Why We Need God

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

I have come as a light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.

instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world;

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I that live, but Christ living in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.

It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.

Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, — read the full passage →

Let us therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace for help in time of need.

If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn’t have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God;

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. — read the full passage →

“Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created!”

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

But be doers of the word, and not only hearers, deluding your own selves.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

But God commends his own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.” — read the full passage →

Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, — read the full passage →

for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, — read the full passage →

In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring you ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Sanctify them in your truth. Your word is truth.

But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshipers. — read the full passage →

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

He answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself.”

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, — read the full passage →

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.’”

Of his own will he gave birth to us by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures.

looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. — read the full passage →

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

For God didn’t send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

He said with a loud voice, “Fear the Lord, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs of waters!”

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:

Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →

For the creation was subjected to vanity, not of its own will, but because of him who subjected it, in hope

‘It will be in the last days, says God, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.

Don’t marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born anew.’

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

We love him, because he first loved us.

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name; — read the full passage →

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

For we who have believed do enter into that rest, even as he has said, “As I swore in my wrath, they will not enter into my rest”; although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

But let us, since we belong to the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love, and, for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. — read the full passage →

For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through patience and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

Peter said to them, “Repent, and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. — read the full passage →

But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and spoke out to them, “You men of Judea, and all you who dwell at Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to my words. — read the full passage →

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

as newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the Word, that with it you may grow,

“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:

in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of God’s Spirit; so that from Jerusalem, and around as far as to Illyricum, I have fully preached the Good News of Christ;