your request be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Phil. 4:6,7).

“Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you” (1 Peter 5:7).

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28).

“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me” (John 14:1).

“Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness” (Isaiah 41:10).

“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And: I heard a great voice out of heaven saying: Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men: and he will dwell with them, and they shall: be his people, and God himself shall be with: them, and be their God. And God shall wipe: away all tears from their eyes: and there shall: be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away” (Revelation 21:1-4).

27. GUIDANCE

“And he said, Blessed, be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master’s brethren” (Genesis 24:27).

“For this God is our God forever and ever; he will be our guide even unto death” (Psalms 48:14).

“I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go; I will guide thee with mine eye” (Psalms 32:8).

“So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom” (Psalms 90:12).

“In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths” (Proverbs 3:6).

“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 a spring of water, whose waters fail not” (Isaiah 5 8:1 1 ).

“If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself” (John 7:17).

“For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God” (Romans 8:14).

28. LOVE

“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not love, I am become a sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal. Love suffereth long and is kind’- love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Love never faileth, and now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love” (1 Corinthians 13:1,4,8,13).

“A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples if ye have love one to another” (John 13:34,35).

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13).

“Beloved, let us love one another; for love is of God, and every one that loveth is born of God and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another” (1 John 4:7-11).

29. THANKSGIVING

“Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise; be thankful unto him, and bless his name” (Psalms 100:4).

“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6,7).

“Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding with thanksgiving” (Colossians 2:7).

“Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving” (Colossians 4:2).

“In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you” (1 Thessalonians 5:18).

30. REVIVAL

“If my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:14).

“Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee?” (Psalms 85:6).

“O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid; 0 LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years, make known; in wrath remember mercy” (Habakkuk 3:2).

31. CREATION

“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them” (Genesis 1:1,27).

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not anything made that was made” (John 1:1-3).

“And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ” (Ephesians 3:9).

“For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him” (Colossians 1:16).

“Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds” (Hebrews 1:2).

32. SIN

“Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law” (1 John 3:4).

“And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin” (Romans 14:23).

“Fools make a mock at sin” (Proverbs 14:9a).

“The thought of foolishness is sin” (Proverbs 24:9a).

“He that covereth his sins shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy” (Proverbs 28:13).

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23).

“Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting” (Galatians 6:7,8).

“But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the Lord: and be sure your sin will find you out” (Numbers 32:23).

33. SATAN

“Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

“And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy fife: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head and thou shalt bruise his heel” (Genesis 3:1, 14,15).

“Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them” (Job 1:6).

“How art thou fallen from heaven, 0 Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!” (Isaiah 14:12).

“Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee” (Ezekiel 28:15).

“Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil” (Matthew 4:1).

“But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

“In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them” (2 Corinthians 4:3,4).

“Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil” (Ephesians 6:1 1).

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour”(1 Peter 5:8).

“And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,

“And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world; he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him” (Revelation 12:7-9).

“And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night forever and ever” (Revelation 20:10).

34. SATAN’S COUNTERFEITS

A. HIS GOSPEL

“I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel, Which is not another; but there are some that trouble you and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed” (Galatians 1:6-9).

B. HIS TRINITY

“And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet” (Revelation 16:13).

C. HIS MINISTERS

“For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works” (2 Corinthians II:13-15).

D. COUNTERFEIT CHRISTIANS

” The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom, but the tares are the children of the wicked one” (Matthew 13:38).

E. HIS CHURCH

“And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH” (Revelation 17:5).

35. DEATH

“But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die” (Genesis 2:17).

“And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died” (Genesis 5:5).

“There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death” (Proverbs 14:12).

“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints” (Psalms 1 16:15).

“For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive” (1 Corinthians 15:22).

“Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil” (Hebrews 2:14).

“And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death” (Revelation 20:14).

“But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death” (Revelation 21:8).

“The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death” (1 Corinthians 15:26).

