The
Bible Prayer Line – Bible Lesson
(Copy
and paste this URL into a new web browser and hit enter.)
https://thebibleprayerline.blogspot.com/2018/05/tbpl-index.html
Bible
Lesson: Marks Of Godly Character Versus Marks Of Non-Christian
Character: Abstinence Versus Indulgence.
Bible
Texts:
I
Peter 2:11 KJV
Dearly
beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from
fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Philippians
3:18,19 KJV
18
(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even
weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ:
19
Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory
is in their shame, who mind earthly things.)
The
Word, Abstinence:
Proverbs
4:23 NLT
Guard
your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.
Proverbs
31:30 NLT
Charm
is deceptive, and beauty does not last; but a woman who fears The
Lord will be greatly praised.
Micah
6:8 KJV
He
hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth The Lord require
of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with
thy God?
Matthew
5:8 KJV
Blessed
are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Mark
7:20-23 NLT
20
And then He added, “It is what comes from inside that defiles you.
21
For from within, out of a person’s heart, come evil thoughts,
sexual immorality, theft, murder,
22
adultery, greed, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, envy, slander,
pride, and foolishness.
23
All these vile things come from within; they are what defile you.”
John
10:10 KJV
The
thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am
come that they might have Life, and that they might have it more
abundantly.
Romans
12:1,2 KJV
1
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye
present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God,
which is your reasonable service.
2
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the
renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and
acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Romans
13:13 NLT
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.
I
Corinthians 6:18-20 KJV
18
Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but
he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
19
What? know ye not that your body is the temple of The Holy Ghost
which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?
20
For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body,
and in your spirit, which are God's.
I
Corinthians 7:2 KJV
Nevertheless,
to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every
woman have her own husband.
I
Corinthians 9:27 KJV
But
I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any
means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
I
Corinthians 10:13 KJV
There
hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is
faithful, who will not suffer (permit) you to be tempted above that
ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape,
that ye may be able to bear it.
II
Corinthians 12:21 NLT
Yes,
I am afraid that when I come again, God will humble me in your
presence. And I will be grieved because many of you have not given up
your old sins. You have not repented of your impurity, sexual
immorality, and eagerness for lustful pleasure.
Galatians
2:20 KJV
I
am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ
liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by
the faith of The Son Of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me.
Galatians
5:13-26 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.
14
For the whole law can be summed up in this one command: “Love your
neighbor as yourself.”
15
But if you are always biting and devouring one another, watch out!
Beware of destroying one another.
16
So I say, let The Holy Spirit guide your lives. Then you won’t be
doing what your sinful nature craves.
17
The sinful nature wants to do evil, which is just the opposite of
what The Spirit wants. And The Spirit gives us desires that are the
opposite of what the sinful nature desires. These two forces are
constantly fighting each other, so you are not free to carry out your
good intentions.
18
But when you are directed by The Spirit, you are not under obligation
to the law of Moses.
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!
24
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires
of their sinful nature to His cross and crucified them there.
25
Since we are living by The Spirit, let us follow The Spirit’s
leading in every part of our lives.
26
Let us not become conceited, or provoke one another, or be jealous of
one another.
Galatians 6:1-18 NLT (We Harvest What We Plant)
1
Dear brothers and sisters, if another believer is overcome by some
sin, you who are Godly should gently and humbly help that person back
onto the right path. And be careful not to fall into the same
temptation yourself.
2
Share each other’s burdens, and in this way obey the law of Christ.
3
If you think you are too important to help someone, you are only
fooling yourself. You are not that important.
4
Pay careful attention to your own work, for then you will get the
satisfaction of a job well done, and you won’t need to compare
yourself to anyone else.
5
For we are each responsible for our own conduct.
6
Those who are taught The Word Of God should provide for their
teachers, sharing all good things with them.
7
Don’t be misled—you cannot mock the justice of God. You will
always harvest what you plant.
8
Those who live only to satisfy their own sinful nature will harvest
decay and death from that sinful nature. But those who live to please
The Spirit will harvest everlasting life from The Spirit.
9
So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right
time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.
10
Therefore, whenever we have the opportunity, we should do good to
everyone—especially to those in the family of faith.
11
Notice what large letters i use as i write these closing words in my
own handwriting.
12
Those who are trying to force you to be circumcised want to look good
to others. They don’t want to be persecuted for teaching that the
cross of Christ alone can save.
