Ronnie Paul Killingsworth

Just Joking?

Proverbs 26:18-19 (NCV)
Like a madman shooting deadly, burning arrows

Arguing

Proverbs 17:19 (NCV)
Whoever loves to argue loves to sin. Whoever brags a lot is asking for trouble.

Paying Your Neighbor's Debt

Proverbs 17:18 (NCV)
It is not wise to promise to pay what your neighbor owes.

Hating Correction

Proverbs 15:10 (NCV)
The person who quits doing what is right will be punished, and the one who hates to be corrected will die.

Sowing

2 Corinthians 9:6-7 (ESV)
The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

Judgement

1 Corinthians 5:12-13 (ESV)
For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge?

Discernment

1 John 4:6 (NCV)
But we belong to God, and those who know God listen to us. But those who are not from God do not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit that is true and the spirit that is false.

Words of Our Mouth

Ephesians 4:29 (ESV)
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

The Will of God

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (ESV)
Rejoice always,

1 Corinthians 15:35-40

1 Corinthians 15:35-40 (MSG)
Some skeptic is sure to ask, "Show me how resurrection works. Give me a diagram; draw me a picture. What does this 'resurrection body' look like?" If you look at this question closely, you realize how absurd it is. There are no diagrams for this kind of thing. We do have a parallel experience in gardening. You plant a "dead" seed; soon there is a flourishing plant. There is no visual likeness between seed and plant. You could never guess what a tomato would look like by looking at a tomato seed. What we plant in the soil and what grows out of it don't look anything alike. The dead body that we bury in the ground and the resurrection body that comes from it will be dramatically different.

1 Corinthians 3:3

1 Corinthians 3:3 (ESV)
for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way?

The Spirit Searches Everything

1 Corinthians 2:10 (ESV)
these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.

Keep Watch and Pray

Matthew 26:41 (NLT)
Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak!”

1 Timothy 4:12

1 Timothy 4:12 (NLT)
Don’t let anyone think less of you because you are young. Be an example to all believers in what you say, in the way you live, in your love, your faith, and your purity.

Luke 9:62

Luke 9:62 (CEV)
Jesus answered, “Anyone who starts plowing and keeps looking back isn't worth a thing to God's kingdom!”

1 Thessalonians 2:12

1 Thessalonians 2:12 (NLT)
We pleaded with you, encouraged you, and urged you to live your lives in a way that God would consider worthy. For he called you to share in his Kingdom and glory.

Psalm 127:3-5

Psalm 127:3-5 (MSG)
Don't you see that children are god's best gift? the fruit of the womb his generous legacy? Like a warrior's fistful of arrows are the children of a vigorous youth. Oh, how blessed are you parents, with your quivers full of children! Your enemies don't stand a chance against you; you'll sweep them right off your doorstep.

Colossians 2:8-9

Colossians 2:8-9 (NLT)
Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.

Psalm 128:1-6

Psalm 128:1-6 (NKJV)
Blessed is every one who fears the Lord,

Ephesians 5:4-5

Ephesians 5:4-5 (ESV)
Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving.

Matthew 12:36-37

Matthew 12:36-37 (NKJV)
But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

Matthew 12:30

Matthew 12:30 (NKJV)
He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.

Matthew 10:22

Matthew 10:22 (NKJV)
And you will be hated by all for My names sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.

Psalm 3:1-8

Psalm 3:1-8 (HCSB)
Lord, how my foes increase! There are many who attack me.

2 Corinthians 1:24

2 Corinthians 1:24 (NLT)
But that does not mean we want to dominate you by telling you how to put your faith into practice. We want to work together with you so you will be full of joy, for it is by your own faith that you stand firm.