Sunday Morning: July 11, 1999
Text: Matthew 7:6 "Give not that which is holy 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."
Luke 1:72-73 "To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; 73. The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,"
Genesis 15:5 "And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be."
Hebrews 11:9 "By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, &ldots;"
Hebrews 11:14 "&ldots; they seek a country."
Hebrews 11:16 "But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly:&ldots; he hath prepared for them a city."
Matthew 4:17 "From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
Matthew 13:11 "He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given."
2 Peter 2:21 "For it had been better for them not to have known [epignwskw, (butter)] the way of righteousness, than, after they have known [epignwskw, (butter)] it, to turn from the holy commandment (butter) delivered unto them."
John 12:49-50 "For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. 50. And I know that his (Father's) [the] commandment is life everlasting [aiwniov, agelasting]: &ldots;"
2 Peter 2:20 "For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge [epignwsiv, (butter, honey)] of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning."
Isaiah 7:15 "Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good."
Romans 7:12-13 "Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. 13. Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But [the] sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that [the] sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful."
2 Corinthians 3:6-10 "Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life (holy commandment). 7. But if the ministration (holy law) of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious (holy), so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: 8. How shall not the ministration (holy commandment) of the spirit (that gives life, verse 6) be rather glorious (more holy)? 9. For if the ministration of condemnation (holy law) be glory, much more doth the ministration of [the] righteousness (2 Peter 2:21) exceed (more) in glory (holy). 10. For even that which was made glorious (holy) had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth (the holy commandment)."
Romans 7:8 "But [the] sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence [epiqumia, upon + covet, covetousness intense , verse 7]. For without the law sin was dead."
1 John 3:4 "Whosoever
committeth [the] sin [lawlessness does] transgresseth
also the law: for [the] sin is the [lawlessness]
transgression of the law."
Romans 7:10 "And the commandment, which was ordained to life (agelasting), I found to be unto death (the loss of that life for the age when the saved perish)."
Romans 7:13 "Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But [the] sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that [the] sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful."
Hebrews 10:26-31 "For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge [epignwsiv, (butter knowledge)] of the truth (that which is holy), there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, 27. But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. 28. He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: 29. Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant (the holy covenant), wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing (covenant), and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? 30. For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. 31. It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God."
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 commandment (the way of the righteousness) delivered unto them."
1 John 3:23 "And this is his [the] commandment, That we should believe [present active subjunctive] on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and [should] love [present active subjunctive] one another, as he gave us commandment."
John 6:29 "Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe [present active] on him (the Son) whom he (the Father) hath sent."
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 (Gentiles) that believe [present active participle], though they be not circumcised; that [the] righteousness might be imputed unto them (Gentiles that believe, present tense) also:"
Matthew 5:6 "Blessed are they which do hunger [present active participle] and thirst [present active participle] after [the] righteousness: for they shall be filled."
Matthew 6:33 "But seek ye first the kingdom (holy covenant) of God, and his [the] righteousness (holy commandment); and all these things shall be added unto you."