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Resist The Chaos, Choose Life


I set before you life and death.

Deuteronomy 30:19 (FAMILY OF GOD BIBLE) 19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live;


The garden of Eden had a tree of life and a tree of death.

Genesis 2:9 (FOGB) 9 And out of the ground the Lord Gods (yhvh alhym) made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 2:17 (FOGB) 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die surely.”


Fear not for Jesus has overcome the world.

John 16:33 (FOGB) 33 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.”

Matthew 10:28 (FOGB) 28 And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. But rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell (Gehenna).

Revelation 2:10 (FOGB) 10 Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.


Jesus is the truth, the life and the way.

John 14:6 (FOGB) 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father (patera) except through Me.


The kingdom of God.

Matthew 6:33 (FOGB) 33 But seek first the kingdom of God (theou) and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.

Mark 1:15 (FOGB) 15 and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God (theou) has drawn near. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”


Repent and be baptized all of you and receive the Holy Spirit.

John 3:5 (FOGB) 5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God (theou).

Acts 2:38 (FOGB) 38 Then Peter said to them, “Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 3:11 (FOGB) 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.


“Certainly not.”

Romans 3:31 (FOGB) 31 Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.

Romans 6:1–2 (FOGB) 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? 2 Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it?

Romans 6:15 (FOGB) 15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not!

Romans 7:7 (FOGB) 7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.”


The spirit of truth and sincerity.

Joshua 24:14 (FOGB) 14 “Now therefore, fear the Lord (yhvh), serve Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods (alhym) which your fathers served …. Serve the Lord (yhvh)!


It is God’s good pleasure to give you His kingdom.

Luke 12:32 (FOGB) 32 “Do not fear, little flock, for it is your Father's (pater) good pleasure to give you the kingdom.


Overcome sin with righteousness.

Proverbs 10:16 (FOGB) 16 The labor of the righteous leads to life, The wages of the wicked to sin.

Romans 5:12 (FOGB) 12 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 6:23 (FOGB) 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God (theou) is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord (kurio).

John 16:8 (FOGB) 8 And when it (the spirit) has come, it will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

Romans 6:13 (FOGB) 13 And do not present your members as weapons of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God (theo) as being alive from the dead, and your members as weapons of righteousness to God (theo).

1 John 2:1 (FOGB) 1 My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father (patera), Jesus Christ the righteous.


Resist evil and do good.

Psalm 34:14 (FOGB) 14 Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it.

Psalm 37:27 (FOGB) 27 Depart from evil, and do good; And dwell forevermore.

Psalm 52:1 (FOGB) 1 Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The goodness of God (al) endures continually.

Psalm 52:3 (FOGB) 3 You love evil more than good, Lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah

Proverbs 11:27 (FOGB) 27 He who earnestly seeks good finds favor, But trouble will come to him who seeks evil.

Proverbs 13:21 (FOGB) 21 Evil pursues sinners, But to the righteous, good shall be repaid.

Matthew 7:11 (FOGB) 11 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father (pater) who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

Mark 3:4 (FOGB) 4 Then He said to them, “Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they kept silent.

Luke 6:45 (FOGB) 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.


Jesus came that you may have life and abundantly.

John 10:10 (FOGB) 10 The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.


Jesus, who was without sin.

Hebrews 4:15 (FOGB) 15 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.


Live by every word of God.

Proverbs 30:5 (FOGB) 5 Every word of God (alvh) is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.

Luke 4:4 (FOGB) 4 But Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God (theou).’ “

2 Timothy 3:16–17 (FOGB) 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God (theopnustos), and is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God (theou) may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.


Jesus forecasts the day of judgement.

John 5:25–30 (FOGB) 25 Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God (theou); and those who hear will live. 26 For as the Father (pater) has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself, 27 and has given Him authority to execute judgment also, because He is the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice 29 and come forth, those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation. 30 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 (patros) who sent Me.
2023 Jacques Gauvin


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