Travis Creasy’s Lessons

“it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus,”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭1:3‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/luk.1.3.esv. “"But when he came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger!”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭15:17‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/luk.15.17.esv. “And he cried out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" And those who were in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭18:38-39‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/luk.18.38-39.esv. “He entered Jericho and was passing through. And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today." So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. And when they saw it, they all grumbled, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner." And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold." And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost."”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭19:1-10‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/luk.19.1-10.esv

“Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

‭‭Philippians‬ ‭2:9-11‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/php.2.9-11.esv. “And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.'”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2:21‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/act.2.21.esv. “They will make war on the Lamb, and the Lamb will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those with him are called and chosen and faithful."”

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭17:14‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/rev.17.14.esv. “And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved."”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭4:12‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/act.4.12.esv. “Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child from the Holy Spirit.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭1:18‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/mat.1.18.esv. “And one of the elders said to me, "Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals."”

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭5:5‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/rev.5.5.esv. “And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.”

‭‭Revelation‬ ‭5:6‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/rev.5.6.esv

“For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Look: I, Paul, say to you that if you accept circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you. I testify again to every man who accepts circumcision that he is obligated to keep the whole law. You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace. For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love. You were running well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? This persuasion is not from him who calls you. A little leaven leavens the whole lump. I have confidence in the Lord that you will take no other view, and the one who is troubling you will bear the penalty, whoever he is. But if I, brothers, still preach circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed. I wish those who unsettle you would emasculate themselves! For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another. But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭5:1-26‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/gal.5.1-26.esv

“I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.”

‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭3:6-7‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1co.3.6-7.esv. “Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.”

‭‭James‬ ‭1:19-25‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/jas.1.19-25.esv

“And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.”

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭1:21-22‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/2co.1.21-22.esv “For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this tent we groan, longing to put on our heavenly dwelling, if indeed by putting it on we may not be found naked. For while we are still in this tent, we groan, being burdened—not that we would be unclothed, but that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. He who has prepared us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a guarantee. So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight. Yes, we are of good courage, and we would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord. So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.”

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭5:1-10‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/2co.5.1-10.esv. “In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.” “But just as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so also it is now. But what does the Scripture say? "Cast out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman shall not inherit with the son of the free woman." So, brothers, we are not children of the slave but of the free woman.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭4:29-31‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/gal.4.29-31.esv

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭1:11-14‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/eph.1.11-14.esv.

“But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing, to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?”

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭2:14-16‬ ‭ESV‬‬. “Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.”

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭3:4-6‬ ‭ESV‬‬. “Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.”

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭3:17‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/2co.3.17.esv

“these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.”

‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭2:10‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1co.2.10.esv

“Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭4:4‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1jn.4.4.esv “For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭5:3-4‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1jn.5.3-4.esv “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭6:9‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/gal.6.9.esv

“For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.

Do not be surprised, brothers, that the world hates you.”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭3:11, 13‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1jn.3.11,13.esv “Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. But if anyone has the world's goods and sees his brother in need, yet closes his heart against him, how does God's love abide in him?”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭3:15-17‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1jn.3.15-17.esv “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭4:18-21‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1jn.4.18-21.esv

“That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭1:1‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1jn.1.1.esv “This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭1:5-10‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1jn.1.5-10.esv “Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in darkness. Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling.”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭2:9-10‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1jn.2.9-10.esv “For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.”

‭‭1 John‬ ‭2:16-17‬ ‭ESV‬‬ https://www.bible.com/bible/59/1jn.2.16-17.esv