The Bible declares that God created all things.

Genesis 1:1  In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

Exodus 20:11  For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is

Nehemiah 9:6  Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

Job 26:7  He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.

Psalm 24:1-2  The earth is the LORD’S, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.  ² For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.

Psalm 33:6  By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.

Psalm 95:5  The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.

Psalm 102:25  Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands.

Psalm 104:5  Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever.

Isaiah 40:28  Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary?

Isaiah 45:12  I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded.

Isaiah 48:13  Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together.

Malachi 2:10  Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us?

Acts 4:24  And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

Acts 7:50  Hath not my hand made all these things?

Acts 14:15  And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:

Acts 17:24  God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands;

Hebrews 11:3  Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.

The Scriptures proclaim that Jesus is that creator:

John 1:1-3  In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  ² The same was in the beginning with God.  ³ All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

John 1:10  He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

1 Corinthians 8:6  But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

Ephesians 3:9  And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

Colossians 1:16-17   ¹⁶ For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:  ¹⁷ And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

Hebrews 1:1-2  God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,  ² Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

Jesus is our creator as the one God of the Old Testament. He created all things as God. The creator manifested Himself in flesh, as the Son of God, to become our sacrifice – our savior.

The Bible says that God created all things. God created everything that exists, but that’s not what our children are being taught in today’s schools. That’s not what we see on TV and in magazines. We hear that the universe started with a big bang that came from nothing. We hear that the Bible is just a story or a fairy-tale. They are saying the Bible is wrong. It brings up a righteous indignation in me to hear someone say the Bible is wrong. The Bible is the Word of God. The Bible is God’s communication to us and contains no errors or contradictions. The Bible is accurate in history, archaeology, and science, and that includes creation.

Matthew 24:1-51  And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.  ² And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.  ³ And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?  ⁴ And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.  ⁵ For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.  ⁶ And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.  ⁷ For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.  ⁸ All these are the beginning of sorrows.  ⁹ Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake.  ¹⁰ And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.  ¹¹ And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.  ¹² And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.  ¹³ But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.  ¹⁴ And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.  ¹⁵ When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)  ¹⁶ Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:  ¹⁷ Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house:  ¹⁸ Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.  ¹⁹ And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!  ²⁰ But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day:  ²¹ For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.  ²² And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect’s sake those days shall be shortened.  ²³ Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.  ²⁴ For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.  ²⁵ Behold, I have told you before.  ²⁶ Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.  ²⁷ For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.  ²⁸ For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together.  ²⁹ Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:  ³⁰ And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.  ³¹ And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.  ³² Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:  ³³ So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.  ³⁴ Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.  ³⁵ Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.  ³⁶ But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.  ³⁷ But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.  ³⁸ For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,  ³⁹ And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.  ⁴⁰ Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.  ⁴¹ Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.  ⁴² Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.  ⁴³ But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.  ⁴⁴ Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.  ⁴⁵ Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?  ⁴⁶ Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.  ⁴⁷ Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.  ⁴⁸ But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;  ⁴⁹ And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;  ⁵⁰ The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,  ⁵¹ And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Luke 21:5-36   ⁵ And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,  ⁶ As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.  ⁷ And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass?  ⁸ And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.  ⁹ But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.  ¹⁰ Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:  ¹¹ And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.  ¹² But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.  ¹³ And it shall turn to you for a testimony.  ¹⁴ Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:  ¹⁵ For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.  ¹⁶ And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.  ¹⁷ And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake.  ¹⁸ But there shall not an hair of your head perish.  ¹⁹ In your patience possess ye your souls.  ²⁰ And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.  ²¹ Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.  ²² For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.  ²³ But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.  ²⁴ And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.  ²⁵ And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;  ²⁶ Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.  ²⁷ And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.  ²⁸ And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.  ²⁹ And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees;  ³⁰ When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand.  ³¹ So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand.  ³² Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled.  ³³ Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.  ³⁴ And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.  ³⁵ For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.  ³⁶ Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

Acts 1:9-11   ⁹ And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.  ¹⁰ And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;  ¹¹ Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.

