1- The Call of God
- By Christ
Isa 55:5; Ro 1:6
- By his Spirit
Re 22:17
- By his works
Ps 19:2,3; Ro 1:20
- By his ministers
Jer 35:15; 2Co 5:20
- By his gospel
2Th 2:14
- Is from darkness
1Pe 2:9
- Addressed to all
Isa 45:22; Mt 20:16
- Most reject
Pr 1:24; Mt 20:16
- Effectual to saints
Ps 110:3; Ac 2:47; 13:48; 1Co 1:24
- TO MAN IS
* Of grace
Ga 1:15; 2Ti 1:9
* According to the purpose of God
Ro 8:28; 9:11,23,24
* High
Php 3:14
* Holy
1Ti 1:9
* Heavenly
Heb 3:1
* To fellowship with Christ
1Co 1:9
* To holiness
1Th 4:7
* To liberty
Ga 5:13
* To peace
1Co 7:15; Col 3:15
* To glory and virtue
2Pe 1:3
* To the eternal glory of Christ
2Th 2:14 ; 1Pe 5:10
* To eternal life
1Ti 6:12
- Partakers of, justified
Ro 8:30
- Walk worthy of
Eph 4:1
- Blessedness of receiving
Re 19:9
- Praise God for
1Pe 2:9
- Illustrated
Pr 9:3,4; Mt 23:3-9
- REJECTION OF, LEADS TO
* Judicial blindness
Isa 6:9; Ac 28:24-27; Ro 11:8-10
* Delusion
Isa 66:4; 2Th 2:10 ,11
- Withdrawal of the means of grace
Jer 26:4-6; Ac 13:46; 18:6; Re 2:5
- Temporal judgments
Isa 28:12; Jer 6:16,19; 35:17; Zec 7:12-14
- Rejection by God
Pr 1:14-32; Jer 6:19,30
- Condemnation
Joh 12:48; Heb 2:1-3; 12:25
- Destruction
Pr 29:1; Mt 22:3-7
2- Example of Christ, The
- Is perfect
Heb 7:26
- CONFORMITY TO, REQUIRED IN
* Holiness
1Pe 1:15 ,16; Ro 1:6
* Righteousness
1Jo 2:6
* Purity
1Jo 3:3
* Love
Joh 13:34 ; Eph 5:2; 1Jo 3:16
* Humility
Lu 22:27; Php 2:5,7
* Meekness
Mt 11:29
* Obedience
Joh 15:10
* Self-denial
Mt 16:24; Ro 15:3
* Ministering to others
Mt 20:28; Joh 13:14,15
* Benevolence
Ac 20:35; 2Co 8:7,9
* Forgiving injuries
Col 3:13
* Overcoming the world
Joh 16:33; 1Jo 5:4
* Being not of the world
Joh 17:16
* Being guileless
1Pe 2:21 -22
* Suffering wrongfully
1Pe 2:21 -23
* Suffering for righteousness
Heb 12:3,4
- Saints predestinated to follow
Ro 8:29
- Conformity to, progressive
2Co 3:18
3- Forsaking God
- Idolaters guilty of
1Sa 8:8; 1Ki 11:33
- The wicked guilty of
De 28:20
- Backsliders guilty of
Jer 15:6
- IS FORSAKING
* His house
2Ch 29:6
* His covenant
De 29:25; 1Ki 19:10 ; Jer 22:9; Da 11:30
* His commandments
Ezr 9:10
* The right way
2Pe 2:15
4- Christ, the King
- Foretold
Nu 24:17; Ps 2:6; 45:1-17; Isa 9:7; Jer 23:5; Mic 5:2
- Glorious
Ps 24:7-10; 1Co 2:8; Jas 2:1
- Supreme
Ps 89:27; Re 1:5; 19:16
- Sits in the throne of God
Re 3:21
- Sits on the throne of David
Isa 9:7; Eze 37:24,25; Lu 1:32; Ac 2:30
- Is King of Zion
Ps 2:6; Isa 52:7; Zec 9:9; Mt 21:5; Joh 12:12-15
- Has a righteous kingdom
Ps 45:6; Heb 1:8,9; Isa 32:1; Jer 23:5
- Has an everlasting kingdom
Da 2:44 ; 7:14 ; Lu 1:33
- Has an universal kingdom
Ps 2:8; 72:8; Zec 14:9; Re 11:15
- His kingdom not of this world
Joh 18:36
- Saints, the subjects of
