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Bible
Lesson: Marks Of Godly Character Versus Marks Of Non-Christian
Character: Charity Versus Malice And Fault Finding.
Bible
Texts:
Charity:
I
Corinthians 13:1 NLT
If
I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t
(Have Charity-KJV) love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a
clanging cymbal.
I
Peter 4:8 NLT
Most
important of all, continue to show deep (Charity-KJV) love for each
other, for love covers a multitude of sins.
The
Word:
Matthew
5:43,44,46 KJV
43
Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor,
and hate thine enemy.
44
But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do
good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despite-fully use
you, and persecute you;
46
For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even
the publicans the same?
Matthew
22:37,39 KJV
37
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love The Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
39
And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
thyself.
John
13:1,34,35 KJV
1
Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour
was come that He should depart out of this world unto The Father,
having loved His own which were in the world, He loved them unto the
end.
34
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I
have loved you, that ye also love one another.
35
By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love
one to another.
John
14:15,21,23,24,28,31 KJV
15
If ye love Me, keep My commandments.
21
He that hath My commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth
Me: and he that loveth Me shall be loved of My Father, and I will
love him, and will manifest Myself to him.
23
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love Me, he will keep My
Words: and My Father will love him, and We will come unto him, and
make Our abode with him.
24
He that loveth Me not keepeth not My sayings: and The Word which ye
hear is not Mine, but The Father's which sent Me.
28
Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto
you. If ye loved Me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto The
Father: for My Father is greater than I.
31
But that the world may know that I love The Father; and as The Father
gave Me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
John
15:9,10,12,13,17,19 KJV
9
As The Father hath loved Me, so have I loved you: continue ye in My
love.
10
If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love; even as I have
kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love.
12
This is My commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved
you.
13
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for
his friends.
17
These things I command you, that ye love one another.
19
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye
are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world,
therefore the world hateth you.
John
16:27 KJV
For
The Father Himself loveth you, because ye have loved Me, and have
believed that I came out from God.
John
17:23,24,26 KJV
23
I in them, and thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one; and
that the world may know that thou hast sent Me, and hast loved them,
as thou hast loved Me.
24
Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given Me, be with Me
where I am; that they may behold My glory, which thou hast given Me:
for thou lovedst Me before the foundation of the world.
26
And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the
love wherewith thou hast loved Me may be in them, and I in them.
Romans
5:5 KJV
And
hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in
our hearts by The Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Romans
12:9,10 CSB
9
Let love be without hypocrisy. Detest evil; cling to what is good.
10
Love one another deeply as brothers and sisters. Take the lead in
honoring one another.
Romans
13:8-10 KJV
8
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth
another hath fulfilled the law.
9
For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou
shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not
covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly
comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
thyself.
10
Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling
of the law.
II
Corinthians 6:6 NLT
We
prove ourselves by our purity, our understanding, our patience, our
kindness, by The Holy Spirit within us, and by our sincere love.
Galatians
5:13,14,22 KJV
13
For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty
for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another.
14
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt
love thy neighbor as thyself.
22
But the fruit of The Spirit is love, joy, peace, long suffering,
gentleness, goodness, faith,
Ephesians
1:4 KJV
According
as He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that
we should be holy and without blame before Him in love:
Ephesians
4:2 KJV
With
all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, forbearing one
another in love;
Ephesians
5:2 KJV
And
walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given Himself
for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savor.
Philippians
1:9 KJV
And
this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge
and in all judgment;
1
Thessalonians 3:12 KJV
And
The Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another,
and toward all men, even as we do toward you:
II
Timothy 1:7 KJV
For
God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love,
and of a sound mind.
Hebrews
10:24 NLT
Let
us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good
works.
I
Peter 1:22 KJV
Seeing
ye have purified your souls in obeying The Truth through The Spirit
unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another
with a pure heart fervently:
1
Peter 2:17 KJV
Honor
all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king.
I
Peter 3:8 KJV
Finally,
be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as
brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
1
John 2:5,10 KJV
5
But whoso keepeth His Word, in him verily is the love of God
perfected: hereby know we that we are in Him.
10
He that loveth his brother abideth in The Light, and there is none
occasion of stumbling in him.
