The Missing Cross to Purity

Commands of Jesus

(This web site's purpose is to show you how keep all his commands,
through being freed from sin by receiving grace through the cross).

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• Produce fruit in keeping with repentance. Mat 3:8-10
  
  
• Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near." Mat 4:17
  (think differently; change your mind, regretting your sins and changing your conduct)
  
  
• I tell you, no! But unless you repent, you too will all perish. Luke 13:3
  
  
• Believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. John 12:36
  
  
• Do not resist an evil person.
• If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.
• And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well.
• If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.
• Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you. Mat 5:38-42
  
  
• Love your enemies
• pray for those who persecute you,
• Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Mat 5:43-48
  
  
• But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment.
  anyone who says, You fool! will be in danger of the fire of hell.  
  If your brother has something against you, don't offer a gift on the altar.
  First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.   Mat 5:21-25
  
  
• anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. Mat 5:28
  
  
• So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you Mat 7:12
  
  
• Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
  Love your neighbor as yourself. Mat 22:36-40
  
  
• If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off.
  It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out.
  And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off.
  It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.
  And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out.
  It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell. Mark 9:42-47
  (He doesn't want us to maim ourselves. He is only illustrating how serious sin is. Jesus is desperately trying to tell us that to enter the Kingdom and escape Hell, sin is not allowed, period. He knew false prophets with false gospels promising freedom to continue to sin would arise after he left. Changes in our heart through the missing cross to purity can take away the desire of the hand, foot, and eye to cause us to sin.
  

• Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
  You make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within are full of extortion and excess.
  You are blind, first cleanse the inside of the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
  You are like whitewashed tombs, outwardly beautiful, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
  So you also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Mat 23:25-28
  
  
• As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. Rev 3:19
  
  
• Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. Luke 12:1-2. [Hypocrisy is talking about God, not conduct and conversation of a godly manner. Pretending to be a godly person, while practicing: greed, lying, pornography, drunkenness, slander, rage, lusts, etc. He tells us any hypocrisy will eventually exposed and shamed.]
  
  
• You have forsaken your first love. Remember the height from which you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. Rev. 2:4-5
  
  
• Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown of life. Rev 2:10
  
  
• You have people there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin .. by committing sexual immorality...Repent therefore! Otherwise, I will soon come to you and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. Rev 2:14,16
  
  
• Only hold on to what you have until I come. To him who overcomes and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations. Rev 2:25-6
  
  
• Rouse yourselves and keep awake, and strengthen and invigorate what remains and is on the point of dying; for I have not found a thing that you have done meeting the requirements of My God or perfect in His sight.
  So call to mind the lessons you received and heard; continually lay them to heart and obey them, and repent.Rev 3:2-3
  
  
• Do not swear at all: either by heaven, or by the earth, or by Jerusalem.
  Do not swear by your head, for you cannot make even one hair white or black.
  let your Yes be Yes, and your No, No; anything beyond this comes from the evil one. Mat 5:34-37
  
  
• Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. Mat 7:13-14
  
  
• Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.
  By their fruit you will recognize them. Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.
  (The fruit of the Spirit is love, peace, joy, self-control, kindness, faith, goodness, and gentleness; this involves ridding yourself of sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; greed, hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. Gal 5:19-23.)
  Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles? Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!' Mat 7:15-23
  
  
• whatever they tell you to observe, that observe and do, but do not do according to their works; for they say, and do not do. For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men’s shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.  But all their works they do to be seen by men. They make their phylacteries broad and enlarge the borders of their garments.  Matthew 23:2-5
  
  
• Be careful not to do your 'acts of righteousness' before men, to be seen by them.
  But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Mat 6:1-4
  

• when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen.
  do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.
  Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Mat 6:5-8
  
  
• When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting.
  when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, so that it will not be obvious to men that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. Mat 6:16-18
  
  
• Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear.
  For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
  So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'
  For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
  But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
  Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Mat 6:31-34
  
  
• Do not judge, or you too will be judged.
  take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. Mat 7:1-5
  
  
• Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and then turn and tear you to pieces. Mat 7:6
  
  
• Ask and it will be given to you
  seek and you will find;
  knock and the door will be opened to you. Mat 7:7
  
  
• Preach this message: 'The kingdom of heaven is near.'
  Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those who have leprosy, drive out demons.
  Freely you have received, freely give. Mat 10:7-8
  
  
• Go and learn the meaning of this: I desire mercy, not sacrifice. Mat 12:7
  
  
• Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad,
  You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
  The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.
  But I tell you that men will have to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
  For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned. Mat 12:33-37
  
  
• But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man 'unclean'.
  For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander.
  These are what make a man 'unclean'; Mat 15:18-20
  
  
• Leave them; they are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit. Mat 15:14
  
  
• But beware of the leaven (ferment) of the Pharisees and Sadducees. Mat 16:11
  (The yeast of the Pharisees, is hypocrisy - the attitude of pretending to be godly, but still being subject to lust, anger, slander, greed, etc.
  It is called a leaven or a yeast, because such an attitude can spread throughout your entire spiritual life, like a cancer that spreads throughout the body. )
  
  
• Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. Mat 5:16
  
  
• If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
  For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for me will find it. Mat 16:24-25
  
  
• If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you.
  But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that 'every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.
  If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, treat him as you would a pagan or a tax collector. Mat 18:15-17
  
  
• Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave—just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. Mat 20:26-28
  
  
• But you are not to be called rabbi (teacher), for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers.
  And do not call anyone on earth father, for you have one Father, Who is in heaven.
  And you must not be called masters (leaders), for you have one Master (Leader), the Christ. Mat 23:8-10
  Any title: reverend, doctor, father, master, teacher, preacher, pastor, is wrong - we are all brothers and only brothers.
  
  
• Woe to you, Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and to be greeted [by flattering title] and bowed down to in the marketplaces. Luke 11:43
  
  
• Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! you have neglected justice, mercy and faithfulness. Mat 23:23
  
  
• First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean. You clean the outside of the cup
  and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. Mat 23:25-26
  
  
• Consider carefully what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and even more. Mark 4:24-25. He is talking about what you hear him say to you. If you are obedient to what you hear, you will hear more.
  If you are not obedient to what he has shown you, even that awareness will be taken away from you.
  
  
• What I say to you, I say to everyone: 'Watch!' Mark 13:37 Watch for the Light to expose the thoughts and conditions of your heart.
  
  
• Therefore consider carefully how you listen. Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him. Luke 8:18. Listen, write down what you hear, repent, review periodically and keep repenting.
  
  
• He replied, "My mother and brothers are those who hear God's word and put it into practice." Luke 8:21
  (the spoken Word of God, the Voice of the Lord, the Living Word, the Word of Truth, the Word of Life, the Voice of Christ)
  
  
• All men will hate you because of me, but he who stands firm to the end will be saved. Mark 13:13
  
  
• When you are brought before synagogues, rulers and authorities, do not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say. Luke 12:11-12
  
  
• Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will not be exhausted, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Luke 12:33-34
  
  
• Let your waist be girded and your lamps burning; and you yourselves be like men who wait for their master, when he will return from the wedding, that when he comes and knocks they may open to him immediately. Blessed are those servants whom the master, when he comes, will find watching. Assuredly, I say to you that he will gird himself and have them sit down to eat, and will come and serve them. And if he should come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. Luke 12:35-40
  
  
• When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited. If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, 'Give this man your seat.' Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place.But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, 'Friend, move up to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all your fellow guests. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. Luke 14:8-11
  
  
• When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just. Luke 14:12-14
  
  
• If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple. Luke 14:26
  We cannot let our concerns for (or criticisms from) our mother, wife, children, brothers interfere with our efforts to please God and be obedient to his commands that we hear from Him.
  
  
• And anyone who does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. Luke 14:27
  
  
• For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it—lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish’?Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace. So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple. Luke 14:28-33
  
  
• Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.” Luke 17:3-4
  
  
• You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother. "All these I have kept since I was a boy," he said. When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." Luke 18:20-22
  
  
• By your patience possess your souls. Luke 21:19
  
  
• "Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with dissipation, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you unexpectedly like a trap. For it will come upon all those who live on the face of the whole earth. Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man." Luke 21:34-36
  
  
• Pray that you will not fall into temptation. Luke 22:40
  
  
• Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit. John 3:5-6
  
  
• To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." John 8:31-32
  
  
• The man who loves his life will lose it, while the man who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. John 12:25
  
  
• Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. John 13:14
  
  
• A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.
  By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another." John 13:34-35
  
  
• If you love me, you will obey what I command. John 14:15
  
  
• Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him. John 14:21
  
  
• Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me. John 14:23-24
  
  
• You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. John 15:3-4
  
  
• I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5
  
  
• If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love. John 15:10
  
  
• My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. John 15:12-14
  
  
• This is my command: Love each other. John 15:17
  
  
• When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me. And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning. John 15:26-27

When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching,
because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law. Mat 7:28-29

This web site's purpose is to show how to become
free from sin
by benefiting from the changing power of God through the cross,
which leads to union with God in his Kingdom.