|
Scriptures on Insecurity
Secure in Heart - Chapter Ten
What Do Others Think of Me? The Advocate
(p. 221)
Am I now trying to win the approval of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
—Galatians 1:10
(p. 221)
“Even now my witness is in heaven;
my advocate is on high.
My intercessor is my friend
as my eyes pour out tears to God.”
—Job 16:19–20
(p. 222)
In a desert land he found him,
in a barren and howling waste.
He shielded him and cared for him;
he guarded him as the apple of his eye,
like an eagle that stirs up its nest
and hovers over its young,
that spreads its wings to catch them
and carries them on its pinions.
—Deuteronomy 32:10–11
(p. 222)
You will be a crown of splendor in the LORD's hand,
a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
—Isaiah 62:3
(p. 222)
No longer will they call you Deserted,
or name your land Desolate.
But you will be called Hephzibah,
and your land Beulah;
for the LORD will take delight in you,
and your land will be married.
—Isaiah 62:4
(p. 222)
…for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the LORD has chosen you to be his treasured possession.
—Deuteronomy 14:2
(p. 222)
…and the ransomed of the LORD will return.
They will enter Zion with singing;
everlasting joy will crown their heads.
Gladness and joy will overtake them,
and sorrow and sighing will flee away.
—Isaiah 35:10
(p. 222)
The LORD their God will save them on that day
as the flock of his people.
They will sparkle in his land
like jewels in a crown.
—Zechariah 9:16
(p. 222)
Like a lily among thorns
is my darling among the maidens.
—Song of Songs 2:2
(p. 229)
Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you.
—Romans 15:7
(p. 229)
If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
—Galatians 1:10
(p. 229)
My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.
—2 Corinthians 12:9
(p. 229)
Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.
—Romans 8:33
(p. 229)
For the LORD God is a sun and shield; the LORD bestows favor and honor.
—Psalm 84:11
(p. 229)
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
—Romans 12:2
(p. 229)
The LORD does not look at the things that man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.
—1 Samuel 16:7
(p. 229)
It does not, therefore, depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
—Romans 9:16
(p. 230)
I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. My conscience is clear, but that does not make me innocent. It is the Lord who judges me.
—1 Corinthians 4:3–4
(p. 234)
Those who hate me without reason
outnumber the hairs of my head.
—Psalm 69:4
(p. 234)
For I endure score for your sake,
and shame covers my face.
—Psalm 69:7
(p. 234)
Those who sit at the gate mock me,
and I am the song of the drunkards.
—Psalm 69:12
(p. 234)
But I pray to you, O LORD,
in the time of your favor;
in your great love, O God,
answer me with your sure salvation.
—Psalm 69:13
(p. 234)
Answer me, O Lord, out of the goodness of your love;
in your great mercy turn to me.
—Psalm 69:16
(p. 234)
“After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet. Then the people asked for a king, and he gave them Saul son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years. After removing Saul, he made David their king. He testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’ From this man's descendants God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as he promised.”
—Acts 13:21–23
(p. 234-235)
Yet I am always with you;
you hold me by my right hand.
You guide me with your counsel,
and afterward you will take me into glory.
Whom have I in heaven but you?
And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.
—Psalm 73:23–26
(p. 236)
My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
—1 John 2:1
(p. 236)
Do not move an ancient boundary stone
or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
for their Defender is strong;
he will take up their case against you.
—Proverbs 23:10–11
(p. 236)
Your statutes are my delight;
they are my counselors.
—Psalm 119:24
(p. 236)
Vindicate me, O LORD,
for I have led a blameless life;
I have trusted in the LORD
without wavering.
—Psalm 26:1
(p. 236)
The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and were sneering at Jesus. He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the eyes of men, but God knows your hearts. What is highly valued among men is detestable in God's sight.”
—Luke 16:14–15
(p. 236)
And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.
—Romans 8:30
(p. 236)
If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us.
—Romans 8:31–34
(p. 242)
Sing to God, sing praise to his name,
extol him who rides on the clouds—
his name is the LORD—
and rejoice before him.
A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
is God in his holy dwelling.
—Psalm 68:4–5
(p. 243)
To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.
"He committed no sin,
and no deceit was found in his mouth.”
When they hurled their insults at him, he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to him who judges justly.
—1 Peter 2:21–23
(p. 243)
See Hebrews 11
(p. 243)
He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who is he that condemns? Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written:
“For your sake we face death all day long;
we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
—Romans 8:32–39
(p. 244)
…though I myself have reasons for such confidence. If anyone else thinks he has reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for legalistic righteousness, faultless.
—Philippians 3:4–6
(p. 244)
Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. We live by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.
—2 Corinthians 5:6–10
|
