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Believing Jesus The Only Begotten Son Of God
Beliefs should start with truth, end with truth and be filled with truth.
Life leads to life for those who will live. God is the source, the giver of life.
Life leads to death for those who will die. Satan wants death for mankind.
Sin is the breaking of God^s law.
Sin leads to death.
God is love and obedience to His law leads to life.
He is deceived who thinks he can continue to sin and attain eternal life.
Jesus was our Creator.
Jesus is our spiritual Father.
Jesus has a Father who is greater than Himself.
Jesus was His Father^s only begotten Son.
Jesus, in His former glory, and His Father created all things together.
Jesus emptied Himself and lived a life as a man without sin in obedience to His Father.
Jesus was the only man ever to have lived a life without sin.
Jesus qualified to be Lord of Lords and King of Kings in the Kingdom of God.
Jesus was the sacrificial Passover Lamb, payment to God for the sins of every mortal soul.
Jesus was resurrected onto eternal life as a spirit being, once again restored to His former glory.
Salvation is only possible through Jesus. His Father has made it so.
We must follow His example, do the commandments of God, live a sinless life.
It is not possible on our own but all things are possible with God.
We must do more than try, we must overcome sin.
If we did not sin we would not be sick.
Jesus has overcome the world, sin, Satan and death and He will put an end to death.
Have the faith of Jesus and the love of God.
Without truth you have nothing, you will perish.
The spirit world ultimately rules over all.
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Beliefs should start with truth, end with truth and be filled with truth.
John 17:17 (NKJV)
Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.
2 Timothy 3:16 and 17 (NKJV)
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Life leads to life for those who will live. God is the source, the giver of life.
Genesis 1:24 and 25 (NKJV)
Then God said, ^Let the earth bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to its kind^; and it was so. And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:21 and 22 (NKJV)
So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, ^Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth.^
Genesis 1:27 and 28 (NKJV)
So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, ^Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.^
John 8:12 (NKJV)
Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, ^I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.^
Life leads to death for those who will die. Satan wants death for man.
2 Corinthians 2:16 (NKJV)
To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is sufficient for these things?
Proverbs 8:36 (NKJV)
But he who sins against me wrongs his own soul; All those who hate me love death.
Proverbs 14:27 (NKJV)
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, To turn one away from the snares of death.
1 Peter 5:8 (NKJV)
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
Revelation 12:9 (NKJV)
So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
1 John 2:22 and 23 (NKJV)
Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
Revelation 21:8 (NKJV)
But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
Sin is the breaking of God^s law.
1 John 3:4 (GNB)
Whoever sins is guilty of breaking God^s law, because sin is a breaking of the law.
Sin leads to death.
Romans 6:23 (NKJV)
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
God is love and obedience to His law leads to life.
John 3:16 (NKJV)
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
John 14:15 (NKJV)
If you love Me, keep My commandments.
Psalm 111:10 (NKJV)
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments. His praise endures forever.
Matthew 7:21 (NKJV)
Not everyone who says to Me, ^Lord, Lord,^ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
Proverbs 14:27 (NKJV)
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, To turn one away from the snares of death.
He is deceived who thinks he can continue to sin and attain eternal life.
Romans 7:11 (NIV84)
For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death.
Romans 6:1 to 4 (NKJV)
What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Revelation 2:11 (NKJV)
^He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall not be hurt by the second death.^
Implying that he who does not overcome shall be hurt by the second death and die.
Jesus was our Creator.
John 1:1 to 4 (NKJV)
In the beginning was the Word (Jesus), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
John 1:9 to 14 (NKJV)
That was the true Light (Jesus) which gives light to every man coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him. But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name: who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father (Jesus), full of grace and truth.
Jesus is our spiritual Father.
John 1:3 (NKJV)
All things were made through Him (Jesus), and without Him nothing was made that was made.
Genesis 1:26 and 27 (NKJV)
Then God said, ^Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.^ So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
John 4:24 (NKJV)
God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.
Jesus has a Father who is greater than Himself.
John 14:28 (NKJV)
You have heard Me say to you, ^I am going away and coming back to you.^ If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, ^I am going to the Father,^ for My Father is greater than I.
John 10:29 (NKJV)
My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father^s hand.
Jesus was His Father^s only begotten Son.
1 John 4:9 (NKJV)
In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.
Jesus, in His former glory, and His Father created all things together.
John 17:5 (NKJV)
And now, O Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.
Genesis 1:26 (NKJV)
Then God said, ^Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness
John 1:3 (NKJV)
All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.
Jesus humbled Himself and lived a life as a man without sin in obedience to His Father.
Philippians 2:5 to 8 (NKJV)
Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but made Himself of no reputation (emptied or humbled himself), taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to the point of death, even the death of the cross.
Hebrews 4:15 (NKJV)
For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Matthew 7:21 (NKJV)
Not everyone who says to Me, ^Lord, Lord,^ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
John 5:30 (NKJV)
I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.
The one who sends is greater than the one who is sent.
Jesus was the only man ever to have lived a life without sin.
Romans 3:23 (NKJV)
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 5:12 (NKJV)
Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned
Romans 5:18 to 21 (NIV84)
Consequently, just as the result of one trespass was condemnation for all men, so also the result of one act of righteousness was justification that brings life for all men. For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous. The law was added so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more, so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians 8:6 (NKJV)
yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live.
2 Corinthians 5:21 (NKJV)
For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Jesus qualified to be King of Kings and Lord of Lords in the Kingdom of God.
