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Moral Laws

BAPTISM

  1. Get Baptized
    sermon: baptism
    • Acts 2:38 , 10:48
  2. Baptize believers (in the name of The Father, and of The Son, and of The Holy Ghost)
    • Matthew 28:19
    • this is the job of ordained officials but laymen should still encourage new believers to be baptized

BIBLE

  1. Read the Bible (daily)
    • Deuteronomy 17:19 , Acts 17:11 , Isaiah 34:16 , 1 Timothy 4:13 , Revelation 1:3
    • jesus rebukes people for not reading: Matthew 12:3 , 12:5 , 19:4 , 21:16 , 21:42 , 22:31 , Mark 2:25 , 12:10 , 12:26 , Luke 6:3
    • He that hath ears to hear, let him hear
      • Micah 1:2 , Matthew 11:15 , 13:9 , 13:18 , 13:43 , 15:10 , 17:5 , Mark 4:3 , 4:9 , 4:23-24 , 7:14 , 7:16 , Luke 8:8 , 8:18 , 14:35 , 18:6 , 2 Timothy 2:7 , Hebrews 12:25 , 13:22 , James 2:5 , Revelation 2:7 , 2:11 , 2:17 , 2:29 , 3:6 , 3:13 , 3:22
    • The Bible is our spiritual food
      • Matthew 4:4 , Luke 4:4 , Deuteronomy 8:3 , Ezekiel 2:8 , 3:1 , 3:3 , Revelation 10:9
      • Note: Compare amount of time you spend eating to reading or listening to the Bible
  2. Do not add or diminish God’s Word/commands
    • Deuteronomy 4:2 , 12:32 , Proverbs 30:6 , Revelation 22:18-19

CEREMONIAL LAW

  1. make distinction between the ceremonial and moral laws
    • Matthew 5:17 , Colossians 2:16 , 1 Corinthians 7:18 , Matthew 9:13 , Matthew 12:7 , Hosea 6:6

CIVIL GOVERNMENT

  1. Pay taxes:
    • Matthew 22:21 , Mark 12:17 , Luke 20:25 , Romans 13:7
  2. Avoid trouble with the law: by agreeing with thine adversary; handling disputes amongst brethren
    • Matthew 5:25-26 , 5:40 , Luke 12:57-58 , 1 Corinthians 6:1-7
  3. Don’t conceal evil doers
    • Deuteronomy 13:8 , Proverbs 28:17

COMMUNION

  1. Eat unleavened bread in remembrance of Jesus’ body and drink grape juice (fruit of the vine) in remembrance of Jesus’ blood
    • Matthew 26:26-27 , Luke 22:19-20 , 1 Corinthians 11:24-25
  2. This is a small gathering (it’s the new testament version of the Passover)
    • 1 Corinthians 11:20 , (Luke 22:15)
    • Note: large groups would allow unsaved people to participate to get sick/judged
  3. This is a shared meal (must be orderly)
    • 1 Corinthians 11:21-22 , 11:33-34
  4. Do not do this unworthily (A saved person is worthy, because of God’s righteousness: Example of Judas)
    • 1 Corinthians 11:27-32 , (11:18-19 , 11:23)

DISPUTES

  1. Avoid conflict
    • Proverbs 3:30 (requires cause) , 10:12 , 15:18 , 16:28 , 17:1 , 17:14 , 18:6 , 20:3 , 25:8 , 26:17 , 26:21 , Romans 13:13 , 2 Corinthians 12:20 , Galatians 5:15 , 5:20 , Philippians 2:3 , 2:14 , 1 Timothy 3:3 , 2 Timothy 2:24 , Titus 3:2 , 3:9
  2. Confess your faults one to another
    • James 5:16
  3. Yield to judgment from authorities
    • Ecclesiastes 8:3 , 10:4 , Micah 7:9 , Zephaniah 1:7
  4. Resist not evil (done to you): violence, theft, tribulation
    • Matthew 5:39-41 , Luke 6:29 , 6:30
  5. Take no heed unto all words that are spoken (of you)
    • Ecclesiastes 7:21-22
  6. Have long-suffering/forbearance
    • 1 Corinthians 13:4 , Galatians 5:22 , Ephesians 4:2 , Colossians 3:12-13
  7. Forgive
    • Leviticus 19:18 , Proverbs 17:9 , 19:11 , Matthew 6:12 , 18:21-35 , Mark 11:25 , Luke 17:3-4 , Ephesians 4:31-32 , Colossians 3:13 , 3:19 , Hebrews 12:15 , James 5:9
  8. Seek Peace
    • Mark 9:50 , Romans 12:18 , 2 Corinthians 13:11 , Galatians 5:22 , Colossians 3:15 , 1 Thessalonians 5:13 , 2 Timothy 2:22 , Hebrews 12:14 , 1 Peter 3:11
  9. Avenge not yourselves
    • Leviticus 19:18 , Proverbs 20:22 , 24:29 , Romans 12:17 , 12:19 , 1 Thessalonians 5:15 , 1 Peter 3:9
  10. Do violence to no man
    • Deuteronomy 27:24 , Matthew 10:16 , Luke 3:14 , 1 Timothy 3:3 , Titus 1:7
  11. Do not murder
    • Exodus 20:13 , 23:7 , Leviticus 18:21 , Deuteronomy 5:17 , 27:25 , Proverbs 6:17 , Ezekiel 22:9 , Matthew 19:18 , Mark 7:21 , 10:19 , Luke 18:20 , Romans 13:9 , Galatians 5:21 , 1 Timothy 1:9 , James 2:11 , 1 Peter 4:15
  12. Be ye angry, and sin not (righteous anger)
    • Ephesians 4:26
    • Requires a cause: Matthew 5:22
    • is slow to happen: Proverbs 14:17 , 14:29 , 15:18 , 16:32 , Ecclesiastes 7:9 , Titus 1:7 , James 1:19
    • ends before sunset (endures but for a moment): Psalm 37:8 , Ephesians 4:26 , Colossians 3:8
    • In general, anger is bad: Proverbs 19:11 , 27:3-4 , 29:22 , 30:33 , Romans 12:19 , 2 Corinthians 12:20 , Galatians 5:20

EARTH/AGRICULTURE/ANIMAL CRUELTY

  1. Subdue the earth (land)
    • Genesis 1:28
  2. Have dominion over all animals
    • Genesis 1:28
  3. Farmer: Thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed (Genetically Modified Organisms or seeds)
    • Leviticus 19:19 , Deuteronomy 22:9
  4. Farmer: Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind (result- mules, other animals)
    • Leviticus 19:19 (symbolic of marrying an unbeliever)
  5. Farmer: Leave some harvest for the poor/strangers/fatherless/widows
    • Leviticus 19:9-10 , 23:22 , Deuteronomy 24:19-22
  6. Lawful to take a handful of someone’s produce but not to gather in a vessel
    • Deuteronomy 23:24-25 ,
  7. Don’t kill a dam and her young in one day
    • Leviticus 22:28 , Deuteronomy 22:6-7 , Proverbs 12:10 ,
  8. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk
    • Exodus 23:19 , 34:26 , Deuteronomy 14:21 , Proverbs 12:10
  9. Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn
    • Deuteronomy 25:4 , Proverbs 12:10
  10. Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together
    • Deuteronomy 22:10 , Proverbs 12:10

END TIMES PROPHECY COMMANDS

  1. Watch (don’t sleep): be vigilant
    • Matthew 24:42-44 , 25:13 , Mark 13:33-37 , Luke 12:35 , 12:40 , 21:34 , Acts 20:31 , 1 Corinthians 16:13 , 1 Thessalonians 5:6-7 , 2 Timothy 4:5 , 1 Peter 4:7
  2. Study/observe end times prophecy
    • Matthew 24:15 , 24:33 , Mark 13:14 , 28-29 , Luke 21:28 , 21:31 , 1 Peter 1:13 , 4:7
  3. Be not troubled at war or rumors of war
    • Matthew 24:6 , Mark 13:7 , Luke 21:9
  4. Don’t believe false “Christs”
    • Matthew 24:4 , 24:23 , 24:26 , Mark 13:5 , 13:21 , Luke 21:8
  5. Let no man deceive you (that day of Christ is at hand)
    • 2 Thessalonians 2:2-3
  6. Know that wickedness will abound in the last days
    • 2 Timothy 3:1 , Jude 1:17-18
  7. Know the desolation is nigh when you see Jerusalem compassed with armies
    • Mark 13:28-29 , Luke 21:20
  8. Count the number of the beast
    • Revelation 13:18
  9. Know that a day with the Lord is as a thousand years
    • 2 Peter 3:8
  10. Flee at the abomination of desolation (them in Judaea)
    • Matthew 24:16 , Mark 13:14 , Luke 21:21
  11. Take nothing with you, Remember Lot’s wife (She looked behind)
    • Matthew 24:17-18 , Mark 13:15-16 , Luke 17:31-32
  12. Pray that your flight be not in the winter or Sabbath day
    • Matthew 24:20 , Mark 13:18
  13. Pray you will survive the tribulation, till the 2nd Coming
    • Luke 21:36
  14. Comfort one another (by reminding them about the 2nd coming of Christ)
    • 1 Thessalonians 4:18

EXCOMMUNICATION

  1. Someone who wrongs another church member and is unrepentant
    • Matthew 18:15-17
    • Principle: Churches have been given authority to kick people out
      • Matthew 18:18
    • Requires 2 or 3 witnesses
      • Matthew 18:16
    • Requires bringing the grievance to the whole church
      • Matthew 18:17
  2. Brethren refusing to work
    • 2 Thessalonians 3:6 , 3:14
  3. False prophets/false teachers; heretics
    • Ezekiel 13:9 , Romans 16:17 , Galatians 5:12 , 1 Timothy 6:3-5
  4. Fornicators
    • 1 Corinthians 5:1-13
  5. Covetous persons
    • 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 , Proverbs 23:6-8
  6. Idolaters
    • 1 Corinthians 5:1-13
  7. Railers (One who scoffs, insults, censures or reproaches with opprobrious language)
    • 1 Corinthians 5:1-13
  8. Drunkards
    • 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 , Proverbs 23:20-21
  9. Extortioners
    • 1 Corinthians 5:1-13

