The Living Bible (418 page)

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BOOK: The Living Bible

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Of John

^{Matt 9:14}	^{disciples of John the Baptist came to Jesus}
^{Matt 11:2}	^{John sent his disciples to ask Jesus,}
^{John 1:37}	^{Johns two disciples turned and followed Jesus}
^{Acts 19:3}	^{What John the Baptist taught.}

DIVORCE

Laws concerning

^{Exod 21:8}	^{then he shall let her be bought back}
^{Lev 21:7}	^{shall not marry a divorced woman,}
^{Lev 21:14-15}	^{nor a woman who is divorced,}
^{Lev 22:13}	^{if she is a widow or divorced}
^{Deut 22:19}	^{he may never divorce her.}
^{Deut 22:28-29}	^{he may never divorce her.}
^{Deut 24:3}	^{the second husband also divorces her,}

Exemptions concerning

^{Deut 24:1}	^{if a man doesnt like something about his wife,}
^{Matt 5:32}	^{who divorces his wife, except for fornication,}

Examples of

^{1 Chr 8:8-10}	^{Shaharaim divorced his wives}
^{Ezra 10:3}	^{to divorce our heathen wives}
^{Mal 2:14}	^{treachery in divorcing your wives}

Christs teaching

^{Matt 5:32}	^{causes her to commit adultery}
^{Matt 19:5-6}	^{no man may divorce what God has joined}
^{Mark 10:11}	^{When a man divorces his wife to marry another,}
^{Mark 10:12}	^{if a wife divorces her husband}
^{Luke 16:18}	^{anyone who divorces his wife and marries another}

Figurative

^{Isa 50:1}	^{because I divorced her and sent her away?}
^{Jer 3:8}	^{saw that I divorced faithless Israel.}

DOCTRINE(S)

False

^{Matt 15:9}	^{Their worship is worthless,}
^{Matt 16:12}	^{the wrong teachings of the Pharisees}
^{Rom 16:17}	^{teaching things about Christ that are wrong}
^{Eph 4:14}	^{made the lie sound like the truth.}
^{Col 2:8}	^{philosophies, their wrong and shallow answers}
^{2 Thes 2:11}	^{to believe lies with all their hearts.}
^{1 Tim 1:3-4}	^{who are teaching such wrong doctrine.}
^{1 Tim 4:1}	^{followers of teachers with devil-inspired ideas.}
^{2 Pet 2:1}	^{will be false teachers among you.}

Warning against false

^{Jer 23:16}	^{Dont listen to false prophets}
^{Col 2:8}	^{Dont let others spoil your faith and joy}
^{1 Tim 1:3-4}	^{Put an end to their myths and fables,}
^{1 Tim 6:20}	^{Keep out of foolish arguments}

True, defined and defended

^{Matt 7:29}	^{he taught as one with great authority,}
^{John 7:16}	^{Im not teaching you my own thoughts,}
^{1 Tim 6:3}	^{wholesome teachings of the Lord Jesus}
^{1 Tim 3:16}	^{is useful to teach us what is true}
^{Titus 1:1}	^{teach them to know Gods truth}
^{Titus 2:1}	^{that goes along with true Christianity.}
^{Heb 6:1}	^{always teaching those first lessons}
^{2 Joh 1:9}	^{if you are loyal to Christs teachings,}

DOUBTING

Examples of

^{Psa 94:19}	^{Lord, when doubts fill my mind,}
^{Matt 14:31}	^{Jesus said. Why did you doubt me?}
^{Luke 12:28}	^{will provide clothing for you, you doubters?}
^{Luke 24:38}	^{Why do you doubt that it is really I?}
^{Luke 24:41}	^{undecided, filled with joy and doubt.}
^{Rom 15:1}	^{considerate of the doubts and fears}
^{Jas 1:6}	^{a doubtful mind will be as unsettled}
^{Jude 1:22}	^{Be merciful to those who doubt.}

Admonitions concerning

^{Deut 1:19-21}	^{Dont be afraid! Dont even doubt!}
^{Josh 1:9}	^{Banish fear and doubt!}
^{Heb 10:23}	^{no longer any room for doubt,}

DRUNKENNESS

Examples of

^{Gen 9:20-21}	^{One day as he was drunk}
^{Gen 19:33}	^{they got him drunk that night,}
^{1 Sam 25:36}	^{He was roaring drunk,}
^{1 Kgs 16:9}	^{King Elah was half drunk at Arzas home}
^{1 Kgs 20:16}	^{they were still drinking themselves drunk,}
^{Dan 5:2-4}	^{As Belshazzar was drinking he was reminded}
^{1 Cor 11:21}	^{too much drink and gets drunk.}

