Behavior of the Believer

BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR BEHAVIOR.

• Ecclesiastes 9:10: Whatever you do, do your best.
• Matthew 6:14, 15: Forgiving others.
• Luke 10:27: Love others.
• Romans 12:9–19: Abhor the evil, cling to the good.
• 2 Corinthians 9:6, 7: Be a cheerful giver.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:17, 18: Give thanks in everything.
• 1 Timothy 5:8: Provide for your family.
• 1 Timothy 6:6–10: Contentment.

BIBLE PRINCIPLES FOR ENTERTAINMENT.

• Romans 8:5: We either feed the sinful nature or the spiritual nature.
• Philippians 4:8: The great Bible standard for recreation, amusement, entertainment and all our behavior.

BIBLE PRINCIPLES FOR DRESS.

• Isaiah 3:16–24: God’s prophecy about the decorated women of Zion.
• 1 Timothy 2:9, 10: Modesty and the inward adornment of good works.
• 1 Peter 3:3, 4: Inner versus outer beauty.

BIBLE PRINCIPLES OF SPEECH.

• Matthew 26:73, 74: On swearing and bywords.
• Ephesians 4:29: Let nothing corrupt escape your lips.
• Ephesians 5:4: Avoid obscenities and foolish talk.

BIBLE PRINCIPLES OF WORK ETHICS.

• Proverbs 10:4, 5: He who deals with a slack hand becomes poor.
• Proverbs 14:23: In all labor there is profit.
• Proverbs 23:4, 5: Don’t overwork to be rich.
• 2 Corinthians 6:14: Don’t be unequally yoked.

BIBLE PRINCIPLES OF LAZINESS.

• Proverbs 6:6–11: Look to the ant for an example.
• Proverbs 19:15: An idle person will suffer hunger.
• Proverbs 24:30–34: A little sleep and slumber brings laziness.

BIBLE PRINCIPLES ON AVOIDING GREED.

• Proverbs 1:19: Greedy for gain.
• Proverbs 15:27: A greedy person troubles even his own house.
• Proverbs 21:5: Being hasty leads to poverty.

BORN AGAIN.

• John 3:3–8: The necessity and results of the New Birth.
• Ezekiel 36:26, 27: Old heart, new heart.
• 2 Corinthians 5:17: Once born again, the old is gone; all things are new.
• Ephesians 4:22–24: Old man, new man.
• 1 Peter 1:23: The role of the Word of God in the New Birth.

GROWTH OF THE BELIEVER.

• 1 Peter 2:1, 2: New Christians should start with the “milk” of the Word.
• Hebrews 5:12–14: But don’t stay on milk forever.
• Ephesians 4:15: Grow up in all things, into Christ.
• 2 Peter 3:18: Grow in grace and in knowing Jesus.

HOW JESUS HELPS US GROW.

• Galatians 2:20: We live by faith in the Son of God.
• Philippians 2:13: God works in and through us to will and to do.
• Philippians 4:13: Through Christ’s power in us, we can do all things.

WHAT JESUS BEGINS IN US, HE FINISHES.

• Philippians 1:6: What Jesus begins in us, He completes.
• Hebrews 12:2: Jesus is the Author and Finisher of our faith.