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Selected Promises Of God In Each Book Of The Bible

Old Testament

GENESIS and the promises of God

God made man in his image, in his likeness, and gave him dominion over the earth and all its

creatures (1:26-28).

God blessed the descendants of braham, and all !eo!les on earth have been blessed through

them (12:2-"# 18:18).

$hen %e believe the &ord, he credits it to us as righteousness (1':6).

God established his covenant %ith braham and greatl increased his numbers, so that he

became a father of man nations (1:2, ').

*othing is too hard for the &ord (18:1+).

God chose braham, so that he %ill direct his children and his household after him to kee! the

%a of the &ord b doing %hat is right and ust, so that the &ord %ill bring about for braham%hat he has !romised him (18:1/).

0he udge of all the earth %ill al%as do right (18:2').

God !romised to bless braham and make his descendants as numerous as the stars in the sk

and as the sand on the seashore. 0hrough his offs!ring, all nations on earth %ould be blessed,because he obeed God (22:1-18).

EXODUS and the promises of God

0he &ord is the God of braham, the God of saac, and the God of acob (":6).

0he &ord took the sraelites as his o%n !eo!le, became their God, and brought them out from

under the oke of the 3g!tians (6:).

0he &ord raised u! 4haraoh to sho% him his !o%er and to cause his name to be !roclaimed inall the earth (/:16).

0he &ord is faithful to his covenant !romises and delivers his !eo!le through his !o%erful right

hand (1+-1').

$ho among the gods is like ou, 5 &ord $ho is like ou7maestic in holiness, a%esome in

glor, %orking %onders (1':11).

God brought his !eo!le in and !lanted them on the mountain of his inheritance (1':1).

0he &ord is our anner (1:1').

God !romised that if his !eo!le %ould obe him full and kee! his covenant, than out of all

nations the %ould be his treasured !ossession. lthough the %hole earth is his, the %ould

be for him a kingdom of !riests and a hol nation (1/:'-6). 9 4resence %ill go %ith ou, and %ill give ou rest ("":1+).

0he &ord, the &ord, the com!assionate and gracious God, is slo% to anger, abounding in love

and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving %ickedness, rebellion and sin("+:6-).

LEITI!US and the promises of God

mong those %ho a!!roach God he %ill sho% himself hol, and in the sight of all the !eo!le

God %ill be honored (1:").

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am the &ord our God# consecrate ourselves and be hol, because am hol (11:++).

;or the life of a creature is in the blood, and have given it to ou to make atonement for

ourselves on the altar# it is the blood that makes atonement for one


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%ill raise u! for them a !ro!het like ou from among their brothers# %ill !ut m %ords in his

mouth, and he %ill tell them everthing command him (18:1-18).

0he &ord our God is the one %ho goes %ith ou to fight for ou against our enemies to give

ou victor (2:+).

0he secret things belong to the &ord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our

children forever (2/:2/).

%OS&U' and the promises of God

Ao not let this ook of the &a% de!art from our mouth# meditate on it da and night, so that

ou ma be careful to do everthing %ritten in it. 0hen ou %ill be !ros!erous and successful(1:8).

e strong and courageous. Ao not be terrified# do not be discouraged, for the &ord our God

%ill be %ith ou %herever ou go (1:/).

0he &ord our God is God in heaven above and on the earth belo% (2:11).

Do the &ord gave srael all the land he had s%orn to give their forefathers, and the took!ossession of it and settled there. 0he &ord gave them rest on ever side, ust as he had s%ornto their forefathers. *ot one of their enemies %ithstood them# the &ord handed all theirenemies over to them. *ot one of all the &ord


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f %e return to the &ord %ith all our hearts and rid ourselves of idolatr and commit ourselves to

the &ord and serve him onl, he %ill deliver us out of bondage (:").

t is God alone %ho saves us out of all our calamities and distresses (1:1/).

Ao not turn a%a after useless idols. 0he can do ou no good, nor can the rescue ou,

because the are useless. ;or the sake of his great name the &ord %ill not reect his !eo!le,because the &ord %as !leased to make ou his o%n (12:21-22).

*othing can hinder the &ord from saving, %hether b man or b fe% (1+:6).

Ce %ho is the Glor of srael does not lie or change his mind# for he is not a man, that heshould change his mind (1':2/).

0he &ord does not look at the things man looks at. 9an looks at the out%ard a!!earance, but

the &ord looks at the heart (16:).

