Compass Point

‘And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin.’ —1 John 3:5 ‘For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world:  but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.’ —Hebrews 9:26

‘And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ.  This is the true God, and eternal life.’ —1 John 5:20 ‘And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.’ —1 John 4:14

‘And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.’ —1 John 4:16

‘Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, ‘Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.’ —Luke 3:1-2 ‘And many resorted...

‘And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree:’ —Acts 10:39 ‘And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre. ‘But God raised him from the dead’ —Acts 13:29-30 ‘Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead t...

‘The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree:  he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. ‘Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. ‘They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing’ —Psalm 92:12-14

‘By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. ‘We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.’ —Psalm 137:1-2

‘And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.’ —1 Kings 19:5 ‘I called upon the Lord in distress:  the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place. ‘The Lord is on my side; I will not fear:  what can man do unto me? ‘The Lord taketh my part with them that help me:  therefore shall I see my desire upon them that...

‘Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.’ —John 1:48

‘And there came an angel of the Lord, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite:  and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. ‘And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.’ —Judges 6:11-12

‘And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way.’ —Luke 19:4 ‘And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.’ —Luke 19:6

‘Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? ‘Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.’ —John 14:5,6

‘Abstain from all appearance of evil.’ —1 Thessalonians 5:22

‘Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.’ —1 Thessalonians 5:21

‘In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.’ —1 Thessalonians 5:18

‘Pray without ceasing.’ —1 Thessalonians 5:17

‘Rejoice evermore.’ —1 Thessalonians 5:16

‘And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.’ —Jeremiah 29:13 ‘ All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.’ —John 6:37

‘This love of which I speak is slow to lose patience—it looks for a way of being constructive.  It is not possessive:  it is neither anxious to impress nor does it cherish inflated ideas of its own importance. ‘Love has good manners and does not pursue selfish advantage.  It is not touchy.  It does not keep account of evil or gloat over the wickedness of other people.  On...

‘Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest:  go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven:  and come, take up the cross, and follow me.’ —Mark 10:21

‘Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before’ —Philippians 3:13 ‘Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.’ —2 Corinthians 5:9

‘But one thing is needful:  and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.’ —Luke 10:42

‘One thing have I desired of the Lᴏʀᴅ, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lᴏʀᴅ all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lᴏʀᴅ, and to enquire in his temple.’ —Psalm 27:4

‘He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.’ —John 9:25 ‘ For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.’ —2 Timothy 1:12

‘Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus’ —Romans 3:24