12 For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. 11 Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. Live as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) 10 and find out what pleases the Lord. 8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. 7 Therefore do not be partners with them.

6 Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient. 5 For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person–such a man is an idolater–has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 4 Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving. 3 But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people. 20 In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar was in charge of the gatekeepers, and the LORD was with him.Ģ Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in.ġ0 Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.ġ7 For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who do not obey the gospel of God?ĥ you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.īible Gateway Church Usher Duties Checklistġ Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.ģ3 For God is not a God of disorder but of peace.ġ To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder, a witness of Christ’s sufferings and one who also will share in the glory to be revealed: 2 Be shepherds of God’s flock that is under your care, serving as overseers–not because you must, but because you are willing, as God wants you to be not greedy for money, but eager to serve 3 not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.ġ6 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,Ĩ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”Ĥ0 But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way.ġ Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children 2 and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

19 Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his fellow gatekeepers from his family (the Korahites) were responsible for guarding the thresholds of the Tent just as their fathers had been responsible for guarding the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD. These were the gatekeepers belonging to the camp of the Levites. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.ģ Count all the men from thirty to fifty years of age who come to serve in the work in the Tent of Meeting.ġ8 being stationed at the King’s Gate on the east, up to the present time. Practice hospitality.ģ4 Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway.Ģ3 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, 24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.ġ3 Share with God’s people who are in need. 7 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not men,Ģ8 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers.

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