BELIEVING BELIEVERS
by john roy bohlen and John 5:30
BELIEVING BELIEVERS
Jesus Christ asked the question, when He was here on this earth, Luke 18:7 "And shall not God avenge His Own elect, which cry day and night unto Him, though He bear long with them? 8 I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man cometh, shall He find faith on the earth?" KJV
Heb 11:13 "These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth." KJV
Heb 11:35 "Women received their dead raised to life again:
and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: 36 And others had:
* trial of cruel mockings and
* scourgings, yea, moreover of
* bonds and
* imprisonment: 37 They were
* stoned, they were
* sawn asunder, were
* tempted, were
* slain with the sword: they
* wandered about in
* sheepskins and goatskins; being
* destitute,
* afflicted,
* tormented; 38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they
* wandered in deserts, and in
* mountains, and in
* dens and
* caves of the earth. 39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith,
* received not the promise: 40 God having provided some better thing for us, that
* they without us should not be made perfect." KJV
Num 23:19 "God is not a man, that He should lie; neither the son of man, that He should repent: hath He said, and shall He not do it? Or hath He spoken, and shall He not make it good?" KJV
Titus 1:2 "In hope of eternal life, which God, That cannot lie, promised before the world began;" KJV
Heb 6:16 "When a man takes an oath, he is calling upon someone greater than himself to force him to do what he has promised or to punish him if he later refuses to do it; the oath ends all argument about it. 17 God also bound Himself with an oath, so that those He promised to help would be perfectly sure and never need to wonder whether He might change His plans. 18 He has given us both His promise and His oath, two things we can completely count on, for it is impossible for God to tell a lie. Now all those who flee to Him to save them can take new courage when they hear such assurances from God; now they can know without doubt that He will give them the salvation He has promised them." TLB
We are going to give answers and solutions to the problem we are about to discuss:
Many people are angry with God because, at one time, they believed Him and His promises, and they became disappointed with God when it seemed that He let them down, when it seemed that God did not keep His promise to them. For many others, this anger or resentment is subconscious. This condition includes many Christians. Many Christians carry within them a wounded-ness, a hurt, for the same reason, because they have become disappointed with God's seeming failure to keep His promises to them. In some ways, they even feel as though they have been abused by God, in that it seems to them as though God failed to keep His promises to them, like a child who has been promised by his or her father to give them ice cream, or take them fishing, or to Disney Land, but then did not keep his promise. Thus, there are many who have been Christians, who, because of this, have allowed themselves to become angry or hurt, and, there are many who have used this apparent failure on God's part, to go away from God, from church attendance, or even from continuing their faith in God. And, there are some, who have become militant, aggressive anti-God, anti-Christian, and anti-Bible critics and antagonists, and some have even used this condition as an excuse to persecute Christians.
I have written an article called "Mad: At God?" It is available on our website, at: www.Great-Commission-Ministries.org.
ANSWERS & SOLUTIONS
1. Make a specifically itemized list of alllll and every time when it seemed that God let you down, or when it seemed to you that God failed to keep His promise to you, or when it seemed that God failed to minister to you on your terms.
2. Begin by repenting to God, for every time and circumstance, when you allowed yourself to become angry or resentful toward God, and for every time when you allowed self pity or unbelief to creep in.
3. Realizing that God is perfect, and that He never lies (although it seemed to you that He did), by a strongly determined choice of your will, choose to forgive God, item by item, on your list, for every time when God failed to meet your expectations.
4. Many people allow themselves to go on strike, or to withdraw, or to hunker in self pity, when they come to believe God has disappointed them in this way. Instead of forging forward valiantly, one can, to whatever extent, want to go to bed, cover up their head, curl up into a fetus position, and suck their thumb! They decrease their intensity of worship and praise, in their giving, their serving, their Bible reading, and in their resisting of sin, etc. There are many ways that this condition of self pity and hurt can manifest itself. To whatever extent you have allowed this in your life, one needs to repent for withdrawing from God, in self pity.
5. Make a gut-level, fiercely determined choice of your will to choose, from now on, to believe God, no matter what happens, even if death were to happen before the promise is fulfilled.
6. Sometimes a child or a retarded person has a child-like faith, no matter what happens. They keep on believing in the face of the unfulfilled promise, even joyful and excited, beyond reason. This is how God wants us to be, to persist in faith, no matter the circumstance. We can choose to continue to be excited about God's promises, and, about God, Himself, no matter how long the promise takes.
7. Many people have left their first love, and have allowed their faith to become dull, dusty and rusty, to experience negative conditioning because of the delay of promised fulfillment. One needs to aggressively, again, by a clear and determined choice of will, to dust off, as it were, their faith, and sharpen it up, and get the rust off of their faith, and again put it into action.
Jesus asked and asks the question, "When I come again, will there be anyone who still has faith???" Now we know why He asks that question! Will you answer by shouting, "YES!!!!!"?
