Promises of God Part
1 November 6, 2021
We are going to cover the spiritual promises of God, the promises relative to our salvation. Not going to review any of the physical promises God made in the Old or New Testament to bless His people.
Promises of
Salvation, Part 1
Matt 7:21 Not everyone who says Lord shall enter the KOG, but he who does the will of My Father
Matt 24:13 the one who stands firm to the end will be saved (Mark 13:13)
Mark 16:16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved
Luke 12:32 Don’t be afraid little flock great happiness. For it gives your Father to give you the KOG
John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life
John 3:36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Those who reject the Son, God’s wrath remains
John 5:24(NLT) I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.
John 6:39 This is the Father’s will, that I should lose nothing of all that He has given me, but raise it up on the last day
John 10:28-29 I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish
Acts 2:21 Everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Acts 13:38-39 Through Jesus the forgiveness of our sins. Everyone who believes in Him is made right in God’s sight, something the law of Moses could never do
Acts 16:31 Jailer says to Paul, what must I do to be saved? Believe on Jesus and you will be saved
Rom 1:16 It is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes, Jews first, then Gentiles
Rom 5:21 Sin ruled over all people. Now God’s grace rules, giving us right stand with God and resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord
Rom 10:9-13 If confess that Jesus is Lord with your heart, you shall be saved. Confession unto salvation
Promises of God Part
2 December 25, 2021
Promises
of Salvation, Part 2
Luke 1:46-47 Mary, my soul does magnify the Lord, my spirit rejoiced in God my Savior
Luke 19:9-10 To Zacchaeus, Today salvation has come to this house. The Son of Man came to save the lost
John 5:34 (NLT) I have no need of human witnesses, but I say these things so you might be saved
John 10:9 I am the door. If anyone enters y Me, he will be saved
Acts 4:12 Neither is there salvation in any other. No other Name under Heaven whereby we are saved
Acts 13:26 (NLT) Brothers—you sons of Abraham, and also you God-fearing Gentiles—this message of salvation has been sent to us!
Acts 28:28 Be it known unto you that the salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles and they will listen
Rom 1:16 I am not ashamed of the Gospel, it is the Power of God unto Salvation, Jew and Gentile
The Bible is so
positive about Salvation. It is not a
“maybe,” it is believe and you will be saved
1 Cor 1:18 Message of the Cross is foolishness to those perishing, but to us who are being saved it is power
1 Cor 15:1-2 The gospel which I preached to you, by which also you are saved if you hold fast
1 Cor 15:50-58 We shall be changed at the last trumpet. This corruptible must put on incorruption
Promises of God Part 3 February
5, 2022
Promises
of Salvation, Part 3
Luke 1:69, 77 Zacharias prophesied, Blessed be God, He has raised an horn of salvation for us of the house of David. To give knowledge of salvation unto His people by the remission of their sins.
Luke 2:30-32 Simeon, old devout man, saw baby Jesus in temple, HS came on him, mine eyes have seen Your salvation. A light unto the Gentiles. Isaiah 49:6.
Luke 3:6 John the Baptist preached all flesh shall see the salvation of God
John 1:12 To all who did receive Him, who believed, He gave the right to become children of God.
Acts 13:47 Paul preaching to Jews who rejected the message, quotes Isaiah 49:6, I have set Messiah for a light unto the Gentiles, that You should be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.
Acts 15:11 We believe thru the grace of Jesus we shall be saved in the same manner as our forefathers.
Rom 11:11 Has Israel stumbled that they should fall? No. Through their fall salvation is come unto Gentiles.
Rom 13:11 Know the time, awake, for now our salvation is nearer than when we believed. Time is spent.
Rom 15:11 Now is time to awake out of sleep, for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
2 Cor 6:2 In an acceptable time I have heard you, in the day of salvation I have helped you. Behold, now is the accepted time, now is the day of salvation.
2 Cor 6:17-18 Come out and be separate. I will be a Father to you and you will be My sons and daughters
2 Cor 7:10 Godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, sorrow of the world works death.
Eph 1:13 Trust in Jesus, you have heard the truth, the gospel of your salvation
Eph 2:8 By grace you are saved thru faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God
Eph 6:17 Take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Phil 1:6 God who has begun a good work in us will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ
Phil 2:12 (NLT) Dear friends, you always followed my instructions when I was with you. And now that I am away, it is even more important. Work hard to show the results of your salvation, obeying God with deep reverence and fear.
Promises of God Part 4 May 21, 2022
Promises
of Salvation, Part 4
1 Thess 5:8-10 Putting on the helmet of the hope of salvation. God chose to save us thru Jesus, not to pour out His anger on us, but to obtain salvation thru our Lord Jesus Christ, that we should live with Him
2 Thess 2:13 God from the beginning chose you for salvation thru sanctification by the HS and belief in truth.
1 Tim 2:3-4 God desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth
2 Tim 1:9-10, 12 (NLT) I know the one in whom I trust, and I am sure that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until the day of His return.
2 Tim 2:10-12 If we died with Him, we shall also live with Him
2 Tim 3:15 from childhood, have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation
Titus 2:11-14 The graces of God brings salvation to all men. Teaching us to avoid sin. Looking for the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the Great God and our Savior Jesus Christ
Titus 3:4-7 Not our righteousness, but by God’s mercy He saved us thru the washing of the HS
Heb 1:14 Angels are ministering spirits for them who shall be heirs of salvation.
Heb 2:3 How escape if we neglect so great of salvation as spoken by the Lord and His disciples
Heb 2:10 Fitting for Jesus, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the Captain of their salvation perfect
Heb 5:9 Jesus having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him
Heb 9:28 Jesus was offered once, we await His Second Coming apart from sin unto salvation
Heb 10:10, 14 We have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus once for all. For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified
Promises of God Part 5 July
16, 2022
Promises
of Salvation, Part 5
1 Pet 1:3-5 By God’s great mercy we have been begotten unto a lively hope. Now we live with great expectation and have a priceless inheritance kept in heaven for us beyond the reach of decay. Who are kept by the power of God thru faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last times.
1 Pet 1:9-10 Receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls. Which the prophets have inquired.
2 Pet 3:9 God is not slow to fulfill His promise, but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance
2 Pet 3:15 (NLT) And remember, the Lord’s patience gives people time to be saved …
1 John 5:11-13 God gave us eternal life, and this life is in His son. Whoever has the Son has life.
2 Tim 4:6-8 I have fought the good fight, I have kept the faith. A crown of righteousness is laid up for me. And not me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.
Rom 8:31-39 No one can accuse us whom God has chosen for His own. Jesus died, lives, pleading for us. Nothing can separate us from the love of God.
Rev 7:10 A great multitude crying out saying, salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne and to the Lamb.
Rev 12:10 A voice in heaven saying, now is come salvation and strength and the KOG for Satan cast down
Rev 19:1 A great multitude in heaven, saying, alleluia! Salvation and glory belong to the Lord.
Jesus the Only Begotten Son of God
John 1:18 No one has seen the Father, but the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father
John 3:16, 18 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that believers not perish
1 John 4:9 This is the love of God, that He sent His only begotten Son into the world that we might live
Adoption
Rom 8:15-17 We received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God
Adoption combination of two Greek words. Means literally to “place as a son”. Not the usual Greek word for adoption. The word serves to distinguish those who are made sons by an act of grace
as opposed to the only begotten Son of God.
