Enjoying Life Under the Sun

1. You shall have no other gods before Me. Q. What does the LORD require in the first commandment?  That I rightly come to know the only true God,  John 17:3  And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.  trust in Him alone,  Jeremiah 17:5  Thus says the LORD: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart departs from the LORD.”  Jeremiah 17:7  Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose hope is the LORD.  submit to Him with all humility  1 Peter 5:5-6  Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for “God resists the proud, But gives grace to the humble.”  Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time,  and patience,  Romans 5:3-4  And not only that, but we also glory in ...

Q. What is the law of the LORD?  God spoke all these words, saying: I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.  1. You shall have no other gods before Me. Q. What does the LORD require in the first commandment?  That for the sake of my very salvation I avoid and flee all idolatry,  1 Corinthians 6:9-10  Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites,  nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.  1 Corinthians 10:5-14  But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.  Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted.  And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is writt...

Q. But what are good works?  Only those which are done out of true faith,   in accordance with the law of God,   and to His glory,  and not those based on our own opinion or on precepts of men.  For the Bible Tells Me So... John 15:5  I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.  Romans 14:23  But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not eat from faith; for whatever is not from faith is sin. Hebrews 11:6  But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.  Leviticus 18:4  ‘You shall observe My judgments and keep My ordinances, to walk in them: I am the LORD your God.  1 Samuel 15:22  Then Samuel said: “Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behol...

What is the coming to life of the new nature?  It is a heartfelt joy in God through Christ,  and a love and delight to live according to the will of God in all good works. For the Bible Tells Me So... Psalm 51:8  Make me hear joy and gladness, that the bones You have broken may rejoice.  Psalm 51:12  Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and uphold me by Your generous Spirit.  Isaiah 57:15  For thus says the High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him who has a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.  Romans 5:1  Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,  Romans 14:17  for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.  Romans 6:10-11  For the death that He died, He died to ...

Q. What is the dying of the old nature?  It is to grieve with heartfelt sorrow that we have offended God by our sin,  and more and more to hate it and flee from it. For the Bible Tells Me So... Psalm 51:3-4  For I acknowledge my transgressions, And my sin is always before me.  Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight; That You may be found just when You speak, And blameless when You judge.  Psalm 51:17  The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, A broken and a contrite heart; These, O God, You will not despise.  Joel 2:12-13  “Now, therefore,” says the LORD, “Turn to Me with all your heart, With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.”  So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the LORD your God, For He is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm.  Romans 8:12-13  Therefore, brethren, we are debtors; not to the flesh, to live according to t...

What is the true repentance or conversion of man?  It is the dying of the old nature  and the coming to life of the new. For the Bible Tells Me So... Romans 6:1-11  What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?  Certainly not! How shall we who died to sin live any longer in it? Or do you not know that as many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death?  Therefore we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.  For if we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection,  knowing this, that our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin.  For he who has died has been freed from sin.  Now if we died with Christ, we believe th...