Col 1:13; Re 15:3
- Saints receive a kingdom from
Lu 22:29,30; Heb 12:28
- ACKNOWLEDGED BY
* The wise men from the East
Mt 2:2
* Nathanael
Joh 1:49
* His followers
Lu 19:38; Joh 12:13
- Declared by himself
Mt 25:34; Joh 18:37
- Written on His cross
Joh 19:19
- The Jews shall seek to
Ho 3:5
- Saints shall behold
Isa 33:17; Re 22:3,4
- Kings shall do homage to
Ps 72:10; Isa 49:7
- Shall overcome all his enemies
Ps 110:1; Mr 12:36 ; 1Co 15:25 ; Re 17:14
5- Christ, the Shepherd
- Foretold
Ge 49:24; Isa 40:11; Eze 34:23; 37:24
- The chief
1Pe 5:4
- The good
Joh 10:11,14
- The great
Mic 5:4; Heb 13:20
- HIS SHEEP
* He knows
Joh 10:14,27
* He calls
Joh 10:3
* He gathers
Isa 40:11; Joh 10:16
* He guides
Ps 23:3; Joh 10:3,4
* He feeds
Ps 23:1,2; Joh 10:9
* He cherishes tenderly
Isa 40:11
* He protects and preserves
Jer 31:10; Eze 34:10; Zec 9:16; Joh 10:28
* He laid down his life for
Zec 13:7; Mt 26:31; Joh 10:11,15; Ac 20:28
* He gives eternal life to
Joh 10:28
6- Conduct, Christian
- Believing God
Mr 11:22 ; Joh 14:11,12
- Fearing God
Ec 12:13 ; 1Pe 2:17
- Loving God
De 6:5; Mt 22:37
- Following God
Eph 5:1; 1Pe 1:15 ,16
- Obeying God
Lu 1:6; 1Jo 5:3
- Rejoicing in God
Ps 33:1; Hab 3:18
- Believing in Christ
Joh 6:29 ; 1Jo 3:23
- Loving Christ
Joh 21:15; 1Pe 1:7,8
- Following the example of Christ
Joh 13:15 ; 1Pe 2:21 -24
- Obeying Christ
Joh 14:21 ; 15:14
- LIVING
* To Christ
Ro 14:8; 2Co 5:15
* To righteousness
Mic 6:8; Ro 6:18 ; 1Pe 2:24
* Soberly, righteously, and godly
Tit 2:12
- WALKING
* Honestly
1Th 4:12
* Worthy of God
1Th 2:12
* Worthy of the Lord
Col 1:10
* In the Spirit
Ga 5:25
* After the Spirit
Ro 8:1
* In newness of life
Ro 6:4
* Worthy of vocation
Eph 4:1
* As children of light
Eph 5:8
- Rejoicing in Christ
Php 3:1; 4:4
- Loving one another
Joh 15:12; Ro 12:10; 1Co 13:1-13; Eph 5:2; Heb 13:1
- Striving for the faith
Php 1:27; Jude 1:3
- Putting away all sin
1Co 5:7; Heb 12:1
- Abstaining from all appearance of evil
1Th 5:22
- Perfecting holiness
Mt 5:48 ; 2Co 7:1; 2Ti 3:17
- Hating defilement
Jude 1:23
- Following after that which is good
Php 4:8; 1Th 5:15 ; 1Ti 6:11
- Overcoming the world
1Jo 5:4,5
- Adorning the gospel
Mt 5:16; Tit 2:10
- Showing a good example
1Ti 4:12 ; 1Pe 2:12 ; Tit 2:7
- Abounding in the work of the Lord
1Co 15:58 ; 2Co 8:7; 1Th 4:1
- Shunning the wicked
Ps 1:1; 2Th 3:6
- Controlling the body
1Co 9:27 ; Col 3:5
- Subduing the temper
Eph 4:26; Jas 1:19
- Submitting to injuries
Mt 5:39-41; 1Co 6:7
- Forgiving injuries
Mt 6:14; Ro 12:20
- Living peaceably with all
Ro 12:18; Heb 12:14
- Visiting the afflicted
Mt 25:36; Jas 1:27
- Doing as we would be done by
Mt 7:12; Lu 6:31
- Sympathising with others
Ga 6:2; 1Th 5:14
- Honouring others