13
And even those who advocate circumcision don’t keep the whole law
themselves. They only want you to be circumcised so they can boast
about it and claim you as their disciples.
14
As for me, may I never boast about anything except the cross of our
Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that cross, my interest in this world
has been crucified, and the world’s interest in me has also died.
15
It doesn’t matter whether we have been circumcised or not. What
counts is whether we have been transformed into a new creation.
16
May God’s peace and mercy be upon all who live by this principle;
they are the new people of God.
17
From now on, don’t let anyone trouble me with these things. For I
bear on my body the scars that show I belong to Jesus.
18
Dear brothers and sisters, may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be
with your spirit. Amen.
Ephesians
5:3 KJV
But
fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once
named among you, as becometh saints;
Colossians 3:1-12 NLT (Living the New Life)
1
Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights
on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor
at God’s Right hand.
2
Think about the things of heaven, not the things of earth.
3
For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ
in God.
4
And when Christ, who is your life, is revealed to the whole world,
you will share in all His glory.
5
So put to death the sinful, earthly things lurking within you. Have
nothing to do with sexual immorality, impurity, lust, and evil
desires. Don’t be greedy, for a greedy person is an idolater,
worshiping the things of this world.
6
Because of these sins, the anger of God is coming.
7
You used to do these things when your life was still part of this
world.
8
But now is the time to get rid of anger, rage, malicious behavior,
slander, and dirty language.
9
Don’t lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old sinful
nature and all its wicked deeds.
10
Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your
Creator and become like Him.
11
In this new life, it doesn’t matter if you are a Jew or a Gentile,
circumcised or uncircumcised, barbaric, uncivilized, slave, or free.
Christ is all that matters, and He lives in all of us.
12
Since God chose you to be the holy people He loves, you must clothe
yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness,
and patience.
I
Thessalonians 4:3,4 KJV
3
For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should
abstain from fornication:
4
That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in
sanctification and honor;
II
Timothy 1:7 NLT
For
God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power,
love, and self-discipline.
II
Timothy 2:22 KJV
Flee
also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace,
with them that call on The Lord out of a pure heart.
Hebrews
13:4 KJV
Marriage
is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whore mongers and
adulterers God will judge.
James
3:17,18 KJV
17
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable,
gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits,
without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
18
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make
peace.
I
John 1:9 KJV
If
we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins,
and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Jude
1:7 KJV
And
don’t forget Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring towns, which
were filled with immorality and every kind of sexual perversion.
Those cities were destroyed by fire and serve as a warning of the
eternal fire of God’s judgment.
The
Word, Indulgence.
Proverbs
20:1 KJV
Wine
is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived
thereby is not wise.
Proverbs
21:17 KJV
He
that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil
shall not be rich.
Proverbs
23:20,21 KJV
20
Be not among wine bibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:
21
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and
drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
Isaiah
22:12-14 NLT
12
At that time The Lord, The Lord Of Heaven’s Armies, called you to
weep and mourn. He told you to shave your heads in sorrow for your
sins and to wear clothes of burlap to show your remorse.
13
But instead, you dance and play; you slaughter cattle and kill sheep.
You feast on meat and drink wine. You say, “Let’s feast and
drink, for tomorrow we die!”
14
The Lord Of Heaven’s Armies has revealed this to me: “Till the
day you die, you will never be forgiven for this sin.” That is the
judgment of The Lord, The Lord Of Heaven’s Armies.
Matthew 5:28,29 KJV (Metaphor)
28
But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after
her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
29
And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from
thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should
perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Matthew
16:24,25 KJV
24
Then said Jesus unto His disciples, If any man will come after Me,
let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
25
For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will
lose his life for My sake shall find it.
Matthew
23:25 KJV
Woe
unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the
outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of
extortion and excess.
Romans
2:8,9 NLT
8
But He will pour out His anger and wrath on those who live for
themselves, who refuse to obey The Truth and instead live lives of
wickedness.
9
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
8:5,7,8 KJV
5
For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh;
but they that are after The Spirit the things of The Spirit.
7
For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey
God’s laws, and it never will.
8
That’s why those who are still under the control of their sinful
nature can never please God.
Romans
13:14 KJV
But
put ye on The Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the
flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.
Romans
16:17,18 KJV
17
And now I make one more appeal, my dear brothers and sisters. Watch
out for people who cause divisions and upset people’s faith by
teaching things contrary to what you have been taught. Stay away from
them.
