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Prayer Line Index
Bible Questions Answered:
“...our
church seems to be a loving church...”
Brad/
Columbia, South Carolina U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
A
Church of The Lord Jesus Christ, should be...
A Loving Church.
I John 4:11 KJV
Beloved,
if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
Matthew 25:31-46 NLT (The Final Judgment)
31
“But when The Son Of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels
with Him, then He will sit upon His glorious throne.
32
All the nations will be gathered in His presence, and He will
separate the people as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
33
He will place the sheep at His right hand and the goats at His left.
34
“Then The King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are
blessed by My Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the
creation of the world.
35
For I was hungry, and you fed Me. I was thirsty, and you gave Me a
drink. I was a stranger, and you invited Me into your home.
36 I
was naked, and you gave Me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for
Me. I was in prison, and you visited Me.’
37
“Then these righteous ones will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever
see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to
drink?
38
Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you
clothing?
39
When did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?’
40
“And The King will say, ‘I tell you The Truth, when you did it to
one of the least of these My brothers and sisters, you were doing it
to Me!’
41
“Then The King will turn to those on the left and say, ‘Away with
you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil
and his demons.
42
For I was hungry, and you didn’t feed Me. I was thirsty, and you
didn’t give Me a drink.
43 I
was a stranger, and you didn’t invite Me into your home. I was
naked, and you didn’t give Me clothing. I was sick and in prison,
and you didn’t visit Me.’
44
“Then they will reply, ‘Lord, when did we ever see you hungry or
thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and not help
you?’
45
“And He will answer, ‘I tell you The Truth, when you refused to
help the least of these My brothers and sisters, you were refusing to
help Me.’
46
“And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous
will go into eternal Life.”
Caring
For Human Need:
Proverbs
19:17 NLT
If
you help the poor, you are lending to The Lord— and He will repay
you!
Matthew 19:21 KJV
Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow Me.
Galatians 2:10 NLT (Paul)
Their only suggestion was that we keep on helping the poor, which I have always been eager to do.
Caring For The Wounded In Spirit:
Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow Me.
Galatians 2:10 NLT (Paul)
Their only suggestion was that we keep on helping the poor, which I have always been eager to do.
Caring For The Wounded In Spirit:
Hebrews 4:14-16 NLT (Christ Is Our High Priest)
14 So then, since we have A Great High Priest who has entered
heaven, Jesus The Son Of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe.
15 This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for He faced
all of the same testings we do, yet He did not sin.
16 So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we
will receive His mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we
need it most.
Caring
For Lost Souls:
Ezekiel
3:16-21 KJV
16
And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of The
Lord came unto me, saying,
17
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel:
therefore hear the word at My mouth, and give them warning from Me.
18
When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest
him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way,
to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but
his blood will I require at thine hand.
19
Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor
from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast
delivered thy soul.
20
Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and
commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall
die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his
sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be
remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
21
Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin
not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned;
also thou hast delivered thy soul.
A
Loving Church Is An Evangelizing Church:
Matthew
28:19,20 KJV
19
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of
The Father, and of The Son, and of The Holy Ghost:
20
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Acts
1:8 KJV
But
ye shall receive power, after that The Holy Ghost is come upon you:
and ye shall be witnesses unto Me both in Jerusalem, and in all
Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
Luke
14:23 KJV
And
the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges,
and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
Jude
1:22,23 KJV
22
And of some have compassion, making a difference:
23
And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even
the garment spotted by the flesh.
Rescue
The Perishing
Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,
Snatch them in pity from sin and the grave;
Weep o’er the erring one, lift up the fallen,
Tell them of Jesus, the mighty to save.
Chorus:
Rescue the perishing, care for the dying,
Jesus is merciful, Jesus will save.
Though they are slighting Him, still He is waiting,
Waiting the penitent child to receive;
Plead with them earnestly, plead with them gently;
He will forgive if they only believe.
Down in the human heart, crushed by the tempter,
Feelings lie buried that grace can restore;
Touched by a loving heart, wakened by kindness,
Chords that were broken will vibrate once more.
Rescue the perishing, duty demands it;
Strength for thy labor the Lord will provide;
Back to the narrow way patiently win them;
Tell the poor wand’rer a Savior has died.
Author: Frances J. Crosby
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Prayer:
John 1;12,13 KJV
12 But as many as received Him, to
them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that
believe on His name:
13
Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of
the will of man, but of God.
