II Cor.9:2 God loves a cheerful giver  

Gen.4:4 ...Able brought the fat portions from some of the firstborn ...Lord looked with favor (editor's note: Abel brought first & best)  

Heb.11:4 By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as a righteous man when God spoke well of his offering  

Deut.26:12 You shall give it to the Levites, the alien, the fatherless and the widow.  

I Cor.9:14 ...the Lord has commanded that those who preach the Gospel should receive their living from the Gospel.  

II Cor.8:5 ...they gave ...even beyond their ability... they pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing... they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us in keeping with God's will.  

Ja.1:29 Look after orphans and widows  

I John 3::17 If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?  

Prov.3:27-28 Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it is in your power to act. Do not say to your neighbor, "Come back later, I'll give it tomorrow," when you have it with you.  

Ro.12:13 Share with God's people who are in need. Practice hospitality  

Ja.2:15-16 Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go I wish you well" ...but does nothing about his physical needs what good is it?  

Prov.28:27 He who gives to the poor will lack nothing, but he who closes his eyes to them receives many curses.  

Prov.3:9 Honor the Lord with your wealth, with the firstfruits of all your crops; then your barns will be filled to overflowing.  

II Cor.9:6 whoever sows generously will also reap generously  

Lk.6:38 ...with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.  

II Chron.31:10 Since the people began to bring their contributions to the temple of the Lord we have enough to eat and plenty to spare.  

Mal.3:10 Bring the whole tithe to the storehouse that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this says the Lord Almighty, and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing you will not have room enough for it.  

72) LOVE IS A COMMAND - NOT AN OPTION   

John 13:34 A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.  

Matt.5:44 Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven.  

Ja.2:8 If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture "Love your neighbor as yourself" you are doing right.  

Gal.5:14 The entire law is summed up in a single command: Love your neighbor as yourself  

I John 4:8 ...whoever does not love does not know God because God is love.  

I John 3:18 Let us not love with words or tongue, but with actions and in truth.  

I Cor.13:13 ...these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.  

Gal.5:6 The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.  

2 John 6 ...this is love, that we walk in obedience to His commands.  

I John 4:19 We love because He first loved us  

II Tim.1:7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of love...  

I Thes.3:12 May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other.  

I Tim.6:11 But you, man of God ...pursue ...love.  

II Pe.1:5&2 ...make every effort to add to your faith ...goodness ...knowledge ...self control ...perseverance ...godliness ...brotherly kindness ...love.  

Col.3:14 ...and over all these virtues put on love which binds them all together in unity.  

73) FORGIVE MEN   

Eph.4:32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other just as in Christ God forgave you.  

II Cor.2:7 ...you ought to forgive and comfort him so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow  

Mk.11:25 ...when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.  

Matt.18:34-35 In anger his master turned him over to the jailers until he should pay back what he owed. This is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.  

Matt.6:14-15 For if your forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. but if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.  

Lk.17:3 If your brother sins, rebuke him, and if he repents, forgive him.  

Col.3:13 Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love.  

74) LAW HAS BEEN FULFILLED  

Mk.16:19 ...He was taken up into heaven and He sat at the right hand of God.  

Isaiah 55:11 ...My Word... will not return to Me empty but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.  

Matt.5:17 I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them ( editor's note: Jesus was referring to the Law)  

Heb.8:13 By calling this covenant "new" He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.  

Eph.2:15 ...by abolishing in His flesh the law with its commandments and regulations.  

Heb.9:14 How much more than will the blood of Christ ...cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death.  

Col.2:13-14 He forgave us all our sins having cancelled the written code with its regulations that was against us and that stood opposed to us; He took it away nailing it to the cross...  

Ro.10:4 Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.  

Gal.3:2 Did you receive the Spirit by observing the law, or by believing what you heard?  

Gal.3:14 ....by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit  

Ro.7:6 We have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit not in the old way of the written code.  

Gal.2:16 By observing the law no one will be justified. Ro.3:20 ...no one will be declared righteous in His sight by observing the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of sin.  

Gal.5:3 ...every man who lets himself be circumcised than he is obligated to obey the whole law. You ...have been alienate from Christ.  

Ja.2:10 Whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.  

Gal.3:10 All who rely on observing the law are under a curse  

Gal.3:13 Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us.  

II Cor.3:8&10 ...will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious... If the ministry that condemns men is righteous how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness for what was glorious has no glory in comparison with the surpassing glory  

Heb.7:18-19 The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless (for the law made nothing perfect)...  

Ez.20:25 I also gave them over to statutes that were not good and laws they could not live by...  

Gal.4:9 ...how is it that you are turning back to those weak and miserable principles.  

Gal.5:1 ...do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.  

Gal.3:24 The law was put in charge to lead us to Christ.  

Col.2:20-21 Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit to its rules: Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch. These are all destined to perish with use because they are based on human commands and teachings. Such regulations indeed have the appearance of wisdom, with their self imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.  

