98. Have confidence in God.
Hebrews 10:35 – Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward.
Confidence is the same as faith and we know without faith we cannot please the Lord.
99. Come out from among the world.
2 Corinthians 6:17 – Therefore “Come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Do not touch what is unclean, and I will receive you”.
A similar command, “Be separate from the unclean”, was listed earlier. We are to live spiritual lives in obedience to God. The physical world belongs to Satan. Choose whom you serve.
100. Count it joy when you are tempted.
James 1:2 – My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials.
God will reward us for all our hardship and suffering on behalf of our faith. To share the suffering of Christ is to be blessed.
101. Treat others as you expect to be treated.
Matthew 7:12 – Therefore, whatever you want men to do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
The golden rule is a central tenet of the Bible.
102. Bring up children in the Lord.
Ephesians 6:4 – And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the lord.
Children who are exposed to the Bible early and receive the gospel of Christ early are much more likely to become believers.
103. Be careful not to despise the little ones.
Matthew 18:10 – Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven.
Children have a special place in heaven and those who harm children have a special place in hell reserved for them.
104. Earnestly contend for the faith.
Jude 3 – I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
God is again commanding us to contend with the devil for the souls of men by witnessing for Christ.
105. Exhort one another.
Hebrews 10:25 – Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.
Exhort means to encourage and support. God intended Christians to fellowship together for this reason. There is strength in numbers. See “Do not forsake assembling together in worship”.
106. Have no fellowship with darkness.
Ephesians 5:11 – And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them.