Ps 15:4; Ro 12:10
- Fulfilling domestic duties
Eph 6:1-8; 1Pe 3:1-7
- Submitting to Authorities
Ro 13:1-7
- Being liberal to others
Ac 20:35; Ro 12:13
- Being contented
Php 4:11; Heb 13:5
- Blessedness of maintaining
Ps 1:1-3; 19:9-11; 50:23; Mt 5:3-12; Joh 15:10; 7:17
7- Contentment
- With godliness is great gain
Ps 37:16; 1Ti 6:6
- SAINTS SHOULD EXHIBIT
* In their respective callings
1Co 7:20
* With appointed wages
Lu 3:14
* With what things they have
Heb 13:5
* With food and raiment
1Ti 6:8
- God's promises should lead to
Heb 13:5
- The wicked want
Isa 5:8; Ec 5:10
8- Covetousness
- Comes from the heart
Mr 7:22 ,23
- Engrosses the heart
Eze 33:31; 2Pe 2:14
- Is idolatry
Eph 5:5; Col 3:5
- Is the root of all evil
1Ti 6:10
- Is never satisfied
Ec 5:10; Hab 2:5
- Is vanity
Ps 39:6; Ec 4:8
- IS INCONSISTENT
* In saints
Eph 5:3; Heb 13:5
* Specially in ministers
1Ti 3:3
- LEADS TO
* Injustice and oppression
Pr 28:20; Mic 2:2
* Foolish and hurtful lusts
1Ti 6:9
* Departure from the faith
1Ti 6:10
* Lying
2Ki 5:22 -25
* Murder
Pr 1:18,19; Eze 22:12
* Theft
Jos 7:21
* Poverty
Pr 28:22
* Misery
1Ti 6:10
* Domestic affliction
Pr 15:27
- Abhorred by God
Ps 10:3
- Forbidden
Ex 20:17
- A characteristic of the wicked
Ro 1:29
- A characteristic of the slothful
Pr 21:26
- Commended by the wicked alone
Ps 10:3
- Hated by saints
Ex 18:21 ; Ac 20:33
- To be mortified by saints
Col 3:5
- Woe denounced against
Isa 5:8; Hab 2:9
- Punishment of
Job 20:15 ; Isa 57:17; Jer 22:17-19; Mic 2:2,3
- Excludes from heaven
1Co 6:10 ; Eph 5:5
- Beware of
Lu 12:15
- Avoid those guilty of
1Co 5:11
- Pray against
Ps 119:36
- Reward of those who hate
Pr 28:16
- Shall abound in the last days
2Ti 3:2; 2Pe 2:1-3
9- Death of Saints, The
- A sleep in Christ
1Co 15:18 ; 1Th 4:14
- Is blessed
Re 14:13
- Is gain
Php 1:21
- IS FULL OF
* Faith
Heb 11:13
* Peace
Isa 57:2
* Hope
Pr 14:32
- Sometimes desired
Lu 2:29
- Waited for
Job 14:14
- Met with resignation
Ge 50:24; Jos 23:14; 1Ki 2:2
- Met without fear
1Co 15:55
- Precious in God's sight
Ps 116:15
- God preserves them to
Ps 48:14
- God is with them in
Ps 23:4
- Removes from coming evil
2Ki 22:20 ; Isa 57:1
- LEADS TO
* Rest
Job 3:17; 2Th 1:7
* Comfort
Lu 16:25
* Christ's presence
2Co 5:8; Php 1:23
* A crown of life
2Ti 4:8; Re 2:10
* A joyful resurrection
Isa 26:19; Da 12:2
- Disregarded by the wicked
Isa 57:1
- Survivors consoled for
1Th 4:13-18
- The wicked wish theirs to resemble
Nu 23:10
10- The Devil
- Sinned against God
2Pe 2:4; 1Jo 3:8
- Cast out of heaven
Lu 10:18
- Cast down to hell
2Pe 2:4; Jude 1:6
- The author of the fall
Ge 3:1,6,14,24
- Tempted Christ
Mt 4:3-10
- Perverts the Scripture
Mt 4:6; Ps 91:11,12
- Opposes God's work
Zec 3:1; 1Th 2:18
- Hinders the gospel
