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"I am afraid I cannot forgive my enemies"
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Matthew 5:44 "
Luke 6:27 "
Your ability to hear the voice of God is indicative of your ability to do what His voice requires.
Luke 23:34 "Then said Jesus,
Christ is able to do it through you as you put your faith in Him.
Acts 7:60 "And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep."
Stephen did it but he was an ordinary man.
1Peter 3:9 "Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but on the contrary blessing; knowing that you are unto this called, that you should inherit a blessing."
God has rendered your evil with good the least you can do for God is to do the same to others. If you can receive God's forgiveness you can also Give God's forgiveness to others.
1Thessalonians 5:15 "See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men."
When you render evil with evil you can't follow that which is good.
Leviticus 19:18 "
God is the lord or owner of your enemy therefore your love for your enemy is seen as your love for God. Your love for your enemy indicates the extent of your love for your life or self.
Proverbs 20:22 "Say not, I will repay evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save you."
"Man is the master of his own life"
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Psalm 75:7 "But God is the judge: he puts down one, and sets up another."
Psalm 58:11 "So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God who judges in the earth."
Psalm 98:9 "Before the LORD; for he comes to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity."
Isaiah 3:10 "Say you to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds."
Galatians 6:7 "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap."
Romans 9:16 "So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy."
Proverbs 14:12 "There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death."
Romans 6:21 What fruit had you then in those things of which you are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
Job 12:10 "In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind."
Proverbs 21:1 "The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turns it wherever he will."
Jeremiah 9:24 "
"If I think of and will something evil and not acted it out, it is ok"
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James 3:14 "But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, boast not, and lie not against the truth."
your actions needs to be true to/correspond to your heart in order for it to be okay.
James 3:16 "For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work."
The condition of the heart is most important because it is the source of every evil work.
Matthew 5:28 "
Sin is not only manifest in wrong actions but also in wrong intentions
Matthew 5:22 "
Proverbs 27:4 "Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but which is able to stand before jealousy?"
The unseen filth of the heart can be more dangerous than the obvious acts of sin
1Peter 1:22 "Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto sincere love of the brethren, see that you love one another with a pure heart fervently:"
it is not just about clean acts but clean hearts from which truly clean acts emerges. Ac that are truly clean can only emerge from clean hearts
1Timothy 1:5 "Now the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:"
God weighs pure hearts as equal to pure acts.
1Corinthians 13:5 "Does not behave itself rudely, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, keeps no record of evil;"
1Corinthians 13:4 "Love suffers long, and is kind; love envies not; love vaunts not itself, is not puffed up,"
Song of solomon 2:15 "Catch us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes."
The seemingly harmless thoughts are as evil as the obvious acts of sin.
2Chronicles 16:9 "For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. In this you have done foolishly: therefore from now on you shall have wars."
1Samuel 16:7 "But the LORD said unto Samuel,
God judges man primarily according to the condition of his heart
"I must not get angry"
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Galatians 5:22 "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,"
John 14:6 "Jesus said unto him,
John 15:4 ,4 "
The ability to be slow to anger is not found in man's ability but found in God's life accessible by our connectivity to Christ
Ecclesiastes 7:9 Be not hasty in your spirit to be angry: for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Job 28:28 "And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding."
Psalm 14:1 "To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that does good."
as long as we walk outside the fear of God and reverence for His power in our lives we can never break the power and rule of anger in our lives. Without fear and reverence for God's power in our lives we become fools and fools are dominated by the spirit of anger
Proverbs 21:14 "A gift in secret averts anger: and a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath."
Ephesians 4:31 "Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:"
God commands us to put away anger this means that He has given us a gift which will pacify our anger. When we acknowledge and are conscious of God's gift we receive strength to put away anger
"My mind is made up, I don't need any advice from anyone"
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Proverbs 29:1 "He, that being often reproved hardens his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy."
Proverbs 11:14 "Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counselors there is safety."
Psalm 51:17 "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, you will not despise."
Matthew 21:44 "
"I will like it if I am always forced to do something"
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Philippians 2:12 "Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling."
Matthew 11:12 "
The kingdom of God is for those who take responsibility
Deuteronomy 2:24 "
1Timothy 1:5 "Now the end of the commandment is love out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:"
What is forced is that which is not from the heart and that which is not from the heart is that which cannot please God
"I will like it, if I am forced to do it"
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Philippians 2:12 ,12 "Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.",13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Deuteronomy 30:19 "I call heaven and earth as witness this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live:"
The power of choice God has given man must be used and should not be left dormant
Colossians 3:23 "And whatsoever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;"
Untill we learn to do things from our hearts we haven't learnt to live life fully pleasing to God
"They/He forced me to do it"
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Deuteronomy 30:19 "I call heaven and earth as witness this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live:"
No one can force us against our God-given will
Proverbs 28:13 He that covers his sins shall not prosper: but whosoever confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy.
"I will serve God in this area because I feel I am needed there"
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Romans 8:14 "For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God."
"I can go to any church I want"
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Jeremiah 3:15 "
You discover the church God gives you. You don't just choose church
"I can choose to be under any pastor or man of God I like"
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Jeremiah 3:15 "
You must discover the pastor God gives you. You don't just choose a pastor
God commands you to do so; it means that you are able to do so for God will not require what He hasn't put in you through Christ.