Heb.5:6 You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek  

Heb.7:11-12 If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood ...why was there still need for another priest to come - one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron? For when there is a change in the priesthood there must also be a change in the law.  

Heb.7:28 ...but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son  

John 13:34 A new commandment I give you Love one another.  

Gal.5:14 The entire law is summed up in a single command. Love your neighbor as yourself  

Ro.8:14 Those who are led by the Spirit of God are Sons of God.  

75) ONLY ONE GOSPEL  

II John 10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching do not take him into your home or welcome him. Anyone who welcomes him shares in his wicked work.  

John 7:16 My teaching is not My own. It comes from Him who sent Me.  

John 14:6 No one comes to the Father except through Me.  

John 3:18 ...whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the Name of God's one and only Son.  

John 10:9 ...whoever enters through Me will be saved.  

Acts 4:12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other Name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.  

Heb.12:24 ...Jesus the mediator of a new covenant  

I Tim.2:5 One God and one mediator ...the man Christ Jesus  

Heb.7:25 ...He always lives to intercede  

I Cor.15:2 By this Gospel you are saved... otherwise ...believe in vain  

Gal.1:8-9 ...even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned ...if anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned.  

Ro.16:17 I urge you brothers to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned.  

Titus 1:11 They must be silenced because they are ruining whole households by teaching things they out not to teach.  

Heb.13:9 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings.  

II Tim.4:3 ...men will not put up with sound doctrine ...they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.  

Titus 1:9 (bishops) ...encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it. (parenthesis added)  

76) GUARANTEED SALVATION  

Rev.3:20 Here I am, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door I will go in and eat with him.  

Joel 2:32 ...everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.  

John 6:37 ...whoever comes to Me I will never drive away.  

John 10:9 I am the gate; whoever enters through Me will be saved.  

John 1:12 ...to all who received Him, to those who believed in His Name, He gave the right to become children of God.  

I John 4:15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him and he in God.  

Ro.10:9 ...if you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.  

Ro.10:13 Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.  

Acts 16:30-31 What must I do to be saved? ... Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved  

Acts 4:12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other Name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.  

John 5:24 Whoever hears My Word and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life and will not be condemned.  

John 3:36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life for God's wrath remains on him.  

John 6:47 I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life.  

77) TOTAL SALVATION  

SPIRIT  

A)Past Tense     Eph.2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved  
                         
                         Heb10:14 ...because by one sacrifice He has  
                         made perfect forever those who are being made 
                         holy  

B) Spirit             Heb.12:23 You have come to God, the judge of 
                         all men, to the spirits of righteous men made 
                         perfect (editor's note: not merely deceased, see 
                         Eph.2:6)  

C) Jesus            Ro.5:9 ...we have been justified by His blood  
                        
                         Ro.3:24-25 ...are justified freely by His grace 
                         through the redemption that came by Christ  
                         Jesus. God presented Him as a sacrifice of  
                         atonement.  

D) Passover      John 1:29 ...John saw Jesus coming ..."Look, 
                        the Lamb of  God who takes away the sin of the  
                        world."  
                         
                        I Pe.1:19 ...but with the precious blood of 
                        Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect  
                        (Ex.12:3-6&46)  
                        
                        I Cor.5:7 For Christ, our Passover lamb, has 
                        been sacrificed.  

E) Universal     I Pe.3:18 thru 4:6 ...For this is the reason the  
                       Gospel was preached even to those who are now  
                       dead, so that they might be judged according to  
                       men in regard to the body, but live according to 
                       God in regard to the Spirit.  
                       
                       Eccl.12:7 ...the spirit returns to God who gave it.  
                       
                       Ro.5:10 "For if, when we were God's enemies, 
                       we were  reconciled to Him through the death of 
                       His Son, how much more having been 
                       reconciled, shall we be saved through His life.  
                       
                       I Tim.4:10 ...the living God who is the savior of 
                       all men,  especially of those who believe.  
                       
                       John 12:32 But I, when I am lifted up from the 
                       earth, will draw all men to Myself.  

SOUL  

A) Present tense Phil.2:12 ...continue to work out your salvation  

                     I Cor.1:18 For the message of the cross is  
                     foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us  
                     who are being saved it is the power of God.  

B) Soul         I Pe.1:9 ...for you are receiving the goal of your 
                    faith, the salvation of your soul  

                    Ja.1:21 KJV ...receive with meekness the engrafted  
                    Word which is able to save your soul  

C) Holy Spirit II Thes.2:13 ...God choose you to be saved 
                    through the sanctifying work of the Spirit and 
                    through belief  in the truth  
  
                    John 16:13 ...the Spirit of truth ...He will guide  

E) Only For Believers Ez.18:4&20 The soul who sins is the one 
                  who will die.  

Lk.21:19(LB) In your steadfastness you will gain possession of your soul...