2 Thessalonians 1:1-12  Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:  ² Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.  ³ We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;  ⁴ So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:  ⁵ Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:  ⁶ Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you;  ⁷ And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,  ⁸ In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:  ⁹ Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;  ¹⁰ When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.  ¹¹ Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:  ¹² That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Titus 2:13  Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

Revelation 1:7  Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

Revelation 19:11-21   ¹¹ And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.  ¹² His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.  ¹³ And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.  ¹⁴ And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.  ¹⁵ And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.  ¹⁶ And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.  ¹⁷ And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;  ¹⁸ That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great.  ¹⁹ And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.  ²⁰ And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.  ²¹ And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.

Revelation 22:20  He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

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Luke 17:20-37   ²⁰ And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation:  ²¹ Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.  ²² And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.  ²³ And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them.  ²⁴ For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day.  ²⁵ But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation.  ²⁶ And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.  ²⁷ They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.  ²⁸ Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;  ²⁹ But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.  ³⁰ Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.  ³¹ In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.  ³² Remember Lot’s wife.  ³³ Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.  ³⁴ I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left.  ³⁵ Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.  ³⁶ Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.  ³⁷ And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.

2 Timothy 4:8  Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.

Jesus will return at the end of the seven years of God’s wrath. The anti-Christ will gather many to battle against Israel and Jesus will set foot on the Mount of Olives. This will end the battle and start the 1000 years of peace, known as the millennium. The final event will be the judgment, where we will be judged according to God’s word. This judgment is final.

John 5:28-29   ²⁸ Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,  ²⁹ And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

1 Corinthians 15:33-58   ³³ Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.  ³⁴ Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.  ³⁵ But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?  ³⁶ Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:  ³⁷ And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:  ³⁸ But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.  ³⁹ All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.  ⁴⁰ There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.  ⁴¹ There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.  ⁴² So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:  ⁴³ It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:  ⁴⁴ It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.  ⁴⁵ And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.  ⁴⁶ Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.  ⁴⁷ The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.  ⁴⁸ As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.  ⁴⁹ And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.  ⁵⁰ Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.  ⁵¹ Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,  ⁵² In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.  ⁵³ For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.  ⁵⁴ So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.  ⁵⁵ O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?  ⁵⁶ The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.  ⁵⁷ But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.  ⁵⁸ Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Philippians 3:20-21   ²⁰ For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:  ²¹ Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.

1 Thessalonians 4:15-17   ¹⁵ For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.  ¹⁶ For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:  ¹⁷ Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

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Matthew 22:29-33   ²⁹ Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.  ³⁰ For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.  ³¹ But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,  ³² I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.  ³³ And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.

Mark 12:24-27   ²⁴ And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?  ²⁵ For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.  ²⁶ And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?  ²⁷ He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err.

Luke 14:14  And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

Luke 20:35-38   ³⁵ But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage:  ³⁶ Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.  ³⁷ Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.  ³⁸ For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him.

John 11:24-25   ²⁴ Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.  ²⁵ Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

1 Corinthians 15:12-23   ¹² Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?  ¹³ But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:  ¹⁴ And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.  ¹⁵ Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.  ¹⁶ For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:  ¹⁷ And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.  ¹⁸ Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.  ¹⁹ If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.  ²⁰ But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.  ²¹ For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.  ²² For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.  ²³ But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.

Philippians 3:10-14   ¹⁰ That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;  ¹¹ If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead.  ¹² Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.  ¹³ Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,  ¹⁴ I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 3:4  When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.

1 John 3:2  Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

The next event to happen will be the rapture of the Church. This is also known as the catching away. Some do not like the term ‘rapture’ because it is not found in scripture. This term simply describes the catching away, which is found in scripture. Jesus is coming back after those that have made themselves ready. Then others will be resurrected, some before the judgment, some after. This will lead to the seven years of Gods’ wrath poured out upon Israel, also known as the Great Tribulation.

Psalm 119:11  Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.

Psalm 119:16  I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.

