The Church of God
(La Iglesia de Dios)

Scriptural References for Fundamental Doctrines

This listing was composed by ministers of the Worldwide Church of God approximately 1984 or before and was used in the Graduate Spokesman's Club in the Chicago area and is presented here unchanged. While this listing is very detailed, it is not an exhaustive listing of the doctrines of The Church of God.

BAPTISM

WHAT: Rom. 6:3-7; Gal. 2:20; Col. 2:12

WHEN-PREREQUISITES: Acts 2:38; Acts 2:39; Acts 2:41; Acts 8:36-38; Acts 10:4-6; Acts 13:24; Acts 16:31-35; Acts 19:4; Acts 20:21; Acts 22:16; Mark 1; Luke 3:3

COUNTING COST: Luke 9:23-25; Luke 14; Luke 22:42; Acts 5:29; Acts 5:32; Rom. 12:1-2; I Cor. 6:19-20; Eph. 5:22

WHY--TO RECEIVE SPIRIT: Matt. 3:1; Acts 1:5; Acts 2:38; Acts 8:12-17; Acts 11:15; Acts 19:1-6; Rom 8:9; Rom. 14-17; Gal. 2:20; II Pet. 1:1-10

WHY--WASH AWAY SIN: Luke 3:3; Luke 24:47; Acts 3:19; Acts 5:31-32; Acts 22:16

WHY--PART OF SALVATION: Mark 16:15-16; Acts 10:43; Rom. 5:1-10; Rom. 6

COMMAND: Acts 2:38; Acts 3:19; Acts 10:48

HOW--WATER: Matt. 3:13-17; Luke 3:16; Acts 1:5; Acts 8:36-38; Acts 10:46-48; Acts 11:16; Acts 19:1-6

HOW--INTO CHRIST: Matt. 18:19-20; Matt. 28:19; Acts 10:48; Rom. 6:3

BY WHOM: Jn. 3:22; Jn 4:2; Acts 2; Acts 8:5-6; Acts 8:26-33; I Cor. 1:13-17

BORN AGAIN

WE AREN'T NOW: Rom. 7:14-25; Rom. 8:18-19; Heb. 1:2; I Jn 1:8-10; I Jn. 3:9; I Jn.2

WE ARE BEGOTTEN: I Cor. 4:15; Heb. 1:5

SHOULD READ "BEGOTTEN": I Jn. 2:29; I Jn. 3:9; I Jn. 4:7; I Jn. 5:1-4, 18

WE NEED TO BE BORN AGAIN: Jn. 3:5-8

STATE THEN: Jn. 4:24; I Jn. 3:1-2

CHRIST FIRST BORN: Rom. 1:4; Rom. 8:29; Col. 1:15-18

HOW BORN: Rom. 1:4

WHEN: I Cor. 15; Phil. 3:20-29

CHRISTIAN, WHAT IS

FIRST CALLED CHRISTIAN: Acts 11:26

WHAT IS NOT: Matt. 7:21; Luke 6:46; Rom. 8:9; James 2:19; I Jn. 2:4

WHAT IS: Rom. 8:14

FOLLOW CHRIST: I Pet. 2:21-22; I Jn. 2:6

HOW TO BECOME: Matt. 4:4; Matt. 19:16-17; Acts 2:38; Acts 3:19; Acts 5:32

WAY OF LIFE: Acts 19:9; Acts 22:4; Heb. 3:1; Heb 4:14

CHRIST IN YOU: Gal. 2:20

FRUITS--A DESCRIPTION: Matt. 5:1-10; Luke 22:39-42; Gal. 5:22-23

CHURCH--CIVIL GOVERNMENT

CHURCH GOVERNMENT: Luke 6:12-13; Acts 1:22-26; I Cor. 11:1-3; I Cor. 12; Eph. 4:11-12; Eph. 5; Col. 1:18-29; I Tim. 3; Titus 1; I Pet. 5:1-3

CHRIST HEADS: Matt. 4:19; Matt. 16:18; Jn. 15:16; Eph. 1:22; Eph. 2:19-20; Eph. 5:23; Col. 1:16

AUTHORITY: Rom. 1:1-5; I Cor. 1:1; I Cor. 9:3-4; II Cor. 1:1

OUR LIFE NOT OUR OWN: Rom. 14:7-8; I Cor. 6:19-20

EXAMPLES: Num. 12; Num. 16; Acts 10; Acts 15; Acts 19:11-12; I Cor. 5:1-5

GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY: I Sam. 26:9; Dan. 2:21; Dan. 4:17; Eccl. 10:20; Jn. 19:10-11; Rom. 13:1-3; I Tim. 2:1-3; Titus 3:1-2; I Pet. 2:13-14

OBEY, SUBMIT: Matt. 23:2-4; Acts 4:19; Acts 5:40

TAXES: Matt. 17:24-27

CHURCH NAME

Jn. 17:11-12; Acts 20:28; I Cor. 1:2; I Cor. 10:32; I Cor. 11:16, 22; I Cor. 15:9; II Cor. 1:1; Gal. 1:13; I Thes. 2:14; II Thes. 1:4; I Tim. 3:5,15

COMMANDMENTS, LAW--OBEDIENCE

KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS: Lev. 22:31; Ps. 103:18; Ps. 111:10; Eccl. 12:13; Ezek. 37:24; Matt. 5:17-20; Matt. 7:21; Matt. 19:16-18; Matt. 22:37-39; Luke 1:16; Luke 6:46; Jn. 13:34-36; Jn. 15:10, 14-21; Acts 5:29-32; Rom. 3:31; Rom. 6:1-2, 16; Rom. 13:8; I Cor. 7:19; James 1:22-23; James 2:8-12; I Pet. 1:16; I Jn. 2:3-6; I Jn. 3:22; I Jn. 5:2-3; II Jn. 5-6; Rev. 12:17; Rev. 14:12

IF SO, RESULTS: Lev. 26; Deut. 11:27-28; Deut. 28; Ps. 111:10; Ps. 119:172; Jn. 15:10; Rom. 10:5; Rom. 13:10; Heb. 5:9

IF NOT: Deut. 28; Rom. 6:23; Gal. 6:7; Heb. 10:26-31

PURPOSE: Rom. 3:20; Rom. 7:7

GOOD: Ps. 119; Rom. 7:7; I Tim. 1:5-6; James 1:25

CHRIST TO MAGNIFY: Isa. 42:21; Matt. 5:17-20; Rom. 10:2-4

IN OUR HEARTS: Jer. 31:33; Heb. 8:10; Heb. 10:16

BEFORE MOSES: Gen. 2:16; Gen. 4:7; Gen. 6:1-3, 5; Gen. 20:1-8; Gen. 26:5; Gen. 35:1-4; Gen. 39:7; Ex. 16; Lev. 16:5, 21, 27; Rom. 3:20; Rom. 4:15; Rom. 5:12-13

COVENANT--OLD, NEW

OLD COVENANT -- WHAT IS IT?

