COMMANDS OF JESUS
The following are commands given by Jesus that will enable you to live successfully in the Kingdom of God.
Repenting of sin.
-Repent: Matthew 4:17
-Come unto Me: Matthew 11:28
-Seek God and His righteousness: Matthew 6:33
-Forgive: Mark 11:25
-Deny yourself: Matthew 16:24
-Ask, seek, knock in prayer: Matthew 7:7
-Strive to enter in at the straight gate: Luke 13:24
-Confess your sin: 1 John 1:8-9
Formulating your beliefs.
-Believe the Gospel: Mark 1:15
-Believe in God, believe also in Me: John 14:1
-Believe on Him God has sent: John 6:28-29
-Believe that I am in the Father, He in Me: John 14:11
-Believe the works I do: John 10:37-38
-Believe in the Light: John 12:36
-Believe so that you may receive: Mark 11:24
Living a new life.
-You must be born again: John 3:7
-Cleanse first that which is within: Matthew 23:26
-Make the tree and the fruit good: Matthew 12:33
-Abide in Me, and I in you: John 15:4
-Have salt in yourselves: Mark 9:50
-Labor for the meat which endures: John 6:27
-Rejoice--your name is in heaven: Luke 10:20
Receiving the Holy Ghost.
-Receive the Holy Ghost: John 20:22
-If any man thirst, come to Me: John 7:37-39
-Keep My Word/another comforter: John 14:15-17
-Ask with persistence: John 16:24
-Tarry until you receive power: Luke 24:49
Following Jesus.
-Follow Me: John 12:26
-Be baptized: Matthew 3:13-15
-This do in remembrance: Luke 22:17-19
-Take up your cross: Luke 9:23
-Learn of Me: Matthew 11:29
-Continue in My love: John 15:9
Learning to pray.
-Pray always: Luke 21:36
-Pray not to enter temptation: Luke 22:40-46
-Pray for laborers for harvest: Luke 10:2
-Pray for your enemies: Luke 6:28
-Pray in My name: Matthew 6:6
-Pray after this manner: Matthew 6:9-13
-Do not use vain repetitions: Matthew 6:7-8
Developing your faith.
-Have faith in God: Mark 11:22
-Do not be not faithless: John 20:27
-Do not doubt: Luke 12:29
-Take no thought for life: Matthew 6:25-34
-Don't let your heart be troubled: John 14:1-27
-Be of good cheer: Matthew 14:27
-Do not be afraid: Mark 5:36
Being faithful.
-Be faithful unto death: Revelation 2:10
-Hold fast what you have: Revelation 3:11
-Be glad when you are persecuted: Matthew 5:11-12
-Take no thought what you shall speak: Matthew 10:19
-Do not murmur among yourselves: John 6:43
-Look up and lift up your heads: Luke 21:28
Sharing the gospel.
-Preach the Gospel to every creature: Matthew 10:7
-Preach repentance in Christ's name: Luke 24:46-47
-Baptize in the name of the Trinity: Matthew 28:19
-Teach what I have taught you: Matthew 28:20
-Speak what I tell you: Matthew 10:27
-Feed My sheep: John 21:15-17
-Heal the sick: Matthew 10:8
Eliminating covetousness.
-Beware of covetousness: Luke 12:15
-Do not lay up treasures on earth: Matthew 6:19-20
-Give to him that asks of you: Matthew 5:42
-Give of such things as you have: Luke 11:41
-Share with the poor: Luke 14:12-13
Avoiding hypocrisy.
-Beware of leaven of the Pharisees: Luke 12:1
-Beware of the scribes: Luke 20:46-47
-Do not go after false leaders: Matthew 23:2-3
-Revere My Father's house: John 2:16
-Do not give to be seen by men: Matthew 6:1-4
-Pray in secret: Matthew 6:5-6
-Do not fast to be seen by men: Matthew 6:16-18
Developing meekness.
-Take My yoke upon you: Matthew 11:29
-Don't dominate others: Matthew 20:25-26
-To be chief, you must serve: Mark 10:43-44
-Do not take the place of honor: Luke 14:8-11
-Say "We are unprofitable servants": Luke 17:10
Loving others.
-Love as I have loved you: John 15:12
-Do not despise the little ones: Matthew 18:10-14
-Make peace one with another: Matthew 5:23-24
-Resolve offenses: Matthew 18:15-17
-Forgive others repeatedly: Matthew 18:21-22
-Do not judge by appearance: Matthew 7:1-5
-Do not condemn: Luke 6:37
Perfecting your love.
-Be perfect: Matthew 5:48
-Love your enemies: Matthew 5:44
-Do good to them which hate you: Luke 6:27-28
-Lend without expecting a return: Luke 6:35
-Possess your soul by patience: Luke 21:19
Loving God.
-Love the Lord your God: Mark 12:30
-Him only shall you serve: Matthew 4:10
-Worship in spirit and truth: John 4:23-24
-Do not tempt the Lord your God: Matthew 4:7
-Fear God: Luke 12:5
-Honor the Son, Jesus Christ: John 5:22-23
Relating to your neighbor.
-Love your neighbor: Matthew 19:19
-Do not murder: Matthew 19:18
-Do not commit adultery: Matthew 19:18
-Dot not steal: Matthew 19:18
-Do not lie: Matthew 19:18
-Honor your father and mother: Matthew 19:19
-Do to others as you want them to
do to you: Luke 6:31
Developing godly wisdom.
-Be wise as serpents, harmless as doves: Matthew 10:16
-Beware of evil men: Matthew 10:17
-Do not follow blind leaders: Matthew 15:12-14
-Do not give holy things to dogs/swine: Matthew 7:6
-Respond properly to rejection: Luke 10:10-11
Living by the scriptures.
-Search the scriptures: John 5:39
-Remember the Words that I said: John 15:20
-Let these sayings sink in: Luke 9:44
-Take heed how you hear: Luke 8:18
-Take heed what you hear: Mark 4:24
-Beware of false doctrine: Matthew 16:6-12
-Beware of false prophets: Matthew 7:15-17
Being a witness.
-Let your light shine: Matthew 5:16
-Make sure the light is not darkness: Luke 11:35
-Go and bring forth fruit: John 15:16
-Be merciful: Luke 6:36
-Tell the things the Lord has done: Mark 5:19
-Lift up your eyes, look on the fields: John 4:35
Preparing for the second coming of Christ.
-Hold fast until I come: Rev. 3:2-3
-Be ready: Jesus is coming: Luke 12:40
-Have loins girded, lights burning: Luke 12:35-36
-Don't let your heart be overcharged: Luke 21:34
-Remember Lot's wife: Luke 17:31-32
-Don't be deceived: Mark 13:5-6
-Watch: Mark 13:34-37
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