Where to find it in the Bible

I have been asked several times where to find different things in the Bible.  I compiled this list (although it is not complete) that might helpful.

Abortion

Ps. 139:13-16 – “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.  I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.  My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place.  When I was woven together in the depths of the earth, your eyes saw my unformed body.  All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.”

Jer. 1:5 – “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”

Acts 17:26 – “From one man he made every nation of men that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live.”

Armor of God

Eph. 6:11-18

Assurance of Salvation

John 5:24; 6:37; 10:27-30; 20-31, Rom. 8:16, 31, 35-39; Heb. 13:5; 1 John 5:11-12

Battle of Armageddon

Rev. 14:14-20; 16:16

Beatitudes

Matt. 5:3-12; Luke 6:20-26

Bible Author

2 Tim. 3:14-16 – “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

2 Peter 1:20-21 – “Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophets own interpretation.  For prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.”

Creation

Gen. 1-2 – “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth….”

Col. 1:16 – “For by Him all things were created; things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities, all things were created by Him and for Him.”

Dinosaurs

Job 40:15-24 – behemoth (dinosaurs), 41 leviathan (dinosaurs)

Divorce and Remarriage

Deuteronomy 24:1-4, Malachi 2:15-16, Matt. 5:31-32, Luke 16:18

Faith

Rom. 4:3; 10:17, Eph. 2:8-9, Heb. 11, Heb 11:1 – “Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.”, 6; 12:2, James 1:3-6, 1 Peter 1:7

Fall of Man

Gen. 3

Fruit of the Spirit

Gal. 5:22-23 – “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.”

Golden Rule

Matt. 7:12; Luke 6:31 – “Do to others as you would have them do to you.”

Hell or Lake of Fire

Daniel 12:2; 1 Thessalonians 1:10; 2Thessalonians 1:7-7; Luke 16:24; Matthew 3:12; 5:22; 7:13; 8:12; 13:42, 50; 22:13; 25:46; 18:8-9; Mark 9:48; Luke 3:7, 17; 16:28; Romans 5:9; Revelation 14:11; 19:20; 20:10, 14-15; 21:8, 14

Homosexuality

Gen. 19:1-13; Lev. 18:22-30; 20:13; Romans 1:18-32 – “Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another.  They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator – who is forever praised. Amen.  Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts.  Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.  In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another.  Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion…….” (v24-27). “Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.”(v32). Notice it says those who approve of those who practice such things also deserve death.

1 Cor. 6:9-11; 1 Timothy 1:8-11

Idolatry

Idolatry is anything you put before God.

Col. 3:5 – “Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry.”

Jesus is the only way

Acts 4:12; John 3:17; 18:24; 10:14-16; 14:6 – “Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me.’”; Rom. 10:9; Eph. 2:5

Jesus’ appearance after resurrection

Matt. 28; Luke 24; John 20-21; Mark 16; Acts; 1 Cor. 15

Lord’s Prayer

Matt. 6:9-15; Luke 11:1-13

Lord’s Supper

Matt. 26:26-29; Luke 22:19-20; 1 Cor. 11:23-26

Lose Salvation?

John 10::29; Rom 8:38-39; Heb 6:4-8; Eph 1:4; 1 John 5:13 – that you know you have eternal life

Love

John 3:16; 15:9-14; Rom. 5:8; 8:35-39; 1 Cor. 13 (known as the love chapter); 1 John 3:1

Man’s purpose on earth

God created us for His pleasure and our purpose is to glorify Him and have joy in Him and Him in us.  He loves us and He wants us to love Him back.

1 John 4:7-21

Marriage / Premarital Sex

Ex. 20:14; Lev. 20:10; Deu. 22:13-30; Job 31:1, 9-12; Prov. 5:1-23; 6:20-35; 7:1-27; Matt. 5:27-30; Eph 5:5-5; Heb. 13:4 – keep it pure, 1 Cor. 6:8; 1 Thess. 4:1-8; Rev. 21:8

Plan of Salvation

Isaiah 55:7; John 1:12; 3:3; 5:24; Rom. 10:9-10, 13; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5-7; 1 John 5:11-13; Revelation 3:20

Prayer

Ecc. 5:2; Jer. 29:13; Matt. 6:7; Luke 18:1; Rom. 8:26-27; Mark 11:24; James 5:16

Predestination/Chosen/Election

Romans 8:29-30; Eph. 1:3-6, 11; Acts 4:27-28; Matthew 22:1-14; 24:22, 24, 32; John 15:16;

Rev. 17:14

Rapture

1 Cor. 15:51-57; 1 Thess. 4:13-18

Return of Christ

Luke 21:34-36; Acts 1:11; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18; Titus 2:13; 2 Peter 3:8-14; 1 John 3:2-3

Satan’s fall

Isaiah 14:12-15

Saved by grace

Grace is unmerited favor.