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hearts to him, to %alk in all his %as and to kee! the commands, decrees and regulations hegave our fathers (8:'6-'8).

SE!OND *INGS and the promises of God

0here is no God in all the %orld eEce!t in srael (':1').

0hose %ho are %ith us are more than those %ho are %ith them (6:16).

;or the sake of his servant Aavid, the &ord %as not %illing to destro udah. Ce had !romised

to maintain a lam! for Aavid and his descendants forever (8:1/). ut the &ord %as gracious to them and had com!assion and sho%ed concern for them

because of his covenant %ith braham, saac and acob. 0o this da he has been un%illing todestro them or banish them from his !resence (1":2").

Ao not forget the covenant have made %ith ou, and do not %orshi! other gods. Father,

%orshi! the &ord our God# it is he %ho %ill deliver ou from the hand of all our enemies(1:"/).

Cave ou not heard &ong ago ordained it. n das of old !lanned it# no% have brought it

to !ass (1/:2').

5nce more a remnant of the house of udah %ill take root belo% and bear fruit above (1/:").

)I#ST !ONI!LES and the promises of God

abeH cried out to the God of srael, @5h that ou %ould bless me and enlarge m territorB &et

our hand be %ith me, and kee! me from harm so that %ill be free from !ain.< nd Godgranted his reuest (+:1).

Glor in his hol name# let the hearts of those %ho seek the &ord reoice. &ook to the &ord and

his strength# seek his face al%as. Femember the %onders he has done, his miracles, and theudgments he !ronounced (16:1-12).

;or great is the &ord and most %orth of !raise# he is to be feared above all gods. ;or all the

gods of the nations are idols, but the &ord made the heavens. D!lendor and maest arebefore him# strength and o in his d%elling !lace (16:2'-2).

Give thanks to the &ord, for he is good# his love endures forever (16:"+). declare to ou that the &ord %ill build a house for ou. $hen our das are over and ou go

to be %ith our fathers, %ill raise u! our offs!ring to succeed ou, one of our o%n sons, and %ill establish his kingdom. Ce is the one %ho %ill build a house fore me, and %ill establishhis throne forever. %ill be his father, and he %ill be m son. %ill never take m love a%afrom him, as took it a%a from our !redecessor. %ill set him over m house and mkingdom forever# his throne %ill be established forever (1:1-1+).

0here is no one like ou, 5 &ord, and there is no God but ou, as %e have heard %ith our o%nears. ?ou made our !eo!le srael our ver o%n forever, and ou, 5 &ord, have become theirGod (1:2, 22).

ut ou %ill have a son %ho %ill be a man of !eace and rest, and %ill give him rest from all

his enemies on ever side. Cis name %ill be Dolomon, and %ill grant srael !eace and uietduring his reign. Ce is the one %ho %ill build a house for m *ame. Ce %ill be m son, and %ill be his father. nd %ill establish the throne of his kingdom over srael forever (22:/-1).

0he &ord searches ever heart and understands ever motive behind the thoughts. f ou seek

him, he %ill be found b ou# but if ou forsake him, he %ill reect ou forever (28:/).

3verthing comes from ou, and %e have given ou onl %hat comes from our hand

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SE!OND !ONI!LES and the promises of God

5 &ord, God of srael, there is no God like ou in heaven or on earth7ou %ho kee! our

covenant of love %ith our servants %ho continue %holeheartedl in our %a. ?ou have ke!tour !romise to our servant Aavid m father# %ith our mouth ou have !romised and %ithour hand ou have fulfilled it7as it is toda (6:1+-1').

f m !eo!le, %ho are called b m name, %ill humble themselves and !ra and seek m face

and turn from their %icked %as, then %ill hear from heaven and %ill forgive their sin and %illheal their land. *o% m ees %ill be o!en and m ears attentive to the !raers offered in this

!lace. have chosen and consecrated this tem!le so that m *ame ma be there forever. 9ees and m heart %ill al%as be there (:1+-16).

0hen sa called to the &ord his God and said, @&ord, there is no one like ou to hel! the

!o%erless against the might. Cel! us, 5 &ord our God, for %e rel on ou, and in our name%e have come against this vast arm. 5 &ord, ou are our God# do not let man !revail againstou


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ut he kno%s the %a that take# %hen he has tested me, %ill come forth as gold (2":1).

0he fear of the &ord7that is %isdom, and to shun evil is understanding (28:28).

