Saturday, August 31, 2019
Christian Life Is Too Hard
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Bible Questions Answered:
“I'd
like to live the christian life, but its too hard. Don't do this
don't do that, etc...”
Rodney/
Dayton, Nevada U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Here is a Biblical comparison between the sinner and
the righteous.
The
Sinner:
Deuteronomy
28:67 NLT
In
the morning you will say, ‘If only it were night!’ And in the
evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’ For you will be
terrified by the awful horrors you see around you.
Job
15:20 NLT
The
wicked writhe in pain throughout their lives. Years of trouble
are stored up for the ruthless.
Psalm
107:17 KJV
Fools
because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are
afflicted.
Proverbs
13:15 KJV
Good
understanding giveth favor: but the way of transgressors is hard.
Proverbs
14:12 KJV
There
is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the
ways of death.
Proverbs
15:9 NLT
The
Lord detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue
Godliness.
Isaiah
57:20,21 KJV
20
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest,
whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
21
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked.
Isaiah
59:8 NLT
They
don’t know where to find peace or what it means to be just and
good. They have mapped out crooked roads, and no one who follows
them knows a moment’s peace.
Matthew
7:13 KJV
Enter
ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way,
that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in
thereat:
Romans
2:9 NLT
There
will be trouble and calamity for everyone who keeps on doing
what is evil—for the Jew first and also for the Gentile.
Romans
3:13-18 NLT
13
“Their talk is foul, like the stench from an open grave. Their
tongues are filled with lies.” “Snake venom drips from their
lips.”
14
“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
15
“They rush to commit murder.
16
Destruction and misery always follow them.
17
They don’t know where to find peace.”
18
“They have no fear of God at all.
The
Righteous:
Exodus
33:14 KJV
And
He said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
Deuteronomy
20:1 KJV
When
thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and
chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for The
Lord thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land
of Egypt.
Nehemiah
8:10 KJV
Then
he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and
send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is
holy unto our Lord: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of The Lord
is your strength.
Psalm
16:11 KJV
Thou
wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy;
at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Psalm
30:5 KJV
For
His anger endureth but a moment; in His favor is life: weeping may
endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Psalm
84:11 KJV
For
The Lord God is a sun and shield: The Lord will give grace and
glory: no good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly.
Psalm
126:5 KJV
They
that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Psalm
`132:16 KJV
I will
also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout
aloud for joy.
Proverbs
3:17 KJV
Her
ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Isaiah
12:3 KJV
Therefore
with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation.
Isaiah
35:10 KJV
And
the ransomed of The Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs
and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy
and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
Isaiah
43:2,3 KJV
2
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and
through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest
through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame
kindle upon thee.
3
For I am The Lord thy God, The Holy One Of Israel, thy Savior..."
Matthew
11:28-30 KJV
28
Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will
give you rest.
29
Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in
heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30
For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.
Matthew
18:20 KJV
For
where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in
the midst of them.
Matthew
28:20 KJV
Teaching
them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo,
I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
John
16:24 KJV
Hitherto
have ye asked nothing in My name: ask, and ye shall receive, that
your joy may be full.
Romans
14:17 KJV
For
the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and
peace, and joy in The Holy Ghost.
Prayer:
Isaiah 41:10 KJV
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of My righteousness.