Rest in the Day of Trouble

REST IN THE DAY OF TROUBLE

Habakkuk's chief message was a sad prophecy of the triumph of the Chaldeans (Babylonians) over Israel. He warns his people of the Divine retribution that would come swiftly and overwhelmingly: Habakkuk is unique among the prophets in that he openly questions the wisdom of God (1:3a, 1:13b). In the first part of the first chapter, the Prophet sees the injustice among his people and asks why God does not take action:

Hab. 1:2-11"How long, O Lord, shall I cry and You will not hear? I cry out unto You of violence, and You will not save .... Behold, I will raise the Chaldeans, that bitter and impetuous nation that march to the wide spaces of the earth to conquer dwelling places that are not theirs. Terrible and dreadful are they; from them alone go forth their laws and dignity. Swifter than leopards are their horses, and fiercer than wolves at night. And their horses come riding on, arriving from afar. They fly like eagles, hastening to eat. They all come for violence; their faces are like the east wind, and they gather captives as the sand. And they will make sport with kings, and princes will be a play to them. At every stronghold will they laugh .... They make their power god . . . ."

TLB- Must I forever see the sin and sadness around me. Wherever I look I see oppression and bribery and me who love to argue and fight.

Seeing how the wicked and arrogant Chaldeans will trample upon Israel, Habakkuk cries out to God with pain:

Hab. 1:13"You are of eyes too pure to behold evil, and can not look upon mischief, wherefore do you look, when they deal treacherously, and hold Your peace, when the wicked swallow up the man that is more righteous than he?"

These were the predominate sins in Habakkuk’s Day:

Sin of idolatry

Sin of immorality ( over the land of Judah they worshipped the Assyrian god, Venus)

Persecution

Destruction- especially the destruction of the Word of God (famine of the word.

(Similar sins in Judah compared to America; child sacrifice, unnatural affection, conspiracy and deceit)

Every entrance the enemy has is a place where there is no word (deficit).

Habakkuk was a temple singer and a writer of songs that were intended for worship. He was part of the temple choir and speaks of his instruments.

The name Habakkuk means embrace or fold. Martin Luther said of him that

Habakkuk signifies the embrace. He embraced his people and takes them into his arms.

The predominate theme in Habakkuk is Rest in the Day of Trouble.

Scriptures about trouble:

(Luke 7:6) Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:

(Act 20:10) And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him.

(2Co 1:3-4) Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

Lessons to be learned from Habakkuk:

1.Rest in the day of trouble- Cease from your labor and enter into His rest. (Hab 3:16) When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops.

We are called to be not to do. Let us cease from striving.

If we are out of rest then we are out of faith. Ex. Sarah entered into rest and conceived.

(Heb 11:11-12) Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable.(Heb 4:9-11) So then there remains a rest to the people of God. For he who has entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from His. Therefore let us labor to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of unbelief.

2. Press-(Php 3:14) I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

How can I rest and press at the same time? Pursuing God is resting in Him.

The mature are going to press toward the mark of the goal of the high calling (the revealing of Christ)

3. Give-(Gal 5:13) For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.

4. Be bold and courageous, tell it like it is, continue the vision.

Habakkuk 2:2-4

2 Then the LORD answered me and said:

“Write the vision

And make it plain on tablets,

That he may run who reads it.

3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time;

But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.

Though it tarries, wait for it;

Because it will surely come,

It will not tarry.

4 “Behold the proud,

His soul is not upright in him;

But the just shall live by his faith.

1. Appointed time

2. Speak at the end

3. Would not lie

4. Would tarry

5. But would surely come

5. Stay in peace, free from offense- (Heb 12:15) Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

6. Keep your eyes on Jesus

Here’s what it looks like:

Body in pain, disease taking hold, marriage hurting, finances devastated, children away from God, you think your ministry is over, churches in turmoil, nation collapsing around you, world falling apart.

In the name of Jesus, look again.

You have cried, now you will sing

You’ve been in pain, now you will roar in praise

New day in the Church

New day in America

Look at the bigger picture

Economy, deceit, lack of integrity, immorality, violence

Look again

Lifting up our eyes."

"Whatever is true, whatever is honorable . . . is right, whatever is pure . . . lovely . . . of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, let your mind dwell on these things" (Phil. 4:8). Remember, Paul was writing to people in the ancient Roman world. It was full of evil, full of injustice, full of reasons to grumble and be upset; but instead, God calls His people to a higher realm, where we dwell on the things that are above.