A) Future     Heb.9:28 He will appear a second time... to bring 
                   salvation to those who are waiting for Him (see  
                  Amplified Bible)  

E) Only Holy Purified Last Generation I John 3:3 Everyone                         who  has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as                     He is pure.  

Matt.4:17 Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.  

Lk.13:3 Unless you repent you will all perish  

Acts 2:38 Repent...  

Lk.12:20 But God said to him, "You fool: this very night your life (soul) will be demanded from you, (parenthesis added)  

II Cor.6:2 Now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation.  

Ja.4:14 ...you do not even know what will happen tomorrow  

Gen.6:3 My Spirit will not contend with men forever.  

Matt.24:44 So you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect Him.  

Heb.4:7 Today if you hear His voice do not harden your hearts.  

Joshua 24:15 Choose for yourselves this day.  

I Ki.18:21 How long will you waiver between two opinions? If the Lord is God follow Him; but if Baal is God follow him.  

Isaiah 55:6 Seek the Lord while He may be found, call on Him while He is near.  

Deut.11:26 I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse.  

Deut.30:19 This day I call heaven and earth as witness... now choose life.  

Heb.11:1 Now faith is being sure of things we hope for and certain of what we do not see.  

79) HOLY BOLDNESS  

Prov.28:1 The wicked man flees though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.  

Heb.4:16 let us come boldly to the throne...  

Acts 4:29 Now Lord, consider their threats and enable Your servants to speak Your Word with great boldness.  

Eph.6:19 Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the Gospel... Pray that I may declare it fearlessly as I should.  

II Tim.1:7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power.  

II Thes.2:2 ...with the help of our God we dared to tell you His Gospel in spite of strong opposition.  

Acts 18:26 (Apollos) ...He began to speak boldly in the synagogue.  

Matt.10:32 Whoever acknowledges Me before men, I will also acknowledge him before My Father in heaven. But whoever disowns Me before men, I will disown him before My Father in heaven.  

80) TRAIN UP A CHILD   

Eph.6:4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead bring them up in training and instruction of the Lord.  

Col.3:21 Father, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.  

Deut.6:2 These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children, talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up...  

Deut.11:19 Teach them to your children...  

Gen.18:19 For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children...  

Prov.13:24 ...he who loves him is careful to discipline him (topic is children)  

Prov.19:18 Discipline your son, for in that there is hope.  

Prov.22:15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it from him.  

Prov.23:13-14 Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish him with the rod he will not die. Punish him with the rod and save his soul from death.  

Prov.22:6 Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not turn from it.  

81) WE HAVE BEEN CALLED  

I Cor.1:9 God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord is faithful.  

I Pe.2:9 ...you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light.  

Gal.5:13 ...you my brothers, were called to be free.  

Col.3:15 ...as members of one body we are called to peace.  

I Pe.1:15 ...Just as He who called you is holy; so be holy in all you do.  

II Pe.5:10 ...the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ.  

Eph.1:18 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He has called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints.  

82) DON'T SAY NOT TO GOD'S CALL  

Heb.12:25 See to it you do not refuse Him who spoke.  

Ex.4:13 But Moses said, "O Lord, please send someone else to do it." Then the Lord's anger burned against Moses...  

I Sam.10:21-22 ...Saul son of Kish was chosen. But when they looked for him, he was not to be found... The Lord said, 'He has hidden himself among the baggage."  

Judges 6:14-15 The Lord turned to him and said, "Go in the strength you have and save Israel... Am I not sending you?" "But Lord," Gideon asked, "How can I save Israel? My clan is the weakest... and I am the least of my family."  

Lk.1:11&13 ...an angel of the Lord appeared to him... "do not be afraid, your prayer has been answered." ...Zechariah asked the angel, "How can I be sure of this..." "I am Gabriel, I stand in the presence of God and I have been sent to speak to you and tell you this good news..." ( editor's note: Zechariah was not testing the spirits, he was simply not believing what the angel said. He was silenced until John's birth.)  

Contrast each of the above with the following reactions to God's call:  

I Sam.17:32 David said to Saul, "Let no one loose heart on account of this Philistine; your servant will go and fight him."  

I Sam.3:10 The Lord came ...calling ..."Samuel Samuel." Samuel said, "Speak for your servant is listening."  

Isaiah 6:8 Then I hear the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send" ...and I said "here I am send me."  

Joshua 1:1 ...the Lord said to Joshua ...get ready to cross the Jordan River ...so Joshua ordered the officers of the people to go through the camp and tell the people "Get your supplies ready..."  

Lk.1:38 "I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said."  

83) COMMITMENT   

Zeph.1:12 ...I will ...punish those who are complacent  

Amos 6:1 Woe to you who are complacent  

Rev.3:15 ...because you are lukewarm... I am about to spit you out...  

Deut.6:5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.  

Jer.29:13 You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart.  

