A GLORIOUS CHURCH , HOLY AND WITHOUT BLEMISH
OUTLINE
A). TRUE MINISTRY OR FAKE MINISTRY
B). ETERNAL REWARD OR EARTHLY REWARD
C). GOD'S GRACE OR GOD'S JUDGEMENT
THE MESSAGE
A GLORIOUS CHURCH , HOLY AND WITHOUT BLEMISH
A). TRUE MINISTRY OR FAKE MINISTRY
1. EPHESIANS 5:25-27 - The Lord is cleansing the Church through the word of God
2. REVELATION 2:1-29 - The Lord is calling the Church to return to its first love
3. REVELATION 3:1-22 - The Lord will keep an open door for the faithful church
4. JOHN 10:1-30 - The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep
5. MATTHEW 7:13-27 - The Lord will reject the workers of iniquity on Judgement day
6. PHILIPPIANS 1:1-18 - We must preach out of love , not out of envy and strife
7. JOHN 4:21-24 - We must worship the Lord in spirit and in truth
8. MATHEW 15:1-20 - We must not worship the Lord merely with our lips
9. ISAIAH 29:13-24 - Woe to those who do evil thinking no one sees them
10. MATTHEW 6:1-24 - We must not give or pray or fast to be seen by men
11 ROMANS 2:1-29 - The goodness of God should lead us to repentance
12. JOHN 13:1-17 - The Lord Jesus washed the feet of his disciples and set an example
13. 1 PETER 5:1-11 - We must be shepherds who lead with humility and honesty
14. ACTS 20:17-38 - We must teach the whole truth and finish our ministry with joy
15. GALATIANS 5:19-23 - We must avoid the works of the flesh and have the fruit of the Spirit
16. 1 TIMOTHY 4:1-16 - We must be careful with our life and doctrine to save ourselves and our listeners
17. 2 TIMOTHY 2:1-26 - If we purify ourselves , we will a vessel of honour used by the Lord
18. 1 CORINTHIANS 10:1-13 - We must not lust after evil or murmur or tempt Christ
19. LUKE 19:1-48 - God's house is a house of prayer, we must not make it den of thieves
20. JAMES 3:1-18 - Those who teach the word of God will receive greater judgement
21. MATTHEW 23:1-39 - Woe to those who devour widows houses and for a pretence make long prayers
22. MATTHEW 3:1-17 - Every tree which does not bear fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire
23. JEREMIAH 23:1-40 - Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep
24. EZEKIEL 13:1-23 - Woe to the prophets who prophesy out of their own hearts
25. EZEKIEL 34:1-31 - Woe to the shepherds who feed themselves and not the flock
B). ETERNAL REWARD OR EARTHLY REWARD
26. 1 CORINTHIANS 15:19 - If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.
27. 1 CORINTHIANS 3:1-17 - Eveery man's work will be tested by fire. If it endures he will get a reward
28. JOHN 6:22-71 - We must not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life
29. MATTHEW 16:13-28 - For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?
30. HEBREWS 11:24-26 - We must esteem the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of this world
31. HEBREWS 12:1-29 - We must serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire.
32. 1 CORINTHIANS 9:1-27 - We must discipline our body lest, we ourselves should become disqualified.
33. JUDE 1:1-25 - Woe to those who have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit
34. COLOSSIANS 3:1-17 - We must seek those things which are above and set our mind on things above, not on things on the earth.
35. 2 KINGS 2:1-15 - Elijah said to Elisha, “What may I do for you,?”Elisha said, “Please let a double portion of your spirit be upon me.”
36. 2 KINGS 5:1-27 - Gehazi's greed caused the leprosy of Naaman to cling to him and his descendants forever.
37. MARK 10:17-45 - How hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter the kingdom of God!
38. JOHN 12:1-8 - Judas did not care for the poor, but was a thief, and had the money box; and he used to take what was put in it.
39. MATTHEW 26:14-25 - Judas went to the chief priests and said, “What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?”
