Sunday, October 26, 2008

Jesus’ Commands – involving Yourself and Others (2)

Good Day! I am posting today to complete the list of Jesus' Commands involving yourself or others, under the 'Fruit of the Holy Spirit' category. The verses from the first ten of this Group were posted this past Thursday (Oct. 24th). I realize there is a great deal to take in from what I am writing, but I didn't want to leave it as a simple summary, without also copying the actual Bible verses (the ESV is used). As you know there is power in the Word of God, and taking in the Word assists us in the following ways:


 

  • through the reading of the Word and hearing it preached, people become born again. 1 Peter 1:23
  • The Bible should be taken in daily. Lord's Prayer Petition (with John 6:35) for giving us our daily bread. Bereans examined Scriptures daily with eagerness in questioning Paul – Acts 17:11.
  • The Bible will set free the reader with the truth. John 8:31-32.
  • We hear Jesus' voice and instructions to us through the Bible. John 10:11
  • The Bible gives us true wisdom from God Himself. Prov. 2:1-2; Col. 3:16
  • The Bible teaches us the fear of the Lord and knowledge of God. Prov. 2:1,:5
  • Knowing God's Word allows us teach others, training others in righteousness, correcting and rebuking others. 2 Tim. 3:16
  • The Bible makes us workers of God. 2 Tim. 2:15
  • The Bible prepares and equips a person for doing good works that God wants us to do. 2 Tim. 3:17
  • Some hear it and bear fruit, some 30 fold, 60 fold, and some 100 fold – Matt. 13:8;
  • The Bible is the one offensive weapon against the enemy Satan, the Sword of the Spirit. Eph 6.
  • We are to train our children to know God and to know His Word. Book of Proverbs, teaching them in the morning, at night and as we travel.
  • If we obey Jesus' teaching in the Bible then we are really His disciples. John 8:31-32. And we become His friends, we start developing a relationship with the Sovereign Creator of the universe. John 15:15. Is this cool or what!

    And so, I hope we will take in these verses together and grow in our faith, knowledge of the Triune God, and in obedience. Here again, is the outline of Jesus' Commands involving the Fruit of the Holy Spirit:

  1. Fruit of the Holy Spirit
    1. Asceticism;
    2. Bless Others;
    3. Conflict;
    4. Endurance/Perseverance/Patience;
    5. Faithfulness/Standing Firm;
    6. Fruitfulness;
    7. Humility/Meekness;
    8. Joy;
    9. Love Others (by Actions/Kindness/Goodness)
    10. Love Others (Brethren)
    11. Love Others (Evangelism)
    12. Love Others (Giving/Generosity)
    13. Love Others (Mercy)
    14. Obedience;
    15. Peace;
    16. Repentance;
    17. Righteousness;
    18. Spirit Filled;


 


 

  1. Love Others (Evangelism) - Mt 28:19 (Great Commission); Mark 16:15.

Compel to come in, Lk 14:23 (Then the master told his servant, 'Go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come in, so that my house will be full.)

Fruitfulness, Jn 15:16 (You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.); also Mt 25:27?

Make friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, Lk 16:9. And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings. (See, MacArthur Study Bible entry for Lk 16:9 - …believers are to use their Master's money in a way that will accrue friends for eternity—by investing in the kingdom gospel that brings sinners to salvation, so that when they arrive in heaven ("an everlasting home"), those sinners will be there to welcome them. Christ did not commend the man's dishonesty;)

Preach, Ac 10:42. And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead.

Preach upon house tops/evangelism, Mt 10:27. What I tell you in the dark, say in the light, and what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.

Witnessing for Christ, Mk 1:17 (And Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you become fishers of men."). 5:19 (And he did not permit him but said to him, "Go home to your friends and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you."). Ac 1:8 (But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."). Great Commission – Mt 28:19;

[But see, Silence, Mt 8:4. (after healing leprosy.)]

