Topical Index of Scriptures

Believe His Word -- Then Do It!

Biblical "Practice" (Serving God): Action based on His Word

Marxist "Praxis" (Service-Learning): Action based on facilitated group consensus

 

 Biblical Practice

 Marxist Praxis

Action based on - His Word -- eternal guidelines for life Facilitated group consensus -- continually evolving
Nature of guidelines Objective facts and unchanging Truth Subjective suggestions, group consensus (theory, objective), continual change
Actual guide Holy Spirit Trained facilitator working through group, manipulating minds & feelings
Result His Word is sealed in our minds through obedience Evolving ideology behind Marxism is sealed in minds through practice
Transformation Into His likeness - increasing delight  in Him Into a collective thinker, trained to conform to group consensus
Source of strength Holy Spirit Group support and approval
Nature of change Will not deny Him. Repent when fail or sin. Reject moral and spiritual absolutes. Irrational hostility toward traditional values.
Reward Eternal Life with Jesus Christ our Lord Temporary sense of satisfaction, then eternal judgment
Scripture "...hear the word of God and do it." Luke 8:21  

"...blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it!” Luke 11:28

"The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you." Philippians 4:9

“Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
      “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”
Matthew 7:24-27

"Whoever comes to Me, and hears My sayings and does them, I will show you whom he is like: He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock. And when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently against that house, and could not shake it, for it was founded on the rock. But he who heard and did nothing is like a man who built a house on the earth without a foundation, against which the stream beat vehemently; and immediately it fell. And the ruin of that house was great.”
Luke 6:47-49

"And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things rare deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them." Romans 1:28-32

"And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’
Matthew 7:23

"Now the works of the flesh [fallen human nature] are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like.... those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
     But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit."
Galatians 5:19-24

"Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. Continue in them...."
1 Titus 4:16

"[These] ...having eyes full of adultery and that cannot cease from sin, enticing unstable souls. They have a heart trained in covetous practices, and are accursed children. They have forsaken the right way and gone astray."
2 Peter 2:14-15

"If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin."
1 John 1:6

"...whoever keeps His word, truly the love of God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him. He who says he abides in Him ought himself also to walk just as He walked."
1 John 2:4-6

"If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him." 1 John 2:29

"Whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is he who does not love his brother."
1 John 3:10

“My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it."
Luke 8:21

“Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
Revelation 22:7

"The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes."
Deuteronomy 6:4-8

“And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways and to love Him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, and to keep the commandments of the Lord?" Deuteronomy 10:12-13

"...to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin."
James 4:17

"Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord." 1 Corinthians 15:56

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