He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
You shall not have in your house two kinds of measures, a large and a small. A full and fair weight you shall have, a full and fair measure you shall have, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. For all who do such things, all who act dishonestly, are an abomination to the Lord your God. Take no interest from him or profit, but fear your God, that your brother may live beside you. You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.
I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God. From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb and lived between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar. Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But sexual immorality and all impurity or covetousness must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints.
Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving. For you may be sure of this, that everyone who is sexually immoral or impure, or who is covetous that is, an idolater , has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. And when you hear of wars and tumults, do not be terrified, for these things must first take place, but the end will not be at once.
And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet. For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?
Or what shall a man give in return for his soul? For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.
Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord , but those who act faithfully are his delight. The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the treacherous destroys them. A false balance is an abomination to the Lord , but a just weight is his delight.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. For you hate discipline, and you cast my words behind you. O Lord , who shall sojourn in your tent? Who shall dwell on your holy hill? He who walks blamelessly and does what is right and speaks truth in his heart; who does not slander with his tongue and does no evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his friend; in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who fear the Lord ; who swears to his own hurt and does not change; who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent.
He who does these things shall never be moved. Biblical Christianity will not allow us to avoid our cross. Luke "Now great multitudes were going along with Him; and He Jesus turned and said to them, 'if anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.
Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him, saying, this man began to build and was not able to finish. Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and take counsel whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
Or else, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks terms of peace. So therefore, no one of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions. Therefore, salt is good; but if even salt has become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned? It is useless either for the soil or for the manure pile; it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear. Jesus makes it abundantly clear that Christianity, without self-denial and the cross, is not even good enough for the manure pile.
Because of the severity of Jesus' words in this verse, we will at first instinctively try to avoid it. No wonder Jesus concluded His statement with the words, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear! Why does biblical Christianity include self-denial and the cross? It is because the salvation that Jesus has made available to us has not yet come to its compete fulfillment.
Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Therefore, there is a continual warfare between our body flesh and our born-again spirit. Since our body flesh is not and cannot be redeemed, we have no choice but to crucify our body flesh by way of our born-again spirit and by the renewing of our mind.
Our cross is clearly unavoidable Romans ! As the cross is unavoidable in our daily walk as a Christian and since Jesus as He faced His cross had to exhibit both great courage and heroism unto sweating blood why then should we think it to be any easier for us to say "yes" to God and "no" to our body flesh?
This point is very important to understand for us to achieve victory. If you do not have an accurate diagnosis, how can you apply the proper cure? Denying yourself and taking up your cross daily will indeed take an act of great courage and heroism.
This is no small feat! Therefore, the proper cure is -- death by way of the cross Galatians By understanding this you will also avoid Satan's condemnation. Allow me to explain. Let's say you harbor anger or unforgiveness toward someone, but you know by the renewing of your mind and witnessed from within by your born-again spirit that this is unacceptable to God. You begin to do violence to your emotions.
The battle becomes intense! Epic stories—especially modern ones driven by superheroes—rely heavily on this archetype, leading heroes and heroines to dangers where they must choose to sacrifice their preferences and even their lives to accept their calling.
Because of the universal popularity of heroic stories, Delvaux says people have been prepared to accept this theme of dying to self. I have to walk this path. In a hunger to embrace the heroic, people can sometimes mistakenly apply the label to common feats and, in some cases, even sinful activities and attitudes. The latter can be seen in people taking public stands in the name of bravery for sinful activity God has clearly forbid in His Word.
Some are biblical. So how does the Bible define a hero? We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves. Each of us should please our neighbors for their good, to build them up. Hollywood portrays heroes in quite a different light: they have supernatural powers and wear capes. As much as I enjoy a superhero movie, I think this is a sad definition of what being a hero means.
The Bible defines being a hero as helping those who in need. We need to offer our strengths to others to support their areas of weakness. This is how God calls us to love and serve others. He has created each of us specifically, uniquely, and with purpose.
God makes no mistakes. Psalms tells us that God has established our vocation:. May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us—yes, establish the work of our hands. It is through the work of our hands that we offer our strengths where others are weak.
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