(John 11:41-43) At the tomb of His dear friend Lazarus, Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, "Father, I thank YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD ME." Imagine this kind of assurance! Jesus didn't need to beg or intercede. A command to the dead was all that was needed, "Lazarus, come forth."

Abraham

(Gen 13:14) And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:

(Gen 18:2) And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,

(Gen 22:4) Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

(Gen 22:13) And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

Crucifying the Flesh- What Does That Mean?

CRUCIFYING THE FLESH

Gal. 5:24 Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified their lower corrupt nature with its passions and appetites.

(Rom 8:13) For if you live after the flesh, you shall die: but if you through the Spirit do mortify(put to death) the deeds of the body, you shall live.

"They that are of Christ Jesus"; they that belong to Christ Jesus; being "led by (His) Spirit"

(Gal. 5:18). have crucified the flesh-They nailed it to the cross once for all when they became Christ's, on believing and being baptized (Ro 6:3, 4): they keep it now in a state of crucifixion (Ro 6:6)(Gal. 2:20) so that the Spirit can produce in them, comparatively uninterrupted by it, "the fruit of the Spirit" (Gal. 5:22).

"Man, by faith, is dead to the former standing point of a sinful life, and rises to a new life (Gal. 5:25) of communion with Christ (Col 3:3). The act by which they have crucified the flesh with its lust, is already accomplished ideally in principle. But the practice, or outward conformation of the life, must harmonize with the tendency given to the inward life" (Gal. 5:25)

We are to be executioners, dealing cruelly with the body of sin, which has caused the acting of all cruelties on Christ's body. with the affections-"with its passions." Thus they are dead to the law's condemning power, which is only for the fleshly, and their lusts (Gal. 5:23).

*Reckon (makeup your minds)yourselves dead to sin and alive to Christ. Rom. 6:11

*Stop responding to what you see: lust of the eye, lust of the flesh, pride of life.

*Make no provision to gratify lust: Romans 13:14 says, "But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to fulfill its lusts." If we make just a small provision for the lust, it will rule over our body (Romans 6:12). If we don't make the provision, sin is less likely to occur.

*Acknowledge God's ownership of your body: God paid a high price for you. He sent His own Son to die in your place. We are obligated to live according to God's desires and not sin's desires. *Let Christ live and reign in your body. 1 Corinthians 6:13

*It takes time.(1 Peter 4:1-2 ). Crucifixion is a slow, painful death. When we crucify our sinful desires; IT IS A PROCESS.

*Get your mind off yourself. Use your freedom to serve others in love. Serving others in love IS (becoming a living sacrifice)

*The solution to the flesh problem, is not trying not to sin. But rather living in service. Christianity is not about trying not to commit sin, but rather about becoming a living sacrifice. Paul talks about this in Romans 7. Whenever he tried not to covet, that activated the law of his members (the flesh) and caused him to do exactly what he intended not to. Trying not to sin activates the flesh, perhaps because it puts the focus on ourselves. Trying to serve others deactivates the flesh, perhaps because it takes the emphasis away from ourselves.

*Quit seeing yourself as a sinner, but the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus; become more righteousness conscious instead of sin conscious.

Romans 6:6 knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;

Galatians 2:20 "I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

Galatians 3:26 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

Galatians 5:16 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.

Galatians 6:14 But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

WHAT IS CONFESSION?

Confess is the Hebrew word Yadah

To confess belief is to say, “I openly receive God’s promise and choose to take my stand here, humbly, on God’s promises and in worship of His Person.”

Yadah, the Hebrew word for “confess,” contains and supports this idea. Derived from yad, meaning “an open or extended hand,” the focus is on reaching to take hold of. Just as a closed hand or fist may represent struggle or rebellion, an open hand indicates peace, submitted service or surrender.

The Bible also uses the word “confession” to describe an open, bold, and courageous proclamation of one’s faith. The apostle Paul wrote: “If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes to righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made to salvation” (Rom. 10:9–10).

God confessed- Gen 1:1 ( 10 times)

587 verses God said

Verses about the tongue

(Pro 18:21) Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

(Pro 15:4) A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

1 Peter 3:10 For “He who would love life And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips from speaking deceit.

