Quick Reference for Personal Workers
Hear | |
John 6:45 | Must hear and learn |
Romans 10:14 | Must hear to believe |
Romans 10:17 | Must hear the words of Christ |
Revelation 1:3 | A blessing in hearing and doing |
James 1:22 | Be doers and not hearers only |
Hebrews 2:3 | Salvation by the word |
I Cor. 15:1-2 | Saved by the gospel, if held fast |
James 1:18 | Begotten by the word |
Acts 18:8 | Hearing, believed, baptized |
Believe | |
Hebrews 11:6 | Faith required |
James 2:24 | Not faith only |
Mark 16:16 | Believe to be saved |
John 6:29 | Faith is a work (also Gal. 5:6) |
John 8:24 | Believe or die in your sins |
John 5:24 | Hear Christ and believe God |
Acts 16:31 | Believe on the Lord Jesus |
Romans 16:26 | Faith requires obedience |
Galatians 5:6 | Faith works through love |
Hebrews 11:1 | Definition of faith |
James 2:19 | Even demons believe |
John 12:46-48 | Whoever believes dwells in light |
Acts 18:8 | Hearing, believed, baptized |
John 3:16 | Believe on Christ for eternal life |
Repent | |
Luke 13:3,5 | Repent or perish |
Acts 17:30 | Commanded to repent |
Acts 2:38 | Repent for the forgiveness of sin |
Acts 3:19 | Repent for blessings |
Acts 26:20 | Repent is turning to God and good works |
Revelation 2:5 | Repentance is shown by works |
Luke 15:7 | Repentance brings joy |
Romans 2:4 | God’s goodness leads to repentance |
II Corinthians 7:9-10 | Godly sorrow works repentance |
Acts 11:18 | God grants repentance unto life |
Matthew 21:28-29 | Example of repentance |
Mark 1:15 | Repent and believe (also Acts 20:21) |
Confess | |
Romans 10:9-10 | Confess unto salvation |
Matthew 10:32-33 | Confess Christ (also Luke 12:8) |
Matthew 16:16 | Peter’s example |
I Timothy 6:12 | The good confession |
Acts 8:35-37 | The eunuch’s confession |
I John 4:15 | God dwells in the one who confesses |
Philippians 2:11 | Every tongue should confess Jesus Christ |
Baptism | |
Acts 10:48 | Commanded |
Romans 6:3-5 | A burial (immersion) |
Colossians 2:12 | In likeness of death, burial, and resurrection |
Acts 2:38 | For forgiveness of sins |
I Peter 3:21 | To be saved (also Mark 16:16) |
Acts 22:16 | To wash away sins |
Galatians 3:26-27 | To get into Christ |
I Corinthians 12:13 | To get into the body (church). Must be in the church to be saved (Acts 2:47) |
John 3:23 | Requires much water |
Acts 8:38 | Requires going down into the water |
Acts 8:39 | Rejoicing comes after baptism |
Matthew 28:19 | In the name of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit |
Ephesians 4:5 | One baptism |
Acts 18:24-19:7 | John’s baptism is invalid now |
Colossians 1:13-14 | Saved through the blood of Christ |
Colossians 2:12 | A work of God |
Titus 3:4-5 | Baptism is contrasted with work |
Acts 18:8 | Hearing, believed, baptized |
Acts 2:41 | Received the word and was baptized |
Acts 8:13-14 | Believed and were baptized |
Obedience | |
Matthew 7:21 | Must say and do God’s will (also James 1:25) |
Acts 5:29 | Must obey God, not man |
Hebrews 5:8-9 | Christ saves those who obey |
I Samuel 15:22 | Obedience is better than sacrifice |
Romans 6:17 | Obey God’s doctrine, not man’s |
Ephesians 6:1 | Children, obey parents in the Lord |
Titus 3:1-3 | Obedience towards others |
II Thessalonians 1:8 | Obey gospel or be lost |
Romans 16:26 | There is an obedience of faith |
I John 3:22 | Reward for obedience |
John 8:31 | If you follow the word, then a disciple |
Ecclesiastes 12:13 | The whole duty of man |
