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Colossians 3:1-2
King James Version
3 If ye then be risen with Christ,
seek those things which are above,
where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.
2 Set your affection on things above,
not on things on the earth.
Why are we to put our trust in GOD, and not man?
Why should we take counsel from the LORD?
Why must we focus on GOD alone?
Why should we follow GOD?
SPIRIT led me to these verses.
Which explains everything.
Very simply.
GOD is eternal, and infallible.
Psalm 18:2
King James Version
2 The Lord is my rock,
and my fortress,
and my deliverer;
my God,
my strength,
in whom I will trust;
my buckler,
and the horn of my salvation,
and my high tower.
Psalm 118:5-9
King James Version
5 I called upon the Lord in distress:
the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.
6 The Lord is on my side;
I will not fear: what can man do unto me?
7 The Lord taketh my part with them that help me:
therefore shall I see my desire upon them
that hate me.
8 It is better to trust in the Lord
than to put confidence in man.
9 It is better to trust in the Lord
than to put confidence in princes.
Proverbs 16:9
King James Version
9 A man's heart deviseth his way:
but the Lord directeth his steps.
Proverbs 21:2
King James Version
2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes:
but the Lord pondereth the hearts.
Proverbs 29:25
King James Version
25 The fear of man bringeth a snare:
but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord
shall be safe.
Proverbs 29:26
King James Version
26 Many seek the ruler's favour;
but every man's judgment
cometh from the Lord.
Isaiah 55:8-9
King James Version
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways,
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Matthew 10:28
King James Version
28 And fear not them which kill the body,
but are not able to kill the soul:
but rather fear him which is able to destroy
both soul and body in hell.
John 5:44
King James Version
44 How can ye believe,
which receive honour one of another,
and seek not the honour
that cometh from God only?
John 15:5
King James Version
5 I am the vine,
ye are the branches:
He that abideth in me, and I in him,
the same bringeth forth much fruit:
for without me ye can do nothing.
Acts 4:19-20
King James Version
19 But Peter and John answered
and said unto them,
Whether it be right in the sight of God
to hearken unto you more than unto God,
judge ye.
20 For we cannot but speak the things
which we have seen and heard.
Acts 5:29-32
King James Version
29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered
and said,
We ought to obey God rather than men.
30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus,
whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand
to be a Prince and a Saviour,
for to give repentance to Israel,
and forgiveness of sins.
32 And we are his witnesses of these things;
and so is also the Holy Ghost,
whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Romans 2:29
King James Version
29 But he is a Jew,
which is one inwardly;
and circumcision is that of the heart,
in the spirit,
and not in the letter;
whose praise is not of men,
but of God.
Romans 8:1
King James Version
8 There is therefore now no condemnation
to them which are in Christ Jesus,
who walk not after the flesh,
but after the Spirit.
Romans 8:4
King James Version
4 That the righteousness of the law
might be fulfilled in us,
who walk not after the flesh,
but after the Spirit.
Romans 14:17-19
King James Version
17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink;
but righteousness,
and peace,
and joy in the Holy Ghost.
18 For he that in these things serveth Christ
is acceptable to God,
and approved of men.
19 Let us therefore follow after the things
which make for peace,
and things wherewith one may edify another.
1 Corinthians 10:31
King James Version
31 Whether therefore ye eat,
or drink,
or whatsoever ye do,
do all to the glory of God.
Philippians 2:13-16
King James Version
13 For it is God which worketh in you both
to will and to do of his good pleasure.
14 Do all things
without murmurings and disputings:
15 That ye may be blameless and harmless,
the sons of God,
without rebuke,
in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation,
among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
16 Holding forth the word of life;
that I may rejoice in the day of Christ,
that I have not run in vain,
neither laboured in vain.
Colossians 3:23-24
King James Version
23 And whatsoever ye do,
do it heartily, as to the Lord,
and not unto men;
24 Knowing that of the Lord
ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance:
for ye serve the Lord Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:4
King James Version
4 But as we were allowed of God
to be put in trust with the gospel,
even so we speak;
not as pleasing men, but God,
which trieth our hearts.
1 Thessalonians 4:1
King James Version
4 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren,
and exhort you by the Lord Jesus,
that as ye have received of us
how ye ought to walk and to please God,
so ye would abound more and more.
Hebrews 11:6
King James Version
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him:
for he that cometh to God must believe that he is,
and that he is a rewarder of them
that diligently seek him.
Man is mortal, and fallible.
