The People of God

6. Deuteronomy 10
12And now, O Israel, what does the LORD
your God ask of you but to fear the LORD
your God, to walk in all his ways, to love
him, to serve the LORD your God with all
your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to
observe the LORD’s commands and
decrees that I am giving you today for your
own good?

7. Deuteronomy 10
14 To the LORD your God belong the heavens, even
the highest heavens, the earth and everything in
it. 15 Yet the LORD set his affection on your
forefathers and loved them, and he chose you, their
descendants, above all the nations, as it is
today. 16 Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and do
not be stiff-necked any longer. 17 For the LORD your
God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great
God, mighty and awesome, who shows no
partiality and accepts no bribes.

8. Deuteronomy 10
18 He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow,
and loves the alien, giving him food and clothing. 19 And
you are to love those who are aliens, for you yourselves
were aliens in Egypt. 20 Fear the LORD your God and serve
him. Hold fast to him and take your oaths in his
name. 21 He is your praise; he is your God, who performed
for you those great and awesome wonders you saw with
your own eyes. 22 Your forefathers who went down into
Egypt were seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has
made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.

9. Deuteronomy 10
18 He defends the cause of the fatherless and
the widow, and loves the alien, giving him
food and clothing.

10. Deuteronomy 10
19 And you are to love those who are aliens,
for you yourselves were aliens in Egypt.

12. Leviticus 19:34
The alien living with you must be treated as
one of your native-born. Love him as yourself,
for you were aliens in Egypt. I am the LORD
your God.

13. Luke 5:31-32
31Jesus answered them, “It is not the healthy
who need a doctor, but the sick. 32 I have not
come to call the righteous, but sinners to
repentance.”

14. Luke 6:35-36
35But love your enemies, do good to them,
and lend to them without expecting to get
anything back. Then your reward will be
great, and you will be sons of the Most High,
because he is kind to the ungrateful and
wicked. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is
merciful.

15. Matthew 22:37-38
37 Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with
all your heart and with all your soul and with
all your mind.’ 38 This is the first and greatest
commandment. 39 And the second is like it:
‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’

16. Acts 1:8
8But 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.”

17. Acts 2:41
41Those who accepted his message were
baptized, and about three thousand were
added to their number that day.

18. Acts 2:42-47
42They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and
to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to
prayer. 43 Everyone was filled with awe, and many wonders
and miraculous signs were done by the apostles. 44 All the
believers were together and had everything in
common. 45 Selling their possessions and goods, they gave
to anyone as he had need. 46 Every day they continued to
meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in
their homes and ate together with glad and sincere
hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the
people. And the Lord added to their number daily those
who were being saved.