
Maturity, Doctrine Of
- The Study Of Bible Doctrine Is The Basis Of The Believer's Growth In Christ.
- Maturity Of The Believing Population Provides Individual And National Stability: JER 32.10
- Maturity Is Rapidly Constructed By Faith And Patience Under Pressure: JA 1.2-4
- Biblical Uses Of Edification:
- It Is The Objective Of The Pastor With His Flock: EPH 4.11-12
- It Is The Objective Of The Local Church: AC 9.31
- It Is The Christian Way Of Life: 1 CO 14.3-4; 14.12,26
- Doctrine (God's Word) Edifies: 1 TI 2.15; 3.16
- The Filling Of The Spirit Gives The Believer The Ability To Take In Doctrine: JO 14.26; 16.12-14; 1 JO 2.27; 1 CO 2.9-16
- The Human Spirit Is The Target In Maturity: RO 8.16; 1 CO 2.12-13; JOB 32.8; EPH 4.23-24; 1 JO 2.3; COL 1.9-10
- The Humanity Of Christ Studied God's Word: LU 2.40,52; JO 1.14
- Biblical Synonyms For Christian Maturity:
- Light: PSA 43.3; 119.130; EPH 5.8-9; 5.13
- Glory Of God: JER 13.16; 1 CO 11.7
- Fulness Of God: EPH 3.19
- Imitation Of God: EPH 5.1
- Christ At Home In Your Heart: EPH 3.17
- Christ Formed In You: GAL 4.19
- The New Man: EPH 4.24; COL 3.10
- The Perfect Work: JA 1.4
One Day At A Time
- Believers Are To Regard Each Day As A Gift From God: RO 14.5-6
- Believers Are To Redeem Each Day For God: EPH 5.15-17
- Each Day Is A Grace Gift: PSA 90.12
- Don't Count On Tomorrow To Serve God: JA 4.13-15
- Another Day Of Life Is A Sign Of God's Grace To Us: LAM 3.22-23
- We Have Twelve Hours A Day To Serve God: JO 11.9-10
- Avoid Sins Each Day That God Gives You: PROV 27.1
Witnessing, Doctrine Of
- Threefold Character Of Witnessing: 1 THES 1.4-5
- Witness Of Life:2 CO 3.3; 6.3
- Witness Of Lips: 2 CO 5.14-21; 6.2
- Witness Of The Holy Spirit: JO 6
- The Holy Spirit Is The Solemn Executive In Witnessing: 1 CO 2.14; JO 16.8-11
- Bible Truths Are The Weapon Of Witnessing: RO 1.16
- It Is The Only Valid Source In Witnessing: LU 16.28-31
- Scripture Cuts Through To The Soul: HE 4.12
- Scripture Shall Not Return Void: ISA 55.11
- Believers Are The Agents In Witnessing: AC 1.8
- We Have The Ministry Of Reconciliation: 2 CO 5.18
- We Have The Message Of Reconciliation: 2 CO 5.20
- The Pattern Of Witnessing: 1 THES 2
- Analogy To Witnessing: MAT 4.19
- Fishermen Must Have A Desire To Fish
- Fishermen Must Be Equipped To Fish
- Fishermen Must Go Where The Fish Are
- Fishermen Must Use The Right Bait
- Fishermen Must Not Emphasize Themselves, But Stay Out Of Sight
- Fishermen Must Be Patient
- Good Fishermen Will Be Rewarded
- Effective Witnessing Comes From The Mature Believer Only: Prov 11.30
Evangelism, Doctrine Of
- Believers Are Evangelistic Members: 2 CO 5.17-21
- Sin Is Not The Issue In Evangelism, Salvation Is: COL 2.14
- Witnessing Is Everybody's Responsibility: AC 1.8
- Scripture Is Necessary To Witness To Others: HE 4.12
- The Holy Spirit Is Necessary For Witnessing: JO 16.8-11
- A Proper Attitude On The Part Of The Witnesser Is Necessary: RO 1.14-16
- We Must, By The Way We Live Our Lives, Witness For Christ: 2 CO 3.2-3
Good, Divine
- Divine Good Resolves The Angelic Conflict: RO 12.21
- God's Word Is Given To Allow The Production Of Divine Good: COL 1.9-10; 2 TI 3.16-17
- Only True Doctrine In The Soul Leads To Divine Good Production: 2 TI 2.18-21
- The Law Of God Decrees That We As Christians Produce Divine Good: EPH 2.10
- Divine Good Is A Sign Of Christian Stability: 2 THES 2.17
- Divine And Mortal Good Are Distinguished By Christ At His Judgment Seat: 2 CO 5.10
- Grace Empowers Us To Do Divine Good: 2 CO 9.8
Separation, Doctrine Of Believer