0he lmight is beond our reach and eEalted in !o%er# in his ustice and greatrighteousness, he does not o!!ress. 0herefore, men revere him, for does he not have regardfor all the %ise in heart (":2"-2+).

kno% that ou can do all things# no !lan of ours can be th%arted (+2:2).

PS'L"S and the promises of God lessed is the man %ho does not %alk in the counsel of the %icked or stand in the %a of

sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. ut his delight is in the la% of the &ord, and on his la% hemeditates da and night. Ce is like a tree !lanted b streams of %ater, %hich ields its fruit inseason and %hose leaf does not %ither. $hatever he does !ros!ers (1:1-").

lessed are all %ho take refuge in him (2:12).

=no% that the &ord has set a!art the godl for himself# the &ord %ill hear %hen call to him

(+:").

;or surel, 5 &ord, ou bless the righteous# ou surround them %ith our favor as %ith ashield (':12).

0he &ord is a refuge for the o!!ressed, a stronghold in times of trouble. 0hose %ho kno% ourname %ill trust in ou, for ou, &ord, have never forsaken those %ho seek ou (/:/-1).

0he &ord is righteous, he loves ustice# u!right men %ill see his face (11:).

s for God, his %a is !erfect# the %ord of the &ord is fla%less. Ce is a shield for all %ho take

refuge in him (18:").

$ho, then, is the man that fears the &ord Ce %ill instruct him in the %a chosen for him(2':12).

%ill instruct ou and teach ou in the %a ou should go# %ill counsel ou and %atch over

ou ("2:8).

9an are the %oes of the %icked, but the &ord


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0he &ord gives %isdom, and from his mouth come kno%ledge and understanding. Ce holds

victor in store for the u!right, he is a shield to those %hose %alk is blameless, for he guardsthe course of the ust and !rotects the %a of his faithful ones (2:6-8).

0rust in the &ord %ith all our heart and lean not on our o%n understanding# in all our %as

ackno%ledge him, and he %ill make our !aths straight (":'-6).

9 son, do not des!ise the &ordommit to the &ord %hatever ou do, and our !lans %ill succeed (16:").

0he name of the &ord is a strong to%er# the righteous run to it and are safe (18:1).

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4lace me like a seal over our heart, like a seal over our arm# for love is as strong as death .

. . 9an %aters cannot uench love# rivers cannot %ash it a%a. f one %ere to give all the%ealth of his house for love, it %ould be utterl scorned (8:6-).

IS'I'& and the promises of God

@>ome no%, let us reason together,< sas the &ord. @0hough our sins are like scarlet, the

shall be as %hite as sno%# though the are red as crimson, the shall be like %oolounselor, 9ight God, 3verlasting ;ather, 4rince of 4eace. 5fthe increase of his government and !eace there %ill be no end. Ce %ill reign on Aavid


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live in a high and hol !lace, but also %ith him %ho is contrite and lo%l in s!irit, to revive

the s!irit of the lo%l and to revive the heart of the contrite (':1').

ehold, %ill create ne% heavens and a ne% earth. 0he former things %ill not be

remembered, nor %ill the come to mind (6':1).

(E#E"I'& and the promises of God

efore formed ou in the %omb kne% ou, before ou %ere born set ou a!art (1:').

t that time the %ill call erusalem 0he 0hrone of the &ord, and all nations %ill gather inerusalem to honor the name of the &ord. *o longer %ill the follo% the stubbornness of theirevil hearts (":1).

f ou reall change our %as and our actions and deal %ith each other ustl, if ou do not

o!!ress the alien, the fatherless or the %ido% and do not shed innocent blood in this !lace,and if ou do not follo% other gods to our o%n harm, then %ill let ou live in this !lace, in theland gave our forefathers for ever and ever (:'-).

5be me, and %ill be our God and ou %ill be m !eo!le. $alk in all the %as command

ou, that it ma go %ell %ith ou (:2").

&et not the %ise man boast of his %isdom or the strong man boast of his strength or the rich

man boast of his riches, but let him %ho boasts boast about this: that he understands and

kno%s me, that am the &ord, %ho eEercises kindness, ustice and righteousness on the earth,for in these delight (/:2"-2+).

kno%, 5 &ord, that a man


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>all to me and %ill ans%er ou and tell ou great and unsearchable things ou do not kno%

("":").

L'"ENT'TIONS and the promises of God

0he &ord has done %hat he !lanned# he has fulfilled his %ord, %hich he decreed long ago

(2:1).