36. WHERE DOES THE SOUL GO AT DEATH

A. FOR THE SINNER

“And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; and in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom” (Luke 16:22,23).

B. FOR THE CHRISTIAN

“For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord” (2 Corinthians 5:1,6,8).

37. THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD

A. IT WAS PREDICTED IN OLD TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES

“For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God” (Job 19:25-26).

“Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead” (Isaiah 26:19).

“And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt” (Daniel 12:2).

B. JESUS TAUGHT OF IT

“Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, “And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation” (John 5:28-29).

“Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: “And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? (John 11:23-26).

C. THE RIGHTEOUS DEAD WILL BE RAISED FIRST

“For the Lord, himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first” (1 Thessalonians 4:16).

“Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

“For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So ‘when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

“O’Death, where is thy sting? 0 grave where is thy victory?” (1 Corinthians 15:51-55).

D. THE WICKED DEAD WILL BE RAISED A THOUSAND YEARS LATER

“And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

“But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection” (Revelation20:4-5).

38. JUDGMENT

A. JUDGMENT IS CERTAIN

“For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation” (Hebrews 2:2,3).

“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” (Hebrews 9:27).

B. SOME PRINCIPLES OF JUDGMENT

“But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things” (Romans 2:2).

“Who will render to every man according to his deeds” (Romans 2:6).

“For there is no respect of persons with God” (Romans 2:1 1).

“In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel” (Romans 2:16).

C. THE SINS OF THE CHRISTIAN WERE JUDGED AT THE CROSS OF CHRIST

“For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him” (2 Corinthians 5:21).

“Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures” (1 Corinthians 15:3b).

“There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:la).

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life” (John 5:24).

D. THE BELIEVERS WORKS WILL BE JUDGED

“But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at naught thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ” (Romans 14:10).

“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad” (2 Corinthians 5:10).

“Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is” (1 Corinthians 3 13).

E. THE CHRISTIAN IS TO JUDGE HIMSELF

“For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.

“But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world” (1 Corinthians 11:31-32).

F. THE JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS

“When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall fie sit upon the throne of his glory: And before, him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats” (Matthew 25:31-32).

G. THE JUDGMENT OF ISRAEL

“And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant” (Ezekiel 20:37).

H. THE JUDGMENT OF ANGELS

“Know ye not that we shall judge angels” (1 Corinthians 6:3a).

“For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment” (2 Peter 2:4).

I. JUDGMENT OF THE WICKED DEAD

“And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

“And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works” (Revelation 20:11-12).

39. HELL

“The wicked shall be turned into hell and all the nations that forget God” (Psalms 9:17).

“Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels” (Matthew 25:41).

“And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched” (Mark 9:43-44).

“And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom” (Luke 16:22-23).

“Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire” (Jude 7).

” The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

“And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name” (Revelation 14:10-11).

40. HEAVEN

“Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people, Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou didst swear unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey” (Deuteronomy 26:15).

“But who is able to build him a house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? Who am 1, then, that I should build him a house, except only to burn sacrifice before him?” (2 Chronicles 2:6).

“Thou wilt show me the path of life. In thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand, there are pleasures forevermore” (Psalms 16:11).

“Thus saith the LORD: The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Where is the house that ye build unto me? And where is the place of my rest?” (Isaiah 66:1).

“But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal” (Matthew 6:20).

“In my Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you” (John 14:2).

“How he was caught up into paradise and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter” (2 Corinthians 12:4).

“And this I beheld and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and peoples, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands” (Revelation 7:9).

“And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour” (Revelation 8:1).

“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea” (Revelation 21:1).

41. RIGHTEOUSNESS

“But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away” (Isaiah 64:6).

“As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one” (Romans 3:10).

“But now the righteousness of God apart from the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets, Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe; for there is no difference” (Romans 3:21,22).

“But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness”(Romans 4:5).

“For they, being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God” (Roman’s 10:3).

“And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith” (Philippians 3:9).

