Luke 12:8-9

Acknowledge Christ Before Men

⁸ "And I tell you, _f everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge _g before the angels of God, ⁹ but _h the one who denies me before men _i will be denied _g before the angels of God.

1. Cross References
   Romans 10:9 - 10
   Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
   Hebrews 10:35
   Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
   Revelation 3:5
   The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.
   
2. Cross References
   Luke 15:10
   Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.
   Matthew 25:31
   When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.
   1 Timothy 5:21
   In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality.
   Revelation 3:5
   The one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life. I will confess his name before my Father and before his angels.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Timothy 2:12
   If we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us.
   2 Peter 2:1
   But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
   1 John 2:23
   No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.
   Mark 8:38
   For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
   
4. Cross References
   Luke 13:25
   When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, open to us,' then he will answer you, 'I do not know where you come from.
   Matthew 7:23
   And then will I declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.
   Matthew 25:12
   But he answered, 'Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.
   
5. Cross References
   Luke 12:8
   And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man also will acknowledge before the angels of God.