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5. The Biblical Witness


Let's look for a moment at the Biblical understanding of who is acceptable to God.
Malachi 1:11
For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name is great among the nations, and in every place incense is offered to my name.
Micah 6:6,8
With what shall I come before the Lord? . . . .
He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.
Matthew 5:17
(Jesus said) "Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them.
Luke 10:25-28
A lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" Jesus said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read?" And he answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and you shall love your neighbor as yourself." And he said to him, "You have answered right; do this, and you will live."
John 10:18
(Jesus said) "I have other sheep that are not of this fold."
Acts 10:34-35
Peter said: "Truly I perceive that God shows no partiality, but in every nation any one who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him."
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