the commands of christ
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The Commands of Christ
WORSHIP TEAM SERIES
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HUMILITY
From that time, on Jesus began to preach, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
-Matthew 4:17
1. REPENT
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MEEKNESS
“Come, follow me,”Jesus said,
“And I will make you fishers of men.”-Matthew 4:19
2. FOLOW ME
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JOYFULNESS
“Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you
and falsely say all kinds of evilagainst you because of me.
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven,
for in the same way they persecuted the prophets
who were before you.” -Matthew 5:11-12
3. REJOICE
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Generosity
“In the same way, let your light shine
before men, that they may see your good deedsand praise your Father in Heaven.”
-Matthew 5:16
4. LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE
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Love
“Do not think I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish
them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the
smallest letter, not the least stroke of pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until
everything is accomplished.” -Matthew 5:17-18
5. HONOR GOD’S LAW
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Responsibility
“leave your gift there in front of thealtar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.”
-Matthew 5:24-25
6. BE RECONCILED
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Self Control
“If your right eye causes you to sin, guoge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than your whole bidy to be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than your whole body to go into hell.”
-Matthew 5:29-30
7. DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY
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TRUTHFULNESS“Simply let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes’ and your ‘No’
‘No’ anything beyond this comes from evil.”
Matthew 5:37
8. KEEP YOUR WORD
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DEFERENCE“But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. If someone forces you to go with him two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.”
- Matthew 5:39-41
9. GO THE EXTRA MILE
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CREATIVITY
But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
Matthew 5:44
10. LOVE YOUR ENEMIES
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SINCERITY
“If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collector doing that? And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore as your Heavenly Father is perfect.”
-Matthew 5:46-48
11. BE PERFECT
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FAITH“Be careful not to do your ‘acts of righteousness’ before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.” So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing. So that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.”
Matthew 6:1-8
12. PRACTICE SECRET DISCIPLINES
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FAITH“And when you pray, do not be like hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth , they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.”-Matthew 6:1-8
12. PRACTICE SECRET DISCIPLINES
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THRIFTINESS
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
-Matthew 6:19-21
13. LAY UP TREASURES
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INITIATIVE
“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.”
-Matthew 6:33
14. SEEK GOD’S KINGDOM
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DISCERNMENT
“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
-Matthew 7:1-2
15. JUDGE NOT
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DISCRETION
“Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces.”
-Matthew 7:6
16. DO NOT CAST PEARLS
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RESOURCEFULNESS
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.”
-Matthew 7:7-8
17. ASK, SEEK, KNOCK
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SENSITIVITY
“So in everything, do to others what you would
have them do to you, for this sums up the Law
and the Prophets.”-Matthew 7:12
18. DO UNTO OTHERS
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DECISIVENESS
“Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only few find it.”
-Matthew 7:13-14
19. CHOOSE THE NARROW WAY
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ALERTNESS
“Watch out for false prophets, they come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.”
-Matthew 7:15
20. BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS
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COMPASSION
“Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”
-Matthew 9:37-38
21. PRAY FOR LABORERS
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WISDOM
“I am sending you out like a sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewed as snakes and innocent as doves.”
-Matthew 10:16
22. BE WISE AS SERPENTS
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BOLDNESS
“Do not be afraid of those who kill the body not but can not kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.”
-Matthew 10:28
23. FEAR NOT
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ATTENTIVENESS
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
-Matthew 11:28
24. HEAR GOD’S VOICE
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OBEDIENCE
“Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rests for your souls.”
-Matthew 11:29
25. TAKE MY YOKE
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HONOR
“For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.”
-Matthew 15:4
26. HONOR YOUR PARENTS
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HONOR
“Be careful, Jesus said to them “ Be on guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees”
-Matthew 16:6
27. BEWARE OF LEAVEN
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DETERMINATION
“Then he said to them all: “If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.”
-Luke 9:23
28. DENY YOURSELF
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TOLERANCE
“See that you do not look down on one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heavens always see the face of the Father in heaven.”
-Matthew18:10
29. DESPISE NOT LITTLE ONES
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JUSTICE
“If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over,”
-Matthew18:15
30. GO TO OFFENDERS
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CONTENTMENT
“Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
-Luke 12:15
31. BEWARE OF COVETOUSNESS
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FORGIVENESS
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?Jesus answered, “ I tell you, not seven times, but seventy seven times.”
-Matthew 18:21-22
32. FORGIVE OFFENDERS
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LOYALTY
“So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”
-Matthew 19:6
33. HONOR MARRIAGE
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AVAILABILITY
“Not so with you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave.”
-Matthew 20:26-27
34. BE A SERVANT
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PERSUASIVENESS
“It is written,” he said to them, “My house will be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a ‘den of robbers.”
-Matthew 21:13
35. BE A HOUSE OF PRAYER
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PATIENCEJesus replied “ I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, “Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ it will be done. If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”
-Matthew 21:21-22
36. ASK IN FAITH
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HOSPITALITY
Then Jesus said to the host, “ When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers, or relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back so you will be repaid, But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame , the blind and you will blessed. Although they can not repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
-Luke 14:12-14
37. BRING IN THE POOR
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CAREFULNESS
“Show me the coin for paying the tax,” They brought him denarius, and he asked them, whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?Ceasar’s they replied. Then he said to them, “Give to Ceasar what is Ceasar’s and to God what is God’s”
-Matthew 22:19-21
38. RENDER TO CEASAR
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ENTHUSIASM
Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”
-Matthew 22:37
39. LOVE THE LORD
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GENTLENESS
“And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
-Matthew 22:39
40. LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR
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PUNCTUALITY
“Therefore keep watch, because you do know on what day the Lord will come.”
-Matthew 24:42-44
41. AWAIT MY RETURN
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THOROUGHNESS
While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, “take and eat; this is my body.”
-Matthew 26:26-27
42. TAKE, EAT, AND DRINK
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SECURITY
“You should not be surprised at my saying, “You must be born again.”
-John 3:7
43. BE BORN AGAIN
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DILIGENCE
“If you love me, you will keep my command.”-John 14:15
44. KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS
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ENDURANCE
“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing but the body is weak.”
-Matthew 26:41
45. WATCH AND PRAY
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DEPENDABILITY
“When they had finished eating, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you truly love me more than these?
-John 21:15-16
46. FEED MY SHEEP
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CAUTIOUSNESS
“But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in the name of God’s sight to obey you rather than God.”
-Matthew 28:19
47. BAPTIZE MY DISCIPLES
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ORDERLINESS
“I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
-Luke 24:49
48. RECEIVE GOD’S POWER
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FLEXIBILITY
“Then Jesus came to them and said, “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.”
-Matthew 28:18-20
49. MAKE DISCIPLES