Mt 13:19; 2Co 4:4
- Works lying wonders
2Th 2:9; Re 16:14
- Assumes the form of an angel of light
2Co 11:14
- THE WICKED
* Are the children of
Mt 13:38 ; Ac 13:10 ; 1Jo 3:10
* Turn aside after
1Ti 5:15
* Do the lusts of
Joh 8:44
* Possessed by
Lu 22:3; Ac 5:3; Eph 2:2
* Blinded by
2Co 4:4
* Deceived by
1Ki 22:21 ,22; Re 20:7,8
* Ensnared by
1Ti 3:7; 2Ti 2:26
* Troubled by
1Sa 16:14
* Punished, together with
Mt 25:41
- SAINTS
* Afflicted by, only as God permits
Job 1:12; 2:4-7
* Tempted by
1Ch 21:1; 1Th 3:5
* Sifted by
Lu 22:31
* Should resist
Jas 4:7; 1Pe 5:9
* Should be armed against
Eph 6:11-16
* Should be watchful against
2Co 2:11
* Overcome
1Jo 2:13 ; Re 12:10 ,11
* Shall finally triumph over
Ro 16:20
- TRIUMPH OVER, BY CHRIST
* Predicted
Ge 3:15
* In resisting his temptations
Mt 4:11
* In casting out the spirits of
Lu 11:20 ; 13:32
* In empowering his disciples to cast out
Mt 10:1; Mr 16:17
* In destroying the works of
1Jo 3:8
* Completed by his death
Col 2:15; Heb 2:14
11- Disobedience to God
- Provokes his anger
Ps 78:10,40; Isa 3:8
- Forfeits his favour
1Sa 13:14
- Forfeits his promised blessings
Jos 5:6; 1Sa 2:30 ; Jer 18:10
- Brings a curse
De 11:28; 28:15
- A characteristic of the wicked
Eph 2:2; Tit 1:16; 3:3
- The wicked persevere in
Jer 2:21
- Heinousness of, illustrated
Jer 35:14
- Men prone to excuse
Ge 3:12,13
- Shall be punished
Isa 42:24,25; Heb 2:2
- Acknowledge the punishment of, to be just
Ne 9:32,33; Da 9:10,11,14
- Warnings against
1Sa 12:15 ; Jer 12:17
- Bitter results of, illustrated
Jer 9:13,15
12- Faithfulness
- A characteristic of saints
Eph 1:1; Col 1:2; 1Ti 6:2; Re 17:14
- EXHIBITED IN
* The service of God
Mt 24:45
* Declaring the word of God
Jer 23:28 ; 2Co 2:17 ; 4:2
* The care of dedicated things
2Ch 31:12
* Helping the brethren
3Jo 1:5
* Bearing witness
Pr 14:5
* Reproving others
Pr 27:6; Ps 141:5
* Situations of trust
2Ki 12:15 ; Ne 13:13 ; Ac 6:1-3
* Doing work
2Ch 34:12
* Keeping secrets
Pr 11:13
* Conveying messages
Pr 13:17; 25:13
* All things
1Ti 3:11
* The smallest matters
Lu 16:10-12
- Should be to death
Re 2:10
- ESPECIALLY REQUIRED IN
* Ministers
1Co 4:2; 2Ti 2:2
* The wives of ministers
1Ti 3:11
* The children of ministers
Tit 1:6
- Difficulty of finding
Pr 20:6
- The wicked devoid of
Ps 5:9
- Associate with those who exhibit
Ps 101:6
- Blessedness of
1Sa 26:23; Pr 28:20
- Blessedness of, illustrated
Mt 24:45,46; 25:21,23
13- Forgetting God
- A characteristic of the wicked
Pr 2:17; Isa 65:11
- Backsliders are guilty of
Jer 3:21,22
- IS FORGETTING HIS
* Covenant
De 4:23 ; 2Ki 17:38
* Works
Ps 78:7,11; 106:13
* Benefits
Ps 103:2; 106:7
* Word
Heb 12:5; Jas 1:25
* Law
Ps 119:153,176; Ho 4:6
* Past deliverance
Jg 8:34; Ps 78:42
