The Living Bible (444 page)

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BOOK: The Living Bible

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Not to be altered

^{Deut 4:2}	^{Do not add other laws or subtract from these;}
^{Deut 12:32}	^{Do not add to or subtract from them.}
^{Rev 22:18}	^{If anyone adds anything to what is written here,}

To be taught

^{Deut 6:7}	^{You must teach them to your children}
^{Deut 17:19}	^{He must read from it every day of his life}

To be searched

^{John 5:39}	^{You search the Scriptures for you believe}
^{John 7:52}	^{Search the Scriptures and see for yourself}
^{Acts 17:11}	^{They searched the Scriptures day by day}

Given through the prophets

^{Luke 16:31}	^{If they wont listen to Moses and the prophets,}
^{Heb 1:1}	^{to our fathers through the prophets [in visions,}

Expounded, examples

^{Neh 8:7-8}	^{explained the meaning of the passage}
^{Luke 4:21}	^{he added, These Scriptures came true today!}
^{Luke 24:27}	^{explaining what the passages meant}

Taught by the apostles

^{Acts 2:16}	^{What you see this morning was predicted long ago}
^{Acts 3:18}	^{the prophecies that the Messiah must suffer}
^{Acts 8:35}	^{So Philip began with this same Scripture}
^{Acts 13:37}	^{[No, it was referring to another]}

Unbelief in

^{Prov 13:13}	^{Despise Gods Word and find yourself in trouble.}
^{Isa 5:24}	^{for they have thrown away the laws of God}
^{Isa 30:9}	^{Oh, no, theyll say, you never told us that!}
^{Luke 16:31}	^{wont listen even though someone rises from the dead.}
^{1 Cor 1:18}	^{how foolish it sounds to those who are lost,}

Point to Christ

^{John 5:39}	^{the Scriptures point to me!}
^{Acts 10:43}	^{all the prophets have written about him,}
^{Acts 18:28}	^{by the Scriptures that Jesus is indeed the Messiah.}
^{1 Cor 15:3}	^{Christ died for our sins just as the Scriptures said}

Confirmed by Christ

^{Matt 5:17}	^{I came to fulfill them, and to make them all come true.}
^{Luke 24:27}	^{what they said about himself.}
^{John 19:23-24}	^{This fulfilled the Scripture that says,}

Illustrations applied to the

^{Matt 13:37}	^{I am the farmer who sows the choice seed.}
^{Mark 4:3}	^{Listen! A farmer decided to sow some grain.}
^{Heb 4:12}	^{it is sharper than the sharpest dagger,}

SECRET(S)

Known to God

^{Psa 44:21}	^{Yes, he knows the secrets of every heart.}
^{Eccl 12:14}	^{including every hidden thing, good or bad.}
^{Rom 2:16}	^{will judge the secret lives of everyone,}

Revealed by God

^{Psa 25:14}	^{alone he shares the secrets of his promises.}
^{Prov 3:32}	^{he gives friendship to the godly.}
^{Matt 11:25}	^{revealing it to little children.}
^{Matt 13:34-35}	^{explain mysteries hidden since the beginning}
^{2 Cor 3:16}	^{then the veil is taken away.}

Things to be done in

^{Matt 6:3}	^{when you do a kindness to someone, do it secretly}
^{Matt 6:6}	^{pray to your Father secretly,}

Of others, to be respected

^{Prov 25:8-10}	^{Dont tell anyone else, lest he accuse you}
^{Matt 18:15}	^{go to him privately and confront him}

SELF-DENIAL

Examples of

^{Gen 13:9}	^{Take your choice of any section of the land}
^{1 Kgs 17:15}	^{she and Elijah and her son continued to eat}
^{Est 4:16}	^{do not eat or drink for three days, night or day;}
^{Dan 5:17}	^{Keep your gifts, or give them to someone else,}
^{Matt 4:20}	^{they left their nets at once and went with him.}
^{Mark 10:28}	^{Weve given up everything to follow you, he said,}
^{Acts 2:45}	^{selling their possessions and dividing them}
^{Acts 4:37}	^{sold a field and brought the money to the apostles}
^{Acts 20:34}	^{to supply the needs of those who were with me.}
^{1 Cor 4:12}	^{We have worked wearily with our hands}