  1. Love Others (Giving/Generosity)

Charitableness, Mt 18:10. Lk 6:(37), 38. give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you;

Clothing to be shared with needy, Mt 5:40. Lk 6:29.

Giving, Mt 5:42 Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.

Mt 10:42 And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.

Mt 19:21 (Rich Young Ruler – go sell all and give to the poor);

Lk 6:30, Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back.

Lk 6:38 give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.

Ac +*20:35 In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

Give according to ability, Lk 11:41n. But give as alms those things that are within, and behold, everything is clean for you.

Invite poor for meals, Lk 14:13. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,

Liberality/generosity, Mt 5:42 (Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.) 6:30 (But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?) 12:33 (Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad, for the tree is known by its fruit.), 34. Mk 12:41-44 (And he sat down opposite the treasury and watched the people putting money into the offering box. Many rich people put in large sums. 42 And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which make a penny. 43 And he called his disciples to him and said to them, "Truly, I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all those who are contributing to the offering box. 44 For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty has put in everything she had, all she had to live on."), Lk 12:33 (Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.). Ac +*20:35 (In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.').

Lending, Mt 5:42 (Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.). Lk 6:34, 35 (And if you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, to get back the same amount. 35 But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil.).

Pay adequate wages, Mt 10:10. Lk 10:7 (And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages…)

Sell what you have, Mk 10:21 (And Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, "You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me."). Lk 12:33, 34.

Support of the ministry, Lk 10:7. And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house.

Support of the poor, Lk 14:13, 14. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just."

  1. Love Others - Mercy

Compassion, Mt 18:33. And should not you have had mercy on your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?

Lk 10:33, 37. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion…He said, "The one who showed him mercy." And Jesus said to him, "You go, and do likewise.

Mercy, Mt 9:12, 13 (But when he heard it, he said, "Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 13 Go and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners."). Lk 6:36 (Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.).


  1. Obedience

Laying up treasure in heaven, Mt 6:20.

Obedience, Mt 7:21 (Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.). Lk 6:46 (Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do what I tell you?). Jn 13:15, 17 (For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you… 17 If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.)

Obedience to civil government, Mt 17:24-27 (render unto Caesar story.). Mk 12:17. Lk 20:25.

Overcoming, Re 2:7, 11, 17. To the one who conquers I will grant to eat of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.' …He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death.' … To the one who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, with a new name written on the stone that no one knows except the one who receives it.'

Zeal for righteousness, Lk 8:39 ("Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him. ). Jn 6:27 (Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.")

  1. Peace

Agreement with adversaries, Mt 5:25, 26 (Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison. 26 Truly, I say to you, you will never get out until you have paid the last penny.)

Contentment, Mt 6:25, 34. (Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?... Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.)

Peace, Mk 9:50 (Salt is good, but if the salt has lost its saltiness, how will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another."). Peace, seek things belonging to, Lk 19:42(Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.)

Rest, Mk 6:31 (And he said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest a while.). 14:41.

Settle out of court, Lk 12:58.


 


  1. Repentance, Mt 4:17 (From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.")

    7:13, 14 (Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.) (TEW: it's interesting that this verse was put under repentance, and so is the narrow gate the one of repentance?).

    18:3 (and said, "Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.).

    Mk 1:15. Lk +*13:3, 5 (he answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered in this way? 3 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. 4 Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem? 5 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.").

    Re 2:16 (to Church of Pergamum - Therefore repent. If not, I will come to you soon and war against them with the sword of my mouth.).

    3:19 (to Church of Laodecia – (Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline, so be zealous and repent.)

Enter strait/narrow gate, Lk 13:24. Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. (Repentance is narrow gate?)

  1. Righteousness

Zeal for righteousness, Lk 8:39 ("Return to your home, and declare how much God has done for you." And he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him. ). Jn 6:27 (Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.")

Enter strait/narrow gate, Lk 13:24. Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

  1. Spirit-filled

New birth, Jn 3:3, :7. Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God… Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.


 

May God bless you this week, and continue opening His Word to you – in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, Amen. /s/Tom
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