Sunday Morning: July 25, 1999
Text: Matthew 7:6 "Give not that [singular] which is holy [adjective, modifying that] unto the dogs (fig.), neither cast ye your pearls (fig.)before swine (fig.), lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you."
2 Peter 2:21 "For it had been better for them not to have known the way of [the] righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy [the] commandment [singular] delivered unto them."
Romans 7:12 "Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy [adjective], and just, and good."
John 12:49 "&ldots; the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment [singular], ..."
John 12:50 "And I know that his [the] commandment [singular] is life everlasting: ..."
1 John 3:23 "And this is his [the] commandment [singular], That we should believe [present active subjunctive, faith] on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love [present active subjunctive] one another, as he gave us commandment [singular]."
Galatians 5:6 "For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love."
Romans 4:11 "And he (Abraham) received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe [present active], .&ldots;; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:"
Luke 8:13 "&ldots; when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe [present active indicative], and in time of temptation fall away."
Galatians 5:5 "For we through the Spirit (sonship) wait [present active middle] for the hope of righteousness by faith."
Hebrews 11:6 "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh [present active middle participle] to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek [present active participle] him."
2 Corinthians 13:5 "Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith (pleasing God); prove (are you coming to God, are you seeking) your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you (not literal), except ye be reprobates?"
John 4:34 "Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work."
Philippians 2:5 "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:"
Colossians 1:27 "To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:"
Galatians 4:19 "My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,"
Romans 3:21-22 "But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; 22. Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe [present active]: for there is no difference:"
Romans 1:7 "To all
that be [present active participle] in Rome, beloved [adjective]
of God, called [adjective] to be
saints [adjective]: &ldots;"
Romans 4:5 "But to him that worketh [present active participle] not, but believeth [present active participle, faith] on him that justifieth [present active] the ungodly, his faith (believing) is counted for righteousness."
Galatians 2:16 "Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed [aorist, for common salvation] in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith (after the common salvation) of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified."
Romans 4:11 "And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe [present active], though they be not circumcised; that [the] righteousness might be imputed unto them also:"
John 6:29 "Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe [present active] on him whom he hath sent."
John 6:40 "And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth [present active participle] on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day (heavenly inheritance)."
John 6:47 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth [present active participle, faith] on me hath everlasting life."
Romans 4:13 "For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith."
Romans 10:3-4, 6 "For they being ignorant of God's [the] righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. 4. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth [present active participle]." "6. But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, &ldots;"
Romans 10:9-10 "That if thou shalt confess (present active v. 10) with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe (present active in v. 10) in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
1 Peter 1:7-9 "That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: 8. Whom having not seen, ye love [present active]; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing [present active], ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: 9. Receiving the end of your faith (v. 7, at the appearing), even the salvation of your souls."
10. For with the heart man believeth [present active] unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession [present active] is made unto salvation."