false religion

  1. Thou shalt have no other gods before me
    • Exodus 20:3 , Leviticus 19:4 , Deuteronomy 5:7 , 6:14 , Joshua 24:14 , 24:23 , Psalm 81:9 , Jeremiah 7:6 , Ezekiel 14:6 , 18:6 , 20:18 , 22:9 , Habakkuk 2:19 , 1 Corinthians 6:9 , 10:7 , 10:14 , Galatians 5:20 , 1 John 5:21
    • I don’t think Christians can literally believe in other gods, especially in the NT
      • Jeremiah 31:33-34 , Acts 14:15
      • but can figuratively make a god out of Money/Self/Belly
        • Matthew 6:24 , Ephesians 5:5 , Philippians 3:19 , Colossians 3:5
    • Know that the God of the Bible is the only true God
      • Deuteronomy 4:39 , 7:9-10 , Psalm 46:10 , 100:3
    • Don’t serve other gods
      • Exodus 20:5 , 23:24 , Deuteronomy 4:19 , 5:9 , 7:16 , 11:16 , 12:30-31 , 13:8 , Joshua 23:7 , 2 Kings 17:35 , Jeremiah 25:6 , Matthew 4:10 , Luke 4:8
    • Don’t worship other gods
      • Exodus 34:14 , Deuteronomy 4:19 , 11:16 , Psalm 81:9 , Jeremiah 25:6
    • Don’t bow down to other gods
      • Exodus 20:5 , 23:24 , Deuteronomy 5:9 , Joshua 23:7 , 2 Kings 17:35
    • Don’t swear by the names of other gods
      • Exodus 23:32 , Joshua 23:7
    • Make no mention of the names of other gods (In a way that regards them as a real god)
      • Exodus 23:13 , Joshua 23:7
    • Don’t sacrifice to other gods
      • Leviticus 18:21 , Deuteronomy 18:10 , 2 Kings 17:35
    • Don’t fear other gods
      • Judges 6:10 , 2 Kings 17:35 , 17:37 , 17:38 , Jeremiah 10:5
  2. No Images (statues/pictures)
    • Don’t make
      • Exodus 20:4 , 20:23 , 34:17 , Leviticus 19:4 , 26:1 , Deuteronomy 4:25 , 5:8 , 27:15 , Acts 17:29-30
    • Don’t set up
      • Leviticus 26:1 , Deuteronomy 16:22 , 27:15
    • Don’t take/bring
      • Deuteronomy 7:25-26 , 13:17
    • Don’t desire it’s silver/gold
      • Deuteronomy 7:25-26
      • Note: some say it is ok to have a statue or picture if it doesn’t represent a god
        • There were statues in the temple/tabernacle that God commanded or condoned
          • Exodus 25:18 , Numbers 21:8 , 1 Kings 6:27
        • Exodus 20, v. 4 and v. 5 are one sentence (one command)
        • Idols are nothing; only if you regard them
          • 1 Corinthians 10:19
          • But it’s certainly never ok to have a picture or statue of the God of the bible
            • Deuteronomy 4:12-18 , Acts 17:29
  3. Ye shall not observe times
    • Leviticus 19:26 , Deuteronomy 18:10 , Jeremiah 10:2
    • Meaning observing pagan holidays. Note: it is put in the same verse as enchantments
      • Galatians 4:10
  4. Voluntary humility (asceticism); be not righteous over much (going into religious extremes/pushing yourself above what’s required)
    • Proverbs 10:15 , 30:8 , Colossians 2:18 , 2:23 , 1 Timothy 4:1-3 , Ecclesiastes 7:16-18 , 12:12 , Mark 6:31
  5. Worshiping of angels (over the top exaltation: angelic beings, saints)
    • Colossians 2:18 , Revelation 19:10 , 22:9
  6. Witchcraft (demonic activity)
    • Leviticus 19:26 , 19:31 , 20:6 , Deuteronomy 18:9-12 , 18:14 , Galatians 5:20
  7. Thou shalt not revile the gods (verbal abuse; rail)
    • Exodus 22:28 , 2 Peter 2:11 , Jude 1:9-10
    • Applies to blaming all your problems on the devil/demons

FAMILY

  1. Marriage
    • Leave your parents to get married
      • Genesis 2:24 , Matthew 19:5 , Mark 10:7 , Ephesians 5:31
      • Note: there are exceptions to this rule including ministry work (Paul, etc.)
    • Husbands rule over their wives (leadership)
      • Genesis 3:16 , 1 Corinthians 11:3 , 2:12-13 , 3:5 , 3:12
    • Husbands dwell with your wife according to knowledge
      • 1 Peter 3:7
    • Cheer up your wife
      • Deuteronomy 24:5 , Proverbs 5:18-19 , Ecclesiastes 9:9 , Ephesians 5:29
    • Wife’s role: homemaker
      • Psalm 113:9 , Proverbs 7:11-12 , 14:1 , 31:27 , Song of Solomon 1:6-8 , 8:12 , 1 Timothy 5:14 , Titus 2:5 ,
      • Note: the wife is a helper to her husband
        • Genesis 2:18 , Proverbs 31:12
    • Let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband
      sermon: a marriage acceptable to god
      • Genesis 2:18 , 2:24 , Proverbs 18:22 , 1 Corinthians 7:2 , 1 Timothy 5:14 , 1 Timothy 5:14
      • Major reason to marry: To avoid fornication, better to marry than to burn
        • 1 Corinthians 7:2 , 7:9
        • Note: There is the rare exception to this command
    • Do not marry a heathen (unbeliever)
      • Genesis 6:1-6 , Exodus 34:16 , Leviticus 21:14 , Deuteronomy 7:3-4 , 23:3 , 1 Kings 11:1-2 , Ezra 9:1-2 , 9:12-14 , 10:2 , Nehemiah 13:1-3 , 13:23-27 , Song of Solomon 4:9 , 4:12 , 5:1 , 1 Corinthians 7:39 , 2 Corinthians 6:14-16
    • Marriage must be monogamous; Polygamy is a sin
      • Genesis 2:24 , Leviticus 18:18 , Deuteronomy 17:17 , Proverbs 5:15-18 , 9:16-17 , Song of Solomon 4:12-16 , Matthew 19:4-6 , Mark 10:5-9 , 1 Corinthians 7:2 , 1 Timothy 3:2 , 3:12 , 5:9 , Titus 1:6
    • Be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth (birth control is a sin)
      sermon: be fruitful and multiply
      • Genesis 1:28 , 3:16 , 9:1 , 9:7 , 38:7-10 , Proverbs 17:6 , 1 Timothy 5:14
    • Don’t charge a man with any business during his first year of marriage (Means any work that physically separates/dislocates you from your spouse. Example: war, overseas trips, etc.)
      • Deuteronomy 24:5 , Proverbs 27:8
    • Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again
      • Exodus 21:10 , 1 Corinthians 7:3-5 , Song of Solomon 2:16 , 3:4
  2. Divorce and Remarriage
    • Divorce is a sin
      • Genesis 2:21-24 , Deuteronomy 22:19 , 22:29 , Malachi 2:14-16 , Matthew 5:31-32 , 19:3-6 , Mark 10:2-9 , 10:11-12 , 1 Corinthians 7:10-14 , Ephesians 5:31 , Hebrews 13:4-5
    • Exception to divorce- the cause of fornication
      • Deuteronomy 22:19 , 22:29 , 24:1-3 , Matthew 1:18-20 , 5:32 , 19:9
      • Moses permitted this because of the hardness of their hearts but from the beginning it was not so
        • Matthew 19:7-8
    • But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: (otherwise it is adultery) (same goes for the husband)
      • Matthew 5:32 , Luke 16:18 , 1 Corinthians 7:11
    • Permitted to marry another if spouse is dead
      • Romans 7:2 , 1 Corinthians 7:39 , 1 Timothy 5:14 (context of widows)
    • If the latter husband divorces her or dies; the former husband cannot remarry her
      • Deuteronomy 24:3-4 , Jeremiah 3:1
  3. Child Rearing
    • Fathers rule over their children (leadership)
      • Genesis 18:19 , 1 Timothy 3:4-5 , 3:12
    • Train/teach/admonish/advise/command/nurture your children and grandchildren to obey the Bible
      • Genesis 18:19 , Deuteronomy 4:9-10 , 6:7 , 11:19-20 , Proverbs 10:1 , 15:20 , 17:21 , 17:25 , 19:13 , 22:6 , 23:24 , 29:15 , 29:17 , Ephesians 6:4
    • Thou shalt beat him with the rod (Spanking)
      • Proverbs 13:24 , 19:18 , 22:15 , 23:13-14 , 29:15 , Ecclesiastes 8:11
    • Fathers, provoke not your children to anger/wrath (don’t provoke them)
      • Ephesians 6:4 , Colossians 3:21

FEAR

  1. Fear God
    • Exodus 23:21 , Leviticus 19:14 , 19:32 , 25:36 , Deuteronomy 5:29 , 6:13 , 6:24 , 8:6 , 10:12 , 10:20 , 13:4 , Joshua 24:14 , 1 Samuel 12:24 , 2 Kings 17:36 , 17:39 , 1 Chronicles 16:30 , Job 40:3-5 , Psalm 2:11 , 22:23 , 33:8 , 34:9 , 76:7 , 76:11 , 85:11 , 89:7 , 90:11-12 , 96:9 , 119:120 , 130:3-4 , Proverbs 1:7 , 3:7 , 8:13 , 10:27 , 13:13 , 14:16 , 14:26-27 , 15:16 , 15:33 , 16:6 , 19:23 , 22:4 , 23:17 , 24:21 , 28:14 , Ecclesiastes 12:13 , Isaiah 8:13 , Isaiah 11:2 , Malachi 1:14 , Matthew 10:28 , Luke 12:5 , Romans 11:20 , 2 Corinthians 7:1 , Philippians 2:12 , Colossians 3:22 , Hebrews 4:1 , 12:28 , 1 Peter 1:17 , 2:17 , Revelation 14:7
      • Note: With Trembling
        • Psalm 2:11 , Ephesians 6:5 , Philippians 2:12
  2. Fear your parents
    • Leviticus 19:3
  3. Fear the government when you do evil
    • Proverbs 20:2 , 24:21 , Romans 13:4 , 13:7
  4. Fear your masters
    • Malachi 1:6 , Ephesians 6:5 , 1 Peter 2:18
  5. Fear not (everything/everyone else)
    • Genesis 15:1 , 26:24 , Deuteronomy 31:6 , 31:8 , Joshua 1:9 , 8:1 , 10:8 , 1 Samuel 12:20 , 1 Chronicles 22:13 , 28:20 , 2 Chronicles 20:15 , 20:17 , Job 31:34 , Psalm 37:1 , 37:7 , 49:16 , Proverbs 3:25-26 , 24:19 , 29:25 , Isaiah 35:4 , 41:10 , 41:14 , 43:1 , 43:5 , 44:2 , 51:7 , Jeremiah 1:8 , 1:17 , Lamentations 3:57 , Ezekiel 2:6 , 3:9 , Zephaniah 3:16 , Haggai 2:5 , Zechariah 8:13 , Matthew 10:26 , 10:28 , 10:31 , Luke 5:10 , 12:4 , 12:7 , 12:32 , 21:9 , John 14:1 , 14:27 , Philippians 1:28 , 2 Timothy 1:7 , Hebrews 13:6 , 1 Peter 3:14 , Revelation 1:17 , 2:10
      • to obey god
        • Genesis 46:3 , Deuteronomy 31:6 , 31:8 , Joshua 1:9 , 1 Chronicles 22:13 , Isaiah 40:9 , Luke 5:10 , 12:32 , 2 Timothy 1:7 , 1 Peter 3:6
      • examples of in god's presence
        • Exodus 20:20 , Judges 6:23 , Matthew 17:7 , 28:10 , Revelation 1:17
      • persecution
        • 2 Kings 1:15 , 6:16 , Isaiah 44:8 , 51:7 , Jeremiah 1:8 , 1:17 , Ezekiel 2:6 , 3:9 , Matthew 10:26 , 10:28 , 10:31 , Luke 12:4 , 12:7 , Philippians 1:28 , 1 Peter 3:14 , Revelation 2:10
      • Ye shall not be afraid of the face of man (as a judge)
        • Deuteronomy 1:17
      • Thou shalt not be afraid of him (the false prophet)
        • Deuteronomy 18:22
      • Note: people fear because of uncertainty about God’s promises (opposite of faith)
  6. Have courage
    • Deuteronomy 31:6-7 , 31:23 , Joshua 1:6-7 , 1:9 , 23:6 , 2 Chronicles 32:7 , Psalm 31:24 , Isaiah 35:3-4

FORNICATION

  1. A man must marry a maid (virgin) that he lies with (unless the father rejects him)
    • Exodus 22:16 , Deuteronomy 22:28-29