- We Are To Separate Ourselves From Backslidden Believers: 1 CO 5.9-11
- We Are To Separate Ourselves From Believers Who Belittle The Word Of God And It's Teachings: 2 THES 3.6; 3.14-15
- We Are To Avoid Believers Who Make Emotion Or "Feelings" Their Basis For A Relationship With God: RO 16.17-18
- We Are To Avoid Hedonistic Unbelievers: 1 PE 4.4
- We Are To Avoid The Wild Crowd: PROV 1.10-19
- We Are To Avoid Permanent Union With Unbelievers: 2 CO 6.14
- We Are To Avoid Humanistic Thinking: RO 12.1-2
- We Are To Avoid The Religious, Fake Pretender: 2 TI 3.5
- Avoid Idolaters: 2 CO 6.16-17
Unequal Yoke, Doctrine Of The
- Marriage To An Unbeliever Is Forbidden Under God's Doctrine Of The "Unequal Yoke": 2 CO 6.14
- Marriage To Believers Is Only Authorized: 1 CO 7.39
- Children Born From An Unequally Yoked Marriage Suffer: EPH 6.4; COL 3.21
- Once The Unequal Yoke Is Formed, You Have To Live With It: 1 CO 7.12-13
Walking, Doctrine Of
- Christians Are To Walk Within God's Promises, Living Each Day "One Day At A Time": RO 14
- Three Spheres Of The Believer's Walk:
- Walking In God's Word: 3 JO 3
- Walking In The Holy Spirit: GAL 5.16
- Walking By Faith: 2 CO 5.7
- Walking Is A Description Of The Filling Of The Holy Spirit In The Believer's Life: GAL 5.16; RO 8.2-4; EPH 5.2
- Walking Also Describes Study And Application Of God's Word: EPH 5.15
- Walking Is What The Mature Believer Does Daily: 1 JO 1.7; RO 6.4; EPH 4.1; RO 13.13; EPH 2.10
Occupation With Christ
- Believers Should Seek To Be Occupied With Christ In All Facets Of Their Lives: JER 9.23-24
- We Become Occupied With Christ By Studying His Word: EPH 4.20
- Working Knowledge Of The Word Of God Makes You A Friend Of God: JA 2.23
- We Are To Become Occupied With Christ: COL 3.1-2
- Occupation With Christ Is The Walk The Believer Should Follow: HEB 12.1-2
- Occupation With Christ Gives Stability In Your Life: PSA 16.8-9
- Occupation With Christ Gives Us Blessing In Suffering, While A Backslidden State Brings Self Induced Misery: PSA 77
Faith, Principles Of
- The Christian Who Keeps His Eyes On God Has Perfect Inner Peace: ISA 26.3-4
- The Believer Is To Live His Life By Faith: HAB 2.4
- There Are Rewards In Heaven From Living Your Life Under Faith: Ja 1.12
Happiness, Doctrine Of
- Divine Happiness Gives The Believer To Handle The Lows And Highs Of Life: PHIL 4.11-13
- We As Believers Are To Be Happy In Our Place In God's Plan: HEB 13.5-6
- The Christian Has A Reason To Be Happy In The Lord, And Is Commanded To Be Happy: PHIL 4.4
- Study Of God's Word Causes Happiness To Bloom In The Believer's Heart: 1 JO 1.3-4; JO 17.13-17; JA 1.22-25; JER 15.16
- A Backslidden State In The Believer's Life Destroys Happiness: Eph 4.14-20; 1 TI 1.5-7; 4.1-2
- God Gives Us The Holy Spirit To Help Us Study His Word, And Continue In His Happiness: JO 16.7-13; RO 12.1-2
Love Of God In Us
- Love Is The Motivator Of The Law: MAT 22.37-40
- We Are Commanded To Love: JO 13.34
- We Are To Love Without Hypocrisy: RO 12.9-10
- Enemies Are To Be Loved: MAT 5.43-46
- Love Is A Characteristic Of The Fruit Of The Spirit: GAL 5.22
- We Are To Love Christ More Than Family: MAT 10.37-38
- The Love Of God Defined: 1 CO 13
- The Source Of Our Ability To Love Is God's Word In Us: 1 JO 4.7-8
Memory, Doctrine Of
- Memory Of God Is A Part Of Worship: PSA 145.7-8
- Memory Is The Reason For The Lord's Table: 1 CO 11.24-25
- Doctrinal Memory Developed Through Study Of The Word Of God Produces Happiness, Whereas A Failure To Study His Word Produces Misery: PROV 10.7
- Alcohol Is An Enemy Of The Memory: PROV 31.4-7
