Has power to implement promises

Jer 32:17; Mt 19:26; Lk 1:37; 18:27; Rom 4:21; Heb 6:17; 11:19

 

Faith is demanded by Christ

Mt 9:28; Mk 4:40; Lk 8:25; Jn 6:35; 8:24; 9:35

 

Christians called believers (men of faith)

 

Acts 5:14; 9:42; 14 1; 15:7; Rom 4:24; 1Cor 1:21; 1Tim 4:12

 

Just man lives by faith

Heb 2:4; Rom 1:17; 3:21-22; 26; Gal 3:11; Heb 10:38

 

Faith is assurance of things hoped for

Rom 1:16; 4:20; 2Cor 4:13; Heb 11:1
 

Life for all who believe with faith
 

Rom 6:8; 10:10; 2Cor 4:13-14; Eph 1:19; Col 2:12; 1Thess 4:14; 2Tim 1:10; 1Pet 1:5

 

Faith calls for obedience
Acts 6:7; Rom 1:5; 6:16-17; 15:18; 16:19; 26; 2Cor 10:6; 2Thess 1:8; Heb 5:9; 11:8; 1Pet 1:22
 

Faith is confirmed with baptism
Acts 2:41; 8:12-13; 10:44-48; 16:14-15; 31-33; 18:8; 19:2-5; 1Cor 1:14-17; Heb 10:22
 

- and we become sons of God
Jn 1:12; Gal 3:26; 4:5-7

 

Faith comes from preaching
Acts 4:1-4; 8:5-6; 31; 17:11; Rom 10:14-17; 2Cor 1:19; Col 1:23; 1Tim 3:16; Heb 4:2-3


Without Faith we cannot please God

Rom 2:7-8; Heb 11:6

 

Faith and good works are complementary

Gal 5:6; 1Thess 1:3; 2Thess 1:11; Jas 2:17; 20;

 

Some heroes of the faith
Sirach 44:1-15; 21; Heb 11:1-40
 

Love is greater than faith
1 Cor 13:13

 

Hope

 

God called hope of Israel
Ps 130:7; 131:3; Jer 14:8; 17:13; 50:7; Acts 28:20

 

Israel looked for future hope

Is 61:1-11; Jer 29:11; 31:17; Hos 2:21-23

 

Hope comes from God
Rom 15:13; 2Thess 2:16

 

Hope comes from Holy Spirit

Acts 1:8; 2:33; Rom 5:5; Gal 5:5

 

Christians hope in God
1Tim 5:5; 6:17; 1Pet 1:21; 3:5

 

Christians hope in Christ
Gal 5:4-5; Col 1:5; 1Thess 1:3; 1Tim 1:1; Tit 2:13; Heb 6:18-20
 

Christ is our hope of glory
Rom 5:1-2; Eph 2:13-17; Col 1:27; Tit 3:7; 1Pet 1:3

 

The hope to which we are called

Rom 5:2; Eph 1:18; 4:4; Col 1:23; Heb 3:1

 

Christians hope for resurrection

Acts 2:26; 23:6; 24:15; 26:6; Rom 8:23-24; Heb 11:1

 

Christians saved through hope

Rom 8:24; 1Thess 5:8

 

Hope leads to holiness

1Jn 3:3

 

We should persevere in hope

Heb 3:6; 6:11

 

We should hope with patience

Rom 8:25; 12:12; 15:4; 1Thess 1:3;

 

Abraham a model of hope
Rom 4:18

 

No hope for unbelievers
1Cor 15:14; 19; Eph 2:12; 1Thess 4:13

 

Love (charity)

 

That is what is meant in the bible by loving [our neighbor]: wishing his good, not feeling fond of him nor saying he is nice when he is not.C. S. Lewis in Mere Christianity

 

God is love

1Jn 4:8; 16

 

God has first loved us

Eph 5:2; 1Jn 3:16; 4:9-10; 19

 

Because God so loved the world he sent his Son
Zech 12:10; Mt 21:37; Jn 3:16; Rom 8:32; 1Jn 4:9-10; 14

 

Christ gave himself to death for love of us

Jn 15:13; 2Cor 5:14; Gal 2:20; Eph 5:2; 25

 

Holy Spirit is channel of love
Rom 5:5; 8:16; 15:30; Gal 4:6

 

Love of God must be exclusive

Mt 6:24; Lk 16:13; 1Jn 2:15

 

God must be loved wholeheartedly

Deut 6:5; Mt 22:37; Mk 12:30; 33; Lk 10:27; 1Jn 5:2

 

Perfect love casts out fear
Rom 8:15; 2Tim 1:7; 1Jn 2:28; 4:18


To love Jesus is to keep his word
Deut 11:1; Jn 14:15; 21; 23; 1Jn 2:5; 3:24; 5:3

 

Love is the greatest virtue
Rom 13:8-10; 1Cor 13:13; Gal 5:6

 

Without love no virtue or gift has value

1Cor 13:1-10; Gal 5:6
 

We must love one another
Lev 19:18; 34; Deut 10:19; Mt 19:19; 22 -39; Mk 12:31; 33; Lk 10:27; Jn 13:34-35; Acts 4:32; Rom 13:9; Gal 5:14; Jas 2:8; 1Jn 4:20-21

 

Enemies must also be loved
Job 31:29-30; Mt 5:43-47; Lk 6:27-36; 10:29-37; Rom 12:14-21

   
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