Study 25: Ordinances and Standards

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*I John 5:2-3 - "This is the love of God, that we keep His commandments ... "

*Matthew 26:26-30 - The Lord's supper experienced by the disciples

Luke 22:19-20 - The bread and the cup represent Jesus' death

*I Cor. 11:23-29 - This was done after supper. "Let a man examine himself, and so let him eat and drink."

Exodus 30:17-20 - Washing hands and feet was a part of sacrificing

*John 13:3-17 - What if it said, "If I have kept the first day of the week, you also ought to keep the first day of the week"?

I Peter 5:5 - "God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble"

I Timothy 5:10 - "If she have washed the saints feet ... "

Luke 14:33 - "Whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath ... "

*Genesis 35:1-4 - "Jacob hid away all the strange Gods and all their earrings."

*Exodus 33:5-6 - God told the children of Israel to take off their ornaments

*Hosea 2:13 - Israel later decked herself with earrings and jewels and forgot God

*Ezekiel 23:40-45 - Colorful cosmetics and jewelry associated with lewd women

*Jeremiah 4:30 - God exposes the vanities of outward adornment

*Isaiah 3:16-26 - God said that worldly vanities would be destroyed

Rev. 12:1 - A Godly woman wearing the righteousness of Christ

*Rev. 17:3-4 - The Mother of harlots decked with gold, pearls, and costly apparel

*I Peter 3:1-5 - God has a different kind of ornament for Christians. The relationship between Bride and Groom is sacrifice and love service. We're living in an emergency situation at the end of the world. We learn to live here like we'll live in heaven with God.

Deut. 22:5 - "The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man," or vice versa

I Thess. 5:22 - "Abstain from all appearance of evil."

*Col. 3:16-17 - "Whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus."

I John 2:15-17 - "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world."