faith sons of God
72 subentries
- faith sons of God. See also apostleship; disciples; fellowship of believers; government: believers’ relation to; kingdom of heaven; sonship with God
- certain reply to unbelievers (102:6.5)
- characteristics
- believe in God of love who fosters survival (5:5.3)
- borrow best from others rather than denounce worst (92:7.3)
- certain of salvation (34:6.13) (156:5.20)
- co-operate from unity of ideals and purposes (99:5.7)
- common people hear gladly (174:4.7) (196:1.4)
- conscious of universe citizenship, contact with superhuman power (16:6.8) (100:6.3)
- dedicated to wholehearted service of brotherhood of man (99:5.9)
- delivered from isolation (184:4.6)
- demonstrate fruits of spirit; risk all to find God (155:6.14-16)
- detached from purely temporal, trivial matters (100:6.5)
- difficulties stimulate (48:7.7)
- dispense wealth in spirit of stewardship (165:4.5)
- disregard selves, take up responsibilities daily (158:7.5)
- emancipated from haste, painful stress (102:2.3)
- enjoy comparative deliverance from the flesh (34:7.6-7)
- establish kingdom in hearts of mankind (157:6.14)
- ever find it easier to do right (156:5.13)
- ever more skillful in alluring fellows (156:5.15)
- exist only to love one another as Jesus loved us (180:2.5)
- fulfill threefold duty to man, God, and fellowship (178:1.5)
- go right on worshiping God in spite of anything (101:3.16)
- have implicit faith in triumph of righteousness (156:5.12)
- have same eternal life which raised Jesus from the dead (162:7.5) (190:0.2) (193:1.2)
- indwelt by Spirit of Truth (181:1.1-2)
- jealously guard life purpose from temptation to transient attainment (160:3.5)
- Jesus lives anew in each (194:2.6) (194:3.1)
- knowing God and desiring to do his will, are divinely stable (118:8.11)
- led by Spirit of God (8:6.4)
- live and triumph irrespective of crushing overload (101:3.13)
- live as if in presence of the Eternal (102:2.3)
- live as to permit Father to reveal himself (132:7.2) (142:6.6)
- live up to responsibilities and privileges (159:5.10)
- one with Jesus (182:1.6) (184:4.6)
- only individuals who can love others as themselves (16:9.8-14)
- promote peace and harmony among various groups of sincere believers (181:2.18) (182:1.6)
- renew spirits by worshipful communion (156:5.12)
- show companionship with Jesus in their lives (141:5.2)
- Spirit of Truth draws together, leads into all truth (34:7.1) (56:10.13) (176:3.7) (180:4.2,5) (180:6.3) (181:2.17) (194:2.7) (194:3.8)
- spirit will teach how to answer judges (176:1.1)
- trust and confide in one another (193:3.2)
- trust God as Jesus trusted God (196:1.5)
- trust in God’s goodness despite bitter disappointment and crushing defeat (101:3.6)
- unconcerned if all things earthly crash (100:2.7) (176:3.2) (178:3.4)
- when Father wills, desire of faith sons IS (118:6.5) (146:2.7)
- having complied with group’s membership requirements, should enjoy liberty of expression (103:5.12)
- identify self with universe, serve universe family (5:4.3)
- Jesus prayed for spiritual unity among (182:1.4,6)
- mortals are denominated faith sons prior to fusion (40:6sec)
- only reward is joy and communion in this life, eternal life hereafter (141:7.5)
- second-milers needed to win souls (195:10.5)
- Spirit bears witness with our spirits that we are (142:5.2-3)
- warnings
- children of world wiser than (169:2.1,5)
- dependable only when gospel experienced in hearts (177:5.2)
- fainthearted believers will turn away (152:5.2) (153:5.3) (180:3.1)
- grave danger in times of nominal acceptance of gospel (178:1.10)
- instruction for (159:3sec)
- languish in futile yearning from not obeying truth (155:1.3)
- must function in society as individuals, not as groups (99:2.3) (99:3.15)
- must not be troubled by deceivers, wars, famines, earthquakes (176:1.1)
- must not resort to physical force for kingdom (178:1.2-3,6)
- must not try to mold others to some pattern (140:8.26)
- necessity to take gospel to people shows failure to live righteous life (155:1.5)
- only battle is against doubt (159:3.8) (165:5.5)
- relationship with Jesus must take precedence over all others (141:7.5)
- too vacillating and indefinite in teaching conduct (155:1.3)
- who bear not fruits of spirit are dead (193:2.2)
- will be hated by all men for Jesus’ sake (176:1.1) (180:3sec)
- will be killed by those who think they do God service (180:6.1)
- where 2 or 3 are gathered together (159:1.3)
Cross-references
- See also apostleship
- See also disciples
- See also fellowship of believers
- See also government: believers’ relation to
- See also kingdom of heaven
- See also sonship with God
Cited alongside
Headwords that cite the same paragraphs as this one, commonest first. The number is how many subentries each has.
- Jesus 796
- gospel 113
- Spirit of Truth 67
- faith 146
- religion 371
- righteousness 39
- kingdom of heaven 109
- personality 146