Psalm 119:105  Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

Matthew 6:1-18  Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.  ² Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.  ³ But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:  ⁴ That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.  ⁵ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.  ⁶ But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.  ⁷ But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.  ⁸ Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.  ⁹ After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.  ¹⁰ Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.  ¹¹ Give us this day our daily bread.  ¹² And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.  ¹³ And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.  ¹⁴ For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:  ¹⁵ But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.  ¹⁶ Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.  ¹⁷ But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;  ¹⁸ That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

2 Corinthians 13:5  Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

Ephesians 6:18  Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

1 Thessalonians 5:16-21   ¹⁶ Rejoice evermore.  ¹⁷ Pray without ceasing.  ¹⁸ In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.  ¹⁹ Quench not the Spirit.  ²⁰ Despise not prophesyings.  ²¹ Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

2 Timothy 2:15  Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Hebrews 10:25  Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

Hebrews 13:17  Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.

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Psalm 121:1  I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

Ephesians 4:11-16   ¹¹ And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;  ¹² For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:  ¹³ Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:  ¹⁴ That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;  ¹⁵ But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:  ¹⁶ From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.

Jude 1:20-21   ²⁰ But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,  ²¹ Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

Devoting ourselves to God and His work will keep us on the straight and narrow path to righteousness. We cannot overcome temptation alone. By devoting ourselves to God, we keep Him in our hearts and minds. Dt 6:5 and Mk 12:30 explain that we are to love God with all of our heart, soul, might, mind, and strength. This means putting God first.

Psalm 33:3  Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise.

Psalm 47:1  <To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.> O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

Psalm 100:1-5  <A Psalm of praise.> Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.  ² Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.  ³ Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.  ⁴ Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.  ⁵ For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

Psalm 111:1  Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation.

Psalm 150:1-6  Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.  ² Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.  ³ Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.  ⁴ Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.  ⁵ Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.  ⁶ Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.

John 4:24  God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Acts 4:24  And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:

Acts 4:31  And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

1 Corinthians 14:26  How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying.

Ephesians 5:19-20   ¹⁹ Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;  ²⁰ Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ;

1 Thessalonians 5:19  Quench not the Spirit.

1 Timothy 2:8  I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

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Deuteronomy 6:5  And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

1 Chronicles 15:16  And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.

2 Chronicles 5:13-14   ¹³ It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;  ¹⁴ So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.

2 Chronicles 20:21-22   ²¹ And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.  ²² And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

Psalm 29:2  Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

Psalm 141:2  Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Psalm 149:1-5  Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.  ² Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.  ³ Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.  ⁴ For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.  ⁵ Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.

Mark 12:30  And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

Acts 4:24-31   ²⁴ And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is:  ²⁵ Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things?  ²⁶ The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ.  ²⁷ For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,  ²⁸ For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done.  ²⁹ And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,  ³⁰ By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus.  ³¹ And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.

Colossians 3:16   Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

Hebrews 13:15  By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

Praising God helps us to grow closer to God. Keeping a song in our heart helps us to keep God on our minds, which strengthens us against sin. ‘Praying always’ will allow us to devote our thoughts, speech, hearts, mind, and time to God. Praise, song, and worship is a healty part of our daily walk with God.

1 Corinthians 5:9-11   ⁹ I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:  ¹⁰ Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.  ¹¹ But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.

2 Corinthians 6:14  Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Ephesians 5:11  And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

2 Thessalonians 3:6-15   ⁶ Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.  ⁷ For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;  ⁸ Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:  ⁹ Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.  ¹⁰ For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.  ¹¹ For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.  ¹² Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.  ¹³ But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.  ¹⁴ And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.  ¹⁵ Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

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Proverbs 22:24-25   ²⁴ Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:  ²⁵ Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

Luke 5:30-32   ³⁰ But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?  ³¹ And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick.  ³² I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

Acts 2:42  And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

Romans 16:17-18   ¹⁷ Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.  ¹⁸ For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.

1 Corinthians 15:33  Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

1 Timothy 6:3-5   ³ If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;  ⁴ He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,  ⁵ Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.

2 John 1:9-11   ⁹ Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.  ¹⁰ If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:  ¹¹ For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.

We are to fellowship Godly people that hold to the doctrines of God. We must withdraw ourselves from fellowshipping worldly and sinful people. There is a difference in taking the gospel to sinners and fellowshipping them. Jesus went to sinners and taught the scriptures, but he did not go to their homes for fellowship. There is a difference in association and fellowship. We have to go into the workforce and associate with those we work with, but we don’t have to hang around them after work. The unfruitful works of darkness can even include family. We must be willing to dis-fellowship anyone over the word of God, no matter who it is. God’s word comes first- even over family.