“And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white; for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints” (Revelation 19:8).

42. THE CROSS

“And he, bearing his cross, went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha” (John 19:17).

“For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved, it is the power of God” (1 Corinthians 1:18).

“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless, I live; yet not 1, but Christ liveth in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me” (Galatians 2:20).

“But God forbid that I should glory, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and 1 unto the world” (Galatians 6:14).

“And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross” (Philippians 2:8).

“And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven” (Colossians 1:20).

“Looking unto Jesus, the author, and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God” (Hebrews 12:2).

43. OBEDIENCE

“And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams” (1 Samuel 15:22).

“And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?” (Luke 6:46).

“And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Spirit, whom God hath given to them that obey him” (Acts 5:32).

“Those things which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do, and the God of peace shall be with you” (Philippians 4:9).

“By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he went” (Hebrews 11:8).

“But be ye doers of the word and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves”(James 1:22).

44. ANGELS

“And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father’s house” (Genesis 24:40).

“And the LORD sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they who came forth of his own loins slew him there with the sword” (2 Chronicles 32:21).

“The angel of the LORD encampeth round about those who fear him, and delivereth them” (Psalm 34:7).

“Whosoever, therefore, shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father, with the holy angel” (Mark 8:38).

“Know ye not that we shall judge angels? How much more things that pertain to this life?” (1 Corinthians 6:3).

“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained angels unawares” (Hebrews 13:2).

“Unto whom it was revealed that not unto themselves but unto us they did minister the things which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven, which things the angels desire to look into” (Peter I:1 2).

“For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment” (2 Peter 2:4).

45. APOSTASY

“Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened’ (Matthew 13:33).

“For that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed” (2 Thessalonians 2:3).

“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in th& latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils” (1 Timothy 4:1).

“Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away” (2 Timothy 3:5).

46. WORLDLINESS

“And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God” (Romans 12:2).

“Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

“Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever, therefore, will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God” (James 4:3-4).

“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him, For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the Just of the eyes, and the pride of life is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever” (1 John 2:15-17).

47. SEPARATION

“And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them” (Ephesians 5:1 1).

“Be not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

“Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you” (2 Corinthians 6:14,17).

“And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues” (Revelation 18:4).

48. STEWARDSHIP

“Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase: So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine” (Proverbs 3:9-10).

“Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it” (Malachi 3:10).

“Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come” (1 Corinthians 16:2).

“But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

“Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly..or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver” (2 Corinthians 9:6-7).

49. MARRIAGE

“And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make a help meet for him. Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh” (Genesis 2:18,24).

“Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing and obtaineth favor of the LORD” (Proverbs 18:22).

“Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband.

“The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

“Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency” (1 Corinthians 7:1-5).

“Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband” (Ephesians 5:33).

“Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge” (Hebrews 13:4).

50. DIVORCE

“When a man hath taken a wife and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house” (Deuteronomy 24:1).

“He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning, it was not so.

“And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery” (Matthew 19:8-9).

51. THE GRACE OF GOD

“For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ” (John 1:17).

“Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus” (Romans 3:24).

“For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace” (Romans 6:14).

“Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work” (Romans 11:5,6).

“But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not 1, but the grace of God which was with me” (1 Corinthians 15:10).

“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work” (2 Corinthians 9:8).

“And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me” (2 Corinthians 12:9).

“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:

“Not of works, lest any man should boast” (Ephesians 2:8,9).

“That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life” (Titus 3:7).

52. LAW

“Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe” (Exodus 21:24,25).

“Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets: I am not come to destroy but to fulfill, For verily I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever, therefore, shall break one of these least commandments and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:17-19).

“Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

“Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good” (Romans 7:4,12).

“Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us- for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree” (Galatians 3:13).

“Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross” (Colossians 2:14).

“For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all” (James 2:10).

53. HOLINESS

“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” (2 Corinthians 7:1).

“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love” (Ephesians 1:4).

