Doctrines of Grace

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Doctrines of Grace

RD = Radical Depravity (Total Depravity)SE = Sovereign Election (Unconditional Election)

DA = Definite Atonement (Limited Atonement)

IC = Irresistile Call (Irresistile !race)"! = "reserving !race ("erseverance of t#e Saints)

IC (Genesis 3:8-9) And the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of theLO! God amon" the trees of the "arden# $%t the LO! God called to the man and said

to him& 'here are o%*+

IC (Genesis 3:,,& ,3) e said& 'ho told o% that o% were na.ed* ave o% eaten ofthe tree of which I commanded o% not to eat*+/0hen the LO! God said to the

woman& 'hat is this that o% have done*+

!A (Genesis 3:,1) I will p%t enmit 2etween o% and the woman& and 2etween o%roffsprin" and her offsprin" he shall 2r%ise o%r head& and o% shall 2r%ise his heel#

!A (Genesis 3:4,) And the LO! God made for Adam and for his wife "arments of

s.ins and clothed them#

!A (Genesis 5:5) And A2el also 2ro%"ht of the first2orn of his floc. and of their fat

portions# And the LO! had re"ard for A2el and his offerin"#

! (Genesis 1:3) hen Adam had lived ,36 ears& he fathered a son in his own li.eness&after his ima"e& and named him 7eth#

! (Genesis :1) 0he LO! saw that the wic.edness of man was "reat in the earth& andthat ever intention of the tho%"hts of his heart was onl evil contin%all#

G (Genesis :,) And those that entered& male and female of all flesh& went in as Godhad commanded him# And the LO! sh%t him in#

! (Genesis 8:4,) I will never a"ain c%rse the "ro%nd 2eca%se of man& for the intention

of man;s heart is evil from his o%th#

7< (Genesis ,4:,-3) =ow the LO! said to A2ram& 'Go from o%r co%ntr and o%r

.indred and o%r father;s ho%se to the land that I will show o%# And I will ma.e of o% a"reat nation& and I will 2less o% and ma.e o%r name "reat& so that o% will 2e a

2lessin"# I will 2less those who 2less o%& and him who dishonors o% I will c%rse& and in

o% all the families of the earth shall 2e 2lessed#+

7< (Genesis ,:,9-4,) God said& '=o& 2%t 7arah o%r wife shall 2ear o% a son& and o%

shall call his name Isaac# I will esta2lish m covenant with him as an everlastin"

covenant for his offsprin" after him# As for Ishmael& I have heard o% 2ehold& I have


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2lessed him and will ma.e him fr%itf%l and m%ltipl him "reatl# e shall father twelve

princes& and I will ma.e him into a "reat nation# $%t I will esta2lish m covenant with

Isaac& whom 7arah shall 2ear to o% at this time ne>t ear#+

7< (Genesis ,8:,9) ?or I have chosen him& that he ma command his children and his

ho%sehold after him to .eep the wa of the LO! 2 doin" ri"hteo%sness and @%stice& sothat the LO! ma 2rin" to A2raham what he has promised him#

7< (Genesis 41:43) And the LO! said to her& '0wo nations are in o%r wom2& and twopeoples from within o% shall 2e divided the one shall 2e stron"er than the other& the

older shall serve the o%n"er#

! (od%s :,3-,5) 7till haraoh;s heart was hardened& and he wo%ld not listen tothem& as the LO! had said# 0hen the LO! said to oses& 'haraoh;s heart is

hardened he ref%ses to let the people "o#+

! (od%s 9:,4 ,6:,& 46) $%t the LO! hardened the heart of haraoh& and he did notlisten to them& as the LO! had spo.en to oses/0hen the LO! said to oses& 'Go

in to haraoh& for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants+/$%t theLO! hardened haraoh;s heart& and he did not let the people of Israel "o#

!A (od%s ,4:3& 1& ) 0ell all the con"re"ation of Israel that on the tenth da of thismonth ever man shall ta.e a lam2 accordin" to their fathers; ho%ses& a lam2 for a

ho%sehold/Bo%r lam2 shall 2e witho%t 2lemish& a male a ear old# Bo% ma ta.e it from

the sheep or from the "oats/0hen the shall ta.e some of the 2lood and p%t it on the two

doorposts and the lintel of the ho%ses in which the eat it#

!A (od%s ,4:,3) 0he 2lood shall 2e a si"n for o%& on the ho%ses where o% are# And

when I see the 2lood& I will pass over o%& and no pla"%e will 2efall o% to destro o%&when I stri.e the land of


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! (od%s 34:,-3) hen the people saw that oses delaed to come down from the

mo%ntain& the people "athered themselves to"ether to Aaron and said to him& 'p& ma.e

%s "ods who shall "o 2efore %s# As for this oses& the man who 2ro%"ht %p %p o%t of theland of


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! (E%d"es 4,:41) In those das there was no .in" in Israel#


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! (Eo2 9:4) F0r%l I .now that it is so: $%t how can a man 2e in the ri"ht 2efore God*

! (Eo2 ,5:5) ho can 2rin" a clean thin" o%t of an %nclean* 0here is not one#

! (Eo2 ,1:,5-,) hat is man& that he can 2e p%re* Or he who is 2orn of a woman& thathe can 2e ri"hteo%s* $ehold& God p%ts no tr%st in his hol ones& and the heavens are not

p%re in his si"ht how m%ch less one who is a2omina2le and corr%pt& a man who drin.s

in@%stice li.e water

! (Eo2 41:5-) ow then can man 2e in the ri"ht 2efore God* ow can he who is 2orn

of woman 2e p%re* $ehold& even the moon is not 2ri"ht& and the stars are not p%re in his

ees how m%ch less man& who is a ma""ot& and the son of man& who is a worm

G (salm ,:) 0he LO! .nows the wa of the ri"hteo%s& 2%t the wa of the wic.ed

will perish#

! (salm 4:,-3) h do the nations ra"e and the peoples plot in vain* 0he .in"s of the

earth set themselves& and the r%lers ta.e co%nsel to"ether& a"ainst the LO! and a"ainsthis Anointed& sain"& FLet %s 2%rst their 2onds apart and cast awa their cords from %s#F

7< (salm 5:3) $%t .now that the LO! has set apart the "odl for himself the LO!hears when I call to him#

! (salm 1:9) ?or there is no tr%th in their mo%th their inmost self is destr%ction their

throat is an open "rave the flatter with their ton"%e#

! (salm :,5) $ehold& the wic.ed man conceives evil and is pre"nant with mischief

and "ives 2irth to lies#

! (salm ,5:,-3) 0he are corr%pt& the do a2omina2le deeds& there is none who does

"ood# 0he LO! loo.s down from heaven on the children of man& to see if there are anwho %nderstand& who see. after God# 0he have all t%rned aside to"ether the have

2ecome corr%pt there is none who does "ood& not even one#

G (salm ,:,6-,,) ?or o% will not a2andon m so%l to 7heol& or let o%r hol one seecorr%ption# Bo% ma.e .nown to me the path of life in o%r presence there is f%llness of

@o at o%r ri"ht hand are pleas%res forevermore#

7< (salm 33:,4) $lessed is the nation whose God is the LO!& the people whom he has

chosen as his herita"e

! (salm 3:,-3) 0rans"ression spea.s to the wic.ed deep in his heart there is no fear

of God 2efore his ees# ?or he flatters himself in his own ees that his iniJ%it cannot 2e

fo%nd o%t and hated# 0he words of his mo%th are tro%2le and deceit he has ceased to act

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G (salm 3:43-48) 0he steps of a man are esta2lished 2 the LO!& when he deli"hts

in his wa tho%"h he fall& he shall not 2e cast headlon"& for the LO! %pholds his hand#I have 2een o%n"& and now am old& et I have not seen the ri"hteo%s forsa.en or his

children 2e""in" for 2read# e is ever lendin" "enero%sl& and his children 2ecome a

2lessin"# 0%rn awa from evil and do "ood so shall o% dwell forever# ?or the LO!loves @%stice he will not forsa.e his saints# 0he are preserved forever& 2%t the children

of the wic.ed shall 2e c%t off#

! (salm 1,:5-1) A"ainst o%& o% onl& have I sinned and done what is evil in o%r

si"ht& so that o% ma 2e @%stified in o%r word and 2lameless in o%r @%d"ment# $ehold&

I was 2ro%"ht forth in iniJ%it& and in sin did m mother conceive me#

! (salm 13:,-3) 0he fool sas in his heart& '0here is no God#+ 0he are corr%pt& doin"

a2omina2le iniJ%it there is none who does "ood# God loo.s down from heaven on the

children of man to see if there are an who %nderstand& who see. after God# 0he have all

fallen awa to"ether the have 2ecome corr%pt there is none who does "ood& not evenone#