  • MARRIAGE AGREEMENT: Ex. 19:5-8; Ex. 24:7; Jer. 31:32; Ezek. 16:8
  • TERMS--PEOPLE: Ex. 19:5-8; Ex. 24:3-8; Ex. 34:12-17; Jer. 7:22-23
  • GOD: Lev. 26; Deut. 7:9; Deut. 28
  • TEN COMMANDMENTS: Ex. 20; Deut. 5; Deut. 9:9-11
  • PROMISES--CURSES: Deut. 28; Ex. 19; Lev. 26; Num. 25:13
  • FOR WHOM: Rom. 9:4
  • ISRAEL BROKE: Deut. 29:25-29; Jer. 3:8; Jer. 11:10; Jer. 31:32; Hosea 8:1
  • SACRIFICES ADDED BECAUSE OF TRANSGRESSIONS: Jer. 7:22-23; Gal. 3:19
  • NEED FOR NEW: Deut. 5:29; Heb. 8-9; Rom. 8:3
  • HOW FAULT TO BE CORRECTED: Heb. 8:6-10; Jer. 31:33; Rom. 5:5; II Cor. 3:3

NEW COVENANT: WHAT IS IT?

  • MARRIAGE AGREEMENT: Eph. 5:22-23, especially 32; II Cor. 11:2; Rev. 19:7
  • TERMS--PEOPLE, GOD: Ezek. 36:25-27; Heb. 8
  • PROMISES--ETERNAL--PRIESTHOOD: I Pet. 2:9
  • CONFIRMED BY CHRIST: Dan. 9:27; Mal. 3:1; Heb. 12:24
  • TESTAMENT: Heb. 9:19-21
  • NOT YET COMPLETED: Dan. 9:27; Heb. 8:10; Jer. 31:31-34
  • FOR WHOM: Eph. 2:11-13, 19; Gal. 3:29; Rom. 11:17-18
  • DIFFERENCES--MINISTRATION OF DEATH: II Cor. 3:6-7; Ex. 21:23-24; Heb. 8-9; Gal. 3-4

FAITH

WHAT?: Heb 11:1; James 2:14-26

WHY NEED IT? FOR SALVATION AND JUSTIFICATION: Rom. 5:1-2; Rom. 3:28; Gal. 2:16; Gal 3:24

SALVATION: Luke 7:50; Acts 20:21; Gal. 3:22-26; Gal. 5:5; Eph. 2:8; Phil. 3:9; II Tim. 3:15; I Cor. 13:2-13; Heb. 4:2; Heb. 6:1; I Pet. 1:5

WE ARE TO LIVE IT: Hab. 2:4; Jn. 20:27; Rom. 1:17; Rom. 4:19-20; Rom. 4:22-23; II Cor. 3:7; II Cor. 5:7; Gal. 3:7-11; I Thes. 5:8; I Tim. 6:11-12; II Tim. 2:22

IMPORTANT: Mark 11:22; Luke 17:5-6; Luke 22:32; Acts. 26:8; Rom. 4:15-16; I Cor. 2:5; I Cor. 15:14-17; I Thes. 1:5-10; II Thes. 1:3; II Pet. 1:5; James 2:13; Rev. 13:10; Rev. 14:12

HEALING: James 5:14-15; Matt. 9:29

HOW TO GET IT, KNOW GOD'S WILL: Eph. 5:17; Rom. 10:17

GIFT, FRUIT OF SPIRIT: Rom. 12:3, 6; I Cor. 12:9; II Cor. 4:13; Gal. 5:22; Eph. 2:8; Eph. 3:17; Eph. 5:14-15

OLD TESTAMENT EXAMPLES: Heb. 11; Dan. 3; Rom. 4:18-22; Gen. 6-7; II Chron. 20

NEW TESTAMENT (HEALING): Matt. 8:7-10; Matt. 15:28; Mark 5:25-34; Matt. 9:22; Luke 8:48; Luke 17:19; Acts 14:9; Matt. 14:25-31; Heb. 12:1-4; Acts 11:24; Rom. 1:8; Eph. 1:15; Col. 1:4

UNBELIEF: Matt. 13:58; Matt. 17:17; Luke 18:8; Ps. 78:5, 20-22

FASTING (SPIRITUAL) STUDY

WHAT: Ex. 34:28

COMMANDED: Lev. 23:27, 29; Matt. 6:16-18; Matt. 9:15; Mark 2:20; Luke 5:33-35

WHY: Isa. 58:3-9; Ps. 35:13; Ps. 69:10; Dan. 9:3; Matt. 17:21

HOW: Matt. 6:16-18; Isa. 58:3-4

HOW NOT: Luke 18:12

EXAMPLES: Judges 20:26; I Kings 21:27; I Sam. 7:6; I Kings 19:8; II Sam. 12:16-23; Neh. 1:4; Ps. 109:24; Matt. 4:2; Luke 2:37; Acts 17:11; Acts 13:2-3; Ex. 34:28

STUDY: I Cor. 4:16; II Tim. 2:15; Acts 17:11; Acts 18:24

GOSPEL

WHAT IS IT? KINGDOM OF GOD: Mark 1:14-15; Matt. 4:23; Matt 9:35

GOD SPELLS: (GOOD NEWS): GOSPEL OF CHRIST--KINGDOM: Jn. 12:49-50; Jn. 14:24; Markk 1:1; Rom. 15:16; I Tim. 1:11

KINGDOM OF GOD PREACHED: Luke 9:1-2; Luke 16:16; Matt. 24:14; Acts 8:12; Acts 20:21-25; Acts 28:30-31

GOSPEL PREACHED: Mark 16:15-16; Mark 13:10; Acts 15:7; Phil. 2:22; Phil. 4:3; I Thes. 2:2; Matt. 24:14; Matt. 26:13; Mark 14:8; Luke 7:27; Luke 9:6; Acts 8:25; Acts 14:7, 21; Acts 16:10; Rom. 1:15-16; Rom. 10:15; I Cor. 1:17; I Cor. 9:14-18; II Cor. 10:14; II Cor. 11:7; I Pet. 1:12-25; I Pet. 4:6

OBEY: Rom. 10:16; II Thes. 1:8; I Pet. 4:17

HOW MANY: Gal. 1:8-9

GRACE, LAW

WHAT IS IT? UNDESERVED PARDON: Rom. 3:6; Ps. 51:1-2; Gal. 5; Eph. 1:6-7; Eph. 4:7; II Tim. 1:9; Titus 3:7; I Pet. 1:10, 13

TERMS: Rom. 11:5-6; Rom. 12:6; Rom. 15:15; I Cor. 10; I Cor. 10:30; II Cor. 8:7

MERCY OF GOD: Ga. 2:21; Eph. 3:2, 7; II Cor. 9:14; Col. 1:6; I Pet. 4:10

SAVED BY GRACE: Eph. 2:8-10; John 1:17; Rom. 3:6; Acts 15:11; Titus 2:11

DOESN'T ABOLISH LAW: Ps. 119:92; Rom. 7:12; James 2:8-10; Rev. 12:17

STILL SIN: Rom. 5:15; Luke 13:3, 5; Acts 3:19; Rom. 4:15

WORKS STILL NEEDED: Eph. 2:8-10; Rom. 3:6; James 2:20, 26; II Cor. 9:8; I Jn. 2:3-4

NOT LICENSE: Jude 3, 4, 8

UNDER LAW: I Cor. 9:20, 21; Gal. 3:22-25; Rom. 3:6

HEALING

GOD DOES HEAL: Ps. 103:2-3; James 5:14-15; Ex. 23:24-25; Deut. 32:39; Isa. 6:10; Isa. 53:5; Isa. 57:18-19; Jer. 30:17; Eccl. 3:3; Matt. 9:35; Matt. 10:1, 8; Matt 11:5; Matt. 13:15; Mark 3:15; Mark 16:17-18; Luke 9:1-2; Luke 10:9; Acts 28:27; I Cor. 12:9; I Cor. 12:28-30; I Pet. 2:24

