All
scripture references are in the New International Version (NIV)
unless otherwise noted.
Opening
Rom. 1:17 “ ‘ The just [KJV], or righteous [NASB], shall live by faith.’ ”
Jesus Lived By Faith in God
Jn. 8:29 “… ‘ The One who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do what pleases Him.’ ”
Jn. 15:10, NASB, , “ ‘If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father's commandments, and abide in His love.’ ”
Jn. 7:16 Jesus declared, “… ‘My teaching is not My own. It comes from Him who sent Me.”
Jn. 5:19 Jesus said “ ‘I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by Himself; He can do only what He sees His Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.”
Mt. 26:39 “ ‘My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will,’ ”
Phil. 2:8 “… being found in appearance as a man, He [Jesus] humbled Himself and became obedient to death — even death on a cross!”
We are to live by Faith in God
Eph. 5:10 “… seek to find out what pleases the Lord.”
Jn. 15:10, NASB, “… ‘If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; …”
Mt. 28:19-20 “… go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”
Eph. 2:10 “For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.”
Eph. 6:6, NASB, “… as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.”
1 Pet. 5:6 “ Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, …”
1 Pet. 2:24 “… and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; …”
Lk. 11:28 “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”