! (salm 18:3) 0he wic.ed are estran"ed from the wom2 the "o astra from 2irth&

spea.in" lies#

7< (salm 1:5) $lessed is the one o% choose and 2rin" near& to dwell in o%r co%rts

7< (salm 8:6-,) e chose !avid his servant and too. him from the sheepfolds from

followin" the n%rsin" ewes he 2ro%"ht him to shepherd Eaco2 his people& Israel hisinheritance#

G (salm ,63:8-,4) 0he LO! is mercif%l and "racio%s& slow to an"er and a2o%ndin"in steadfast love# e will not alwas chide& nor will he .eep his an"er forever# e does

not deal with %s accordin" to o%r sins& nor repa %s accordin" to o%r iniJ%ities# ?or as

hi"h as the heavens are a2ove the earth& so "reat is his steadfast love toward those whofear him as far as the east is from the west& so far does he remove o%r trans"ressions

from %s#

G (salm ,63:,) $%t the steadfast love of the LO! is from everlastin" to everlastin"on those who fear him& and his ri"hteo%sness to childrenHs children/

7< (salm ,61:) O offsprin" of A2raham& his servant& children of Eaco2& his chosenones

7< (salm ,6:5-1) emem2er me& O LO!& when o% show favor to o%r people helpme when o% save them& that I ma loo. %pon the prosperit of o%r chosen ones& that I

ma re@oice in the "ladness of o%r nation& that I ma "lor with o%r inheritance#


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G (salm ,,4:,& 9) raise the LO! $lessed is the man who fears the LO!& who

"reatl deli"hts in his commandments### e has distri2%ted freel he has "iven to the

poor his ri"hteo%sness end%res forever his horn is e>alted in honor#

G (salm ,4,:-8) 0he LO! will .eep o% from all evil he will .eep o%r life# 0he

LO! will .eep o%r "oin" o%t and o%r comin" in from this time forth andforevermore#

G (salm ,41:,-4) 0hose who tr%st in the LO! are li.e o%nt Kion& which cannot 2emoved& 2%t a2ides forever# As the mo%ntains s%rro%nd Eer%salem& so the LO! s%rro%nds

his people& from this time forth and forevermore#

! (salm ,36:3) If o%& O LO!& sho%ld mar. iniJ%ities& O LO!& who co%ld stand*

G (salm ,51:46) 0he LO! preserves all who love him& 2%t all the wic.ed he will

destro#

! (rover2s ,4:,4) hoever is wic.ed covets the spoil of evildoers& 2%t the root of the

ri"hteo%s 2ears fr%it#

! (rover2s ,:4) All the was of a man are p%re in his own ees& 2%t the LO!

wei"hs the spirit#

! (rover2s ,1:48) 0he heart of the ri"hteo%s ponders how to answer& 2%t the mo%th of

the wic.ed po%rs o%t evil thin"s#

! (rover2s 46:9) ho can sa& 'I have made m heart p%re I am clean from m sin#

! (rover2s ,:5) 0he LO! has made everthin" for its p%rpose& even the wic.ed forthe da of tro%2le#

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head& there is no so%ndness in it& 2%t 2r%ises and sores and raw wo%nds the are not

pressed o%t or 2o%nd %p or softened with oil#

! (Isaiah :1) And I said: Foe is me ?or I am lost for I am a man of %nclean lips& and

I dwell in the midst of a people of %nclean lips for m ees have seen the in"& the

LO! of hostsF

! (Isaiah :9-,6) And he said& FGo& and sa to this people: FHeep on hearin"& 2%t do

not %nderstand .eep on seein"& 2%t do not perceive#H a.e the heart of this people d%ll&and their ears heav& and 2lind their ees lest the see with their ees& and hear with their

ears& and %nderstand with their hearts& and t%rn and 2e healed#F

7< (Isaiah 5,:8-9) $%t o%& Israel& m servant& Eaco2& whom I have chosen& the offsprin"of A2raham& m friend o% whom I too. from the ends of the earth& and called from its

farthest corners& sain" to o%& FBo% are m servant& I have chosen o% and not cast o%

offF/

! (Isaiah 54:,8-46) ear& o% deaf& and loo.& o% 2lind& that o% ma see ho is 2lind

2%t m servant& or deaf as m messen"er whom I send* ho is 2lind as m dedicatedone& or 2lind as the servant of the LO!* e sees man thin"s& 2%t does not o2serve

them his ears are open& 2%t he does not hear#

7< (Isaiah 53:,6) FBo% are m witnesses&F declares the LO!& Fand m servant whom I

have chosen& that o% ma .now and 2elieve me and %nderstand that I am he# $efore me

no "od was formed& nor shall there 2e an after me#

7< (Isaiah 55:,-4) F$%t now hear& O Eaco2 m servant& Israel whom I have chosen 0h%s

sas the LO! who made o%& who formed o% from the wom2 and will help o%: ?ear

not& O Eaco2 m servant& Eesh%r%n whom I have chosen#

IC (Isaiah 1,:4) Loo. to A2raham o%r father and to 7arah who 2ore o% for he was 2%t

one when I called him#

! (Isaiah 13:,-3) ho has 2elieved what he has heard from %s* And to whom has the

arm of the LO! 2een revealed* ?or he "rew %p 2efore him li.e a o%n" plant& and li.e

a root o%t of dr "ro%nd he had no form or ma@est that we sho%ld loo. at him& and no2ea%t that we sho%ld desire him# e was despised and re@ected 2 men a man of

sorrows& and acJ%ainted with "rief and as one from whom men hide their faces he was

despised& and we esteemed him not#

!A (Isaiah 13:5-8) 7%rel he has 2orne o%r "riefs and carried o%r sorrows et we

esteemed him stric.en& smitten 2 God& and afflicted# $%t he was wo%nded for o%rtrans"ressions he was cr%shed for o%r iniJ%ities %pon him was the chastisement that

2ro%"ht %s peace& and with his stripes we are healed# All we li.e sheep have "one astra

we have t%rned--ever one--to his own wa and the LO! has laid on him the iniJ%it

of %s all# e was oppressed& and he was afflicted& et he opened not his mo%th li.e a


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lam2 that is led to the sla%"hter& and li.e a sheep that 2efore its shearers is silent& so he

opened not his mo%th# $ oppression and @%d"ment he was ta.en awa and as for his

"eneration& who considered that he was c%t off o%t of the land of the livin"& stric.en forthe trans"ression of m people*

! (Isaiah 13:) All we li.e sheep have "one astra we have t%rnedever oneto hisown wa and the LO! has laid on him the iniJ%it of %s all#

!A (Isaiah 13:,,-,4) Bet it was the will of the LO! to cr%sh him he has p%t him to"rief when his so%l ma.es an offerin" for sin& he shall see his offsprin" he shall prolon"

his das the will of the LO! shall prosper in his hand# O%t of the an"%ish of his so%l he

shall see and 2e satisfied 2 his .nowled"e shall the ri"hteo%s one& m servant& ma.e

man to 2e acco%nted ri"hteo%s& and he shall 2ear their iniJ%ities# 0herefore I will dividehim a portion with the man& and he shall divide the spoil with the stron"& 2eca%se he

po%red o%t his so%l to death and was n%m2ered with the trans"ressors et he 2ore the sin

of man& and ma.es intercession for the trans"ressors#

IC (Isaiah 11:,6-,,) ?or as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not

ret%rn there 2%t water the earth& ma.in" it 2rin" forth and spro%t& "ivin" seed to the sowerand 2read to the eater& so shall m word 2e that "oes o%t from m mo%th it shall not

ret%rn to me empt& 2%t it shall accomplish that which I p%rpose& and shall s%cceed in the

thin" for which I sent it#

! (Isaiah 19:,-3) $ehold& the LO!;s hand is not shortened& that it cannot save& or his

ear d%ll& that it cannot hear 2%t o%r iniJ%ities have made a separation 2etween o% and

o%r God& and o%r sins have hidden his face from o% so that he does not hear# ?or o%rhands are defiled with 2lood and o%r fin"ers with iniJ%it o%r lips have spo.en lies

o%r ton"%e m%tters wic.edness#

! (Isaiah 19:) 0heir feet r%n to evil& and the are swift to shed innocent 2lood their

tho%"hts are tho%"hts of iniJ%it desolation and destr%ction are in their hi"hwas#