18
Such people are not serving Christ our Lord; they are serving their
own personal interests. By smooth talk and glowing words they deceive
innocent people.
I
Corinthians 5:9-13 NLT
9
When I wrote to you before, I told you not to associate with people
who indulge in sexual sin.
10
But I wasn’t talking about unbelievers who indulge in sexual sin,
or are greedy, or cheat people, or worship idols. You would have to
leave this world to avoid people like that.
11
I meant that you are not to associate with anyone who claims to be a
believer yet indulges in sexual sin, or is greedy, or worships idols,
or is abusive, or is a drunkard, or cheats people. Don’t even eat
with such people.
12
It isn’t my responsibility to judge outsiders, but it certainly is
your responsibility to judge those inside the church who are sinning.
13
God will judge those on the outside; but as the Scriptures say, “You
must remove the evil person from among you.”
I
Corinthians 9:27 KJV
But
I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any
means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
I
Corinthians 10:6-8,23,24 KJV
6
These things happened as a warning to us, so that we would not crave
evil things as they did,
7
or worship idols as some of them did. As The Scriptures say, “The
people celebrated with feasting and drinking, and they indulged in
pagan revelry.”
8
And we must not engage in sexual immorality as some of them did,
causing 23,000 of them to die in one day.
23
All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all
things are lawful for me, but all things edify not.
24
Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth.
Galatians
5:13,19-21 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.
Galatians
6:7 KJV
Be
not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that
shall he also reap.
Ephesians
2:1-3 KJV
1
And you hath He quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2
Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world,
according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now
worketh in the children of disobedience:
3
Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the
lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the
mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
Ephesians
4:17-20 NLT
17
"...they are hopelessly confused.
18
Their minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God
gives because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts
against Him.
19
They have no sense of shame. They live for lustful pleasure and
eagerly practice every kind of impurity.
20
But that isn’t what you learned about Christ.
Ephesians
5:18 NLT
Don’t
be drunk with wine, because that will ruin your life. Instead, be
filled with The Holy Spirit,
I
Thessalonians 4:3-5 NLT
3
God’s will is for you to be holy, so stay away from all sexual sin.
4
Then each of you will control his own body and live in holiness and
honor—
5
not in lustful passion like the pagans who do not know God and His
ways.
I
Timothy 6:10 KJV
For
the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted
after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through
with many sorrows.
Titus
2:11,12 KJV
11
For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all
men,
12
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should
live soberly, righteously, and Godly, in this present world;
Titus
3:3 NLT
Once
we, too, were foolish and disobedient. We were misled and became
slaves to many lusts and pleasures. Our lives were full of evil and
envy, and we hated each other.
James
1:14,15 KJV
14
But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and
enticed.
15
Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when
it is finished, bringeth forth death.
James
3:14-16 KJV
14
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not,
and lie not against The Truth.
15
This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual,
devilish.
16
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil
work.
James
4:1-3 KJV
!
What is causing the quarrels and fights among you? Don’t they come
from the evil desires at war within you?
2
You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You
are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight
and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don’t have what you
want because you don’t ask God for it.
3
And even when you ask, you don’t get it because your motives are
all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure.
James
5:5 KJV
You
have spent your years on earth in luxury, satisfying your every
desire. You have fattened yourselves for the day of slaughter.
I
Peter 2:11 KJV
Dearly
beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from
fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
I
Peter 4:7 KJV
But
the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch
unto prayer.
II
Peter 2:9-14,17-19 KJV
9
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the Godly out of temptations, and to
reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:
10
But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of
uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, self
willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities.
11
Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not
railing accusation against them before The Lord.
12
But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed,
speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly
perish in their own corruption;
13
And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count
it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes,
sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with
you;
14
Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin;
beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous
practices; cursed children:
15
Which have forsaken the right way..."
17
These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a
tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever.
18
For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure
through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that
were clean escaped from them who live in error.
19
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of
corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought
in bondage.
I
John 2:16 KJV
For
all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the
eyes, and the pride of life, is not of The Father, but is of the
world.
Prayer:
James
4:7-10 KJV
7
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will
flee from you.
8
Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands,
ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
9
Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to
mourning, and your joy to heaviness.
10
Humble yourselves in the sight of The Lord, and He shall lift you up.
