Faith & Reason Nexus

1 Peter 4:4

Today, it is strange to some that Christians believe…

• ALL THE BIBLE BUT OBEY ONLY THE NT
• 2 Timothy 2:15: “Study to show thyself approved unto God.”
• Hebrews 10:9: “Then said I, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God.”
• Galatians 5:4: “Christ is become of no effect unto you…”
• THERE IS “BUT ONE BODY”
• John 10:16: “And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold…”
• Ephesians 2:16: “And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross…”
• 1 Corinthians 12:20: “But now are they many members, yet but one body.”
• BAPTISM IS NECESSARY
• Mark 16:16: “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.”
• Acts 2:38: “Repent and be baptized, every one of you…”
• 1 Peter 3:21: “The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us.”
• TRUE WORSHIP IS DEFINITE
• John 4:23-24: “But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth…”
• Acts 2:42: “And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship…”
• Ephesians 5:19: “Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs…”
• CHURCH MAY RELIEVE ITS NEEDY
• 1 Timothy 5:16: “If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them…”
• Acts 6:1-6: The apostles appointed deacons to manage the distribution to the needy.
• James 1:27: “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction…”
• THEY ARE TO BE UNLIKE THE WORLD
• 1 Peter 4:3-4: “For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles…”
• 1 Peter 2:11: “Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts…”
• Romans 12:2: “And be not conformed to this world…”
• ARE TO LOVE THEIR ENEMIES
• Matthew 5:43-47: “Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy…”
• Romans 12:18-21: “If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men…”

WHY DON’T YOU INVESTIGATE?
Consider these teachings, for they are foundational to the life of a believer in Christ.