My favorite scriptures

[Timmy]

No, seriously. There are a lot of good things in the Bible. Here are some of my faves:

Luke 6:31 And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

The Golden Rule! Who could argue with that? (Never mind that it wasn't original with Jesus -- he gave it to his followers, and they quite often put it into practice. ;))

Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.

Peace, bro.

1 Corinthians 13. (You know it. I don't have to cut and paste it here, do I?)

Love, bro.

Matthew 25:32-40. Feed the hungry. Feed the naked. Take in strangers. Etc. (Not a big fan of the punishment for the "goats", though. Juuuust a little harsh. ;))

[Disciple4life]

John 3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease.

[Timmy]

John 3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease.

To each his own, I suppose. :)

[Disciple4life]

NO we all have to believe the exact same. There is no room for favorites. :smack

[Timmy]

NO we all have to believe the exact same. There is no room for favorites. :smack

:lol

[MarcBee]

Gen. 3:12. "That woman YOU put here with me, she gave me the fruit, and I ate it."

[justlookin]

1Co 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

[MarcBee]

Gen. 9:14-15
I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth. 14"It shall come about, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow will be seen in the cloud, 15and I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and never again shall the water become a flood to destroy all flesh.…

Rev 6:9 And they were given power over 1/4 of the earth, to kill 'em with death.

[BrotherEastman]

Philippians 1:6

[Luke]

Isa.53:3-12

He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
yet he opened not his mouth:
he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb,
so he openeth not his mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment:
and who shall declare his generation?
for he was cut off out of the land of the living:
for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
9 And he made his grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death;
because he had done no violence,
neither was any deceit in his mouth.


10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him;
he hath put him to grief:
when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin,
he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days,
and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied:
by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many;
for he shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great,
and he shall divide the spoil with the strong;
because he hath poured out his soul unto death:
and he was numbered with the transgressors;
and he bare the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.

[shazeep]

nice. a fave.
We are going to assume for brevity's sake that you would be comfortable with "Word of God" (Hebrew Dabhar) being translated "Creative Energy of God", even if you are a Western Christian; God's word "does not return to (Him) void," meaning that when God says it, it is going to happen; His word (and yours!) is literally "creative energy." Let's take a look at John 1 through this much more meaningful lens:

"In the beginning was the Creative Energy:
The Creative Energy was with God
and the Creative Energy was God.
It was with God in the beginning.
Through it all things came to be,
not one thing had its being but through it.
All that came to be had life in it
and that life was the light of persons,
a light that shines in the dark,
a light that darkness could not overpower...
The Creative Energy was the true light
that enlightens all people;
and it was coming into the world.
It was in the world
that had its being through it,
and the world did not know it...
But to all who did accept it
it gave power to become children of God...
The Creative Energy was made flesh,
it pitched its tent among us,
and we saw its glory,
the glory that is its as the only Child of the Creator,
full of grace and full of truth."
John 1:1-5,9,10,12,14

[shazeep]

Rev 6:9 And they were given power over 1/4 of the earth, to kill 'em with death.yikes!