Diligence

II Peter 1

5And beside this (the great promises), giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

6And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

7And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.

John 12

50And I know that his commandment (Rhema) is life everlasting (perpetual ZOE): whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

John 6

63It is the spirit that quickeneth(makes alive); the flesh profiteth nothing: the words (RHEMA) that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life(ZOE).

Deuteronomy 30

19I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

20That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days:

Ephesians 4

17This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, (making decisions based on EARTHLY, SENSUAL, of DEVILISH wisdom)

18Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness (hardness) of their heart:

I Timothy 6

12Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold (gk. – SEIZE) on eternal life.

Proverbs 3

1My son, forget not my law (written Word or Wisdom); but let thine heart keep my commandments:

2For length of days, and long life, and peace, (shalom) shall they add to thee.

WISDOMbrings ZOEand ZOEbrings PEACE:

§Spiritual health

§Safety

§Financial health

§Physical health

§Mental health

§Emotional health

§Social health

John 3

36He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting (perpetual) life (ZOE): and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life (ZOE); but the wrath of God abideth on him.

I John 5

11And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life (perpetual ZOE), and this life is in his Son.

Romans 8

6For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

2 Corinthians 4

10Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life (ZOE) also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.

11For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake (by reason), that the life (ZOE) also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

2 Corinthians 5

4For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life (ZOE).

3 Kinds of Life

BIOS – natural life and is very short and is temporary (plant, animal, body – biography, and biology)

PSUCHE – soul, mind, will, & emotions and is immortal (can not cease to exist, can not die) psyche, and psychology

ZOE – life of God and is eternal (perpetual, instantly and constantly being renewed). Resides in your spirit.

I John 5:11 

And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life (perpetual ZOE), and this life is in his Son.

Ephesians 4:32 And be ye kind (gk.- useful to) one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving (gk. – charizomai: literally to grant favors to) one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven (granted favors to) you.

Tender Hearted:

Sensitive, delicate, soft, and pliable/flexible

Willing or ready to yield to the influence of another (the HOLY SPIRIT); not rigid or obstinate but MEEK

Ephesians 4

18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness (GK. – HARDNESS) of their heart:

19 Who being past feeling (seared) have given themselves over unto lasciviousness (no brakes), to work all uncleanness (diluted/your own agenda) with greediness (selfishness).

Romans 1

21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain (ineffective) in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate (castaway) mind, to do those things which are not convenient;