1 Samuel 15:24
King James Version
24 And Saul said unto Samuel,
I have sinned:
for I have transgressed
the commandment of the Lord,
and thy words:
because I feared the people,
and obeyed their voice.
Psalm 146:3-4
King James Version
3 Put not your trust in princes,
nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
4 His breath goeth forth,
he returneth to his earth;
in that very day his thoughts perish.
Isaiah 2:22
King James Version
22 Cease ye from man,
whose breath is in his nostrils:
for wherein is he to be accounted of ?
Isaiah 51:7-8
King James Version
7 Hearken unto me,
ye that know righteousness,
the people in whose heart is my law;
fear ye not the reproach of men,
neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
8 For the moth shall eat them up like a garment,
and the worm shall eat them like wool:
but my righteousness shall be for ever,
and my salvation from generation to generation.
Isaiah 51:12
King James Version
12 I, even I,
am he that comforteth you:
who art thou,
that thou shouldest be afraid
of a man that shall die,
and of the son of man
which shall be made as grass;
Jeremiah 17:5
King James Version
5 Thus saith the Lord;
Cursed be the man that trusteth in man,
and maketh flesh his arm,
and whose heart departeth from the Lord.
Matthew 15:19-20
King James Version
19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts,
murders, adulteries, fornications,
thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
20 These are the things which defile a man:
but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
Matthew 24:4-5
King James Version
4 And Jesus answered and said unto them,
Take heed that no man deceive you.
5 For many shall come in my name,
saying,
I am Christ;
and shall deceive many.
Matthew 24:23-24
King James Version
23 Then if any man shall say unto you,
Lo, here is Christ, or there;
believe it not.
24 For there shall arise false Christs,
and false prophets,
and shall shew great signs and wonders;
insomuch that, if it were possible,
they shall deceive the very elect.
Matthew 24:26-27
King James Version
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you,
Behold, he is in the desert;
go not forth:
behold, he is in the secret chambers;
believe it not.
27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east,
and shineth even unto the west;
so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Luke 6:26
King James Version
26 Woe unto you,
when all men shall speak well of you!
for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
Luke 16:15
King James Version
15 And he said unto them,
Ye are they which justify yourselves before men;
but God knoweth your hearts:
for that which is highly esteemed among men
is abomination in the sight of God.
Romans 3:9-10
King James Version
9 What then?
are we better than they?
No, in no wise:
for we have before proved
both Jews and Gentiles,
that they are all under sin;
10 As it is written,
There is none righteous,
no, not one:
Romans 3:23
King James Version
23 For all have sinned,
and come short of the glory of God;
Romans 8:5-8
King James Version
5 For they that are after the flesh
do mind the things of the flesh;
but they that are after the Spirit
the things of the Spirit.
6 For to be carnally minded is death;
but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God:
for it is not subject to the law of God,
neither indeed can be.
8 So then they that are in the flesh
cannot please God.
Romans 12:2
King James Version
2 And be not conformed to this world:
but be ye transformed
by the renewing of your mind,
that ye may prove what is that good,
and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Galatians 1:8-10
King James Version
8 But though we,
or an angel from heaven,
preach any other gospel unto you
than that which we have preached unto you,
let him be accursed.
9 As we said before, so say I now again,
if any man preach any other gospel unto you
than that ye have received,
let him be accursed.
10 For do I now persuade men, or God?
or do I seek to please men?
for if I yet pleased men,
I should not be the servant of Christ.
Ephesians 5:6-12
King James Version
6 Let no man deceive you with vain words:
for because of these things cometh the wrath of God
upon the children of disobedience.
7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.
8 For ye were sometimes darkness,
but now are ye light in the Lord:
walk as children of light:
9 (For the fruit of the Spirit
is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.
11 And have no fellowship
with the unfruitful works of darkness,
but rather reprove them.
12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things
which are done of them in secret.
Colossians 2:8-10
King James Version
8 Beware lest any man spoil you
through philosophy and vain deceit,
after the tradition of men,
after the rudiments of the world,
and not after Christ.
9 For in him dwelleth
all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
10 And ye are complete in him,
which is the head of all principality
and power:
Colossians 2:18
King James Version
18 Let no man beguile you of your reward
in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels,
intruding into those things which he hath not seen,
vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
1 Timothy 4:7
King James Version
7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables,
and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.
James 4:4
King James Version
4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses,
know ye not that the friendship of the world
is enmity with God?
whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world
is the enemy of God.
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