Revelation 4:11 (NKJV)
You are worthy, O Lord, To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, And by Your will they exist and were created.
Revelation 5:9 (NKJV)
And they sang a new song, saying: ^You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood
Revelation 5:12 (NKJV)
saying with a loud voice: ^Worthy is the Lamb who was slain To receive power and riches and wisdom, And strength and honor and glory and blessing!^
Revelation 17:14 (NKJV)
These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.
Revelation 19:16 (NKJV)
And He has on His robe and on His thigh a name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS
Jesus was the sacrificial Passover Lamb, payment to God for the sins of every mortal soul.
1 Corinthians 5:7 (NKJV)
Therefore purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, since you truly are unleavened. For indeed Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us.
1 Peter 2:19 to 25 (NKJV)
For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully. For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:
^Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth^;
who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;
who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness—by whose stripes you were healed. For you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
Jesus was resurrected onto eternal life as a spirit being, once again restored to His former glory.
1 Peter 1:3 (NKJV)
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
Revelation 5:13 (NKJV)
I heard saying: ^Blessing and honor and glory and power Be to Him who sits on the throne, And to the Lamb, forever and ever!
Salvation is only possible through Jesus. His Father has made it so.
John 11:25 (NKJV)
Jesus said to her, ^I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.
Acts 4:8 to 12 (NKJV)
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, ^Rulers of the people and elders of Israel: If we this day are judged for a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been made well, let it be known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by Him this man stands here before you whole. This is the ^stone which was rejected by you builders, which has become the chief cornerstone.^ Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.^
John 5:21 (NKJV)
For as the Father raises the dead and gives life to them, even so the Son gives life to whom He will.
John 6:44 (NKJV)
No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.
We must follow His example, do the commandments of God, live a sinless life.
1 Peter 2:21 (NKJV)
For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:
John 14:6 (NKJV)
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
John 14:7 (NKJV)
If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.
John 14:21 (NKJV)
He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.
John 14:24 (NKJV)
He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father^s who sent Me.
1 Timothy 6:11 to 16 (NASB)
But flee from these things, you man of God; and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance and gentleness. Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who testified the good confession before Pontius Pilate, that you keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, which He will bring about at the proper time, He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords; who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.
2 Peter 3:14 (NASB)
Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless,
John 8:11 (NASB)
And she said, ^No one, Lord.^ And Jesus said, ^Neither do I condemn you; go your way. From now on sin no more.^
1 Corinthians 15:34 (NKJV)
Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; for some do not have the knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.
It is not possible on our own but all things are possible with God.
Mark 10:27 (NKJV)
But Jesus looked at them and said, ^With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.^
We must do more than try, we must overcome sin.
Romans 12:21 (NKJV)
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Revelation 21:7 (NKJV)
He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.
Matthew 10:22 (NKJV)
And you will be hated by all for My name^s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.
Luke 19:17 (GNB)
^Well done,^ he said; ^you are a good servant! Since you were faithful in small matters, I will put you in charge of ten cities.^
If we did not sin we would not be sick.
1 Corinthians 15:21 (NKJV)
For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead.
Romans 5:12 (NKJV)
Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned
1 Corinthians 11:27 to 30 (NKJV)
Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord^s body. For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep.
Jesus has overcome the world, sin, Satan and death and He will put an end to death.
John 16:33 (NKJV)
These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.
Hebrews 4:15 (NKJV)
For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Matthew 4:10 and 11 (NKJV)
Then Jesus said to him, ^Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ^You shall worship the LORD your God, and Him only you shall serve.^ ^
Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.
Revelation 20:2 (NKJV)
He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years;
Revelation 20:10 (NKJV)
The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
1 Corinthians 15:26 (GNB)
The last enemy to be defeated will be death.
2 Timothy 1:10 (NKJV)
but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
Revelation 20:14 (NKJV)
Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
Revelation 21:4 (NKJV)
And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.
Have the faith of Jesus and the love of God.
Revelation 14:12 (NKJV)
Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
1 John 5:4 (NKJV)
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world, our faith.
2 Peter 1:5 to 8 (NKJV)
But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Luke 10:27 and 28 (NKJV)
So he answered and said, ^You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.^ And He said to him, ^You have answered rightly; do this and you will live.^
Without truth you have nothing, you will perish.
Hosea 4:6 (NKJV)
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
John 8:31 and 32 (NKJV)
Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, ^If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.^
John 8:31 and 32 (GNB)
So Jesus said to those who believed in him, ^If you obey my teaching, you are really my disciples; you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.^
The spirit world ultimately rules over all.
Mark 12:36 (GNB)
The Holy Spirit inspired David to say: ^The Lord said to my Lord: Sit here on my right until I put your enemies under your feet.^
Romans 16:20 (GNB)
And God, our source of peace, will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
Revelation 19:1 (AMP)
AFTER THIS I heard what sounded like a mighty shout of a great crowd in heaven, exclaiming, Hallelujah (praise the Lord)! Salvation and glory (splendor and majesty) and power (dominion and authority) [belong] to our God!
Jude 25 (AMP)
25To the one only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory (splendor), majesty, might and dominion, and power and authority, before all time and now and forever (unto all the ages of eternity). Amen (so be it).
Revelation 7:12 (GNB)
Amen! Praise, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honour, power, and might belong to our God for ever and ever! Amen!
John 1:1 to 5 (NKJV)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.
2016 Jacques Gauvin
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