God References
("God References" We apply Bible references to passages quoted from the page "God")
How Can There Be A God?
"How can there be a God?"
The powerful king of an ancient empire had been reduced to living in the fields like an animal. Afterward he declared,
Dan 4:34
At the end of that time, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven, and my sanity was restored. Then I praised the Most High; I honored and glorified him who lives forever.
(New International Version)
"... what has happened in the world since men rejected the truth"
Rom 1.28-32
28 Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31 they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
(New International Version)
"We are dying of cancer, yet we reject the laws of health."
King David knew why he had been stricken by a loathsome disease. He had brought it upon himself.
Ps 38:3-7
3 Because of your wrath there is no health in my body;
my bones have no soundness because of my sin.
4 My guilt has overwhelmed me
like a burden too heavy to bear.
5 My wounds fester and are loathsome
because of my sinful folly.
6 I am bowed down and brought very low;
all day long I go about mourning.
7 My back is filled with searing pain;
there is no health in my body.
(New International Version)
"We are dying of aids because we lead dissipated lives, slaves to drugs and totally ignoring the laws of adultery, fornication, and homosexuality."
Rom 1:26-27
26 ... Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.
(New International Version)
"Our society is on the verge of collapse as families disintegrate, dissolving in the heady tide of sexual license."
Ps 128:1-4
1 Blessed are all who fear the LORD,
who walk in his ways.
2 You will eat the fruit of your labor;
blessings and prosperity will be yours.
3 Your wife will be like a fruitful vine
within your house;
your sons will be like olive shoots
around your table.
4 Thus is the man blessed
who fears the LORD
(New International Version)
"We die of hunger as governments reject their responsibility towards the people."
Prov 29:2
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn
(New International Version)
We Are Without Excuse
"Paul wrote many years ago ....."
Rom 1:20
.... his eternal power and divine nature - have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse.
(New International Version)
"God left us with ancient scrolls in which he described himself, his personal longings and goals, .."
2 Tim 3:16
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness ...
KJV
"It is not his desire to see men suffer in this age ..."
Matt 18:14
Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish ...
KJV
3 John 2
Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well ...
(New International Version)
"and he foretells a time when all suffering will cease."
Num 14:21
But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD
KJV
Rev 21:4
He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.
(New International Version)
"the Bible, to be the one and only instruction manual from God."
Rev 22:18-19
18 . .words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds anything to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. 19 And if anyone takes words away from this book of prophecy, God will take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.
(New International Version)
The First Great Commandment
"Jesus confirmed that the first of the two great commandments is to love God, to love him with all your heart, with all your strength, with all your soul."
Matt 22:36-37
36 Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" 37 Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind".
(New International Version)
Deut 10:12
And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
(from New International Version)
Deut 6:5
Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
(from New International Version)
GOD WANTS TO BE LOVED
"God wants to be loved. ... acknowledged and appreciated"
Jer 3:19
I thought you would call me 'Father' and not turn away...
(New International Version)
".. he wants to be discussed.."
Unbelievable riches await those who discuss God.
Mal 3:16
Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name
KJV
"He wants us to write songs and music"
He will work out his plan for Jerusalem.
Isa 52:9
Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem
KJV
"God's love includes that of a father giving up the only son he has"
John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
(from New International Version)
"When he rejoices vast choirs sing"
144,000 of the saints sing before the throne of God.
Rev 14:1-3
1 Then I looked, and there before me was the Lamb, standing on Mount Zion, and with him 144,000 who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. 3 And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.
(from New International Version)
"His heart is heavy and grieving as he looks down on the earth"
Gen 6:6
The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain.
(from New International Version)
"He weeps."
John 11:35
Jesus wept.
(from New International Version)
John 14:9
Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
(from New International Version)
"His jealousy extends to generations, and his kindness to many more generations."
Ex 20:5-6
5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing love to a thousand [ generations] of those who love me and keep my commandments.
(from New International Version)
" When he is really angry the earth and the very heavens shake"
Rev 16:18
No earthquake like it has ever occurred since man has been on earth, so tremendous was the quake
(from New International Version)
Rev 16:19-21
... fury of his wrath. ...... From the sky huge hailstones of about a hundred pounds each fell upon men. And they cursed God on account of the plague of hail, because the plague was so terrible
(from New International Version)
Heb 1:10-12
. . . earth,
and the heavens are the work of your hands.
11 They will perish, but you remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.
12 You will roll them up like a robe;
like a garment they will be changed.
But you remain the same,
and your years will never end.
(from New International Version)
God Should Be Everything To Us
"I AM"
Ex 3:14
This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.
(from New International Version)
"God even wants to share his very throne with you"
Rev 20:6
Blessed and holy are those who have part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with him for a thousand years.
(from New International Version)
"Believe it."
Rev 21:5
He who was seated on the throne said, "I am making everything new!" Then he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true."
(from New International Version)
updated 12aug06 (all texts incl. in red)
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