II Pe.3:14 ...make every effort to be found spotless, blameless, and at peace with Him.  

II Cor.7:11 ...purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.  

II Chron.16:9 For the eyes of the Lord range throughout the earth to strengthen those whose hearts are fully committed to Him.  

II Chron.6:14 ...You who keep Your covenant of love with Your servants who continue wholeheartedly in Your ways.  

II Cor.10:5 ...take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.  

Heb.12:14 make every effort to live in peace... to be holy  

I Cor.15:58 ...always give your self fully to the work of the Lord.  

Col.3:17 Whatever you do whether in word or deed, do it all in the Name of the Lord Jesus.  

I Cor.10:31 whatever you do, do it all for the Glory of God.  

Ro.12:11 Never be lacking in zeal but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.  

Prov.4:7 Though it cost you all you have, get understanding  

II Pe.1:5-7 Make every effort to add to your faith... goodness... knowledge... self control... perseverance... godliness... brotherly kindness... love.  

I Cor.4:2 Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.  

Ps.105:4 Seek His face always  

Lk.13:24 Make every effort to enter through the narrow door  

Matt.13:44-45 (hidden treasure and pearl likened unto kingdom of heaven ...in parable the people finding them sold everything to obtain them)  

Lk.12:48 From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded...  

84) BONDSLAVE  

Gal.1:10 Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant (bondslave) of Christ. (parenthesis added - editor's note:  Greek word for 'servant' in both the foregoing and following verses is dulos, which means bondslave and imposes a much higher degree of servitude than what the English word 'servant' implies.)  

Ex.21:5 But if the servant (bondslave) declares, "I Love my master and my wife and children do not want to go free... he shall take him to the door or door post and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he will be his servant for life.(parenthesis added)  

Ro.1:1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus  

Phil.1:1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus  

Jude 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ  

Ja.1:1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ  

II Pe.1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ...  

Phil.2:5&7 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus... taking the very nature of a servant.  

I John 2:6 Whoever claims to live in Him must walk as Jesus did.  

Matt.11:29 Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me for I am gentle and humble in heart and you will find rest for your soul. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.  

Jer.2:20 Long ago you broke off your yoke and took off your bonds...  

Jer.5:5-6 ...with one accord they too had broken off the yoke and torn off the bonds. Therefore a lion from the forest will attack them, a wolf from the desert will ravage them, a leopard will lie in wait near their towns to tear to pieces any who venture out...  

Ro.8:6 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children (editor's note: sonship is our position, being a bond slave is the level of the duty we are to assume, Jesus was a Son at the same time He was a bondslave unto the Father as recorded in Phil.2:5&7)  

Rev.7:3 Do not harm the land... until we put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.  

Matt.25:21 Well done good and faithful servant.  

Rev.22:3 The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city and His servants will serve Him. They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.  

Isaiah 65:15 ...to His servants He will give another name.  

Rev.14:1 Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,000 who had His name and His Father's name written on their foreheads.  

Obadiah 21 Delivers will go up from Mount Zion to govern the mountains of Essau, and the kingdoms will be the Lords.  

85) FEAR HIM (REVERENCE)  

Ps.111:10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom  

Ps.25:14 The Lord confides in those who fear Him.  

Ps.34:9 ...those who fear the Lord lack nothing.  

Ps.33:18 ...the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear Him.  

Ps.34:7 The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him and He delivers them.  

Ps.103:13 ...The Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.  

Ps.147:11 The Lord delights in those who fear Him.  

Prov.19:23 The fear of the Lord leads to life.  

Prov.10:27 The fear of the Lord adds length to life  

Prov.14:26 He who fears the Lord has a secure fortress and for his children it will be a refuge  

Lk.1:50 His mercy extends to those who fear Him.  

86) JEALOUS GOD  

Deut.32:16 ...They made Him jealous with their foreign gods... they sacrificed to demons.  

Deut.5:8 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God  

Deut.7:1,2&4 ...when the Lord your God brings you into the land ...you must destroy them totally... they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods and the Lord's anger will burn against you and will quickly destroy you (see also Ex.34:17)  

Hosea 4:12 A spirit of prostitution leads them astray, they are unfaithful to their God.  

Lev.17:7 They must no longer offer any of their sacrifices to goat idols to whom they prostitute themselves.  

Ps.106:36-39 ...they worshipped their idols... by their deeds they prostituted themselves.  

Judges 2:17 All Israel prostituted themselves by worshipping it.  

Jer.13:22 ...your shameless prostitution I have seen your detestable acts... woe to you O Jerusalem  

Jer.3:9 (Judah)... she defiled the land and committed adultery with stone and wood.(parenthesis added)  

Isaiah 1:21 See how the faithful city has become a harlot.  

Ja.4:5 ...Do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit he caused to live in us tends towards envy.  

II Ki.17:18-23 (They worshipped other gods and followed the practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before them) ...so the people of Israel were taken from their homeland into exile. (parenthesis added)  

Eph.5:5 No immoral, impure, or greedy person - such a person is an idolator - has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.  