“In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight” (Colossians 1:22).

“Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy” (1 Peter 1:16).

54. SANCTIFICATION

“Sanctify them through thy truth; thy word is truth” (John 17:17).

“For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication” (1 Thessalonians 4:3).

“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1 Thessalonians 5:23).

“For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one, for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren” (Hebrews 2:1 1).

“How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?” (Hebrews 9:14).

55. THE SHEPHERD’S PSALM

“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

“He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters.

“He restoreth my soul; he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

“Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever” (Psalms 23).

56. THE ARMOR OF GOD

“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the LORD, and in the power of his might.

“Put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

“Wherefore, take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

“Stand, therefore, having your loins girded about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness.

“And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

“Above all, taking the shield of faith, with which ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

“And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;”

Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints” (Ephesians 6:10-18).

57. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

“And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the LORD thy God, who have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

“Thou shalt have no other gods before me. “Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;

“Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them; for I, the LORD thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

“And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

“Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

“Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work;

“But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates;

“For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day; wherefore, the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

“Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

“Thou shalt not kill.

“Thou shalt not commit adultery.

“Thou shalt not kill.

“Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

“Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s house; thou shalt not covet thy neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbor’s” (Exodus 20:1-17).

58. THE BEATITUDES

“Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

“Blessed are they that mourn; for they shall be comforted.

“Blessed are the meek; for they shall inherit the earth.

“Blessed are they who do hunger and thirst after righteousness; for they shall be filled.

“Blessed are the merciful; for they shall obtain mercy.

“Blessed are the pure in heart; for they shall see God.

“Blessed are the peacemakers; for they shall be called the sons of God.

“Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake; for their’s is the kingdom of heaven.

“Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

“Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad; for great is your reward in heaven; for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you” (Matthew 5:3-12).

59. THE MAJESTY OF GOD

“Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and measured out heaven with the span, and measured the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?

“Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counselor, hath taught him?

“With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding?

“Behold, the nations are like a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance; behold, he taketh up the coasts as a very little thing.

“And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor its beasts sufficient for a burnt offering.

“All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.

“To whom, then, will ye liken God? Or what likeness will ye compare unto him?” (Isaiah 40:1 2-1 8).

60. COURAGE AND STEADFASTNESS

“Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses, my servant, commanded thee; turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper wherever thou goest” (Joshua 1:7).

“Fear thou not; for I am with thee. Be not dismayed; for I am thy God. I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness” (Isaiah 41:10).

“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord” (1 Corinthians 15:58).

“And let us not be weary in well-doing; for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not” (Galatians 6:9).

“That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth, even in him” (Ephesians 1:1O).

61. ISRAEL

A. THE BEGINNING OF THE NATION

“Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:

“And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:

“And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed” (Genesis 12:1-3).

B. TO BE SCATTERED BECAUSE OF DISOBEDIENCE

“And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone” (Deuteronomy 28:64).

C. ISRAEL WILL NOT BE DESTROYED

“For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished” (Jeremiah 30:1 1).

“Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name: “If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me forever” (Jeremiah 31:35-36).

D. THE LORD JESUS CHRIST WILL REIGN OVER THE REGATHERED NATION

“That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee” (Deuteronomy 30:3).

“Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.

“in his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

” Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

“But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land” (Jeremiah 23:5-8).

62. THE CHURCH

A. THE TRUE CHURCH, THE BODY OF CHRIST

“And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock, I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18).

“And hath put all things under his feet and gave him to be the head over all things to the church.

“Which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all” (Ephesians 1:22-23).

“To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God” (Ephesians 3:1 0).

“That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish” (Ephesians 5:27).

B. THE LOCAL CHURCH

“And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church; but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a tax collector” (Matthew 18:17).

“And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily” (Acts 16:5).

“Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord, both theirs and ours” (1 Corinthians 1:2).

“Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last; and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea” (Revelation 1:11).

63. BAPTISM

A. WATER

“And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.

