- 2 Timothy 3:16-17 says: All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for instruction, for conviction, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 so that the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work. See this link for understanding of good works.
- Scriptures listed on this page are not suggestions or optional behaviors. Every word God says should be considered to be a command — even if it does not seem like a command. There is nothing that God says that should be taken lightly.
- Christians who say that they believe that the bible is God’s word to them, and that they believe every word in the bible, say, in effect, that they believe that this scripture and all other scriptures in the bible are true and apply to them personally. Therefore, people who believe this way should be able to find truth in each scripture on this page and apply that truth to their own lives.
- Because the bible is a book of Symbols, Signs, Types, Parables, Allegories, Copies, and Shadows, the meanings of many scriptures are hidden in figurative language. But it is also true that the meanings of many scriptures may be understood in both literally and figuratively.
- Because most of the scriptures below may be easily understood in their literal sense, readers who believe that 2 Timothy 3:16-17 is true should be able to understand and apply the literal meanings of those scriptures to their personal lives. People who are not able to find truth in these scriptures and apply it to themselves personally are either deceived about what they believe about the bible or they are not looking at these scriptures carefully.
- God’s commands are not meant to be obeyed as religious duty. Obedience in the context of religion is obedience to religious tradition — not to God.
- All of the commands listed on this page are “good works.” Good works include positive commands (i.e., things to do) and negative commands (i.e., things that should not be done.)
- All of these commands are possible for anyone to obey. Obedience is not dependent on religious beliefs, belief in God, religious practices, social, economic, intellectual, educational, physical or geographic conditions.
Matthew 22:36-40
36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”
37 And He said to him, ” ‘YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.’
38 “This is the great and foremost commandment.
39 “The second is like it, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.’
40 “On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets.”
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John 14:15
15 “If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
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John 14:21
Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
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John 14:23
Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
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John 15:10
If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love.
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1 John 2:3
By this we can be sure that we have come to know Him: if we keep His commandments.
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1 John 5:3
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2 John 1:6
And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.