FRIENDS

  1. Don’t forsake your friends
    sermon: being a friend
    • Proverbs 18:24 , 27:10
  2. Don’t be friends/companions with…
    • An angry man
      • Proverbs 22:24
    • A glutton/drunkard
      • Proverbs 23:20-21 , 28:7
    • A flatterer
      • Proverbs 20:19
    • Unbelievers
      • 2 Corinthians 6:14-18
    • Evil men
      • Proverbs 1:15 , 24:1 , 2 Timothy 3:5
    • Scorners
      • Proverbs 22:10
    • Those given to change
      • Proverbs 24:21
    • Foolish men
      • Proverbs 13:20 , 14:7
  3. Be friends/companions with…
    • Those that fear God/Wise men
      • Psalm 119:63 , Proverbs 13:20 , 15:12 , 2 Timothy 2:22

GENDER

  1. Sin of effeminacy
    • 1 kings 2:2 , 1 Corinthians 6:9 , 16:13
  2. Women should be soft spoken
    sermon: a biblical view of womanhood
    • Proverbs 7:11 , 9:13 , Titus 2:5 , 1 Peter 3:4

GOOD MANNERS

  1. Have Salt (savor)
    • Mark 9:50 , Colossians 4:6
  2. Be Courteous
    • 1 Peter 3:8
  3. Greet/Salute others (especially by name)
    • Psalm 2:12 , Matthew 10:12 , Luke 10:5 , 1 Corinthians 16:20 , 1 Thessalonians 5:26 , Philippians 4:21 , Hebrews 13:24 , 3 John 1:14
  4. Stand up when an elderly man walks in
    • Leviticus 19:32
  5. Don’t be cruel to the disabled
    • Leviticus 19:14 , Deuteronomy 27:18
  6. Help those in need
    • Exodus 23:5 , Deuteronomy 22:4
  7. Visit the sick
    • Matthew 25:36
  8. Visit them in prison
    • Matthew 25:36 , Hebrews 13:3
  9. Don’t abuse hospitality
    • Proverbs 25:17 , Matthew 10:11 , Mark 6:10 , Luke 9:4 , 10:7

GRATITUDE

  1. In everything give thanks
    sermon: being thankful
    • 1 Chronicles 16:8 , 16:34 , Psalm 30:4 , 50:14 , 95:2 , 97:12 , 100:4 , 105:1 , 107:1 , 136:1-3 , 26 , 147:7 , 1 Thessalonians 5:18 , Ephesians 5:4 , 5:20 , Colossians 2:7 , 3:15 , 3:17
  2. Don’t complain, murmur or be ungrateful
    • Numbers 11:1 , John 6:43 , 1 Corinthians 10:10 , Philippians 2:14 , Ephesians 4:31
    • clamor-loud outcry; expression of discontent or protest

HOUSING

  1. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates (Display God’s Word throughout your house)
    • Deuteronomy 6:9 , 11:20
  2. Build a battlement on your roof when constructing a house
    • Deuteronomy 22:8

HUMILITY/HONOR

  1. Be humble (when you soberly esteem yourself low and another high)(pride is a sin)
    • Proverbs 3:34 , 6:17 , 8:13 , 11:2 , 12:9 , 13:10 , 15:25 , 15:33 , 16:5 , 16:18-19 , 17:19 , 18:11-12 , 21:4 , 22:4 , 28:25 , 29:23 , 30:13 , Isaiah 66:2 , Micah 6:8 , Mark 7:22 , Romans 11:20 , 12:3 , 12:16 , 1 Corinthians 1:26-29 , 4:6 , 2 Corinthians 12:20 , Ephesians 4:2 , Philippians 2:3 , 2:5 , Colossians 3:12 , James 4:6 , 4:10 , 1 Peter 5:5-6
  2. Be meek
    • Zephaniah 2:3 , Galatians 5:23 , Ephesians 4:2 , Colossians 3:12 , 1 Timothy 6:11 , Titus 3:2 , 1 Peter 3:4 , 3:15
  3. Choose the lowest seat
    • Proverbs 25:6-7 , Matthew 23:6 , Mark 12:39 , Luke 11:43 , 14:8 , 14:10 , 20:46
  4. Say we are unprofitable servants (God isn’t bettered by us- only we and the people around us are profited: stay humble)
    • Luke 17:10
  5. Honor, reverence, esteem highly
    sermon: being respectful
    • Husband to wife
      • 1 Peter 3:7
    • Wife to husband
      • Ephesians 5:33
    • Children to parents
      • Exodus 20:12 , Deuteronomy 5:16 , 27:16 , Proverbs 30:17 , Ezekiel 22:7 , Matthew 15:4 , 19:19 , Mark 7:10 , 10:19 , Luke 18:20 , Ephesians 6:2
    • Servant to master
      • Malachi 1:6 , 1 Timothy 6:1
    • Citizens to the king
      • Romans 13:7 , 1 Peter 2:17
    • Believers to spiritual leader
      • Philippians 2:29 , 1 Corinthians 4:1 , 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13 , 1 Timothy 5:17 , Hebrews 13:7 , 1 Timothy 4:12 , Titus 2:15
    • Other believers (in general)
      • Romans 12:10
    • Elderly
      • Leviticus 19:32 , 1 Timothy 5:3
    • All men (equal value as a person)
      • Titus 3:2 , 1 Peter 2:17
    • Worship the Lord
      • 2 Kings 17:36 , Psalm 4:4 , 45:11 , 96:9 , Matthew 4:10 , Luke 4:8 , Hebrews 12:28 , Revelation 14:7 , Revelation 19:10
    • Sanctify the Lord
      • Isaiah 8:13 , 1 Peter 3:15

JOY

  1. Rejoice in the Lord (always/evermore)
    • 1 Chronicles 16:10 , Psalm 2:11 , 5:11 , 32:11 , 33:1 , 37:4 , 40:16 , 48:11 , 67:4 , 68:3-4 , 70:4 , 97:12 , 118:15 , 149:2 , 149:5 , Proverbs 15:13 , 15:15 , 17:22 , Ecclesiastes 9:7 , Isaiah 65:18 , 66:10 , Joel 2:23 , Zephaniah 3:14 , Zechariah 2:10 , 9:9 , Romans 12:8 , 1 Corinthians 13:6 , Galatians 5:22 , Philippians 3:1 , 4:4 , 1 Thessalonians 5:16
  2. For your Salvation
    • Luke 10:20
  3. For rewards/blessings
    • When tempted (tested to sin)
      • James 1:2
    • When persecuted for Christ’s sake
      • Matthew 5:12 , Luke 6:23 , John 16:33 , Romans 12:12 , 1 Peter 3:14 , 4:12-13 , 4:16
    • When exalted/made low
      • Ecclesiastes 7:14 , James 1:9-10
    • For hope of reward
      • Jeremiah 31:16
  4. Rejoice not; sorrow; mourn (because of sin)
    • Jeremiah 6:26 , Hosea 9:1 , Joel 1:5 , 1:11 , 1:13 , 2:12-13 , James 4:9 , 4:16
  5. Be happy for others (when good things happen) or sad (when bad)
    • Job 6:14 , Proverbs 17:5 , Romans 12:15 , Hebrews 13:3 , 1 Peter 3:8

JUSTICE AND EQUITY (CIVIL & MORAL)

  1. Judge righteous judgement
    • Exodus 23:7 , Leviticus 19:15 , 19:35 , Deuteronomy 1:16 , 16:18-20 , 24:17 , 25:1 , 27:19 , Proverbs 17:15 , 17:26 , 18:5 , 29:4 , 31:8-9 , Jeremiah 7:5-6 , 22:3 , Ezekiel 18:8 , 45:9 , Hosea 12:6 , Micah 6:8 , Zechariah 8:16 , John 7:24 , Titus 1:8
  2. Thou shalt not respect persons (equality) (poor/ mighty/ rich/ stranger)
    • Deuteronomy 1:17 , 16:19 , Proverbs 18:5 , 24:23 , 28:21 , Ephesians 6:9 , Colossians 4:1 , 1 Timothy 5:21 , James 2:1 , 2:9
      • Poor/Rich
        • Exodus 23:3 , Leviticus 19:15 , Proverbs 29:7 , 29:14 , Isaiah 10:2 , Zechariah 7:10 , James 2:2-4
      • Small/Great
        • Deuteronomy 1:17 , Proverbs 17:26
      • Stranger/Brethren (applicable to race/ethnicity)
        • Exodus 12:48-49 , 22:21 , 23:9 , Leviticus 19:33-34 , 24:22 , Numbers 15:15-16 , Deuteronomy 27:19 , Jeremiah 7:6 , Ezekiel 22:7 , Zechariah 7:10 , Malachi 3:5
      • Widow/Fatherless
        • Exodus 22:22 , Deuteronomy 27:19 , Isaiah 1:17 , 10:2 , Jeremiah 7:6 , Ezekiel 22:7 , Zechariah 7:10 , Malachi 3:5 , Matthew 23:14 , Mark 12:40 , Luke 20:47
  3. Don’t receive bribes (money that corrupts judgment)
    • Exodus 23:8 , Deuteronomy 16:19 , Psalm 15:5 , Proverbs 15:27 , 17:23 , 29:4 , Ezekiel 22:12
  4. Receive not an accusation but before two or three witnesses
    • Deuteronomy 19:15 , Matthew 18:16 , 2 Corinthians 13:1 , 1 Timothy 5:19
  5. One is punished for his own sin (not for another person’s)
    • Deuteronomy 24:16 , 2 Kings 14:6 , 2 Chronicles 25:4 , Ezekiel 18:18-20
  6. Don’t twist judgment to follow the crowd
    • Exodus 23:2