Of Christ

^{Matt 4:10}	^{Get out of here, Satan, Jesus told him.}
^{Luke 9:58}	^{I dont even own a place to lay my head.}
^{Rom 15:3}	^{Christ didnt please himself.}
^{Phil 2:6}	^{did not demand and cling to his rights as God,}
^{1 Pet 4:1}	^{Since Christ suffered and underwent pain,}

Exhortation to Christians concerning

^{Matt 10:38}	^{take up your cross and follow me,}
^{Matt 16:24}	^{deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.}
^{Mark 8:34}	^{you must put aside your own pleasures}
^{Luke 9:23}	^{carry his cross with him every day}
^{Luke 14:26}	^{must love me far more than he does his own father,}
^{Rom 13:14}	^{dont make plans to enjoy evil.}
^{1 Cor 10:24}	^{Try to think of the other fellow, too,}
^{Titus 2:12}	^{God wants us to turn from godless living}
^{1 Pet 2:11}	^{keep away from the evil pleasures of this world;}

SELFISHNESS

Examples of

^{Isa 56:11}	^{shepherds who only look after their own interest,}
^{Ezek 34:18}	^{you take the best water for yourselves,}
^{Matt 19:22}	^{he went away sadly, for he was very rich.}

Condemned

^{Prov 11:26}	^{People curse the man who holds his grain}
^{1 Tim 3:2}	^{For people will love only themselves}
^{Jas 2:15}	^{If you have a friend who is in need of food}
^{1 Joh 3:17}	^{sees a brother in need, and wont help him}

Exhortations against

^{Matt 19:21}	^{sell everything you have and give the money to the poor,}
^{Luke 6:34}	^{Even the most wicked will lend to their own kind}
^{Rom 14:15}	^{Dont let your eating ruin someone for whom Christ died.}
^{Rom 15:1}	^{we cannot just go ahead and please ourselves;}
^{2 Cor 5:15}	^{live no longer for themselves, to please themselves,}
^{Phil 2:4}	^{Dont just think about your own affairs,}

SHAME

Of Adam and Eve

^{Gen 3:7}

^{became aware of their nakedness, and were embarrassed.}

Of Gods enemies

^{Psa 40:14-15}	^{Disgrace these scoffers with their utter failure!}
^{Psa 109:29}	^{Make them fail in everything they do.}
^{Ezek 7:18}	^{horror and shame shall cover you;}
^{Dan 12:2}	^{some to everlasting life and some to shame}

Christ ashamed of apostates

^{Mark 8:38}	^{I, the Messiah, will be ashamed of him when I return}
^{Luke 9:26}	^{I will be ashamed then of all who are ashamed of me}

Of the cross

^{Heb 12:2}

^{He was willing to die a shameful death on the cross}

Those without

^{Zep 3:5}

^{no one heedsthe wicked know no shame.}

SHEEP
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Offering(s), animals used for

Sacrificed, examples

^{Gen 4:4}	^{his best lambs, and presented them to the Lord.}
^{Gen 22:13}	^{So he took the ram and sacrificed it,}
^{Lev 1:10}	^{the animal used as a burnt offering is a sheep}
^{1 Kgs 8:62-63}	^{a total of 22,000 oxen and 120,000}	^sheep
^{2 Chr 30:24}	^{1,000 young bulls for offerings, and 7,000 sheep;}

Parable of the lost

^{Matt 18:12}	^{If a man has a hundred sheep, and one wanders away}
^{Luke 15:3-4}	^{If you had a hundred sheep and one of them strayed}

Figurative

^{1 Chr 21:17}	^{But what have these sheep done? O Lord my God,}
^{Psa 74:1}	^{Why is your anger hot against usthe sheep}
^{Jer 50:17}	^{The Israelites are like sheep the lions chase.}
^{Matt 26:31}	^{the sheep of the flock will be scattered.}
^{Mark 14:27}	^{kill the Shepherd, and the sheep will scatter.}
^{John 10:3}	^{the sheep hear his voice and come to him;}

SHEPHERD(S)

Examples of

^{Gen 4:2}	^{Abel became a shepherd while Cain was a farmer.}
^{Gen 29:9}	^{her fathers sheep, for she was a shepherdess.}
^{Exod 2:16}	^{fill the water troughs for their fathers flocks.}
^{Exod 3:1}	^{Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law}
^{1 Sam 16:10-11}	^{hes out in the fields watching the sheep.}
^{2 Sam 7:8}	^{you were a mere shepherd, tending your sheep}
^{Psa 78:70}	^{his servant David, taking him from feeding sheep,}

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