Other confession Scriptures:

1 Peter 4:11 If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles (mouthpiece)of God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Philippians 2:10-11that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Psalm 91:1-2 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High 1 Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.”

Psalm 19:14Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer.

Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.

Ephesians 6:17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

(Heb 4:12) For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

James 3:2 For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.

1 1 Tim. 6:11But you, O man of God, flee these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. 12Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. 13I urge you in the sight of God who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus who witnessed the good confession before Pontius Pilate, 14that you keep this commandment without spot, blameless until our Lord Jesus Christ’s appearing, 15which He will manifest in His own time, He who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords, 16who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.

1 Heb. 3:1Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus, 2who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house

(Heb 10:21) And having an high priest over the house of God; Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)

Commands of Christ Part 5

235. Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.

235. Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.

Therefore whatsoever you have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which you have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.(Luke 12:1-3)

236. Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. (Luke 12:4)

237. Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows; even the hairs on your head are numbered. (Luke 12:5)

238. Confess me before men, and him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God (Luke 12:8)

239. Speak what the Holy Spirit teaches you to say.(Luke 12:12)

240. Do not lay up treasures for yourself but be rich toward God and lay up treasures in heaven.(Luke 12:21)

241. Take no thought for your life, by saying what you shall eat; neither for the body, what you shall put on. Seek not ye what you shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be of doubtful mind for the Faher knows what you hve need of. (Luke 12:22-29)

242. Seek you first the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you. Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.(Luke 12:31-32)

243. Sell some of that you have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that fails not, where no thief approaches, neither moth corrupts. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.(Luke 12:33-34)

244. Let your loins(what you produce) be girded about, and your lights (witness) burning;(Luke 12:35)

245. Be you therefore ready also: for the Son of man comes at an hour when you think not.(Luke 12:40)(Luke 12:43) Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

246. Discern the times. (Luke 12:56)

247. Repent (Luke 13:3-5)

248. Bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that you shall cut it down.(Luke 13:9)

249. Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. (Luke 13:24)

250. They that are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last. (Luke 13:30)

251. Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.(Luke 13:35b)

252. For whosoever exalts himself shall be abased; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.(Luke 14:11)

253. Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. (Luke 14:23)

254. If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. (Luke 14:26)(Luke 14:33) So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsakes not all that he has, he cannot be my disciple.

255. Be the salt of the earth. Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned?(Luke 14:34)

256. Go after the lost sheep. (Luke 15:4-7)

257. Rejoice because the lost is found again. ( Luke 15:11-32)

258. No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. (Luke 16:13)

259. Do not justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.(Luke 16:15)

260. Believe the prophets and repent. (Luke 16:29-31)

261. It is impossible but that offenses will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! (Luke 17:1)

262. It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.(Luke 17:2)

263. Take heed to yourselves: If your brother trespass against you, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to you, saying, I repent; you shall forgive him.(Luke 17:3-4)

264. If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you might say unto this sycamine tree, Be you plucked up by the root, and be you planted in the sea; and it should obey you.(Luke 17:6)

265. Arise, go your way: your faith has made you whole.(Luke 17:19)

266. The kingdom of God comes not with observation: Neither shall you say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.(Luke 17:20-21)

267. Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.(Luke 17:33)

268. Every one that exalts himself shall be abased; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.(Luke 18:14)

269. Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.(Luke 18:17)

270. Do not trust in riches. How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.(Luke 18:24-25)

271. Say, the things which are impossible with men are possible with God.(Luke 18:27)

272. There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.(Luke 18:29-30)

273. Receive your sight: your faith has saved you. (Luke 18:42)

274. For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost; therefore you do the same. (Luke 19:10)

275. Occupy (busy ones self, trade, be a good steward) till I come. (Luke 19:13)

276. Keep My house a house of prayer: (Luke 19:46)

277. Whosoever shall fall upon that stone ( the chief cornerstone, Christ Jesus) shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.(Luke 20:18)

278. Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's and unto God the things which be God's.(Luke 20:25)

279. Beware of the scribes,(religion spirits) which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; Which devour widows' houses, and for a show make long prayers.(Luke 20:46-47)

280. Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draws near: you go not therefore after them. But when you shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.(Luke 21:8-9)