Col.3:6 Because of these the wrath of God is coming  

Ps.106:37 They sacrificed their son and daughters to demons ...to the idols of Cannan  

87) SUNDAY WORSHIP  

I Cor.16:1-2 On the first day of every week each one should set aside a sum of money in keeping with his income.  

Acts 20:7 On the first day of the week we came together to break bread (editor's note: celebrating Jesus' resurrection)  

Matt.28:1 ...at dawn on the first day of the week  

Col.2:16 Do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink or with regard to a religious festival, a new moon celebration or a Sabbath day.  

Gal.4:10 You are observing special days and months and seasons and years. I fear for you that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.  

88) GATHER TOGETHER  

Heb.10:25 Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another.  

Acts 1:14 They all joined together constantly in prayer...  

Acts 2:46 Every day they continued to meet together ...they broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts.  

Acts 12:12 ...many people had gathered and were praying  

I Thes.6:11 ...encourage one another and build each other up.  

Heb.3:13 ...encourage one another daily, as long as it is called today...  

Col.3:16 ...teach and admonish one another with all wisdom  

Acts 20:32 ...I commit you to God and to the Word of His grace which can build you up.  

89) SEEK HIS FACE  

Matt.7:7 Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find ...he who seeks finds.  

Matt.6:13 ...seek first His kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be given to you as well.  

Jer.29:13 You will seek Me and find Me when you seek Me with all your heart.  

Ps.119:2 Blessed are they who keep His statutes and seek Him with all their hearts.  

Heb.11:6 ...anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.  

II Chron.15:!5 They sought God eagerly, and He was found by them. So the Lord gave them rest on every side.  

Lam.3:25 The Lord is good to those whose hope is in Him; to the one who seeks Him.  

Ps.105:4 Look to the Lord and His strength; seek His face always.  

Ps.53:2 God looks down from heaven on the sons of man to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God.  

Hosea 10:12 ...break up your unplowed ground; for it is time to seek the Lord until Hie comes.  

Amos 5:6 Seek the Lord and live or He will sweep through the House of Joseph like a fire; it will devour...  

II Chron.7:14 If My people who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and will heal their land.  

Ja.4:8 Come near to God and He will come near to you...  

Ps.100:1-3 Shout for joy to the Lord all the earth. Serve the Lord with gladness, come before Him with joyful songs...  

Isaiah 64:5 KJV Thou meetest him that rejoiceth  

Ps.40:16 ...may all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You  

Ps.22:26 ...they who seek the Lord will praise Him.  

II Chron.15:12&14 They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul. They took an oath to the Lord with loud acclamation, with shouting and with trumpets and horns.  

Ps.73:16-17 When I tried to understand all this it was oppressive to me till I entered the Sanctuary of God; then I understood...  

Ps.95:2 Let us come before Him with thanksgiving and extol Him with music and song.  

Ps.100:4 Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise.  

90) ACCEPTABLE WORSHIP  

Heb.12:28 ...let us be thankful and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for God is a consuming fire.  

John 4:24 ...God is spirit, and His worshippers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.  

Ro.12:1 ...offer your bodies as living sacrifices holy and pleasing to God - which is your spiritual worship.  

Ro.6:13 Do not offer the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness but rather offer yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.  

Mk.7:7 (pharisees)... they worship Me in vain; their teachings are bur rules taught by men (parenthesis added)  

Col.2:2 Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world; why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit to its rules: Do not handle ...(etc). These are all destined to perish ...because they are based on human commands... they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.(parenthesis added)  

I Tim.4:2&3 ...hyprocritical liars ...they forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods.  

Matt.15:6&9 ...you nullify the Word of God for the sake of your traditions.  

Ps.95:6 ...come let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our maker.  

Eph.3:14 ...I kneel before the altar.  

II Chron.7:3 ...they knelt on the pavement with their faces to the ground and they worshipped and gave thanks.  

Rev.4:10 ...the twenty four elders fell down before Him who sits on the throne and worship Him who lives forever.  

I Cor.14:25 So he fell down and worship God...  

Rev.19:10 ...but he said to me... Worship God (editor's note: Greek word for 'worship' used here and other NT verses cited above is proskuneo which means to prostrate oneself in homage; to kiss the feet of the Lord)  

91) PRAISE GOD  

Deut.32:3 Oh praise the greatness of our God!  

Isaiah 43:21 The people I formed for Myself that they may proclaim My praise.  

Hosea 6:6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice.  

Ps.50:13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls ...sacrifice thank offering to God.  

Ps.51:15 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart.  

Ps.69:30 I will praise God's name in song... this will please the Lord more than an ox.  

Rev.4:11 You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor...  

Rev.5:11 Worthy is the Lamb... to receive ...honor and glory and praise.  

