• Commands Of The
NEW TESTAMENT

• Our fourth lesson of commands that we need to live by.
• Introduction
• Our goal is to educate us upon what God wants us to do.
• By doing these things, we shall gain entrance into heaven.
• We have seen the “be/be not” passages.
• We have seen the “let/let not, let us/let us not” passages.
• And we have seen an additional 150 verses of miscellaneous commands.
• Here are more miscellaneous commands.

• Three Ways to Live:
• Live peacefully (ROMANS 12:18; 2 CORINTHIANS 13:11)
• Live free from anxiety and undue care
(1 CORINTHIANS 7:28-35)
• Live no longer in lusts of sin (1 PETER 4:2)

• Four Commands to "Love":
• Love your enemies (MATTHEW 5:44; LUKE 6:27,35)
• Love your fellow Christians
(JOHN 13:34; JOHN 15:12,17; GALATIANS 5:14; 1 PETER 2:17; 1 JOHN 3:23; 2 JOHN 5)
• Love the brotherhood (1 PETER 2:17)
• Love your brother (1 JOHN 4:21)

• Two Things Not to Love:
• The world (1 JOHN 2:15)
• Things in the world (1 JOHN 2:15)

• Three Ways to Love:
• Fervently (1 PETER 2:22)
• With a pure heart (1 PETER 2:22)
• As brethren (1 PETER 3:8)

• One Person to Pray to:
• Pray to thy Father (MATTHEW 6:6,9;
JOHN 16:23-26)

• Three Things to Pray for:
• Your persecutors (MATTHEW 5:44; LUKE 6:28)
• For labourers (MATTHEW 9:38; LUKE 10:2)
• For one another (JAMES 5:16)

• Two Ways Not to Pray:
• Use not vain repetitions like the heathen (MATTHEW 6:7)
• Do not pray as hypocrites (MATTHEW 6:5)

• Three Ways to Pray:
• After this manner pray (MATTHEW 6:9-13)
• Ask, seek, knock (MATTHEW 7:7-11)
• Pray in the Spirit (JUDE 20)

• Five Things to Prove:
• Prove yourself (2 CORINTHIANS 13:5)
• Prove what is acceptable to God (EPHESIANS 5:10)
• Prove all things (1 THESSALONIANS 5:21)
• Prove accusations against elders
(1 TIMOTHY 5:19)
• Prove what the will of God is (Romans 12:2)

• Three Commands to Rejoice:
• Rejoice (MATTHEW 5:12; ROMANS 15:10)
• Rejoice evermore (1 THESSALONIANS 5:16)
• Rejoice always (Philippians 4:4)

• Eight "Put Away's":
• Put away wicked people from the congregation
(1 CORINTHIANS 5:13)
• Put away lying (EPHESIANS 4:25)
• Put away all bitterness (EPHESIANS 4:31)
• Put away wrath (EPHESIANS 4:31)
• Put away anger (EPHESIANS 4:31)
• Put away clamour (EPHESIANS 4:31)
• Put away evil speaking (EPHESIANS 4:31)
• Put away all malice (EPHESIANS 4:31)
• Put Aside:
malice, guile, hypocrisy, envy, slander
(1 Peter 2:1)

• Six "Put Off's":
• Put off the old man (EPHESIANS 4:22;
COLOSSIANS 3:9)
• Put off anger (COLOSSIANS 3:8)
• Put off wrath (COLOSSIANS 3:8)
• Put off malice (COLOSSIANS 3:8)
• Put off blasphemy (COLOSSIANS 3:8)
• Put off filthy conversation (COLOSSIANS 3:8)

• Twelve "Put On's":
• Put on Christ (ROMANS 13:14)
• Put on the armour of light (ROMANS 13:12)
• Put on the new man (EPHESIANS 4:24;
COLOSSIANS 3:10)
• Put on the whole armour of God (EPHESIANS 6:11,13)
• Put on the bowels of mercy (COLOSSIANS 3:12)
• Put on kindness (COLOSSIANS 3:12)
• Put on humility (COLOSSIANS 3:12)
• Put on meekness (COLOSSIANS 3:12)
• Put on longsuffering (COLOSSIANS 3:13)
• Put on love (COLOSSIANS 3:14)
• Put on the breastplate of faith and love
(1 THESSALONIANS 5:8)
• Put on the hope of salvation (1 THESSALONIANS 5:8)

• Three Things to Rebuke:
• Certain sinners (1 TIMOTHY 5:20)
• Rebels (TITUS 1:13)
• Works of darkness (EPHESIANS 5:11)

• Two Ways to Rebuke:
• With all authority (TITUS 2:15)
• With all longsuffering (2 TIMOTHY 4:2)

• Four Things to Rejoice in:
• Hope (ROMANS 12:12)
• Blessings of others (ROMANS 12:15)
• The Lord (PHILIPPIANS 3:1; PHILIPPIANS 4:4)
• Suffering for Christ (1 PETER 4:13)

• Five Things to Remember:
• What you are saved from (EPHESIANS 2:11-12)
• Those who suffer (HEBREWS 13:3)
• Those who lead you (HEBREWS 13:7)
• Truth (JUDE 17,18; REVELATION 3:3)
• Backsliding, and repent (REVELATION 2:5)