40. ACTS 1:15-26 - Judas purchased a field with the wages of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle
41. 1 TIMOTHY 6:1-19 - The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
42. LUKE 17:20-37 - Remember Lot’s wife. Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.
43. GENESIS 19:1-29 -Lot's wife looked back behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
44. LUKE 12:1-34 - Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.
45. LUKE 16:1-31 - The rich man enjoyed life on earth but had to spend eternity in hell
46. PHILIPPIANS 2:12-16 - We must work out our own salvation with fear and trembling;
47. PHILIPPIANS 3:1-21 - There are enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly,
48. MATTHEW 25:1-46 - Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come inherit the kingdom prepared for you
49. ISAIAH 14:12-15 - Lucifer said in his heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
50. EZEKIEL 28:11-19 - Lucifer was perfect in his ways from the day he was created, Till iniquity was found in him.
51. DANIEL 12:3 - Those who turn many to righteousness will shine as the stars forever
52. MATTHEW 18:1-9 - It is better for us to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire.
53. MATTHEW 10:1-31 - Do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul.
54. JAMES 1:1-27 - Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life
55. 2 TIMOTHY 4:1-18 - There is laid up for us the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to us on that Day
56. MATTHEW 5;10-12 - Blessed are we when they revile and persecute us , for great is our reward in heaven,
57. ROMANS 8:17-18 - if we suffer with Christ, we will also be glorified together with Him.
58. MATTHEW 10:41-42 - He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward.
59. HEBREWS 6:10 - For God is not unjust to forget your work and labor of love in that you have ministered to the saints,
60. LUKE 14:12-14 - When you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. And you will be blessed,
C). GOD'S GRACE OR GOD'S JUDGEMENT
61. EXODUS 34:6-7 - The Lord shows mercy to a thousand generations but also visit iniquity to the third and fourth generation
62. DEUTERONOMY 30:15-20 - I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life
63. 1 PETER 4:1-19 - For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God
64. ACTS 17:30-31 - Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent
65. HEBREWS 10:26-31 - It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
66. HEBREWS 2:1-4 - how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation
67. HEBREWS 6:4-6 - We should not crucify again for ourselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.
68. PROVERBS 28:13 - He who covers his sins will not prosper, But whoever confesses and forsakes them will have mercy.
69. PROVERBS 29:1 - He who is often rebuked, and hardens his neck, Will suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
70. DEUTERONOMY 28:1-68 - Blessings come upon us when we obey God. Curses come upon us when we disobey God
71. MALACHI 3:1-18 - We are cursed when we rob God in tithes and offerings, but blessed when we are faithful in giving
72. MALACHI 4:1-6 - But to you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise With healing in His wings
73. JUDGES 6:1-10 - When we do evil in the sight of the Lord, the Lord will deliver us into the hand of the enemy
74. MATTHEW 21: 33-46 - God's judgement will come upon us , if we try to usurp what God has entrusted to us
75. JOHN 15:1-8 - Every branch that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
76. ACTS 5:1-16 - God's judgement will come upon us , if we lie to the Holy Ghost
77. ACTS 12:1-24 - God's judgement will come upon us , if we do not give glory to God
78. ACTS 13:1-12 - God's judgement will come upon us , if we prevent others from obeying God
79. NUMBERS 12:1-16 - God's judgement will come upon us , if we speak against God's chosen leader
80. NUMBERS 16:1-50 - God's judgement will come upon us and our families, if we rebel against God's chosen leader
81. ROMANS 9:1-33 - God reveals His glory on the vessels of mercy, but His wrath on the vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,
82. ROMANS 11:1-36 - Consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness.
83. MATTHEW 11:20-24 - The Lord rebuked the cities in which most of His mighty works had been done, because they did not repent
84. LUKE 11:37-54 - “Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered.”
85. ISAIAH 30:1-33 - “Woe to the rebellious children,” says the Lord, “Who take counsel, but not of Me,And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit,
86. ISAIAH 31:1-9 - Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help,But who do not look to the Holy One of Israel, Nor seek the Lord!
87. ISAIAH 28:1-22 - The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, And the waters will overflow the hiding place. Your covenant with death will be annulled,
88. ROMANS 12:9-21 - Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, “Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,” says the Lord.
89. 1 PETER 2:23 - who, when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously
90. ISAIAH 41:10-13 - Those who strive with you shall perish. You shall seek them and not find them
91. ISAIAH 49:1-26 - I will preserve You and give You As a covenant to the people, To restore the earth,To cause them to inherit the desolate heritages;
92. JOEL 2: 1-32 - And also on My menservants and on My maidservants . I will pour out My Spirit in those days
93. EZEKIEL 36:16-38 - I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.
94. 1 CORINTHIANS 4:1-21 - What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
95. HEBREWS 4:1-10 - Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts.”
96. ACTS 7:51-60 - You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit;
97. 1 JOHN 1:7-10 - If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
98. JEREMIAH 17:5-18 - “The heart is deceitful above all things ,And desperately wicked; Who can know it? I, the Lord, search the heart,
99. PSALM 139:1-24 - Search me, O God, and know my heart; And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.
100. PSALM 51:1-19 - Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me.