IT IS GOD'S WILL: Luke 5:11-13; Matt. 8:3; Heb. 13:8

WHAT IS IT? FORGIVENESS OF SIN: Matt. 9:2-8; Mark 2:3-12; Luke 5:18-26

HOW? BY WHAT?: (CHRIST'S SACRIFICE): Isa. 53:5; Matt. 8:16-17; Matt. 5:23-29; I Cor. 11:27-30; I Pet. 2:24

HOW? (ANOINTING): James 5:14-15; Acts 28:8-9; Mark 5:23-29; Mark 6:13; Luke 13:13-14

SIN NO MORE: Jn. 5:14

PREREQUISITES (FAITH): Matt. 9:29; Mark 5:20-34; Luke 7:7-9; Luke 8:48-50; Luke 18:42; Acts 14:8-10; James 5:14-15

ASK: I Jn. 3:22

EXAMPLES OF OLD TESTAMENT: Gen. 20:17; Ex. 15:23-26; I Sam. 6:3; II Kings 1; II Kings 5; II Kings 20; II Chron. 16:12-14; II Chron. 30:20; Ps. 30:2; Ps.. 107:20; Jer. 17:14

EXAMPLES IN CHRIST'S TIME: Matt. 4:23-25; Matt. 8:6-13; Matt. 9:2-8; Matt. 9:20-35; Matt. 12:15-16; Matt. 14:14; Luke 7:21-22; Luke 9:1-2, 6; Luke 13:11-16; Luke 17:15-19; Luke 22:50-51; Jn. 5:13

EXAMPLES OF APOSTLES: Acts 3:1-16; Acts 4:9-14; Acts 5:15-16, 22, 30; Acts 8:7; Acts 9:33-41; Acts 14:9-10; Acts 8:5-7; Acts 19:11-12; Acts 28:1-9; James 5:14-15

MAY ASK THREE TIMES: II Cor. 12:7-10

ALL WEREN'T HEALED IMMEDIATELY: II Tim. 4:20

EXTRA REFERENCES: Ps. 67:2; Jer. 8:15; Matt.13:58; Luke 6:10

HELL

WHAT: Mark 9:43-48; Matt. 10:28; Matt. 23:33; Rev. 20:13-15; Rev. 21:8

THREE WORDS:

  1. SHEOL (HEBREW) OLD TESTAMENT "GRAVE": Gen. 37:35; Gen. 42:38; I Sam. 2:6; Job 14:13
    HELL: Deut. 32:22; II Sam. 22:6; Job 11:8; Job 26:6; Ps. 18:5; Ps. 9:17; Ps. 16:10; Ps. 55:15; Ps. 86:13; Ps. 116:3; Ps. 139:8; Prov. 5:5; Prov. 7:27; Prov. 9:18; Prov. 15:24; Prov. 27:20-27; Isa. 5:14; Isa. 14:9; Isa. 23:14; Isa. 28:15; Isa. 57:9; Ezek. 31:16-17; Ezek. 32:21-27; Amos 9:2; Jonah 2:2; Hab. 2:5
    NEW TESTAMENT: HADES "GRAVE": Acts 2:27, 31; Matt. 11:23; Matt. 16:18; Luke 10:15; Luke 16:23; Rev. 1:18; Rev. 6:8; Rev. 20:13-14
  2. TARTAROS (RESTRAINT OF FALLEN ANGELS): II Pet. 2:4; Jude 6
  3. GEHENNA (REPRESENTS VALLEY OF HINNOM): Neh. 11:30; II Kings 23:10; Jer. 19:6; Matt. 5:22, 29, 30; Matt. 10:28; Matt. 13:30; Matt. 18:9; Matt. 23:15, 33; Mark 9:47; Luke 12:5; James 3:6

WICKED CONSUMED: Mal. 4:1-3; Ps. 37:9, 12, 22, 29; Ps. 104:35; Obadiah 16; Isa. 66:24; Rom. 6:23; Jude 7

FIRE NOT QUENCHED: Jer. 17:27; Jer. 52:13; Mal. 4:1-3; Mark 9:43-45, 47-48; II Pet. 3:10, 13; Jude 7; Rev. 14:9-14; Rev. 19:20; Rev. 20:8, 13-15; Rev. 21:8

JUDGMENT: I Sam. 2:6; Jn. 5:28-29; Jn. 12:48; Heb. 9:27; Heb. 10:26-27; II Pet. 2:9; Rev. 20:13

WAGES OF SIN (DEATH): Matt. 7:17-18, 23; Luke 13:3; Rom. 6:23; Heb. 10:26-27

AFTER DEATH: Ps. 6:5; Ps. 146:4; Eccl. 3:19-20; Eccl. 9:10

WORM DIETH NOT: Isa. 66:24; Mark 9:44-48

HOLY DAYS

COMMAND OLD TESTAMENT: Lev. 23; Deut 16; Num 28-29; Ex. 34:18-27

COMMAND NEW TESTAMENT: Jn. 7:37; Luke 2:41-43; Mark 14; Matt 26; Luke 22; Jn. 13; Acts 12:3-4; Acts 18:21; Acts 20:16; Acts 27:9; I Cor. 5:7-8

FUTURE: Zech. 14:16-19

HOW? OFFERING: Deut. 16:16-17; Ex 23:14-18; Ex. 34:23

NO SACRIFICES TODAY: Jer. 7:22-23; Ps. 51:16-17; I Sam. 15:22; Gal. 3:19; Ex. 40:17

PASSOVER (CHRIST'S SACRIFICE):

  • OLD TESTAMENT: Ex. 12:1-10; Ex. 13:1-10; Ex. 34:20; Lev. 23:4-5; Num. 28:16; Num. 33:3; Num. 9:2-14; II Kings 23:21-23; Ezek. 45:18; II Chron. 30:1-5
  • NEW TESTAMENT (SACRIFICES, NEW SYMBOLS): Matt. 26:26; Mark 14:22-24; Luke 22:19-20; Jn. 13:1-5; I Cor. 11:20-34; Jn. 6:53-55
  • WHO? Ex. 12:43-44; Rom 2:28-29; Gal. 3:27-29

DAYS OF UNLEAVENED BREAD:

  • PUTTING SIN OUT: Ex. 12:1-10; Ex. 13:1-10; Ex. 23:14-15; Ex. 34:18; Num. 28:17-25; Lev. 23; Deut. 16:3-8; Ezra 6:22; II Chron. 8:13; II Chron. 30:13-27; Ezek. 45:21-23; Matt. 26:17; Mark 14:12; Luke 22:1; Acts 12:3; Acts 20:6; I Cor. 5:2-8
  • LEAVEN IN SIN: Luke 12:1; Matt. 16:6, 11-12

PENTECOST: Ex. 23:16; Ex. 34:22; Lev. 23:9-22; Num. 28:26-30; Deut. 16:9-12; II Chron. 8:13; Acts 2:1; Acts 20:16; I Cor. 16:8

  • CHRIST--WAVE SHEAF: Jn. 20:17; Matt. 28:9; I Cor. 15:20, 23; Rom. 8:29; Col. 1:15, 18
  • WE--THE FIRST FRUITS: James 1:18; Rom. 8:23; Rom. 11:26; Isa. 11:11; Isa. 66:15-19; I Cor. 15:22-23
  • A DAY OF SALVATION: Isa. 49:8; II Cor. 6:2; Rom. 11; I Tim. 2:4-6
  • COMING OF HOLY SPIRIT: (See Holy Spirit)