! (Isaiah 19:,6) e "rope for the wall li.e the 2lind we "rope li.e those who have no

ees we st%m2le at noon as in the twili"ht& amon" those in f%ll vi"or we are li.e dead

men#

! (Isaiah 3:,) O LO!& wh do o% ma.e %s wander from o%r was and harden o%r

heart& so that we fear o% not*

! (Isaiah 5:-8) e have all 2ecome li.e one who is %nclean& and all o%r ri"hteo%s

deeds are li.e a poll%ted "arment# e all fade li.e a leaf& and o%r iniJ%ities& li.e the wind&

ta.e %s awa# 0here is no one who calls %pon o%r name& who ro%ses himself to ta.e holdof o% for o% have hidden o%r face from %s& and have made %s melt in the hand of o%r

iniJ%ities# $%t now& O LO!& o% are o%r ?ather we are the cla& and o% are o%r potter

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IC (Isaiah :-9) F$efore she was in la2or she "ave 2irth 2efore her pain came %pon her

she delivered a son# ho has heard s%ch a thin"* ho has seen s%ch thin"s* 7hall a land

2e 2orn in one da* 7hall a nation 2e 2ro%"ht forth in one moment* ?or as soon as Kionwas in la2or she 2ro%"ht forth her children# 7hall I 2rin" to the point of 2irth and not

ca%se to 2rin" forth*F sas the LO! Fshall I& who ca%se to 2rin" forth& sh%t the wom2*F

sas o%r God#

7< (Eeremiah ,:5-1) $efore I formed o% in the wom2 I .new o%& and 2efore o% were

2orn I consecrated o% I appointed o% a prophet to the nations#

! (Eeremiah 3:,) FIf a man divorces his wife and she "oes from him and 2ecomes

another manHs wife& will he ret%rn to her* o%ld not that land 2e "reatl poll%ted* Bo%

have plaed the whore with man lovers and wo%ld o% ret%rn to me* declares theLO!#

! (Eeremiah 5:44) F?or m people are foolish the .now me not the are st%pid

children the have no %nderstandin"# 0he are HwiseH--in doin" evil $%t how to do "oodthe .now not#F

! (Eeremiah 1:4,) Fear this& O foolish and senseless people& who have ees& 2%t see

not& who have ears& 2%t hear not#

! (Eeremiah 9:1)


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!AMIC (Eeremiah 3,:3,-35) F$ehold& the das are comin"& declares the LO!& when I

will ma.e a new covenant with the ho%se of Israel and the ho%se of E%dah& not li.e the

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7< (=ah%m ,:) 0he LO! is "ood& a stron"hold in the da of tro%2le he .nows those

who ta.e ref%"e in him#

7< (a""ai 4:43) On that da& declares the LO! of hosts& I will ta.e o%& O Ker%22a2el

m servant& the son of 7healtiel& declares the LO!& and ma.e o% li.e a si"net rin"& for

I have chosen o%& declares the LO! of hosts#F

IC (Kechariah ,4:,6) FAnd I will po%r o%t on the ho%se of !avid and the inha2itants of

Eer%salem a spirit of "race and pleas for merc& so that& when the loo. on me& on himwhom the have pierced& the shall mo%rn for him& as one mo%rns for an onl child& and

weep 2itterl over him& as one weeps over a first2orn#

(alachi ,:4-3) 'I have loved o%&+ sas the LO!# $%t o% sa& 'ow have o% loved%s*+ 'Is not cept the ?ather& and no one .nows the ?ather

e>cept the 7on and anone to whom the 7on chooses to reveal him# (cf# L%.e ,6:4,-44)

! (atthew ,4:35-31) Bo% 2rood of vipers ow can o% spea. "ood& when o% are

evil* ?or o%t of the a2%ndance of the heart the mo%th spea.s# 0he "ood person o%t of his


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"ood treas%re 2rin"s forth "ood& and the evil person o%t of his evil treas%re 2rin"s forth

evil# (cf# L%.e :53-51)

!MIC (atthew ,3:,,-,) And he answered them& F0o o% it has 2een "iven to .now

the secrets of the .in"dom of heaven& 2%t to them it has not 2een "iven# ?or to the one

who has& more will 2e "iven& and he will have an a2%ndance& 2%t from the one who hasnot& even what he has will 2e ta.en awa# 0his is wh I spea. to them in para2les&

2eca%se seein" the do not see& and hearin" the do not hear& nor do the %nderstand#

Indeed& in their case the prophec of Isaiah is f%lfilled that sas: FHBo% will indeed hear2%t never %nderstand& and o% will indeed see 2%t never perceive# ?or this peopleHs heart

has "rown d%ll& and with their ears the can 2arel hear& and their ees the have closed&

lest the sho%ld see with their ees and hear with their ears and %nderstand with their

heart and t%rn& and I wo%ld heal them#H $%t 2lessed are o%r ees& for the see& and o%rears& for the hear# (cf# ar. 5:,, L%.e 8:,6)

! (atthew ,1:,3-,5) e answered& F%al immoralit& theft& false witness&

slander# 0hese are what defile a person# $%t to eat with %nwashed hands does not defile

anone#F (cf# ar. :,8-43)

IC (atthew ,:,1-,) e said to them& '$%t who do o% sa that I am*+ 7imon eter

replied& 'Bo% are the Christ& the 7on of the livin" God#+ And Ees%s answered him&

'$lessed are o%& 7imon $ar-Eonah ?or flesh and 2lood has not revealed this to o%& 2%tm ?ather who is in heaven#+

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witho%t a weddin" "arment*+ And he was speechless# 0hen the .in" said to the

attendants& '$ind him hand and foot and cast him into the o%ter dar.ness# In that place

there will 2e weepin" and "nashin" of teeth#+ ?or man are called& 2%t few are chosen#

! (atthew 43:41-4) Foe to o%& scri2es and harisees& hpocrites ?or o% clean

the o%tside of the c%p and the plate& 2%t inside the are f%ll of "reed and self-ind%l"ence#Bo% 2lind harisee ?irst clean the inside of the c%p and the plate& that the o%tside also

ma 2e clean# (cf# L%.e ,,:39-56)

G (atthew 45:44) And if those das had not 2een c%t short& no h%man 2ein" wo%ld 2e

saved# $%t for the sa.e of the elect those das will 2e c%t short# (cf# ar. ,3:46)

G (atthew 45:45) ?or false christs and false prophets will arise and perform "reatsi"ns and wonders& so as to lead astra& if possi2le& even the elect# (cf# ar. ,3:44)

G (atthew 45:3,) And he will send o%t his an"els with a lo%d tr%mpet call& and the

will "ather his elect from the fo%r winds& from one end of heaven to the other#

!A (atthew 4:48) /?or this is m 2lood of the covenant& which his po%red o%t forman for the for"iveness of sins# (cf# ar. ,5:45 L%.e 44:46)

! (ar. 5:,6-,4) And when he was alone& those aro%nd him with the twelve as.ed hima2o%t the para2les# And he said to them& '0o o% has 2een "iven the secret of the

.in"dom of God& 2%t for those o%tside everthin" is in para2les& so that the ma indeed

see 2%t not perceive& and ma indeed hear 2%t not %nderstand& lest the sho%ld t%rn and 2e

for"iven#+

!A (ar. ,6:51) ?or even the 7on of an came not to 2e served 2%t to serve& and to

"ive his life as a ransom for man#

!A (ar. ,5:45) 0his is m 2lood of the covenant& which is po%red o%t for man#+

! (L%.e 8:,6) 0o o% it has 2een "iven to .now the secrets of the .in"dom of God& 2%t

for others the are in para2les& so that seein" the ma not see& and hearin" the ma not

%nderstand#

! (L%.e 8:,,-,5) =ow the para2le is this: 0he seed is the word of God# 0he ones alon"

the path are those who have heard then the devil comes and ta.es awa the word from

their hearts& so that the ma not 2elieve and 2e saved# And the ones on the roc. are thosewho& when the hear the word& receive it with @o# $%t these have no root the 2elieve

for a while& and in time of testin" fall awa# And as for what fell amon" the thorns& the

are those who hear& 2%t as the "o on their wa the are cho.ed 2 the cares and richesand pleas%res of life& and their fr%it does not mat%re#

G (L%.e 8:,1) As for that in the "ood soil& the are those who& hearin" the word& hold it

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! (L%.e ,5:,-46) $%t he said to him& A man once "ave a "reat 2anJ%et and invited

man# And at the time for the 2anJ%et he sent his servant to sa to those who had 2eeninvited& 'Come& for everthin" is now read#+ $%t the all ali.e 2e"an to ma.e e>c%ses#

