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WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY TO YOU?
Are you looking for God's will?
O LORD, who may abide in your tent?
Who may dwell on your holy hill?
Those who walk blamelessly, and do what is right,
and speak the truth from their heart;
who do not slander with their tongue,
and do no evil to their friends,
nor take up a reproach against their neighbors;
in whose eyes the wicked are despised,
but who honor those who fear the LORD;
who stand by their oath even to their hurt;
who do not lend money at interest,
and do not take a bribe against the innocent.
Those who do these things shall never be moved.
Psalm 15
"With what shall I come before the LORD,
and bow myself before God on high?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?
Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams,
with ten thousands of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?"
He has told you, O mortal, what is good;
and what does the LORD require of you
but to do justice, and to love kindness,
and to walk humbly with your God?
Micah 6:6-8
"You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill
cannot be hid. No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket, but on the
lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine
before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in
heaven.
Matthew 5:14-16
Then he said to them all, "If any want to become my
followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For those
who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will
save it. What does it profit them if they gain the whole world, but lose or forfeit
themselves? Those who are ashamed of me and of my words, of them the Son of Man will be
ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
Luke 9:21-27
Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who
loves another has fulfilled the law. The commandments, "You shall not commit
adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not covet"; and any
other commandment, are summed up in this word, "Love your neighbor as yourself."
Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law.
Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is now the moment
for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became
believers; the night is far gone, the day is near. Let us then lay aside the works of
darkness and put on the armor of light; let us live honorably as in the day, not in
reveling and drunkenness, not in debauchery and licentiousness, not in quarreling and
jealousy. Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to
gratify its desires.
Romans 13:8-14
His divine power has given us everything needed for life and
godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. Thus
he has given us, through these things, his precious and very great promises, so that
through them you may escape from the corruption that is in the world because of lust, and
may become participants of the divine nature. For this very reason, you must make every
effort to support your faith with goodness, and goodness with knowledge, and knowledge
with self-control, and self-control with endurance, and endurance with godliness, and
godliness with mutual affection, and mutual affection with love. For if these things are
yours and are increasing among you, they keep you from being ineffective and unfruitful in
the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For anyone who lacks these things is nearsighted
and blind, and is forgetful of the cleansing of past sins. Therefore, brothers and
sisters, be all the more eager to confirm your call and election, for if you do this, you
will never stumble. For in this way, entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.
2 Peter 1:3-9
Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God;
everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God,
for God is love. God's love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into
the world so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we loved God but
that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Beloved, since
God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we
love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.
By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has
given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and do testify that the Father has sent his Son
as the Savior of the world. God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God,
and they abide in God. So we have known and believe the love that God has for us.
God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God
abides in them. Love has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness on the
day of judgment, because as he is, so are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but
perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not
reached perfection in love. We love because he first loved us. Those who say, "I love
God," and hate their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a
brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen. The
commandment we have from him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and
sisters also.
1 John 4:7-21
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