�Rejoice when you are persecuted for following Jesus�Matthew 5:12
�Let Your Light Shine by good deeds�Matthew 5:16
�Teach God�s Law given Moses & the Prophets�Matthew 5:17�18
�Do Not Be Angry with your brother--Matthew 5:21-22
�Do Not Insult Others By Calling Them Fools--Matthew 5:22
�Be Reconciled with the one you offended�Matthew 5:24�25
�Do Not Covet A Married Woman�Matthew 5:27�28
�Repent from sin by cutting off the temptation, or go to hell---Matt 5:29-30
�Keep Your Word�Matthew 5:37
�Do Not Relatiate Against Evil Persons Who Strike You--Matthew 5:38-39
�Sacrifice Beyond What Others Demand You Give�Matthew 5:38�42
�Love Your Enemies�Matthew 5:44
�Pray For Those Who Persecute You---Matthew 5:44
�Be Perfect�Matthew 5:48
�Give In Secret And Not Where Others Can See You Giving�Matthew 6:1�4
�Do Not Pray Alone In Public Where Others Can See You--Matthew 6:5-6
�Do Not Pray Repetitious Prayers--Matthew 5:7-8
�Do Not Lay Up Treasures on Earth (that Sacrifice Treasures in Heaven)�Matthew 6:19�20
�Seek Above All God�s Kingdom, and God will provide materially�Matthew 6:33
�Do Not Judge By Standards You Cannot Meet�Matthew 7:1-3
�Do Not Cast Pearls Before Mockers Who Are Not Listening�Matthew 7:6
�Be Persistent in Prayer - Ask, Seek, and Knock�Matthew 7:7�8
�Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You�Matthew 7:12
�Choose the Narrow Way That Leads to Life�Matthew 7:13�14
�Beware of False Prophets Who Have Signs & Wonders But Work Lawlessness / Negation of the Law given Moses�Matthew 7:15
�Pray God Sends Co-Laborers To Spread Good News�Matthew 9:38
�Be Wise as Serpents�Matthew 10:16
�Fear God, Not Man�Matthew 10:26
�Take My Yoke (Training) Upon You (Obey)�Matthew 11:29
�Honor Your Parents (means Support in Poverty)�Matthew 15:4
�Beware The Pharisees (Minimizing Law to Tithing and Commands that "make of non-effect" the Law given Moses)�Matthew 16:6; 23:23;15:6
�Deny Yourself, Take Up Your Cross & Follow Me�Luke 9:23
�Repent From Sin And Turn in Deep Sorrow For Justification--Luke 18:9-14
�Despise Not Little Ones�Matthew 18:10
�Go to Offenders And Confront Over Sin�Matthew 18:15
�Beware of Covetousness�Luke 12:15
�Forgive Offenders�Matthew 18:21�22
�Stay Married Unless God Allows Separation For Adultery�Matthew 19:6; 5:31-32
�Never Seek To Rule Over Other Believers�Matthew 20:26�28
�Be A People Producing Fruit, Or You Will Not Receive the Kingdom--Matthew 21:4
�Invite To Meals The Poor, Lame, etc.�Luke 14:12�14
�Render to Caesar What Belongs to Caesar�Matthew 22:19�21
�Render to God What Belongs to God--Matthew 22:19-21
�Love the Lord�Matthew 22:37�38
�Love Your Neighbor�Matthew 22:39
�Await My Return; Do Not Listen To Imposters in the Wilderness or Private Places Saying It Is Me; My Return Will Be Universally Seen�Matthew 24:5-6, 42�4
�Be "Alive Again" / "Born Again" - Like the Prodigal Who Repented from Sin and Headed Back to the Father�John 3:7; Luke 15:11-32
�If You Love Me, Keep My Commandments�John 14:15
�Watch and Pray�Matthew 26:41
�Feed My Sheep�John 21:15�16
�Baptize My Disciples�Matthew 28:19
�Teach The Nations (Gentiles) All That I Have Commanded--Matthew 28:19
16 By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoever has this world�s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
18 My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. 20 For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. 21 Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence toward God. 22 And whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do those things that are pleasing in His sight. 23 And this is His commandment: that we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, as He gave us commandment.
24 Now he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him.
1 John 3
Let's look how the TRUE Christians live:angel::
(As Paul expressed it) "Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvationicon_27.gif with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure. DOicon_27.gificon_114.gif all things without complaining and disputing, that you may become blameless icon_27.gifand harmlessicon_27.gif, children of God icon_27.gifwithout faulticon_27.gif in the midst of a crooked icon_120.gifand perverse generationicon_120.gif, among whom you shine as lightsicon_81.gif in the world" (Philippians 2:12-15).
In this way God raises the relationship we have with Him through Jesus Christ from obedience to love of all people and enemies. God commands us to have such level of righteousness icon_27.gif.
But if we repent of our selfish waysicon_120.gif that lead us into sin 010.gifand surrender our lives unconditionally to our heavenly Father, we can accept Christ's sacrifice for our sins and receive forgiveness. God then promises that we "may participate in the divine natureicon_27.gif and escape the corruptionicon_120.gif in the world caused by evil desires" (2 Peter:1:4).
How? Obeying Him!
1 Simon Peter, a bondservant and apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who have obtained like precious faith with us by the righteousness icon_27.gifof our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godlinessicon_27.gif, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, 4 by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine natureicon_27.gif, having escaped the corruptionicon_120.gif that is in the world through lust.
