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The Christian Worker and his Bible
Scripture Texts for Students and Workers
By D. W. Whittle
"He that winneth souls is wise." Pro_11:30
"The entrance of thy word giveth light." Psa_119:130
I. For General Use as Showing Plan of Salvation
GROUP 1
Ruin by sin is, Isa_53:6: Psa_53:2, Psa_53:3.
Redemption by Christ, Joh_3:16.
Regeneration by the Spirit, Joh_1:12, Joh_1:13.
GROUP 2
Under the curse, Gal_3:10.
A Saviour provided, Gal, 4:4, 5.
What he has done, Gal_3:13.
How he is received, Gal_3:1, Gal_3:2.
GROUP 3
Man guilty, Rom_3:19.
Cannot be justified by law, Rom_3:20.
Justification provided by grace, Rom_3:24.
The death of Christ the procuring cause, Rom_3:24, Rom_3:25.
Justified by faith, Rom_5:1.
GROUP 4
What you are, Rom_3:23.
Where you are, Joh_3:18.
Whose you are, Eph_2:2.
Jesus a Saviour, Mat_1:21.
God laid our sins upon him, Isa_53:6.
He bore them, 1Pe_2:24.
Our sins removed, Psa_103:12.
GROUP 5
Confession of sin, Luk_18:13.
Confession of helplessness, Rom_7:18.
Invited to call on the Lord, Rom_10:13.
Invited to come to the Lord, Mat_11:28.
GROUP 6
No power but of God, Rom_13:1.
God's power in the gospel, Rom_1:16.
Self must die to know this power, Gal_2:20.
Power to live as a child of God, Col_1:10, Col_1:11.
Power to preach Christ, Rom_15:19.
GROUP 7
Under power and penalty of sin, Eph_2:1 - Eph_2:3, Eph_2:12.
Grace in God the source of redemption, Eph_2:8, Eph_2:9.
The death of Christ the fact of redemption, Eph_1:7.
When Christ is trusted we have redemption, Eph_1:12,Eph_1:13.
Fruit of faith, Eph_5:1, Eph_5:18 - Eph_5:20.
GROUP 8
Peace-
False: Based on ignorance, Luk_12:16 - Luk_12:20.
Based on self righteousness, Luk_18:9.
Based on a seared conscience, 1Ti_4:2.
True: Based on sin judged and forgiven, Eph_2:14, Eph_2:17: Col_1:20; Joh_20:19 - Joh_20:22.
Maintained by confession to God, confidence and communion, 1Jn_1:9: Isa_26:3, Isa_26:4; Php_4:4 - Php_4:9.
GROUP 9
A sinner under law, Jam_2:10: Rom_2:3.
A disobedient child, Mal_1:6.
A rebellious subject, Luk_19:14.
A despiser of grace, Joh_5:40.
Christ exalted to give repentance, Act_5:31.
GROUP 10
Salvation needed, Rom_3:9, Rom_3:10.
Salvation provided, Rom_5:8.
Salvation proffered, Act_13:38, Act_13:39.
Salvation rejected, Act_13:45, Act_13:46.
Salvation accepted, Act_13:48.
GROUP 11
Heart wrong, Mat_22:37 - Mat_22:39.
Life wrong, Rpm. 2:1 - Leviticus
Consequences, Rom_2:8, Rom_2:9.
Present need, Psa_51:10.
Present duty, Isa_1:16 - Isa_1:18.
God's present offer, Isa_43:24 - Isa_43:26.
GROUP 12
Christ's invitation, Mat_11:28.
Who are invited? Rev_22:17.
Who will come? Joh_6:44, Joh_6:65.
What is it to come? Rom_10:9, Rom_10:10.
What will Christ do? Joh_6:37.
GROUP 13
Salvation a gift, Rom_5:15.
Through Jesus Christ, Rom_6:23.
Ask him for it, Joh_4:10; Luk_11:13; Luk_18:13.
Receive by faith, Mar_2:5; Mar_11:24.
GROUP 14
Christ exalted to give repentance, Act_5:31.
Christ preached in order to lead to repentance, Luk_24:47.
Repentance secured by Christ's being accepted, Act_9:6.
GROUP 15
Where Christ finds us, Gal_3:22. Gal_3:23.
Personal contact through the word, Joh_17:20: Rom_10:17.
The Spirit of God from Christ, Joh_7:39; Joh_10:10.
Where Christ takes us, Eph_2:6 - Eph_2:8.
How Christ keeps us, Joh_10:27 - Joh_10:29.
