2 Peter 1:2, “May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.” The experiential grace and peace that are ours by the Spirit multiply to us as we know more of God’s glory in Christ through the Spirit.
“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of YHWH forever” – Psalm 23:6 The Passage In these 6 short verses, David has walked through green pastures, dark valleys, and feasts prepared in the presence of his enemies, and now—as Psalm 23 draws to
Malachi 3:6, “For I YHWH do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.” Because the One True God is eternally who He showed Himself to be in Christ at the cross, His prone-to-wander people have been and will forever be preserved.
1 Peter 1:3, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to His great mercy He has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” Every hope that is not rooted in the crucified and risen Christ WILL end in
Hebrews 13:12-14, “Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through His own blood. Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp and bear the reproach that He endured. For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.”
Hebrews 11:1, “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.”
Hebrews 6:19-20,” We have this [hope] as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf…” Our oath-assured, blood-secured hope is to enter the Sabbath Rest of our Triune God through the person and work
Romans 8:28, “And we know that for those who love God, ALL THINGS work together for good…” All things………all things…….nothing is excepted. When all is said and done, all things will be made servants of the saint’s joy and God’s glory–because of Jesus Christ.
James 4:4, “Adultresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.” May the Lord give us grace to seek Him and not adorn ourselves with that for which He died.
1 Corinthians 15:55-57, “‘O Death, where is your victory? O Death, where is your sting?’ The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” In Jesus’ death and resurrection, our sin was slain, the
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Ezekiel 48:29, “And the name of the city from that time on shall be, ‘The LORD Is There.’” Revelation 22:4, “They will see His face, and His Name will be on their foreheads.” Only and all because of Christ.
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Acts 4:12, “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.”
1 Corinthians 15:55, “O death, where is your victory?” Our eyes will open after death on the One who bore away its sting.
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Psalm 145:16, “You open your hand; you satisfy the desire of every living thing.” It happened on the cross.
Genesis 2:3, “God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all His work that He had done…”
– Romans 8:17-21- We are glorified with Christ, Creation is glorified with us; Christ is the spear head of the New Creation
1 John 2:23, “No one who denies the Son has the Father.” We do not know the true God if we do not know Jesus as His Son
Luke 12:32,”Fear not little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”
Psalm 36:8, “They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.”
Revelation 7:14,”They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.”