Ephesians 2:4-5, 8 – “For it is by grace you have been saved.”

Second Death

Revelation 21:8 – “But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars – their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur.  This is the second death.”

Sovereignty of God

Psalm 103:19; Daniel 4:34-35; Isaiah 40:23; 46:8-11; Romans 10:36

God is:

Omniscient – all knowing, total knowledge

Omnipotent – all powerful

Omnipresence – everywhere present

Immutable – unchangeable

Infinitely holy and righteous

Spiritual Gifts

Romans 12:6-8; 1 Corinthians 12:1-14; 40, Eph. 4:11-12; 1 Peter 4:10

Tattoos

Leviticus 19:28 – “Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves.  I am the Lord.”

Temptation

1 Corinthians 10:13 - God will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear, but when tempted He will provide a way out for you.

Ten Commandments

Exodus 20:1-26

Testing

Exodus 20:20; Judges 2:21; 1 Peter 1:7

Tribulation Period

Daniel 9:24-27; Revelation 11:2-3; 13:5 – The tribulation period will be 42 months.

Troubles/Suffering

2 Corinthians 4:17 – We should be happy, our troubles are achieving our eternal Glory

2 Corinthians 1:8-11, 12:7-10 – So we will rely on God

1 Thessalonians 3:3 – Trials are God’s plan

James 1:2-4 – So we will be mature

5 reasons God allows suffering –

1.      A Common thing – Job 5:7

2.     Corrective – Ps 119:67

3.     To glorify Christ – John 9:13

4.     Cosmic – Job 1-2

5.     Constructive – Rom 5:3-4

Why did Jesus do miracles?

John 2:11, 11:40 – To reveal His glory

Will Christians be judged?

Romans 8:1 – “There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.”

Witchcraft

Exodus 22:18; Deu. 18:10; Micah 5:12; Malachi 3:5; Gal. 5:20; Rev. 21:8; 22:5

Worry

Matthew. 6:25; Psalm 34:10; Phil. 4:19 – God will provide

Fruit of the Spirit - Faithfulness

We hear people say “just have faith and it will work out” to comfort others when they are going through a stressful situation or a serious problem.  What does that really mean?  The Bible says, “Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.” – Heb. 11:1.  The Bible also says it is impossible to please God without faith.  “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.” – Heb. 11:6.

Faith is confidence, belief, and trust.  It is our evidence of what we have not seen or the invisible spiritual things.  It comes before prayer is answered.

The book of Hebrews is called the faith chapter and reminds us of some of the men and women in the Bible who lived by faith in the Old Testament.  The book of James tells us that faith without works is dead (James 2).  Living in faith is not just believing that God exists.  It is demonstrated by service and obedience to God.

God is faithful to man.  He is the author of faith and gives faith to every person who wants it.  A true Christian’s faith means to be completely believe that there is no other truth apart from God’s Word on which to build their life.  A person of faith is a person who fully trusts God will do what He says in every situation. 

Do you have that kind of faith in God? 

You can be faithful in many things.  Faith is a devotion to others and principles.  It is a positive attitude and an active attitude.  It is steadfast and true in the middle of evil.  Faithfulness is love, steady, true, and trustworthy.  It possesses staying power in spite of feelings and difficulties, even after the first joys seem to have disappeared (John M. Dreshcer).

How are you faithful to others?

Do you do what you say you will do?

What kind of attitude do you have?

Do you stay positive in difficulties?

Faithfulness means to continue with the job you have been given and not yielding to your restless desire for change.  It is a quality of a friend.  It points to God and His purposes and away from self and any preoccupations (Evelyn Underhill).

God’s Word is the Source of Faith

How do you get more faith?  God gives faith to those who seek it.  Faith is increased by drawing close to God through prayer and studying His Word.  Our faith is increased by reading and hearing the examples of faith in church.  “… faith comes by hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ.” – Rom. 10:17.  Faith is surrendering all the way to Him and do His will, then praying.  That’s how you get to know Him.  We are too close to material things, but through prayer we come closer to God and the spiritual things.

