As an exercise, I've listed 13 passages below. They are all critically important passages in their own way. Rank these texts 1 to 13 in terms of their importance in giving shape to your overall theology and discipleship. What does your ranking reveal about the shaping principles of your theology?
______Matthew 28:18-20 – “All authority in heaven and on
earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with
you always, to the very end of the age.”
______Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is
eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
______1
John 4:8 – God is love.
______James
1:27 – Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to
look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being
polluted by the world.
______Acts
2:38-39 – Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name
of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift
of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for all who
are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”
______Revelation 4:8 – “Holy, holy,
holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.”
______Matthew 5:3-10 – “Blessed are
the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who
mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit
the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they
will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed
are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for
they will be called children of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted
because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
______Galatians 2:20 – I have been
crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I
now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave
himself for me.
______Hebrews 11:1 – Now faith is confidence in what
we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
______1 Peter 2:9-10 – But you are a chosen people, a
royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare
the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not
received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
______Matthew 22:37-39 – Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your
God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is
the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your
neighbor as yourself.”
______John 1:14 – The
Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the
glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and
truth.
______Luke
24:5-6 – “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has
risen!
1 comment:
I love this post, Chad. I would have added 2 Timothy 3:16-17 as a 14th passage. I just wanted to see a passage related to the authority of Scripture. That would be my # 3 behind 1 John 4:8 and Acts 2:38-39. Very thought provoking, though. Thanks!
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# 4____Matthew 28:18-20 – “All authority...
# 3_____Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
#1_____1 John 4:8 – God is love.
# 13_____James 1:27 – Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
# 2_____Acts 2:38-39 – Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”
# 10_____Revelation 4:8 – “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.”
# 11_____Matthew 5:3-10 – “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is...
# 8____Galatians 2:20 – I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
# 7____Hebrews 11:1 – Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
# 12____1 Peter 2:9-10 – But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
# 5_____Matthew 22:37-39 – Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.”
# 9_____John 1:14 – The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
# 6____Luke 24:5-6 – “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen!
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