LOVE & HATE

  1. Love God
    • Deuteronomy 6:5 , 10:12 , 10:20 , 11:1 , 11:22 , 30:16 , 30:20 , Joshua 22:5 , 23:11 , Psalm 17:15 , 18:1 , 31:23 , 40:8 , 42:1-3 , 57:7 , 63:1-2 , 73:25 , 89:16 , 100:2 , 105:3 , 143:6 , Proverbs 8:17 , Matthew 22:37-38 , Mark 12:30 , Luke 10:27 , 11:42 , Colossians 3:2 , Jude 1:21
    • In comparison to loving God: hate father, mother, wife, children, brethren, sisters, and your own life
      • Luke 14:26 , Matthew 10:37
  2. Love good (righteousness), hate evil (sin)
    • Psalm 11:5 , 97:10 , 101:3 , Proverbs 6:18 , 8:13 , 10:23 , 13:5 , 14:9 , 15:10 , 21:10 , 21:15 , 27:3 , 28:16 , Amos 5:14-15 , Micah 6:8 , Zephaniah 2:3 , Matthew 5:6 , Romans 12:9 , Ephesians 5:11 , Hebrews 1:9 , 3 John 1:11 , Revelation 3:19
    • Thy law do I love/longing after at all times/stick (cleave) unto them/run/make haste/delay not/ pant for thy word/Lift up your voice for/seek as for hid treasures.
      • Psalm 1:2 , 40:8 , 119:16 , 119:20 , 119:24 , 119:31 , 119:32 , 119:35 , 119:40 , 119:60 , 119:70 , 119:72 , 119:77 , 119:97 , 119:103 , 119:111 , 119:113 , 119:131 , 119:136 , 119:140 , 119:143 , 119:161 , 119:167 , 119:174 , Proverbs 1:7 , 1:22 , 2:1-4 , 2:10 , 3:15 , 4:5-8 , 7:1-4 , 12:1 , 15:21 , 18:2 , Ezekiel 22:8 , 1 Thessalonians 5:20 , Hebrews 13:22 , 1 Peter 2:2
  3. Thou shalt not covet: Be content: Love not the world, neither the things in the world
    • Exodus 20:17 , Deuteronomy 5:21 , Job 31:25 , Proverbs 15:27 , 27:20 , 28:20 , 28:22 , 30:8 , 30:15-16 , Mark 7:22 , Luke 3:14 , 12:15 , Romans 7:7 , 13:9 , 1 Corinthians 6:10 , 10:6 , Ephesians 5:3 , Philippians 4:11-12 , Colossians 3:2 , 3:5 , 1 Timothy 3:3 , 8:3 , 6:5-11 , 2 Timothy 2:4 , 2:22 , Titus 1:7 , 2:12 , Hebrews 13:5 , James 5:1 , 1 Peter 2:11 , 4:2 , 5:2 , 1 John 2:15-17 , James 4:4 , 2 Timothy 3:4 , 4:10
    • Envy
      • Psalm 37:1 , Proverbs 3:31 , 14:30 , 23:17 , 24:1 , 24:19 , 27:4 , Romans 1:29 , 13:13 , 1 Corinthians 13:4 , 2 Corinthians 12:20 , Galatians 5:20-21 , 5:26 , 1 Peter 2:1
    • Let us not be desirous of vain glory
      • Galatians 5:26 , Philippians 2:3
    • Don’t lust after strange women (for fornication or adultery)
      • Exodus 20:17 , Deuteronomy 5:21 , Proverbs 5:19-21 , 6:25 , Matthew 5:28 , Galatians 5:19 , Colossians 3:5 , 1 Thessalonians 4:5
    • Deny self (don’t live for worldly pleasures)
      • Proverbs 21:17 , Matthew 16:24 , Mark 8:34 , Luke 9:23 , Romans 15:1
  4. Love others (everybody except haters of God)(saved/unsaved; physical family/strangers; those that hate you/those that love you)
    • Brethren
      • Leviticus 19:17 , Deuteronomy 23:7 , Zechariah 7:10 , John 13:14-15 (example), 13:34-35 , 15:9 , 15:12 , 15:17 , Romans 12:10 , 13:8 , 1 Corinthians 16:14 , 2 Corinthians 6:13 , 9:7 , Galatians 6:10 , Ephesians 4:2 , 1 Timothy 6:2 , Hebrews 13:1 , 10:24 , 1 Peter 1:22 , 2:1 , 2:17 , 3:8 , 1 John 3:11 , 3:16-18 , 3:23 , 4:7 , 4:11 , 4:21 , 2 John 1:5
    • Unsaved
      • 1 Corinthians 10:33 , Galatians 6:10 , 3 John 1:5
    • Family
      • Proverbs 11:29 , 15:17 , 15:20 , 23:22 , Ephesians 5:25 , 5:28 , 5:33 , Colossians 3:19 , Titus 2:4
    • Stranger
      • Leviticus 19:34 , Deuteronomy 10:19 , 23:7 , Matthew 25:35
    • Enemy
      • Exodus 23:4-5 , Job 31:29 , Proverbs 24:17-18 , Matthew 5:44 , Luke 6:27 , 6:35 , Romans 12:21
    • Friend
      • John 15:13
    • Children
      • Matthew 18:10 , Mark 10:14 , Luke 18:16
    • Neighbor (all)
      • Leviticus 19:18 , Proverbs 3:29 , 11:12 , 14:21 , Hosea 12:6 , Zechariah 8:17 , Matthew 19:19 , Mark 12:31 , Romans 13:9 , 1 Corinthians 10:24 , Galatians 5:14 , 5:20 , 5:22 , 6:10 , Ephesians 5:2 , 6:7 , Philippians 2:4 , 1 Thessalonians 5:8 , 1 Timothy 6:11 , Titus 1:8 , James 2:8 , 2:12
    • Orphan/widow
      • James 1:27
    • Charity
      • 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 , 14:1 , 16:14 , Colossians 3:14 , 2 Timothy 2:22 , Titus 2:2 , 1 Peter 4:8 , 2 Peter 1:7
    • External
      • Matthew 7:12 , 22:39-40 , Luke 6:31 , 6:36 , Romans 15:1 , Galatians 5:13 , Colossians 3:12 , 2 Peter 1:7
    • Internal
      • Ephesians 4:32 , Titus 2:7
  5. Do good especially to the household of faith
    • Galatians 6:10
  6. Hate haters of God; don’t help the ungodly
    • Deuteronomy 13:8 , 19:13 , 19:21 , Judges 5:31 , 2 Chronicles 19:2 , Psalm 15:4 , 26:5 , 31:6 , 40:4 , 139:21-22 , Proverbs 28:4 , 29:27 , 1 Corinthians 16:22 , Revelation 2:2
    • Let them alone (do not help/appease them)
      • Matthew 15:14

MONEY (PROVERBS 3:9)

  1. Possessions
    • Remember God (that He gives me the power to get wealth)
      • Deuteronomy 6:12 , 8:2 , 8:11 , 8:18 , 1 Timothy 6:17
    • Know the state of your flock (budget/assessment; don’t waste your resources)
      • Proverbs 12:27 , 14:4 , 18:9 , 27:23-27 , John 6:12
    • Lay not for yourselves treasures upon the earth, nor greatly multiply your silver and gold (or horses: possessions)
      • Deuteronomy 17:16-17 (for kings), Proverbs 23:4-5 , Matthew 6:19 , 6:24 , Luke 12:21 , 14:33 , 16:13 , Proverbs 11:26
      • Note: “lay up” means to store; put out of active service; or collect
    • Have a purse (wallet)
      • Luke 22:35-36
    • Have a scrip (bag for possessions)
      • Luke 22:35-36
    • Leave an inheritance
      • Proverbs 13:22
  2. Debt
    • Pay your debts
      • Psalm 37:21 , Romans 13:8
  3. Provide physical needs (food, water, shelter, clothing)
    • Husbands to the wife/family
      • Genesis 3:17-19 , Exodus 21:10 , Ephesians 5:28-29 , 1 Timothy 5:8 , 5:16
    • Children/grandchildren repay your parents
      • Matthew 15:5-6 , Mark 7:11-12 , John 19:26-27 , 1 Timothy 5:4 , 5:16 (Nephew archaic definition)
    • Believer to poor brethren
      • Leviticus 25:35 , Matthew 10:40-42 , 25:35 , 25:40 , Mark 9:37 , 9:41 , Luke 9:48 , Romans 12:13 , Galatians 6:2 , 1 Thessalonians 5:14 , 1 Timothy 3:2 , Titus 1:8 , Hebrews 13:2 , 1 Peter 4:9 , 1 John 3:17
    • Your enemy (food and water)
      • Romans 12:20 , Proverbs 25:21-22
    • The poor (unspecified)
      • Ezekiel 18:7 , Job 29:16 , 31:16-20 , 31:32 , Proverbs 11:25 , 14:21 , 14:31 , 19:17 , 21:13 , 22:9 , 28:27 , 30:14 , 31:20 , Isaiah 58:7 , Matthew 19:21 , Mark 10:21 , Luke 3:11 , 11:41 , 12:33 , Ephesians 4:28 , 1 Timothy 6:18 , Hebrews 13:16
    • not the rich
      • Proverbs 22:16 , Luke 14:12-14
    • Laborers for God
      • 3 John 1:8 , Philippians 2:29 , 2 Corinthians 7:2 , Colossians 4:10 , Titus 3:13-14
    • Receive him not into your house (false prophet)
      • 2 John 1:10
  4. Giving
    • Give/lend (to brother) cheerfully
      • Deuteronomy 15:10 , Romans 12:8 , 2 Corinthians 9:7 , 1 Peter 4:9
    • Give (alms) with simplicity (with sincerity; not to be seen of men)
      • Matthew 6:1-4 , Romans 12:8
    • Give to him that asks you
      • Proverbs 21:26 , Matthew 5:42 , Luke 6:30 , Luke 6:38
      • Note: there is a concept of refusing in the Bible: young widows; those who are lazy; false prophets
    • Give gifts
      • Luke 16:9 , Proverbs 17:8 , 18:16 , 19:6 , 21:14
    • Be reconciled with thy brother before giving your offering
      • Matthew 5:23-24
  5. Financial responsibility
    • First prepare your work (before you buy the house, start the family, etc.)
      • Proverbs 24:27
  6. Tithing
    • Pay 1/10 of your increase unto the Lord
      • Genesis 14:20 , 28:22 , Leviticus 27:30 , 27:32 , Malachi 3:8-10 , Matthew 22:21 , 23:23 , Mark 12:17 , Luke 11:42 , 18:12 , 20:25 , 1 Corinthians 9:3-14 , 16:2 , Hebrews 7:8
  7. Business Ethics
    • Hate suretyship
      • Proverbs 6:1-5 , 11:15 , 17:18 , 20:16 , 22:26 , 27:13
    • The wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning
      • Leviticus 19:13 , Deuteronomy 24:14-15 , Malachi 3:5
    • Thou shalt not steal
      • Exodus 20:15 , Leviticus 19:11 , Deuteronomy 5:19 , Matthew 19:18 , Mark 7:22 , 10:19 , Luke 18:20 , Ephesians 4:28 , Romans 13:9 , 1 Timothy 1:10 , Titus 2:10 , 1 Peter 4:15
    • False balance
      • Leviticus 19:35-36 , Deuteronomy 25:13-15 , Proverbs 11:1 , 16:11 , 20:23 , Ezekiel 45:10
    • Defraud not
      • Leviticus 6:2 , 19:13 , Deuteronomy 24:14-15 , Proverbs 13:11 , 21:6 , 22:22 , Jeremiah 22:13 , Mark 10:19 , 1 Thessalonians 4:6 , James 5:4
      • Meaning: to take something that belongs to someone through deceit/cheating/lying/tricks
    • Extortion/robbery
      • Leviticus 6:2 , 19:13 , Proverbs 1:15 , 21:7 , 22:22 , 28:24 , Ezekiel 18:7 , 22:12 , 45:9 , Luke 3:13 , 1 Corinthians 6:10
      • Meaning: to take something that belongs to someone through force or threats
    • Restore lost property
      • Exodus 23:4 , Leviticus 6:3 , Deuteronomy 22:1-3
  8. Lending
    • Lend to poor brethren
      • Deuteronomy 15:7-11 , Psalm 112:5 , Matthew 5:42
    • Hope for nothing in return (when lending)
      • Deuteronomy 15:9 , Luke 6:30 , 6:35
    • Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother (charging interest)
      • Exodus 22:25 , Leviticus 25:35-37 , Deuteronomy 23:19-20 , Nehemiah 5:9-11 , Psalm 15:5 , Proverbs 28:8 , Ezekiel 18:8 , 22:12
    • Don’t hold your poor neighbor’s pledge (collateral) overnight (clothing)
      • Exodus 22:26-27 , Deuteronomy 24:12-13 , Ezekiel 18:7
    • Don’t go into thy brother’s house to fetch his pledge: wait for him to bring it out
      • Deuteronomy 24:10-11
    • Don’t take a widow’s raiment to pledge
      • Deuteronomy 24:17
    • Don’t take the nether or upper millstone as a pledge
      • Deuteronomy 24:6
    • Take the pledge of the stranger
      • Proverbs 20:16 , 27:13

NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH

  1. Go to church
    • Deuteronomy 12:5 , Hebrews 10:25
    • Note: the word “Church” is used interchangeably with congregation
      • Hebrews 2:12 quotes Psalm 22:22
      • also Acts 7:38, all of the congregation of the children of Israel is quoted as “church in the wilderness”
  2. Follow men of God (spiritual leaders)
    • 1 Corinthians 4:16 , 11:1 , Philippians 3:17 , Hebrews 6:12 , 13:7 , James 5:10
  3. Be of one mind/spirit (teamwork, unity)
    • Mark 3:25 , Romans 15:5-7 , 1 Corinthians 1:10 , 2 Corinthians 13:11 , Ephesians 4:3 , Philippians 1:27 , 2:2 , 3:16 , 1 Peter 3:8
  4. Make not my Father’s house a house of merchandise
    sermon: buying and selling at church
    • Matthew 21:12-13 , Mark 11:15-17 , Luke 19:45-46 , John 2:16
    • Meaning: there shouldn’t be buying or selling of goods or services in the church building
  5. A foreign speaker is required to translate or have a translator in the church
    • 1 Corinthians 14:13 , 14:27-28 , 14:33
    • Note: “Tongues” is used interchangeably with language
      • Acts 2:1-13
  6. A maximum of 3 preachers in a church service is permitted
    • 1 Corinthians 14:29 , 14:33
    • Note: a preacher isn’t necessarily the pastor/bishop/etc
  7. One man speaks at a time (in church) - not open mic night
    • 1 Corinthians 14:30-33
  8. Women keep silence in the churches
    • 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 , 1 Timothy 2:11-12 , Revelation 2:20
  9. Do not call a religious leader rabbi, master or father (rabbi means master. God is your spiritual master and father
    • Matthew 23:8-10
  10. Widows who fulfill these requirements can go to the church for assistance
    • 1 Timothy 5:5 , 9-16:5
    • Husband is dead
      • 1 Timothy 5:5
    • Born again-saved
      • 1 Timothy 5:5
    • At least 60 years old
      • 1 Timothy 5:9
    • Practiced monogamy in marriage
      • 1 Timothy 5:9 , 5:14
    • Godly- well reported of good works
      • 1 Timothy 5:5-6 , 5:10
  11. Be not many masters (appropriate ratio of church leaders to members and no confusion in who is the boss)
    • James 3:1
  12. Let all things be done decently and in order (with the purpose of edifying other believers)
    • 1 Corinthians 14:26 , 14:40 , 2 Corinthians 12:20 (tumult)
  13. Pastors and deacons must fulfill biblical requirements
    • Principle: Elder = Bishop = Pastor = Overseer = Steward
      • Titus 1:5 , 1:7 , Acts 20:17 , 20:28 , 1 Peter 5:1-2
    • 1 Timothy 3:2-7 , 8-12 , Titus 1:6-9
  14. Pastors and deacons (and spiritual workers) are paid from the church
    • Deuteronomy 25:4 , Acts 6:2 , Romans 15:27 , 1 Corinthians 9 (note: altogether), Galatians 6:6 (“communicate” here means to give), 1 Timothy 5:17-18 , Hebrews 13:7
  15. Pastors oversee the church (administer/supervisor)
    • Acts 20:28 , 1 Peter 5:2
  16. Pastors don’t rule as a lord
    • Mark 10:42-45 , 1 Peter 5:2-3
  17. Pastor: commit the distribution of God’s word to faithful men
    • 2 Timothy 2:2
  18. Ordain elders in every city
    sermon: a church in every city
    • Titus 1:5
  19. Lay hands on no man suddenly
    • 1 Timothy 5:22

OBEYING AUTHORITY

  1. Obey your authorities (in general)
    • Romans 13:1-2 , Galatians 5:20 , Ephesians 5:21 , 1 Peter 5:5
  2. Wife to husband
    • Proverbs 7:11 , 19:13 , 21:9 , 21:19 , 25:24 , 27:15-16 , Ephesians 5:22-24 , 1 Peter 3:1 , 3:5 , 3:6 , Titus 2:5 , Colossians 3:18
  3. Children to parents
    • Proverbs 1:8 , 4:1-4 , 4:10 , 6:20-23 , 13:1 , 15:5 , 23:22 , 23:26 , Ephesians 6:1 , Colossians 3:20 , 1 Timothy 3:4 , 3:12 , Titus 1:6
  4. Servants to masters
    • 1 Samuel 22:14 , Ephesians 6:5 , Colossians 3:22 , 1 Timothy 6:2 , Titus 2:9-10 , 1 Peter 2:18
  5. Congregation to pastor & ministry workers (within church role)
    • 1 Corinthians 16:16 , Hebrews 13:17 , 1 Peter 5:5
  6. Citizen to civil authority/laws (within government role)
    • Deuteronomy 17:10-11 , Romans 13:5 , Titus 3:1 , 1 Peter 2:13-14 , 4:6
  7. Exception: Don’t obey commands to sin
    • Acts 4:19 , 5:29 , Romans 13:1 (chain of command), Daniel 1:8-9 , Exodus 1:17 , 1:21 , 1 Kings 18:3-4
      • God’s commands have pre-eminence over man’s commands

PATIENCE

  1. Be Patient
    • Ecclesiastes 7:8 , Luke 21:19 , Romans 12:12 , 1 Thessalonians 5:14 , 1 Timothy 3:3 , 6:11 , 2 Timothy 2:24 , 4:2 , Titus 2:2 , James 1:4 , 5:7-8 , 5:10 , 2 Peter 1:6 , 3:15
  2. Wait upon the Lord
    • Psalm 27:14 , 37:7 , 37:34 , Proverbs 20:22 , Zephaniah 3:8 , Hosea 12:6

PHYSICAL

  1. Hair
    • Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard
      • Leviticus 19:27 , Leviticus 21:5 , Deuteronomy 14:1 , Ezekiel 44:20
        • Meaning: Not to carve out strange designs in your head/beard (deform/disfigure). This is prevalent in pagan cultures.
    • Men should have short hair; women should have long hair
      • 1 Corinthians 6:9 , 1 Corinthians 11:1-16 , Ezekiel 44:20
  2. Skin
    • Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh
      • Leviticus 19:28 , 21:5 , Deuteronomy 14:1
    • No tattoos
      • Leviticus 19:28
  3. Food
    • Don’t be a glutton
      • Deuteronomy 21:20 , Proverbs 13:25 , 23:1-3 , 23:20-21 , 25:16 , 25:27 , 27:7 , Ecclesiastes 10:16-17 , 2 Thessalonians 3:10 , Galatians 5:21
      • Not given to wine
        • 1 Timothy 3:3 , 3:8 , Titus 1:7 , 2:3
    • Don’t fast for show: no sad countenance, anoint the head with oil, wash face
      • Matthew 6:16-18
      • We should fast, but there is no specified amount
        • Joel 1:14 2:12 2:15
    • Cause no offense in eating (and receive the weaker brother)
      • Romans 14:1 , 14:3 , 14:5 , 14:13 , 14:15 , 14:16 , 14:19 , 14:20 , 14:22 , 15:1-2 , 15:7 , 1 Corinthians 8:9 , 10:27-28 , 10:32
      • Example: food sacrificed unto idols
    • Eat such things as are set before you (don’t be a picky eater)
      • Proverbs 24:13 , Luke 10:7-8 , 1 Corinthians 10:25 , 10:27
    • Don’t eat or drink blood
      • Genesis 9:4 , Leviticus 7:26 , 17:12 , 17:14 , 19:26 , Deuteronomy 12:16 , 12:23-25 , 15:23 , Acts 15:20 , 15:29
      • Pour out the blood on the ground (of animals you eat)
        • Leviticus 17:13 , Deuteronomy 12:16 , 12:24 , 15:23
  4. Drink
    • Don’t drink alcohol, don’t do drugs: Be sober (Have a clear state of mind)
      • Deuteronomy 21:20 , Psalm 75:8 , Proverbs 20:1 , 23:20-21 , 23:29-35 , 31:4 , Isaiah 5:22 , Habakkuk 2:5 , 2:15 , Luke 21:34 , Romans 13:13 , 1 Corinthians 6:10 , Galatians 5:21 , Ephesians 5:18 , 1 Thessalonians 5:6 , 5:8 , 1 Timothy 3:2 , 3:11 , Titus 1:8 , 2:2 , 2:4 , 2:6 , 1 Peter 1:13 , 4:7 , 5:8
  5. Clothing/Attire
    • The woman shall not wear that which pertains to a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: For all who do so are an abomination unto the LORD thy God
      • Deuteronomy 22:5 , 1 Corinthians 6:9
    • Dress modestly (cheap and not flashy)
      • Women
        • Proverbs 7:10 , 1 Timothy 2:9 , 1 Peter 3:3
      • Men
        • Matthew 23:5 , Luke 20:46
    • With Shamefacedness (cover your nakedness)
      • Proverbs 7:10 , 1 Timothy 2:9
    • With sobriety (dress appropriate/sensible)
      • 1 Timothy 2:9

PRAISE

  1. Praise the Lord
    • Who: All People
      • Psalm 30:4 , 103:1-2 , 104:1 , 117:1 , 134:1-2 , 135:1-2 , 19-20 , 145:21 , 146:1-2 , 148:11-13 , 150:6
      • Note: God’s creation praises God by declaring His majesty
    • What: Praise the Lord
      • Psalm 22:23 , 29:1-2 , 40:16 , 44:1 , 66:8 , 67:3 , 67:5 , 68:26 , 70:4 , 96:2 , 96:7-8 , 99:9 , 100:4 , 103:1-2 , 103:21 , 104:35 , 105:45 , 106:48 , 107:1 , 113:1 , 113:9 , 115:18 , 116:19 , 117:2 , 118:1 , 118:29 , 135:1 , 20-21 , 146:1 , 146:10 , 147:1 , 147:20 , 148:1 , 148:14 , 149:1 , 149:9 , 150:1 , 150:6 , 1 Chronicles 16:28-29 , 2 Chronicles 20:21 , Romans 15:11 , Revelation 14:7 (glory means to boast)
      • Glory in God
        • Jeremiah 9:24 , 1 Corinthians 1:31 , 2 Corinthians 10:17
      • Not in sin
        • James 3:14
      • Not in men
        • 1 Corinthians 3:21
    • Where: In church
      • Psalm 35:18 , 42:4 , 99:9 , 107:32 , 148:1 , 149:1 , 150:1
      • (Sing) upon bed
        • Psalm 149:5
    • When: Every day
      • Psalm 34:1 , 35:27-28 , 145:2 , 145:21 , Hebrews 13:15
      • When you prosper/ are full
        • Deuteronomy 8:10
      • When you are merry (not to sad people; loud voice/early)
        • Proverbs 25:20 , 27:14 , James 5:13
    • How:
      • With trumpet
        • Psalm 98:6 , 150:3
      • With psaltery
        • Psalm 81:2 , 33:2 , 150:3
      • With harp
        • Psalm 33:2 , 81:2 , 98:5 , 147:7 , 149:3 , 150:3
      • With timbrel
        • Psalm 81:2 , 149:3 , 150:4
      • With stringed instruments
        • Psalm 150:4
      • With organs
        • Psalm 150:4
      • With cornet
        • Psalm 98:6
      • With loud cymbals
        • Psalm 150:5
      • With high cymbals
        • Psalm 150:5
      • With an instrument of 10 strings
        • Psalm 33:2 , 92:3 , 149:9
      • With dance
        • Psalm 149:3 , 150:4
      • With singing (psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs)
        • 1 Chronicles 16:9 , 16:23 , Psalm 9:11 , 30:4 , 33:3 , 47:6-7 , 6:1-2 , 67:4 , 68:4 , 81:1-2 , 95:1-2 , 96:1-2 , 98:1 , 98:4 , 98:5 , 100:1-2 , 105:1-3 , 147:7 , 149:1 , 149:3 , 149:5-6 , Isaiah 42:10 , Zephaniah 3:14 , Zechariah 2:10 , Ephesians 5:19 , Colossians 3:16
      • Talk of his works
        • 1 Chronicles 16:8 , 16:9 , 16:24 , Psalm 9:11 , 66:3 , 105:1-2 , 150:2
      • Say: the Lord reigneth among the heathen
        • 1 Chronicles 16:31 , Psalm 96:10
      • Declare his glory and wonder
        • Psalm 68:4 , 68:34 , 96:3
      • Clap
        • Psalm 47:1
      • Play skillfully
        • Psalm 33:3
  2. Don’t praise yourself
    • Proverbs 20:6 , 25:14 , 27:2 , 30:32 , Jeremiah 9:23 , 1 Corinthians 1:29 , 2 Corinthians 11:16
  3. Flattery (insincere praise)
    • Psalm 12:2-3 , Proverbs 26:23-26 , 26:28 , 27:6 , 28:23 , 29:5 , 1 John 3:18

PRAYER

  1. Commanded to pray (ask, seek and knock) for everything we care about
    sermon: 6 types of prayer
    • 2 Chronicles 16:8 , Psalm 50:15 , 55:22 , 62:8 , 105:1 , Matthew 7:7 , Luke 11:9 , Philippians 4:6 , James 4:2 , 5:13 , Hebrews 4:16 , 1 Peter 4:7 , 5:7
    • Note: lifting up hands is an expression of pleading
      • Psalm 134:2 , Lamentations 3:41 , 1 Timothy 2:8
  2. Pray without ceasing
    • 1 Samuel 12:23 , Luke 11:5-8 , 18:1-8 , Romans 12:12 , Ephesians 6:18 , Colossians 4:2 , 1 Thessalonians 5:17 , James 5:16-18
  3. Long prayers are done in private; public prayer is only short
    • 1 Timothy 2:8 , Matthew 6:5-8 , 14:23 , 23:14 , Mark 1:35 , 6:46 , 12:40 , Luke 6:12 , 20:47 , Matthew 18:19-20 , 21:13
  4. Don’t pray for show
    • Matthew 6:5-6
  5. Use not vain repetitions as the heathens do (chants)
    • Matthew 6:7-8
  6. Ask in faith (nothing wavering)
    • Mark 11:22-24 , 1 Timothy 2:8 , Hebrews 4:16 , James 1:6-7
  7. Take the Lord’s prayer as an example/model prayer
    • Matthew 6:9
  8. Ask in Jesus’ Name
    • John 16:24 , James 4:3 , 1 John 5:14-15 (in him)
    • Means to ask according to God’s will; on Jesus’ behalf/authority
  9. Pray in the Holy Ghost
    • Ephesians 6:18 , Jude 1:20
    • The Holy Ghost’s role in our prayers
      • Romans 8:26-27
  10. Pray with thanksgiving
    • Philippians 4:6 , Colossians 4:2
  11. Things commanded to ask for
    • Wisdom
      • James 1:5 , Proverbs 3:15 , 8:11 , 2 Chronicles 1:10-12 , 1 Kings 3:5 , 1 Kings 3:9-14
    • Forgiveness: forsake & confess your sins to God
      • Leviticus 5:5 , 26:40-41 , Numbers 5:7 , Job 31:33 , Psalm 51 , Proverbs 28:13 , Jeremiah 3:13 , Hosea 14:1-2 , Joel 2:12-13 , Matthew 6:12 , Mark 11:25 , Luke 11:4 , 1 John 1:9
    • That I enter not into temptation
      • Matthew 6:13 , 26:41 , Mark 14:38 , Luke 11:4 , 22:40 , 22:46 , 1 Chronicles 4:10 , James 1:12-15
    • That I might be accounted worthy to escape all these things (snares laid upon a believer for the cares of this life) that shall come to pass, and to stand before Jesus
      • Luke 21:36
    • More soul winners
      • Matthew 9:38 , Luke 10:2 , Ephesians 6:19 , Colossians 4:3-4 , 2 Thessalonians 3:1-2
    • All men
      • 1 Timothy 2:1
    • Brethren (intercession)
      • Ephesians 6:18 , Hebrews 13:18 , James 5:16 , 1 John 5:16
    • Health
      • James 5:14 , James 5:16
    • For kings and those in authority (to live a quiet and peaceable life)
      • Jeremiah 29:7 , 1 Timothy 2:2
    • For your enemies
      • Matthew 5:44 , Luke 6:28
    • Who not to pray for
      • The exceeding wicked
      • Jeremiah 7:16 , Jeremiah 11:14 , Jeremiah 14:11 , 1 John 5:16 ,

PREVENTION OF SIN

  1. Cut off/avoid that which causes you to commit sin: Make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lust thereof; eschew (avoid) evil, flee fornication and idolatry, be circumspect, vigilant of stumbling blocks
    • Proverbs 4:14-15 , 22:3 , Ezekiel 14:3-4 , Romans 13:14 , 1 Corinthians 10:12 , Galatians 6:1 , Job 1:1 , 1:8 , 1 Peter 3:11 , 5:9 , Exodus 23:13 , Ephesians 4:27 , 5:15 , Hebrews 12:1 (weight), 2 Timothy 4:5 (watch), 1 Timothy 3:2 , 1 Peter 5:8
    • Note: if thine right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee (means to remove that which causes you to sin)
      • Matthew 5:29-30 , 18:8-9 , Mark 9:43 , 9:45 , 9:47 , 2 Timothy 2:20-21
      • Job 31:1 , Psalm 11:5 , 101:3 , Proverbs 23:31
      • Examples: throw out TV/video-games, block distracting websites, remove alcohol/drugs from house, etc.
      • I will set no wicked thing before my eyes (guard your eyes and your ears)
      • Put on the whole armor of God
        • Ephesians 6:11 , 6:13
  2. Don’t cause others to stumble/sin
    • 1 Corinthians 10:32 , 2 Corinthians 6:3

Protection from harm

  1. Protect others
    • Physical
      • Leviticus 19:16 , Proverbs 3:3 , 24:11-12 , Luke 10:37
    • Spiritual (watchman)
      • Proverbs 3:3 , 12:6 , Ezekiel 3:17-21 , 33:2-9 , Acts 20:26
  2. Beware of false prophets, wicked people, scribes, the concision
    • Matthew 7:15 , 10:17 , Mark 12:38 , 13:9 , Luke 20:46 , Philippians 3:2
  3. Try the spirits whether they are of God (test them)
    • 1 John 4:1 , Revelation 2:2
  4. Do not be deceived and don’t hearken unto false prophets
    • Deuteronomy 13:3 , 13:8 , Matthew 16:6 , 1 Corinthians 15:33 , Colossians 2:8 , Titus 2:7 , Hebrews 13:9 , 1 John 3:7 , 2 John 1:8
  5. Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil
    • Exodus 23:2 , Proverbs 1:10 , 1:15

Rewards in Heaven

  1. Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven
    • Proverbs 13:7 , Matthew 6:20 , 1 Timothy 6:12 , 6:19
  2. Run that ye may obtain
    • 1 Corinthians 9:24 , Philippians 3:15
  3. Judge nothing before the time
    • 1 Corinthians 4:5 , 2 Corinthians 10:12
    • Means to not compare yourself with other believers to see who the greater or better Christian is
  4. Lay aside every weight
    • Hebrews 12:1
  5. Run with patience
    • Hebrews 12:1
  6. Fight the Good fight
    • 1 Timothy 1:18 , 6:12 , 1 Peter 1:13
  7. Hope to the end
    • 1 Peter 1:13 , 4:19

Righteous Appearance

  1. Abstain from all appearance of evil; be blameless; have a good name
    • 1 Thessalonians 5:22 , 1 Timothy 3:2 , 3:7 , 5:7 , Titus 1:6-7 , 2 Peter 3:14 , Proverbs 22:1
  2. Let your light so shine before men
    • Matthew 5:16

SEXUAL SINS

  1. Fornication
    • Deuteronomy 23:17 , Ezekiel 22:9 , Mark 7:21 , Acts 15:20 , 15:29 , 21:25 , Romans 13:13 , 1 Corinthians 6:9 , 6:15 , 6:18 , 6:20 , 10:8 , Colossians 3:5 , Galatians 5:19 , Ephesians 5:3 , 1 Thessalonians 4:3 , 1 Timothy 1:10 , Titus 2:5 , Hebrews 13:4 , Leviticus 19:29 (includes prostitution)
  2. Adultery
    • Exodus 20:14 , Leviticus 18:20 , Deuteronomy 5:18 , Proverbs 5:8 , 6:24 , 7:24-27 , 31:3 , Ezekiel 18:6 , 22:11 , Matthew 19:18 , Mark 7:21 , 10:19 , Luke 18:20 , Romans 13:9 , 1 Corinthians 6:9 , Galatians 5:19 , Hebrews 13:4 , James 2:11
  3. Sodomy
    sermon: aids: the judgment of god
    • Leviticus 18:22 , Deuteronomy 23:17 , Habakkuk 2:15
  4. Bestiality
    • Leviticus 18:23 , Deuteronomy 27:21
  5. Incest
    • Leviticus 18:6 , 18:7-16 , 20:11-13 , 20:14 , 20:17 , 20:19-21 , 21:2-3 , 25:49 , Deuteronomy 22:30 , 27:22 , 27:23 , 27:20 , Ezekiel 22:10-11
    • Close relative of past/present relationship prohibited
      • Leviticus 18:17-18 , Amos 2:7 , 1 Corinthians 5:1
  6. Forcing Someone (rape)
    • 2 Samuel 13:12 , 1 Corinthians 7:36