Rely on Jesus completely.  Trust in His power and love.  Believe in His teachings.  Believe even though you don’t understand all the things He does in your life.  He has experienced all your pain and all your temptations.  He knows your daily difficulties.  He has overcome the world and has prepared the way for you to receive eternal life.  He is always ready to help.

How are you relying on Jesus?

Do you believe He died for you?

Do you go to Him when troubled?

Never before has the world needed faith in God as it needs it today.  The world is a mess.  It needs Jesus.  The world is killing babies through abortion and selling their body parts.  It is exchanging the truth of God for a lie (Rom. 1).  Men are marrying men and women are marrying women.  They call it marriage, but it’s not marriage in God’s eyes.  There are more and more murders, sex outside marriage, lying and deceit, and our prisons are full of lawbreakers of all kinds.  When will it stop?  The time is coming soon.  God has been waiting for people to repent and come to Him, but He won’t wait forever.  When Jesus returns, it will be too late.  If you are not a child of God, repent and confess your sins and trust in Jesus.  He is waiting for you.

Principle:  A person of faith is a person who fully trusts God will do what He says in every situation

Next time we will talk more about the characteristics of the fruit of the Spirit.  We still have gentleness and self-control to cover.  Hope to see you here.

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Genesis 4

 

 

Gen. 4:1-5 – Cain’s attitude toward God

In Gen. 3:20 Eve is called Adam’s wife indicating they were married.  The Bible doesn’t record the first marriage ceremony, but the date is not important.  What is important is that the ceremony is performed before God.  In Gen. 4:1 Adam “lay with his wife Eve” and she became pregnant so clearly they were married.  She gave birth to her first son, Cain.  “Pregnant” means “be with child”.  This clearly shows God’s view of human life – life begins at conception!  A baby in the womb is not just tissue.  It’s a child!

The Bible is far from silent on the topic the preborn life in the womb.  There are many Scriptures that point to a person prior to birth.  Ps. 139:13 – “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.”  Jer. 1:4-5 – “The word of the Lord came to me, saying, ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.’”  And then there’s Luke 1:39-44 where Elizabeth’s baby leaped in her womb.  Jesus Christ began his incarnation in the womb – “While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son.” – Luke 2:6-7.

If you are pro-abortion, does this change your belief?

If not, what more proof do you need?

Later she had another son, Abel.  Cain worked the soil and Able kept flocks.  They both gave offerings to God, but God did not like Cain’s offering.  Scripture says that Cain gave fruits from his crops.  It does not say his first fruits.  Abel gave the best portions from the firstborn of his flock.  Throughout the Old Testament God required a blood offering.  Cain could have traded some of his crop for an animal, but chose not to.  God was very pleased with Able. 

God was not pleased with Cain.  Cain had a bad attitude.  He was proud, selfish and probably gave only the leftovers to God.  In Heb. 11 scripture tell us that Abel gave by faith and was a righteous man and gave a better offering.   This implies that Cain had no faith.  God looks at our offerings today the same way.  He sees our hearts and our motives.  We should give God our best, because God gave us all of what we have.  It’s God’s anyway and we should give back to Him with thanksgiving. 

What is your attitude toward giving offerings to God? 

Do you give because it’s expected?

Do you give out of guilt?

Does your giving reveal a picture of your live surrendered to God?

Principle:  God watches our attitude in what and how we give.

Gen 4:6-16 – Cain’s attitude toward sin

Cain was very angry that God didn’t accept his offering, but he knew he was in the wrong.  In our hearts we all know when we do wrong.  God saw on Cain’s face and saw that he was angry and asked him, “Why are you angry?  Why is your face downcast?  If you do what is right, will you not be accepted?  But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must master it.”- Gen 3:6-7.

God tried to reason with Cain and gave him a way to repair his actions, but Cain refused.  He never asked for forgiveness.  Heb. 13:15-16 gives us two sacrifices that please God:  to continue to offer the sacrifice of praise confessing His name and doing good sharing with others.  God showed understanding of Cain’s unhappy heart.  He gave him good advice by telling him what needed to be done.  God shows us compassion and mercy when we mess up, too.  All we have to do is repent.  It was Cain’s choice and it is our choice.

 1 John 3:10-16 lists ways we can repair the wrong we have done –Do what is right, do not be like Cain, do not hate or you are a murderer, love one another, be like Jesus and lay your life down for others.

2 Sam. 12:13 and Psalm 51 tell us that David sinned like Cain.  David realized he had sinned against God and asked for mercy and for God to cleanse him.  David admitted his sin, but Cain did not.  Cain was just pure evil and selfish.

