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Bible Questions Answered:
“I
have friends that live for one party after another. I want to tell
them that life is more than this, but I don't want to offend them
either...”
Helen/
El Cajon, California U.S.A.
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
The
Word:
Proverbs
5:21 NLT
For
The Lord sees clearly what a man does, examining every path he takes.
Proverbs
21:17 KJV
He
that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil
shall not be rich.
Ecclesiastes 7:1-6 NLT (Wisdom for Life)
7
A good reputation is more valuable than costly perfume. And the day
you die is better than the day you are born.
2
Better to spend your time at funerals than at parties. After all,
everyone dies— so the living should take this to heart.
3
Sorrow is better than laughter, for sadness has a refining influence
on us.
4
A wise person thinks a lot about death, while a fool thinks only
about having a good time.
5
Better to be criticized by a wise person than to be praised by a
fool.
6
A fool’s laughter is quickly gone, like thorns crackling in a fire.
This also is meaningless.
Ecclesiastes
11:9 NLT
Young
people, it’s wonderful to be young! Enjoy every minute of it. Do
everything you want to do; take it all in. But remember that you must
give an account to God for everything you do.
Matthew
24:42-51 NLT
42
“So you, too, must keep watch! For you don’t know what day your
Lord is coming.
43
Understand this: If a homeowner knew exactly when a burglar was
coming, he would keep watch and not permit his house to be broken
into.
44
You also must be ready all the time, for The Son Of Man will come
when least expected.
45
“A faithful, sensible servant is one to whom the master can give
the responsibility of managing his other household servants and
feeding them.
46
If the master returns and finds that the servant has done a good job,
there will be a reward.
47
I tell you The Truth, the master will put that servant in charge of
all he owns.
48
But what if the servant is evil and thinks, ‘My master won’t be
back for a while,’
49
and he begins beating the other servants, partying, and getting
drunk?
50
The master will return unannounced and unexpected,
51
and he will cut the servant to pieces and assign him a place with the
hypocrites. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of
teeth.
Matthew 25:1-13 NLT (Parable of the Ten
Bridesmaids)
1
“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten bridesmaids who took
their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
2
Five of them were foolish, and five were wise.
3
The five who were foolish didn’t take enough olive oil for their
lamps,
4
but the other five were wise enough to take along extra oil. 5 When
the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
6
“At midnight they were roused by the shout, ‘Look, the bridegroom
is coming! Come out and meet him!’
7
“All the bridesmaids got up and prepared their lamps.
8
Then the five foolish ones asked the others, ‘Please give us some
of your oil because our lamps are going out.’
9
“But the others replied, ‘We don’t have enough for all of us.
Go to a shop and buy some for yourselves.’
10
“But while they were gone to buy oil, the bridegroom came. Then
those who were ready went in with him to the marriage feast, and the
door was locked.
11
Later, when the other five bridesmaids returned, they stood outside,
calling, ‘Lord! Lord! Open the door for us!’
12
“But he called back, ‘Believe me, I don’t know you!’
13
“So you, too, must keep watch! For you do not know the day or hour
of My return.
Romans 12:1,2 NLT (A Living Sacrifice to God)
1
And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your
bodies to God because of all He has done for you. Let them be a
living and holy sacrifice—the kind He will find acceptable. This is
truly the way to worship Him.
2
Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God
transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then
you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and
pleasing and perfect.
Romans
13:11-14 NLT
11
This is all the more urgent, for you know how late it is; time is
running out. Wake up, for our salvation is nearer now than when we
first believed.
12
The night is almost gone; the day of salvation will soon be here. So
remove your dark deeds like dirty clothes, and put on the shining
armor of right living.
13
Because we belong to the day, we must live decent lives for all to
see. Don’t participate in the darkness of wild parties and
drunkenness, or in sexual promiscuity and immoral living, or in
quarreling and jealousy.
14
Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of The Lord Jesus Christ.
And don’t let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil
desires.
I
Corinthians 6:12 NLT
You
say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good
for you. And even though “I am allowed to do anything,” I must
not become a slave to anything.
I
Corinthians 10:31 KJV
Whether
therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory
of God.
Galatians
1:10 NLT
Obviously,
I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If
pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant.
Galatians
5:13,19-22 NLT
13
For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and
sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature.
Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.
19
When you follow the desires of your sinful nature, the results are
very clear: sexual immorality, impurity, lustful pleasures,
20
idolatry, sorcery, hostility, quarreling, jealousy, outbursts of
anger, selfish ambition, dissension, division,
21
envy, drunkenness, wild parties, and other sins like these. Let me
tell you again, as I have before, that anyone living that sort of
life will not inherit the Kingdom of God.
22
But The Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love,
joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
23
gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things!
Ephesians 5:1,15-18 NLT (Living by The Spirit’s
Power)
1
Imitate God, therefore, in everything you do, because you are His
dear children.
15
So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those
who are wise.
16
Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days.
17
Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what The Lord wants you to
do.
18
Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life.
Instead, be filled with The Holy Spirit,
II
Timothy 2:22 NLT
Run
from anything that stimulates youthful lusts. Instead, pursue
righteous living, faithfulness, love, and peace. Enjoy the
companionship of those who call on The Lord with pure hearts.
Hebrews
10:26-29 NLT
26
Dear friends, if we deliberately continue sinning after we have
received knowledge of The Truth, there is no longer any sacrifice
that will cover these sins.
27
There is only the terrible expectation of God’s judgment and the
raging fire that will consume His enemies.
28
For anyone who refused to obey the law of Moses was put to death
without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
29
Just think how much worse the punishment will be for those who have
trampled on The Son Of God, and have treated The Blood Of The
Covenant, which made us holy, as if it were common and unholy, and
have insulted and disdained The Holy Spirit who brings God’s mercy
to us.
James
1:27 KJV
Pure
religion and undefiled before God and The Father is this, To visit
the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself
unspotted from the world.
James
4:4 KJV
Ye
adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the
world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the
world is the enemy of God.
I
Peter 1:17-19 NLT
17
And remember that the Heavenly Father to whom you pray has no
favorites. He will judge or reward you according to what you do. So
you must live in reverent fear of Him during your time here as
“temporary residents.”
18
For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life
you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold
or silver, which lose their value.
19
It was The Precious Blood Of Christ, The Sinless, Spotless Lamb Of
God.
I
Peter 2:11,12 NLT
11
Dear friends, I warn you as “temporary residents and foreigners”
to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very
souls.
12
Be careful to live properly among your unbelieving neighbors. Then
even if they accuse you of doing wrong, they will see your honorable
behavior, and they will give honor to God when He judges the world.
I Peter 4:2-5 NLT (Living for God)
2
You won’t spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires,
but you will be anxious to do the will of God.
3
You have had enough in the past of the evil things that godless
people enjoy—their immorality and lust, their feasting and
drunkenness and wild parties, and their terrible worship of idols.
4
Of course, your former friends are surprised when you no longer
plunge into the flood of wild and destructive things they do. So they
slander you.
5
But remember that they will have to face God, who stands ready to
judge everyone, both the living and the dead.
Take
My Life and Let It Be
Take my life and let it be
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee.
Take my moments and my days,
Let them flow in endless praise.
Take my hands and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love.
Take my feet and let them be
Swift and beautiful for Thee.
Take my silver and my gold,
Not a mite would I withhold.
Take my intellect and use
Every pow’r as Thou shalt choose.
Take my will and make it Thine,
It shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart, it is Thine own,
It shall be Thy royal throne.
Author: Frances R. Havergal
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Prayer;
Psalm
139:23,24 KJV
23
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
24
And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way
everlasting.