281. In your patience possess ye your souls.(Luke 21:19)

282. Don’t let your hearts fail you for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(Luke 21:26)

283. Look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draws nigh.(Luke 21:28)

284. And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.(Luke 21:34)

285. Watch you therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.(Luke 21:36)

286. This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. (Luke 22:19)

287. Pray that you enter not into temptation.(Luke 22:40)

288. Pray, Father, forgive them; (Luke 23:34)

289. Say, Peace be unto you.(Luke 24:36)

290. And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: be endued with power from on high.(Luke 24:49)

291. Come and see; follow me (John 1:39,43)

292. Fill the water pots with water and draw them out. ( Be filled with rivers of living water and let them flow out)(John 2:7-8)

293. Be born again and see the kingdom. (John 3:3)

294. Believe on Me and have everlasting life. (John 3:16)

295. Come to the Light of God and let your deeds be reproved. (John 3:20)

296. Drink of the water that I shall give you and you shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give shall be in you a well of water springing up into everlasting life.(John 4:14)

297. God is a Spirit: Worship Him in spirit and in truth.(John 4:24)

298. Say not , There are yet four months, and then comes harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit unto life eternal: that both he that sows and he that reaps may rejoice together. ( John 4:35-37)

299. Go your way; your posterity lives.(John 4:50)

300. Rise, take up your bed, and walk.(John 5:8)

301. You are made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come to you.(John 5:14)

302. Honor the Son, even as you honor the Father. He that honors not the Son honors not the Father which has sent him.(John 5:23)

303. Hear my word, and believe on him that sent me, haccept everlasting life, and you shall not come into condemnation; but have passed from death unto life.(John 5:24)

304. Search the Scriptures; for in them you have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. (John 5:39)

305. Feed the hungry. (John 6:1-14)

306. Be not afraid. (John 6:20)

307. Labor not for the meat which perishes, but for that meat which endures unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him has God the Father sealed.(John 6:27)

308. Believe on Me and have everlasting life: and I will raise you up at the last day.(John 6:40)

309. Murmur not among yourselves.(John 6:43)

310. I am the living bread which came down from heaven: eat of this bread, live forever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.(John 6:51)

311. Eat my flesh, and drink my blood, have eternal life; and I will raise you up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, dwells in me, and I in him.(John 6:54-57)

312. It is the spirit that quickens; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. (John 6:63) Speak My word.

313. Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.(John 7:24)

314. If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believes on me, as the Scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.(John 7:37-38)

315. Do not cast a stone at another people. (John 8:7)

316. I do not condemn you: go, and sin no more. (John 8:11)

317. I am the light of the world: follow me and you shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.(John 8:12)

318. Do not judge after the flesh; judge no man. ( John 8:15)

319. Lift up the Son of Man and you shall know Me. ( John 8:28)

320. Do always those things that please the Father. ( John 8:29)

321. Continue in my word, then you are my disciples indeed; know the truth, and the truth you know shall make you free.(John 8:31-32)

322. Be free for if the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.(John 8:36)

323. He that is of God hears God's words: hear My Words. (John 8:47)

324. Keep my saying, and you shall never see death. (John 8:51)

325. Work the works of the Father that sent Jesus Christ, while it is day: for the night comes when no man can work. (John 9:4)

326. As long as I was in the world, I am the light of the world, then you be the light of the world. (John 8:5)

327. Believe on the Son of God ( John 9:35)

328. Sheep hear My voice: for I call My own sheep by name, and lead them out.

I go before them, and the sheep follow Me : for they know My voice. Hear My voice and a stranger you will not follow, but will flee from him: for you know not the voice of strangers.(John 10:3-5)

329. I am the door of the sheep. All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep. Enter into the Door and be saved, go in and out and find pasture. ( John 10:10-11)

330. My sheep hear my voice, know Me and follow me(John 10:27)

331. Believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.(John 10:38)

332. I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Believe in Me and live. (John 11:25-26)

333. If you would believe, you shall see the glory of God. (John 11:40)

334. Thank the Father for He hears you.(John 11:41)

335. Call for the dead to come forth. Say, Loose them, and let them go. (John 11:43-44)

336. Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abides alone: but if it die, it brings forth much fruit. He that loves his life shall lose it; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. (John 12:24-25)

337. If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honor. (John 12:26)

Commands of Christ Part 4

200. Give, and it shall be given unto you, good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom.(being) For with the same measure that you measure ,it shall be measured to you again.(Luke 6:38)

