Don Palmer

Make your attitude that of Christ

Philippians 2:5 (HCSB)
Make your own attitude that of Christ Jesus,

Luke 16:25-31

Luke 16:25-31 (HCSB)
"'Son,' Abraham said, 'remember that during your life you received your good things, just as Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here, while you are in agony.

John 1:1-5

John 1:1-5 (HCSB)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Hebrews 10:23-25

Hebrews 10:23-25 (HCSB)
Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.

Matthew 7:21-23

Matthew 7:21-23 (NIV)
"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 7:13-14

Matthew 7:13-14 (NIV)
"Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.

Acts 15:6

Acts 15:6 (NIV)
The apostles and elders met to consider this question.

Acts 15:7

Acts 15:7 (NIV)
After much discussion, Peter got up and addressed them: "Brothers, you know that some time ago God made a choice among you that the Gentiles might hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.

Acts 15:8

Acts 15:8 (NIV)
God, who knows the heart, showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us.

Acts 15:9

Acts 15:9 (NIV)
He did not discriminate between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith.

Acts 15:10

Acts 15:10 (NIV)
Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of Gentiles a yoke that neither we nor our ancestors have been able to bear?

Acts 15:11

Acts 15:11 (NIV)
No! We believe it is through the grace of our Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are."

Acts 15:12

Acts 15:12 (NIV)
The whole assembly became silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul telling about the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

Acts 15:13

Acts 15:13 (NIV)
When they finished, James spoke up. "Brothers," he said, "listen to me.

Acts 15:14

Acts 15:14 (NIV)
Simon has described to us how God first intervened to choose a people for his name from the Gentiles.

Acts 15:15

Acts 15:15 (NIV)
The words of the prophets are in agreement with this, as it is written:

Acts 15:16

Acts 15:16 (NIV)
"'After this I will return and rebuild David's fallen tent. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,

Acts 15:17

Acts 15:17 (NIV)
that the rest of mankind may seek the Lord, even all the Gentiles who bear my name, says the Lord, who does these things'—

Acts 15:18

Acts 15:18 (NIV)
things known from long ago.

Acts 15:19

Acts 15:19 (NIV)
"It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God.

Acts 15:20

Acts 15:20 (NIV)
Instead we should write to them, telling them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals and from blood.

Acts 15:21

Acts 15:21 (NIV)
For the law of Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath."

Acts 15:22

Acts 15:22 (NIV)
Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to choose some of their own men and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas (called Barsabbas) and Silas, men who were leaders among the believers.

Acts 15:23

Acts 15:23 (NIV)
With them they sent the following letter: The apostles and elders, your brothers, To the Gentile believers in Antioch, Syria and Cilicia: Greetings.

Acts 15:24

Acts 15:24 (NIV)
We have heard that some went out from us without our authorization and disturbed you, troubling your minds by what they said.