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"I am too weak to live a Christian life"
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2Corinthians 9:8 "And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:"
1Peter 1:5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
1John 4:4 "You are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world."
1John 5:4 "For whoever is born of God overcomes the world: and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith."
Jude 1:24 "Now unto him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,"
Hebrews 12:2 "Looking unto Jesus the author and perfecter of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God."
Jesus is proof that any man can live a life pleasing to God because he is the son of man i.e. the representative of any man.
Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."
The Christian life is not about you and what you should do but about Christ and what He will do in you.
Zechariah 4:6 "Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying,
2Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
"The Christian life is too hard to live"
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Proverbs 13:15 Good understanding gives favor: but the way of transgressors is hard.
Favour which makes the Christian life easy is given when you have good understanding of the life but your life rather becomes hard when you don't live the Christian life.
Matthew 11:28 "
The light burden of the Christian life is the solution to any hard life.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
The Christian life is the only true life all others are not but are dead. The Christian life is a gift and gifts never make life hard.
1Corinthians 10:13 "There has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it."
The seeming difficulties of the Christian life are bearable to any man. The greatest difficulties in this life are not above you.
James 4:7 "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you."
Submission to God by being a Christian is the only way to resist and escape the evil one and his burdens on your life.
Galatians 6:7 "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap."
1John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
The Christian life is the only life that truly gives us a chance to start anew each time we fall.
"I must become better before I become a Christian"
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Isaiah 1:18 "
Isaiah 55:7 "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon."
Isaiah 64:6 "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away."
Ephesians 2:8 For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
Titus 3:5 "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit;"
1John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
Romans 5:8 "But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
Romans 7:14 "For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin."
You cannot on your own become better rather you should become a Christian so that you can be better. You can't earn eternal life by being better but you need eternal life to become better
Psalm 51:5 "Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me."
You cannot of your own become better, rather you should become a Christian so that you can be empowered to be better. You can't earn eternal life by being better but you need eternal life to become better
1John 5:19 "And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in wickedness."
Ephesians 2:5 "Even when we were dead in sins, has made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;)"
"I am too young to be a Christian"
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Ecclesiastes 12:1 "Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw near, when you shall say, I have no pleasure in them;"
Ecclesiastes 12:13 "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man."
All of life is about fearing and obeying God.
Isaiah 55:6 "Seek you the LORD while he may be found, call you upon him while he is near:"
Proverbs 8:17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
Matthew 18:3 "And said,
It is easier to serve God while young than when old.
2Corinthians 6:2 "(For he says,
Proverbs 1:28 "Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:"
James 4:14 "Whereas you know not what shall be tomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away."
"Sicknesses, poverty is part of the sufferings in the Christian life"
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Isaiah 33:24 "And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell in it shall be forgiven their iniquity."
The root of sickness which is sin has been dealt with. The forgiveness of sin is the evidence of the freedom from sicknesses.
Psalm 35:27 "Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant."
3John 1:2 "Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers."
Acts 10:38 "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him."
Exodus 15:26 "And said,
Matthew 15:26 "But he answered and said,
Healing is the right of any Christian just as any child has the right to eat in his/her family.
1Peter 2:24 "Who his own self bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed."
Proision was made in Christ for all your health needs.
Romans 8:11 "But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also bring to life your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwells in you."
All that you need for total health is already in you.
2Peter 1:3 "According as his divine power has given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who has called us to glory and virtue:"
Psalm 107:20 "He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions."
God's word heals because the word or will for our lives is health.
John 10:10 "
Job 22:23 "If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, you shall put away iniquity far from your tents."
Luke 13:11 "And, behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no way lift herself up."
Infirmity or sickness is a spirit which is not from GodSickness is illegal in the life of a child that belongs to God's covenant. God is prepared to suspend laws for the sake of restoring health to His covenant people.
Matthew 8:2 "And, behold, there came a leper and worshiped him, saying, Lord, if you will, you can make me clean."
God is willing to heal because His will is the health of His people.
"The Christian life is without problems"
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Acts 14:22 "Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God."
2Timothy 3:12 "Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution."
Matthew 5:10
2Corinthians 1:7 "And our hope of you is steadfast, knowing, that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so shall you be also of the consolation."
2Timothy 4:5 "But you watch in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fully carry out your ministry."
John 16:33 "
In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Philippians 3:10 "That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;"
Romans 8:17 "And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, so that we may be also glorified together."
"Christianity is boring"
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John 10:10 "
Daniel 11:32 "And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flattery: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and take action."
Christianity is full of adventures.
1Corinthians 2:10 "But God has revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searches all things, yea, the deep things of God."
Romans 9:33 "As it is written,
There cannot be any regrets when one truly lives the life.
Romans 14:17 "For the kingdom of God is not food and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit."
Psalm 4:7 "You have put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their grain and their wine increased."
Through studies God gives us something that is unattainable anywhere. It offers something more than the best the any other can provide.
Hebrews 6:4 "For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Spirit,"
The Christian walk in this world is a taste of the perfect and glorious world to come.
"As a Christian my ultimate goal is to live a good life"
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Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."
The goal of the Christian life is Christ which comes with the by-product of a good life.
Romans 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believes.
Christ is the ultimate of the Christian's pursuit.
Colossians 1:18 "And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence."
Philippians 1:21 "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."
The main thing is to seek Christ and not to become a good person
John 14:12 "
A good life is the result of Ultimate faith in Christ as your all in all.
John 14:6 "Jesus said unto him,
A good life is inaccessible without faith in Christ as the reality of it.
Colossians 3:11 "Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all."
The most important priority of life is to seek Christ and not to become a good person.
Jeremiah 9:24 "
A sucessful life is hidden in the knowledge of God through Christ.
Galatians 2:19 "For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God."
Living unto God is greater than living a 'good life'
2Corinthians 5:15 "And that he died for all, that they who live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them, and rose again."
Striving to live a good life makes a demand on yourself making you live unto your own self or according to your own natural nature and power. This can never bring glory to God.
Romans 14:7 "For none of us lives to himself, and no man dies to himself."
"Christ has paid the price for my sins Why then is the need for good works"
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James 2:24 "You see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only."
Romans 6:2 "God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer in it?"
The essence of my faith is to make me dead to sin.
Titus 3:14 "And let our own also learn to maintain good works for urgent needs, that they not be unfruitful."
The essence of my faith is to make me fruitful and useful
Philippians 1:11 "Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God."
Titus 2:14 "Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own, zealous of good works."
I have been saved through faith for the purpose of good works.
1Corinthians 3:14 "If any man's work abide which he has built thereupon, he shall receive a reward."
Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
James 2:18 "Yea, a man may say, You have faith, and I have works: show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works."
The evidence of true and living faith is living works.
James 2:20 "But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?"
True and living faith is revealed by the works it produces.
1Corinthians 4:20 "For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power."
The essence of Christ's sacrifice is so that I will obtain power for good works.
"I want to live a simplified Christian life and not get into the 'complexities of Christianity'"
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1Timothy 5:17 "Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine."
When I settle for the advanced Christian life I settle for extreme honour.
Ephesians 1:18 "The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what is the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,"
The more advanced I am in the Christian life the more I come into my great inheritance in the kingdom.
Matthew 6:33 "
The Christian life is the only thing worthy of my pursuit.
Hebrews 5:12 "For when for the time you ought to be teachers, you have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food."
The Christian life deals with the oracles of God. The source and requirement of my life is the oracles of God.
1Timothy 4:7 "But refuse profane and old wives' tales, and exercise yourself rather unto godliness."
The Christian life is worthy of the input of all my energies.
1Timothy 4:8 "For bodily exercise profits for a little while: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come."
Hebrews 5:14 "But solid food belongs to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil."
My ability to escape evil/calamity and to embrace good/blessing depends on my progress in the Christian life.
1Corinthians 3:13 "Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall test every man's work of what sort it is."
The only things that will survive God's judgement are my achievements in the Christian life.
Matthew 16:24 "Then said Jesus unto his disciples,
The Christian life is worth the sacrifice of my life and all that lies in it
"The Christian life is too difficult to live"
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Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."
The Christian life can only be difficult when I rely on myself because it is all about Christ.
Matthew 11:29 "
The Christian life exchanges every difficult burden on me for the lighter burden of faith and trust in God.
2Corinthians 3:17 "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."
I have received the Spirit of freedom from burdens of life by making Christ Lord over my life.
Zechariah 4:6 "Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying,
Romans 1:17 "For in it is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith."
The Christian life puts no hard demands on me but allows me to successfully demand all things by faith. The real demand is the demand of faith.
Philippians 1:6 "Being confident of this very thing, that he who has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:"
The Christian life is lived with God's own ability.