Genesis 9:6  Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

Exodus 21:22-23   ²² If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.  ²³ And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

Job 31:15  Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

Psalm 139:13-16   ¹³ For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.  ¹⁴ I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.  ¹⁵ My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.  ¹⁶ Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.

Jeremiah 1:5  Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

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Job 10:8-12   ⁸ Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.  ⁹ Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?  ¹⁰ Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?  ¹¹ Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.  ¹² Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

Psalm 22:10  I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother’s belly.

Isaiah 49:1-5  Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.  ² And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;  ³ And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.  ⁴ Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.  ⁵ And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.

Luke 1:15  For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother’s womb.

Luke 1:41  And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost

Luke 1:44  For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy.

Abortion is murder, plain and simple. The scriptures refer to a baby in the womb as a babe, or a child. It is not a parasite, a fetus, or any other fancy word you can use to describe a child in the womb. These terms are used in order to soften the idea that it is a human being. “It’s just a fetus.” Call is what it is – a baby… and child… a human… a boy, or a girl. It is a life. It is a child the moment conception takes place. Killing a child is not the solution to making a mistake. Not making the mistake in the first place is the solution if you don’t want children. There’s no excuse for killing a child no matter how old he or she is. If you have had an abortion you have murdered your child. God can forgive you. We have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous (1 Jn 2:1). Jesus died for our sins so that we can have forgiveness. Confess your sins to God and ask for forgiveness. Repent of your sins. Go, and sin no more.

Exodus 14:13-14   ¹³ And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.  ¹⁴ The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

Exodus 20:13  Thou shalt not kill.

1 Chronicles 28:3  But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood.

Psalm 34:7  The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.

Matthew 5:38-44   ³⁸ Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:  ³⁹ But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.  ⁴⁰ And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also.  ⁴¹ And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.  ⁴² Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.  ⁴³ Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.  ⁴⁴ But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Matthew 26:52  Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.

Luke 3:14  And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.

2 Corinthians 10:3-4   ³ For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:  ⁴ (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)

Ephesians 6:1-9  Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.  ² Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)  ³ That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.  ⁴ And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.  ⁵ Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;  ⁶ Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;  ⁷ With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:  ⁸ Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.  ⁹ And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

James 5:6  Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.

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Genesis 9:5-6   ⁵ And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s brother will I require the life of man.  ⁶ Whoso sheddeth man’s blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.

Deuteronomy 5:17  Thou shalt not kill.

Job 1:9-12   ⁹ Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?  ¹⁰ Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.  ¹¹ But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.  ¹² And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.

Matthew 15:18-20   ¹⁸ But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.  ¹⁹ For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:  ²⁰ These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.

John 8:1-11  Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.  ² And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.  ³ And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,  ⁴ They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.  ⁵ Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?  ⁶ This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.  ⁷ So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.  ⁸ And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground.  ⁹ And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.  ¹⁰ When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?  ¹¹ She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

John 17:14-19   ¹⁴ I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.  ¹⁵ I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.  ¹⁶ They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.  ¹⁷ Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.  ¹⁸ As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.  ¹⁹ And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.

John 18:36  Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

Acts 7:54-60   ⁵⁴ When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.  ⁵⁵ But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,  ⁵⁶ And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.  ⁵⁷ Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,  ⁵⁸ And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.  ⁵⁹ And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.  ⁶⁰ And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Romans 12:17-21   ¹⁷ Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.  ¹⁸ If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.  ¹⁹ Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.  ²⁰ Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.  ²¹ Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Galatians 5:19-21   ¹⁹ Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,  ²⁰ Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,  ²¹ Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

James 2:11  For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.

1 Peter 3:8-9   ⁸ Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:  ⁹ Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

1 Peter 4:15  But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.

1 John 3:14-15   ¹⁴ We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.  ¹⁵ Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.

We are to respect human life and hold it in high regard. We are to love one another. It is not good to cause others to fall. We are not to follow the works of the flesh, but live in holiness. Above all, we are not to kill. This includes aborting the life of a child – the subject of our next study.

Exodus 20:14  Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Exodus 20:17  Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s.

Leviticus 18:22  Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

Matthew 5:28  But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.