GROUP 16
The Natural Man, Gen_5:1 - Gen_5:3; Gen_6:5, Gen_6:13; Psa_43:1 - Psa_43:3; Mat_15:18, Mat_15:19; Gal_5:19 - Gal_5:21: Rom_5:7, Rom_5:8; 1Co_2:14.
The Spiritual Man, 1Co_15:47 - 1Co_15:50; Joh_3:3, Joh_3:5; Joh_1:14, Joh_1:16, Joh_1:12,Joh_1:13; Jam_1:18; 1Pe_1:3.1Pe_1:23, 1Pe_1:25; Gal_4:4 - Gal_4:7; 1Jn_5:1.1Jn_5:4, 1Jn_5:5.
The Two Natures in One Man, Joh_5:7; Rom_7:21 - Rom_7:23; Gal_5:16, Gal_5:17; 1Jn_1:8 - 1Jn_1:10; 1Jn_3:9; 1Co_9:27; 1Co_10:11 - 1Co_10:13; 2Co_12:7 - 2Co_12:9; Act_15:37 - Act_15:39; 2Co_4:10, 2Co_4:11; Php_3:20, Php_3:21; 1Co_15:51 - 1Co_15:54; Rom_8:21 - Rom_8:23; Rom_13:14.
II. Texts for Special Cases
Where the Deity of Christ Is Doubted
Joh_1:1 - Joh_1:3, Joh_1:14, Joh_1:18, Joh_1:34, Joh_1:49; 1Jn_1:1 - 1Jn_1:3; 1Jn_5:10 - 1Jn_5:13. 1Jn_5:20; Act_4:10 - Act_4:12; Rom_3:14; Mat_22:42 - Mat_22:45; Joh_12:38 - Joh_12:41 with Isa_6:1-13; Joh_9:35 - Joh_9:38; 34:9:19:7; Mar_14:61 - Mar_14:64.
Where Christ's Substitutionary Work as the Sacrifice for Sin is Rejected
Isa_53:12 with Luk_22:37; Mat_26:27, Mat_26:28; Mar_10:45; Luk_24:44 - Luk_24:48; Joh_1:29; Joh_6:51; Joh_10:15 - Joh_10:18; Act_8:30 - Act_8:35; Rom_4:25; Rom_7:4; Rom_8:3; Rom_10:4 ;1Pe_1:18, 1Pe_1:19; 1Pe_2:24: 3:18; Rev_1:5, Rev_1:6.
Where the Divine Authority of the Word of God in Holy Scripture Is Questioned
Joh_5:39; Joh_15:26, Joh_15:27: 20:30,31; 1Jn_1:1 - 1Jn_1:4; Joh_17:20; Joh_2:1-25 Tim.. 3:13-17; 2Pe_1:21; 2Pe_3:15, 2Pe_3:16.
How to Believe
Rom_10:17; 1Jn_5:9 - 1Jn_5:13; 2Ti_1:12; Heb_11:1 - Heb_11:6; Eph_1:12, Eph_1:13; Luk_24:27; Joh_4:50; Joh_9:11; Joh_7:17; Act_8:35 - Act_8:37; Act_10:43; Act_16:14, Act_16:31; Rom_10:5 - Rom_10:11; 1Co_15:1 - 1Co_15:4; Joh_20:25 - Joh_20:31.
Commands to Forsake Sin
Isa_55:7; Isa_59:1 - Isa_59:3; Luke 38; Joh_5:14; Act_19:18, Act_19:19; Act_20:21; Act_25:20; 1Ti_1:5; Mat_5:23, Mat_5:24; Mat_6:15; Eze_33:11 - Eze_33:15; Mic_6:8.
Encouragement for Great Sinners
Isa_43:22, Isa_43:26; 1Ti_1:11 - 1Ti_1:16; Luk_7:44 - Luk_7:50; 1Co_6:9 - 1Co_6:11; Eph_2:3 - Eph_2:10; Isa_44:22; Joh_10:9 - Joh_10:11; 2Ch_33:9, 2Ch_33:11, 2Ch_33:13; Psa_116:1 - Psa_116:6; Luk_19:10; Luk_18:13, Luk_18:14; Luk_15:18 - Luk_15:20; Mar_16:15; Mat_9:12, Mat_9:13.
How to be Kept
1Pe_1:5; Isa_41:10; Isa_40:27 - Isa_40:31; Isa_45:22, Isa_45:24; 1Pe_2:2; Col_3:16; Joh_15:4, Joh_15:7; 1Jn_2:24 - 1Jn_2:29.
