2nd Timothy 3:16-17 | All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.
Read MoreJoshua 1:8 | Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do.
Read MoreFor the last few weeks, we’ve been on a journey to understand what a disciple looks like. In our theme verse, Jesus says–
Luke 9:23b | …“If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross daily, and follow me.”
We’ve seen that disciples believe in Jesus. That belief transforms who they are as they turn away from their old life and are made new creations through the work of the Holy Spirit. However, we learned through the judges cycle that God’s followers still struggle with sin. We know that life is filled with crossroads where we have an opportunity to go God’s way or go our own. So what can disciples do daily to prepare for these moments of testing so they indeed choose to give up their own way, pick up their cross, and follow Christ?
Read MoreRomans 10:14 | But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them?
Read More1st Corinthians 6:9a & 11 | Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? … Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
Read MoreJames 2:14-20 | What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone? Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or clothing, and you say, “Good-bye and have a good day; stay warm and eat well”—but then you don’t give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do? So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless. Now someone may argue, “Some people have faith; others have good deeds.” But I say, “How can you show me your faith if you don’t have good deeds? I will show you my faith by my good deeds.” You say you have faith, for you believe that there is one God. Good for you! Even the demons believe this, and they tremble in terror. How foolish! Can’t you see that faith without good deeds is useless?
1st John 3:9-10 | Those who have been born into God’s family do not make a practice of sinning, because God’s life is in them. So they can’t keep on sinning, because they are children of God. So now we can tell who are children of God and who are children of the devil. Anyone who does not live righteously and does not love other believers does not belong to God.
Read MoreJohn 3:16 | For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
What promise does John 3:16 make
