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Lesson: Marks Of Godly Character Versus Marks Of Non-Christian
Character: Loyalty Versus Disloyalty.
Bible Texts:
Loyalty:
Proverbs 28:20 NLT
The trustworthy person will get a rich reward, but a person who wants quick riches will get into trouble.
Romans 13:1 KJV
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Disloyalty:
Proverbs 25:19 NLT
Putting confidence in an unreliable person in times of trouble is like chewing with a broken tooth or walking on a lame foot.
Psalm 82:2 NLT
“How long will you hand down unjust decisions by favoring the wicked?
The Word; Loyalty:
Deuteronomy 7:9 New Revised Standard Version
Know therefore that The Lord your God is God, The Faithful God who maintains covenant loyalty with those who love Him and keep His commandments, to a thousand generations,
Proverbs 3:1-3 New Revised Standard Version (Admonition to Trust and Honor God)
1 My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments;
2 for length of days and years of life and abundant welfare they will give you.
3 Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
Proverbs 20:6 NLT
Many will say they are loyal friends, but who can find one who is truly reliable?
Proverbs 21:21 New American Standard Bible
One who pursues righteousness and loyalty Finds life, righteousness, and honor.
Proverbs 27:6 KJV
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Lamentations 3:22-24 New Century Version
22 The Lord’s love never ends; His mercies never stop.
23 They are new every morning; Lord, your loyalty is great.
24 I say to myself, “The Lord is mine, so I hope in Him.”
Hosea 6:6 New American Standard Bible
For I desire loyalty rather than sacrifice, And the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Matthew 26:33-35 New Century Version
33 Peter said, “Everyone else may stumble in their faith because of you, but I will not.”
34 Jesus said, “I tell you The Truth, tonight before the rooster crows you will say three times that you don’t know Me.”
35 But Peter said, “I will never say that I don’t know you! I will even die with you!” And all the other followers said the same thing.
Mark 8:34,35 NLT
34 Then, calling the crowd to join His disciples, He said, “If any of you wants to be My follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow Me.
35 If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for My sake and for the sake of The Good News, you will save it.
Romans 8:31-39 NLT (Nothing Can Separate Us from God’s Love)
31 What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?
32 Since He did not spare even His own Son but gave Him up for us all, won’t He also give us everything else?
33 Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for His own? No one—for God Himself has given us right standing with Himself.
34 Who then will condemn us? No one—for Christ Jesus died for us and was raised to life for us, and He is sitting in the place of honor at God’s Right Hand, pleading for us.
35 Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean He no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death?
36 (As the Scriptures say, “For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”)
37 No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.
38 And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow—not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love.
39 No power in the sky above or in the earth below—indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.
II Timothy 2:13 NLT
If we are unfaithful, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny who He is.
I John 3:24 NLT
Those who obey God’s commandments remain in fellowship with Him, and He with them. And we know He lives in us because The Spirit He gave us lives in us.
The Word; Disloyalty:
Exodus 32:23 NLT
They said to me (Aaron), ‘Make us gods who will lead us. We don’t know what happened to this fellow Moses, who brought us here from the land of Egypt.’
Deuteronomy 32:51 NLT
For both of you (Moses and Aaron) betrayed Me with the Israelites at the waters of Meribah at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. You failed to demonstrate My holiness to the people of Israel there.
I Samuel 22:16,17 NLT
“You will surely die, Ahimelech, along with your entire family!” the king (Saul) shouted.
17 And he ordered his bodyguards, “Kill these priests of The Lord, for they are allies and conspirators with David They knew he was running away from me, but they didn’t tell me!” But Saul’s men refused to kill The Lord’s priests.
I Samuel 25:10 NLT
“Who is this fellow David?” Nabal sneered to the young men. “Who does this son of Jesse think he is? There are lots of servants these days who run away from their masters.
Isaiah 59:1,2 KJV
1 Behold, The Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither His ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid His face from you, that He will not hear.
Ezekiel 28:12-15 KJV (Dual prophecy of King of Tyre and Lucifer)
12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith The Lord God; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon The Holy Mountain Of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
Daniel 9:7 NLT
“Lord, you are in the right; but as you see, our faces are covered with shame. This is true of all of us, including the people of Judah and Jerusalem and all Israel, scattered near and far, wherever you have driven us because of our disloyalty to you.
Hosea 14:4New Revised Standard Version (Assurance of Forgiveness)
I will heal their disloyalty; I will love them freely, for My anger has turned from them.
Luke 14:25-27 NLT (The Cost of Being a Disciple)
25 A large crowd was following Jesus. He turned around and said to them,
26 “If you want to be My disciple, you must, by comparison, hate everyone else—your father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be My disciple.
27 And if you do not carry your own cross and follow Me, you cannot be My disciple.
Romans 8:7 NLT
For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will.
Hebrews 3:12,13 NLT
12 Be careful then, dear brothers and sisters. Make sure that your own hearts are not evil and unbelieving, turning you away from The Living God.
13 You must warn each other every day, while it is still “today,” so that none of you will be deceived by sin and hardened against God.
James 4:9 NLT
Let there be tears for what you have done. Let there be sorrow and deep grief. Let there be sadness instead of laughter, and gloom instead of joy.
I John 2:15-17 KJV
15 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.
16 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.
17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Prayer:
Hosea 6:6 NLT
I want you to show love, not offer sacrifices. I want you to know Me more than I want burnt offerings.