0he first said to him& 'I have 2o%"ht a field& and I m%st "o o%t and see it# lease have me

e>c%sed#+ And another said& 'I have 2o%"ht five o.e of o>en& and I "o to e>amine them#lease have me e>c%sed#+ And another said& 'I have married a wife& and therefore I

cannot come#+

IC (L%.e ,1:5-) hat man of o%& havin" a h%ndred sheep& if he has lost one of them&

does not leave the ninet-nine in the open co%ntr& and "o after the one that is lost& %ntil

he finds it* And when he has fo%nd it& he las it on his sho%lders& re@oicin"# And when he

comes home& he calls to"ether his friends and his nei"h2ors& sain" to them& 'e@oicewith me& for I have fo%nd m sheep that was lost#+ E%st so& I tell o%& there will 2e more

@o in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninet-nine ri"hteo%s persons who

need no repentance#

IC (L%.e ,1:8-,6) Or what woman& havin" ten silver coins& if she loses one coin& does

not li"ht a lamp and sweep the ho%se and see. dili"entl %ntil she finds it* And when shehas fo%nd it& she calls to"ether her friends and nei"h2ors& sain"& 'e@oice with me& for I

have fo%nd the coin that I had lost#+ E%st so& I tell o%& there is @o 2efore the an"els of

God over one sinner who repents#

! (L%.e ,:36-3,) And he said& '=o& father A2raham& 2%t if someone "oes to them

from the dead& the will repent#+ e said to him& 'If the do not hear oses and the

rophets& neither will the 2e convinced if someone sho%ld rise from the dead#+

! (L%.e ,9:5,) And when he drew near and saw the cit& he wept over it& sain"&

'o%ld that o%& even o%& had .nown on this da the thin"s that ma.e for peace $%tnow the are hidden from o%r ees# ?or the das will come %pon o%& when o%r

enemies will set %p a 2arricade aro%nd o% and s%rro%nd o% and hem o% in on ever

side and tear o% down to the "ro%nd& o% and o%r children within o%# And the willnot leave one stone %pon another in o%& 2eca%se o% did not .now the time of o%r

visitation#+

G (L%.e 44:3,-34) F7imon& 7imon& 2ehold& 7atan demanded to have o%& that he mi"htsift o% li.e wheat& 2%t I have praed for o% that o%r faith ma not fail# And when o%

have t%rned a"ain& stren"then o%r 2rothers#F

! (Eohn ,:,6-,,) e was in the world& and the world was made thro%"h him& et the

world did not .now him# e came to his own& and his own people did not receive him#

7< (Eohn ,:,4-,3) $%t to all who did receive him& who 2elieved in his name& he "ave the

ri"ht to 2ecome children of God& who were 2orn& not of 2lood& nor of the will of the flesh

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! (Eohn 4:43-41) =ow when he was in Eer%salem at the assover ?east& man 2elieved

in his name when the saw the si"ns that he was doin"# $%t Ees%s on his part did not

entr%st himself to them& 2eca%se he .new all people and needed no one to 2ear witnessa2o%t man& for he himself .new what was in man#

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marvel at this& for an ho%r is comin" when all who are in the tom2s will hear his voice

and come o%t& those who have done "ood to the res%rrection of life& and those who have

done evil to the res%rrection of @%d"ment#

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!A (Eohn ,6:,,) I am the "ood shepherd# 0he "ood shepherd las down his life for the

sheep#

!A (Eohn ,6:,5-,) I am the "ood shepherd# I .now m own and m own .now me& @%st

as the ?ather .nows me and I .now the ?ather and I la down m life for the sheep# And

I have other sheep that are not of this fold# I m%st 2rin" them also& and the will listen tom voice# 7o there will 2e one floc.& one shepherd#

!AMICMGM! (Eohn ,6:41-36) I told o%& and o% do not 2elieve# 0he wor.s that I do inm ?ather;s name 2ear witness a2o%t me& 2%t o% do not 2elieve 2eca%se o% are not part

of m floc.# sheep hear m voice& and I .now them& and the follow me# I "ive them

eternal life& and the will never perish& and no one will snatch them o%t of m hand#

?ather& who has "iven them to me& is "reater than all& and no one is a2le to snatch themo%t of the ?ather;s hand# I and the ?ather are one#

G (Eohn ,,:41-4) Ees%s said to her& FI am the res%rrection and the life# hoever

2elieves in me& tho%"h he die& et shall he live& and everone who lives and 2elieves inme shall never die# !o o% 2elieve this*

!A (Eohn ,,:59-14) $%t one of them& Caiaphas& who was hi"h priest that ear& said to

them& FBo% .now nothin" at all# =or do o% %nderstand that it is 2etter for o% that one

man sho%ld die for the people& not that the whole nation sho%ld perish#F e did not sathis of his own accord& 2%t 2ein" hi"h priest that ear he prophesied that Ees%s wo%ld die

for the nation& and not for the nation onl& 2%t also to "ather into one the children of God

who are scattered a2road##

!A (Eohn ,4:34) And I& when I am lifted %p from the earth& will draw all people to

mself#

! (Eohn ,4:3-56) 0ho%"h he had done so man si"ns 2efore them& the still did not

2elieve in him& so that the word spo.en 2 the prophet Isaiah mi"ht 2e f%lfilled: FLord&

who has 2elieved what he heard from %s& and to whom has the arm of the Lord 2eenrevealed*F 0herefore the co%ld not 2elieve# ?or a"ain Isaiah said& Fe has 2linded their

ees and hardened their heart& lest the see with their ees& and %nderstand with their

heart& and t%rn& and I wo%ld heal them#F

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7< (Eohn ,:,-4& & 9& ,9) ?ather& the ho%r has come "lorif o%r 7on that the 7on ma

"lorif o%& since o% have "iven him a%thorit over all flesh& to "ive eternal life to allwhom o% have "iven him/I have manifested o%r name to the people whom o% "ave

me o%t of the world# Bo%rs the were& and o% "ave them to me& and the have .ept o%r

word/I am prain" for them# I am not prain" for the world 2%t for those whom o%have "iven me& for the are o%rs/And for their sa.e I consecrate mself& that the also

ma 2e sanctified in tr%th#

7alted him at his ri"ht hand as Leader and 7avior& to "ive repentanceto Israel and for"iveness of sins# Depentance: "ift of God

! (Acts :1,) Bo% stiff-nec.ed people& %ncirc%mcised in heart and ears& o% alwas

resist the ol 7pirit# As o%r fathers did& so do o%#


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7< (Acts 9:,1) Go& for he is a chosen instr%ment of mine to carr m name 2efore the

Gentiles and .in"s and the children of Israel#

7< (Acts ,6:56) /2%t God raised him on the third da and made him to appear& not to all

the people 2%t to %s who had 2een chosen 2 God as witnesses& who ate and dran. withhim after he rose from the dead#

IC (Acts ,,:,8) hen the heard these thin"s the fell silent# And the "lorified God&sain"& '0hen to the Gentiles also God has "ranted repentance that leads to life#+

Depentance: "ift of God

7< (Acts ,3:4) 7et apart for me $arna2as and 7a%l for the wor. to which I have calledthem#

7< (Acts ,3:58) And when the Gentiles heard this& the 2e"an re@oicin" and "lorifin"

the word of the Lord& and as man as were appointed to eternal life 2elieved#

! (Acts ,5:,) In past "enerations he allowed all the nations to wal. in their own was#

7< (Acts ,5:4) And when the arrived and "athered the ch%rch to"ether& the declared

all that God had done with them& and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles#

7< (Acts ,1:) And after there had 2een m%ch de2ate& eter stood %p and said to them&

F$rothers& o% .now that in the earl das God made a choice amon" o%& that 2 m

mo%th the Gentiles sho%ld hear the word of the "ospel and 2elieve#

IC (Acts ,:,5) One who heard %s was a woman named Ldia& from the cit of 0hatira&

a seller of p%rple "oods& who was a worshiper of God# 0he Lord opened her heart to paattention to what was said 2 a%l#

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! (Acts 48:41-48) And disa"reein" amon" themselves& the departed after a%l had

made one statement: F0he ol 7pirit was ri"ht in sain" to o%r fathers thro%"h Isaiahthe prophet: FHGo to this people& and sa& Bo% will indeed hear 2%t never %nderstand& and

o% will indeed see 2%t never perceive# ?or this peopleHs heart has "rown d%ll& and with

their ears the can 2arel hear& and their ees the have closed lest the sho%ld see withtheir ees and hear with their ears and %nderstand with their heart and t%rn& and I wo%ld

heal them#H 0herefore let it 2e .nown to o% that this salvation of God has 2een sent to the

Gentiles the will listen#F

IC (omans ,:1-) /thro%"h whom we have received "race and apostleship to 2rin"

a2o%t the o2edience of faith for the sa.e of his name amon" all the nations& incl%din" o%

who are called to 2elon" to Ees%s Christ/

! (omans ,:,8-,9) ?or the wrath of God is revealed from heaven a"ainst all

%n"odliness and %nri"hteo%sness of men& who 2 their %nri"hteo%sness s%ppress the

tr%th# ?or what can 2e .nown a2o%t God is plain to them& 2eca%se God has shown it tothem#