speech

  1. preaching
    • Preach and Teach the Bible; disperse knowledge (in general)
      • Proverbs 10:11 , 10:13 , 10:14 , 10:21 , 10:31-32 , 12:23 , 15:2 , 15:7 , 15:14 , 15:28 , 16:23 , 20:15 , 23:16 , 24:26 , 25:11-12 , 31:26 , Ezekiel 3:1 , 2 Timothy 1:6 , 1:13-14 , 4:2 , Titus 2:3 , 1 Peter 4:11
    • Desire to preach
      • 1 Corinthians 12:31 , 1 Corinthians 14:1 , 14:12 , 14:39
    • Be apt (prepared; ready; willing) to teach
      • 1 Timothy 3:2 , 2 Timothy 2:24 , 4:2 (instant)
    • Bring things old and new
      • Matthew 13:52
    • Lean on those who taught you
      • Titus 1:9 (as he hath been taught)
    • Diminish not a word (preach the whole Bible; don’t omit)
      • Jeremiah 26:2
    • Don’t teach the commandments of men as bible doctrine
      • Matthew 15:9 , Mark 7:7 , 1 Corinthians 14:39 , 1 Timothy 1:3 , Titus 1:14 , James 4:11-12
      • sound doctrine
        • Titus 2:7-8 , Ephesians 4:29
    • Clear speech and preaching: speak words easy to be understood
      • Habakkuk 2:2 , 1 Corinthians 14:9 , 2 Corinthians 3:12
    • Rightly dividing the word of truth
      • 2 Timothy 2:15 , Galatians 5:20 (heresy)
      • Teaching Tip: line upon line and precept on precept
        • Isaiah 28:9-10 , 28:13 , 1 Corinthians 2:13
    • Preach publicly (places with many listeners)
      • Proverbs 10:21 , Matthew 5:14-16 , 10:27 , Luke 12:3
    • Speak with all authority (assertiveness)
      • Matthew 7:28-29 , Mark 1:22 , Luke 4:32 , Acts 4:31 , Ephesians 6:20 , 1 Timothy 4:11 , Titus 2:15
    • Don’t judge when you are not within your authority to
      • Proverbs 30:10 , Isaiah 45:9-10 , Hosea 4:4 , Luke 12:14 , Romans 9:20-21 , 14:4 , 1 Corinthians 5:12 , 1 Timothy 4:11 , 5:1
      • women don’t speak in the church, master>servant, parent>child, pastor>congregation, God>whosoever
    • Be an example: don’t judge as a hypocrite
      • Proverbs 11:9 , Matthew 7:1-5 , Luke 6:37 , 6:41-42 , 12:1-3 , 13:15 , Romans 2:1-6 , 2:17-23 , 1 Timothy 4:2 , 4:11-12 , 4:16 , Titus 2:7 (pattern), 1 Peter 2:1 , 5:3
  2. Evangelism
    • Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature
      sermon: a strategy to evangelize the entire world
      • Psalm 71:15-16 , Proverbs 11:30 , 14:25 , 15:24 , Matthew 10:7 , 28:19 , Mark 16:15 , Luke 9:60 , 10:3 , 10:9 , 24:47 , Acts 10:42-43 , Ephesians 6:15 , Philippians 1:27 , 2:16 , 2 Timothy 4:5 , Titus 2:1 , 2:7-8 , 1 Peter 4:10 , Jude 1:22-23
    • Shake off the dust of your feet (to whoever doesn’t hear you)
      • Matthew 10:14 , Mark 6:11 , Luke 9:5 , Luke 10:10-12
    • When they persecute you in one city flee to another (continue preaching)
      • Matthew 10:23
    • Show forth his salvation from day to day (often/routinely)
      • 1 Chronicles 16:23 , Psalm 96:2
  3. Edifying
    • Teach God’s commandments to other believers
      • Exodus 18:20 , 21:1 , Leviticus 19:17 , Deuteronomy 4:14 , Psalm 37:30-31 , Ecclesiastes 12:9 , Ezekiel 34:2-3 , Malachi 2:6 , Matthew 5:19 , 28:20 , John 21:15-17 , Acts 20:28 , Romans 12:6 , 1 Corinthians 2:15 , Ephesians 4:12 , 4:15-16 , 4:29 , 5:11 , 1 Thessalonians 5:11 , 5:14 , 1 Timothy 4:6 , 4:11 , 4:13-14 , 4:16 , 6:2 , 2 Timothy 4:2 , Titus 2:1 , 2:15 , 3:8 , Hebrews 10:24-25 , James 5:19-20 , 1 Peter 5:2 (pastors)
    • If your brother sins against you, rebuke him (between you and him alone: not publicly)
      • Matthew 18:15 , Luke 17:3-4 , Leviticus 19:17 , Proverbs 25:9-10 , 27:5 , 28:23
    • Entreat and admonish brethren when they sin in general
      • Galatians 6:1 , 2 Thessalonians 3:15 , 1 Timothy 5:1-2 , 2 Timothy 2:25
    • (On the law of God): Speak of them when you sit in your home, walk by the way, lie down, rise up
      • Deuteronomy 6:7 , Deuteronomy 11:19
      • Daily
        • Hebrews 3:13
      • Shall not depart out of thy mouth
        • Joshua 1:8 (part of meditation)
    • Rebuke (false prophets, false accusers or the wicked)
      • Proverbs 24:24-25 , 28:4 , 1 Timothy 5:20 (make an example), Titus 1:13 , Jude 1:3
    • Hard preaching mannerisms: Lift voice in strength
      • Isaiah 58:1
      • Smite with thy hand, stomp with thy foot
        • Ezekiel 6:11
    • Elder women teach the younger women
      • Titus 2:4
  4. Control
    • Restrain your words
      • Proverbs 10:8 , 10:10 , 10:19 , 13:3 , 14:23 , 14:33 , 15:2 , 15:23 , 17:27-28 , 21:23 , 25:15 , 29:11 , Ecclesiastes 5:1-3 , 5:7 , 10:14
    • Swift to hear, slow to speak (especially don’t interrupt)
      • Proverbs 18:13 , 29:11 , 29:20 , James 1:19
    • Shut up and work
      • Proverbs 14:23 , 19:24 , 26:15 , 1 Thessalonians 4:11 , 2 Thessalonians 3:12
    • Not answering again (to one’s boss)
      • Titus 2:9
    • Forbearing threatening (to one’s servant)
      • Ephesians 6:9
    • No vain/idle speech
      • Matthew 12:36 , Ephesians 5:4 , 1 Timothy 1:6 , 6:20 , 2 Timothy 2:14 , 2:16
    • Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain
      • Exodus 20:7 , Deuteronomy 5:11
    • Jesting vs. gravity
      • Ephesians 5:4 , 1 Timothy 3:8 , 3:11 , Titus 2:2 , 2:7
    • Avoid fables
      • 1 Timothy 1:4 , 4:7 , Titus 1:14 , 3:9
    • Avoid genealogies
      • 1 Timothy 1:4 , Titus 3:9
    • Avoid foolish questions
      • 2 Timothy 2:23 , Titus 3:9
    • Avoid filthy, profane, evil, corrupt speech
      • 1 Corinthians 6:10 , Ephesians 4:29 , 4:31 , 5:4 , Colossians 3:8 , 1 Timothy 6:20 , 2 Timothy 2:16 , Titus 3:2 , James 4:11 , 1 Peter 3:9
    • Blasphemy
      • Leviticus 19:12 , 22:32 , Malachi 1:7 , 1:12 , Matthew 15:19 , Mark 7:22 , Colossians 3:8
    • Don’t blame God for your temptations
      • James 1:13 , 1:16
    • Curse not a ruler
      • Exodus 22:28 , Ecclesiastes 10:20 , Acts 23:5
    • Bless (and don’t curse) your parents
      • Proverbs 30:11 , 31:28
    • Don’t denigrate your brother’s name
      • Matthew 5:22 , Acts 10:15 , 2 Corinthians 11:16
    • Don’t backbite (willful defamation of a person who is not present)
      • Psalm 15:3 , Proverbs 25:23 , Romans 1:29 , 2 Corinthians 12:20
    • Don’t slander (false defamatory statements)
      • Proverbs 10:18 , 1 Timothy 3:11 , 1 Peter 2:1
    • Don’t be a talebearer (to reveal secrets or gossip)
      • Leviticus 19:16 , Proverbs 6:19 , 11:13 , 16:28 , 18:8 , 20:19 , 26:20 , 26:22 , 2 Corinthians 12:20
    • Bless (and curse not) your enemies
      • Job 31:30 , Matthew 5:44 , Luke 6:28 , Romans 12:14 , James 3:10 , 1 Peter 3:9-10
    • Speak kindly: pleasant, gracious, courteous
      • Colossians 4:6 , Proverbs 15:1 , 16:14 , 16:24 , 22:11 , 31:26 , Ecclesiastes 10:12
    • Neither bid him Godspeed (to false prophet)
      • 2 John 1:10
  5. Lying
    • Don’t lie
      • Leviticus 19:11 , Psalm 52:3 , 59:12 , 119:29 , 119:163 , Proverbs 10:18 , 3:3 , 6:17 , 12:17 , 12:19 , 12:22 , 13:5 , 14:5 , 14:25 , 17:4 , 17:7 , 19:5 , 19:9 , 26:28 , 30:8 , Zechariah 8:16 , Romans 12:17 , Ephesians 4:15 , 4:25 , 6:14 , Colossians 3:9 , 1 Timothy 1:10 , 3:8 , 1 Peter 2:12 , Revelation 21:8
      • Thou shalt not bear false witness
        sermon: bearing false witness
        • Exodus 20:16 , 23:1 , Deuteronomy 5:20 , Proverbs 6:19 , 12:17 , 14:5 , 19:5 , 19:9 , 21:28 , 24:28 , 25:18 , Matthew 15:19 , 19:18 , Mark 10:19 , Luke 3:14 , 18:20 , Romans 13:9 , 1 Timothy 1:10 , Titus 2:3
      • Don’t deal falsely (to cheat or deceive people)
        • Leviticus 19:11 , Proverbs 12:22 , 20:17 , 1 Peter 3:10
  6. to whom
    • Speak only to those who receive the Word
      • Proverbs 25:11-12 , Matthew 10:14 , 2 Corinthians 12:20 (debates) , Titus 3:9 (Don’t strive about the law)
      • Not a fool
        • Proverbs 9:6 , 14:7 , 17:12 , 23:9 , 29:9 , 1 Corinthians 14:38
      • Not a scorner (mocker)
        • Proverbs 9:7-8 ,
      • Not a wicked man
        • Proverbs 9:7 , Matthew 7:6 , Revelation 22:11
      • Not a heretic
        • 1 Timothy 6:20 (fake knowledge), Titus 3:10-11
      • Rebuke a wise man
        • Proverbs 9:8-9 , 15:31
      • Rebuke a just man
        • Proverbs 9:9

STRENGTH

  1. Be Strong
    sermon: be strong and endure hardness
    • Deuteronomy 31:6-7 , 31:23 , Joshua 1:6-7 , 1:9 , 1 Kings 2:2 , 1 Chronicles 22:13 , 1 Chronicles 28:10 , 1 Chronicles 28:20 , 2 Chronicles 15:7 , 2 Chronicles 32:7 , Proverbs 20:29 , 24:5 , 24:10 , 28:1 , 30:30 , Isaiah 35:3-4 , Haggai 2:4 , Zechariah 8:9 , 8:13 , 1 Corinthians 16:13 , Galatians 6:9 , Ephesians 6:10 , 2 Thessalonians 3:13 , 2 Timothy 2:1 , Revelation 2:3
  2. Encourage others
    • Isaiah 35:4 , 1 Thessalonians 5:11 , 5:14

THOUGHTS

  1. Meditate (to reflect upon: ponder) on God’s law (Word) day and night (with the purpose of doing what God says)
    sermon: bible memorization
    • Deuteronomy 6:6 , 6:12 , 8:11 , 11:18 , Joshua 1:8 , Psalm 1:2 , Psalm 4:4 , Proverbs 2:1 , 3:1 , 4:21 , Haggai 1:5 , 1:7 , Romans 12:2 , 1 Corinthians 10:15 , 2 Corinthians 10:5 , Ephesians 5:17 , Colossians 3:16 , 1 Timothy 4:15 , 2 Timothy 2:15 , 2 Peter 3:2
    • How to: Pick Bible verses to memorize and repeatedly think on throughout the day, read the Bible, listen to the Bible, listen to sermons, etc.
  2. Evil thoughts (thoughts/plans/desires of committing sin)
    • Matthew 15:19 , Mark 7:21 , 1 Corinthians 13:5 , Genesis 6:5
  3. Think on spiritual/godly things (in general): not earthly/vain things
    • Philippians 4:8 , 1 Chronicles 16:12 , Psalm 10:4 , 15:2 , 119:113 , Isaiah 26:3 , Romans 8:5 , Philippians 3:19
  4. The thought of foolishness is sin
    • Proverbs 24:9