Philippians 2:12 | Work out your own salvation |
John 14:21, 23 | If you love Jesus, keep commandments |
Revelation 2:10 | Be faithful unto death |
Acts 10:35 | Everyone who fears and works righteousness is accepted |
I Peter 1:22 | Purified in obey the truth |
Not Born in Sin | |
Romans 5:12 | Because all sin |
Ezekiel 28:15 | Perfect from birth until sinned |
Ezekiel 18:20 | Sin is not inherited |
When Accountable | |
Deuteronomy 1:39 | A child cannot distinguish |
A Christian can Lose Salvation | |
I Timothy 1:18-20 | Two did |
Galatians 5:4-7 | Some fell from grace |
I Timothy 4:1-3 | Others will fall |
Hebrews 3:12-14 | Take heed lest depart. Partakers only if we hold on to the end. |
II Timothy 4:4,10 | Some will turn aside like Demas |
Hebrews 10:26 | Can sin even though sanctified |
Jude 24 | Kept from falling |
I Timothy 6:10 | Erred from faith |
Revelation 2:4-5 | A church fell |
II Peter 2:20-21 | Hard to return after falling |
Colossians 1:22-23 | If steadfast in the word |
I Corinthians 10:12 | Watch yourself or you may fall |
Acts 8:12-13, 18-24 | Example of Simon’s fall |
Hebrews 10:38-39 | Draw back unto perdition |
Hebrews 4:1 | Fear lest you come short |
Hebrews 6:4-6 | If a child of God falls, impossible to restore |
I Corinthians 9:27 | Paul could fall |
Romans 11:16-24 | Jews left God, so can Gentiles |
Hebrews 4:11 | Must not follow Jews fall |
Hebrews 2:11 | Pay attention lest we drift away |
Ezekiel 33:12-16 | Salvation determined by state at death |
Kingdom and Church are the Same | |
Hebrews 12:23 | Church |
Hebrews 12:28 | Kingdom |
Mark 9:1 | Kingdom established before the end of the generation |
Matthew 16:17-18 | church and kingdom used in the same context |
Acts 2:25-36 | Christ is reigning |
I Corinthians 15:24-25 | Must deliver kingdom at the end |
Colossians 1:13 | Kingdom used in the present tense |
Old Testament is Not in Effect | |
Galatians 3:24-25 | Not longer under the schoolmaster |
Colossians 2:14 | Nailed to the cross |
Hebrews 8:6-10:22 | Explained to the Jews |
Romans10:1-4 | Christ is the end of the law |
Romans 15:4 | For our learning |
I Corinthians 10:1-12 | For our example |
Galatians 5:4 | If justified by law, then fallen from grace |
Ephesians 2:15 | Abolished law by Christ’s flesh |
Romans 7:4-6 | Dead to the law |
Acts 15:4-10 | Old Law was a burden |
Jeremiah 31:31-32 | New Law will be made, not like the Old Law |
Galatians 5:3 | If we keep part, must keep all |
Galatians 3:10 | Follow Old Law then under a curse |
Matthew 17:5 | Listen to Jesus, even though Moses was present |
Changing God’s Message | |
II John 9 | Does not have God |
Revelation 22:18-19 | Do not add or subtract |
Galatians 1:7-10 | Even an angel cannot change |
Deuteronomy 4:2 | Do not add or take away |
Proverbs 30:6 | Do not add |
Useful Verses | |
I Corinthians 13:12 | Paul did not know everything |
Romans 3:23 | All have sinned |
II Peter 2:4 | There is a hell, made by God |
Romans 14:12 | Must give an account of self |
Proverbs 14:12 | There are ways that seem right |
Jeremiah 10:23 | Man not able to direct own way |
I Corinthians 10:13 | Temptation is common |
I Corinthians 15:33 | Evil friends will corrupt you |
Matthew 22:14 | Few will be saved |
Matthew 7:13-14 | The majority will take the easy way |
I Thessalonians 5:22 | Avoid evil |
Romans 2:11 | God is impartial |
Colossians 1:5-6 | Gospel taught in all the world |