Compass Point

‘Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord’ —Isaiah 52:11 ‘Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.’ —Acts 8:35

‘For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; ‘And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures’ —1 Corinthians 15:3,4

Introducing the topic of our 5-message series, ‘Sharing Our Faith’, with the basic question, ‘Why?’

‘Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds’ —Hebrews 1:2 ‘For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.’ —John 3:16

‘But the Lᴏʀᴅ sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. … ‘Now the Lᴏʀᴅ had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.  And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.’ —Jonah 1:4, 17 ‘And the Lᴏʀᴅ God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to...

‘And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?’ —Jonah 4:11

‘The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it:  because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.’ —Matthew 12:41

‘So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. … ‘But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. … ‘And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the...

‘Now the Lᴏʀᴅ had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah.  And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. ‘Then Jonah prayed unto the Lᴏʀᴅ his God out of the fish's belly … ‘When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lᴏʀᴅ:  and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.’ —Jonah 1:17–2:1, 7

‘And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you:  for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. … ‘So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging. ‘Then the men feared the Lᴏʀᴅ exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the Lᴏʀᴅ, and made vows.’ —Jonah 1:12, 15, 16

‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.’ —John 1:1

‘While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them:  and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.’ —Matthew 17:5

‘The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, ‘Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did:  is not this the Christ?’ —John 4:28 & 29

‘And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.’ —Matthew 21:22

‘Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?’ —Mark 8:37

‘The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.’ —Proverbs 11:30

‘Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee:  yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast.’ —Psalm 57:1

‘And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.’ —1 Timothy 3:16

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‘Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.’ —Proverbs 3:5 ‘I have set the Lord always before me:  because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.’ —Psalm 16:8

‘Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.’ —Hebrews 12:2

‘Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us’ —Hebrews 12:1 ‘Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul’ —1 Peter 2:11

‘Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth?’ —Galatians 5:7

‘Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us’ —Hebrews 12:1

‘O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!’ —Deuteronomy 5:29