TRIBULATION

  1. Think not that Jesus came to send peace
    • Matthew 10:34 , 1 John 3:13
  2. Take up your cross daily: endure suffering/sacrifice that comes with serving God
    • Matthew 10:38 , 16:24 , Mark 8:34 , Luke 9:23 , 14:27 , John 15:13-14 , Romans 12:1 , 2 Timothy 1:8 , 2 Timothy 2:3-5 , 2 Timothy 4:5 , Hebrews 13:13 , 1 Peter 4:1 , John 12:24
  3. Don’t deny Jesus; Don’t be ashamed of Jesus; or his words or the gospel or the people / things of god
    • 2 Timothy 1:8 , Matthew 10:32-33 , Mark 8:38 , Luke 9:26 , Romans 1:16
  4. Be ready to explain your reason for hope when suffering wrongfully
    • 1 Peter 3:15
  5. Don’t premeditate what you will say in persecution
    • Matthew 10:19 , Mark 13:9 , Mark 13:11 , Luke 21:14
  6. Thou shalt consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee (realize that God also allows us to go through trouble to correct us)
    • Deuteronomy 8:5 , Proverbs 3:11 , Hebrews 12:5

TRUST

  1. Have Faith in God
    • 2 Chronicles 20:20 , Psalm 4:5 , 37:3 , 37:5 , 62:8 , 115:9-11 , Proverbs 3:5-6 , 16:20 , 18:10 , 28:25 , 29:25 , Isaiah 26:4 , 50:10 , Mark 11:22 , John 14:1 , Romans 14:5 , 14:22 , Galatians 5:22 , Ephesians 6:16 , 1 Thessalonians 5:8 , 1 Timothy 1:19 , 6:11 , 6:17 , 2 Timothy 2:22 , Titus 2:2 , Hebrews 3:12 , 4:14 , 6:11 , 10:22-23 , 10:35 , 11:6 , James 4:8
    • Meaning: To believe everything God says
    • Specific Mentions
      • Believe that God rewards them that diligently seek (obey) him
        • Deuteronomy 7:9 , Hebrews 11:6 , Galatians 6:7 , Ephesians 6:8
      • Be sure your sin will find you out
        • Numbers 32:23 , Deuteronomy 7:10 , Proverbs 14:16 , Galatians 6:7 , Ephesians 5:6 , 6:8
      • Commit your works unto the Lord (Entrust God to bring your desires to pass: he alone has control over results, while you focus on living a life pleasing to God)
        • Proverbs 16:3 , 20:24
      • Take no thought for your life [Believe God will provide your physical needs as you seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness]
        • Matthew 6:25 , 6:31 , Luke 12:22 , 12:29
  2. Don’t trust…
    • Your own/others understanding (over God’s word)
      • Proverbs 3:5 , 14:15 , 19:27 , 28:26
    • Man (his help and word)
      • Psalm 60:11-12 , Psalm 146:3 , Jeremiah 17:5-8 , Micah 7:5-7
    • Riches
      • Job 31:24 , Proverbs 11:28 , 1 Timothy 6:17
  3. Testing
    • Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God
      • Deuteronomy 6:16 , Matthew 4:7 , Luke 4:12 , 1 Corinthians 10:9 , Exodus 17:2 , 17:7 , Psalm 78:18-22 , Mark 8:11-12 , Luke 11:16 , 11:29 , Hebrews 3:8 , 3:15
      • Means to test; not to entice to do evil because He cannot be tempted with evil- James 1:13, (testing God out of doubt)

VOWS

  1. Swear not (covenant, vow, oath, promise): instead be a man of your word
    • Matthew 5:33-37 , James 5:12
  2. But if you swear, then keep your word
    • Leviticus 5:4 , 19:12 , Numbers 30:2 , Deuteronomy 23:21-23 , Proverbs 20:25 , Ecclesiastes 5:4-6 , Zechariah 8:17
  3. Father or husband can revoke a daughter’s/wife’s vow in the day he heard it
    • Numbers 30:2-16

WISDOM

  1. Be wise
    • Proverbs 1:23 , 3:21 , 4:5-7 , 4:13 , 4:20 , 4:23-27 , 8:5-6 , 8:10 , 8:32 , 8:33-34 , 9:4-5 , 10:14 , 15:14 , 18:1 , 22:17 , 22:29 , 23:19 , 27:11 , Matthew 10:16 , Mark 7:22 , Ephesians 5:10 , 5:15 , 5:17 , 2 Peter 1:5 , Colossians 3:16 , 4:5
    • Be wise to that which is good
      • Romans 16:19 , 1 Corinthians 14:20
    • Be simple concerning evil (be ignorant of)
      • Romans 16:19 , 1 Corinthians 14:20 , 1 Peter 2:1 (guile)
  2. Be not wise in thine own eyes
    • Proverbs 3:7 , 5:1 , 26:12 , 26:16 , Ecclesiastes 7:16 , Isaiah 5:21 , James 1:21 , 3:13 , Romans 12:16 , 1 Corinthians 3:18
  3. Redeem the time (time wasting)
    sermon: becoming vain
    • Proverbs 12:11 , 28:19 , Ephesians 5:16 , Colossians 4:5
  4. Seek/receive wise/godly council
    • Proverbs 11:14 , 12:5 , 12:15 , 15:22 , 19:20-21 , 20:5 , 20:18 , 21:30 , 24:6 , 27:9
  5. Go to now [means to act today/now; forget the past/future: sin of putting off good deeds]
    • Proverbs 3:27-28 , 27:1 , Ecclesiastes 6:9 , 7:10 , 11:4 , Matthew 6:34 , John 4:35 , Philippians 3:13 , 3:15 , James 4:13 , 4:15 , 4:17 , 5:1 , 1 John 3:17
  6. Prove all things (applicable to preaching, taking in information, tasks performed, etc.)
    • Proverbs 14:15 , 1 Thessalonians 5:21
    • Prove your own work
      • Galatians 6:4 , 2 Timothy 4:5

WORK

  1. Work
    • Genesis 2:15 , Proverbs 20:11 , Galatians 6:5 , Haggai 2:4 , Ephesians 4:28 , 1 Thessalonians 4:11 , 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12
    • Type 1:Spiritual (great commission)
      • Matthew 11:28-29
    • Type 2: With hands
      • Galatians 6:5 , Ephesians 4:28 , 1 Thessalonians 4:11 , 2 Thessalonians 3:10-12 , Proverbs 12:11 , 13:23 , 28:19
    • How Much: about 72 hrs a week (a lifestyle)
      • Exodus 20:9 , John 9:4 , 11:9
  2. Work until you have enough to provide needs for you and your house (Type 2)
    • Galatians 6:5 , Ephesians 4:28 , 1 Thessalonians 4:12 , 2 Thessalonians 3:8 , 3:10-12 , John 6:26-27 , 21:15 , 1 Corinthians 7:21-24 , Matthew 6:33 , Luke 12:31 , 1 Timothy 5:8
  3. Work Ethic
    • Work diligently (constant and earnest effort to accomplish something: no break/idle time) (sloth is slow/inactive)
      • Proverbs 10:4 , 10:26 , 12:24 , 13:4 , 15:19 , 19:15 , 20:4 , 21:5 , 21:25 , 22:13 , 23:21 , 26:13-14 , 30:25-26 , 30:28 , 31:27 , Ecclesiastes 10:18 , 11:6 , Romans 12:8 , 12:11 , Hebrews 6:11-12
      • Be diligent (spiritually)
        • Deuteronomy 4:9 , 6:17 , Joshua 22:5 , Zechariah 6:15 , 2 Peter 1:5 , 1:10 , 3:14 , 1 Corinthians 15:58 (always)
      • Wait on your work (attend to it continually and nonstop)
        • Luke 12:35-36 , Romans 12:7-8 , Proverbs 27:18
    • Love not sleep- (excessive sleep)
      • Proverbs 6:9-11 , 10:5 , 19:15 , 20:13 , 24:30-34
    • Don’t be a busybody (interfering into other people's matters)
      • 1 Peter 4:15
    • Abound in your work
      • Ecclesiastes 11:1-2 , 1 Corinthians 15:58
    • Do every action as unto the LORD, and not unto men
      • Proverbs 6:6-8 , 30:27 , 31:13 , Matthew 23:5 , Romans 12:11 , 1 Corinthians 10:31 (to glorify), Galatians 4:18 , Ephesians 5:22 , 6:5-7 , Colossians 3:17 , 22-23
    • Do every action with all your might and strength
      • Deuteronomy 6:5 , Ecclesiastes 9:10 , Zephaniah 3:16 , Matthew 22:37-38 , Mark 12:30 , Luke 10:27
    • Do every action with all one's mind, soul, heart (singleness of heart, not double minded, rather wholeheartedly)
      • Deuteronomy 6:5 , 10:12 , 11:13 , Matthew 22:37-38 , Mark 12:30 , Luke 10:27 , Romans 12:11 , Galatians 4:18 , Ephesians 6:5-6 , Colossians 3:22-23 , 1 Peter 1:22 , 4:8
  4. Work Place
    • Masters don’t oppress your servants (don't abuse power: treat servants fairly with justice and equity)
      • Deuteronomy 24:14 , Job 31:13 , Ephesians 6:9 , Colossians 4:1
    • treat delicately (gentle/as a son)
      • Proverbs 29:21 (1 Peter 2:18)
      • note: (Proverbs 29:19) I think disciplinary action should laid out for all mis-conduct/disobedience and should be delivered impartially
    • Servants please their masters well in all things (fulfill their desires)
      • Titus 2:9

MISC

  1. Seek God
    • 1 Chronicles 16:11 , 22:19 , 28:9 , Psalm 105:4 , Isaiah 55:6-7 , Amos 5:4 , 5:6 , 5:8 , Zephaniah 2:3 , Colossians 3:1
  2. Walk before God
    • Genesis 17:1 , 1 Samuel 2:30 , James 4:8
    • Meaning: (lit.) to walk in God’s presence. Application would be to acknowledge God’s presence (Psalm 145:18)
  3. Be Perfect
    • Genesis 17:1 , Deuteronomy 18:13 , Matthew 5:48 , 2 Corinthians 13:11
  4. Follow Jesus
    sermon: be a follower
    • Matthew 4:19 , 8:22 , 16:24 , 19:21 , Mark 1:17 , 8:34 , Luke 5:27 , 9:59 , John 1:43 , 21:19 , Ephesians 5:1 , Colossians 2:6-7 , Hebrews 12:2 , 1 Peter 2:21
  5. Serve God
    • Exodus 23:25 , Deuteronomy 6:13 , 10:20 , Joshua 24:14 , 1 Samuel 12:20-21 , 12:24 , Hebrews 12:28
  6. Abide (be Steadfast)
    sermon: being unmoveable
    • John 15:4 , 1 John 2:24 , 2:28 , 1 Corinthians 15:58 , 16:13 , Philippians 4:1 , 2 Thessalonians 2:15 , Revelation 2:10 , 2:25 , 3:11
  7. Be temperate (self-controlled and moderate)
    • Galatians 5:23 , Philippians 4:5 , Titus 1:8 , 2:2 , 2 Peter 1:6
  8. Be holy
    • Leviticus 11:44 , 19:2 , 20:7 , Romans 12:1 , 1 Timothy 1:9 , 2:8 , Titus 1:8 , 2:3 , Hebrews 12:14 , 1 Peter 1:14-16
  9. Be clean (spiritually)
    • Proverbs 30:12 , Isaiah 1:16 , 2 Corinthians 7:1 , James 4:8
  10. Be filled with the Spirit; Walk in the Spirit; Quench not the Spirit
    sermon: am i filled with the spirit
    • Galatians 5:16 , Ephesians 4:22-24 , 4:30 , 5:8 , 5:18 , 1 Thessalonians 5:19
  11. Resist the devil
    • James 4:7 , 1 Peter 5:8-9