Philippians 1:12 "But I wish you to understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have served rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;"
Every seeming bad thing that happens to a Christian makes His life exceedingly much easier in the end.
"Christianity is the white man's religion, accepting it means despising my own"
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Genesis 22:18
John 3:16 "
Romans 5:12 "Therefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:"
Isaiah 49:6 "And he said,
2Corinthians 5:15 "And that he died for all, that they who live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them, and rose again."
1Timothy 3:15 "But if I tarry long, that you may know how you ought to behave yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth."
John 14:6 "Jesus said unto him,
"Let us put bible aside and be practical/realistic"
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Colossians 3:16 "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord."
John 15:7 "
The only way to see practical results and success in whatever we do is to make the bible principal in all that we do
"The religion I follow produces results in my life, why should I accept Christ"
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John 14:6 "Jesus said unto him,
2Timothy 3:5 "Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away."
Ephesians 2:9 "Not of works, lest any man should boast."
Mark 8:35 ,35 "
Philippians 3:7 ,7 "But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ.",8 "Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but rubbish, that I may win Christ,",9 "And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith:"
Ephesians 1:3 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:"
1Corinthians 1:24 "But unto them who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God."
1Corinthians 1:30 "And of him are you in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:"
John 6:53 "Then Jesus said unto them,
"If this is Christianity, then I don't want any of it"
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Genesis 1:26 "And God said,
The life of man is unfulfilled because he has lost the image of God he was created in but Christianity is about restoring man to God's image and God's image is the only thing that can truly satisfy and fulfill man
Romans 3:23 "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;"
Colossians 3:10 "And have put on the new man, that is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:"
"It is happier to be in the world than to be a serious christian"
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Romans 14:17 "For the kingdom of God is not food and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit."
John 10:10 "
Philippians 4:4 "Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice."
Psalm 4:7 "You have put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their grain and their wine increased."
John 15:11 "
"Christianity is just another religion"
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1Corinthians 4:20 "For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power."
John 14:6 "Jesus said unto him,
John 10:10 "
1John 1:3 "That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that you also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ."
Christianity is more than a religion it is fellowship with God
"If this is Christianity, then I want nothing of it"
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James 1:17 "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning."
Ezekiel 36:22 "
What people do in the name of Christianity is not always the true portrayal of it
John 14:6 "Jesus said unto him,
1Corinthians 2:2 "For I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified."
1Timothy 1:3 ,3 "As I besought you to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that you might charge some that they teach no other doctrine,",4 "Neither give heed to myths and endless genealogies, which cause questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.",5 "Now the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:",6 From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain talk;
"I don't understand some things about the bibleWhen I do I will accept Christ"
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2Corinthians 11:3 "But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his cunning, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ."
John 5:39
Christ is the key to unlocking the mysteries of the bible
1Corinthians 2:14 "But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned."
Only those in Christ have access to the mysteries of the bible
"I will serve God wholeheartedly but I don't want to be seen as a fanatic christian"
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Mark 12:30 "
Colossians 3:3 "For you are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God."
John 12:43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
"I will lose all my good friends if I become serious with God"
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John 12:43 For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
Mark 10:29 ,29 "And Jesus answered and said,
"I do worldly things but I am alright because I have a good Christian life"
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1Corinthians 10:12 Therefore let him that thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.
Matthew 7:21 "
"Why read other christian books when I have the bible"
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Romans 10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
Christian books besides the bible are mediums preachers us in the preaching of the gospel
"Christianity oppresses women by making them submit to their husbands"
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Ephesians 5:24 ,24 "Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.",25 "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;"
Wives must submit to their husbands for their own good becasue husbands are commanded to give themselves wholly to their wives
"I think the key point of Christianity is to sin as little as possible"
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Galatians 2:20 "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me."
Colossians 1:18 "And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence."
Romans 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believes.
Christianity is all about Christ and Him finding expression in men
"So far as he is a Christian, its ok to marry him"
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Matthew 18:19 "
A good marriage requires a good agreement between of spiritsoul and body of the parties
Amos 3:3 "Can two walk together, except they are agreed?"
"I am becoming friends with him so I can bring him to Christ"
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Ephesians 5:11 "And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them."
2Corinthians 6:14 Be you not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness? and what partnership has light with darkness?
Faith demands the least of your efforts and the most of the ability of the Spirit of God.