• Four Things to Seek:
• God's kingdom first (MATTHEW 6:33; LUKE 12:31)
• God in prayer (MATTHEW 7:7)
• To edify the church (1 CORINTHIANS 14:12)
• Things above (COLOSSIANS 3:1)

• One Command to Stand Fast:
• Stand fast, and hold Christian traditions
(2 THESSALONIANS 2:15)

• Three Things to Stand Fast With:
• Loins girt about with truth
• Breastplate of righteousness
• Feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace (EPHESIANS 6:14-15)

• Five Things to Stand in:
• Faith (1 CORINTHIANS 16:13)
• Liberty (GALATIANS 5:1)
• One spirit (PHILIPPIANS 1:27)
• One mind (PHILIPPIANS 1:27)
• The Lord (PHILIPPIANS 4:1)

• Eight Things to Think on:
• Things about your true self (ROMANS 12:3;
1 CORINTHIANS 3:18)
• Things true
• Things honest
• Things just
• Things pure
• Things lovely
• Things of good report
• Things of virtue (PHILIPPIANS 4:8)

• One Way to Think:
• Think soberly (ROMANS 12:3)

• Five Commands to "Submit":
• Submit one to another (EPHESIANS 5:21)
• Submit to God (JAMES 4:7)
• Submit to every ordinance of man
(1 PETER 2:13-14; ROMANS 13:1-8)
• Younger ones are to submit to their elders
(1 PETER 5:5)
• Wives must submit to their husbands
(EPHESIANS 5:22; COLOSSIANS 3:18;
1 PETER 3:1-6)

• Twelve "Take's":
• Take no anxious thought for necessities of life
(MATTHEW 6:25,31; LUKE 12:22-30)
• Take no anxious thought of tomorrow (MATTHEW 6:34)
• Take no anxious thought of defense (MATTHEW 10:19;
MARK 13:9-11; LUKE 12:11-12; LUKE 21:14)
• Take my yoke upon you (MATTHEW 11:29)
• Take advantage of freedom (1 CORINTHIANS 7:21)
• Take the Lord's Supper in remembrance of Christ
(1 CORINTHIANS 11:24-26)
• Take the shield of faith (EPHESIANS 6:16)
• Take the helmet of salvation (EPHESIANS 6:17)
• Take the sword of the Spirit (EPHESIANS 6:17)
• Take oversight of the flock willingly (1 PETER 5:2)
• Take oversight of the flock without thought of personal gain
(1 PETER 5:2)
• Take a humble seat (LUKE 14:8)

• Eighteen "Take Heed's":
• Take heed that you do not alms to be seen by people (MATTHEW 6:1)
• Take heed not to despise little ones
(MATTHEW 18:10)
• Take heed not to be deceived
(MATTHEW 24:4; MARK 13:5; LUKE 21:8)
• Take heed what you hear (MARK 4:24)
• Take heed how you hear (LUKE 8:18)
• Take heed to walk in the light (LUKE 11:35)
• Take heed to rebuke and forgive (LUKE 17:3)
• Take heed not to get drunk (LUKE 21:34)
• Take heed not to surfeit (LUKE 21:34)
• Take heed not to be overcome with cares (LUKE 21:34)
• Take heed to yourselves (MARK 13:9; LUKE 17:3;
LUKE 21:34; ACTS 20:28)
• Take heed to the flock of God (ACTS 20:28)
• Take heed lest you misuse your liberty
(1 CORINTHIANS 8:9)
• Take heed lest you fall
(1 CORINTHIANS 10:12; ROMANS 11:21)
• Take heed to your ministry (COLOSSIANS 4:17)
• Take heed that you destroy not one another (GALATIANS 5:15)
• Take heed to yourself and your doctrine
(1 TIMOTHY 4:16)
• Take heed not to backslide (HEBREWS 3:12)

• Two Ways Not to Walk on:
• As Sinners (EPHESIANS 4:17)
• As fools (EPHESIANS 5:15)

• Four "Thou Shalt's":
• Thou shalt worship God only (MATTHEW 4:10;
LUKE 4:8)
• Thou shalt serve God only (MATTHEW 4:10; LUKE 4:8)
• Thou shalt love neighbours as yourself
(MATTHEW 5:43; MATTHEW 19:19;
MATTHEW 22:39; MARK 12:31; LUKE 10:27;
ROMANS 13:9; GALATIANS 5:14)
• Thou shalt love God wholeheartedly
(MATTHEW 22:37; MARK 12:30; LUKE 10:27)

• Seven Things to Walk in:
• The Spirit (GALATIANS 5:16)
• Love (EPHESIANS 5:2)
• The light (EPHESIANS 5:8-9; 1 JOHN 1:7)
• Watchfulness (EPHESIANS 6:18)
• Christ (COLOSSIANS 2:6-7; 2 CORINTHIANS 5:17)
• Wisdom (COLOSSIANS 4:5)
• Honesty (1 THESSALONIANS 4:12)

• Conclusion
• So far with this lesson and previous lessons, we have covered about 750 commands.
• Yes, some are specific to certain individuals and have no application to us.
• Some are written to people of another dispensation.
• But that should not keep us from trying to keep as many commands of God as we can.

By Carey Scott from material off the internet

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