Monday, June 30, 2014

The new covenant God establish with us is He will put His laws in our hearts and be our God and we will be His people

The new covenant God establish with us is He will put His laws in our hearts and be our God and we will be His people

Heb 8:10

10 This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel
    after that time, declares the Lord.
I will put my laws in their minds
    and write them on their hearts.
I will be their God,
    and they will be my people.

2 Cor 3:3

You show that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

Heb 10:16

15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says:

16 “This is the covenant I will make with them
    after that time, says the Lord.
I will put my laws in their hearts,
    and I will write them on their minds.”[b]

17 Then he adds:
“Their sins and lawless acts
    I will remember no more.”[c]



Tuesday, June 24, 2014

The Lord has promised good things to us

The Lord has promised good things to us

Num 10:29

29 Now Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place about which the Lord said, ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us and we will treat you well, for the Lord has promised good things to Israel.”

2 Sam 7:21, 28

20 “What more can David say to you? For you know your servant, Sovereign Lord. 21 For the sake of your word (promise) and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made it known to your servant.

28 Sovereign Lord, you are God! Your covenant is trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant. 29 Now be pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever in your sight; for you, Sovereign Lord, have spoken, and with your blessing the house of your servant will be blessed forever.”

1 Kings 8:24

24 You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it—as it is today.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    The Lord has promised good things to us

2)    For the sake of your word (promise) and according to your will, you have done this great thing and made it known to your servant.

3)    Sovereign Lord, you are God! Your covenant is trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant.

4)    Now be pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever in your sight; for you, Sovereign Lord, have spoken, and with your blessing the house of your servant will be blessed forever.

5)    You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it—as it is today


Sunday, June 22, 2014

Praise be to the Lord, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised

Praise be to the Lord, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised

1 Kings 8:56

56 “Praise be to the Lord, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses.

2 Chr 1:9

Solomon answered God, “You have shown great kindness to David my father and have made me king in his place. 

Now, Lord God, let your promise to my father David be confirmed, for you have made me king over a people who are as numerous as the dust of the earth. 

10 Give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may lead this people, for who is able to govern this great people of yours?”

2 Chr 6:15, 42

 15 You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it—as it is today.

16 “Now, Lord, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the promises you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail to have a successor to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants are careful in all they do to walk before me according to my law, as you have done.’ 

17 And now, Lord, the God of Israel, let your word that you promised your servant David come true.

42 Lord God, do not reject your anointed one.
    Remember the great love promised to David your servant.”

We learn the following from the above verses

1)     Praise be to the Lord, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised

2)    Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses.

3)    Solomon answered God, “You have shown great kindness to David my father and have made me king in his place.  Now, Lord God, let your promise to my father David be confirmed, for you have made me king over a people who are as numerous as the dust of the earth.  Give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may lead this people, for who is able to govern this great people of yours?”

4)    You have kept your promise to your servant David my father; with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it—as it is today.

5)    And now, Lord, the God of Israel, let your word that you promised your servant David come true.


6)    Lord God, do not reject your anointed one.
    Remember the great love promised to David your servant.

Friday, June 20, 2014

God remembered His holy promise to Abraham and brought out His people with rejoicing

God remembered His holy promise to Abraham and brought out His people with rejoicing

Psalm 105:42

42 For he remembered his holy promise
    given to his servant Abraham.

43 He brought out his people with rejoicing,
    his chosen ones with shouts of joy;

44 he gave them the lands of the nations,
    and they fell heir to what others had toiled for—

45 that they might keep his precepts
    and observe his laws.

 1 Kings 8:56

56 “Praise be to the Lord, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses. 

57 May the Lord our God be with us as he was with our ancestors; may he never leave us nor forsake us. 

2 Chr 1:9

Solomon answered God, “You have shown great kindness to David my father and have made me king in his place. 

Now, Lord God, let your promise to my father David be confirmed, for you have made me king over a people who are as numerous as the dust of the earth. 

10 Give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may lead this people, for who is able to govern this great people of yours?”

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    God remembered His holy promise to Abraham and brought out His people with rejoicing

2)    God gave them the lands of the nations, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for that they might keep his precepts
    and observe his laws.

3)    Praise be to the Lord, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised.

4)    Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses. 

5)    Solomon answered God, “You have shown great kindness to David my father and have made me king in his place. 

God’s promises in Solomon’s life is fulfilled

Thursday, June 19, 2014

God raised up a horn of salvation for us as He promised

God raised up a horn of salvation for us as He promised

Luke  1:69

68 “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
    because he has come to his people and redeemed them.

69 He has raised up a horn[c] of salvation for us
    in the house of his servant David

70 (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago)

Luke 24:49

49 I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”

2 Chr 32:24

24 In those days Hezekiah became ill and was at the point of death. He prayed to the Lord, who answered him and gave him a miraculous sign (Promise).

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    God raised up a horn of salvation for us as He promised

2)     Jesus said “I am going to send you what my Father has promised; but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”


3)    Hezekiah prayed to the Lord at the point of death and God answered him and gave him a miraculous sign (Promise).

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 2:39

38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 

39 The promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off—for all whom the Lord our God will call.”

Acts 7:5, 17

He gave him no inheritance here, not even enough ground to set his foot on. But God promised him that he and his descendants after him would possess the land, even though at that time Abraham had no child.

17 “As the time drew near for God to fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt had greatly increased.


Acts 2:33

32 God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it. 33 Exalted to the right hand of God, he has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear. 

Acts 1:5

On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with[a] water, but in a few days you will be baptized with[b] the Holy Spirit.”

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

2)    God promised him that he and his descendants after him would possess the land, even though at that time Abraham had no child.

3)    As the time drew near for God to fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt had greatly increased.

4)    Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. For John baptized with[a] water, but in a few days you will be baptized with[b] the Holy Spirit.


Tuesday, June 17, 2014

God will give us the holy and sure blessings promised to David

God will give us the holy and sure blessings promised to David

Acts 13:23, 33

22 After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’

23 “From this man’s descendants God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as he 
promised. 

32 “We tell you the good news: What God promised our ancestors 33 he has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm:

“‘You are my son;
    today I have become your father.’[b]

34 God raised him from the dead so that he will never be subject to decay. As God has said,

“‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’[c]

35 So it is also stated elsewhere:
“‘You will not let your holy one see decay.’

 We learn the following from the above verses

1)    From David’s descendants God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as he promised.

2)    God raised Jesus from the dead so that He will never be subject to decay.

3)    God has said,

 “‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations

Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations

Rom 4:20, 21

18 Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”[d] 

19 Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead. 

20 Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

21 being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised. 

Rom 9:8

In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations

2)    Without weakening in his faith, Abraham faced the fact that his body was as good as dead—since he was about a hundred years old—and that Sarah’s womb was also dead.

3)    Yet Abraham did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised.


4)    It is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring.

Saturday, June 14, 2014

For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.

For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.

2 Cor 1:20

20 For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.

2 Cor 7:1

Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.

Rom 9:9

In other words, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring. For this was how the promise was stated: “At the appointed time I will return, and Sarah will have a son.

Rom 15:8

For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the Jews[b] on behalf of God’s truth, so that the promises made to the patriarchs might be confirmed and, moreover, that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. 

 We learn the following from the above verses

1)    For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.

2)    Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God.

3)    It is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but it is the children of the promise who are regarded as Abraham’s offspring.


4)    Christ has become a servant of the Jews[b] on behalf of God’s truth, so that the promises made to the patriarchs might be confirmed and, moreover, that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy.