Isaiah 8:20
8:20 Then you must recall the
Lord’s instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen.
Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened.
Matthew 7:15-20
A Tree and Its Fruit
7:15 “Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves.
7:16 You will recognize them by their fruit. Grapes are not gathered from thorns or figs from thistles, are they?
7:17 In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit.
7:18 A good tree is not able to bear bad fruit, nor a bad tree to bear good fruit.
7:19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
7:20 So then, you will recognize them by their fruit.
Mark 7:14-16
7:14 Then he called the crowd again and said to them, “Listen to me, everyone, and understand.
7:15 There is nothing outside of a person that can defile him by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles him.”
7:16 [[EMPTY]]
Luke 12:57
Clear the Debts
12:57 “And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
Acts 17:11
17:11 These Jews
were more open-minded
than those in Thessalonica,
for they eagerly
received
the message, examining
the scriptures carefully every day
to see if these things were so.
Romans 12:2
12:2 Do not be conformed
to this present world,
but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve
what is the will of God – what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.
Romans 12:1
Consecration of the Believer’s Life
12:1 Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God – which is your reasonable service.
Colossians 2:11
2:11 In him you also were circumcised – not, however,
with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal
of the fleshly body,
that is,
through the circumcision done by Christ.
Colossians 2:14-15
2:14 He has destroyed
what was against us, a certificate of indebtedness
expressed in decrees opposed to us. He has taken it away by nailing it to the cross.
2:15 Disarming
the rulers and authorities, he has made a public disgrace of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
Colossians 1:28
1:28 We proclaim him by instructing
and teaching
all people
with all wisdom so that we may present every person mature
in Christ.
Ephesians 5:10
5:10 trying to learn
what is pleasing to the Lord.
Philippians 1:10
1:10 so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,
Philippians 1:1
Salutation
1:1 From Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the overseers and deacons.
Philippians 4:1
Christian Practices
4:1 So then, my brothers and sisters, dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends!
Revelation 2:2
2:2 ‘I know your works as well as your
labor and steadfast endurance, and that you cannot tolerate
evil. You have even put to the test
those who refer to themselves as apostles (but are not), and have discovered that they are false.