“And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him” (Mark 1:9-10).

“And John also was baptizing in Enon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized” (John 3:23).

“Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls” (Acts 2:41).

“And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him” (Acts 8:38).

B. SPIRIT

“Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death” (Romans 6:3).

“For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit” (1 Corinthians 12:13).

64. THE LORD’S SUPPER

“For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, that the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do show the Lord’s death till he come. Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body” (1 Corinthians 11:23-29).

65. LIFE IN CHRIST

A. A RECOGNITION OF OUR DEPRAVITY IS THE PREREQUISITE FOR OUR ENTERING INTO LIFE IN CHRIST.

“Then answered Jesus, and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do; for whatever things he doeth, these also doeth the Son in the same manner” (John 5:19).

“I can of mine own self do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father who hath sent me” (John 5:30).

“I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing” (John 15:5).

“For we know that the law is spiritual; but I am carnal, sold under sin” (Romans 7:14).

“For I know that in me (that is in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing; for to will is present with me, but how to perform that which is good I find not” (Romans 7:18).

“Oh, wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” (Romans 7:24).

B. THE NEW BIRTH IS THE BEGINNING OF OUR NEW LIFE IN CHRIST.

“Jesus answered, and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God” (John 3:3).

“Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God; and every one that loveth him that begot loveth him also that is begotten of him” (1 John 5:1).

“For whatever is born of God overcometh the world; and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith” (1 John 5:4).

C. LIFE IS NOT IN A CHURCH, CREED, A DOCTRINE, OR IN A WAY, BUT IN A PERSON.

“In Him was life” (John 1:4).

“Ye in me, and I in you” (John 14:20).

“As I live by the Father; so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me” (John 6:57).

“To reveal his Son in me” (Galatians 1:16).

“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me” (Galatians 2:20).

“Until Christ be formed in you” (Galatians 4:19).

“For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain” (Philippians 1:2 1).

“Christ is our life” (Colossians 3:4).

“This life is in His Son” (1 John 5:11)

D. THE RESULTS OF LIFE IN CHRIST

“For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left” (Isaiah 54:3).

“But the people that know their God shall be strong and do exploits” (Daniel 11:32).

“Out of his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water” (John 7:38).

“Greater works than these shall he do” (John 14:12).

“In all these things we are more than conquerors” (Romans 8:37).

“And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work” (2 Corinthians 9:8).

“Rejoice evermore.

“Pray without ceasing.

“In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18).

66. THE KINGDOM

A. PROMISED TO DAVID

“And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established forever before thee: thy throne shall be established forever” (2 Samuel 7:16).

B. CHRIST CAME TO BE KING OF ISRAEL

“And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said

unto him, Thou sayest” (Matthew 27:11).

“Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews” (John 18:33).

“Pilate, therefore, said unto him, ‘Art thou a king then?’ Jesus answered ‘Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause I came into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice'” (John 18:37).

C. ISRAEL REJECTED HIM AS KING

“He came unto his own, and his own received him not” (John 1:11).

“But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us” (Luke 19:14).

“But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The thief priest answered We have no king but Caesar” (John 19:15).

D. CHRIST WILL SET UP A LITERAL EARTHLY KINGDOM WHEN HE COMES THE SECOND TIME.

“He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him” (Psalms 72:8,11).

“And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one” (Zechariah 14:9).

“When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory” (Matthew 25:31).

“And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign forever and ever” (Revelation 11:15).

E. CHRIST WILL DELIVER THE KINGDOM TO THE FATHER

“Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.

“For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet” (1 Corinthians 15:24-25).

67. THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST

A. IT WAS PROMISED IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

“Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously” (Isaiah 24:23).

“Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle.

“And his feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south” (Zechariah 14:3-4).

B. JESUS PROMISED HE WOULD COME AGAIN

“And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you, unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also” (John 14:3).

“For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory” (Matthew 24:27,30).

C. THE TESTIMONY OF TWO MEN IN WHITE APPAREL

“And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; “Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven” (Acts 1:10-11).

D. HE WILL FIRST COME FOR HIS OWN

“For the Lord, Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

“Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

“Wherefore comfort one another with these words” (1 Thessalonians 4:16-18).

E. THEN THE REVELATION OF CHRIST

“And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

“In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:

“Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;

“When he shall come to be glorified in his saints and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day” (2 Thessalonians 1:7-10).

“Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen” (Revelation 1:7).

“And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness, he doth judge and make war.

“His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.

“And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

“And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

“And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

“And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS” (Revelation 19:11-16).

68. SIGNS OF THE TIMES

“But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be” (Matthew 24:37).

“And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

“Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

“And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

“And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.

“And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree and all the trees;

“When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.

“So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand” (Luke 21:25-3 1).

“Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils” (1 Timothy 4:1).

“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.

“For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,

“Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,

“Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;

“Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away” (2 Timothy 3:1-5).

“Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

“And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation” (2 Peter 3:3-4).

69. THE GREAT TRIBULATION

“Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.

“The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.

“And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth” (Isaiah 2:10,11,19).

“Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

“Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob’s trouble, but he shall be saved out of it” (Jeremiah 30:6-7).

“For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

“And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake, those days shall be shortened” (Matthew 24:21-22).

“And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

“And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs’, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.

“And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

“And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

“For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?” (Revelation 6:12-17).

“These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have, washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb” (Revelation 7:14b).

“And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them” (Revelation 9:6).

“And the fifth angel poured out his via] upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,

“And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds” (Revelation 16:10-11).

70. THE ANTI-CHRIST

“I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive” (John 5:43).

“Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;

“Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.

“And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming.

Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders” (2 Thessalonians 2:3,4, 8,9).

“And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world” (1 John 4:3).

“And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.

“And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the be4st: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?

“And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.

“And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:

“And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name” (Revelation 13:2,4,7,16,17).

“And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone” (Revelation 19:20).

71. ARMAGEDDON

“And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon” (Revelation 16:16).

“Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel” (Psalms 2:9).

“For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcasses, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood” (Isaiah 34:2-3).

“Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments Re him that treadeth in the wine vat?

“I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people, there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.

“For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come” (Isaiah 63:2-4).

“And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.

“And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six Hundred furlongs” (Revelation 14:19-20).

“And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

“And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army” (Revelation 19:15,19).

72. THE EARTHLY MILLENNIAL REIGN OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

“When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory” (Matthew 25:31).

“He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.

“Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him” (Psalms 72:8,11).

“And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more” (Isaiah 2: 4).

“The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.

“And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious” (Isaiah 11:6,10).

“The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose” (Isaiah 35:1).

“And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years.

“And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that, he must be loosed a little season.

“And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

“But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.

“Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ and shall reign with him a thousand years” (Revelation 20:2-6).

73. NEW HEAVEN, NEW EARTH

“For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind” (Isaiah 65:17).

“But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which, the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

“Seeing then that these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,

“Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?

“Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness.

“Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless” (2 Peter 3:10-14).

“And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.

“And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

“And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.

“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.

“And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful” (Revelation 21:1-5).

“He which testifieth these. things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

“The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen” (Revelation 22:20-21).

74. SOME GREAT INVITATIONS

“I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore, choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live” (Deuteronomy 30:19).

“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the river or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD” (Joshua 24:15).

“Ho, every one that thirsteth, come to the waters, and he that hath no money; come, buy and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price” (Isaiah 55:1).

“Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

“Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

“For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light” (Matthew 11:28-30).

“He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

“But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the children of God, even to them that believe on his name; “Who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God” (John 11:1-13).

“Behold I stand at the door, and knock; if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him and will sup with him, and he with me” (Revelation 3:20).

“And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let that is athirst come. And whosoever will let him take the water of life freely” (Revelation 22:17).

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