TRUMPETS: Lev. 23:23-25; Num. 29:1; Neh. 8:2-9, 12

  • ALARM OF WAR: Jer. 4:19-21; Num. 10:8; Ezek. 33:2-7; Rev. 7; Joel 2:1-2
  • SECOND COMING OF CHRIST: I Thes. 4:14-17; I Cor. 15; Rev. 11:15-19; Isa. 27:13; Zech. 14:4-5
  • HOW: Acts 1:9-10

ATONEMENT: Lev. 23:26-32; Lev. 16; Num. 29:7; Ps. 81:1-4; Acts 27:9

  • BINDING OF SATAN: Rev. 20:1-10; Zech. 13:2
  • ATONEMENT WITH GOD: Isa. 11:9; Zech. 14

TABERNACLES: Ex. 23:16; Ex. 34:22; Lev. 23:33-44; Deut. 16:13-17; Num. 28:12; I Kings 12:19-33; Neh. 8:11-18; Hosea 12:9; Jn. 7:2, 14; Acts 18:21; II Chron. 8:13; Ezek. 45:25; (See Millennium) Zech 14:16-19

LAST GREAT DAY: Lev. 23:39; Num 29:35; Jn. 7:37

  • MEANING OF 100 YEAR PERIOD: Rev. 20:5-12; Ezek. 37; Isa. 65:17-25
  • EVERYONE TO BE SAVED: Rom. 11; Rev. 21:1-4; I Tim. 2:3-4

HOLY SPIRIT

WHY NEED IT?: Eph. 3:18; Eph. 6:8; James 2:26; I Cor. 6:11; Jn. 8:28; Rom. 6:23-24; Jn. 5:30; Jn. 14:10; Rom. 8:9-17; I Jn. 5:11-12; I Cor. 12:13; Gal. 2:20

WHAT? (POWER): Gen. 1:2; Matt. 12:28; Phil. 4:13; II Pet. 1:4; Ps. 89:7-8; Rom. 15:13-14; Acts 1:4-8; Acts 2; Acts 3:12

DESCRIPTION (HOW DOES IT WORK?): Jn. 4:10; I Cor. 12

  • ONE SPIRIT: I Cor. 12; Eph. 4:4, 30; I Sam. 10:6-10; I Jn. 4:1-8; Rom. 8:5-17; I Cor. 6:11

TRUTH PRODUCES CHANGES, LEADS TO SALVATION: Gal.3:17-24; Eph. 1:14; Eph. 5:22-23; Phil. 1:19; Rom. 12:1-2; I Cor. 2:11-14

CHRIST IN US: Gal. 2:20; I Cor. 3:16; Jn. 14:17; II Pet. 1:3-4; Col. 1:27; Ga. 4:19; I Cor. 2:16; I Cor. 6:20; II Cor. 3:3; James 4:5

SPIRIT IN US: Ezek. 36:27; Ezek. 37:14

HOW DO WE GET IT?: Acts 2:38; Acts 5:32; Phil. 1:19; Isa. 44:3

  • RECEIVE MORE: II Cor. 4:16; Jn. 7:37-38; Eph. 4:23
  • ASK: Luke 11:13;
  • WORD OF GOD: Gal. 3:1-5, 14

GIFT OF GOD: Jn. 4:10; Luke 11:13; Acts 2:38; Acts 10:45; Acts 11:17; Rom. 6:23; I Cor. 12

WHEN DO WE GET IT: Acts 2:38; Acts 8:17; Acts 19:1-6

HOW MUCH DO WE GET?: Rom. 8:23; II Cor. 4:16; II Cor. 5:5; Eph. 1:13-14

  • FUTURE: Joel 2:3, 28, 32

FRUITS: Matt. 7:20; Acts 4:31; Rom. 5:5; Rom. 8:6; Rom. 15:13; I Cor. 12:1-11; I Cor. 13; Gal. 5:22-23; Eph. 5:9; Phil. 4:13; I Pet. 1:22

FLESH VERSUS SPIRIT (SANCTIFICATION): Rom. 8:5-17; I Cor. 2:10-16; I Cor. 6:11; Gal. 5:16-18; Eph. 3:5; I Pet. 1:2; II Pet. 1:4; I Jn. 4:1-8; Jude 19

PRODUCES CHANGE: I Sam. 10:10; Ezek. 11:19; Ezek. 36:26-27; Rom. 2:6; I Cor. 2:11-14; I Cor. 12; II Pet. 1:4-8

LEADS TO SALVATION: Gen. 3:17-24; Jn. 3:5-8; Rom. 6:1-11; Rom. 8:23-26; Eph. 1:14; Eph. 2:22; Eph. 4:30; Eph. 5:5; Phil. 1:19

BEGOTTEN NOW: I Pet. 1:23

HEIRS: Rom. 8:17

SONS OF GOD: Rom. 8:14, 29; Gal. 3:26; Heb. 12:9; I Jn. 3:1

KINGDOM OF GOD

WHAT IS IT? (See Gospel): Dan. 2:44-45

RULER: CHRIST!: Dan. 2:44-45; Dan. 7:14; Zech. 14:9; Matt. 4:1-11; Matt. 28:18; Luke 1:31-33; Luke 19; Rev. 11:15; Rev. 19:15-16

SAINTS WITH HIM: Dan. 7:18, 21; Zech. 14:5; Luke 22:30; Rev. 2:26-27; Rev. 3:21; Rev. 20:4

TERRITORY: Isa. 2:2-4; Jer. 3:17; Dan. 2:35; Zech. 14:4; Micah 4:1, 2, 7; Jn. 14:3; Acts 1:10-11; Rev. 20:4; Rev. 22:12

CITIZENS: Isa. 2:2-4; Isa. 24:1, 5, 6; Isa. 30:21; Dan. 12:2; Zech. 14:16-17, 19; Jn. 5:28-29

LAWS: Ps. 111:8; Isa. 2:2-4; Isa. 11:9; Zech. 14:17; Micah 4:1, 2, 4; James 4:12; (See Commandments)

WHEN?: Luke 21:25-32; Jn. 18:36-37; Acts 3:21; Rev. 12:10; Rev. 21:1

FOR HOW LONG: Ps. 145:12-13; Luke 1:33

HOW CHRIST WILL RETURN: Zech. 14:4; Matt. 16:28; Matt. 24:26-30; Luke 17:24; Acts 1:6-9

WHAT IS IT? MYSTERY: Mark 4:11; Luke 8:10

  • PARABLES: Matt. 13; Matt. 18:23-25; Matt. 20:1-16; Matt. 22:2-13; Matt. 25; Mark 4; Luke 13:18-21

CHRIST REPRESENTED: Matt. 12:28; Luke 17:20-21

WHO IN KINGDOM?: Zech. 14:5; Matt. 8:11; Luke 13:18-29

SPIRIT: Mark 12:25; Luke 7:28; Jn. 3:3-8; Jn. 4:24; Jn. 17:4-5; Rom. 6:4-8; Rom. 8:29; I Cor. 15:50; II Cor. 5:2; Heb. 1:2; I Jn. 3:1-2

