Sunday Morning: September 5, 1999
Text: Matthew 7:6 "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you."
Matthew 6:33 "But seek [present active imperative] ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness (by living faith); and all these things shall be added unto you."
Matthew 5:20 "For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven."
2 Peter 2:20-21 "For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge [epignwsiv] of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 21. For it had been better for them not to have known [epignwsiv] the way of righteousness, than, after they have known [epignwsiv] it, to turn from the holy commandment 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 [the] commandment is life everlasting (to enter the kingdom): whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak."
1 John 3:23 "And this is his [the] commandment, That we should believe [present active] on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment."
Romans 3:22 "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:"
Galatians 2:16 "Knowing that a man is not justified [present passive] by the works of the (ceremonial) law, but by the faith [pleasing God] of Jesus Christ, even we have believed [aorist active] in Jesus Christ, that we might [or might not] be justified [aorist passive subjunctive] by the faith [pleasing God] of Christ, and not by the works (circumcision, etc) of the (ceremonial) law: for by the works of the (ceremonial) law shall no flesh be justified [future passive]."
JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH
Matthew 25:21 "His lord said unto him, Well done (with his talent in faith), thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord."
Acts 13:39 "And by him all that believe [present active] are justified [present passive participle] from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses."
Romans 4:5 "But to him that worketh not, but believeth [present active] on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness."
Romans 3:22 "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:"
1 Timothy 4:1 "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith [pleasing God], giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;"
Luke 8:13 "They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe [present active], and in time of temptation fall away."