To get across the point we are not
children of God by birth like
Jesus, but by God’s grace we are to be assimilated as the children of God and
have full rights as sons and daughters like Jesus the only truly born Son of
God. Notice it says, “the Spirit of
adoption” [the Spirit producing sonship], and “whereby we cry, Abba, Father.” Therefore, neither “sonship” nor “adoption”
are proper literal translations. But
there is no other English word that can accurately relay the meaning in
Greek. 95% of all translations, old and
modern, chose the word adoption as it comes closer to the Greek word than
sonship.
Rom 8:23 We eagerly wait for the adoption, the redemption of our body
Rom 9:4 Israelites, to whom pertain the adoption, the glory of the covenants, the laws, the promises
Gal 4:4-5 God sent His Son to redeem those under the law, that we might receive adoption as sons
Eph 1:5 Having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus by the pleasure of the Father’s will
Promises of God Part 6 August
27, 2022
Jesus Saves Us His people from
their sins
Matt 1:21 Mary will bring forth a son, call him Jesus, for He shall save.
Matt 18:11 The Son of Man is come to save that which was lost.
Luke 1:69, 77-79 Zacharias prophesies, God has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of David
Luke 2:30-32 Simeon, my eyes have seen Your salvation, a light to the Gentiles and Israel
Luke 3:6 John the Baptist preached prepare the way of the Lord, all flesh shall see the salvation of God
Luke 9:56 The Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.
Luke 19:10 Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
John 3:17 God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but thru Him it might be saved
John 5:34 I received not this testimony from man, but these things I say that you might be saved
John 10:9 I am the door, by Me if any man enter in, he shall be saved
John 12:47 I came not to judge the world but to save the world
John 14:6 I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 20:31 These things are written that you might believe Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, by believing you may have life in His name
Acts 4:12 There is salvation in no one else, there is no other name under heaven by which we may be saved
Titus 3:5 Jesus saved us, not because of works, but according to His mercy
Acts 2:21 Everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved
Acts 15:11 We believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ
Acts 16:30-31 To jailer, Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved
Rom 5:9-10 Having been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him
Rom 10:9 If you confess that Jesus is Lord and believe God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved
Rom 10:13 Whoever will call on the Name of the Lord will be saved
1 Tim 1:15 Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners
Heb 7:25 Jesus as High Priest, he is able to save them that come unto God by Him
Promises of God Part 7 November
19, 2022
Saved
Isa 45:17 Israel has been saved by God with an everlasting salvation. You will not be put to shame.
Matt 1:21 Mary will have a son, Jesus, for he shall save His people from their sins.
Matt 10:22 You shall be hated of all men for My Name’s sake, but he that endures to the end shall be saved.
Matt 18:11 The Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
Matt 24:13 He that shall endure unto the end shall be saved. (Mark 13:13)
Mark 16:16 He who has believed and been baptized shall be saved, those who disbelieve will be condemned
Luke 9:24(NLT) If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.
Acts 2:47 Christians sharing, praising God. God added to the church daily those who were being saved
Acts 4:12 There is salvation by no other name by which we must be saved
Acts 11:14 Cornelius told to send for Peter, he will tell you words which you and household will be saved
Rom 8:24 We are saved in this hope
The Bible uses different tenses relative to
our salvation:
we have been saved, we are being saved, we will be saved.
Rom 11:26 So all Israel will be saved, just as it is written …
1 Cor 1:18 The word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God
1 Cor 3:15 A man’s work made manifest. If works burned, suffer loss, but he himself shall be saved
1 Cor 10:33 Paul tried to please others, not himself, that some might be saved
1 Cor 15:1-2 The gospel which we received by which also we are saved if we hold fast the word preached
2 Cor 2:15 We are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved
Eph 2:5, 8 By grace you have been saved through faith, not of ourselves it is a gift of God
1 Tim 2:4 God desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
1 Tim 4:16 Continue in the doctrine, so shall you both save yourself and them that hear you
2 Tim 1:9 Who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not by our works, but by grace
Titus 3:5 Not by works of righteousness, but by his mercy He saved us
Heb 10:39 We are not those who draw back, but of them that believe to the saving of the soul
James 1:21 Lay aside all filthiness, and receive with meekness the word which is able to save your souls
James 4:12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save
1 Peter 3:21(NLT) And that water is a picture of baptism, which now saves you, not by removing dirt from your body, but as a response to God from a clean conscience. It is effective because of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Rev 21:24 The nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it
Promises of God Part 8 January
7, 2023
We are (spiritual) Children of God
Gen 1:27 God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female.
John 1:12-13 To all who did receive Him and believed, He gave the right to become the children of God, not of physical descent, but born of God
2 Cor 6:18 Quote 2 Samuel 7:14, I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters
Matt 5:9, 16 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God
Matt 5:45, 48 Love your enemies. That you may be the children of your Father
God says He is
our Father. We call Him Father because
we are His children.
Matt 6:1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 14, 15, 18, 26, 32
Rom 8:14-19 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.
Rom 8:21(NLT) the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God’s children in glorious freedom from death and decay.
Rom 8:23 Adoption: Greek: wait anxiously for sonship
Rom 9:8 Not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children on the promise
Gal 3:26-29 For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
Gal 4:6-7 Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son (child); and if a son, then an heir through God.
Eph 1:5 Predestinated us unto making us His children by Jesus Christ to Himself.
Eph 5:1-2(CEV) Do as God does. After all, you are His dear children.
Jesus came in human form to die for those
created in His and the Father’s image. (Not monkeys, apes, cows,
eagles, dogs, dolphins, etc.)
1 Pet 1:14-15 Behave like obedient children. Live as God’s holy people.
1 John 3:1-2 See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God.
1 John 3:10 The children of God are manifest by not leading a sinful life vs the children of the devil
1 John 5:1 (NLT) Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has become a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves His children too. (TMSG) … If we love the One who conceives the child, we’ll surely love the child who was conceived.
Rev 21:7 He that overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God and he shall be my son.
We are Brothers and Sister of Jesus
Matt 25:40 As you do it to one of my brethren, it is as if you do it to Me
John 20:17 Resurrected Jesus says to Mary, don’t hold Me back, but go to My brethren ….
Rom 8:29 To be like Jesus, so that Jesus is the firstborn of many brothers
Heb 2:11 We are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason Jesus is not ashamed to call us brethren
Promises of God Part 9 February
4, 2023
Reward
Matt 5:12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great. (Luke 6:23)
Matt 6:3-4 Help poor in secret and your Father will reward you.
Matt 6:6 Pray in secret and your Father will reward you
Matt 6:17-18 When fast comb your hair so others don’t know and your Father will reward you
Matt 10:41-42 Receive a prophet or righteous man, receive their same reward. Give drink of water.
Matt 16:27 Son of man shall come in the glory of His Father, shall reward every man according to his works
Matt 25:20-23 Parable of talents.
Luke 19:15-19 ditto
Luke 6:22-23 Blessed when persecuted for Jesus sake. Rejoice for your reward is great in heaven.
