8 - Lifestyle

1. How do Christians relate to the things of the world?

"Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him" 1 John 2:15

2. How did Paul put it?

"Be not conformed to this world" Romans 12:2

3. To be allied with the world is to be what?

"The enemy of God" James 4:4

4. How can we be pure in a corrupt world?

"Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing" 2 Corinthians 6:17

"That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world" Philippians 2:15

5. How are we to be transformed?

"By the renewing of your mind" Romans 12:2

6. What should we think about?

"Whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things" Philippians 4:8

7. How did Job control his thoughts?

"I made a covenant with mine eyes" Job 31:1

8. What did David resolve?

"I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes" Psalm 101:3

9. When should we stop our ears and shut our eyes?

"Stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil" Isaiah 33:15

10. How does the Bible describe people’s great desire for entertainment today?

"Lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God" 2 Timothy 3:4

11. What was the iniquity of Sodom?

"Pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness" Ezekiel 16:49

12. When people were converted in Ephesus, what did they do with their evil books?

"Burned them" Acts 19:19

13. What type of music will be a blessing to us?

"Psalms and hymns and spiritual songs" Colossians 3:16

14. What about our associations?

"He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed" Proverbs 13:20

"Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper" Psalm 1:1-3

15. What is the best defense against sin?

"Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee" Psalm 119:11

16. What should be our prayer?

"Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer" Psalm 19:14

17. How will Christian women present themselves?

"In modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works" 1 Timothy 2: 9, 10

18. When preparing to go before God, Jacob’s household washed, changed their garments, and gave what two things to Jacob?

"All the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears" Genesis 35:2-4

19. What did the Lord instruct Israel to take off at Horeb?

"Their ornaments" Exodus 33:5, 6

20. What is the true Christian adornment?

"Let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel, but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit" 1 Peter 3:3, 4

21. What has God’s grace been given to teach us?

"That, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world" Titus 2:11, 12

22. Why did Jesus give himself for us?

"That he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works" Titus 2:14

23. What is the purpose of a holy lifestyle?

"Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven" Matthew 5:16

24. How did Paul feel about everything that he gave up for Christ?

"I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ" Philippians 3:8

25. How may we overcome the world?

"Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith" 1 John 5:4