?et this call to mind and therefore have ho!e: ecause of the &ord


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0hen ou, m !eo!le, %ill kno% that am the &ord, %hen o!en our graves and bring ou u!

from them. %ill !ut m D!irit in ou and ou %ill live, and %ill settle ou in our o%n land(":1"-1+).

%ill no longer hide m face from them, for %ill !our out m D!irit on the house of srael,

declares the Dovereign &ord ("/:2/).

D'NIEL and the promises of God

4raise be to the name of God for ever and ever# %isdom and !o%er are his. Ce changes times

and seasons# he sets u! kings and de!oses them. Ce gives %isdom to the %ise and kno%ledgeto the discerning. Ce reveals dee! and hidden things# he kno%s %hat lies in darkness, andlight d%ells %ith him (2:2-22).

n the time of those kings, the God of heaven %ill set u! a kingdom that %ill never be

destroed, nor %ill it be left to another !eo!le. t %ill crush all those kingdoms and bring themto an end, but it %ill itself endure forever (2:++).

0he 9ost Cigh is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to anone he %ishes

and sets over them the lo%liest of men (+:1).

0hen !raised the 9ost Cigh# honored and glorified him %ho lives forever. Cis dominion is

an eternal dominion# his kingdom endures from generation to generation. ll the !eo!les ofthe earth are regarded as nothing. Ce does as he !leases %ith the !o%ers of heaven and the

!eo!les of the earth. *o one can hold back his hand or sa to him: @$hat have ou done


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not listen to the music of our har!s. ut let ustice roll on like a river, righteousness like anever-failing streamB (':21-2+).

@0he das are coming,< declares the &ord, @%hen the rea!er %ill be overtaken b the !lo%man

and the !lanter b the one treading gra!es. *e% %ine %ill dri! from the mountains and flo%from all the hills. %ill bring back m eEiled !eo!le srael# the %ill rebuild the ruined citiesand live in them. 0he %ill !lant vineards and drink their %ine# the %ill make gardens andeat their fruit. %ill !lant srael in their o%n land, never again to be u!rooted from the land have given them,< sas the &ord our God (/:1"-1').

OB'DI'& and the promises of God

0he da of the &ord is near for all nations. s ou have done, it %ill be done to ou# our

deeds %ill return u!on our o%n head (1').

ut on 9ount Iion %ill be deliverance# it %ill be hol, and the house of acob %ill !ossess its

inheritance. 0he house of acob %ill be a fire and the house of ose!h a flame# the house of3sau %ill be stubble, and the %ill set it on fire and consume it (1-18).

Aeliverers %ill go u! on 9ount Iion to govern the mountains of 3sau. nd the kingdom %illbe the &ord


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ut as for me, kee! %atch for the &ord, %ait in ho!e for God m Davior# m God %ill hear

me (:).

$ho is a God like ou, %ho !ardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his

inheritance ?ou do not sta angr forever but delight to sho% merc. ?ou %ill again havecom!assion on us# ou %ill tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniuities into the de!ths ofthe sea (:18-1/).

N'&U" and the promises of God

0he &ord is a ealous and avenging God# the &ord takes vengeance and is filled %ith %rath.0he &ord takes vengeance on his foes and maintains his %rath against his enemies. 0he &ordis slo% to anger and great in !o%er# he %ill not leave the guilt un!unished. Cis %a is in the%hirl%ind and the storm, and clouds are the dust of his feet (1:2-").

0he &ord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. Ce cares for those %ho trust in him (1:).

$hatever the !lot against the &ord he %ill bring to an end# trouble %ill not come a second

time (1:/).

lthough the are unscathed and numerous, the %ill be cut do%n and !ass a%a. lthough

have afflicted ou, 5 udah, %ill afflict ou no more. *o% %ill break their oke from ourneck and tear our shackles a%a (1:12-1").

&'B'**U* and the promises of God ?our ees are too !ure to look on evil# ou cannot tolerate %rong (1:1").

Dee, he is !uffed u!# his desires are not u!right7but the righteous %ill live b his faith (2:+).

0he earth %ill be filled %ith the kno%ledge of the glor of the &ord as the %aters cover the

sea (2:1+).

0he &ord is in his hol tem!le# let all the earth be silent before him (2:2).

&ord, have heard of our fame# stand in a%e of our deeds, 5 &ord. Fene% them in our da

in our time make them kno%n# in %rath remember merc (":2).

