Compass Point

‘No servant can serve two masters:  for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.  Ye cannot serve God and mammon.’ —Luke 16:13

‘And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen.’ —John 21:25

‘We love him, because he first loved us.’ —1 John 4:19

‘The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.’ —Psalm 19:1

‘To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins.’ —Acts 10:43

‘By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.’ —Hebrews 7:22

‘But rise, and stand upon thy feet:  for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee’ —Acts 26:16

‘Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. ‘And enter not into judgment with thy servant:  for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. ‘For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. ‘Therefore is my spirit ove...

‘And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ‘Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the Lord your God. ‘After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do:  neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. ‘Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: &nbsp...

‘How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God!  therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.’ —Psalm 36:7 ‘Oh continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.’ —Psalm 36:10

Dating back to as early as 250 BC, the Dead Sea Scrolls show that the Old Testament we read today is virtually the same as the scriptures being read over two millennia ago.

‘Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men’ —2 Corinthians 3:2

‘Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced:  for God had made them rejoice with great joy:  the wives also and the children rejoiced:  so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off.’ —Nehemiah 12:43

‘And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate! ‘And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David:  nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lᴏʀᴅ.’ —2 Samuel 23:15, 16

‘Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses.  But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.’ —Exodus 2:15 ‘And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.’ —Exodus 2:21

‘And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth.’ —Genesis 29:2 ‘And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.’ —Genesis 29:20

‘And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the Lord had made his journey prosperous or not.’ —Genesis 24:21

‘And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.’ —Genesis 16:7 ‘And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me:  for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?’ — Genesis 16:13

‘And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord:  but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.’ —Jeremiah 45:5 ‘But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister’ —Mark 10:43

‘Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.’ —Psalm 103:1

‘Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.’ —Matthew 5:16

‘Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near’ —Isaiah 55:6 ‘Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.’ —Proverbs 27:1

‘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?’