Thomas Weaver

God owes us nothing

Romans 11:35 (HCSB)
Or who has ever first given to Him, and has to be repaid?

If we don't forgive God doesn't forgive

Matthew 6:15 (HCSB)
But if you don't forgive people, your Father will not forgive your wrongdoing.

Be merciful

Luke 6:36 (HCSB)
Be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.

Gd forgives all sin

Psalm 103:3 (HCSB)
He forgives all your sin; He heals all your diseases.

70x7

Matthew 18:21-22 (HCSB)
Then Peter came to Him and said, "Lord, how many times could my brother sin against me and I forgive him? As many as seven times?"

All have sin

1 John 1:8-9 (HCSB)
If we say, "We have no sin," we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

Forgiveness

Matthew 6:14 (HCSB)
"For if you forgive people their wrongdoing, your heavenly Father will forgive you as well.

Predestination

Matthew 7:23 (HCSB)
Then I will announce to them, 'I never knew you! Depart from Me, you lawbreakers!'

Predestination

Amos 3:2 (HCSB)
I have known only you out of all the clans of the earth; therefore, I will punish you for all your iniquities.

Revelation 21:27

Revelation 21:27 (ESV)
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.

Revelation 21:14

Revelation 21:14 (ESV)
And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.

Spiritual pow's

2 Corinthians 10:3-5 (ESV)
For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh.

No temptation has overcome you

1 Corinthians 10:13 (ESV)
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

You don't ask God

James 4:2 (NLT)
You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it.

Be prepared to give a reason

1 Peter 3:15 (ESV)
but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,

What did Jesus do?

1 Peter 2:22-25 (NLT)
He never sinned, nor ever deceived anyone.

Jesus understands

Hebrews 4:15-16 (ESV)
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.

What religion is

James 1:27 (ESV)
Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.

Plurality of elders

Titus 1:5 (ESV)
This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you—

Don't provide for family worse than non-believer

1 Timothy 5:8 (ESV)
But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

pastors have authority

Titus 2:15 (ESV)
Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.

pastors should be paid

1 Timothy 5:17-18 (ESV)
Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.

not peace but a sword

Matthew 10:34 (NLT)
“Don’t imagine that I came to bring peace to the earth! I came not to bring peace, but a sword.

don't work don't eat

2 Thessalonians 3:10 (ESV)
For even when we were with you, we would give you this command: If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat.

mystery of the faith

1 Timothy 3:9 (ESV)
They must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.