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How what Jesus said was remembered

John 14:26 (NIV)
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

Holy Spirit in OT

2 Chronicles 24:20 (NIV)
Then the Spirit of God came on Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood before the people and said, "This is what God says: 'Why do you disobey the lord's commands? You will not prosper. Because you have forsaken the lord, he has forsaken you.'"

The consequences of knowing and not being ready

Luke 12:47-48 (NIV)
"The servant who knows the master's will and does not get ready or does not do what the master wants will be beaten with many blows.

Paul's Writing

2 Peter 3:15-16 (NIV)
Bear in mind that our Lord's patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him.

Keep His commands and live

Deuteronomy 30:16 (NIV)
For I command you today to love the lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.

Set Your Mind

Colossians 3:2 (NIV)
Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things.

Slave to sin and yet God

Romans 7:25 (NIV)
Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God's law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin.

Sin is no longer our master

Romans 6:14 (NIV)
For sin shall no longer be your master, because you are not under the law, but under grace.

The work we must do

John 6:29 (NIV)
Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent."

Being a good minister

1 Timothy 4:6 (NIV)
If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, nourished on the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.

My appointment

Ephesians 4:11 (NIV)
So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers,

Teacher's judged strictly

James 3:1 (NIV)
Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.

Singing

Ephesians 5:18-19 (NIV)
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery. Instead, be filled with the Spirit,

David found strength

1 Samuel 30:6 (NIV)
David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the lord his God.

Honoring God

1 Samuel 2:30 (NIV)
"Therefore the lord, the God of Israel, declares: 'I promised that members of your family would minister before me forever.' But now the lord declares: 'Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be disdained.

Promise to the faithful

1 Samuel 2:9 (NIV)
He will guard the feet of his faithful servants, but the wicked will be silenced in the place of darkness. "It is not by strength that one prevails;

Serving God Willingly

Judges 5:2 (NIV)
"When the princes in Israel take the lead, when the people willingly offer themselves— praise the lord!

God is in control

Psalm 73:17 (NIV)
till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny.

God Tasks Me To Meet Their Needs

Matthew 14:16 (NIV)
Jesus replied, "They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat."

Why the Gospel of John was written

John 20:31 (NIV84)
But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.

The Lord laughs at the wicked

Psalm 37:13 (NIV)
but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he knows their day is coming.

Hope in the Lord

Psalm 37:34 (NIV)
Hope in the lord and keep his way. He will exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are destroyed, you will see it.

Tried to understand

Psalm 73:16 (NIV)
When I tried to understand all this, it troubled me deeply

Then I understood

Psalm 73:17 (NIV)
till I entered the sanctuary of God; then I understood their final destiny.

Unity in Faith

Ephesians 4:13 (NIV)
until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.