Rick E

Lives that matter because God is.

Acts 18:28 (NASB)
for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.

Right side of the line. Read Walter Wink

John 9:1-3 (NASB)
As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth.

John 9:41 (NASB)
Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but since you say, 'We see,' your sin remains.

Do gooders

John 9:39-40 (NASB)
And Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind."

Cross Ref

Isaiah 42:1 (NIV)
"Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations.

Acts Of Grace

Genesis 3:1 (NASB)
Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, "Indeed, has God said, 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?"

Genesis 3:12 (NASB)
The man said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate."

Genesis 3:21 (NASB)
The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.

Genesis 3:24 (NASB)
So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.

Great Pain in the first phrase relates to change to child rearing.

Genesis 3:7 (NASB)
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings.

Genesis 3:16 (NASB)
To the woman He said, "I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth, In pain you will bring forth children; Yet your desire will be for your husband, And he will rule over you."

Cultivate means Serve

Genesis 2:15 (NASB)
Then the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it.

2 Corinthians 5:17, 2 Corinthians 5:21

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NASB)
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.

2 Corinthians 5:21 (NASB)
He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

Cross Reference Ephesians 4:4

Mark 1:7-8 (NASB)
And he was preaching, and saying, "After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to stoop down and untie the thong of His sandals.

A True and Humble Friend

John 3:29 (NASB)
He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. So this joy of mine has been made full.

Man's possession? (Cross Reference John 15:5)

John 3:27 (NASB)
John answered and said, "A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.

Genesis 3:1

Genesis 3:1 (NIV)
Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?"

Cross Ref Acts 2:42-47

Malachi 3:10 (NASB)
Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this," says the Lord of hosts, "if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows.

Cross Ref Ecclesiastics 5:10

Acts 2:45 (NASB)
and they began selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need.

Cross Ref With Eph. 4:4

Acts 2:42 (NASB)
They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

harm

Hosea 6:1 (NASB)
"Come, let us return to the Lord. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.

Weakness=Impatience

Romans 8:26 (ESV)
Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.

Cross Reference Romans 12 With Philippians 2.

Romans 12:10-13 (NASB)
Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor;

Heaping Coals

Romans 12:20 (NIV)
On the contrary: "If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head."

Philippians 4:1, Philippians 4:4

Philippians 4:1 (NASB)
Therefore, my beloved brethren whom I long to see, my joy and crown, in this way stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.

Philippians 4:4 (NASB)
Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice!

My hope

Philippians 4:1 (NASB)
Therefore, my beloved brethren whom I long to see, my joy and crown, in this way stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.

Standard

Philippians 3:16-17 (NASB)
however, let us keep living by that same standard to which we have attained.

Philippians 3:19-20

Philippians 3:19-20 (NASB)
whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things.

Covenantal, Relational God

Nehemiah 9:17 (NASB)
"They refused to listen, And did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You had performed among them; So they became stubborn and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But You are a God of forgiveness, Gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness; And You did not forsake them.

Nehemiah 9:30-31 (NASB)
"However, You bore with them for many years, And admonished them by Your Spirit through Your prophets, Yet they would not give ear. Therefore You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.

Forsaken Not

Nehemiah 9:17 (NASB)
"They refused to listen, And did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You had performed among them; So they became stubborn and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But You are a God of forgiveness, Gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness; And You did not forsake them.