%ill reoice in the &ord, %ill be oful in God m Davior. 0he Dovereign &ord is m strength#

he makes m feet like the feet of a deer, he enables me to go on the heights (":18-1/).

+EP&'NI'& and the promises of God

0he great da of the &ord is near7near and coming uickl. &istenB 0he cr on the da of the

&ord %ill be bitter, the shouting of the %arrior there. 0hat da %ill be a da of %rath, a da ofdistress and anguish, a da of trouble and ruin, a da of darkness and gloom, a da of cloudsand blackness (1:1+-1').

0he %hole %orld %ill be consumed b the fire of m ealous anger (":8)

%ill leave %ithin ou the meek and humble, %ho trust in the name of &ord (":12).

0he &ord our God is %ith ou, he is might to save. Ce %ill take great delight in ou, he %ill

uiet ou %ith his love, he %ill reoice over ou %ith singing (":1).

&'GG'I and the promises of God

0his is %hat covenanted %ith ou %hen ou %hen ou came out of 3g!t. nd m D!irit

remains among ou. Ao not fear (2:').

0his is %hat the &ord lmight sas: @n a little %hile %ill once more shake the heavens and

the earth, the sea and the dr land. %ill shake all nations, and the desired of all nations %illcome, and %ill fill this house %ith glor,< sas the &ord lmight. @0he silver is mine and thegold is mine,< declares the &ord lmight. @0he glor of this !resent house %ill be greater than



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the glor of the former house,< sas the &ord lmight. @nd in this !lace %ill grant !eace,hrist eE!erienced the conditions of human limitations including his encounters%ith the tem!tations %e face (1:12# 1+:"2-+1).

esus offers the glorious gift of the forgiveness of sins (2:1-12) so that %e can be cleansed and

lifted u! into a relationshi! %ith him.

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$hen %e abide in >hrist, %e are given the !o%er to bear lasting s!iritual fruit that %ill glorif

the ;ather (1':1-8).

$hen %e come to believe that esus is the >hrist, the Don of God, %e are given the gift of life in

his name (2:"-"1).

'!TS and the promises of GOD

God has given us the !o%er of the ind%elling Col D!irit to enable us to be %itnesses of thegood ne%s of forgiveness and life in >hrist (1:8# 1:+-+").

t is through the resurrected Don of God that %e are reci!ients of Godhrist and through us s!reads ever%here the

fragrance of the kno%ledge of him (2:1+).



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$hen %e offer everthing to God in !raer and !etition %ith thanksgiving, and !resent our

reuests to him, our anEieties are re!laced b the !eace of God %hich transcends allunderstanding (+:6-).

God %ill meet all our needs according to his glorious riches in >hrist esus (+:1/).

!OLOSSI'NS and the promises of GOD

0he ;ather has ualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light(1:12)

God has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of his

beloved Don, in %hom %e have redem!tion, the forgiveness of sins (1:1").

$e have been reconciled to God through >hristhrist all the fullness of the Aeit lives in bodil form, and %e have been given fullness in

>hrist, %ho is the head over ever !o%er and authorit (2:1).

$hen %e %ere dead in our sins, God made us alive %ith >hrist and forgave us all our sins(2:1").

$e have been raised %ith >hrist# %e died, and our life is no% hidden %ith >hrist in God. $hen>hrist, %ho is our life, a!!ears, then %e also %ill a!!ear %ith him in glor (":1-+).

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)I#ST TI"OT&$ and the promises of GOD

0he goal of Godhrist esus, %ho gave

himself as a ransom for all men (2:').

4hsical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding !romise for

both the !resent life and the life to come (+:8).

Godliness %ith contentment is great gain (6:6).

$e are not to !ut our ho!e in %ealth, %hich is so uncertain, but to !ut our ho!e in God, %ho

richl !rovides us %ith everthing for our enoment (6:1).

SE!OND TI"OT&$ and the promises of GOD

God did not give us a s!irit of timidit, but a s!irit of !o%er, of love and of self-disci!line (1:).

God has saved us and called us to a hol life7not because of anthing %e have done but

because of his o%n !ur!ose and grace (1:/).

0he grace of God has been revealed through the a!!earing of our Davior, >hrist esus, %ho has

destroed death and has brought life and immortalit to light through the gos!el (1:1).