* Power to deliver
Isa 51:13-15
- Encouraged by false teachers
Jer 23:27
- Prosperity often leads to
De 8:12-14; Ho 13:6
- Trials should not lead to
Ps 44:17-20
- Resolve against
Ps 119:16,93
- Cautions against
De 6:12 ; 8:11
- Exhortation to those guilty of
Ps 50:22
- Punishment of
Job 8:12,13; Ps 9:17; Isa 17:10,11; Eze 23:35; Ho 8:14
14- Glorifying God
- Commanded
1Ch 16:28 ; Ps 22:23 ; Isa 42:12
- Due to him
1Ch 16:29
- FOR HIS
* Holiness
Ps 99:9; Re 15:4
* Mercy and truth
Ps 115:1; Ro 15:9
* Faithfulness and truth
Isa 25:1
* Wondrous works
Mt 15:31; Ac 4:21
* Judgments
Isa 25:3; Eze 28:22; Re 14:7
* Deliverance
Ps 50:15
* Grace to others
Ac 11:18 ; 2Co 9:13 ; Ga 1:24
- Obligation of saints to
1Co 6:20
- Is acceptable through Christ
Php 1:11 ; 1Pe 4:11
- Christ, an example of
Joh 17:4
- ACCOMPLISHED BY
* Relying on his promises
Ro 4:20
* Praising him
Ps 50:23
* Doing all to him
1Co 10:31
* Dying for him
Joh 21:19
* Confessing Christ
Php 2:11
* Suffering for Christ
1Pe 4:14 ,16
* Glorifying Christ
Ac 19:17 ; 2Th 1:12
* Bringing forth fruits of righteousness
Joh 15:8; Php 1:11
* Patience in affliction
Isa 24:15
* Faithfulness
1Pe 4:11
- Required in body and spirit
1Co 6:20
- Shall be universal
Ps 86:9; Re 5:13
- SAINTS SHOULD
* Resolve on
Ps 69:30; 118:28
* Unite in
Ps 34:3; Ro 15:6
* Persevere in
Ps 86:12
- All the blessings of God are designed to lead to
Isa 60:21; 61:3
- The holy example of saints may lead others to
Mt 5:16 ; 1Pe 2:12
- All, by nature, fail in
Ro 3:23
- The wicked averse to
Da 5:23; Ro 1:21
- Punishment for not
Da 5:23,30; Mal 2:2; Ac 12:23; Ro 1:21
- Heavenly host engaged in
Re 4:11
15-Denial of Christ
- In doctrine
Mr 8:38 ; 2Ti 1:8
- In practice
Php 3:18,10; Tit 1:16
- A characteristic of false teachers
2Pe 2:1; Jude 1:4
- Is the spirit of Antichrist
1Jo 2:22 ,23; 4:3
- Christ will deny those guilty of
Mt 10:33 ; 2Ti 2:12
- Leads to destruction
2Pe 2:1; Jude 1:4,15
- Exemplified
* Peter
Mt 26:69-75
* The Jews
Joh 18:40; Ac 3:13,14
16- Goodness of God, The
- Is part of his character
Ps 25:8; Na 1:7; Mt 19:17
- DECLARED TO BE
* Great
Ne 9:35; Zec 9:17
* Rich
Ps 104:24; Ro 2:4
* Abundant
Ex 34:6; Ps 33:5
* Satisfying
Ps 65:4; Jer 31:12,14
* Enduring
Ps 23:6; 52:1
* Universal
Ps 145:9; Mt 5:45
- MANIFESTED
* To his Church
Ps 31:19; La 3:25
* In doing good
Ps 119:68; 145:9
* In supplying temporal wants
Ac 14:17
* In providing for the poor
Ps 68:10
* In forgiving sins
2Ch 30:18; Ps 86:5
* Leads to repentance
Ro 2:4
* Recognize, in his dealings
Ezr 8:18; Ne 2:18
* Pray for the manifestation of
2Th 1:11
* Despise not
Ro 2:4
* Reverence
Jer 33:9; Ho 3:5
* Magnify
Ps 107:8; Jer 33:11
* Urge others to confide in
Ps 34:8
* The wicked disregard
Ne 9:35
