What's Your Favorite Verse, And Why?

[Hidden In Him]

What's your favorite verse or verses in the Bible? And take a moment to explain why : )

 

[electedbyHim]

Nice topic.

Luke 9:23 And He was saying to them all, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me.

When the Lord saved me, this was one of the first verses I memorized.

It is all about self-denial, dying to self daily.

Taking uup my cross, is enduring hardship, persecution, hatred and so on for following Christ.

As Macarthur puts it.....

Jesus was calling for a willingness to endure hatred, hostility, rejection, reproach, persecution, shame, even the most horrible death; to say no to self and no to safety for His sake (cf. 1 Peter 4:16). A sacrifice small when compared to the gift of eternal life.

The self-denial part is much easier said than done.

Grace and peace to you.

 

[Fish153]

I have a three sections of verses that are my favorites:

"Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
BUT GOD, who is rich in mercy, for his GREAT LOVE wherewith he loved us,
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus". (Eph. 2: 3-7)

Think of it!! We WERE "children of wrath" by our very nature, even as others. BUT GOD... Two amazing words. it's like I was running down a pathway to hell in full sprint----BUT GOD---stepped into my pathway!!! IT IS ALL OF HIM. He is the one who stepped into my path---I wasn't looking for Him! And he takes this person, a "child of wrath" and not only saves me--but it says "THAT IN THE AGES TO COME HE MIGHT SHEW THE EXCEEDING RICHES OF HIS GRACE AND KINDNESS TOWARD US THROUGH CHRIST JESUS" (V. 7).

We DO NOT DESERVE for God to even step into our pathway. BUT GOD.... He "raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus"--and then for the "AGES TO COME He will show us the exceeding riches of his grace in his KINDNESS TOWARDS US through Christ Jesus". We did NOTHING to deserve any of this!!! It's absolutely amazing and makes you want to leap for joy and shout His praises!!!

1 John 3:1 says: "Behold what manner of Love the Father has LAVISHED on us that we should be called the sons of God". It truly is amazing. And imagine this: from a "child of wrath" to a very son of God:

"He that overcomes shall inherit ALL things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son". (Rev. 21:7)

Incredible!!!!! From "Child of wrath" to inheriting ALL THINGS, and being a child (son) of God Himself!!!

Thanks for this thread my dear brother!!! I am rejoicing with all of my heart after thinking of these things!!!

 

[hawkman]

Acts 2:17​

14But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: 15For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. 16But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; 17And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: 18And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: 19And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: 20The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before that great and notable day of the Lord come:

It is where I am at Acts 2:17 , for the @ 10 years it has been only believable to me because the things that have happened to me are told of in the Bible .

After a well let me put it this way during an eventful evening in my life some years ago as I stood outside looking to the south on clear night I saw a flash of light to the east at the horizon and then about 2 seconds later a flash of light to the west at the horizon and then a heard a beastly roar unlike anything I have ever heard . It sounded like a cross between a loin and Godzilla of movie fame , the volume of the roar I would estimate a beast the size of two elephants . I did not go look for the beast .

 

[st_worm2]

Psalm 119 (NASB 77' .. except for the words within the parenthesis, which are meant as a helpful commentary, of sorts)
9 How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to Thy word.
11 Thy word I have treasured* (hidden/stored up) in my heart, that I may not sin against Thee.

This passage has a very wonderful and personal meaning to me, but for now I will just say this about it, for those of us who wish to always walk before the Lord in a way that is pure and pleasing to Him, this little passage not only tells us what we need to do (v9), but how to go about doing it, as well (v11)

God bless you!!

--David


*(Just FYI, the "treasuring" of God's word in our hearts has to do (principally) with the memorizing His word, parts of it anyway)

 

[Hidden In Him]

A Russian spammer posted to this thread and I had to erase it, but ironically enough, I've had a passage running through my head today and I never posted a verse to this thread. So praise the Lord.

31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." 37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:31-39 NKJV)

 

[Hidden In Him]

31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." 37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:31-39 NKJV)

Oops! Forgot my reasons why:

This passage speaks to me because you don't always know when others will be for you or against you. But you can count on the Lord always being there, and no man can lay charges to your feet when God justifies you. No one and nothing can separate you from Him, and even if the enemy sends everything he has against you, the Lord within you will make you more than a conguerer through Christ who strengthens you.

 

[NewLifeInChrist]

I have many favorite verses, but I like this one because of the profound things it says about our relationship with Christ...

But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit with Him. (1 Co 6:17)​

 

[Carry_Your_Name]

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. (Col. 3:17)

There has been a false dichotomy of "sacred" vs "secular", that ecclestiastical works in the church is more noble and more important than worldly works, clergymen are a privileged class closer to God than the laity, that is totally sanctimonious. Peter was a fisherman, Paul was a tentmaker, Cornelius was a roman military officer, Lord Jesus himself was a craftsman. God values worldly works as much as ecclestiastical works. For a godly individual, everything is sacred, nothing is secular.

 

[Fish153]

"But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord". (Jer. 9:24)

Another favorite verse of mine. When God lists the things he "delights" in He puts Lovingkindness first.

 

[Christ_empowered]

But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty" (1 Corinthians 1:27)

I truly came to my senses 12 years ago on bond. Bond itself was a huge blessing. I was potentially looking at 15 years in prison.

Before I came to my senses I realized that I shouldn’t be alive…severe brain damage untreated HIV, on and on…and came to the conclusion that God had healed me. I knew scripture and Protestant doctrine 101….no real faith. And…

I got genuinely saved! No one around me was at all impressed would be a massive understatement. My few remaining friends were friends no longer. My mother…who had hired a lawyer and paid for bond despite my wretched state and dark past…was seriously considering putting me in a group home. And…

Somehow I stayed out on bond for 1 year. The lawyer got one charge dismissed and it has now been expunged. The remaining charge was a felony and the lawyer had it brought down to a serious (class a) misdemeanor punishable in my state by up to 3 years in prison. After a ridiculously intense sentencing hearing I ended up doing 3 years of probation. I’ve been off of probation for 8 years now. And…

The verse…including sections I didn’t copy and paste lol…speaks to me because it’s sort of like Jesus Christ overturning the money changers tables in the temple and to some extent the crucifixion itself…God killed by the state in a cross…

It’s counter intuitive counter cultural otherworldly and genuinely revolutionary. And…

At a personal level I came to my senses and I was never really considered good enough especially by my dad’s side of the family. I was 28, lobotomized (no really), drugs in the past, effeminate hiv positive gay dude. And…

He has seen fit to transform me. I still haven’t been given treatment for hiv but now it’s been 20 years and I’m healthy…normal labs everything. I apparently have a high iq estimate. I’m not effeminate and I’m not heterosexual but…

In His perfect timing God has made redeemed and restored me and brought deliverance here on earth. At 40, I’m regarded as schizophrenic and I had the pill problem and the electroshock and brain operations (fun fact: a brain scan showed hemorrhage), but…

I have an iq estimated at 145-150. Back at baseline…before pills and shock and the world basically…it was estimated at 120. I look 35 or so at 40 which isn’t vanity so much as….

Washed and made clean. Especially with no medical treatment for hiv and the resulting premature aging and…

Yeah, it’s about how good God is even as human beings for whatever reasons pile on the cruelty.

Ok so…thankfully I’m in my iPhone so I can’t full on ramble lol. Thanks

 

[Fish153]

Christ_empowered---

Great testimony! May God bless you and I will pray for you. The Lord is amazing!!