God is able to guard %hat %e have entrusted to him for the da %hen %e see him (1:12).

f %e died %ith >hrist, %e %ill also live %ith him# if %e endure, %e %ill also reign %ith him. f %e

diso%n him, he %ill also diso%n us# if %e are faithless, he %ill remain faithful, for he cannotdiso%n himself (2:11-1").

ll Dcri!ture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in

righteousness, so that the man of God ma be thoroughl eui!!ed for ever good %ork (":16-1).

0he &ord %ill a%ard the cro%n of righteousness to all %ho have longed for his a!!earing (+:8).

0he &ord %ill rescue us from ever evil attack and %ill bring us safel to his heavenl kingdom

(+:18).

TITUS and the promises of GOD

faith and kno%ledge of the truth that leads to godliness rests on the ho!e of eternal life,

%hich God, %ho does not lie, !romised before the beginning of time (1:1-2).

0he grace of God that brings salvation has a!!eared to all men (2:11).

$e %ait for the blessed ho!e7the glorious a!!earing of our great God and Davior, esus >hrist,

%ho gave himself for us to redeem us from all %ickedness and to !urif for himself a !eo!lethat are his ver o%n, eager to do %hat is good (2:1"-1+).

$hen the kindness and love of God our Davior a!!eared, he saved us, not because of

righteous things %e had done, but because of his merc. Ce saved us through the %ashing ofrebirth and rene%al b the Col D!irit, %hom he !oured out on us generousl through esus



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>hrist our Davior, so that, having been ustified b his grace, %e might become heirs havingthe ho!e of eternal life (":+-).

P&ILE"ON and the promises of GOD

$e have received grace and !eace from God our ;ather and the &ord esus >hrist (").

God %ants us to gro% into a full understanding of ever good thing %e have in >hrist (6).

ust as %e have received Godhrist is %ith our s!irits (2').

&EB#E-S and the promises of GOD

esus %as made a little lo%er than the angels and is no% cro%ned %ith glor and honor

because he suffered death, so that b the grace of God he might taste death for everone(2:/).

ecause >hrist himself suffered %hen he %as tem!ted, he is able to hel! those %ho are being

tem!ted (2:18).

0he %ord of God is living and active. Dhar!er than an double-edged s%ord, it !enetrates even

to dividing soul and s!irit, oints and marro%# it udges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart

(+:12).

$e do not have a high !riest %ho is unable to sm!athiHe %ith our %eaknesses, but %e have

one %ho has been tem!ted in ever %a, ust as %e are7et %as %ithout sin (+:1').

$e can a!!roach the throne of grace %ith confidence, so that %e ma receive merc and find

grace to hel! us in our time of need (+:16).

5ur ho!e in >hrist is an anchor for the soul, firm and secure (6:1/).

esus is able to save com!letel those %ho come to God through him, because he al%as livesto intercede for them (:2').

>hrist is the mediator of a ne% covenant, that those %ho are called ma receive the !romised

eternal inheritance (/:1').

;aith is being sure of %hat %e ho!e for and certain of %hat %e do not see. nd %ithout faith it

is im!ossible to !lease God, because anone %ho comes to him must believe that he eEistsand that he re%ards those %ho earnestl seek him (11:1, 6).

esus >hrist is the same esterda and toda and forever (1":8).

('"ES and the promises of GOD

0he testing of our faith develo!s !erseverance, and !erseverance leads to maturit and

com!letion (1:"-+).

3ver good and !erfect gift is from above, coming do%n from the ;ather of the heavenl lights,

%ho does not change like shifting shado%s (1:1).

0he man %ho looks intentl into the !erfect la% that gives freedom, and continues to do this,

not forgetting %hat he has heard, but doing it7he %ill be blessed in %hat he does (1:2').

9erc trium!hs over udgment (2:1").

0he %isdom that comes from heaven is first of all !ure# then !eace loving, considerate,

submissive, full of merc and good fruit, im!artial and sincere (":1).

$hen %e submit ourselves to God and resist the devil, he %ill flee from us (+:).

$hen %e come near to God, he %ill come near to us (+:8).



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$hoever turns a sinner a%a from his error %ill save him from death and cover over a

multitude of sins (':2).

)I#ST PETE# and the promises of GOD

$e have been chosen according to the forekno%ledge of God the ;ather, b the sanctifing

%ork of the D!irit, for obedience to esus >hrist and s!rinkling b his blood (1:2).

n Godhrist from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never !erish, s!oil or fade (1:"-+).

t %as not %ith !erishable things such as silver or gold that %e %ere redeemed from the em!t

%a of life %e !reviousl kne%, but %ith the !recious blood of >hrist, a lamb %ithout blemish ordefect (1:18-1/).