I Chron.16:25 For great is the Lord and most worthy of praise.  

Ps.65:1 Praise befits You O God in Zion.  

Ps.76:1 In Judah God is known, His name is great in Israel, His tent is in Salem, His dwelling place in Zion.  

Ps.33:1 It is fiting for the upright to praise Him.  

Ps.115:1 Not to us O Lord, not to us, but to Your name be glory.  

Prov.27:21 ...man is tested by the praise he receives.  

Acts 12:23 ...immediately because Herod did not give praise to God an angel of the Lord struck him down.  

Ro.15:11 Praise the Lord all you Gentiles and sing praises to Him all you people.  

I Pe.2:9 ...you are a chosen people a royal priesthood ...that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness.  

Matt.6:9 Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven  

Rev.4:8 ...never stopped saying 'Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty.'  

Rev.4:10 ...whenever the living creatures give glory ...the twenty four elders fall down before Him...  

Rev.6:13 I heard every creature in heaven ...singing ...to Him who sits on the throne ...be praise and honor and glory forever.  

Heb.13:5 ...let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise - the fruit of lips tat confess His Name.  

Ps.107:22 Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of His works with songs of joy.  

Ps.111:1 I will extol the Lord with all my heart.  

Ps.108:1 I will sing and make music with all my soul.  

II Sam.6:16 ...King David leaping and dancing before the Lord ...vs14... with all his might  

Acts 3:8 He went with them into the temple courts walking and jumping and praising God.  

Acts 2:46 Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts ...praising God.  

Ps.52:9 I will praise You in the presence of Your saints  

Ps.119:171 May my lips overflow with praise.  

Ps.104:33 I will sing to the Lord all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.  

Lk.19:40 I tell you ...if they keep quiet the stones will cry out.  

Ps.107:1-2 Give thanks to the Lord for He is good; His love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say this.  

Phil.4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always, I will say it again, rejoice.  

92) CLAP HANDS  

Ps.47:1&2 Clap your hands, all you nations; Shout to God with cries of joy. How awesome is the Lord Most High, the great king over all the earth.  

Ps.144:1 Praise be to the Lord, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle...  

Ps.98:8 Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy.  

Isaiah 55:12 You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills will burst into song before You and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands.  

93) JOYFUL NOISE   

Ps.66:1 Shout with joy to God all the earth (see also Ps.81:1; Ps.98:4; Ps.100:1; Ps.89:15 and Ps.47:5)  

Ps.27:6 ...at His tabernacle I will sacrifice with shouts of joy.  

Ps.95:1 ...Let us shout aloud to the Rock of our Salvation (see also Lev.9:24; Ps.5:11 KJV; Ps.32:11 KJV; Ps.35:27 KJV; Ps.132:9 KJV and Isaiah 12:6)  

Ezra 3:11 ...All the people gave a great shout of praise to the Lord ...the sound was heard far away.  

Neh.12:43 ...rejoicing because God had given them great joy ...the sound of rejoicing in Jerusalem could be hear far away.  

II Chron.20:19 Then some Levites ...stood up and praised the Lord ...with a very loud voice.  

Phil.4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always, I will say it again, Rejoice!  

Lk.6:23 Rejoice in that day and leap for joy because great is your reward in heaven.  

Ro.14:17 ...the kingdom of God is ...a matter ...of righteousness, peace and joy.  

Gal.5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace...  

Ro.15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.  

Matt.12:34 For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.  

I Pe.1:8 Though you have not seen Him, you love Him and even though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy ( editor's note: Greek word for 'joy' is aglliao, which means to jump for joy)  

Acts 5:5&8 Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed Christ there... many paralytics and cripples were healed. So there was great joy in that city.  

Jude 24 To Him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy - the only God our Savior - be glory.  

Rev.5:11&12 ...I looked and heard the voice of many angels ...in a loud voice they sang: "Worthy is the Lamb..."  

Rev.7:9&10 ...there before me was a great multitude that no one could count ... And they cried out in a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God."  

Rev.19:1 After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting "Hallelujah."  

Neh.8:10 ...the joy of the Lord is my strength  

Isaiah 64:5 You come to the help of those who rejoice.  

94) MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS  

Heb.9:24 For Christ did not enter a man made sanctuary that was only a copy of the true one; He entered heaven itself. 

Heb.8:5 They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven.  

I Chron.15:16 David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers to sing joyful songs, accompanied by musical instruments; lyres, harps, cymbals.  

II Chron.5:12 All the Levites who were musicians ...stood on the east side of the altar ...playing cymbals, harps and lyres. They were accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets ...accompanied by other instruments as they raised their voices in praise to the Lord.  

II Chron.29:27 As the offering began, singing to the Lord began also accompanied by trumpets and the instruments of David, King of Israel.  

II Sam.6:5 David and the whole house of Israel were celebrating with all their might before the Lord, with songs, and with harps, lyres, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.  

