And they went on to another village. As they were going along the road, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”

To another he said, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” And Jesus said to him, “Leave the dead to bury their own dead. But as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.”

Yet another said, “I will follow you, Lord, but let me first say farewell to those at my home.” Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”

Gospel of Luke 9:56-62  ESV

To all fellow Christians out there.  May Grace be with you.

You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”?

Letter of James 4:4-5  ESV

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world–the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions–is not from the Father but is from the world.

1st letter of John 2:15-16  ESV

For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.

2nd letter to Timothy 4:10  ESV

You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Book of Psalms 16:11 ESV

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt:

“Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.

The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’

But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Gospel of Luke 18:9-14  ESV

Let’s not forget.

THE SCRIPTURES

The Holy Scriptures – that is, the written word of God, the book commonly called the Bible – consist of all the books of the Old and New Testaments.

The Books of the Old Testament are :

Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges,

Ruth, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles,

Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther,

Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Solomon,

Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Ezekiel, Daniel, Hosea, Joel, Amos,

Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai,

Zechariah, Malachi.

The Books of the New Testament are :

The Gospels according to Matthew, Mark, Luke and John,

The Acts,

Paul’s Epistles: to The Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians,

Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians,

2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon,

Epistle to the Hebrews,

Epistle of James,

First and Second Epistles of Peter,

First, Second and Third Epistles of John,

Epistle of Jude,

Revelation of John.

All the Scriptures – that is to say, the books of the Old and New Testaments – are the word of God.

From him they came; they were spoken by holy men of God; they contain a full, sufficient, and perfect revelation of the mind and will of God, concerning all things that are necessary to be known for our salvation; 1 and they are the only infallible rule of faith and obedience.

The truths which they contain respecting God and the perfections of his nature are so exceedingly broad and deep, that no one could have revealed them, except him who has a perfect knowledge of himself; 2 the godliness and self-denial of the writers, the purity and holiness of all the truths contained in the Scriptures, the consistency of all the parts, though written by various persons and in various ages of the world, 3 the continued preservation of the Scriptures, though the strongest authorities on earth have assailed and sought to destroy them, the fact that it is their main design to manifest God’s greatness and glory, 4 their authority and influence over the hearts and lives of men, and the superiority of those nations which have had the Scriptures, in every age of the world, over other nations, in morals, knowledge, and all else that adorns humanity – all these things prove beyond a doubt that the infinite God is their author . 5

Besides, we have no grounds for thinking that either men or angels are the authors of the Holy Scriptures; we cannot suppose that bad men, in early times, were the authors of the Scriptures, without supposing also that evil had changed its former nature; and it is very certain that evil spirits never fashioned these weapons which are destined to subvert their kingdom in the hearts of men; and it would not be consistent with the holiness of the elect angels, nor with the holiness of godly men, to utter a lie in the name of the Lord of Hosts; it is, therefore, abundantly evident that the Scriptures come from God, and from no other source. 6

1 Isa. 8:20; 2 Tim. 3:16,17; Rom. 15:4; Luke 16:29-31; Rev. 22:18,19.

2 Exod. 3:14; Isa 42:8,9; Josh. 21:45; Psa. 119:18.

3 2 Pet. 1:20,21; Psa. 12:6; Psa. 19:8; John 10:35.

4 Isa. 40:8; Isa. 59:21; Matt. 24:35; Rom. 3:1,2.

5 Heb. 4:12; Psa. 19:7; Rom. 1:16.

6 Hos. 8:12; Psa. 111:7,8; 2 Cor. 10:4,5; Rev. 22:18,19.

Confession of Faith, Calvinistic Methodists of Wales 1823

The 66 books of the Bible is Gods Book for Christians today, full and complete and lacking nothing for the Christians journey.

Trying to personally work it all out is another matter.  

The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. Beloved, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, as it goes well with your soul.

For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth. I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

Beloved, it is a faithful thing you do in all your efforts for these brothers, strangers as they are, who testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their journey in a manner worthy of God. For they have gone out for the sake of the name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles.

Therefore we ought to support people like these, that we may be fellow workers for the truth.

I have written something to the church, but Diotrephes, who likes to put himself first, does not acknowledge our authority. So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.

Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good.

Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God. Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself. We also add our testimony, and you know that our testimony is true.

3rd Letter of John 1:1-12  ESV

( Edit: added 28/10/09 )

The denial of authority is very interesting here, the melt down begins maybe?  I firmly believe that we need men full of faith and the Holy Spirit today.  Christianity has seemingly become a free for all.