SONS OF GOD: Luke 20:35-36; Rom. 1:4; Rom. 8:17-19, 29; II Cor. 3:18; Heb. 1:2

OUR GOAL: Matt. 6:10, 33; Mark 9:47; Mark 12:34; Luke 12:31; Luke 16:16-17; Col. 4:11; I Thes. 2:12

DIFFICULT TO ENTER: Matt. 7:13, 14, 21; Matt. 19:24; Matt. 21:31; Matt. 25; Mark 10:24-25; Luke 9:27, 62; Luke 18:16-29; Acts 14:22; II Thes. 1:5

ATTRIBUTES TO ENTER: Matt. 5:3-10, 19; Matt. 11:12; Matt. 18:3; Mark 10:14; Luke 6:20; Rom. 14:17

THOSE WHO WON'T: Rom. 6:9-10; Gal. 5:21; Eph. 5:5

LAYING ON OF HANDS

Heb. 6:2

RECEIVING THE HOLY SPIRIT: Acts 8:17-19; Acts 19:6

ANOINTING: Mark 5:23; Mark 6:5; Mark 16:18; Luke 4:40; Luke 13:13; Acts 28:8; James 5:14

ORDINATION: Acts 6:6; Acts 13:3; I Tim. 5:22

OLD TESTAMENT SETTING APART: Gen. 48:13-16; Num. 8:6-11; Num. 27:18-23; Deut. 34:9

BLESSING OF CHILDREN: Matt. 19:13; Mark 10:13-16; Luke 18:15-17

MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, CHILD REARING

WHO INSTITUTED MARRIAGE?: Gen. 1:27; Gen. 2:18; Mark 10:6-7; Heb. 13:4

DIVORCE: Matt. 5:31-32; Matt. 19:3-9; Mark 10:6-12; Luke 16:18; Jn. 4:16-18; Rom. 7:2-3; I Cor. 7

ANNULMENT: Deut. 24:1-4; Matt. 5:31-32; Matt. 19:3-9

ADULTERY: Ex. 20:14; Deut. 5:18; Deut. 22:22; Jer. 3:8; Jer. 7:9; Matt. 5:27; Matt. 15:19; Matt. 19:18; Mark 7:21; Jn. 8:3-4; Rom. 2:22; Rom. 13:9; Gal. 5:19; James 2:11; II Pet. 2:14; Rev. 2:22; Rev. 9:21

FORNICATION: Deut. 22:13-30; Matt. 15:19; Mark 7:21; Jn. 8:41; Acts 15:20, 29; Acts 21:25; Rom. 1:29; I Cor. 5:1-10; I Cor. 6:9, 10, 18; I Cor. 7:2; II Cor. 12:21; Gal. 5:19; Eph. 5:3; Col. 3:5; I Thes. 4:3; Heb. 12:16; Jude 7; Rev. 2:21

RESPONSIBILITIES--HUSBANDS: Gen. 3:16; Eccl. 9:9; I Cor. 11:3-9; Col. 3:18-19; I Tim. 3:4-5; I Tim. 5:8

RESPONSIBILITIES--WIVES: Prov. 21:19; Prov. 18:13, 22; Prov. 25:24; Prov. 31; Isa. 3:12; I Cor. 11:3-12; I Tim. 2:9-12; I Tim. 5:14; Titus 2:5; I Pet. 3:1-6

CHILD REARING: Deut. 4:6-9; Deut. 6:6-7; Deut. 11:18-19; Ps. 127:3-5; Ps. 128:1, 2, 6; Prov. 1:7-9; Prov. 13:24; Prov. 19:18; Prov. 22:6, 15; Prov. 23:13-14; Prov. 29:15; Ezek. 14:11-14; Eph. 6:1-4; Col. 3:20-21

MILLENNIUM

WHAT: Rev. 11:15-19; Rev. 20:1-9

WHERE (EARTH): Jer. 3:17; Jer. 23:5; Jer. 33:17; Dan. 2:34, 35, 44; Dan. 7:27; Isa. 2:2-3; Micah 4:1, 2, 7; Matt. 5:5; Luke 1:30, 33; Luke 22:30; Rev. 2:26-27; Rev. 5:10; Rev. 20:7-9; Zech. 14

WHOLE WORLD TO BE CONVERTED: Ps. 49:8; Isa. 2:3; Isa. 11:11-12; Joel 2; Rom. 11:25-26; II Cor. 6:2

GOVERNMENT--CHRIST WILL RULE: Ps. 2:7-9; Isa. 11:4-5, 10, 12; Isa. 40:10-11; Micah 4:7; Rev. 2:27; Rev. 11:15-25

SAINTS WITH HIM: Prov. 29:2; Isa. 30:20-21; Isa. 32:1; Dan. 7:13-14, 18, 22; Zech. 14:5; Luke 19:17-19; Luke 22:30; I Cor. 6:2; Rev. 1:6; Rev. 2:26-27; Rev. 3:21; Rev. 5:10; Rev. 20:4-6

DESCRIPTION (KNOWLEDGE OF GOD): Isa. 2:1-2; Isa. 30:20-21, 30; Isa. 11:9; Isa. 25:8; Hab. 2:14; Micah 4:1-2; Zech. 14

PROSPERITY: Isa. 27:6; Isa. 30:23-24; Isa. 32:14-16; Isa. 35; Hosea 2:22; Amos 9:13-14

HAPPINESS: Isa. 25:8; Isa. 35:10; Zech. 8

PEACE: Isa. 2:4; Isa. 32:18; Ezek. 21:25-26; Micah 4:3-7; Zech. 8

TAME ANIMALS: Isa. 11:6-9; Isa. 35:9; Hosea 2:18

OVERCOMING, CHANGING

NEED TO: Matt. 5:48; II Cor. 10:5; Eph. 4:11-13; Heb. 6:1-3; James 5:10; I Pet. 5:10; II Pet. 3:18

IF SO: Matt. 25; Luke 19; Rev. 2:26-27; Rev. 3:21; Rev. 21:7

IF NOT: Matt. 25; Luke 19; Rev. 3:14-19

CHRIST OVERCAME: Jn. 16:33; Heb. 4:15; Heb. 5:8; Rev. 3:21

HOW TO RESIST SIN: Eph. 6; Col. 3:5-8; Heb. 12; James 4:7; I Pet. 5:6-9; I Jn. 2:13-14

GET MIND ON SPIRITUAL THINGS: Phil. 4:8; Col. 3:1-10

PRAY, FAST, STUDY: Ps. 19:7; II Cor. 4:16; II Pet. 3:18

HELP OF GOD: Phil. 4:13; Heb. 4:14-16

PRAYER

ASK GOD: Matt. 6:8; Matt. 7:7; Matt. 21:22; Luke 11:9, 13; Jn. 11:22; Jn. 15:7; James 1:5-6; James 4:2-3; I Jn. 3:22

WHY? NEED TO GROW: II Cor. 4:16

COMMANDED: Matt. 6:5; Luke 11:2; Luke 18:1; Luke 21:36; I Tim. 2:3; Rev. 5:8

GOD WILL HEAR: Job 33:26; Ps. 65:2; Ps. 66:19; Ps. 102:17; Prov. 15:8, 29; Jer. 29:12; Matt. 21:22; Mark 11:24-28; Luke 1:13; Heb. 5:7; I Pet. 3:12; I Jn. 3:22