I Ki.15:5 ...David had done what was right in the eyes of the Lord ...all the days of his life except in the case of Uriah the Hittite.  

Acts 5:16 ...I will rebuild David's fallen tent ... (editor's note: David's tabernacle is that which is referred to here and we have just seen that musical instruments played an important part. Note also that much of David's worship was not strictly in accordance with the Law of Moses; ie. the ark was visible to all & women and men worshipped together. David worshipped God through His revealed nature as El Elyon.)  

Jer.31:4 again you will take up your tambourines and go out to dance with the joyful.  

Matt.6:10 ...Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.  

Rev.5:8 ...each one had a harp ...and they sang a new song  

Rev.14:2 ...the sound I hear was like that of a trumpet.  

Rev.15:2 ...they held harps given them by God.  

95) HANDS UP  

Ps.63:4 ...in Your Name I lift my hands.  

Ps.88:9 I call to You, O Lord, every day I spread my hands to You.  

II Chron.6:12-13 ...Solomon ...spread out his hands toward heaven  

Ps.141:2 May my prayer be set before You like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.  

Ps.134:2 Lift up your hands in the sanctuary and praise the Lord  

Neh.8:6 Ezra praise the Lord, the great God; sand all the people lifted their hands and responded, "Amen Amen." (editor's note: Hebrew yahdah is Strong's # 3034 and means, 'Throw up the hand or cast up the hand,' it is translated as 'thanksgiving' many times throughout Scripture; see Ps.35:18; Ps.92:1; Ps.109:30 & Ps.140:13)  

I Tim.2:8 I want men everywhere to lift up holy hands in prayer without anger or disputing.  

96) DANCE BEFORE HIM  

Ex.15:20 Then Miriam, the prophetess, Aaron's sister took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing... sing to the Lord for He is highly exalted.  

Jer.31:10&13 ...He who scattered Israel will gather them ...then maidens will dance and be glad, young men and old as well...  

II Sam.6:14 David, wearing a linen ephod, danced before the Lord with all his might.  

Ps.150:4 Praise Him with tambourine and dancing.  

Ps.30:11 You turned my wailing into dancing  

Ps.149:3 Let them praise His name with dancing  

Ps.9:14 ...That I may ...rejoice in salvation (editor's note: Hebrew word for 'rejoice' is guwl which means "spin around" see Strong's Concordance # 1523)  

Ps.118:24 This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice (guwl) and be glad in it.(parenthesis added)  

Acts 3:8 He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts walking and jumping and praising God.  

I Pe.1:8 ...are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy (editor's note: Greek word for 'joy' is agalliao which means "jump for joy" see Strong's Concordance # 21)  

Ps.9:2 I will be glad and rejoice in You (editor's note: Hebrew word for 'rejoice' is alats which means to "jump for joy" see Strong's Concordance # 21)  

Ps.68:3 ...May the righteous be glad and rejoice (alats) before God; may they be happy and joyful.(parenthesis added)  

97) IN ALL THINGS PRAISE HIM   

I Thes.5:16-18 Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus  

Acts 16:25 (while in prison) ...About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God...(parenthesis added)  

Phil.1:19 Yes, and I will continue to rejoice ...I know that through your prayers and the help given by the Spirit of Jesus Christ what has happened to me will turn out for my deliverance.  

Hab.3:17-18 Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food though there were no sheep in the pens and no cattle in the stables; yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.  

Job 13:15 (Job had some misconceptions abut who was causing his problems and why, but look what he said in the middle of his crisis) ...though He slay me, yet will I hope in Him.  

98) GOD WILL REFINE HIS PRIESTS  

Prov.25:4 ...remove the dross from the silver and out comes a vessel from the silversmith.  

Ps.66:10 For You O God tested us, you refined us like silver  

Mal.3:2 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, He will purify the Levites and refine them like gold and silver.  

Rev.1:6 ...has made us a kingdom and priests to serve His God and Father.  

I Pe.1:7 These have come so that your faith of greater worth than gold which perishes even though refined by fire, may prove genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.  

John 15:1-2 My Father is the gardener, He cuts off every branch that bears no fruit; while every branch that does bear fruit, He trims clean so that it will be even more fruitful.  

Jer.9:7 See, I will refine and test them, for what else can I do because of the sin of My people  

I Cor.3:13 ...his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and fire will test the quality of each man's work. If what he has built survives, he will receive his reward. If it is burned up, he will suffer loss...  

99) SUFFERING - PERSEVERANCE   

Acts 14:22 We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God.  

Ro.5:3 ...we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance character, and character hope.  

Ja.1:2 Consider it pure joy my brothers, whenever you face trials because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.  

Ja.1:4 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete.  

I Pe.1:7 (trials) ...these have come so that your faith of greater worth than gold ...may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.(parenthesis added)  

Lk.8:15 The seed on good soil stands for those who ...hear the word, retain it, and by perseverance produce a good crop.  

