Compass Point

‘But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.’ —Mark 15:5 ‘And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead:  and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.’ —Mark 15:44

‘It is a faithful saying:  For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: ‘If we suffer, we shall also reign with him:  if we deny him, he also will deny us: ‘If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.’ —2 Timothy 2:11–13

‘For bodily exercise profiteth little:  but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. ‘This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.’ —1 Timothy 4:8-9

‘This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.’ —Titus 3:8

‘This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.’ —1 Timothy 1:15

‘Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.’ —Deuteronomy 31:6

‘Honour all men.  Love the brotherhood.  Fear God.  Honour the king.’ —1 Peter 2:17

‘The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it:  for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.’ —Matthew 12:42 ‘And why take ye thought for raiment?  Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: ‘And yet I say unto you, That eve...

‘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 ‘But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lᴏʀᴅ.’ —Jonah 2:9

‘But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple.’ —Matthew 12:6

‘Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead:  whom makest thou thyself? ‘Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: ‘Yet ye have not known him; but I know him:  and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you:  but I know him, and keep his saying. ‘You...

‘Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.’ —Hebrews 7:4 ‘Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?’ —John 4:12

‘Jesus wept.’ —John 11:35

‘But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many.  All that cometh is vanity.’ —Ecclesiastes 11:8

‘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

‘And the Lᴏʀᴅ, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee:  fear not, neither be dismayed.’ —Deuteronomy 31:8

‘The way of the Lᴏʀᴅ is strength to the upright:  but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.’ —Proverbs 10:29

‘Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all.’ —1 Timothy 4:15

‘Wait on the Lᴏʀᴅ, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land:  when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.’ —Psalm 37:34

‘Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.’ —Colossians 4:12

‘Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins’ —Acts 13:38 ‘To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.’ —Acts 10:43

‘Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear’ —Hebrews 12:28

‘And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. ‘And it repented the Lᴏʀᴅ that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.’ —Genesis 6:5, 6

‘If any of you is in trouble let him pray.  If anyone is flourishing let him sing praises to God. ‘If anyone is ill he should send for the Church elders.  They should pray over him, anointing him with oil in the Lord’s name.  Believing prayer will save the sick man; the Lord will restore him and any sins that he has committed will be forgiven.  You should get into the habit of...

‘…for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.’ —Matthew 6:32