! (omans ,:46-43) ?or his invisi2le attri2%tes& namel& his eternal power and divine

nat%re& have 2een clearl perceived& ever since the creation of the world& in the thin"s that

have 2een made# 7o the are witho%t e>c%se# ?or altho%"h the .new God& the did nothonor him as God or "ive than.s to him& 2%t the 2ecame f%tile in their thin.in"& and

their foolish hearts were dar.ened# Claimin" to 2e wise& the 2ecame fools& and

e>chan"ed the "lor of the immortal God for ima"es resem2lin" mortal man and 2irds

and animals and creepin" thin"s#

! (omans ,:45-41) 0herefore God "ave them %p in the l%sts of their hearts to

imp%rit& to the dishonorin" of their 2odies amon" themselves& 2eca%se the e>chan"edthe tr%th a2o%t God for a lie and worshiped and served the creat%re rather than the

Creator& who is 2lessed forever Amen#

! (omans ,:4-4) ?or this reason God "ave them %p to dishonora2le passions# ?or

their women e>chan"ed nat%ral relations for those that are contrar to nat%re and the

men li.ewise "ave %p nat%ral relations with women and were cons%med with passion for

one another& men committin" shameless acts with men and receivin" in themselves thed%e penalt for their error#

! (omans ,:48-34) And since the did not see fit to ac.nowled"e God& God "ave them%p to a de2ased mind to do what o%"ht not to 2e done# 0he were filled with all manner

of %nri"hteo%sness& evil& coveto%sness& malice# 0he are f%ll of env& m%rder& strife&

deceit& malicio%sness# 0he are "ossips& slanderers& haters of God& insolent& ha%"ht&2oastf%l& inventors of evil& diso2edient to parents& foolish& faithless& heartless& r%thless#

0ho%"h the .now GodHs decree that those who practice s%ch thin"s deserve to die& the

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! (omans 4:1) $%t 2eca%se of o%r hard and impenitent heart o% are storin" %p wrath

for o%rself on the da of wrath when GodHs ri"hteo%s @%d"ment will 2e revealed#

! (omans 3:,6-,4) =one is ri"hteo%s& no& not one no one %nderstands no one see.s

for God# All have t%rned aside to"ether the have 2ecome worthless no one does "ood&

not even one#

! (omans 3:,3-,) F0heir throat is an open "rave the %se their ton"%es to deceive#F

F0he venom of asps is %nder their lips#F F0heir mo%th is f%ll of c%rses and 2itterness#FF0heir feet are swift to shed 2lood in their paths are r%in and miser& and the wa of

peace the have not .nown#F

! (omans 3:,8) '0here is no fear of God 2efore their ees#+

!A (omans 3:4,-41) $%t now the ri"hteo%sness of God has 2een manifested apart from

the law& altho%"h the Law and the rophets 2ear witness to it-- the ri"hteo%sness of God

thro%"h faith in Ees%s Christ for all who 2elieve# ?or there is no distinction: for all havesinned and fall short of the "lor of God& and are @%stified 2 his "race as a "ift& thro%"h

the redemption that is in Christ Ees%s& whom God p%t forward as a propitiation 2 his2lood& to 2e received 2 faith# 0his was to show GodHs ri"hteo%sness& 2eca%se in his

divine for2earance he had passed over former sins#

!A (omans 5:43-41) $%t the words Fit was co%nted to himF were not written for his

sa.e alone& 2%t for o%rs also# It will 2e co%nted to %s who 2elieve in him who raised from

the dead Ees%s o%r Lord& who was delivered %p for o%r trespasses and raised for o%r

@%stification#

!A (omans 1:-4,) ?or while we were still wea.& at the ri"ht time Christ died for the

%n"odl# ?or one will scarcel die for a ri"hteo%s person--tho%"h perhaps for a "oodperson one wo%ld dare even to die-- 2%t God shows his love for %s in that while we were

still sinners& Christ died for %s# 7ince& therefore& we have now 2een @%stified 2 his 2lood&

m%ch more shall we 2e saved 2 him from the wrath of God# ?or if while we wereenemies we were reconciled to God 2 the death of his 7on& m%ch more& now that we are

reconciled& shall we 2e saved 2 his life# ore than that& we also re@oice in God thro%"h

o%r Lord Ees%s Christ& thro%"h whom we have now received reconciliation# 0herefore&

@%st as sin came into the world thro%"h one man& and death thro%"h sin& and so deathspread to all men 2eca%se all sinned-- for sin indeed was in the world 2efore the law was

"iven& 2%t sin is not co%nted where there is no law# Bet death rei"ned from Adam to

oses& even over those whose sinnin" was not li.e the trans"ression of Adam& who was atpe of the one who was to come# $%t the free "ift is not li.e the trespass# ?or if man

died thro%"h one manHs trespass& m%ch more have the "race of God and the free "ift 2

the "race of that one man Ees%s Christ a2o%nded for man# And the free "ift is not li.e theres%lt of that one manHs sin# ?or the @%d"ment followin" one trespass 2ro%"ht

condemnation& 2%t the free "ift followin" man trespasses 2ro%"ht @%stification# ?or if&

2eca%se of one manHs trespass& death rei"ned thro%"h that one man& m%ch more will those

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thro%"h the one man Ees%s Christ# 0herefore& as one trespass led to condemnation for all

men& so one act of ri"hteo%sness leads to @%stification and life for all men# ?or as 2 the

one manHs diso2edience the man were made sinners& so 2 the one manHs o2edience theman will 2e made ri"hteo%s# =ow the law came in to increase the trespass& 2%t where sin

increased& "race a2o%nded all the more& so that& as sin rei"ned in death& "race also mi"ht

rei"n thro%"h ri"hteo%sness leadin" to eternal life thro%"h Ees%s Christ o%r Lord#

! (omans :,8) ?or I .now that nothin" "ood dwells in me& that is& in m flesh# ?or I

have the desire to do what is ri"ht& 2%t not the a2ilit to carr it o%t#

! (omans 8:1-9) ?or those who live accordin" to the flesh set their minds on the

thin"s of the flesh& 2%t those who live accordin" to the 7pirit set their minds on the thin"s

of the 7pirit# ?or to set the mind on the flesh is death& 2%t to set the mind on the 7pirit islife and peace# ?or the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God& for it does not

s%2mit to God;s law indeed& it cannot# 0hose who are in the flesh cannot please God#

Bo%& however& are not in the flesh 2%t in the 7pirit& if in fact the 7pirit of God dwells in

o%#

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sas to haraoh& F?or this ver p%rpose I have raised o% %p& that I mi"ht show m power

in o%& and that m name mi"ht 2e proclaimed in all the earth#F 7o then he has merc on

whomever he wills& and he hardens whomever he wills# Bo% will sa to me then& Fhdoes he still find fa%lt* ?or who can resist his will*F $%t who are o%& O man& to answer

2ac. to God* ill what is molded sa to its molder& Fh have o% made me li.e this*F

as the potter no ri"ht over the cla& to ma.e o%t of the same l%mp one vessel forhonora2le %se and another for dishonora2le %se* hat if God& desirin" to show his wrath

and to ma.e .nown his power& has end%red with m%ch patience vessels of wrath prepared

for destr%ction& in order to ma.e .nown the riches of his "lor for vessels of merc&which he has prepared 2eforehand for "lor-- even %s whom he has called& not from the

Eews onl 2%t also from the Gentiles*

7< (omans ,,:1-) 7o too at the present time there is a remnant& chosen 2 "race# $%t ifit is 2 "race& it is no lon"er on the 2asis of wor.s otherwise "race wo%ld no lon"er 2e

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here is the one who is wise* here is the scri2e* here is the de2ater of this a"e* as

not God made foolish the wisdom of the world* ?or since& in the wisdom of God& the

world did not .now God thro%"h wisdom& it pleased God thro%"h the foll of what wepreach to save those who 2elieve# ?or Eews demand si"ns and Gree.s see. wisdom& 2%t

we preach Christ cr%cified& a st%m2lin" 2loc. to Eews and foll to Gentiles& 2%t to those

who are called& 2oth Eews and Gree.s& Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God#?or the foolishness of God is wiser than men& and the wea.ness of God is stron"er than

men#

7cept in

the ol 7pirit#

G (, Corinthians 3:,3-,1) each oneHs wor. will 2ecome manifest& for the !a will

disclose it& 2eca%se it will 2e revealed 2 fire& and the fire will test what sort of wor. eachone has done# If the wor. that anone has 2%ilt on the fo%ndation s%rvives& he will receive

a reward# If anoneHs wor. is 2%rned %p& he will s%ffer loss& tho%"h he himself will 2e