201. Cast out the speck in your own eye, before you judge our brother. (Luke 6:39)

202. Bear good fruit. (Luke 6:43)

203. Out of the good treasure of your good heart produce good, out of the abundance of your good heart let your his mouth speak.(Luke 6:45)

204. Hear My words and do them ; dig your foundation deep on the Rock ( Christ Jesus) and you will not be shaken.(Luke 6:47-49)

205. Do not weep, arise and be healed. (Luke 7:13-14)

206. Go your way, and tell what things you have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached. (Luke 7:22)

207. Do not be offended in Me. (Luke 7:23)

208. Your faith has saved you; go in peace. (Luke 7:50)

209. Sow your seeds on the good ground with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.(Luke 8:15)

210. Light your a candle; do not cover it with a vessel, or put it under a bed; but set it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light. ( don’t cover up your witness. (Luke 8:16)

210. Do all in the open for nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.(Luke 8: 17)

211. Take heed how you hear: for whosoever has, to him shall be given; and whosoever has not, from him shall be taken even that which he seems to have. (Luke 8:18)

212. Hear the word of God, and do it and you will be my brothers and sisters. (Luke 8:21)

213. Have faith. (Luke 8:25)

214. Be of good comfort: your faith has made you whole; go in peace. (Luke 8:48)

215. Fear not: believe only, and you and they (household) shall be made whole.(Luke 8:50)

216. When you witness for Me, whosoever will not receive you, when you go out of , shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.(Luke 9:5)

217. Feed the hungry. (Luke 9:13)

218. Come after me, deny yourself, and take up your cross daily, and follow me.(Luke 9:23)

219. Lose your life for my sake; for whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?(Luke 9:24-25)

220. Be not ashamed of Me; for whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.(Luke 9:26)

221. Receive a child; for whosoever shall receive a child in my name receives me: and whosoever shall receive me receives him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be greatest.(Luke 9:48)

222. Follow Me. (Luke 9:58)

223. Don’t look back to your former life; for no man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.(Luke 9:62)

224. You pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest.(Luke 10:2)

225. Go your ways; say peace be unto you; and heal the sick that are there, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. He that hears you hear me; and he that despises you despises me; and he that despises me despises him that sent me. (Luke 10:16)

226. You have power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.; in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. (Luke 10:19-20)

227. Be a good Samaritan; have compassion on your neighbors or those you see in need; bind up their wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and take care of them;

show mercy on them; go, and do likewise. (Luke 10:34-37)

228. Be a Mary, sit at my feet and hear my word; choose the good part and it shall not be taken away from you. (Luke 10:42)

229. Pray our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. (Luke 11:2-4)

230. Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. (Luke 11:9-10)

231. Hear the word of God, and keep it. (Luke 11:28)

232. Light your candle, put it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. The light of the body is the eye: therefore when Your eye is single, you whole body also is full of light; but when your eye is evil, your body also is full of darkness. Take heed therefore that the light which is in you be not darkness. If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle gives light.(Luke 11:33-36)

233. Be not like the Pharisees. Keep your inward parts clean. Give offerings of the things you have. Love not the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. Be not hypocrites! (Luke 11:39-44)

234. Do not lay on men burdens too grievous to be borne, and you yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. Do not kill the prophets. Do not take away the keys of knowledge and hinder those who are entering in.(Luke 11:46-52)

Commands of Christ Part 3

120.Give, and it shall be given unto you, good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom.(being) For with the same measure that you measure ,it shall be measured to you again.(Luke 6:38)

121.Cast out the speck in your own eye, before you judge our brother. (Luke 6:39)

122.Bear good fruit. (Luke 6:43)

Out of the good treasure of your good heart produce good, out of the abundance of your good heart let your his mouth speak.(Luke 6:45)

123.Hear My words and do them ; dig your foundation deep on the Rock ( Christ Jesus) and you will not be shaken.(Luke 6:47-49)

124.Do not weep, arise and be healed. (Luke 7:13-14)

125.Go your way, and tell what things you have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached. (Luke 7:22)

126.Do not be offended in Me. (Luke 7:23)

127.Your faith has saved you; go in peace. (Luke 7:50)

128.Sow your seeds on the good ground with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.(Luke 8:15)

129.Light your a candle; do not cover it with a vessel, or put it under a bed; but set it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light. ( don’t cover up your witness. (Luke 8:16)