Heb.10:36 you need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God you will receive what He has promised.  

Heb.10:38 If he shrinks back I will not be pleased.  

Heb.2:18 ...He himself suffered when He was tempted.  

Heb.2:10 It was fitting that God ...should make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.  

I Cor.10:13 God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.  

Ja.5:11 ...we consider blessed those who have persevered.  

Rev.2:10 Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you.  

I Pe.4:12&19 Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange was happening to you ...those who suffer according to God's will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator...  

Isaiah 48:10 See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have refined you in the furnace of affliction.  

100) PERFECTION NOW - OUR GOAL   

I John 5:18 We know that anyone born of God does not continue to sin.  

Titus 2:11-12 For the Grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say "no" to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controled, upright and godly lives in this present age.  

Phil.2:15 ...so that you may become blameless and pure children of God without Fault in a corrupt and depraved generation  

I John 3:9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.  

Matt.5:48 Be perfect, therefore, as you heavenly Father is perfect.  

Heb.6:1 Let us leave the elementary teaching about Christ and go on to maturity. (editor's note: Greek word for 'maturity' is same word translated many times as 'perfection.')  

Eph.5:27 ...and to present her to Himself as a radiant Church without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.  

Col.1:29 ...so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. To this end I labor, struggling with all His energy, which so powerfully works in me.  

II Pe.3:14 Make every effort to be found spotless, blameless, and at peace with Him.  

Rev.19:7 ...the bride has made herself ready.  

II Tim.1:7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love, and of self -control.  

I Thes.4:7 For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.  

Lev.20:26 You are to be holy to Me because I the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations...  

Ps.119:9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to the Word.  

I John 1:6 Whoever claims to live in Him must walk as Jesus did.  

II Cor.13:9&11 ...aim for perfection ...our prayer is for your perfection  

101) REWARD   

Heb.10:36 ...do not throw away your confidence, it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God you will receive what He has promised.  

Gal.6:9 Let us not become weary of doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.  

Col.3:24 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart as working for the Lord, not men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward.  

I Cor.3:8 The man who plants and the man who waters have one purpose, and each will be rewarded according to his own labor  

Matt.6:27 For the Son of Man is going to come in His Father's glory with His angels and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.  

Jer.17:10 I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind to reward a man according to his conduct, according to what his deeds deserve. (This reward is in addition to salvation, see I Cor.3:13-15 wherein the one who is burned up is saved, but does not receive as much as the one whose building survives the fire.)  

102) VICTORY IS OURS   

I John 3:8 The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's works.  

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word and the word was with God and the Word was God ...vs14 The Word became flesh and lived for a while among us.  

Acts 1:9 After He said this He was taken up before their very eyes...  

Isaiah 55:11 So is My Word that goes out from My mouth; it will not return to Me empty but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.  

Jer.20:11 But the Lord is with me like a mighty warrior so my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will fail and be thoroughly disgraced.  

Prov.24:16 ...though a righteous man falls seven times; he rises again, but the wicked are brought down by calamity.  

Isaiah 54:17 ...no weapon formed against me will prosper.  

Ro.8:31 If God is for us, who can be against us?  

Prov.21:30 There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord.  

II Cor.2:14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us to triumphal procession in Christ.  

Prov.16:3 Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.  

103) MAN HAS AUTHORITY   

Gen.1:26 ...let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock over all the earth and over all the creatures that move along the ground.  

Ps.8:6&8 You made him ruler over the works of Your hands, the beasts of the field, the birds of the air and the fish of the sea all that swim the paths of the sea.  

Ps.115:16 the highest heavens belong to the Lord, but the earth He has given to man.  

104) GOVERNMENT CONTROLED BY GOD  

I Tim.2:1-2 I urge... that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be made for everyone - for kings, and all those in authority.  

John 19:11 Jesus answered, "You would have no power over Me if it were not given to you from above."  

Ro.13:1 Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities for there is no authority except that which God has established.  

Acts 17:26 ...He determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live.  

Dan.2:21 ...He sets up kings and deposes them.  

Dan.4:17 ...the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to anyone He wishes and sets over them the lowliest of men.  

II Chron.20:6 You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations  

Ps.47:8 God reigns over the nations ...vs9 ...the kings of the earth belong to God.  

Isaiah 40:23 he brings princes to naught and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.  

Mk.12:17 Give to Ceaser what is Ceaser's and to God what is God's  

Titus 3:1 Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities ...ready to do whatever is good  

I Pe.2:13 Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every authority instituted among men.  

Acts 5:29 We must obey God rather than man  

Phil.3:20 ...our citizenship is in heaven  

Dan.3:16 (Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego "submitted" to Nebuchadnezzar, but did not obey his command when it was contrary to God's Word.)  

Dan.6:10 (Daniel "submitted" to Darius, but did not obey his command when it was contrary to God's Word.)  
  

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