For Dark Days
Isa_50:10; Job_13:15 - Job_13:18; Mic_7:7,Mic_7:8; Psa_37:1 - Psa_37:11; Nah_1:7; Heb_10:35 - Heb_10:37; Heb_13:5, Heb_13:6; 1Pe_4:12 - 1Pe_4:14; 1Pe_5:4.1Pe_5:7 - 1Pe_5:11; 2Co_4:16 - 2Co_4:18; Rom_8:22, Rom_8:23; 1Th_4:13 - 1Th_4:18; Hab_3:17 - Hab_3:19.
For Backsliders
(Let such go carefully through with the texts of Group 2, and see if they have ever truly trusted Christ, and understood redemption.) Mal_3:10; Mic_2:7; Hos. 14:14; Jer_31:18 - Jer_31:20; Ps. 32:51; Luk_22:61, Luk_22:62; Mar_15:7: 1Jn_1:7 - 1Jn_1:9; 1Jn_2:1, 1Jn_2:2.
For Those Who Look to Feeling for Faith
1. Feeling not to he trusted, Jer_17:9; Luk_18:11, Luk_18:12
2. God speaks to us through his word, not through our feelings, Jer_23:23 - Jer_23:30; Psa_119:113 - Psa_119:117; Joh_5:24; Rom_10:12 - Rom_10:17.
3. The witness of the Holy Spirit is received by our receiving his testimony to Christ in the written word, 1Jn_5:9 - 1Jn_5:13; Eph_1:12 - Eph_1:14; Rom_16:25, Rom_16:26 with Rom_8:1 - Rom_8:4, Rom_8:15, Rom_8:16.
4. Feelings fluctuate, but God's word is unchangeable, Rom_3:3, Rom_3:4; Rom_4:20, Rom_4:21; 2Ti_1:12; Rom_8:23 with 34-39; 1Pe_1:7, 1Pe_1:23 - 1Pe_1:25; Joh_3:34 - Joh_3:36.
III. Forty Questions Answered from the Word of God
1. How may I know that there is a God? Joh_1:14, Joh_1:18; Joh_14:9 - Joh_14:14; Joh_20:29 - Joh_20:31; Rom_1:20; Psa_19:1; Isa_43:9, Isa_43:10; Hos_3:4, Hos_3:5; Joh_8:47.
2. How can I know that the Bible is true? Joh_5:39, Joh_5:40; Joh_7:17; Act_17:11, Act_17:12.
3. How can I understand the Bible? 1Co_2:9 - 1Co_2:14; Joh_16:13: Luk_11:13.
4. If a man does the best he can, will he not go to heaven? Joh_3:5, Joh_3:6, Joh_3:36; Rom_3:19, Rom_3:20; Gal_3:10.
5. If a man honestly thinks he is on the right road, will he he condemned? Pro_14:12; Rom_3:3, Rom_3:4; Act_17:30.
6. Can't a man be a Christian without believing that Christ was the Son at God? 1Jn_5:9 - 1Jn_5:13, 1Jn_5:20; Joh_20:28 - Joh_20:31; Mat_16:13 - Mat_16:18.
7. Why was the death at Christ needed to save men? Rom_8:3; Gal_3:10; Rom_5:12, Rom_5:19.
8. What is the first thing to do in becoming a Christian? Mat_12:28; Joh_6:29, Joh_6:37; Act_16:31.
9. What is the next thing? Mat_10:32; Rom_10:9, Rom_10:10; Heb_13:15, Heb_13:16.
10. Must I not feel my sins before I can come to Christ? How can I do this? Rom_7:13; Joh_16:8, Joh_16:9; Act_2:36,Act_2:37; Zec_12:10.
11. Must I not repent? What is repentance? How can I repent? Luk_24:46, Luk_24:47; Act_5:30, Act_5:31; Act_20:21; Luk_15:17, Luk_15:18.
12. How do I come to Christ? Isa_55:7; 1Jn_1:1.1Jn_1:3; Rom_10:8 - Rom_10:17; Mar_10:49, Mar_10:50.
13. What is it to accept of Christ? Joh_1:11, Joh_1:12; Rom_6:23; Joh_4:10; Eph_2:8.
14. How may I get faith? Rom. 20:37; Eph_1:12, Eph_1:13; Luk_16:29 - Luk_16:31; Joh_5:39, Joh_5:46, Joh_5:47; Joh_4:50; Luk_17:5.
