Sunday, October 21, 2007

Two words to live by

Today, the pastor of our church talked about 2 words. These 2 words are referenced 65 times in the New Testiment. They really are words to live by. The 2 words are one another. I am going to list the references here and I just ask that you read them and really think about what you are reading.

Rom 12:5 "so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another."
Mark 9:50 "and be at peace with one another."(Jesus said)
John 13:14 wash one another's feet.
John 13:34 "A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another."
John 13:35 "By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."
John 15:12 "This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you."
John 15:17 "This I command you, that you love one another."
Rom 12:10 {Be} devoted to one another in brotherly love;
give preference to one another in honor;
Rom 12:16 Be of the same mind toward one another;
Rom 13:8 Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another;
Rom 14:13 Therefore let us not judge one another anymore,
Rom 14:19 So then we pursue the things with make for peace and the building up of one another.
Rom 15:5 be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus,
Rom 15:7 Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God.
Rom15:14 able also to admonish one another.
Rom 16:16 Greet one another with a holy kiss.
1 Cr 11:33 So then, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another.
1 Cr 12:25 {that} the members may have the same care for one another.
1 Cr 16:20 Greet one another with a holy kiss.
2 Cr 13:12 Greet one another with a holy kiss.
Gal 5:13 through love, serve one another.
Gal 5:15 But if you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.
Gal 5:26 Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another.
Gal 6:2 Bear one another's burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ.
Eph 4:2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love,
Eph 4:25 Therefore, laying aside falsehood, SPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE {of you} WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, for we are members of one another.
Eph 4:32 Be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.
Eph 5:19 speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;
Eph 5:21 and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ.
Phl 2:3 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind, regard one another as more important than yourselves;
Col 3:9 Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with it's {evil} practices,
Col 3:13 bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.
Col 3:16 Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms {and} hymns {and } spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
1Th 3:12 and may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another, and for all people, just as we also {do} for you;
1 Th 4:9 you yourselves are taught by God to love one another;
1 Th 4:18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.
1 Th 5:11 Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing.
1 Th 5:13 Live in peace with one another.
1 Th 5:15 See that no one repays another with evil for evil, but always seek after that which is good for one another and for all people.
2 Th 1:3 the love of each one of you toward one another grows {ever} greater;
Hbr 3:13 But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is {still} called "Today" so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
Hbr 10:25 not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging {one another;} and all the more as you see the day drawing near.
Jam 4:11 Do not speak against one another, brethren.
Jam 5:9 Do not complain, brethren, against one another.
Jam 5:16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed.
1 Pe 1:22 fervently love one another from the heart,
1 Pe 4:8 Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins.
1 Pe 4:9 Be hospitable to one another without complaint.
1 Pe 4:10 As each one has received a {special} gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
1 Pe 5:5 yourselves with humility toward one another,
1 Pe 5:14 Greet one another with a kiss of love.
1 Jo 1:7 but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
1 Jo 3:11 For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another
1 Jo 3:23 and love one another, just as He commanded us.
1 Jo 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
1 Jo 4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
1 Jo 4:12 if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us.
2 Jo 1:5 not as though {I were} writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had from the beginning, that we love one another.

If you can do all of these things, that is awesome! If you can only start by doing just one...you will be a better person for it!

1 comment:

Kim said...

Hi Sandra -

Wanted to say "hi" and thank you for stopping by my blog and leaving such a kind comment. It was a blessing!