| Luke 9:23-26; 14:26-33 |
Each unbeliever must consider the cost of becoming a Biblical follower and learner of Jesus Christ. When any unbeliever becomes a Biblical follower and learner of Jesus Christ, Jesus Christ and His Biblical teachings applied in the believer's life are the most important things. No family member, no friend, no job or any person or thing will be as important as Jesus Christ in our lives. Whatever pressure or problems associated with serving Jesus Christ and fellow humans will not lessen our loyalty to Him. |
| Proverbs 23:7 |
You may be a hypocrite in what you say and how you act. What you think is what you really are. |
| II Corinthians 10:3-5 |
Each Biblical believer in Jesus Christ is to capture each thought and emotion. All our thoughts and emotions are to be made obedient to the Biblical teachings of Jesus Christ. This Christian life style is very demanding. |
| I Corinthians 6:18-20 |
God allows His Holy Spirit to live inside the physical body of each Biblical believer. This presence of God in our body is to remind each believer that we belong to God. God bought and paid for us with the life, death and resurrection of His Son, Jesus Christ. All of this demands that all believers are to honor God with our physical bodies by avoiding sexual immorality, as well as other sins. |
| Romans 12:1-2 |
God has shown us mercy. Humans did not have to pay for their sins. God allowed Jesus Christ to pay for our sins. We worship God by offering our physical bodies as living sacrifices to Him. We do this by the way we Biblically serve God. By renovating our thinking with the teachings of the Bible, we will be constantly identifying and obeying God's will for our lives. |
| Galatians 6:6-10 |
Don't fool yourself thinking that you can fool God. What you sow you will reap. Also, what you do not sow you can not reap. If you are self-centered and only try to please ,yourself, you will damage or destroy yourself. If you serve God by obeying the teachings of the Bible, you will enjoy eternal life with God and fellow believers. Reject the temptation of becoming tired of obeying God and doing good to fellow humans. |
| Galatians 5:19-26 |
Unbelievers are often identified by the following life styles: various types of sexual immorality; various methods of idol worship; various ways of being hateful and uncontrolled drunkenness. Biblical believers are to actively avoid such a life style. Believers are to recall that the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ has freed us from having to live such life styles. Biblical believers are to be identified by the following life style: love, joy, peace and self-control. |
| I Corinthians 13:4-8 |
Biblical believers are to love fellow humans in the following ways: love is patient with all people -love has kind thoughts, words, actions and reactions -love never boils over with jealousy -love never brags and is not conceited -love is never rude or selfish -love is rarely angry and does not make plans to hurt people -love does not keep a mental or written list of harms suffered from fellow humans -love is never happy when evil occurs, but is always glad when truth prevails -love always protects, trusts, hopes and endures everything -love never gives a bad performance. |
| Philppians 2:1-4 |
Biblical believers have a special relationship and status with God the Father, the Lord Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. Because of this relationship, believers will be humble and consider others as our superiors. We will avoid being selfish and , conceited. |
| James 2:1-4 |
Just believing in God and saying you have faith is not enough. Biblical faith will always produce Biblical actions. Such actions will make God look good and help fellow humans. |
| Philippians 4:4-9 I Peter 5:6-11 |
Whether our problems are small or large, Bible believers will actively avoid worry. We constantly put our hope in God to get us through our problems. |
| Romans 12:17-21 |
Biblical believers are to attempt to live at peace with everyone. We are to avoid taking revenge or trying to get even or paying someone back for the bad they did to us. God only has the right and ability to take revenge. When our enemies are in need, we are to help them. |
| I Timothy 6:6-10 |
Biblical believers brought nothing into this life and will take nothing out when they die. We are to be satisfied with basic food and clothing. The love or desire for money and possessions is a root of all kinds of evil. |