Luke 6:35 Love your enemies, do good, and your reward shall be great and you will be children of God
John 14:3 I go and prepare a place for you, that where I am, there you may be also
John 17:24 Father, I desire they also whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am and see My glory
1 Cor 3:8, 14 Work, build upon the foundation. If it survives, will receive a reward.
1 Cor 9:25 Athletes compete to get a crown that will not last. We do it to get a crown that last forever
Gal 6:9 Don’t get tired of doing good. We will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up
Eph 2:6 And raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in heavenly places
Phil 3:14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
Col 3:24 Of the Lord we shall receive the reward of the inheritance; for we serve Jesus
2 Tim 4:7-8 In the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness
Heb 10:35 Don’t lose your confidence which has great recompense of reward
Heb 11:6 Without faith impossible to please God. Because anyone who comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
Heb 11:26 Moses considered the reward of Christ greater than the riches of Egypt
James 1:12 Blessed is he who perseveres under trial, because having stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
2 John 1:8 Watch out so that you do not lose what we have worked so hard to achieve, a full reward
Rev 3:11 Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown
Rev 11:18 Time of the dead to be judged, to give reward to God’s prophets, saints, those that fear God.
Rev 22:12 Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to what he has done
Promises of God Part 10 March
3, 2023
We are Heirs
Rom 4:13-14 The promise made to Abraham that his seed would be heir of the world, not made thru the law but through righteousness of faith
Rom 8:17 and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ. Suffer with Him, glorified.
Gal 3:29 If we are Christ’s then we are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise
Gal 4:7 No more a servant, but a son, then an heir of God thru Christ
Eph 3:6 The Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, partakers of His promise
Titus 3:7 Being justified by His grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life
Heb 1:14 Angels are ministering spirits for them who shall be heirs of salvation
Heb 6:17 God, wanting to show unto the heirs of promise the immutability of His promise, made two oaths.
James 2:5 God has chosen the poor of this world rich in faith and heirs of the KOG promised to them
1 Pet 3:7 husbands, dwell with wife by knowledge as being heirs together of the grace of life
Inherit All Things
Matt 19:29 everyone that forsakes home or family for Jesus’ sake, shall inherit everlasting life
Matt 25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on His right hand, come, inherit the kingdom prepared for you
Luke 10:25 A certain lawyer tempted Jesus, saying shat shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Luke 18:18 A certain ruler came to Jesus asking, Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? (Mark 10: 17)
Interesting that a lot of Jews believed in eternal
life. But not the Sadducees.
Acts 20:32(NLT) And now I entrust you to God and the message of his grace that is able to build you up and give you an inheritance with all those he has set apart for himself.
Acts 26:18 Paul recounts seeing Jesus on the road and was told he would go to the Gentiles that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith
1 Cor 15:50 Flesh and blood cannot inherit the KOG, implying spirit can as stated in next verses.
Eph 1:10-11 Through Jesus we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of God who works all things according to His will
Eph 1:13-14 We believed in salvation, then sealed with the Holy Spirit, a pledge from God of our inheritance
Eph 1:18 Our eyes enlightened, that we may know the hope of our calling, the glory of His inheritance
Col 1:12 Giving thanks unto the Father, He has made us partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light
Col 3:24 Of the Lord we shall receive the reward of the inheritance; for we serve Jesus
Heb 6:12 Follows those who thru faith and patience inherit the promises
Heb 9:15 Jesus is the mediator of the new testament, for redemption, that those who are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance
1 Pet 1:3-4 Thru Jesus, mercy, has begotten us again unto a lively hope to an inheritance incorruptible
1 Pet 3:9 Not rendering evil for evil, know we are called to inherit a blessing
Rev 21:7 He that overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
Promises of God Part 11 May 6, 2023
Born Into a
Spiritual Kingdom, Part 1
Matt 4:17 Jesus began to preach saying, repent
for the KOH is at hand.
Jesus’ Gospel
means the Good News of the Kingdom of God.
Many scriptures that Jesus preached about the KOG, but let’s just read those that say we can enter the KOG.
Jesus didn’t preach that He came to die for forgiveness of sins. Did tell disciples at His last Passover.
Why love God with all your heart? Neighbor as self? Why obey? Where live with eternal life?
Matt 5:3 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the KOH
Matt 5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sakes, for theirs is the KOH
Matt 5:19 Whoever breaks the least of the laws shall be least in the KOH. He that teaches them will be great in the KOH
Matt 5:20 Except your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the Pharisees, you won’t enter KOH
Matt 6:10, 13 Your kingdom come. Deliver us from evil, for yours is the kingdom, power and glory
Matt 6:33 Seek you first the KOG and His righteousness and all these shall be added unto you.
Matt 7:21 Not every one that says Lord, Lord will enter the KOH, but he that does the will of the Father
Matt 8:11-12 Many others join Abraham, Isaac, Jacob in KOH, but many Israelites will not
Matt 11:11 None greater than John, nevertheless, least in the KOH is greater than he.
Matt 11:12 (NLT) And from the time John the Baptist began preaching until now, the Kingdom of Heaven has been forcefully advancing, and violent people are attacking it. (TMSG) For a long time now people have tried to force themselves into God’s kingdom. (CEV) From the time of John the Baptist until now, violent people have been trying to take over the KOH by force.
Matt 13:11 It is given unto you to know the mysteries of the KOH, but to them it is not given
1Matt 13:43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Listen.
Many parables in this chapter about God’s kingdom, the
KOH is like …
Matt16:19 I will give you the keys of the KOH. Whatsoever you bind on earth, HAS been bound in heaven
(TMSG) And that’s not all. You will have complete and free access to God’s kingdom, keys to open any and every door: no more barriers between heaven and earth, earth and heaven. A yes on earth is yes in heaven. A no on earth is no in heaven.”
Matt 18:3-4 Except you be converted and become humble like little children, shall not enter the KOH
Matt 19:14 Don’t forbid little children, for of such is the KOH
Matt 21:31 Two sons, one said okay but didn’t, other said no but did. Publicans and harlots will go into the KOG before you.
Matt 21:42-43 Builders rejected corner stone. Therefore KOG taken from you and given to others bearing fruit
Matt 25:1, 14 Parable of 10 virgins and talents
Matt 25:33-34 Sheep separated from goats. God says to those on His right hand, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world
Matt 26:29 I will not drink wine until that day when I drink it with you in My Father’s kingdom
Mark 9:47 If eye offend, pluck it out, better to enter KOG with one eye then two eyes in hell fire
Mark 10:23-25 How hard for the rich to enter the KOG. Easier for a camel to go thru the eye of a needle.
Mark 12:34 What is greatest commandment? I have done those. Jesus said, You are not far from the KOG
Promises of God Part 12 June 10, 2023
Born Into a
Spiritual Kingdom, Part 2
Luke 4:43-44 I must preach the KOG to other cities also; for therefore am I sent
Luke 9:1-2 Jesus sent disciples to preach KOG and heal the sick.
Luke 12:31-32 Fear not little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom
There has to be
a goal, a reward, a purpose to motivate us to obey and love God.
Luke 18:29 No one who has left house or family for the KOG’s sake who shall not be blessed and eternal life
Luke 19:12, 15 Parable of talents, a nobleman traveled to receive a kingdom and return.