GOD WILL ANSWER: Gen. 20:17; Ex. 32:7-14; II Kings 20:1-11; James 5:16-18

POSITION: I Kings 8:54; Ezra 9:5-6; Luke 18:13; Luke 22:41; Jn. 11:41; Jn. 17:1; Acts 20:36; Acts 21:5; I Tim 2:8; Heb. 11:21

WHERE: Matt. 6:6; Mark 1:35; Luke 5:16; Luke 6:12-13; Luke 9:18

HOW OFTEN: Ps. 5:3; Ps. 55:16-17; Ps. 88:13; Ps. 119:62, 164; Dan. 6:10; Dan. 9:4; II Cor. 4:16; Eph. 6:18; Col. 4:2; I Thes. 5:17; I Tim. 5:5

WHAT TO PRAY FOR: Matt. 6; Luke 11

  • MORE MINISTERS: Matt. 9:38; Luke 10:2; Rom. 15:30; Heb. 13:18
  • OTHER BRETHREN: Jn. 17:9-20; Rom. 1:9; Phil. 1:4-9; Col. 1:3; Col. 4:12; James 5:16
  • IN AUTHORITY: I Tim. 2:1-2
  • ENEMIES: Matt. 5:44
  • ENTER NOT INTO TEMPTATION: Matt. 26:41
  • WISDOM: James 1:5-6

SIN CUT OFF: Ps. 66:18; Prov. 28:9; Isa. 59:1-2

FRICTION, CONFUSION CUTS OFF: Matt. 5:24; I Cor. 14:33; I Pet. 3:7

EXAMPLES IN OLD TESTAMENT: Gen. 20:17; Ps. 5:2; Ps. 55:1, 17; Ps. 72:20; Ps. 88:2; Jer. 42:4

CHRIST: Matt. 14:23; Mark 1:35; Mark 14:32; Luke 5:16; Luke 9:28; Luke 11:1; Luke 18:10; Jn. 17:9

APOSTLES: Acts 10:9; Acts 12:12; Acts 14:23; Rom. 1:9; I Cor. 14:15; Eph. 1:16; Col. 1:9

HOW NOT: Ps. 109:7; Matt. 6:7; Matt. 23:14

SEVEN ANSWERS:

  1. SEEK GOD'S WILL: Jn. 5:30; Eph. 5:17; II Tim. 2:15; James 4:1-4; I Jn. 5:14-15
  2. BELIEVE GOD: Rom. 4:20-21; James 1:5-7; James 2:20; James 5:14
  3. BE FERVENT: Hosea 7:14; Luke 22:44; Col. 4:12; James 5:16
  4. FEAR AND HUMILITY: Ps. 111:10; Isa. 66:2; Luke 18:12-13; Heb. 5:7; I Pet. 5:5
  5. BE PERSISTENT: Luke 18:1-8; James 1:3
  6. OBEY: Rom. 6:16; I Jn. 2:4; I Jn. 3:4; I Pet. 3:12
  7. USE CHRIST'S NAME: Jn. 15:7; Jn. 16:23-29

PROPHECY

ISRAEL OVER ALL: Lev. 26; Deut. 28; Matt. 24; Mark 13; Luke 21; Rev. 6-9

ISRAEL DECADENCE: Isa. 5; II Tim. 3:1-5

BEAST: Dan. 2 & 7; Rev. 17-18; Rev. 19:20

CATHOLIC CHURCH: Isa. 47; Rev. 17-18

FIRST FOUR SEALS PRECEDING SEALS--WILD BEASTS: Ezek. 5:17

GREAT TRIBULATION: Jer. 30:1-9; Ezek. 5

CAPTIVITY: Jer. 30:1-9; Ezek. 5

HEAVENLY SIGNS: Isa. 13:10-13; Isa. 24:15-20; Isa. 64:1-4; Joel 2:10; Rev. 6:12-17

DAY OF THE LORD: Isa. 13:6-22; Isa. 24:18-23; Jer. 25:30-33; Joel 1-3; Zeph. 1:14-18; Zeph. 3:8; Zech. 14:12; Rev. 6:12-17; Rev. 16; Rev. 20

EXODUS: Isa. 11:11-15; Isa. 27:12-13; Jer. 23:7-8; Jer. 30:10

FALL OF BEAST: Jer. 50-51

REPENTANCE

UNCOVERTED STATE: Isa. 55:8-9; Isa. 64:6; Prov. 14:12; Eccl. 1:2; Jer. 10:23; Jer. 17:9; Mark 7:21-23; Rom. 1:28-32; Rom. 3:10-18; Rom. 7:21-23; Rom. 8:7, 20; Gal. 5:19-20

OF WHAT: Job 42:6; Ezek. 36:31; Acts 2:38

WHAT: Job 42:6; Ps. 51; Jer. 3:13; Luke 10:13; Luke 15; Acts 5:29; Acts 20:21; II Cor. 7:9-10

WHY WE NEED TO: Ps. 14:2-3; Acts 2:38; Acts 3:19; Rom. 3:23; Rom. 8:9

GOD COMMANDS: Deut. 30:18-19; Isa. 55:7; Ezek. 14:6; Ezek. 18:30; Zech. 1:4; Matt. 3:2; Matt. 4:17; Mark 1:15; Mark 6:12; Luke 16:15-16; Acts 2:38; Acts 3:19; Acts 17:30; Acts 26:20; Rom. 6:3-6; Rev. 3:19

IF NOT: Ezek. 18:20; Ezek. 33:9; Luke 13:3-5; Rom. 2:5; Rev. 20:15

IF SO: Ezek. 18:21; Matt. 7:21; Acts 2:38; Gal. 2:20

WHEN: Isa. 55:6; Mark 1:15

HOW: Acts 5:30-32; Acts 11:18; Rom. 2:4; II Cor. 7:9-10; II Tim. 2:25

WORKS MEET FOR REPENTANCE: Matt. 3:8; Luke 3:8; Acts 26:20

GOD WANTS: Matt. 9:13; Mark 2:7; Luke 15:7-10; II Pet. 3:9

RESURRECTION

WHAT? (FROM DEAD TO LIFE): Isa. 26:19; Jn. 5:28-29; Acts 4:2; Acts 17:31-32; Acts 23:6; Acts 24:15, 21; Phil. 3:10-12; Heb. 6:2

JUDGMENT: Dan. 12:2; Luke 14:14; Heb. 11:35

FOR EVERYONE: Dan. 12:2; Jn. 6:28-29; Acts 24:15; Rev. 20

DESCRIBES: I Cor. 15; I Thes. 4:17; Rev. 20

CHRIST'S RESURRECTION IN RELATION TO US: Jn. 11:24-26; Rom. 5:8-10; Rom. 6:11; Rom. 8:29; I Cor. 15:14-18; Col. 1:18; I Pet. 1:3; I Pet. 3:21

HOW, WHEN: Dan. 7; I Cor. 15, especially verse 52; I Thes. 4:13-17; Rev. 11:15

FIRST WHO: I Cor. 15; I Thes. 4:17

GENERAL: Rev. 20:4-6

SECOND: Isa. 65:11-25; Ezek. 37; Matt. 13:24-30, 36-42; Matt. 25:31-34; Luke 16; Jn. 5:28-29; Rev. 20:11-13

THIRD: Mal. 4:3; Rev. 20:13-15

PURPOSE, SPIRIT, RULE: Dan. 7:18, 27-28; I Cor. 6:2; Rev. 1:6; Rev. 5:10; Rev. 20:1-6

