Page 276 - Pleasant Words from the Gospe

Pleasant Words from the Gospel

I know your deeds, your love and faith, your service and per-
severance, and that you are now doing more than you did at
first. (Revelation, 2:19)

Therefore, since through God's mercy we have this ministry,
we do not lose heart. Rather, we have renounced secret and
shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the
word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plain-
ly we commend ourselves to every man's conscience in the
Sight of God. (2 Corinthians, 4:1-2)

He [Jesus] touched her hand and the fever left her, and she got
up and began to serve for him [for God's good pleasure].
(Matthew, 8:15)

For when David had served God's purpose in his own gener-
ation, he fell asleep; he was buried with his fathers and his
body decayed. (Acts, 13:36)

Their purpose is to prepare God's people [who devote them-
selves to God] to serve... (Ephesians, 4:12)

Obeying God's Commandments at the

Same Time as Advising Others
to Heed Them

Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves.
Do what it says. (James, 1:22)

... The man who looks intently into the perfect law [God's com-
mandments] that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not

274