Striving to Walk Christ-like

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p_rehbein

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Striving to walk Christ-like:

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1 John 2:6 ESV
Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked.

1 Peter 2:21 ESV
For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.

Ephesians 5:1-2 ESV
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

John 13:13-17 ESV
You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do just as I have done to you. Truly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.

John 14:15 ESV
“If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

Proverbs 3:5-6 ESV
Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.

Titus 3:1-8 ESV
Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people. For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

Romans 8:2-8 ESV
For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.

Romans 6:4
We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.

2 Peter 1:4-9 ESV
By which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

John 9:4 ESV
We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.

Matthew 5:21-48 ESV
“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire. So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are going with him to court, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison.
 

p_rehbein

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(Scriptures found at OpenBible.info..........)
 

p_rehbein

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F.Y.I.

[h=1]strive[/h]
[strahyv] /straɪv/ Spell Syllables



verb (used without object), strove or strived, striven
[striv-uh n] /ˈstrɪv ən/ (Show IPA) or strived, striving. 1. to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: He strove to make himself understood.


2. to make strenuous efforts toward any goal: to strive for success.


3. to contend in opposition, battle, or any conflict; compete.

4. to struggle vigorously, as in opposition or resistance: to strive against fate.


5. to rival; vie.
 

p_rehbein

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Ephesians, Chapter 6:

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[TD]10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
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[TD] Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
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[TD]For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
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[TD][h=4]13[/h][/TD]
[TD]Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
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[TD]Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
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[TD]And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
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[TD]Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
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[TD]And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
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[TD]Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
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p_rehbein

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1st Corinthians, Chapter 15:

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[TD]Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
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[TD]In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
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[TD][h=4]53[/h][/TD]
[TD]For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
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[TD]So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
Isa 25:8
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[TD][h=4]55[/h][/TD]
[TD]O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
Hos 13:14
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[TD]The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
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[TD][h=4]57[/h][/TD]
[TD]But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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[TD][h=4]58[/h][/TD]
[TD] Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
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2nd Timothy, Chapter 4:

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[TD]I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
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[TD]Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
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[TD]For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
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[TD]And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
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[TD]But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
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[TD]For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.
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[TD]I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
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[TD]Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
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p_rehbein

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John, Chapter 15:

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[TD][h=4]17[/h][/TD]
[TD]These things I command you, that ye love one another.
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[TD][h=4]18[/h][/TD]
[TD]If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
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[TD][h=4]19[/h][/TD]
[TD]If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
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[TD][h=4]20[/h][/TD]
[TD]Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
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[TD][h=4]21[/h][/TD]
[TD]But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.
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[TD]If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin.
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[TD][h=4]23[/h][/TD]
[TD]He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
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F.Y.I.

strive


[strahyv] /straɪv/ Spell Syllables



verb (used without object), strove or strived, striven
[striv-uh n] /ˈstrɪv ən/ (Show IPA) or strived, striving. 1. to exert oneself vigorously; try hard: He strove to make himself understood.


2. to make strenuous efforts toward any goal: to strive for success.


3. to contend in opposition, battle, or any conflict; compete.

4. to struggle vigorously, as in opposition or resistance: to strive against fate.


5. to rival; vie.

Lk 13:24 "Strive (make strenuous effort-exert oneself vigorously-try hard) to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able."