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The thread title is fully supported by the posts. As to being blessed: Romans 4: 5 But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness, 6 just as David also describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness...

1 Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

This is what it means to be blameless, to accept correction from a loving Father. Proverbs 3: 11 My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, Nor detest His correction; 12 For whom the Lord loves He corrects, Just as a father the son in whom he delights...

Psalm 119: 1 Blessed are the blameless in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord! 2 Blessed are those who keep His witness, who seek Him with the whole heart! Those who kept His witness Genesis 6:9 This is the genealogy of Noah. Noah was a just man, blameless in his generations. Noah walked...

Psalm 119:45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. What are these precepts, and how are we to seek them? Romans 12: 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable...

Judah Rules, Supplanting Birthright 1 Chronicles 5: 1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel—he was indeed the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, so that the genealogy is not listed according to the...

Luke 12: 49 I came to send fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! 50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am till it is accomplished! 51 Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division. 52 For from...

The Covenant at Sinai was a blood covenant. Exodus 24:8 And Moses took the blood, sprinkled on the people, and said, This is the blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you according to all these words. The New Covenant is a blood covenant. Mark 14:24 And he said unto them, This is...

Job 3:20-23 Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter soul, who longs for death, but it does not come, and searches for it more than hidden treasures? Who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad when they can find the grave? Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden...

Ephesians 2: 1 And you who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, 3 among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts...

1 Corinthians 12:4 There are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. 5 There are differences of ministries, but the same Lord. 6 And there are diversities of activities, but it is the same God who works all in all. 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each, for the benefit of...

To not trust the elders/leaders of your church who are being addressed and tasked with enforcing discipline, is the same as not trusting the Lord who placed you in that position. It is difficult, because we are even told that it is better to suffer wrongly for the Lord's sake. In the end, we are...

Revelation 2:20 But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and by her teaching deceives my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. What deception is involved with eating food sacrificed to idols? Is it saying...

15: 31 The ear that hears the reproof of life abides among the wise. 32 He that refuses instruction despises his own soul: but he that hears reproof gets understanding. Proverbs 17:10 A reproof enters more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

Proverbs 10:17 He is in the way of life that keeps instruction: but he that refuses reproof errs. Proverbs 12:1 Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge, But he who hates correction is stupid. Proverbs 13:18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuses instruction: but he that regards...

2 Timothy 3: 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. The bigger issue is whether or not someone would act or...

2 Timothy 3: 16 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. The bigger issue is whether or not someone would act...

1 Corinthians 10: 15 I speak as to wise men; judge for yourselves what I say. 16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? 17 For we, though many, are one bread and one body...

Intelligence without the creativity of imagination is lifeless. "First God created everything, then He made it". Hence, the fall of man resulted in this condemnation: Genesis 6:5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his...

1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that...