Good morning,
I looked up the word promise in the scriptures this morning. It touched me to read them, so I thought I would pass them on. At some point while reading them, it flowed almost like a book itself.
Neh. 5:13 I shook out my lap and said, “So may God shake out every man from his house and his property who does not keep this promise. For thus shall he be shaken out and emptied.” And the whole assembly said, “Amen”, and they praised the Lord. And the people did according to this promise.
Psa. 77:8 Has His mercy forever ceased? Is the promise to all generations no more?
Zec. 11:7 So I fed the flock that was headed for slaughter, the oppressed of the flock. And I took for myself two staffs; one I called ‘Pleasantness’, and one I called ‘Promise’. Then I fed the flock.
Luk. 24:49 and, behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. As for you, you stay in the city of Jerusalem until you be clothed with power from on high!”
Act. 1:4 And being assembled together with them, he commanded them not to leave Jerusalem but to await the promise of the Father, “which”, he said, “you have heard about from me.
Act. 2:33 Moreover, being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the holy Spirit, he has shed forth this which you now see and hear.
Act. 2:39 The promise is to you and to your children, and to all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God shall call.”
Act. 13:23 Of the seed of this man, God, according to His promise, has brought salvation to Israel,
Act. 13:32 And we are bringing you the good news concerning the promise made to the fathers, that God has fulfilled the same for us, their children, by resurrecting Jesus,
Act. 26:6 And now I stand here, on trial because of the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
Rom. 4:13 For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not made to Abraham or to his seed through a law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Rom. 4:14 For if they are heirs because of a law, then faith is rendered worthless and the promise is of no effect.
Rom. 4:16 Therefore, it is by faith, that it might be of grace, so that the promise might be secured to all the seed, not to that which is under the law only, but also to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all
Rom. 4:20 He did not waver in unbelief at the promise of God; on the contrary, strengthened by faith, he gave glory to God,
Rom. 9:8 That is to say, the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as the seed.
Rom. 9:9 For this is the word of promise: “At the appointed time, I will come, and Sarah shall have a son.”
Gal. 3:14 so that in Christ Jesus, the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, namely, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
Gal. 3:17 And this I say: a covenant concerning Christ having already been ratified by God, the law, coming four hundred and thirty years later, does not invalidate, so as to negate the promise.
Gal. 3:18 If the inheritance is by law, it is no longer by promise; but God, by a promise, freely gave it to Abraham.
Gal. 3:19 Why, then, the law? It was added because of transgressions, until “the seed” to whom the promise was made should come, it being ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.
Gal. 3:22 But Scripture imprisoned everything under sin so that the promise, by faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe.
Gal. 3:29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs because of the promise.
Gal. 4:23 However, the one by the servant-girl was begotten after the flesh, while the one by the free woman was begotten through promise,
Gal. 4:28 Now we, brothers, are children of promise, as was Isaac.
Eph. 1:13 in whom also, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation in which you also believed, you were sealed with the holy Spirit of promise,
Eph. 2:12 you were at that time without Christ, being aliens to the state of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world.
Eph. 3:6 the Gentiles are to be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers with the Jews of His promise in Christ, through the gospel,
Eph. 6:2 “Honor your father and mother [which is the first commandment with a promise]
1Ti. 4:8 for bodily exercise is beneficial for a few things, but godliness is beneficial for everything, holding promise for this present life as well as for the life to come.
2Ti. 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, in accord with the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus.
Heb. 4:1 Therefore, while the promise of entering into His rest still stands, let us fear, lest any of you be deemed to have come short of it.
Heb. 6:13 For when God made promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater by whom to swear, He swore by Himself,
Heb. 6:15 And thus, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.
Heb. 6:17 In the same way, God, willing to demonstrate even more clearly to the heirs of the promise the permanence of His decision, confirmed it with an oath,
Heb. 9:15 And for this purpose, he is mediator of a new covenant, in order that, a death being accomplished for the redemption of transgressions that were under the first covenant, those who have been called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance,
Heb. 10:23 let us hold fast the confession of the hope without wavering, for He who made the promise is faithful,
Heb. 10:36 You have need of patience, that after you have done the will of God, you might receive the promise.
Heb. 11:9 By faith, he lived in the land of promise as a stranger in a foreign country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, joint-heirs of the same promise,
Heb. 11:11 By faith also, Sarah herself, though past the age, received strength to conceive seed and gave birth, for she considered Him faithful who made the promise.
Heb. 11:39 And these all, given a good testimony because of their faith, did not receive the promise,
2Pe. 3:4 and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they have from the beginning of creation.”
2Pe. 3:9 The Lord of the promise is not slow, as some think of slowness, but waits patiently for us, not wanting any to perish, but for all to come to repentance.
2Pe. 3:13 But we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
1Jo. 2:25 And this is the promise that he himself promised us: eternal life.
Beth D.
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Thank you, Beth. I was blessed in reading these wonderful verses. As the words of an old hymn go, “Oh, how precious is the promise that with gladness fills my soul! Soon, I’ll be at home with Jesus while eternal ages rol.”
Pastor John
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