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!A (, Corinthians ,1:3-5) ?or I delivered to o% as of first importance what I also

received: that Christ died for o%r sins in accordance with the 7cript%res& that he was

2%ried& that he was raised on the third da in accordance with the 7cript%res/

G (4 Corinthians ,:4,-44) And it is God who esta2lishes %s with o% in Christ& and has

anointed %s& and who has also p%t his seal on %s and "iven %s his 7pirit in o%r hearts as a"%arantee#

! (4 Corinthians 3:,5) $%t their minds were hardened# ?or to this da& when the readthe old covenant& that same veil remains %nlifted& 2eca%se onl thro%"h Christ is it ta.en

awa#

! (4 Corinthians 5:3-5) And even if o%r "ospel is veiled& it is veiled onl to those whoare perishin"# In their case the "od of this world has 2linded the minds of the %n2elievers&

to .eep them from seein" the li"ht of the "ospel of the "lor of Christ& who is the ima"e

of God#

IC (4 Corinthians 5:) ?or God& who said& FLet li"ht shine o%t of dar.ness&F has shone in

o%r hearts to "ive the li"ht of the .nowled"e of the "lor of God in the face of Ees%sChrist#

G (4 Corinthians 5:8-,6& ,5) e are afflicted in ever wa& 2%t not cr%shed perple>ed&2%t not driven to despair persec%ted& 2%t not forsa.en str%c. down& 2%t not destroed

alwas carrin" in the 2od the death of Ees%s& so that the life of Ees%s ma also 2e

manifested in o%r 2odies/.nowin" that he who raised the Lord Ees%s will raise %s also

with Ees%s and 2rin" %s with o% into his presence#

G (4 Corinthians 5:,-1:1) ?or this li"ht momentar affliction is preparin" for %s an

eternal wei"ht of "lor 2eond all comparison& as we loo. not to the thin"s that are seen2%t to the thin"s that are %nseen# ?or the thin"s that are seen are transient& 2%t the thin"s

that are %nseen are eternal# ?or we .now that if the tent that is o%r earthl home is

destroed& we have a 2%ildin" from God& a ho%se not made with hands& eternal in theheavens# ?or in this tent we "roan& lon"in" to p%t on o%r heavenl dwellin"& if indeed 2

p%ttin" it on we ma not 2e fo%nd na.ed# ?or while we are still in this tent& we "roan&

2ein" 2%rdened--not that we wo%ld 2e %nclothed& 2%t that we wo%ld 2e f%rther clothed& so

that what is mortal ma 2e swallowed %p 2 life# e who has prepared %s for this verthin" is God& who has "iven %s the 7pirit as a "%arantee#

!A (4 Corinthians 1:,5-,1) ?or the love of Christ controls %s& 2eca%se we haveconcl%ded this: that one has died for all& therefore all have died and he died for all& that

those who live mi"ht no lon"er live for themselves 2%t for him who for their sa.e died

and was raised#

IC (4 Corinthians 1:,-,8) 0herefore& if anone is in Christ& he is a new creation# 0he old

has passed awa 2ehold& the new has come# All this is from God& who thro%"h Christ

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!A (4 Corinthians 1:,9) /in Christ God was reconcilin" the world to himself& not

co%ntin" their trespasses a"ainst them& and entr%stin" to %s the messa"e of reconciliation#

!A (4 Corinthians 1:4,) ?or o%r sa.e he made him to 2e sin who .new no sin& so that in

him we mi"ht 2ecome the ri"hteo%sness of God#

!A (4 Corinthians 8:9) ?or o% .now the "race of o%r Lord Ees%s Christ& that tho%"h he

was rich& et for o%r sa.e he 2ecame poor& so that o% 2 his povert mi"ht 2ecomerich#

!& !A (Galatians ,:3-1) Grace to o% and peace from God o%r ?ather and the Lord

Ees%s Christ& who "ave himself for o%r sins to deliver %s from the present evil a"e&accordin" to the will of o%r God and ?ather& to whom 2e the "lor forever and ever#

Amen#

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and to p%t on the new self& created after the li.eness of God in tr%e ri"hteo%sness and

holiness#

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7< (Colossians 3:,4) %t on then& as God;s chosen ones& hol and 2eloved& compassion&

.indness& h%milit& mee.ness& and patience#

7horted each one of o% and enco%ra"ed o% andchar"ed o% to wal. in a manner worth of God& who calls o% into his own .in"dom and

"lor#

G (, 0hessalonians 4:,9-46) ?or what is o%r hope or @o or crown of 2oastin" 2eforeo%r Lord Ees%s at his comin"* Is it not o%* ?or o% are o%r "lor and @o#

G (, 0hessalonians 3:,,-,3) =ow ma o%r God and ?ather himself& and o%r Lord Ees%s&

direct o%r wa to o%& and ma the Lord ma.e o% increase and a2o%nd in love for one

another and for all& as we do for o%& so that he ma esta2lish o%r hearts 2lameless inholiness 2efore o%r God and ?ather& at the comin" of o%r Lord Ees%s with all his saints#

!& G (, 0hessalonians 5:3-1) ?or this is the will of God& o%r sanctification: that o%

a2stain from se>%al immoralit that each one of o% .now how to control his own 2odin holiness and honor& not in the passion of l%st li.e the Gentiles who do not .now God/

G (, 0hessalonians 5:,5-,) ?or since we 2elieve that Ees%s died and rose a"ain& evenso& thro%"h Ees%s& God will 2rin" with him those who have fallen asleep# ?or this we

declare to o% 2 a word from the Lord& that we who are alive& who are left %ntil the

comin" of the Lord& will not precede those who have fallen asleep# ?or the Lord himselfwill descend from heaven with a cr of command& with the voice of an archan"el& and

with the so%nd of the tr%mpet of God# And the dead in Christ will rise first# 0hen we who

are alive& who are left& will 2e ca%"ht %p to"ether with them in the clo%ds to meet the

Lord in the air& and so we will alwas 2e with the Lord#

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IC (4 0hessalonians ,:,,) 0o this end we alwas pra for o%& that o%r God ma ma.e

o% worth of his callin" and ma f%lfill ever resolve for "ood and ever wor. of faith

2 his power/

!& ! (4 0hessalonians 4:9-,4) 0he comin" of the lawless one is 2 the activit of

7atan with all power and false si"ns and wonders& and with all wic.ed deception for thosewho are perishin"& 2eca%se the ref%sed to love the tr%th and so 2e saved# 0herefore God

sends them a stron" del%sion& so that the ma 2elieve what is false& in order that all ma

2e condemned who did not 2elieve the tr%th 2%t had pleas%re in %nri"hteo%sness#

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IC (, 0imoth ,:,4-,5) I than. him who has "iven me stren"th& Christ Ees%s o%r Lord&

2eca%se he @%d"ed me faithf%l& appointin" me to his service& tho%"h formerl I was a

2lasphemer& persec%tor& and insolent opponent# $%t I received merc 2eca%se I had actedi"norantl in %n2elief& and the "race of o%r Lord overflowed for me with the faith and

love that are in Christ Ees%s# D?aith: Gift of God

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!A (0it%s 4:,,) ?or the "race of God has appeared& 2rin"in" salvation for all people#

!A (0it%s 4:,3-,5) /waitin" for o%r 2lessed hope& the appearin" of the "lor of o%r"reat God and 7avior Ees%s Christ& who "ave himself for %s to redeem %s from all

lawlessness and to p%rif for himself a people for his own possession who are Nealo%s for

"ood wor.s#

! (0it%s 3:3) ?or we o%rselves were once foolish& diso2edient& led astra& slaves to

vario%s passions and pleas%res& passin" o%r das in malice and env& hated 2 others andhatin" one another#

G (0it%s 3:1-) /he saved %s& not 2eca%se of wor.s done 2 %s in ri"hteo%sness& 2%t

accordin" to his own merc& 2 the washin" of re"eneration and renewal of the ol7pirit& whom he po%red o%t on %s richl thro%"h Ees%s Christ o%r 7avior& so that 2ein"

@%stified 2 his "race we mi"ht 2ecome heirs accordin" to the hope of eternal life#

! (e2rews 4:,) 0herefore we m%st pa m%ch closer attention to what we have heard&lest we drift awa from it#