WHAT WE WILL BE LIKE (SPIRIT TO ENTER KINGDOM): Jn. 3:3-8; Jn. 4:24; Jn. 17:4-5; Rom. 6:4-5; Rom. 8:11, 29; I Cor. 15:44, 50; II Cor. 5:2

SONS OF GOD: Luke 20:35-36; Rom. 1:4; Rom. 8:17; II Cor. 3:18; Heb. 2:11-12; I Jn. 3:2

ABILITIES OF SPIRIT: Dan. 12:3; Matt. 16:26; Matt. 17:1-2; Luke 24:31; Jn. 20:17-19; Rev. 7:13-16

CAN CHANGE: Isa. 30:20; Mark 16:12; Luke 24:4-43

NO SEX: Matt. 22:30; Luke 20:35-36; Gal. 3:28

SABBATH

CREATED: Gen. 2:2-3

FOR WHOM: Mark 2:27-28

  • GENTILES: Rom. 1:1-6; Rom. 2:28-29; Rom. 11:23-26; Gal. 3:28-29; Eph. 2:11-12

SIGN: Ex. 31:12-17; Ezek. 20:12, 20

COMMAND: Ex. 16:4-30; Ex. 20:8-11; Ex. 23:12; Ex. 31:12-17; Ex. 34:21; Ex. 35:1-3; Lev. 19:3; Lev. 23:1-3; Lev. 26:1-2; Deut. 5:12-15; Neh. 9:14; Isa. 56:2-6; Ezek. 44:24; Luke 23:56; Heb. 4:4-9

IN FUTURE: Is. 66:23

IF NOT: Num. 15:32-36; Neh. 10:31; Neh. 13:15-22; Ezek. 20:13-21; Ezek. 22:8, 26; Ezek. 23:38

KEPT IN CHRIST'S TIME: Mark 1:21; Mark 6:2; Luke 4:16, 31; Luke 6:1-10; Luke 13:10-16; Jn. 5:9, 16

APOSTLES KEPT IT: Acts 13:42-44; Acts 15:21; Acts 17:2; Acts 18:1-4

ASSEMBLY, FELLOWSHIP: Lev. 23:1-3; II Cor. 6:14; Heb. 10:25; I Jn. 1:3, 6-7

FIRST DAY OF WEEK--SUNDAY: Matt. 28:1, Mark 16:2-3; Luke 24:1-2; Jn. 20:1, 19; Acts 20:7; I Cor. 16:2

SALVATION (Not Only Day)

NOT ALL CALLED NOW: Deut. 29:2-4; Isa. 28:11-13; Ezek. 20:24-26; Matt. 7:13; Mark 4:11-12; Jn. 6:44; Rom. 1:28-29; Rom. 11:5-7; I Cor. 1:26; Eph. 2:11-12; Rev. 12:9

WHY: Rom. 11:32

ALL TO HAVE CHANCE: Deut. 5:29; Isa. 9:2-7; Isa. 25:7; Matt. 10:5; Matt. 11:22; I Tim. 2:3-4; II Pet. 3:9-10

WHEN: Isa. 65; Ezek. 37; Rev. 20

SATAN, DEMONS, ANGELS

SATAN, LUCIFER, ANGELS: Job 38:4-7; Isa. 14; Ezek. 28

FALL: Luke 10:18; Rev. 12:4

POWER: Acts 26:18; II Thes. 2:9-10; Heb. 2:14

DESCRIPTION (GOD OF THIS WORLD): Luke 4:5-7; Jn. 12:31; Jn. 14:30; Jn. 16:11; II Cor. 4:4; Rev. 12:9

NAMES: Matt. 9:34; Matt. 12:24; Luke 11:18; Jn. 8:44; Eph. 2:2; Eph. 6:12; I Thes. 3:5; I Jn. 3:8-10; Rev. 12:9; Rev. 20:2

HOW WORKS: Gen. 3; I Sam. 28:13-20; Job 1-2; Matt. 13:39; Mark 1:13; Luke 22:31-32; Jn. 13:2, 27; Acts 5:1-5; I Cor. 7:5; II Cor. 2:11; II Cor. 11:4-13, 15; I Thes. 2:18; James 4:7; I Pet. 5:8; Rev. 12

FATE: Matt. 25:41; Rom. 16:20; II Pet. 2:4; Jude 6, 13; Rev. 19:20; Rev. 20:1-3; Rev. 21:27

DEMONS, HOW BECAME: II Pet. 2:4

DESCRIPTION: Luke 8:28; Acts 8:7; James 2:19

POWERS, HOW WORK: Matt. 8:28-34; Mark 5:2-13; Mark 9:20-29; Luke 11:18-26; Acts 16:16-18; I Tim 4:1-3; Rev. 16:14; Rev. 18:2

POSSESS, ENTER: Matt. 9:32; Matt. 4:24; Matt. 8:16, 28-33; Matt. 15:22; Mark 1:32; Mark 5:2-13; Luke 7:33

FATE: Matt. 25:41; II Pet. 2:4; Jude 6, 13

ANGELS, WHAT ARE THEY: WE--GREATER: I Cor. 4:9; Heb. 1-2

SIN

WHAT IS: Mark 7:20-22; Rom. 3:20; Rom. 5:13; Rom. 7:7-13; James 1:14-15; James 4:17; I Jn. 3:4

RESULTS, DEATH: Deut. 21:22; Ezek. 18:4, 20; Rom. 5:12-13, 21; Rom. 6:16, 23; James 1:15

PUNISHMENT: Gen. 6; Lev. 26; Isa. 40:2; Jer. 16:18; Jer. 40:3; Ezek. 14:13

SEPARATION FROM GOD: Isa. 59:1-2; Jn. 9:31

ENORMITY OF SCOPE: Num. 32:23; Ps. 51; Matt. 9:13; Jn. 8:34; Rom. 2:12; Rom. 3:23; Rom. 6:16; James 2:9-10; I Jn. 1:8; I Jn. 3:8-10

HATE IT: Ps. 7:11; Ps. 119; Prov. 6:16-17; Prov. 8:13; Prov. 15:9; Jer. 44:4; Amos 5:15

AGAINST GOD: Gen. 39:9; Num. 32:23; Ps. 51:4; Luke 15:18, 21

HOW TO PREVENT: I Cor. 15:34; Phil. 4:8; Col. 3:2; Heb. 12:1-4; I Jn. 2:1

UNPARDONABLE: Matt. 12:22-24, 31-32; Mark 3:28; Heb. 6:4-6; Heb. 10:26

HOW TO BE DELIVERED: Isa. 1:18; Isa. 43:25; Rom. 5:8, 21; Rom. 6:16-23; Rom. 7:15-25; I Jn. 2:1-2

FORGIVENESS: Jer. 36:3; Mark 1:4; Luke 3:3; Luke 15:7-10; Luke 24:47; Acts 2:38; Acts 3:19; Acts 5:31; Acts 10:43; Acts 22:16; Rom. 4:7; Rom. 6; Rom. 11:27; Heb. 8:12; Heb. 10:17; I Jn. 1:7-9; I Jn. 2:1-2; I Jn. 3:9

CHRIST DIED: Isa. 53:12; I Cor. 3; Gal. 1:4; Heb. 1:3; Heb. 4:15; I Pet. 2:22-24

SOUL

NOT IMMORTAL: Gen. 2:16-17; Gen. 3:19; Gen. 37:34; Job. 17:13-14; Ps. 6:5; Ps. 115:17; Ps. 146:3-4; Eccl. 9:5, 10; Ezek. 18:4, 20; Mal. 4:1-3; Matt. 10:28; Matt. 25:46; Luke 13:3-5; Jn. 3:13; Acts 2:29-34; Rom. 6:23; I Cor. 15:53; Heb. 9:27

