Jottings From Bible Margins

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SERVICE.
Serve the Lord with all thine heart (Deuteronomy 10:1212And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, (Deuteronomy 10:12)); serve Him without fear (Luke 1:7474That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, (Luke 1:74)); serve the Lord with gladness (Psalms 100:22Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing. (Psalm 100:2)); serve Him with a willing mind (1 Chronicles 28:99And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. (1 Chronicles 28:9)); serve with pure conscience (2 Timothy 1:33I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; (2 Timothy 1:3)); serve God acceptably with reverence (Hebrews 12:2828Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: (Hebrews 12:28)); serving the Lord with all humility (Acts 20:1919Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews: (Acts 20:19)).
ORDINANCES.
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by lore, Galatians 5:66For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. (Galatians 5:6).
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature, Galatians 6:1515For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. (Galatians 6:15).
Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God, 1 Corinthians 7:1919Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. (1 Corinthians 7:19).
THE FATHER.
THE SON.
THE HOLY GHOST.
PERFECTION.