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2rothers& lest there 2e in an of o% an evil& %n2elievin" heart& leadin" o% to fall awa

from the livin" God# $%t e>hort one another ever da& as lon" as it is called Ftoda&F that

none of o% ma 2e hardened 2 the deceitf%lness of sin#

G (e2rews 3:,5) ?or we have come to share in Christ& if indeed we hold o%r ori"inal

confidence firm to the end#

!A (e2rews 1:9) And 2ein" made perfect& he 2ecame the so%rce of eternal salvation to

all who o2e him/

! (e2rews 1:,,-,4) A2o%t this we have m%ch to sa& and it is hard to e>plain& since

o% have 2ecome d%ll of hearin"# ?or tho%"h 2 this time o% o%"ht to 2e teachers& o%

need someone to teach o% a"ain the 2asic principles of the oracles of God# Bo% needmil.& not solid food&

! (e2rews :5-) ?or it is impossi2le& in the case of those who have once 2een

enli"htened& who have tasted the heavenl "ift& and have shared in the ol 7pirit& andhave tasted the "oodness of the word of God and the powers of the a"e to come& and then

have fallen awa& to restore them a"ain to repentance& since the are cr%cifin" oncea"ain the 7on of God to their own harm and holdin" him %p to contempt#

G (e2rews :,9-46) e have this as a s%re and steadfast anchor of the so%l& a hope thatenters into the inner place 2ehind the c%rtain& where Ees%s has "one as a forer%nner on o%r

2ehalf& havin" 2ecome a hi"h priest forever after the order of elchiNede.#

G (e2rews :41) ConseJ%entl& he is a2le to save to the %ttermost those who draw nearto God thro%"h him& since he alwas lives to ma.e intercession for them#

!A (e2rews :4) e has no need& li.e those hi"h priests& to offer sacrifices dail& firstfor his own sins and then for those of the people& since he did this once for all when he

offered %p himself#

!A (e2rews 9:4-48) And @%st as it is appointed for man to die once& and after that

comes @%d"ment& so Christ& havin" 2een offered once to 2ear the sins of man& will

appear a second time& not to deal with sin 2%t to save those who are ea"erl waitin" for

him#

! (e2rews ,6:4-49) ?or if we "o on sinnin" deli2eratel after receivin" the

.nowled"e of the tr%th& there no lon"er remains a sacrifice for sins& 2%t a fearf%le>pectation of @%d"ment& and a f%r of fire that will cons%me the adversaries# Anone

who has set aside the law of oses dies witho%t merc on the evidence of two or three

witnesses# ow m%ch worse p%nishment& do o% thin.& will 2e deserved 2 the one whohas sp%rned the 7on of God& and has profaned the 2lood of the covenant 2 which he was

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! (e2rews ,,:) And witho%t faith it is impossi2le to please him& for whoever wo%ld

draw near to God m%st 2elieve that he e>ists and that he rewards those who see. him#

IC (e2rews ,4:,-4) 0herefore& since we are s%rro%nded 2 so "reat a clo%d of witnesses&

let %s also la aside ever wei"ht& and sin which clin"s so closel& and let %s r%n with

end%rance the race that is set 2efore %s& loo.in" to Ees%s& the fo%nder and perfecter of o%rfaith& who for the @o that was set 2efore him end%red the cross& despisin" the shame& and

is seated at the ri"ht hand of the throne of God# D?aith: Gift of God

G (e2rews ,4:-) ?or the Lord disciplines the one he loves& and chastises ever son

whom he receives#F It is for discipline that o% have to end%re# God is treatin" o% as

sons# ?or what son is there whom his father does not discipline*

! (e2rews ,4:41-49) 7ee that o% do not ref%se him who is spea.in"# ?or if the did

not escape when the ref%sed him who warned them on earth& m%ch less will we escape if

we re@ect him who warns from heaven# At that time his voice shoo. the earth& 2%t now he

has promised& FBet once more I will sha.e not onl the earth 2%t also the heavens#F 0hisphrase& FBet once more&F indicates the removal of thin"s that are sha.en--that is& thin"s

that have 2een made--in order that the thin"s that cannot 2e sha.en ma remain#0herefore let %s 2e "ratef%l for receivin" a .in"dom that cannot 2e sha.en& and th%s let %s

offer to God accepta2le worship& with reverence and awe& for o%r God is a cons%min"

fire#

!A (e2rews ,3:,4) 7o Ees%s also s%ffered o%tside the "ate in order to sanctif the

people thro%"h his own 2lood#

G (e2rews ,3:46) =ow ma the God of peace who 2ro%"ht a"ain from the dead o%r

Lord Ees%s& the "reat shepherd of the sheep& 2 the 2lood of the eternal covenant/

G (Eames ,:,4) $lessed is the man who remains steadfast %nder trial& for when he has

stood the test he will receive the crown of life& which God has promised to those who

love him#

! (Eames ,:,3-,1) Let no one sa when he is tempted& FI am 2ein" tempted 2 God&F

for God cannot 2e tempted with evil& and he himself tempts no one# $%t each person is

tempted when he is l%red and enticed 2 his own desire# 0hen desire when it hasconceived "ives 2irth to sin& and sin when it is f%ll "rown 2rin"s forth death#

IC (Eames ,:,8) Of his own will he 2ro%"ht %s forth 2 the word of tr%th& that we sho%ld2e a .ind of firstfr%its of his creat%res#

! (Eames ,:,9-4,) now this& m 2eloved 2rothers: let ever person 2e J%ic. to hear&slow to spea.& slow to an"er for the an"er of man does not prod%ce the ri"hteo%sness of

God# 0herefore p%t awa all filthiness and rampant wic.edness and receive with

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! (Eames ,:44-45) $%t 2e doers of the word& and not hearers onl& deceivin"

o%rselves# ?or if anone is a hearer of the word and not a doer& he is li.e a man who

loo.s intentl at his nat%ral face in a mirror# ?or he loo.s at himself and "oes awa and atonce for"ets what he was li.e#

! (Eames ,:4) If anone thin.s he is reli"io%s and does not 2ridle his ton"%e 2%tdeceives his heart& this personHs reli"ion is worthless#

7< (Eames 4:1) Listen& m 2eloved 2rothers& has not God chosen those who are poor inthe world to 2e rich in faith and heirs of the .in"dom& which he has promised to those

who love him*

! (Eames 4:,5) hat "ood is it& m 2rothers& if someone sas he has faith 2%t does nothave wor.s* Can that faith save him*

! (Eames 3:,5-,) $%t if o% have 2itter @ealo%s and selfish am2ition in o%r hearts&

do not 2oast and 2e false to the tr%th# 0his is not the wisdom that comes down froma2ove& 2%t is earthl& %nspirit%al& demonic# ?or where @ealo%s and selfish am2ition e>ist&

there will 2e disorder and ever vile practice#

! (Eames 5:5) Bo% ad%ltero%s people !o o% not .now that friendship with the world

is enmit with God* 0herefore whoever wishes to 2e a friend of the world ma.es himselfan enem of God#

! (Eames 5:,3-,) Come now& o% who sa& F0oda or tomorrow we will "o into s%ch

and s%ch a town and spend a ear there and trade and ma.e a profitF-- et o% do not.now what tomorrow will 2rin"# hat is o%r life* ?or o% are a mist that appears for a

little time and then vanishes# Instead o% o%"ht to sa& FIf the Lord wills& we will live and

do this or that#F As it is& o% 2oast in o%r arro"ance# All s%ch 2oastin" is evil# 7owhoever .nows the ri"ht thin" to do and fails to do it& for him it is sin#

! (Eames 1:,-) Come now& o% rich& weep and howl for the miseries that are comin"%pon o%# Bo%r riches have rotted and o%r "arments are moth-eaten# Bo%r "old and

silver have corroded& and their corrosion will 2e evidence a"ainst o% and will eat o%r

flesh li.e fire# Bo% have laid %p treas%re in the last das# $ehold& the wa"es of the

la2orers who mowed o%r fields& which o% .ept 2ac. 2 fra%d& are crin" o%t a"ainsto%& and the cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts# Bo% have

lived on the earth in l%>%r and in self-ind%l"ence# Bo% have fattened o%r hearts in a da

of sla%"hter# Bo% have condemned and m%rdered the ri"hteo%s person# e does not resisto%#

7iles ofthe dispersion in ont%s& Galatia& Cappadocia& Asia& and $ithni& accordin" to the

fore.nowled"e of God the ?ather& in the sanctification of the 7pirit& for o2edience to

Ees%s Christ and for sprin.lin" with his 2lood: a "race and peace 2e m%ltiplied to o%#


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IC (, eter ,:3& 43) $lessed 2e the God and ?ather of o%r Lord Ees%s Christ Accordin" to

his "reat merc& he has ca%sed %s to 2e 2orn a"ain to a livin" hope thro%"h the

res%rrection of Ees%s Christ from the dead/since o% have 2een 2orn a"ain& not ofperisha2le seed 2%t of imperisha2le& thro%"h the livin" and a2idin" word of God/

G (, eter ,:3-1) $lessed 2e the God and ?ather of o%r Lord Ees%s Christ Accordin" tohis "reat merc& he has ca%sed %s to 2e 2orn a"ain to a livin" hope thro%"h the

res%rrection of Ees%s Christ from the dead& to an inheritance that is imperisha2le&

%ndefiled& and %nfadin"& .ept in heaven for o%& who 2 GodHs power are 2ein" "%ardedthro%"h faith for a salvation read to 2e revealed in the last time#

G (, eter ,:8-9) 0ho%"h o% have not seen him& o% love him# 0ho%"h o% do not now

see him& o% 2elieve in him and re@oice with @o that is ine>pressi2le and filled with"lor& o2tainin" the o%tcome of o%r faith& the salvation of o%r so%ls#

IC (, eter ,:,1) As he who called o% is hol& o% also 2e hol in all o%r cond%ct#

!A (, eter ,:,8-,9) /.nowin" that o% were ransomed from the f%tile was inherited

from o%r forefathers& not with perisha2le thin"s s%ch as silver or "old& 2%t with theprecio%s 2lood of Christ& li.e that of a lam2 witho%t 2lemish or spot#

!A (, eter ,:46-4,) e was fore.nown 2efore the fo%ndation of the world 2%t wasmade manifest in the last times for the sa.e of o% who thro%"h him are 2elievers in God&

who raised him from the dead and "ave him "lor& so that o%r faith and hope are in God#

!A (, eter 4:5) Bo% come to him& a livin" stone re@ected 2 men 2%t in the si"ht of Godchosen and precio%s#

! (, eter 4:8) 0he st%m2le 2eca%se the diso2e the word& as the were destined todo#

!& 7cellencies of him who

called o% o%t of dar.ness into his marvelo%s li"ht# Once o% were not a people& 2%t now

o% are GodHs people once o% had not received merc& 2%t now o% have received

merc#

IC (, eter 4:4,) ?or to this o% have 2een called& 2eca%se Christ also s%ffered for o%&

leavin" o% an e>ample& so that o% mi"ht follow in is steps#

!A (, eter 4:45) e himself 2ore o%r sins in his 2od on the tree& that we mi"ht die to

sin and live to ri"hteo%sness# $ his wo%nds o% have 2een healed#

! (, eter 4:41) ?or o% were strain" li.e sheep& 2%t have now ret%rned to the

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IC (, eter 3:9) !o not repa evil for evil or revilin" for revilin"& 2%t on the contrar&

2less& for to this o% were called& that o% ma o2tain a 2lessin"#

!A (, eter 3:,8) ?or Christ also s%ffered once for sins& the ri"hteo%s for the

%nri"hteo%s& that he mi"ht 2rin" %s to God& 2ein" p%t to death in the flesh 2%t made alive

in the spirit/

! (, eter 5:3-5) ?or the time that is past s%ffices for doin" what the Gentiles want to

do& livin" in sens%alit& passions& dr%n.enness& or"ies& drin.in" parties& and lawlessidolatr# ith respect to this the are s%rprised when o% do not @oin them in the same

flood of de2a%cher& and the mali"n o%/

IC& G (, eter 1:,6) And after o% have s%ffered a little while& the God of all "race& whohas called o% to his eternal "lor in Christ& will himself restore& confirm& stren"then& and

esta2lish o%#

IC (4 eter ,:,) 7imeon eter& a servant and apostle of Ees%s Christ& 0o those who haveo2tained a faith of eJ%al standin" with o%rs 2 the ri"hteo%sness of o%r God and 7avior

Ees%s Christ# DGree. 2ehind 'o2tained+ means 'to receive 2 divine will#+

IC (4 eter ,:3) is divine power has "ranted to %s all thin"s that pertain to life and

"odliness& thro%"h the .nowled"e of him who called %s to his own "lor ande>cellence/

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! (, Eohn 3:,-,8) $%t if anone has the worldHs "oods and sees his 2rother in need& et

closes his heart a"ainst him& how does GodHs love a2ide in him* Little children& let %s not

love in word or tal. 2%t in deed and in tr%th#

! (, Eohn 5:1-) 0he are from the world therefore the spea. from the world& and the

world listens to them# e are from God# hoever .nows God listens to %s whoever isnot from God does not listen to %s# $ this we .now the 7pirit of tr%th and the spirit of

error#

!& IC (, Eohn 5:-8) $eloved& let %s love one another& for love is from God& and

whoever loves has 2een 2orn of God and .nows God# Anone who does not love does not

.now God& 2eca%se God is love#

!A (, Eohn 5:,6) In this is love& not that we have loved God 2%t that he loved %s and sent

his 7on to 2e the propitiation for o%r sins#

! (, Eohn 5:46) If anone sas& FI love God&F and hates his 2rother& he is a liar for hewho does not love his 2rother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen#

IC (, Eohn 1:,) cept the one who 2elieves that Ees%s is the 7on of God*

G (, Eohn 1:,,) And this is the testimon& that God "ave %s eternal life& and this life is in

his 7on#

IC& G (, Eohn 1:,8) e .now that everone who has 2een 2orn of God does not .eep on

sinnin"& 2%t he who was 2orn of God protects him& and the evil one does not to%ch him#

! (, Eohn 1:,9) e .now that we are from God& and the whole world lies in the power

of the evil one#

7< (4 Eohn ,) 0he elder to the elect lad and her children& whom I love in tr%th& and notonl I& 2%t also all who .now the tr%th/

7< (4 Eohn ,3) 0he children of o%r elect sister "reet o%#

IC& G (E%de ,) 0o those who are called& 2eloved in God the ?ather and .ept for Ees%s

Christ/

! (E%de 5) ?or certain people have crept in %nnoticed who lon" a"o were desi"nated for

this condemnation& %n"odl people& who pervert the "race of o%r God into sens%alit and

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G (E%de 45-41) =ow to him who is a2le to .eep o% from st%m2lin" and to present o%

2lameless 2efore the presence of his "lor with "reat @o& to the onl God& o%r 7avior&thro%"h Ees%s Christ o%r Lord& 2e "lor& ma@est& dominion& and a%thorit& 2efore all time

and now and forever# Amen#

!A (evelation ,:5-) Eohn to the seven ch%rches that are in Asia: Grace to o% and

peace from him who is and who was and who is to come& and from the seven spirits who

are 2efore his throne& and from Ees%s Christ the faithf%l witness& the first2orn of the dead&and the r%ler of .in"s on earth# 0o him who loves %s and has freed %s from o%r sins 2 his

2lood and made %s a .in"dom& priests to his God and ?ather& to him 2e "lor and

dominion forever and ever# Amen#

! (evelation ,:9) I& Eohn& o%r 2rother and partner in the tri2%lation and the .in"dom

and the patient end%rance that are in Ees%s& was on the island called atmos on acco%nt of

the word of God and the testimon of Ees%s#

G (evelation 4:) 0o the one who conJ%ers I will "rant to eat of the tree of life& which

is in the paradise of God#

G (evelation 4:,,) /0he one who conJ%ers will not 2e h%rt 2 the second death#

G (evelation 3:1) 0he one who conJ%ers will 2e clothed th%s in white "arments& and I

will never 2lot his name o%t of the 2oo. of life# I will confess his name 2efore m ?ather

and 2efore his an"els#

G (evelation 3:,4) 0he one who conJ%ers& I will ma.e him a pillar in the temple of m

God# =ever shall he "o o%t of it& and I will write on him the name of m God& and the

name of the cit of m God& the new Eer%salem& which comes down from m God o%t ofheaven& and m own new name#

!A (evelation 1:9) And the san" a new son"& sain"& Forth are o% to ta.e the scrolland to open its seals& for o% were slain& and 2 o%r 2lood o% ransomed people for God

from ever tri2e and lan"%a"e and people and nation/

G (evelation :4-5) 0hen I saw another an"el ascendin" from the risin" of the s%n&with the seal of the livin" God& and he called with a lo%d voice to the fo%r an"els who had

2een "iven power to harm earth and sea& sain"& F!o not harm the earth or the sea or the

trees& %ntil we have sealed the servants of o%r God on their foreheads#F And I heard then%m2er of the sealed& ,55&666& sealed from ever tri2e of the sons of Israel/

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!A (evelation ,5:5) It is these who have not defiled themselves with women& for the

are vir"ins# It is these who follow the Lam2 wherever he "oes# 0hese have 2een redeemed

from man.ind as firstfr%its for God and the Lam2/

7< (evelation ,:8) 0he 2east that o% saw was& and is not& and is a2o%t to rise from the

2ottomless pit and "o to destr%ction# And the dwellers on earth whose names have not2een written in the 2oo. of life from the fo%ndation of the world will marvel to see the

2east& 2eca%se it was and is not and is to come#

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