What is your attitude when you have sinned?  1 John 1:8 – “If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.  If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word has no place in our lives.”

Both Cain and Abel believed in God, because they brought an offering to God, but living God’s way was not a priority for Cain.  He lived his own w.  He was rebellious to God’s authority and wasn’t concerned about his sin.  He was bitter toward God and life.  Abel kept flocks which was probably easier than working the ground like Cain did.  Cain resented Abel because he worked the land and had to work very hard all because of his parent’s sin.  He was angry about his life and at God.  Cain was trying to live life his way.  Anger is revealed in one’s life and it will impact your commitment to God.     

Do you resent those who have it easier than you? 

How are you trying to live your way? 

Are you living with God as your priority?

Cain’s sin multiplied when he lured his brother into the field where he murdered him.  This was premeditated murder.  Why?  He was jealous and probably thought if he got rid of Abel, he would get rid of the problem he had with God.  Here God comes again.  He asked Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” – Gen. 4:9a.  God knew the answer, but He was giving Cain a chance to confess his sin.  God gave him a chance to change.  Cain then became more disrespectful and full of sarcasm.  “Am I my brother’s keeper?” – Gen. 4:9b

God punished Cain because he refused to repent.  Cain was cursed from the earth and would not be successful as a farmer.  He would be a vagabond.  Cain was afraid others would kill him, but God protected him and said if anyone kills you they will suffer vengeance seven times over.  This shows that God still cares for sinners, but will turn them over to their evil desires, if they do not repent.  So Cain left the presence of Lord and settled in the land of Nod.  Nod means shaking or trembling showing restlessness.  He would find no resting place on all the earth.

What is keeping you from repenting of a sin?

Is it anger rooted in jealousy and pride?

Cain said his punishment was too much to bear.  He didn’t feel bad about his sin, but about his punishment.  His attitude is like many people.  They feel bad that they got caught and about the punishment they receive, but they don’t feel bad about the wrong they have done.

God didn’t want Cain to be killed so He put an identifying mark on him for protection. We don’t know what this mark was, but it warned others to not harm him.  All of his life this mark was probably a reminder to Cain of his sin.

Principle:  Indifference to God leads to indifference to sin.

Gen. 4:17-26 – Cain’s attitude impacts his legacy

We are told that Cain took a wife and had children.  Where did he find a wife?  We really don’t know.  Maybe God made other people after Adam and Eve and the Bible just doesn’t tell us about them.  I think the answer is in Gen. 3:20 and Gen. 5:4.  It says Eve was the mother of all the living and that Adam lived 800 years after Seth and had other sons and daughters.  So he must have taken one of his sisters as a wife.  There are a lot of things that will be made clearer to us some day.  The Bible teaches us not to marry blood relatives, because it can produce all sorts of genetic problems.  This law was not introduced until much later in the history of mankind.  Remember, Adam and Eve were genetically perfect.

Cain and his descendants made great advances in civilization.  He built possibly the first city.  They lived in a rich culture.  They produced agriculture, worked the land forging all kinds of tools, and some of his family even played musical instruments.  Cain and his descendants represent the majority of the human race.  Instead of turning to God, they thought they didn’t need Him to survive.  They made up their own rules as they went along and felt no need for finding God. 

In Gen. 4:23 Lamech, the 6^th generation descendent of Cain, broke God’s law of marriage and took 2 wives.  He was the first polygamist.  He also killed a man and bragged about it comparing himself to Cain saying, if Cain is avenged seven times then he would be avenged seventy-seven times.  Jude 11 says to watch out for godless men who have taken the way of Cain.

How have you defied God?

Are you envious or jealous of someone?

Do you have unconfessed sin?

Do you think you can live without God?

Principle:  Our attitude about God and sin can be passed along to the next generation.

Indifference to God leads to an empty life.  Abel suffered for his commitment to God.  Maybe you have a Cain in your life.  God knows your pain.  They are His to redeem and to save.  Ask God to give you a heart like God for your Cain.

What impact does your faith have on the next generation?

Where are you suffering for God? 

Are you a Cain?  God knows you.  Maybe you are mad at God.  You matter to God more than your sin.  He wants to forgive you.  No one can untangle a heart like God.  Your life may be the same, but you can live it in peace.  Cain did not.

If you are living outside God’s presence, will you hear His warning to Cain as a warning to you?  It is not too late to confess your sin, repent and turn to God.  God said to Cain, “If you do what is right, will you not be accepted?”  

Join me here next week as we continue our study of Genesis -- I encourage you to trust in Jesus.

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