1
John 3:1,10,11,14,16-18,23 KJV
1
Behold, what manner of love The Father hath bestowed upon us, that we
should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not,
because it knew Him not.
10
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the
devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he
that loveth not his brother.
11
For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we
should love one another.
14
We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the
brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.
16
Hereby perceive we the love of God, because He laid down His life for
us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
17
But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need,
and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the
love of God in him?
18
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but
in deed and in truth.
23
And this is His commandment, That we should believe on the name of
His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as He gave us
commandment.
1
John 4:7-12,16-21 KJV
7
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one
that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
9
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God
sent His Only Begotten Son into the world, that we might live through
Him.
10
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent
His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God
dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us.
16
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is
love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
17
Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day
of judgment: because as He is, so are we in this world.
18
There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because
fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
19
We love Him, because He first loved us.
20
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for
he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God
whom he hath not seen?
21
And this commandment have we from Him, That he who loveth God love
his brother also.
I
John 5:1-3 NLT
1
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of
God. And everyone who loves The Father loves His children, too.
2
We know we love God’s children if we love God and obey His
commandments.
3
Loving God means keeping His commandments, and His commandments are
not burdensome.
Marks
Of Non-Christian Character: Malice And Fault Finding
Mark
2:16,17 KJV
16
And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Him eat with publicans and
sinners, they said unto His disciples, How is it that He eateth and
drinketh with publicans and sinners?
17
When Jesus heard it, He saith unto them, They that are whole have no
need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the
righteous, but sinners to repentance.
I
Peter 2:1 KJV
Wherefore
laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies,
and all evil speakings,
The
Word:
Malice:
Desire to inflict injury, harm, or suffering on another,
either because of a hostile impulse or out of deep-seated meanness:
Dictionary.Com
Proverbs
26:24-26 MSG
Your
enemy shakes hands and greets you like an old friend, all the while
conniving against you. When he speaks warmly to you, don’t believe
him for a minute; he’s just waiting for the chance to rip you off.
No matter how cunningly he conceals his malice, eventually his evil
will be exposed in public.
Isaiah
58:9-11 CSB
9
At that time, when you call, The Lord will answer; when you cry out,
He will say, ‘Here I am.’
If
you get rid of the yoke among you, the finger-pointing and malicious
speaking,
10
and if you offer yourself to the hungry,and satisfy the afflicted
one, then your light will shine in the darkness, and your night will
be like noonday.
11
The Lord will always lead you, satisfy you in a parched land, and
strengthen your bones. You will be like a watered garden
Matthew
18:15-17 KJV
15
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him
his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou
hast gained thy brother.
16
But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more,
that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be
established.
17
And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if
he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man
and a publican.
Romans
2:1 NLT
You
may think you can condemn such people, but you are just as bad, and
you have no excuse! When you say they are wicked and should be
punished, you are condemning yourself, for you who judge others do
these very same things.
Ephesians
4:30-32 CSB
30
And don’t grieve God’s Holy Spirit. You were sealed by Him for
the day of redemption.
31
Let all bitterness, anger and wrath, shouting and slander be removed
from you, along with all malice.
32
And be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving one another,
just as God also forgave you in Christ.
Colossians
3:5-10 CSB
5
Therefore, put to death what belongs to your earthly nature: sexual
immorality, impurity, lust, evil desire, and greed, which is
idolatry.
6
Because of these, God’s wrath is coming upon the disobedient,
7
and you once walked in these things when you were living in them.
8
But now, put away all the following: anger, wrath, malice, slander,
and filthy language from your mouth.
9
Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old self with
its practices
10
and have put on the new self. You are being renewed in knowledge
according to the image of your Creator.
Titus
3:2-6 KJV
2
To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all
meekness unto all men.
3
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived,
serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy,
hateful, and hating one another.
4
But after that the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man
appeared,
5
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to
His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing
of The Holy Ghost;
6
Which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior;
Prayer:
Colossians
3:12,13 NLT
12
Since God chose you to be the holy people He loves, you must clothe
yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness,
and patience.
13
Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who
offends you. Remember, The Lord forgave you, so you must forgive
others.
