Friday, May 22, 2015
Partnership With God
Bible Questions Answered:
“...so what does God want us to do?”
Linda/ Cedar City, Utah U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
God wants us to be “partners,” with
Him!
I Corinthians 3:7-9 KJV
7 So then neither is he that
planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the
increase.
8 Now he that planteth and he that
watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward
according to his own labor.
9 For we are laborers* together
with God: ye are God's husbandry (farm-field),
ye are God's building.
*Laborers-Greek:
Sunergos (Soon-er-gos): Co-laborer, i.e. companion in labor,
(fellow) helper laborer together.
II Corinthians 6:1 KJV
We then, as workers* (NLT
- Partners) together with Him, beseech you also that ye
receive not the grace of God in vain.
*Workers – Greek: Sunergeo (Soon-erg-eh-o): To be a
fellow-worker, i.e. co-operate: help (work) with, work (er) together.
Philippians 2:13 NLT
For God is working in you, giving
you the desire and the power to do what pleases Him.
Our God, seeks
those who wish to be “Partners,” with Him.
Partner:
A person who shares
or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer;
associate.
(Dictionary.Com)
Working
Together With The Lord:
Matthew 4:19 KJV
And He saith unto them, Follow Me,
and I will make you fishers of men.
Matthew 18:20
KJV
For where two or three are gathered
together in My name, there am I in the midst of them.
Mark 6:30 KJV
And the apostles gathered themselves
together unto Jesus, and told Him all things, both what they had
done, and what they had taught.
Mark 16:20 KJV
And they went forth, and preached
every where, The Lord working with them, and confirming The Word with
signs following. Amen.
Luke 9:1 KJV
Then He called His twelve disciples
together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to
cure diseases.
Luke 24:15 KJV
And it came to pass, that, while
they communed together and reasoned, Jesus Himself drew near, and
went with them.
John 4:35,36 KJV
35 Say not ye, There are yet four
months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your
eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest.
36 And he that reapeth receiveth
wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that
soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
Acts 1:4 KJV
And, being assembled together with
them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but
wait for The Promise Of The Father, which, saith He, ye have heard of
Me.
Acts 4:31 KJV
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.
Acts 14:27 KJV
And when they were come, and had
gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done
with them, and how He had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.
Romans 8:17,28
KJV
17 And if children, then heirs;
heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer
with Him, that we may be also glorified together.
28 And we know that all things work
together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called
according to His purpose.
I Corinthians
5:4 NLT
"...call a meeting of the
church. I will be present with you in spirit, and so will the power
of our Lord Jesus.
Ephesians
2:6,21,22 KJV
6 And hath raised us up together,
and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
21 In whom all the building fitly
framed together groweth unto an holy temple in The Lord:
22 In whom ye also are builded
together for an habitation of God through The Spirit.
Ephesians
4:15-16 NLT
15 Instead, we will speak The Truth
in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is
The Head of his body, the church.
16 He makes the whole body fit
together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps
the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing
and full of love.
Colossians 2:13
KJV
And you, being dead in your sins and
the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath He quickened together with
Him, having forgiven you all trespasses;
1 Thessalonians
4:17 KJV
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.
I Thessalonians
5:10 KJV
Who died for us, that, whether we
wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.
II Thessalonians
2:1 KJV
Now we beseech you, brethren, by the
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto
Him,
Dear friend, are
you a partner with The Lord?
Are you a fellow
laborer with The God Of All Creation?
Romans 13:11 KJV
And that, knowing the time, that now
it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation
nearer than when we believed.
Matthew 9:37,38
KJV
37 Then saith He unto His disciples,
The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few;
38 Pray ye therefore The Lord Of The
Harvest, that He will send forth laborers into His harvest.