we are entrusted with very words of God

we are entrusted with very words of God

Rom 3:1

What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? ² Much in every way! First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God.

Deut 4:8

⁸ And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws as this body of laws I am setting before you today?

Psalm 147:19

¹⁹ He has revealed his word to Jacob,
    his laws and decrees to Israel.
²⁰ He has done this for no other nation;
    they do not know his laws.

Acts 7:38

³⁸ He was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors; and he received living words to pass on to us.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)   we are entrusted with very words of God

2)  God made us so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws

3)  God has revealed His word to Jacob and His laws and decrees to Israel.

4)  We have the living words

The one whom God commends will be approved

The one whom God commends will be approved

2 Cor 10:18

¹⁸ For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

Gal 1:10

¹⁰ Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

1 The 2:4

⁴ On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts.

1 Pet 3:4

⁴ Rather, it should be that of your inner self, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)  The one whom God commends is approved

2)  If we were still trying to please people, we would not be a servant of Christ.

3)  We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts.

4)  The unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight.

Circumcision of the heart by the spirit inwardly will bring praise from God

Circumcision of the heart by the spirit inwardly will bring praise from God

Rom 2:29

²⁹ No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God.

John 5:44

⁴⁴ How can you believe since you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?

John 12:43

⁴² Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue; ⁴³ for they loved human praise more than praise from God.

1 Cor 4:5

⁵ Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)   Circumcision of the heart by the spirit inwardly will bring praise from God

2)   Do we seek the glory that only comes from God?

3)   Openly acknowledging our faith and not fearing on what others think about us would bring praise from God

4)   God will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.

Knowing the true God will give us eternal life

Knowing the true God will give us eternal life

John 17: 2, 3

After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:

“Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. ² For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. ³ Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

Gal 6:8

⁸ Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

I john 1:2

² The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us.

1 john 5:11, 13, 20

¹¹ And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. ¹² Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

¹³ I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. 

²⁰ We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true by being in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)   Knowing the true God will give us eternal life

2)   Jesus has authority to give eternal life

3)   Whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life

4)   God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

5)   Who believes in the name of the Son of God has eternal life.

God will give eternal life to those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality

God will give eternal life to those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality

Rom 2:7

⁷ To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. 

Mt 25:46

⁴⁶ “Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

Mt 19:29

²⁹ And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife^[e] or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.

John 3:15, 16, 36

¹⁴ Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,^[f] 15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.

¹⁶ For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 

³⁶ Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God’s wrath remains on them.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)   God will give eternal life to those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality

2)   The righteous will enter eternal life

3)   Everyone who has left something for God sake will receive hundred fold and will inherit eternal life

4)   Everyone who believe in Jesus will receive eternal life

5)   For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

God will give each person according to what he has done

God will give each person according to what he has done

Rom 2:6

⁶ God “will repay each person according to what they have done.

Psalm 62:12

¹¹ One thing God has spoken,
    two things I have heard:
“Power belongs to you, God,
¹²     and with you, Lord, is unfailing love”;
and, “You reward everyone
    according to what they have done.”

Mt 16:27

²⁷ For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)   God will give each person according to what he has done

2)   Lord is unfailing love and rewards everyone according to what they have done

When Jesus comes with His angels in His Father’s glory, He will reward each person according to what they have done

The righteous will live by faith

The righteous will live by faith

Rom 1:17

¹⁷ For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last,^[a] just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.

Hab 2:4

⁴ “See, the enemy is puffed up;
    his desires are not upright—
    but the righteous person will live by his faithfulness

Gal 3:11

¹¹ Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because “the righteous will live by faith.”^[f] 12 The law is not based on faith; on the contrary, it says, “The person who does these things will live by them.

Heb 10:38

³⁶ You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. ³⁷ For,

“In just a little while,
    he who is coming will come
    and will not delay.”^[f]

³⁸ And,

“But my righteous^[g] one will live by faith.
    And I take no pleasure
    in the one who shrinks back.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)   The righteous will live by faith

2)   For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last

3)   The righteous person will live by his faithfulness

4)   The person who does righteous things will live by them

God’s righteous will live by faith