SOUL CUT OFF: Ex. 12:15; Lev. 22:3; Lev. 23:30; Num. 15:31

RESURRECTION: I Cor. 15; Phil. 3:10-11; I Thes. 4; Jn. 5:25-29

NEPHESH, MORTAL LIFE: Gen. 1:24-27; Gen. 2:7, 19; Gen. 9:4, 10, 12, 15-16; Gen. 19:17, 19; Gen. 21:23; Gen. 32:30; Gen. 44:30; Ex. 4:19; Ex. 21:30; Lev. 17:11-14; Lev. 21:11; Num. 6:6; Num. 9:6-7, 10; Num. 19:11, 13, 16; Deut. 12:23; Isa. 53:10-12; Hag. 2:13

INDIVIDUAL: Gen. 2:7; Lev. 4:15; Lev. 17:12; Lev. 23:30; Num. 9:13

BEING: Deut. 6:5; Deut. 11:13; Deut. 13:3

PSUCHE, BREATH: Matt. 10:28

LOWER ANIMALS: Rev. 8:9; Rev. 16:3

AS INDIVIDUAL: (14 times) Acts 2:41; Acts 27:37; I Pet. 3:20; III Jn. 2; Rev. 18:14

LIFE OF MAN: (58 times) Matt. 22:25

HUMAN SPIRIT: Eccl. 3:21; Acts 7:59

IMMORTALITY: (only 5 places) Rom. 2:7; I Cor. 15:53-54; I Tim. 6:16; II Tim. 1:10

TITHING

Malachi 3

GOD OWNS EVERYTHING: Ex. 19:5; Deut. 10:14; Job 41:11; Ps. 24:1-2; Ps. 50:10-12; Hag. 2:8; I Cor. 10:26

COMMAND: Gen. 14:17-20; Gen. 28:22; Lev. 27:27-30; Deut. 14:22; Mal. 3:5-9; Matt. 23:23; Luke 18:12; I Cor. 9; Heb. 7:1-9

OFFERINGS: Deut. 16:16; Ezek. 20:40; Mal. 3:8

GOD WANTS US TO PROSPER: Prov. 3:9-10; Mal. 3:10; III Jn. 2

RESULTS OF TITHING: Gen. 14:19-20; Mal. 3:5-10; Heb. 7:6

WHO TO RECEIVE TITHES: Num. 18:20-28; Deut. 12:6, 11, 14; Neh. 10:37; Neh. 12:44; Neh. 13:5; I Cor. 9; Heb. 7:6-18

WHAT GOD DOES WITH IT: Matt. 24:14

SECOND TITHE: Deut. 12:6, 11, 17-18; Deut. 14:28-29

THIRD TITHE: Deut. 14:28-29; Deut. 26:12-15

THIRD IN CYCLE OF SEVEN: Deut. 14:28-29; Deut. 15

FIRST BORN: Ex. 13:12-15; Num. 18:17-18; Deut. 14:23

FIRST FRUITS: Ex. 23:19; Num. 18:12; Deut. 26:2

TRIALS

WE WILL SUFFER PERSECUTION: Ps. 34:19; Ps. 73:3-14; Jn. 15:20; Jn. 16:33; Jn. 17:14; Acts 9:16; Acts 14:22; II Tim. 2:12; II Tim. 3:12; Heb. 10:32; Heb. 11; Heb. 12:6; I Pet. 4:12-13

PURPOSE: Job; Ps. 73; Rom. 5:3-5; II Cor. 8:2; Heb. 2:10; Heb. 5:8; Heb. 12:11; I Pet. 1:7

WE WILL BE DELIVERED: Ps. 34:19; Matt. 11:28-30; Jn. 16:33; II Cor. 1:4-7

BE WILLING TO ENDURE: Matt. 10:32-39; Luke 14:26-33; I Cor. 4:12

REJOICE: Ps. 94:12; Matt. 5:10-11; Acts 5:41; Rom. 5:3-5; Rom. 8; Rom. 12:14; I Cor. 7:4; II Cor. 11:23-27; II Cor. 12:10; I Pet. 1:6-7; I Pet. 4:12-16

EXAMPLES: Job; Acts 3:18; II Cor. 11:23-27; Heb. 11

CORRECTION: Prov. 3:11-12; Prov. 15:10; Prov. 24:12; Jer. 10:24; Heb. 12:5-11; Rev. 3:19

WORLDLINESS

WHAT IS IT: Luke 15; Jn. 10:10; III Jn. 2

DRINKING NOT WRONG: Gen. 14:18; Isa. 55:1; Matt. 11:19; Matt. 26:26-29; I Cor. 11

WINE--PURPOSE, MAKE MERRY: Gen. 43:34; Deut. 14:23, 26; Judges 9:13; Ps. 104:15; Prov. 31:6-7; Eccl. 10:19

HEALTH: Luke 10:34; I Tim. 5:23

IN MILLENNIUM: Jer. 31:12; Amos 9:11-15; Zech. 10:6-7; Mark 14:22-25

TEMPERANCE: Gal. 5:23; I Tim. 3:3; Titus 1:7; Titus 2:2

DRUNKEDNESS CONDEMNED: Gen. 9:21; Gen. 19:32-35; Prov. 20:1; Prov. 23:29-30; Isa. 5:11; Isa. 28:1; Rom. 13:13; I Cor. 5:11; I Cor. 6:10; I Cor. 11:20-21; Gal. 5:21; Eph. 5:18

DANCING: Ex. 15:20; I Sam. 18:6; II Sam. 6:16; Ps. 149:3; Ps. 150:4; Eccl. 3:4; Jer. 31:1-9, 12-13; Luke 15:25

MUSIC: I Sam. 18:6; Ps. 87:7; Ps. 149:3; Isa. 35:2; Amos 6:5; Luke 15:25; Rev. 18:22

JEWELRY, NICE CLOTHING: Ex. 3:22; Ezek. 16:2-14; Luke 15:22

SIN IS NOT THING, BUT USE OF IT: James 1:15; James 4:1-4; I Jn. 3:4

"LOVE NOT THE WORLD": II Cor. 6:17; I Jn. 2:15-17; Rev. 18:4

A FEW SCRIPTURES TO KEEP IN
MIND CONCERNING GOD'S GOVERNMENT

Matt. 16:18 -- Built in Christ, Rock!! (Petra)

Acts 7:38 -- Church in Wilderness

Ex. 16:3

Acts 19:37 -- Should be translated "robbers of temples"

Acts 11:26 -- "Synagogued themselves"!

Matt. 26:3

Lev. 4:13 -- Elders

Matt. 28:16, 18, 19 -- To teach, to baptize

I Tim. 3:15 -- Church of God, Pillar of Truth

Eph. 3:10

I Cor. 12:14-28:

  • Diversities of Operations (Greek=Energies)
  • But one body; baptized in one body
  • God has tempered the body together. GOD HAS! (No Independent Christians!)

See also:

  • Rom 12.
  • Eph. 1:20; Eph. 4:4
  • Col. 1:23 -- THE Faith

Acts 13:3 -- Deacons

Acts 15 -- Elders