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Bible
Lesson: Marks Of Godly Character Versus Marks Of Non-Christian
Character: Concentration Versus Vacillation.
Bible
Texts:
Concentration
The act of concentrating; the
state of being concentrated.
Exclusive attention to one
object; close mental application.
Dictionary.Com
Vacillation
An act or instance of
vacillating.
a state of indecision or
irresolution.
Dictionary.Com
Concentration:
Philippians 3:12-14 NLT (Pressing toward the
Goal)
12
I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or
that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess
that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me.
13
No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on
this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies
ahead,
14
I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly
prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.
Vacillation:
Galatians
1:6 KJV
I
marvel that ye are so soon removed from Him that called you into the
grace of Christ unto another gospel:
The
Word, Concentration:
Joshua
1:8 KJV
This
book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt
meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do
according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make
thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Psalm
1:1,2 KJV
1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,
nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the
scornful.
2
But his delight is in The Law Of The Lord; and in His Law doth he
meditate day and night.
Acts
17:10,11 KJV
10
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto
Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
11
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they
received The Word with all readiness of mind, and searched The
Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
I
Corinthians 9:24-27 NLT
24
Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person
gets the prize? So run to win!
25
All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a
prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize.
26
So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing.
27
I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it
should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself
might be disqualified.
Colossians
3:2 KJV
Set
your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
I
Timothy 4:13 KJV
Till
I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
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 2:15 KJV
Study
to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be
ashamed, rightly dividing The Word Of Truth.
The
Word, Vacillation:
Matthew
7:15 KJV
Beware
of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but
inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Matthew
26:41 KJV
Watch
and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is
willing, but the flesh is weak.
Luke
5:32 KJV
I
came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Luke
13:5 KJV
I
tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Acts
17:30 KJV
And
the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men
every where to repent:
Romans
1:28 KJV
And
even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave
them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not
convenient;
Romans
7:23-25 NLT
23
But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind.
This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me.
24
Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life
that is dominated by sin and death?
25
Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it
is: In my mind I really want to obey God’s law, but because of my
sinful nature I am a slave to sin.
Romans
8:6-8 KJV
6
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is
life and peace.
7
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject
to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
8
So then they that are in the flesh cannot 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.
II
Corinthians 1:17-19 NLT
17
You may be asking why I changed my plan. Do you think I make my plans
carelessly? Do you think I am like people of the world who say “Yes”
when they really mean “No”?
18
As surely as God is faithful, our word to you does not waver between
“Yes” and “No.”
19
For Jesus Christ, The Son Of God, does not waver between “Yes”
and “No.” He is the one whom Silas, Timothy, and I preached to
you, and as God’s ultimate “Yes,” He always does what He says.
II
Corinthians 4:3,4 KJV
3
But if our Gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
4
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which
believe not, lest The Light Of The Glorious Gospel Of Christ, who is
the image of God, should shine unto them.
II
Corinthians 10:5 KJV
Casting
down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against
the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to
the obedience of Christ;
Ephesians
2:2 KJV
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:
Ephesians
4:22 NLT
throw
off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is
corrupted by lust and deception.
Colossians
3:2 KJV
Set
your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
James
4:7 KJV
Submit
yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from
you.
I
Peter 5:8 KJV
Be
sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring
lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
I
John 2:15 KJV
Love
not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man
love the world, the love of The Father is not in him.
Prayer:
Psalm
51:10 KJV
Create
in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
The
Bible Prayer Line – Bible Lesson
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Bible
Lesson: Marks Of Godly Character Versus Marks Of Non-Christian
Character: Concentration Versus Vacillation.
Bible
Texts:
Concentration
The act of concentrating; the
state of being concentrated.
Exclusive attention to one
object; close mental application.
Dictionary.Com
Vacillation
An act or instance of
vacillating.
a state of indecision or
irresolution.
Dictionary.Com
Concentration:
Philippians 3:12-14 NLT (Pressing toward the
Goal)
12
I don’t mean to say that I have already achieved these things or
that I have already reached perfection. But I press on to possess
that perfection for which Christ Jesus first possessed me.
13
No, dear brothers and sisters, I have not achieved it, but I focus on
this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies
ahead,
14
I press on to reach the end of the race and receive the heavenly
prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us.
Vacillation:
Galatians
1:6 KJV
I
marvel that ye are so soon removed from Him that called you into the
grace of Christ unto another gospel:
The
Word, Concentration:
Joshua
1:8 KJV
This
book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt
meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do
according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make
thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Psalm
1:1,2 KJV
1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,
nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the
scornful.
2
But his delight is in The Law Of The Lord; and in His Law doth he
meditate day and night.
Acts
17:10,11 KJV
10
And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto
Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
11
These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they
received The Word with all readiness of mind, and searched The
Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
I
Corinthians 9:24-27 NLT
24
Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person
gets the prize? So run to win!
25
All athletes are disciplined in their training. They do it to win a
prize that will fade away, but we do it for an eternal prize.
26
So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing.
27
I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it
should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself
might be disqualified.
Colossians
3:2 KJV
Set
your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
I
Timothy 4:13 KJV
Till
I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.
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 2:15 KJV
Study
to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be
ashamed, rightly dividing The Word Of Truth.
The
Word, Vacillation:
Matthew
7:15 KJV
Beware
of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but
inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Matthew
26:41 KJV
Watch
and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is
willing, but the flesh is weak.
Luke
5:32 KJV
I
came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Luke
13:5 KJV
I
tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Acts
17:30 KJV
And
the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men
every where to repent:
Romans
1:28 KJV
And
even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave
them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not
convenient;
Romans
7:23-25 NLT
23
But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind.
This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me.
24
Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life
that is dominated by sin and death?
25
Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord. So you see how it
is: In my mind I really want to obey God’s law, but because of my
sinful nature I am a slave to sin.
Romans
8:6-8 KJV
6
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is
life and peace.
7
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject
to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
8
So then they that are in the flesh cannot 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.
II
Corinthians 1:17-19 NLT
17
You may be asking why I changed my plan. Do you think I make my plans
carelessly? Do you think I am like people of the world who say “Yes”
when they really mean “No”?
18
As surely as God is faithful, our word to you does not waver between
“Yes” and “No.”
19
For Jesus Christ, The Son Of God, does not waver between “Yes”
and “No.” He is the one whom Silas, Timothy, and I preached to
you, and as God’s ultimate “Yes,” He always does what He says.
II
Corinthians 4:3,4 KJV
3
But if our Gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
4
In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which
believe not, lest The Light Of The Glorious Gospel Of Christ, who is
the image of God, should shine unto them.
II
Corinthians 10:5 KJV
Casting
down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against
the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to
the obedience of Christ;
Ephesians
2:2 KJV
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:
Ephesians
4:22 NLT
throw
off your old sinful nature and your former way of life, which is
corrupted by lust and deception.
Colossians
3:2 KJV
Set
your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.
James
4:7 KJV
Submit
yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from
you.
I
Peter 5:8 KJV
Be
sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring
lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
I
John 2:15 KJV
Love
not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man
love the world, the love of The Father is not in him.
Prayer:
Psalm
51:10 KJV
Create
in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within m
