Cliff Goodman

Deuteronomy 6:1

Deuteronomy 6:1 (NLT)
“These are the commands, decrees, and regulations that the LORD your God commanded me to teach you. You must obey them in the land you are about to enter and occupy,

Ambassadors for Christ

2 Corinthians 5:21 (NLT)
For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

warning God gives about trusting in humans

Jeremiah 17:5 (NLT)
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans, who rely on human strength and turn their hearts away from the LORD.

what should you do about situation you don't understanding

James 1:4 (NLT)
So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be perfect and complete, needing nothing.

what means has God provided for determining his will

1 Corinthians 2:12 (NLT)
And we have received God’s Spirit (not the world’s spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us.

what means has God provided for determining his will

Psalm 119:105 (NLT)
Your word is a lamp to guide my feet and a light for my path.

the holy Spirit was in the old testament

Psalm 51:11 (NLT)
Do not banish me from your presence, and don’t take your Holy Spirit from me.

the principle Jesus followed in making decision

John 6:38 (NLT)
For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will.

invitation to salvation

Isaiah 55:1-13 (NLT)
“Is anyone thirsty? Come and drink— even if you have no money! Come, take your choice of wine or milk— it’s all free!

we should limit ourselves to human understanding

Isaiah 55:8-9 (NLT)
“My thoughts are nothing like your thoughts,” says the LORD. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could imagine.

why we should trust God

Jeremiah 17:7 (NLT)
“But blessed are those who trust in the LORD and have made the LORD their hope and confidence.

steps to take to experience God's will

Romans 12:1-2 (NLT)
And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.

what can we trust God to do for us

Psalm 32:8 (NLT)
The LORD says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life. I will advise you and watch over you.

1 John 2:8

1 John 2:8 (NLT)
Yet it is also new. Jesus lived the truth of this commandment, and you also are living it. For the darkness is disappearing, and the true light is already shining.

1 John 5:1

1 John 5:1 (NLT)
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his children, too.

in order to stay saved we must keep the faith to the end

1 John 2:24 (NLT)
So you must remain faithful to what you have been taught from the beginning. If you do, you will remain in fellowship with the Son and with the Father.

confirmation of our statement of 1 John 5:11-12 to have the Son of God means to obey him, that's the evident.

1 John 2:5 (NLT)
But those who obey God’s word truly show how completely they love him. That is how we know we are living in him.

Jesus bear our sin on the cross

1 Peter 2:24 (NLT)
He personally carried our sins in his body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. By his wounds you are healed.

God must punish sin

Exodus 34:7 (NLT)
I lavish unfailing love to a thousand generations. I forgive iniquity, rebellion, and sin. But I do not excuse the guilty. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children and grandchildren; the entire family is affected— even children in the third and fourth generations.”

The Justice of a Righteous God

Ezekiel 18:4 (NLT)
For all people are mine to judge—both parents and children alike. And this is my rule: The person who sins is the one who will die.

God of Justice

Habakkuk 1:13 (NLT)
But you are pure and cannot stand the sight of evil. Will you wink at their treachery? Should you be silent while the wicked swallow up people more righteous than they?

Matthew 18:15

Matthew 18:15 (NLT)
“If another believer sins against you, go privately and point out the offense. If the other person listens and confesses it, you have won that person back.

Colossians 1:21

Colossians 1:21 (KJV)
And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled

Colossians 3:6

Colossians 3:6 (KJV)
For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience:

Colossians 3:1

Colossians 3:1 (KJV)
If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.