Laws concerning

^{Deut 21:20}

^{he is a worthless drunkard.}

Punishment of

^{Deut 21:21}	^{the men of the city shall stone him}
^{Prov 20:1}	^{hard liquor leads to brawls;}
^{Prov 21:17}	^{wine and luxury are not the way to riches!}
^{Prov 23:19-21}	^{for they are on their way to poverty.}
^{Isa 24:9}	^{strong drink turns bitter in the mouth.}
^{Jer 25:27}	^{you are drunk and vomit and fall}
^{Amos 6:7}	^{suddenly your revelry will end.}
^{Matt 24:49}	^{fellow servants, partying and getting drunk,}
^{Luke 12:46}	^{remove him from his position of trust}
^{1 Cor 6:9-10}	^{they will have no share in his kingdom.}
^{Gal 5:21}	^{they will not inherit the kingdom of God.}

Condemned

^{Prov 23:19-21}	^{dont carouse with drunkards}
^{Rom 13:12-13}	^{Dont spend your time in wild parties}
^{1 Cor 5:11}	^{Dont even eat lunch with such a person.}
^{Titus 1:7}	^{must not be drunkards or fighters}

EARTH

Created by God

^{Gen 1:1}	^{When God began creating the heavens and the earth,}
^{2 Kgs 19:15}	^{You created the heavens and the earth.}
^{2 Chr 2:12}	^{Lord God of Israel who made the heavens}
^{Neh 9:6}	^{the earth and the seas}
^{Psa 90:2}	^{Before the mountains were created,}
^{Psa 146:6}	^{God who made both earth and heaven,}
^{Prov 8:22}	^{before he created anything else.}
^{Isa 37:16-17}	^{You alone made heaven and earth.}
^{Jer 10:12}	^{our God formed the earth by his power}
^{John 1:3}	^{He created everything there is}
^{Heb 1:10}	^{Lord, in the beginning you made the earth,}
^{2 Pet 3:5-6}	^{used the waters to form the earth}
^{Rev 14:7}	^{the heaven and the earth, the sea}

Primitive condition of

^{Gen 1:2}	^{the earth was at first a shapeless, chaotic}
^{Job 26:7}	^{hangs the earth upon nothing.}
^{Psa 104:3}	^{hollowed out the surface of the earth}

Symbolic use of

^{Isa 40:22}	^{who sits above the circle of the earth.}
^{Isa 66:1}	^{the earth is my footstool:}

New

^{Isa 65:17}	^{creating new heavens and a new earth}
^{Isa 66:22}	^{my new heavens and earth shall remain,}
^{Rev 21:1}	^{Then I saw a new earth}

Destruction of

^{Psa 102:26}	^{They shall perish, but you go on}
^{Isa 24:19}	^{The earth has broken down in utter ruin;}
^{Isa 51:6}	^{the earth shall wear out like a garment,}
^{Matt 24:3}	^{your return, and the end of the world?}
^{2 Pet 3:10}	^{earth and everything on it will be burned up.}
^{Rev 21:1}	^{the present earth and sky had disappeared.}

ELDER(S)

Of Israel

^{Lev 4:15}	^{leaders of the nation shall lay their hands}
^{Deut 21:19}	^{before the elders of the city}
^{1 Sam 16:4}	^{the elders of the city came trembling}
^{Ezra 5:9}	^{We asked the leaders,}
^{Psa 107:32}	^{before the leaders of the nation.}

Of the church

^{Acts 14:23}	^{also appointed elders in every church}
^{Acts 15:4}	^{all the apostles and elders were present}
^{Acts 16:4}	^{decided by the apostles and elders}
^{Acts 20:17}	^{to the elders of the church at Ephesus}
^{Jas 5:14}	^{He should call for the elders of the church}
^{1 Pet 5:1}	^{a word to you elders of the church.}

The twenty-four

^{Rev 4:4}	^{with twenty-four Elders sitting on them;}
^{Rev 4:10}	^{the twenty-four Elders fell down before him}
^{Rev 5:5}	^{the twenty-four Elders said to me,}
^{Rev 5:14}	^{And the twenty-four Elders fell down}
^{Rev 11:16}	^{twenty-four Elders sitting on their thrones}

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