Colossians 3:5  Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:

1 Corinthians 6:9-10   ⁹ Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,  ¹⁰ Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 6:18-20   ¹⁸ Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.  ¹⁹ What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?  ²⁰ For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

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Leviticus 18:1-30  And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,  ² Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.  ³ After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.  ⁴ Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.  ⁵ Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.  ⁶ None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.  ⁷ The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.  ⁸ The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.  ⁹ The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.  ¹⁰ The nakedness of thy son’s daughter, or of thy daughter’s daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.  ¹¹ The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.  ¹² Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is thy father’s near kinswoman.  ¹³ Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for she is thy mother’s near kinswoman.  ¹⁴ Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.  ¹⁵ Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son’s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.  ¹⁶ Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.  ¹⁷ Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.  ¹⁸ Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.  ¹⁹ Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.  ²⁰ Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.  ²¹ And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.  ²² Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.  ²³ Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.  ²⁴ Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:  ²⁵ And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.  ²⁶ Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:  ²⁷ (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)  ²⁸ That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.  ²⁹ For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.  ³⁰ Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 20:10-21  And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.  ¹¹ And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.  ¹² And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.  ¹³ If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.  ¹⁴ And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.  ¹⁵ And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.  ¹⁶ And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.  ¹⁷ And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.  ¹⁸ And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.  ¹⁹ And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.  ²⁰ And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his uncle’s nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.  ²¹ And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.

Deuteronomy 22:20-30   ²⁰ But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel:  ²¹ Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father’s house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.  ²² If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.  ²³ If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her;  ²⁴ Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbour’s wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you.  ²⁵ But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die:  ²⁶ But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbour, and slayeth him, even so is this matter:  ²⁷ For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her.  ²⁸ If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;  ²⁹ Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.  ³⁰ A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.

Acts 15:20  But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.

Acts 15:29  That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well.

Romans 1:24-27   ²⁴ Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:  ²⁵ Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.  ²⁶ For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:  ²⁷ And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

1 Thessalonians 4:3-7   ³ For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication:  ⁴ That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;  ⁵ Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:  ⁶ That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified.  ⁷ For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness.

Sexual activity is meant for husband and wife only. It is God’s will for husband and wife to have a healthy sexual life, but we are to abstain from sexual activity outside of marriage. Many homes and lives have been destroyed by not keeping this command. Keep God’s commandments and life will be better. God knows better than we do what is good for us.

1 Corinthians 7:12-13   ¹² But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away.  ¹³ And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him.

1 Corinthians 7:39  The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 6:14  Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

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Numbers 25:1-3  And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.  ² And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.  ³ And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.

Numbers 31:16  Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.

Deuteronomy 7:3-4   ³ Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son.  ⁴ For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.

Judges 14:2-3   ² And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife.  ³ Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.

Judges 16:4-5   ⁴ And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.  ⁵ And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.

1 Kings 11:4-8   ⁴ For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.  ⁵ For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.  ⁶ And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.  ⁷ Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.  ⁸ And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.

Ezra 10:1-17  Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.  ² And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing.  ³ Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law.  ⁴ Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it.  ⁵ Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.  ⁶ Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.  ⁷ And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem;  ⁸ And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away.  ⁹ Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain.  ¹⁰ And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.  ¹¹ Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives.  ¹² Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do.  ¹³ But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing.  ¹⁴ Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us.  ¹⁵ Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them.  ¹⁶ And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter.  ¹⁷ And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month.

Nehemiah 13:23-31   ²³ In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab:  ²⁴ And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews’ language, but according to the language of each people.  ²⁵ And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.  ²⁶ Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin.  ²⁷ Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives?  ²⁸ And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me.  ²⁹ Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.  ³⁰ Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business;  ³¹ And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good.

1 Peter 3:1-6  Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;  ² While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.  ³ Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;  ⁴ But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.  ⁵ For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:  ⁶ Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.

Fellowship with sinners has always caused grief to the Christian lifestyle. This is seen all through scripture. We are commanded not to have fellowship with sinners, and this certainly applies to marriage. God intended for marriage to mimic the church – with the husband as the head of the wife just as Jesus is the head of the church. The husband and the wife are to follow Gods laws. This guarantees a successful marriage. Put God first, even in marriage, and we will have the peace in our lives that God promises.