The Bible's Number 6...
#6-Turning from Sin, sin, repentance, crossing over and accepting God's plan of salvation
The sixth step of the Redemption Pattern regards sin and repentence and thus many verses related to six seem to speak of evil or sin that result in death. The number of the beast is 666, which speaks of great evil, and the theme for six warns of us evil we are to seek forgiveness from and of the battle not only to turn from sin in repentence but also the battles to remove strongholds of sin from our own lives. Six is the step in which we coreagously decide to take the steps to cross over into God’s land, which is the event where we publically declare our allegiance to Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. Once we cross over, the land is ours for the taking, but first we must go in and remove strongholds of sin,which for us is identifying and turning away from our sins. The sixth step of the Redemption Pattern is where we commit to God’s plan of salvation and take the first steps to take the land. But we will not be fully successful. Even so, we have made a commitment to God and have agreed to be His children, which leads us into the seventh step, where God shepherds us to become complete and ready to serve Him.
Things often found associated with six
Example verses
Following are some example verses that have strong content pointing to the theme of one:
WHERE OUR SIN ALL BEGAN:
Genesis 3:6 “…she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate….”
NO ONE IS FREE FROM SIN:
Isaiah 53:6 “All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all to fall on Him.”
WE ARE SEPARATED FROM GOD BY SIN:
Luke 16:26 “And besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed….”
SIX IS FOUND IN TEXT IS ASSOCIATED WITH SIN AND NEED FOR REFUGE:
Numbers 35:6 “…you shall give to the Levites {shall be} the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to….”
THE WICKED SHALL PERISH:
Psalm 1:6 “For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, But
the way of the wicked will perish; Those not accepting Jesus’ sacrifice
for salvation will be
destroyed.”
John 15:6 “If anyone does not abide in Me, he is
thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast
them into the fire and they are burned….”
GOD HAS NO TOLERANCE FOR OUR SIN:
Ezekiel 44:6 “You shall say to the rebellious ones…. Enough of all your abominations….”
THEY CRIED OUT TO GOD AND HE DELIVERED THEM:
Judges 6:6 “So Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried to the LORD.”
THE WAY TO BEING REDEEMED:
John 14:6 “…I am the way, and the truth, and the
life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.”
1 John 4:2 “By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses
that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.”
CROSSING OVER:
Joshua 3:6 “And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, ‘Take
up the ark of the covenant and cross over ahead of the people.’”
Jonah 3:6 “When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he arose
from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, covered {himself}
with sackcloth and sat on the ashes.”
FOLLOWING THE COMMITMENT TO OBEY THE LORD:
Joshua 24:15 “…choose for yourselves today whom
you will serve…but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
Ephesians 6:6 “…not by way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers,
but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.”
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John 1:6 “If we say that we have fellowship with Him and {yet}
walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.”
MOVING ON TO THE SEVENTH STEP OF THE REDEMPTION PATTERN:
Matthew 17:1 “Six days later Jesus took with Him Peter and James and
John his brother, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves….”
Leviticus
23:3 “For six days
work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a Sabbath of complete
rest, a holy convocation….”
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