- Memory Torments Unbelievers In Hell, A Form Of Self Induced Misery: LU 16.25
- Doctrine Is To Be Taught Over And Over Until It Is Locked Into The Memory Of The Believer: 2 PE 1.12-13
- Proper Memory Orients The Believer To The Grace Of God: PSA 103.2
- Memory As A Part Of Bible Study Illustrated: PSA 119.16, 83, 93, 141, 176
GOD'S Promises To The Believer
- In Confession Of Sin: 1 JO 1.8-9
- In Protection From Enemies: ISA 51.12-13; PSA 27.5-6
- In Vindication: JER 16.19-21
- In Destruction Of Your Enemies: DEU 33.27
- In Protection In War: JER 39.17-18; PSA 91.1-7
- In Protection From Natural Disasters: PSA 33.18-19
- When Parents Forsake You: PSA 27.10
- In Deliverance From Trials: 1 CO 10.13
- In Heaven's Preparation For Us: JO 14.1-3
- Against The Seven Deadly Sins: JOB 5.19-27
Suffering, Reasons For Christian
- Under Divine Discipline: PSA 38; 1 JO 1.9; HEB 12.1-15
- To Illustrate God's Word: JONAH
- To Glorify God: LU 16; JOB 1-3
- To Learn Obedience To God: HEB 5.8; PHIL 2.8
- To Test And Strengthen Faith: 1 PE 1.7-8; RO 5.3
- To Keep Down Pride: MAT 26.25; 2 CO 12.17; MAT 26.31
- To Witness For Christ: 2 CO 3-4; 2 TI 2.8-9
- To Manifest The Fruit Of The Spirit: 2 CO 4.8-11
- To Demonstrate The Power Of God: 2 CO 12.7-10; 1 CO 1.27
- Because Of Other Immature Believers: 1 CHRON 21; RO 14.7; 1 CO 12.26; 1 SAM 21
- To Help Others: 2 CO 1.3-4
- To Learn Scripture: PSA 119.71
Waiting, Doctrine Of
- God Waits To Bless Us If We Wait On Him: ISA 30.18-19
- Those Who Wait On God Grow In Strength: ISA 40.31; PSA 27.14
- We Are Commanded To Wait On God And Not Copy Man: PSA 37.7; 62.5
- We Receive The Covenant Promises When We Wait On God: PSA 37.34
- Waiting On God Is A Sign Of Believing That He Is God: JER 14.22
- If You Wait On God He Wins Your Battles For You: 1 SAM 17.47
War, Doctrine Of
- War Is A Part Of Human History: MAT 24.6-7; MK 13.7-8; LU 21.9-10
- The Only Time There Will Be No War Is In Christ's Millinial Reign On Earth: ISA 2.4; MICAH 4.3
- There Is A Time For Both War And Peace: ECCL 3.8
- A Nation Led By God Fights His Wars: NUM 21.14-20
- In Israel, God Established A Draft Of Military Service For All Men From Twenty Years Old And Up: NUM 1.3; 26.2
- The Newly Married Were Exempt For One Year After Marriage, And Then Were Drafted: DEU 24.5
- The Purpose Of War Is To Kill And Annihilate The War: JOSH 11.16-23
- Mankind Often Wins Peace Through Victory In War: JOSH 14.12-15
- Only God Can Stop Wars: PSA 46.8-11
- God Aids The Faithful In War: 2 KI 19.32-37; 1 CHRON 5.19-22; DEU 20.1-20
- Conscienscious Objectors: NUM 32.5-23
- Weapons Are Carried By Armies Suitable To Destroy The Enemy: NUM 31.1-5
- God Leaves A Nation Enemies So That That Nation Can Grow In Strength: JUD 3.1-2
- God's Promises In War: PSA 27.1-3; 2 SAM 22.32; PSA 18.32-34; 144.1; JOB 5.20; 38.21-23
- Liberals Believe That Man Can Achieve World Peace: MICAH 3.5-6; PSA 55.20-23
- We Must Only Rely On God In Battle: 2 CHRON 16.7-9; ISA 3.16-26
- Those Who Unlawfully Start A War Dig Their Own Graves: MAT 26.52
GOD' S Tests To Strengthen Believers (Illustrated)
- God Tested Israel With Water:
- At The Red Sea: EXO 14.10-12
- At The Bitter Waters Of Marah: EXO 15.22-26
- At Rephidem, Later Called Meribah: EXO 17.1-7
- Israel Kept Failing The Tests, Especially At Kadesh Barnea, And Received God's Discipline: DEU 1.19-40
- God Promised To See Us Through The Tests If We Trust In Him: ISA 43.2
- Tests Are Given By God To Build Up, Not Destroy, Us: JA 1.2-4
- Tests Are Precious As God Can Only Test And Strengthen Us In This Life: 1 PE 1.6
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