Exodus 4:1
1 And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee.
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Exodus 4:5
5 That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
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Exodus 4:8
8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
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Exodus 4:8
8 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign.
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Exodus 4:9
9 And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.
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Exodus 19:9
9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
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Numbers 14:11
11 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
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Deuteronomy 1:32
32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,
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2 Kings 17:14
14 Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.
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2 Chronicles 20:20
20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
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2 Chronicles 20:20
20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
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2 Chronicles 32:15
15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
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Job 9:16
16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
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Job 39:12
12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
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Proverbs 26:25
25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
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Isaiah 7:9
9 And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.
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Isaiah 43:10
10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
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Jeremiah 12:6
6 For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.
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Habakkuk 1:5
5 Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvellously: for I will work a work in your days, which ye will not believe, though it be told you.
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Matthew 9:28
28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.
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Matthew 18:6
6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
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Matthew 21:25
25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
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Matthew 21:32
32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
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Matthew 24:23
23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
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Matthew 24:26
26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
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Matthew 27:42
42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
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Mark 1:15
15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
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Mark 5:36
36 As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
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Mark 9:23
23 Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.
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Mark 9:24
24 And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
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Mark 9:42
42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.
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Mark 11:23
23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
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Mark 11:24
24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
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Mark 11:31
31 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?
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Mark 13:21
21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
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Mark 15:32
32 Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him.
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Mark 16:17
17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
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Luke 8:12
12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
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Luke 8:13
13 They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.
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Luke 8:50
50 But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole.
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Luke 22:67
67 Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe:
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Luke 24:25
25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
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John 1:7
7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.
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John 1:12
12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
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John 3:12
12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
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John 3:12
12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
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John 4:21
21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
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John 4:42
42 And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
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John 4:48
48 Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.
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John 5:38
38 And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.
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John 5:44
44 How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
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John 5:47
47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
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John 5:47
47 But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
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John 6:29
29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
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John 6:30
30 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
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John 6:36
36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
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John 6:64
64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
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John 6:69
69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
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John 7:5
5 For neither did his brethren believe in him.
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John 7:39
39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
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John 8:24
24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
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John 8:45
45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
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John 8:46
46 Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?
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John 9:18
18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.
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John 9:35
35 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God?
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John 9:36
36 He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him?
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John 9:38
38 And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him.
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John 10:26
26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.
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John 10:37
37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
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John 10:38
38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
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John 10:38
38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
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John 10:38
38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
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John 11:15
15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
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John 11:27
27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
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John 11:40
40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
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John 11:42
42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
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John 11:48
48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
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John 12:36
36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.
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John 12:39
39 Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again,
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John 12:47
47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
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John 13:19
19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
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John 14:1
1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
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John 14:1
1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
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John 14:11
11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
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John 14:11
11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake.
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John 14:29
29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
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John 16:9
9 Of sin, because they believe not on me;
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John 16:30
30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
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John 16:31
31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?
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John 17:20
20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
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John 17:21
21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
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John 19:35
35 And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
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John 20:25
25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
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John 20:31
31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.
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Acts 8:37
37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
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Acts 13:39
39 And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
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Acts 13:41
41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.
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Acts 15:7
7 And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.
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Acts 15:11
11 But we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
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Acts 16:31
31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
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Acts 19:4
4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.
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Acts 21:20
20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law:
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Acts 21:25
25 As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication.
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Acts 27:25
25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me.
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Romans 3:3
3 For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?
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Romans 3:22
22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:
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Romans 4:11
11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also:
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Romans 4:24
24 But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead;
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Romans 6:8
8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him:
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Romans 10:9
9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
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Romans 10:14
14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
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Romans 15:31
31 That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints;
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1 Corinthians 1:21
21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
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1 Corinthians 10:27
27 If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
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1 Corinthians 11:18
18 For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it.
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1 Corinthians 14:22
22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
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1 Corinthians 14:22
22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
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1 Corinthians 14:22
22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
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1 Corinthians 14:22
22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
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2 Corinthians 4:4
4 In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
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2 Corinthians 4:13
13 We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
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Galatians 3:22
22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
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Ephesians 1:19
19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
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Philippians 1:29
29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
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1 Thessalonians 1:7
7 So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia.
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1 Thessalonians 2:10
10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe:
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1 Thessalonians 2:13
13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
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1 Thessalonians 4:14
14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
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2 Thessalonians 1:10
10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
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2 Thessalonians 2:11
11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
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1 Timothy 1:16
16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
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1 Timothy 4:3
3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.
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1 Timothy 4:10
10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.
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2 Timothy 2:13
13 If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
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Hebrews 10:39
39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
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Hebrews 11:6
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
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James 2:19
19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
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1 Peter 1:21
21 Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.
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1 Peter 2:7
7 Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner,
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1 John 3:23
23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
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1 John 4:1
1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
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1 John 5:13
13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
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1 John 5:13
13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
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