15. How can I know that my sins are forgiven? Mar_2:5; Luk_7:48 - Luk_7:50; Act_13:38, Act_13:39; 1Jn_1:9.
16. How can I tell that I love God? 1Jn_4:10, 1Jn_4:19; Rom_5:5 - Rom_5:8; Eph, 2:4 - Ruth
17. Why will not the Lord show himself to me, and speak to me as he did to Paul? 1 Tim.. 1:16; Joh_17:20; Joh_20:29; 1Pe_1:8; Joh_14:16 - Joh_14:18.
18. How may I know that the Spirit of God has come to me? Joh_16:8; 1Co_12:3; Gal_5:22, Gal_5:23; 1Jn_3:14.
19. Why do church members do wrong? Php_3:18, Php_3:19; 1Ti_4:1, 1Ti_4:2; 2Ti_3:1 - 2Ti_3:5; Gal_5:17; Gal_6:1.
20. Why are there so many different churches?1Co_3:1 - 1Co_3:5; 1Co_12:12 - 1Co_12:14; 1Co_11:19; 2Pe_2:1, 2Pe_2:2; Eph_1:17 - Eph_1:23.
21. Must I join the church to be a Christian?Mat_28:18 - Mat_28:20; Act_2:38 - Act_2:42, Act_2:47; Heb_10:25.
22. Are amusements wrong for Christians? 1Jn_2:15 - 1Jn_2:17; Joh_17:14 - Joh_17:19; 1Pe_4:2 - 1Pe_4:5.
23. How shall I overcome the world? Col_3:1 - Col_3:6; 1Jn_5:4, 1Jn_5:5; Gal_1:4.
24. Why do good Christians have so much trouble in the world? 1Co_11:32; Psa_94:12, Psa_94:13: Heb_12:6 - Heb_12:11; 1Pe_4:12 - 1Pe_4:19.
25. How shall I find deliverance from the power of sins that I have practiced? Rom_6:9 - Rom_6:14; Eph_6:10 - Eph_6:18; 1Pe_5:6-l0.
26. If I sin after I become a Christian, will God forgive me? Rom_13:14; 1Jn_2:1, 1Jn_2:2; Heb_4:14 - Heb_4:16; Jam_5:16: Mat_18:21, Mat_18:22
27. What is the sin against the Holy Ghost? Mar_3:28 - Mar_3:30: Heb_10:28, Heb_10:29; Act_8:18 - Act_8:23
28. How will know that l am one of the elect?Joh_3:16; Joh_6:37; Joh_10:9; Rev_22:17.
29. Must I forgive my enemies in becoming a Christian? Mat_5:23, Mat_5:24; Mat_6:12, Mat_6:14, Mat_6:15; Eph_4:31, Eph_4:32.
30. Must I make restitution? Mar_12:31; Rom_12:17; Luk_19:8; 2Co_8:21.
31. Must I not wait until I understand the Bible better before I become a Christian? Act_8:12, Act_8:35 - Act_8:37; Act_16:30 - Act_16:33; 1Co_2:1 - 1Co_2:5
32. Must I not become a better man before I become a Christian? Mat_9:12 - Mat_9:13;Mat_17:1-27Matt. 17:1518; Rom_7:23 - Rom_7:25; Gal_2:16.
33. When I try to pray it seems unreal to me; how can l overcome this? Luk_11:14; Joh_1:18; Joh_17:6, Joh_17:25, Joh_17:26.
34. Are you sure so great a sinner as I am can be saved? Isa_55:6 - Isa_55:9; Isa_43:24 - Isa_43:26; 1Ti_1:15,1Ti_1:16.
35. Should I make any start to confess that I want to be a Christian while I have no feeling? Mat_12:10 - Mat_12:13; Eze_36:1-38; Eze_26:1-21; Eph_2:4 - Eph_2:6.
36. What is the greatest sin? 1Jn_5:10; Joh_5:38; Num_23:19.
37. If I become a Christian, what ought I to seek for most earnestly? Joh_14:16 - Joh_14:18; Joh_20:22; Act_1:8; Act_2:39; Eph_5:17 - Eph_5:21.
38. What will be my greatest difficulty in the Christian life? Php_2:3 - Php_2:5; Rom_12:3, Rom_12:16; Joh_13:12 - Joh_13:17.
39. How can I be sure of holding out? Isa_41:10; 1Co_10:13; 2Co_9:8; 2Co_12:9; Heb_7:25; Jud_1:24; Joh_10:27 - Joh_10:29.
. I do not feel like becoming a Christian now; can I not put this off until some other time? 2Co_6:2; Heb_3:7, Heb_3:8; Heb_4:7; Jam_4:13 - Jam_4:17.