$e have been born again, not of !erishable seed, but of im!erishable, through the living and

enduring %ord of God (1:2").

$e are a chosen !eo!le, a roal !riesthood, a hol nation, a !eo!le belonging to God, that %e

ma declare the !raises of him %ho called us out of darkness into his %onderful light (2:/).

>hrist bore our sins in his bod on the tree, so that %e might die to sins and live for

righteousness# b his %ounds %e have been healed (2:2+).

>hrist died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring us to God (":18).

$e can cast all our anEiet on God because he cares for us (':).

0he God of all grace, %ho called us to his eternal glor in >hrist, after %e have suffered a little

%hile, %ill himself restore us and make us strong, firm and steadfast (':1).

SE!OND PETE# and the promises of GOD

God has given us everthing %e need for life and godliness through our kno%ledge of him %ho

called us b his o%n glor and goodness (1:").

$e have received Godhrist (1:'-11).

$ith the &ord a da is like a thousand ears, and a thousand ears are like a da. 0he &ord is

not slo% in kee!ing his !romise, as some understand slo%ness. Ce is !atient %ith us, not%anting anone to !erish, but everone to come to re!entance (":8-/).

$e are looking for%ard to a ne% heaven and a ne% earth, the home of righteousness (":1").

)I#ST (O&N and the promises of GOD

God is light# in him there is no darkness at all (1:').

f %e %alk in the light, as he is in the light, %e have fello%shi! %ith one another, and the bloodof esus, his Don, !urifies us from ever sin (1:).

f %e confess our sins, he is faithful and ust and %ill forgive us our sins and !urif us from all

unrighteousness (1:/).

f %e sin, %e have one %ho s!eaks to the ;ather in our defense7esus >hrist, the Fighteous

5ne. Ce is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not onl for ours but also for the sins of the%hole %orld (2:1-2).

0he %orld and its desires !ass a%a, but the man %ho does the %ill of God lives forever

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*o one %ho denies the Don has the ;ather# %hoever ackno%ledges the Don has the ;ather

also (2:2").

Co% great is the love the ;ather has lavished on us, that %e should be called children of GodB

nd that is %hat %e areB (":1).

*o% %e are children of God, and %hat %e %ill be has not et been made kno%n. ut %e kno%

that %hen he a!!ears, %e shall be like him, for %e shall see him as he is (":2).

0his is ho% God sho%ed his love among us: Ce sent his one and onl Don into the %orld that

%e might live through him. 0his is love: not that %e loved God, but that he loved us and senthis Don as an atoning sacrifice for our sins (+:/-1).

0here is no fear in love. ut !erfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do %ith

!unishment. 0he man %ho fears is not made !erfect in love (+:18).

3verone %ho believes that esus is the >hrist is born of God, and everone %ho loves the

father loves his child as %ell (':1).

God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Don. Ce %ho has the Don has life# he %ho

does not have the Don of God does not have life (':11-12).

0his is the assurance %e have in a!!roaching God: that if %e ask anthing according to his

%ill, he hears us. nd if %e kno% that he hears us7%hatever %e ask7%e kno% that %e have%hat %e asked of him (':1+-1').

SE!OND (O&N and the promises of GOD

0he truth of the gos!el of esus >hrist lives in us and %ill be %ith us forever (v. 2).

s those %ho kno% >hrist, %e have received grace, merc, and !eace from God the ;ather and

from esus >hrist, the ;atherhrist , %e

become colaborers %ith them and !artici!ants in their ministr (vv. '-8).

none %ho does %hat is good is from God (v. 11).

(UDE and the promises of GOD

0hose %ho have been called are loved b God the ;ather and ke!t b esus >hrist (v. 1).

God offers believers the abundance of his merc, !eace, and love (v. 2).

0he &ord gives us the !o%er to build ourselves u! in our most hol faith and to !ra in the ColD!irit (v. 2).

s %e kee! ourselves in Godhrist to bring

us to eternal life (v. 21).

0he &ord is able to kee! us from falling and to !resent us before his glorious !resence %ithout

fault and %ith great o (v. 2+).

0he onl God our Davior %ill receive glor, maest, !o%er, and authorit through esus >hrist

our &ord before all ages, no%, and forevermore (v. 2').



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