“Whatever is True”
(Jn 14:6)
• Life is full of choices of truth or falsehood
– Josh 24:15
• Truth is rooted in scripture
– Jn 17:17;
Ps 119:9-11
• Embracing truth calls for rejecting error
– Gal 1:6-8; II Tim 3:1-7; Heb 12:1-2
“Whatever is Noble / Honest”
• Think on such things
– Col 1:1-3; Ps 119:147-148
• This kind of thinking is the opposite of
hypocrisy, prideful, doubtful
– Lk 18:9-14; Lk 20:27; Mt 16:11-12
• How is this possible?
– Rom 7:18; 1Cor 2:16
“Whatever is Right / Just”
• The Lord’s will is for His people to be just
– We are not to pervert justice – Deut 16:19
– We are to follow that which is just – Deut 16:20
– Peter said Jesus died for the just and unjust – 1
Pet 3:18
– Our minds should be focused on Christ,
the Just One
“Whatever is Pure”
• Purity: free from anything that pollutes, free
from guilt or evil, innocence
• Focus on things that do not contaminate the mind.
Impure thoughts rob us of the power of the
Holy Spirit.
• Sources of impurity surrounds us.
• Would Jesus approve? – 1 Pet 2:21
• Pure in heart shall see God
– Mat 5:8
“Whatever is lovely / peaceful”
• Things which produce strife should be
avoided
– Prov 20:3; Phil 2:3-4; Phil 2:14-16; Mt 5:9
• What can you find in others that is lovely?
• God is pleased when we focus on things that
unify the body of Christ
– Eph 4:1-3
“Whatever is of Good Report”
• Every Church has its reporters
– Some are always reporting on things that are
wrong
– Wise ones report on the blessings they see
around them
• What kind of reporter are you?
“If there is any Virtue and
If there is anything Praiseworthy”
• Virtue & Praise: expressing approval or admiration;
grateful homage in words or song, as an act of worship
(praise to God)
• Look for virtue in others
– “It is important that we should never permit our minds
to feed like carrion vultures, on the wicked, filthy, and
unholy of the flesh” – H. A. Ironside
– Churches that build on “faults” must expect
earthquakes
“If there is any Virtue and
If there is anything Praiseworthy”
• We need to stop pouting & start praising…
power will follow
• The praising person looks beyond problems
• God is in control & deserves our praise
– Rom 8:28
CHRIST IS
THE CONQUEROR
• Where can we find truth & honesty
personified?
• Who is just and pure?
• Who is the altogether lovely one?
• Who is good all the time?
• Who is virtuous and worthy of our
praise?