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Bible Lesson: Marks Of Godly Character Versus Marks Of Non-Christian Character: Sincerity Versus Insincerity.
Bible Texts:
Sincerity:
Acts 24:15,16 NLT
15 I have the same hope in God that these men have, that He will raise both the righteous and the unrighteous.
16 Because of this, I always try to maintain a clear conscience before God and all people.
Insincerity:
Philippians 1:15-`17 NLT
15 It’s true that some are preaching out of jealousy and rivalry. But others preach about Christ with pure motives. 16 They preach because they love me, for they know I have been appointed to defend the Good News.
17 Those others do not have pure motives as they preach about Christ. They preach with selfish ambition, not sincerely, intending to make my chains more painful to me.
The Word Sincerity:
Joshua 24:14 KJV
Now therefore fear The Lord, and serve Him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye The Lord.
Psalm 32:2 NLT
Yes, what joy for those whose record The Lord has cleared of guilt, whose lives are lived in complete honesty!
Psalm 15:1,2 NLT
1 Who may worship in Your sanctuary, Lord? Who may enter Your presence on Your holy hill?
2 Those who lead blameless lives and do what is right, speaking The Truth from sincere hearts.
Proverbs 11:3 NLT
Honesty guides good people; dishonesty destroys treacherous people.
Proverbs 21:4 NLT
The Lord is more pleased when we do what is right and just than when we offer Him sacrifices.
Proverbs 28:18 NLT
The blameless will be rescued from harm, but the crooked will be suddenly destroyed.
John 4:23,24 KJV
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship The Father in Spirit and in Truth: for The Father seeketh such to worship Him.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in Spirit and in Truth.
Acts 2:38 KJV
Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive The Gift of The Holy Ghost.
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.
Romans 12:9 NLT
Don’t just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good.
I Corinthians 5:8 NLT
So let us celebrate the festival, not with the old bread of wickedness and evil, but with the new bread of sincerity and truth.
II Corinthians 1:12 NLT
We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have lived with a God-given holiness and sincerity in all our dealings. We have depended on God’s grace, not on our own human wisdom. That is how we have conducted ourselves before the world, and especially toward you.
II Corinthians 2:17 NLT
You see, we are not like the many hucksters who preach for personal profit. We preach The Word Of God with sincerity and with Christ’s authority, knowing that God is watching us.
II Corinthians 5:17 KJV
Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
II Corinthians 8:21 NLT
We are careful to be honorable before The Lord, but we also want everyone else to see that we are honorable.
Ephesians 6:24 KJV
May God’s grace be eternally upon all who love our Lord Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:10 NLT
For I want you to understand what really matters, so that you may live pure and blameless lives until the day of Christ’s return.
Colossians 3:9 KJV
Don’t lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds.
I Thessalonians 5:5,21 KJV
5 For you are all children of the light and of the day; we don’t belong to darkness and night.
21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
I Timothy 1:5 NLT
The purpose of my instruction is that all believers would be filled with love that comes from a pure heart, a clear conscience, and genuine faith.
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.
II Timothy 3:16 KJV
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
Titus 2:1,7 NLT
1 As for you, Titus, promote the kind of living that reflects wholesome teaching.
7 And you yourself must be an example to them by doing good works of every kind. Let everything you do reflect the integrity and seriousness of your teaching.
Hebrews 10:22 KJV
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
Hebrews 13:2 KJV
Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
James 1:26 KJV
If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
I Peter 1:2,22 NLT
2 God The Father knew you and chose you long ago, and His Spirit has made you holy. As a result, you have obeyed Him and have been cleansed by The Blood Of Jesus Christ.
22 You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed The Truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters. Love each other deeply with all your heart
I Peter 2:1-5,22 NLT
1 So get rid of all evil behavior. Be done with all deceit, hypocrisy, jealousy, and all unkind speech.
2 Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment,
3 now that you have had a taste of The Lord’s kindness.
Living Stones for God’s House
4 You are coming to Christ, who is The Living Cornerstone Of God’s Temple. He was rejected by people, but He was chosen by God for great honor.
5 And you are living stones that God is building into His spiritual temple. What’s more, you are His holy priests. Through the mediation of Jesus Christ, you offer spiritual sacrifices that please God.
22 He never sinned, nor ever deceived anyone.
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.
I John 3:1,18 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.
18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth.
I John 4:8,18 KJV
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
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.
I John 5:3 KJV
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments: and His commandments are not grievous.
Revelation 14:5 KJV
And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
Revelation 20:6 KJV
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years.
The Word; Insincerity:
Jeremiah 17:9 KJV
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Matthew 23:28 NLT
Outwardly you look like righteous people, but inwardly your hearts are filled with hypocrisy and lawlessness.
Luke 12:1-3 KJV
1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, He began to say unto His disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
Romans 8:7 KJV
Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to The Law Of God, neither indeed can be.
I Corinthians 5:8 NLT
So let us celebrate the festival, not with the old bread of wickedness and evil, but with the new bread of sincerity and truth.
Galatians 2:13 NLT
As a result, other Jewish believers followed Peter’s hypocrisy, and even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy.
Titus 2:7 NLT
And you yourself must be an example to them by doing good works of every kind. Let everything you do reflect the integrity and seriousness of your teaching.
Hebrews 4:12,13 KJV
12 For The Word Of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do.
James 3:12,17 NLT
12 Does a fig tree produce olives, or a grapevine produce figs? No, and you can’t draw fresh water from a salty spring.
17 But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and the fruit of good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere.
I Peter 2:1 NLT
So get rid of all evil behavior. Be done with all deceit, hypocrisy, jealousy, and all unkind speech.
Prayer:
James 3:17 KJV
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.