Luke 22:29-30 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father has appointed unto me
John 3:3-5 Except you be born again you cannot see the KOG
Acts 1:3, 6 Jesus showed Himself 40 days speaking of the things pertaining to the KOG
Acts 8:12 They believed Philip preaching things concerning KOG and the name of Jesus. Samaria, Simon
Acts 14:22 Paul, after being stoned, exhorted disciple to be faithful, thru much tribulation enter into KOG
Acts 19:8 Paul in Corinth went to synagogue and spoke boldly for 3 months concerning KOG
Acts 20:25 Paul knew those to whom he preached KOG would see his face no more
Acts 28:23, 31 Paul preached KOG to Jews in Rome for two years
Rom 14:17 The KOG is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace, joy, HS
1 Cor 4:20 (NLT) For the Kingdom of God is not just a lot of talk; it is living by God’s power.
1 Cor 15:50 Flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God
Why did Jesus suffer and die? Yes, for the forgiveness of our sins. But if that is all, so what? There is a reason WHY we need our sins forgiven. So we can become spirit beings and inherit
the KOG.
Col 1:12-13 The Father has made us meet to the inheritance of the saints of light, delivered us from darkness and translated us into the Kingdom of His dear Son
1 Thess 2:12 Walk worthy of God, who has called us unto His Kingdom and glory
2 Thess 1:5 A token of God’s righteous judgment, we may be counted worthy of KOG for which we suffer
2 Tim 4:1 I charge you before God who will judge the living and dead at His appearing and His kingdom
2 Tim 4:18 God will deliver me from evil and preserve me unto His heavenly kingdom
Heb 1:8 Father to Jesus, Your throne is forever. A scepter of righteousness in Your kingdom.
Heb 12:28 Wherefore we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved. Serve God with reverence, fear.
James 2:5 God has chosen the poor to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom
2 Pet 1:11 (NLT)Then God will give you a grand entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Rev 1:9 I John am your brother in suffering and in God’s kingdom which we have patience endurance
Rev 5:10 (TMSG) Then you made them a Kingdom, Priests for our God, Priest-kings to rule over the earth. (NLT) And you have caused them to become a Kingdom of priests for our God. And they will reign on the earth.”
Rev 11:15 Kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord Jesus who will rule forever
Rev 12:10 Now is come salvation, strength and the kingdom of our God and His Christ
Dan 7:22 Ancient of Day came; the time came when the saints possessed the kingdom
Gospel means “Good New,” good news about
the KOG
Promises of God Part 13 July 8, 2023
Rulers, Kings and Priest and Crowns
Ex 19:6 Israel to be a physical kingdom of priests
Isa 61:6 Israel to be a nation of priests to the Gentiles
Isa 66:21 God will choose some of the Israelites and make them priests and Levites
Matt 19:28 When Son of Man sits on His throne, you who have followed Me will sit on 12 thrones
Matt 25:21 Parable of talents. You were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things
Luke 19:15-19 Ditto, have authority over ten cities. Next, five cities.
Luke 22:30 That you may eat and drink at my table in My kingdom and sit on thrones judging the 12 tribes
1 Cor 6:2 Do you not know that the saints will judge the world?
1 Cor 9:25 Athletes strive for a corruptible crown, we in incorruptible one. What does a crown represent?
Eph 2:6(NLT) For he raised us from the dead along with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ Jesus.
2 Tim 2:12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him
2 Tim 4:8 There is crown of righteousness which Jesus will give me and you at His coming
James 1:12 Blessed if endure temptation, will receive the crown of life
1 Pet 2:5(NLT) And you are living stones that God is building into his spiritual temple. What’s more, you are his holy priests. Through the mediation of Jesus Christ, you offer spiritual sacrifices that please God.
1 Pet 2:9 You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, to proclaim praises to Him of light
1 Pet 5:4 When chief Shepherd shall appear, we will receive a crown of glory that fades not away
Rev 1:6(NLT) He has made us a Kingdom of priests for God his Father. All glory and power to him forever and ever! Amen.
Rev 2:10 Tribulation 10 days, be faithful unto death and I will give you a crown of life
Rev 2:26-27 Thyatira, he who overcomes gets power over the nations, to rule with a rod of iron
Rev 3:11 Hold fast that which you have that no man takes your crown
Rev 3:21 To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with me in My throne, as I sit with My Father’s throne
Rev 5:10(NLT) And you have caused them to become a Kingdom of priests for our God. And they will reign on the earth.”
Rev 20:4, 6 Those in first resurrection will be priests of God and Christ and reign with Him a thousand years
Rev 22:1-5 And they, servants of God, shall reign forever and ever, after the Millennium. Reign over what? Each other? The angels? Or will there always be humans living on this earth?
Promises of God Part 14 August
5, 2023
Glory, Honor
Matt 13:43 Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the Kingdom of their Father.
Dan 12:2-3 The wise shall shine as the brightness and the stars forever and ever
John 17:22 The glory You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one just as We are one
Rom 2:6-7 By our deeds, eternal life for those who do good seeking for glory, honor and immortality
Rom 5:2(NLT) Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God’s glory.
Rom 8:17-18 If children, then joint-heirs with Christ, that we may be also glorified together
Rom 8:30 Whom He predestined, He called and justified and also glorified
Rom 9:23 God makes know His glory on the vessels of His mercy, which He has prepared beforehand for glory
1 Cor 2:7(NLT) No, the wisdom we speak of is the mystery of God—his plan that was previously hidden, even though he made it for our ultimate glory before the world began.
1 Cor 15:42-43 The resurrection. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised in glory, power, spiritual body
2 Cor 3:18(NLT) So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.
2 Cor 4:17-18 Our light affliction is but for a moment, works far more for eternal glory
Eph 1:18 That you may know what is the hope of His calling, the riches of the glory of His inheritance
Eph 5:25-27 Christ loved the Church, gave Himself so He could present her to Himself a glorious church, holy
Phil 3:20-21 Our citizenship is in heaven. We wait for the Savior, who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body.
Col 1:22, 27 God has made know the glory of the mystery, which is Christ in us, the hope of glory
Col 3:1-4 When Christ who is our life appears, then we also will appear with Him in glory
1 Thess 2:12 Walk worthy of God, who has called you unto His kingdom and glory.
2 Thess 2:14 We have been called by the gospel for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ
2 Tim 2:10(TMSG) That’s why I stick it out here—so that everyone God calls will get in on the salvation of Christ in all its glory.
Heb 2:10 Jesus, Captain of our salvation in bringing many sons to glory
1 Pet 1:7-8 The trial of our faith might be found unto praise, honor, glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ
1 Pet 5:1, 4 When the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
1 Pet 5:10(NLT) In his kindness God called you to share in his eternal glory by means of Christ Jesus. So after you have suffered a little while, he will restore, support, and strengthen you, and he will place you on a firm foundation.
1 John 3:2 We are the children of God. When He appears, we will be like Him.
Promises of God Part 15 October
21, 2023
We are God’s Holy People
Deut 7:6 You are a holy people to the Lord, God has chosen you to be a people for His own possession
Luke 1:70-75 Jesus spoken of by the prophets, came to grant us mercy, that we might serve Him in holiness
Jesus came that
we might be a holy people.
Rom 6:22(NLT) But now you are free from the power of sin and have become slaves of God. Now you do those things that lead to holiness and result in eternal life.