130.Do all in the open for nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.(Luke 8: 17)

131.Take heed how you hear: for whosoever has, to him shall be given; and whosoever has not, from him shall be taken even that which he seems to have. (Luke 8:18)

132.Hear the word of God, and do it and you will be my brothers and sisters. (Luke 8:21)

Have faith. (Luke 8:25)

133.Be of good comfort: your faith has made you whole; go in peace. (Luke 8:48)

134. Fear not: believe only, and you and they (household) shall be made whole.(Luke 8:50)

135. When you witness for Me, whosoever will not receive you, when you go out of , shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.(Luke 9:5)

136.Feed the hungry. (Luke 9:13)

137.Come after me, deny yourself, and take up your cross daily, and follow me.(Luke 9:23)

138.Lose your life for my sake; for whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away?(Luke 9:24-25)

139.Be not ashamed of Me; for whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.(Luke 9:26)

140.Receive a child; for whosoever shall receive a child in my name receives me: and whosoever shall receive me receives him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be greatest.(Luke 9:48)

141.Follow Me. (Luke 9:58)

142.Don’t look back to your former life; for no man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.(Luke 9:62)

143.You pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest.(Luke 10:2)

144.Go your ways; say peace be unto you; and heal the sick that are there, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. He that hears you hear me; and he that despises you despises me; and he that despises me despises him that sent me. (Luke 10:16)

145.You have power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.; in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. (Luke 10:19-20)

146,Be a good Samaritan; have compassion on your neighbors or those you see in need; bind up their wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and take care of them;

show mercy on them; go, and do likewise. (Luke 10:34-37)

147.Be a Mary, sit at my feet and hear my word; choose the good part and it shall not be taken away from you. (Luke 10:42)

148.Pray our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. (Luke 11:2-4)

149.Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. (Luke 11:9-10)

150.Hear the word of God, and keep it. (Luke 11:28)

151.Light your candle, put it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. The light of the body is the eye: therefore when Your eye is single, you whole body also is full of light; but when your eye is evil, your body also is full of darkness. Take heed therefore that the light which is in you be not darkness. If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle gives light.(Luke 11:33-36)

152.Be not like the Pharisees. Keep your inward parts clean. Give offerings of the things you have. Love not the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. Be not hypocrites! (Luke 11:39-44)

153.Do not lay on men burdens too grievous to be borne, and you yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. Do not kill the prophets. Do not take away the keys of knowledge and hinder those who are entering in.(Luke 11:46-52)

154.Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.

155.Therefore whatsoever you have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which you have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.(Luke 12:1-3)

156.Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. (Luke 12:4)

157.Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows; even the hairs on your head are numbered. (Luke 12:5)

158.Confess me before men, and him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God (Luke 12:8)

159.Speak what the Holy Spirit teaches you to say.(Luke 12:12)

160.Do not lay up treasures for yourself but be rich toward God and lay up treasures in heaven.(Luke 12:21)

161.Take no thought for your life,( by saying) what you shall eat; neither for the body, what you shall put on. Seek not ye what you shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be of doubtful mind for the Faher knows what you hve need of. (Luke 12:22-29)

162.Seek you first the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you. Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.(Luke 12:31-32)

163.Sell some of that you have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that fails not, where no thief approaches, neither moth corrupts. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.(Luke 12:33-34)

164.Let your loins(what you produce) be girded about, and your lights (witness) burning;(Luke 12:35)

165.Be you therefore ready also: for the Son of man comes at an hour when you think not.(Luke 12:40)(Luke 12:43) Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

166.Discern the times. (Luke 12:56)

167.Repent (Luke 13:3-5)

168.Bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that you shall cut it down.(Luke 13:9)

169.Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. (Luke 13:24)

170.They that are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last. (Luke 13:30)

171.Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.(Luke 13:35b)

For whosoever exalts himself shall be abased; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.(Luke 14:11)

172.Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. (Luke 14:23)

173.If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. (Luke 14:26)(Luke 14:33) So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsakes not all that he has, he cannot be my disciple.

