January 2023 DSW - Renew/Reset

 

"Without the renewed mind, we will distort the Scriptures to avoid their radical commands for self-denial, and love, and purity, and supreme satisfaction in Christ alone."  John Piper

"Most of all, let the Word of God fill you and renew your mind every day.  When our minds are on Christ, Satan has little room to maneuver."  Billy Graham

 

January 2023

Renew/Reset 

 

Joshua 1:8-9

Isaiah 26:3

Isaiah 43:18

Psalm 119:11

Matthew 4:4

John 13:15

Romans 6:4-7

Romans 7:25

Romans 8:6

Romans 8:24-2

Romans 12:1-2

1 Corinthians 2:16

1 Corinthians 10:31

2 Corinthians 4:16-18

2 Corinthians 5:17

Galatians 2:19-20

Galatians 5:22-23

Ephesians 4:22-24

Philippians 1:6

Philippians 2:5

Philippians 2:13

Philippians 4:6-7

Philippians 4:8

Colossians 3:2-3

Colossians 3:10

2 Timothy 3:16

1 Peter 1:13

1 John 2:6

 

Victory over your mind will come from spending time with the Lord, relying upon the Spirit, and renewing your mind with God’s Word.  God so deeply loves you and His great goal is to conform you into the image of Christ.  God is constantly working to mature us in Christ and renew our mind.  What a glorious privilege! 

Bible Paragraph Summary - Hebrews and James

 Give instruction to a wise person and he will become still wiser; teach a righteous person and he will increase his insight.  Proverbs 9:9

My NAS Bible has chapter summary headings for each chapter--sometimes more than one--as you can see in the pictures of Hebrews and James.  See the words in the bolded font?  Apparently not all Bibles have this and since I've used the NAS all of my life, I never knew (or really realized) that other Bibles didn't have these headings!  I like getting a sort of preview of what is going to happen in the words that follow.  I suppose these are included at the discretion of the translator and publisher.

I decided to type these out for every Bible book and chapter so I could easily reference where a particular story or topic was instead of spending a long time searching through the pages for a name or topic to jump out at me.  And what if I am not near a computer or can't whip out my phone to look it up?  (I guess that's the Old School #BibleNerd in me!)  For instance, I wanted to know where the story of Zaccheus was in the Gospels.  I can quickly and easily look through these listings and find that the story of Zaccheus is found in Luke 19.  Success!  And that didn't take long at all.

I've included these sheets in my A5 Bible Reference Binder and I actually have them in a few of my Bible binders so that no matter where I am, I will have access to the information.  I decided to share this information for you, dear reader, in case you are interested in something like this!  It IS #FridayFreebie, after all.  So look for these posts every Friday for a while; I will post the New Testament first then post the Old Testament.  Look for "Friday Freebie" or "Paragraph Summary" in the labels/tags.  Feel free to copy and format them how you will use them.  I think that any Bible study information should not cost anything to anyone and would appreciate you sharing about this content and about my blog with anyone you know would appreciate what is found here.

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HEBREWS

1   God’s Final Word in His Son

2   Give Heed / Earth Subject to Man / Jesus Briefly Humbled

3   Jesus Our High Priest / The Peril of Unbelief

4   The Believer’s Rest

5   The Perfect High Priest

6   The Peril of Falling Away / Better Things for You

7   Melchizedek’s Priesthood Like Christ’s

8   A Better Ministry / A New Covenant

9   The Old and the New

10   One Sacrifice of Christ is Sufficient / A New and Living Way

        Christ or Judgment

11   The Triumph of Faith

12   Jesus, the Example / A Father’s Discipline / Unshaken Kingdom

13   The Changeless Christ / God-pleasing Sacrifices / Benediction

 

 JAMES

1   Testing Your Faith

2   The Sin of Partiality / Faith and Works

3   The Tongue is a Fire / Wisdom from Above

4   Things to Avoid

5   Misuse of Riches / Exhortation

At The Moment of Salvation - 23 & 24 & 25

 At the moment of salvation, every believer in Jesus Christ receives 40 things from God. Of the 40 things, 39 of them are permanent and can never be removed from the believer - even by God himself! The only temporary thing is the Filling of the Holy Spirit which we lose due to our own free will to act against God. We can repeatedly gain the Filling of the Spirit following confession of our known sins to the Father.

23. Royal Adoption

We are adopted into the Royal Family of God at the moment of salvation. We are placed as adult sons. although we all begin the Christian life as "babes in Christ," we are all viewed by God as "full grown sons" in union with Christ. This is our complete and perfect relationship with God in Christ. Romans 8:15, Romans 8:23

For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." (Romans 8:15)

Not only so, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. (Romans 8:23)

24. Eternal Relationship to God

We are eternally related to God because of our Lord’s present session at the Father’s right hand. Knowledge and application of this great truth should produce a corresponding experiential sanctification (i.e., walking in fellowship with the Lord through the filling of the Holy Spirit). Ephesians 2:13; James 4:8; Hebrews 10:25

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ. (Ephesians 2:13)

Come near to God and he will come near to you. Wash your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. (James 4:8)

Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching. (Hebrews 10:25)

25. We are on the Rock Jesus Christ

We have an eternally secure relationship with God from the point of salvation onward. 2 Corinthians 1:21; 2 Corinthians 3:11; Ephesians 2:20

Now it is God who makes both us and you stand firm in Christ. He anointed us, (2 Corinthians 1:21)

And if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts! (2 Corinthians 3:11)

Built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. (Ephesians 2:20)