Rom 12:1 Present our bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God
1 Cor 3:16-17 We are the temple of God. Defile temple, God destroy, for the temple of God is holy
2 Cor 7:1 Having these promises, let us cleanse ourselves, perfecting holiness in the fear of God
Eph 1:4 God chose us before creation that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love
Eph 4:24 Put on the new man, created by God in righteousness and holiness
Eph 5:25-27 Christ loved Church, gave Himself so He could present her to Himself a glorious church, holy
Col 1:22, 28 Jesus reconciled us thru death to present us holy and unblameable and perfect
1 Thess 3:13 That He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before God at Jesus Second Coming
1 Thess 4:7 God has not called us unto uncleanness but unto holiness
1 Thess 5:23 May your spirit and soul be preserved without blame at the coming of Jesus
2 Tim 1:9 God has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not by works, but His purpose
Titus 2:14 Jesus gave Himself to redeem us and purify for Himself His own special people
Heb 3:1 Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider our Jesus our High Priest
Heb 12:10, 14 God chastens us for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness
1 Pet 1:14-16 Be obedient children, as He who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct
1 Pet 2:9 You are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people that you may proclaim the praises of Him who call you out of darkness into His marvelous light
2 Pet 3:11-14 We ought to be holy in godly conduct. Be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless
Jude 1:24-25 to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling. To present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy. To God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion and power.
Rev 20:6 Blessed and holy is he who is in the first resurrection, second death has no power
Rev 22:11 He who is holy, let him continue to be holy
Isa 4:3 He who is left in Zion will be called holy, all those living in Jerusalem
Isa 62:12 They shall call them “the holy people, the redeemed of the Lord, sought out, not forsaken.”
Promises of God Part 16 December
2, 2023
At One with Jesus and the Father, Reconciliation
Isa 59:2 Our sins separate us from God
Rom 5:10-11 When sinners we were reconciled to God through death of Jesus.
1 Cor 12:11-13 By one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks
1 Cor 6:17, 20 He who is joined to the Lord in one spirit with Him. We were bought with a price.
2 Cor 5:18-21 God has reconciled us to Himself thru Jesus. Ministry of reconciliation. Thru forgiveness of sins
Gal 3:28 neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor free, male nor female, we are one in Christ Jesus
Eph 2:13-22 Jesus has broken down wall of separation between Jews and Gentiles by ending the laws that separated them. He made peace between them, creating in Himself one new people from the two groups. Together in one body, Jesus reconciled both groups to God by His death.
Eph 4:4-6 One body, one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father
Col 1:19-22 By Christ, Father reconciling all things to Himself through the blood of the cross
1 Pet 3:18 Jesus suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God
Rev 3:12 I will make you a pillar in the temple of My God, no more go out
Rev 7:13-17 Great multitude arrayed in white robes. They will be before the throne of God and serve Him day and night in His temple. God dwell among them.
Rev 14:4-5 144,000 will follow the Lamb wherever He goes. Without fault before the throne of God.
Rev 19:7-9 Blessed are those who are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. Marriage of two becoming one
Rev 20:4 Sitting on thrones, ruling with Jesus for a thousand years
Rev 21:3 New Jerusalem on earth as a bride. God will dwell with them and they will be His people
John 10:30 I and My father are one
John 14:20 At that day you will know that I am in My Father and you in Me and I in you
John 15:4-10 Abide in Me and I in you. Jesus the vine, we the branches. We can do nothing without Jesus
John 17:11 I am no longer in the world. Keep in Your name those You have given Me that they may be one as we are one.
John 17:20-24 That they may be one as we are one. Father, I will that they also, whom You have given Me , be with Me where I am,
This is what
the Day of ATONEMENT represents.
Promises of God Part 17 January
13, 2024
There are many promises from God about many categories, covenants with Noah, Abraham, Israel, David, etc.
In this series, we are only reviewing promises from God regarding our salvation.
Previous sermon (December 2) was on reconciliation, being at-one with God, Atonement.
Difference between reconciliation and redemption.
Reconciliation comes from the Greek family of words that has its roots in allasso [ajllavssw]. The meaning common to this word group is "change" or "exchange." Reconciliation involves a change in the relationship between God and man (or man and man). It assumes there has been a breakdown in the relationship, but now there has been a change from a state of enmity and fragmentation to one of harmony and fellowship.
Redemption, the purchase back of something that had been lost, by the payment of a ransom. Redemption (apolutrósis) refers supremely to the work of Christ on our behalf, whereby he purchases us, he ransoms us, at the price of his own life, securing our deliverance from the bondage and condemnation of sin. The New Testament frequently speaks of Christ's saving work in this way.
It is
through redemption that we are reconciled to God and brought into his kingdom. The very word “atonement” means “at one with God.” Our
reconciliation with God through redemption is being made right with God by God.
It is his work of grace and our receiving of His unmerited favor.
Jesus’ blood redeems us to the Father
Job 19:25 I know that my redeemer lives and that He will stand upon the earth at last
Psa 107:1-2 Let the redeemed of the Lord praise God for His mercy endures forever.
Psa 111:9(NLT) He has paid a full ransom for his people. He has guaranteed his covenant with them forever. What a holy, awe-inspiring name he has!
Psa 130:7 Israel, hope in the Lord. For with God there is mercy and abundant redemption
Isa 43:1 Fear not Jacob. God who formed you, I have redeemed you, I call you by name, you are Mine
Isa 44:22 I have blotted out your sins, return to Me, for I have redeemed you
Isa 52:3(NLT) For this is what the LORD says: “When I sold you into exile, I received no payment. Now I can redeem you without having to pay for you.”
Luke 1:68 Zacharias prophesied, Blessed be God who has visited and redeemed His people
Luke 24:21 Two men, we trusted that it was He which should have redeemed Israel, today is the third day
Luke 21:28 When these things begin to happen, look up, for your redemption draws near
Acts 20:28 Shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood
Rom 8:23 We have firstfruits of HS, we groan as we wait for adoption, the redemption of our body
1 Cor 1:30 Jesus became wisdom from God for us, righteousness, sanctification, redemption
1 Cor 6:19-20 Our body is a temple of the HS. We are not our own, we were bought with a price.
1 Cor 7:23 You were bought with a price. Don’t become slaves of men.
Gal 1:4(NLT) Jesus gave his life for our sins, just as God our Father planned, in order to rescue us from this evil world in which we live.
Gal 3:13 Jesus has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us when He was hung on the cross and took upon Himself the curse for our wrongdoing.
Gal 4:4-5 God sent His Son to redeem those who were under the law so we could become sons
Eph 1:7-9 In Jesus we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins by His great grace
Col 1:13-14 God has delivered us from darkness and transferred us to kingdom of the Son in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins
Titus 2:14 Jesus gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify us
Heb 9:12-15 Jesus with His own blood entered the Holy Place having obtained eternal redemption
1 Pet 1:18-19 Not redeemed with silver or gold, but with the precious blood of Jesus
Rev 5:9 Redeemed to God by the blood of Jesus
Rev 14:3-4 144,000 redeemed from the earth, being the firstfruits unto God and the Lamb
God uses so
many different words, examples, explanations on how He will grant us eternal
life in KOG.
Promises of God Part 18 February
24, 2024
Similar to Jesus 62nd command, we must be born of water and spirit to enter KOG, but this is more expansive.
We cannot receive the Promises of God unless we are . . .
Purified, Blameless, Sanctified, Washed, Cleansed (not cleansing ourselves)(we have to be to enter KOG)
Psa 51:2, 7, 10 Wash me from my sin, cleanse me, create in me a clean heart
Lev 16:30 priest make atonement to cleanse you, that you may be clean from all your sins
Isa 1:16-18 Come, let us reason together. Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be white as snow
Eze 36:25 I will sprinkle clean water on you and you shall be clean from all your uncleanliness
Zech 13:1 On that day a fountain shall be opened for the house of David and Jerusalem to cleanse them
Several scriptures in Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel that God will cleanse Israel from their sins beginning of Millennium. God promises to cleanse us now and Israel at beginning of Millennium.