174.Be the salt of the earth. Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned?(Luke 14:34)

175.Go after the lost sheep. (Luke 15:4-7)

176.Rejoice because the lost is found again. ( Luke 15:11-32)

177.No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. (Luke 16:13)

178.Do not justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.(Luke 16:15)

179.Believe the prophets and repent. (Luke 16:29-31)

180.It is impossible but that offenses will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! (Luke 17:1)

181.It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.(Luke 17:2)

182.Take heed to yourselves: If your brother trespass against you, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to you, saying, I repent; you shall forgive him.(Luke 17:3-4)

183.If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you might say unto this sycamine tree, Be you plucked up by the root, and be you planted in the sea; and it should obey you.(Luke 17:6)

184.Arise, go your way: your faith has made you whole.(Luke 17:19)

185.The kingdom of God comes not with observation: Neither shall you say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.(Luke 17:20-21)

186.Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.(Luke 17:33)

187.Every one that exalts himself shall be abased; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.(Luke 18:14)

188.Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.(Luke 18:17)

189.Do not trust in riches. How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.(Luke 18:24-25)

190.Say, the things which are impossible with men are possible with God.(Luke 18:27)

191.There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.(Luke 18:29-30)

192.Receive your sight: your faith has saved you. (Luke 18:42)

193.For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost; therefore you do the same. (Luke 19:10)

194.Occupy (busy ones self, trade, be a good steward) till I come. (Luke 19:13)

195.Keep My house a house of prayer: (Luke 19:46)

196. Be baptized with the Hoy Spirit Acts 1:5

197. You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. Acts. 2:8

198.Be my witnesses to me... Acts 2:8

199.Do not be afraid; I am the First an the Last. Rev.1:17

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COMMANDS OF CHRIST PART 2

85.Go your way; your faith has made you whole. (Mark 10:52)

86.Have faith in God; have the faith of God. (Mark11:22)

87.Say unto this mountain, be removed, and be cast into the sea; and do not doubt in your heart, but believe that those things which you say shall come to pass; you shall have whatsoever you say. (Mark 11:23)

88.Whatever things you desire, when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them.(Mark 11:24)

89.When you stand praying, forgive, if you have aught against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.(Mark 11:25)

90.Forgive; if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.(Mark 11:26)

91.Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. (Mark 12:17)

92.You shall love the Lord thy God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength: this is the first commandment.

93.You shall love your neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.(Mark 12:30-31)

94.Beware of the scribes,( religious people) which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces, And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.(Mark 12:38-40)

95.Give out of your need. (Mark 12:43-44)

Take heed lest any man deceive you: (Mark 13:5)

96.When they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what you shall speak, neither premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that you speak : for it is not you that speaks, but the Holy Ghost.(Mark 13:11)

97.Endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. (Mark 13:13)

98.Take heed: behold, I have foretold you all things. (Mark 13:23)

99.Take heed, watch and pray: for you know not when the time is.(Mark 13:33)

Watch (Mark 13:37)

100.Drink; This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. (Mark 14:24)

101.Tarry with Me and watch. (Mark 14:34)

102.Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. (Mark 14:38)

103.You go into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.

104.He that believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believes not shall be damned. 105.And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name you shall cast out devils; you shall speak with new tongues; you shall take up serpents; and if you drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt you; you shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. (Mark 16:15-18)

106.Do not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.(Luke 4:4)

107.Say get behind me satan. (Luke 4:8)

108.The Spirit of the Lord is upon you because he has anointed you, go preach the gospel to the poor; heal the brokenhearted, preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, set at liberty them that are bruised, and preach the acceptable (favorable) year of the Lord. (Luke 4:18-19)

109.Preach the kingdom of God whoever you are sent. (Luke 4:43)

110.Fear not; you shall catch men.(Luke 5:10)

111.Say arise and walk. (Luke 5:24)

112.Follow me. (Luke 5:27)

113.Put new wine into new wineskins.(Luke (5:38)

114.Rise up and stand. (Luke 6:8)

115.Stretch forth your hand and be healed.(Luke 6:10)

116.You are blessed, so speak the blessings of the kingdom.(Luke 6;21-26)

117.Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. And unto him that strikes you on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that takes away your garment forbid not to take thy coat also. Give to every man that asks of you; and of him that takes away your goods ask them not again. And as you would that men should do to you, do you also to them likewise. (Luke6 :27-31)

118.You be merciful, as your Father also is merciful. (Luke 6:36)

119.Judge not, and you shall not be judged: condemn not, and you shall not be condemned: forgive, and you shall be forgiven: (Luke 6:37)