1 Cor 1:8 Jesus will confirm us unto the end, that we may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus
Eph 5:25-27 Jesus sanctified and cleansed the church that He might present it to Himself without blemish
Col 1:21-22 Jesus has reconciled thru His death, to present us holy and unblameable in His sight
1 Thess 3:13 God’s end is to establish our hearts unblameable in holiness before God at Jesus Second Coming
1 Thess 5:23 God sanctify you wholly, that we be preserved blameless unto the coming of Jesus
2 Pet 3:13-14 According to His promise, look for new heavens. Therefore, be diligent that we may be found of Him in peace, without spot, blameless
Jude 1:24 Jesus can keep us from falling, to present us faultless before His presence of glory with joy
Rev 14:5 144,000 firstfruits to God, no deceit found for they are without fault before throne of God
John 15:3 You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you
Acts 15:9 God made no distinction between Jew and Gentile, cleansing their hearts by faith
1 Cor 6:11 We were washed, sanctified, justified in the Name of the Lord Jesus and the Spirit of God
Titus 2:14 Jesus gave Himself for us to redeem us and to purify for Himself a people for His possession
Titus 3:5(NLT) he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit.
Heb 1:3 Jesus purged our sins and sat down at right hand of Father
Heb 9:14, 22 the blood of Jesus cleanses our conscience from dead works to serve the living God
Heb 10:22 Let us draw near in faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience, our bodies washed
1 Pet 3:20-22(NLT-21) And that water is a picture of baptism, which now saves you, not by removing dirt from your body, but as a response to God from a clean conscience. It is effective because of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
1 John 1:7, 9 If we walk in the Light, the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin. Cleanse us from sin.
Rev 1:5 Jesus who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood
Rev 7:14 Great multitude washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb
Promises of God Part 19 May
11, 2024
There are many promises from God about many categories, covenants with Noah, Abraham, Israel, David, etc.
In this series, we are only reviewing promises from God regarding our salvation.
Spiritual Body (not that many scriptures) QUESTION:
How many scriptures? Two?
Job 14:14 If a man dies, will he live again? All my days I will wait until my change comes
John 3:3-7 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Rom 8:11 The Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead dwells in us. God will also give life to our mortal bodies thru His Spirit that dwells in us
1 Cor 15:42-44 The resurrection. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised in glory, power, spiritual body
1 Cor 15:49-54 As we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear image of the heavenly Man
Cannot have eternal life with a physical body.
2 Cor 3:18(NLT) So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image.
2 Cor 5:1-5 Our physical body is a tent that when destroyed, we have a building from God, eternal
Phil 3:20-21 Who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body
1 John 3:1-3 We shall be like God
Promise of a
Resurrection, Part 1
Jude 1:14-15 Enoch prophesied, behold, the Lord comes with ten thousand of his holy ones
The real book of Enoch that Jude
refers to highly unlikely the book that you can read today.
But this scripture does show that even before the flood,
the patriarchs of God knew about a Messiah, judgment day and resurrection.
Job 14:12-15 The book of Job is the first book in Bible to talk about a future resurrection
Job 19:25-27(NLT) But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and he will stand upon the earth at last. And after my body has decayed, yet in my body I will see God! I will see him for myself. Yes, I will see him with my own eyes. I am overwhelmed at the thought!
Psa 16:9 My flesh shall rest in hope. You will not leave my soul in Sheol. Nor Holy One see corruption
Psa 17:15 I will see YOUR face in righteousness; I will awake in Your likeness.
Psa 49:15 God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, for He shall receive me.
Psa 71:20 You have allowed many trials, shall revive me again, bring me up again from depths of earth
Isa 26:19 Your dead shall live.
Eze 37:(1-)
13-14 Resurrection of
Dan 12:2-3 Those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to contempt.
Dan 12:13 Go your way, Daniel, until the end; for you shall rest, and arise to your inheritance at the end.
Hos 13:14 I (God) will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death.
Promises of God Part 20 October
17, 2024
Feast of Tabernacles, Day 1, Thursday
Promise of a
Resurrection, Part 2
Matt 22:23 Sadducees only believe in the Pentateuch (Gen thru Deut) and could find no reference to a resurrection in any of those books. So, after the Pharisees had failed to “trap” Jesus, the Sadducees who disagreed with the Pharisees on many issues including all their traditions, thought they had a “trap” that would succeed against Jesus.
Matt 22:28-30 The Sadducees assumed the “resurrection of the Pharisees” was back to a physical life. Jesus didn’t bother to answer their question, but instead went to correct their underlying assumption. Jesus corrected them for two reasons: (1) They didn’t know [all] the scriptures, and (2) they didn’t know the power of God. If they had believed in the power of God, they would believe a resurrection was not only possible, but required.
Matt 22:31-33 Concerning the resurrection Jesus quotes from the Pentateuch, Ex 3:6: “I am the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”
Mark 12:18-25 ditto and Luke 20:27-36
Most Orthodox Jews believe
that the physical body will be resurrected. in the Messianic Age,
when the good will rise from the dead. For this reason, Orthodox Jews
forbid many procedures that they consider to cause damage or destruction of the
body after death, and will bury their dead rather than cremate. The afterlife is known as olam
ha-ba (literally “coming world" or "next
world", עולם הבא in Hebrew), and is related to
concepts of Gan Eden, the Heavenly "Garden in Eden", or Paradise, and
Gehinnom. Orthodox and Reform Jewish
beliefs on resurrection
Orthodox Jews will bury their dead rather than cremate them for this reason. The resurrection will
be a spiritual one. Therefore, the body will not be needed as it is simply a
vessel of the soul. There will be a physical resurrection of the body. What happens after someone dies in Judaism?
The very brief answer is that after a
person dies, his soul rises to Heaven for judgment before the Divine
Tribunal. However, Jewish tradition does not spell out precisely what
occurs to the soul at the time of death and what he experiences before and
during his ascent to Heaven.
The resurrection is implied in many
scriptures and spiritual concepts, mainly eternal life.
Matt 24:31 Jesus will send His angels to gather His elect from the four winds
Luke 20:35-38 Those who obtain resurrection, no marriage in KOG. Equal to angels, better, like messengers.
John 5:21-29 Hour is coming when dead in graves will hear the voice of the Son of God, resurrection
John 6:39-40, 44, 54 This is the Father’s will, believe in Jesus may have everlasting life and raised up at last day
John 11:21-26 Martha say she knows that Lazarus will rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus say that he who believes in Him, though he dies, he shall live.
Many of the
Jews believed in a resurrection at the end time.
Acts 17:18, 32 The resurrection was an important, central theme to his preaching – the gospel of Jesus Christ
Acts 23:6 Before Jewish court, Paul says I’m on trial because I believe in the hope of resurrection
Acts 24:14-15, 21 Before Felix, Paul professed his belief in the resurrection of the just and unjust
Acts 26:6-8 Before King Agrippa, … ditto
Rom 1:3-4 A major part of the NT ministry and proof
that Jesus was the Messiah, was that Jesus was resurrected after His death on
the cross, raised from the dead.
Rom 6:5, 8-11 If we have been united together in His death, certainly also in the likeness of His resurrection
Rom 8:10-13, 23 The Spirit of life is in us thru righteousness. He who raised up Jesus will give us new bodies.
Promises of God Part 21 October
18, 2024
Feast of Tabernacles, Day 2, Friday
Promise of a
Resurrection, Part 3
1 Cor 15:3-4, 12-23 Some say no resurrection. If Christ resurrected, so will we
1 Cor 15:42-44 So is the resurrection of the dead, natural body is raised a spiritual body.
1 Cor 15:50-52 We shall not all sleep, at last trumpet raised incorruptible
Catholic Encyclopedia; General Resurrection: Resurrection is the rising again from the dead, the resumption of life. The Fourth Lateran Council teaches that all men, whether elect or reprobate, "will rise again with their own bodies which they now bear about with them" (cap. "Firmiter"). In the language of the creeds and professions of faith this return to life is called resurrection of the body (resurrectio carnis, resurrectio mortuorum, anastasis ton nekron) for a double reason: first, since the soul cannot die, it cannot be said to return to life; second the heretical contention of Hymeneus and Philitus that the Scriptures denote by resurrection not the return to life of the body, but the rising of the soul from the death of sin to the life of grace, must be excluded. (We shall treat of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ in a separate article; here, we treat only of the General Resurrection of the Body.)
Characteristics of the risen body: All shall rise from the dead in their own, in their entire, and in immortal bodies; but the good shall rise to the resurrection of life, the wicked to the resurrection of Judgment. It would destroy the very idea of resurrection, if the dead were to rise in bodies not their own. Again, the resurrection, like the creation, is to be numbered amongst the principal works of God; hence, as at the creation all things are perfect from the hand of God, so at the resurrection all things must be perfectly restored by the same omnipotent hand. But there is a difference between the earthly and the risen body; for the risen bodies of both saints and sinners shall be invested with immortality. This admirable restoration of nature is the result of the glorious triumph of Christ over death as described in several texts of Sacred Scripture: Isaiah 25:8; Osee, xiii, 14; 1 Corinthians 15:26; Apocalypse 2:4. But while the just shall enjoy an endless felicity in the entirety of their restored members, the wicked "shall seek death, and shall not find it, shall desire to die, and death shall fly from them" (Revelation 9:6).
Eze 18:4, 20 The soul that sins, it shall die
Matt 10:28 Do not fear those who can kill the body but not the soul. Fear God who can destroy both
These three characteristics, identity, entirety, and immortality, will be common to the risen bodies of the just and the wicked. But the bodies of the saints shall be distinguished by four transcendent endowments, often called qualities.
1 Cor 15:35-38 How are the dead raised? Like a seed that dies and becomes a new plant.
Promises of God Part 22 October
19, 2024
Feast of Tabernacles, Day 3, Saturday
Promise of a
Resurrection, Part 4
1 Cor 6:14 God both raised up the Lord and will also raise us up by His power
2 Cor 4:14 ditto
Phil 3:10-11 I want to know Jesus and His resurrection that I may attain the resurrection from the dead
Col 3:4 When Jesus appears, then we also will appear with Him in glory
1 Thess 4:13-17 The dead in Christ shall rise first. Then those who are alive will rise in the clouds
Some Protestants believe
that in the "resurrection" we will receive new bodies. Other Protestants believe
that in the resurrection, our old bodies will literally rise
up out of the ground for us to live in once more. Many protestant preachers say that our body
will be reconstructed from the remains of our body from the grave or where ever
it is. The one that was blown up in a bomb explosion will also be recollected
and rebuild from ashes. But it will be transformed
to a heavenly body. That is what exactly this passage is talking
about. The heavenly body will not look the same like the old one. A person who
was born without legs will have two perfect legs. A blind person will no longer
be blind and the deaf person will hear too.
In some Christian denominations it is understood as a temporary stage before the resurrection of the dead and the saints' return to the New Earth. Some denominations teach that one enters heaven at the moment of death, while others teach that this occurs at a later time (the Last Judgment).[citation needed] Some Christians maintain that entry into Heaven awaits such time as "When the form of this world has passed away." Two related, and often blended, concepts of heaven in Christianity are better described as the "resurrection of the body" as contrasted with "the immortality of the soul". In the first, the soul does not enter heaven until the Last Judgment or the "end of time" when it (along with the body) is resurrected and judged. In the second concept, the soul goes to a heaven on another plane immediately after death. These two concepts are generally combined in the doctrine of the double judgment where the soul is judged once at death and goes to a temporary heaven, while awaiting a second and final judgment at the end of the world. Some teach that death itself is not a natural part of life, but was allowed to happen after Adam and Eve disobeyed God so that mankind would not live forever in a state of sin and thus a state of separation from God.
Vast majority of Christians believe they go to heaven, or
hell, immediately at death. This makes
it impossible for them to understand the resurrection.
2 Tim 1:10 God’s purpose revealed to us by Jesus who abolished death and brought life & immortality
2 Tim 2:11 This is true, if we died with Him, we will also live with Him
2 Tim 4:8(NLT) And now the prize awaits me—the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on the day of his return. And the prize is not just for me but for all who eagerly look forward to his appearing.
Most Muslims believe that when they die, they will stay in
their graves until Yawm al-din (the Day of
Judgement). On that day, they will be raised from their graves and brought
before Allah and judged on how they lived their earthly lives. This belief is
known as the resurrection of the body.
After death, most Muslims believe that the soul will enter Barzakh, a state of waiting, until the Day of Judgement.
When a person dies, their soul is taken by Azra'il,
the Angel of Death. God sends two angels to question the waiting soul.
Heb 6:2 The resurrection of the dead is one of the seven basic doctrines of the gospel.
Heb 11:35 Some OT saints tortured not accepting deliverance that they might obtain a better resurrection
Death and the afterlife. What does Buddhism teach
about life after death? Buddhism teaches that there is a cycle of death and
rebirth called samsara, 8 stages one goes back and forth until
nirvana is achieved. Through karma and eventual enlightenment, Buddhists hope to
escape samsara and achieve nirvana, an end to suffering. Buddhist scriptures also identify various
heaven- and hell-like realms—sometimes considered to be states created by the
mind—where we may take rebirth. Secular Western Buddhists, however, do not
believe in rebirth. There are many similarities between Hinduism
and Buddhism. Buddhism evolved from
Hinduism.
1 Pet 1:3 Blessed be the Father who has begotten us unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus
Rev 20:4-6 I saw thrones, those who had been dead. They lived and reigned with Christ 1000 years. But the rest of the dead live not again until the 1000 years are finished.
Rev 20:11-15 Great White Throne to judgment
Isn’t
the truth wonderful!
Promises of God October 20, 2024
Feast of Tabernacles, Day 4, Sunday
Bye day
Promises of God Part 23 October
21, 2024
Feast of Tabernacles, Day 5, Monday
Promise of Eternal Life, Part 1
Ecc 3:11 God has planted eternity in the human heart
Isa 25:8 God will swallow up death forever, wipe away tears
Isa 26:19 Your dead shall life, tell them to leave their graves
Dan 12:2 Many who sleep shall awake, some to everlasting life.
Matt 19:16-17 What good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life? (Mark 10:17, Luke 10:25, 18:18)
Matt 25:46 Don’t help others, everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life
Mark 10:30 If give up family, receive hundredfold now, in age to come eternal life (Matt 19:29, Luke 18:30)
John 3:15-16 That whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.
John 3:36 He who believes in the Son has everlasting life
John 4:14 Whoever drinks of the water that I give will never thirst, it will spring into everlasting life.
John 4:36 Fields are ripe for harvest. He that reaps receives wages, and fruit unto life eternal
John 5:24 He who believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, no judgment, passed from death to life
John 5:39 You search the scriptures because you think in them you have eternal life.
John 6:27, 35 Do not work for food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life Jesus gives
John 6:40, 47 This is the will of my Father, that everyone who believes in the Son should have eternal life.
John 6:54 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life.
John 6:68 Peter said where will we go, You have the word of eternal life.
John 10:27-30 My sheep hear My voice. I give them eternal life and they shall never perish.
John 11:25-26 I am the resurrection. Even if you die, you shall live. Believe in Me and never die.
Promises of God Part 24 October
22, 2024
Feast of Tabernacles, Day 6, Tuesday
Promise of
Eternal Life, Part 2
John 12:25 He that loves his life shall lose it; he that hates his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal
John 12:50 God’s commandment is life everlasting, whatever Father tells me to speak, I speak
John 17:1-3 Father, You have given Me authority to give eternal life to those You have chosen.
John 20:31 I have written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ that you may have life in His name.
Acts 13:46-48 When Gentiles heard this, they were glad and glorified God. As many as were ordained to eternal life believed.
Rom 2:6-7 Eternal life to those who continue to do good, who seek glory, honor and immortality.
Rom 5:21 As sin reigned in death, so grace might reign thru righteousness to eternal life.
Rom 6:22-23 We are set free from sin, in the end, eternal life. Wages of sin, death. Gift of God is eternal life
2 Cor 5:1-4 We have a building from God, not made with hands, eternal in the heavens
Gal 6:8 He who sows to flesh will reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will reap everlasting life
1 Tim 1:16 I obtained mercy, Jesus shows His long suffering in me, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on Him to life everlasting, unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible.
1 Tim 6:12, 19 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life.
Titus 1:2 In hope of eternal life which God who cannot lie promised before time began
Titus 3:7 Being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
1 John 2:17(NLT) And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever.
1 John 2:25 And this is the promise that He has promised us, eternal life.
1 John 5:11-13 In the name of the Son of God that we may know that we have eternal life.
Jude 1:20-21 Build yourselves up in faith, praying, love of God, waiting for mercy that leads to eternal life
Rev 7:16-17 No more hunger, thirst, scorching heat. Jesus, Shepherd, will guide them to living water
Eph 1:13-14 Holy Spirit down payment on eternal life
2 Cor 1:22 God has sealed us and give us the HS in our hearts as a guarantee
2 Cor 5:4-5 God has given us the HS as a guarantee
Promises of God Part 25 October
23, 2024
Feast of Tabernacles, Day 7, Wednesday
When do all these promises come to pass? At the Second Coming of Jesus!
Promise of Jesus Second Coming (but
not the scriptures on the Day of the Lord)
Matt 16:27 The Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father and reward each according to his works
Matt 24:27, 30 As lightning comes from the east to the west, so also shall be the coming of the Son of Man
Matt 24:36-51 No one knows the day and hour that Jesus will return. Watch.
Matt 25:5-10 the bridegroom’s return delayed. All slept. Five wise went to meet bridegroom.
Matt 25:31 When the Son of Man comes in His glory, He will sit on the throne of his glory
Mark 13:26 After heavenly signs, will see the Son of Man coming in the clouds with great power and glory
Luke 21:27 You will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory
John 14:1-3 In my Fathers house are many rooms. I go t prepare a place for you. I will come again to get you
Acts 10:11 Angel said, this same Jesus will return just as you have seen just as you have seen Him leave
Acts 3:19-21 Repent, so that the times of refreshing can come from God. And that He may send Jesus
1 Cor 1:7-8 By God’s grace have gifts as wait for the revelation of Jesus, so blameless at His return
1 Cor 4:5 Judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, He will reveal the hidden things of the heart
1 Thess 1:10 wait for His Son from heaven whom He raised from the dead
1 Thess 2:19 What is our hope? It is you in the presence of Jesus at His coming
1 Thess 3:13 May God increase you, establish your hearts blameless before Father at the coming of Jesus
1 Thess 4:16 the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, voice of an archangel, trumpet of God
1 Thess 5:23 May the God of peace sanctify you and keep you blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus
Promises of God Part 26 October
24, 2024
Last Great Day, Day 8, Thursday
LGD: one word that summarizes it? Eternity. It is a day that represents breaking thru, from 7000 years to eternity.
Two paths to salvation: tree of life and tree of knowledge of good and evil. This day represents going back to the desired path of salvation, the tree of life. People live 100 years, 1000 years, then changed to spirit beings?
Rev 21:1-4; 22:1-2
Promise of Jesus Second Coming (but
not the scriptures on the Day of the Lord)
2 Tim 4:8(NLT) And now the prize awaits me—the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on the day of his return. And the prize is not just for me but for all who eagerly look forward to his appearing.
Heb 9:28 Jesus was offered once, we await His Second Coming apart from sin unto salvation
James 5:7 Be patient brothers until the coming of the Lord
1 John 2:28 Children, abide in Him, so that when He appears we may have confidence
1 Pet 1:7 Trials show our faith is genuine. This will bring us glory at the revelation of Jesus
1 Pet 1:13 Be sober-minded, set your hope on grace that we will get at the revelation of Jesus
1 Pet 4:13 Rejoice when partake of Christ’s suffering, that when His glory is revealed, we will be glad
1 Pet 5:4 when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory
Jude 1:14-15 Enoch prophesied, behold, the Lord comes with ten thousand of his holy ones
The real book of Enoch that Jude
refers to highly unlikely the book that you can read today.
But this scripture does show that even before the flood,
the patriarchs of God knew about a Messiah, judgment day and resurrection.
Rev 1:7 Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him
Rev 3:11 I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have so no one takes your crown
Rev 19 Wedding of church to Jesus. Jesus returns to Battle of Armageddon with saints riding white horses
Two
phases of Jesus Second Coming. One, when He returns and raises
the righteous dead to eternal life, the First Resurrection. They all return to heaven for the wedding
feast. Two, Jesus and saints return riding white horses for the
battle of Armageddon.
Rev 22:12 I am coming soon, bringing My reward with Me to give to everyone according to his works
Conclusion
1 Cor 2:9-10(TMSG) That’s why we have this Scripture text: No one’s ever seen or heard anything like this, Never so much as imagined anything quite like it— What God has arranged for those who love him. But you’ve seen and heard it because God by his Spirit has brought it all out into the open before you.
Isa 64:4 Since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived what God has prepared for him that waits for God
John 3:16 God so loved the world, He gave His only begotten Son, if believe, not perish, but eternal life
2 Pet 1:4 Given unto us exceeding great and precious promises, that by these we might be partakers of the divine nature.
1 Pet 5:6 Humble ourselves before God that He may exalt us in due time
1 John 3:1-3 We’re God’s children and will be like Him. Why do Christians think they will be angels?
1 Pet 1:6-21 Peter’s SUMMARY statement about our salvation
Heb 11:39-40(NLT) All these people earned a good reputation because of their faith, yet none of them received all that God had promised. For God had something better in mind for us, so that they would not reach perfection without us.