Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.

Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.

Jam 1:12

¹² Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.

Jam 2:5

⁵ Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?

2 Pet 1:4

³ His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness. ⁴ Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

We learn the following rom the above verses

1)    Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.

2)    Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?

3)    His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.

4)    Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

By faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered Him faithful who had made the promise.

By faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered Him faithful who had made the promise.

Heb 11:11, 13, 18, 33

¹¹ And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she^[b]considered him faithful who had made the promise.

¹³ All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. 

¹⁷ By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, ¹⁸ even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”^[c] 19 Abraham reasoned that God could even raise the dead, and so in a manner of speaking he did receive Isaac back from death.

³² And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets, ³³ who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, ³⁴ quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. 

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    By faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered Him faithful who had made the promise.

2)    By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, ¹⁸ even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your offspring will be reckoned.”^[

3)    Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets through their faith

a)     conquered kingdoms

b)    administered justice

c)     gained what was promised

d)    shut the mouths of lions

e)     quenched the fury of the flames

f)      escaped the edge of the sword

g)     turned their weakness to strength

h)    Became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.

The new covenant is established in better promises

The new covenant is established in better promises

Heb 8:6

⁶ But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.

Heb 9:15

¹⁵ For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.

Heb 10:23, 36

²² let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. 

²³ Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.

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

Heb 11:9

⁸ By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. ⁹ By faith he made his home in the Promised Land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    The new covenant is established in better promises

2)    For this reason Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.

3)    Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.

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

5)    By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.  By faith he made his home in the Promised Land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.          

Since the promise of entering God’s rest still stands, let us be careful that none of us be found to have fallen short of it.

Since the promise of entering God’s rest still stands, let us be careful that none of us be found to have fallen short of it.

Heb 4:1

Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. 

Heb 6:11

¹¹ We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized. 

Heb 6:13, 15, 17

¹³ When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself, ¹⁴ saying, “I will surely bless you and give you many descendants.”^[d] 15 And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised.

¹⁷ Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    Since the promise of entering God’s rest still stands, let us be careful that none of us be found to have fallen short of it.

2)    We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized.

3)    When God made his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for him to swear by, he swore by himself, ¹⁴ saying, “I will surely bless you and give you many descendants.”^[d] 15 And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised.

4)    Because God wanted to make the unchanging nature of his purpose very clear to the heirs of what was promised, he confirmed it with an oath.

Lord comes with us distinguish us from other people

Lord comes with us distinguish us from other people  

Exo 33:16

¹⁶ How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us? What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth?”

Dan 5:12

¹¹ There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods in him. In the time of your father he was found to have insight and intelligence and wisdom like that of the gods. Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers and diviners. 

¹² He did this because Daniel, whom the king called Belteshazzar, was found to have a keen mind and knowledge and understanding, and also the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles and solve difficult problems. Call for Daniel, and he will tell you what the writing means.”

Dan 5:14

¹³ So Daniel was brought before the king, and the king said to him, “Are you Daniel, one of the exiles my father the king brought from Judah? ¹⁴ I have heard that the spirit of the gods is in you and that you have insight, intelligence and outstanding wisdom. 

Dan 6:3

³ Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)     Lord comes with us distinguish us from other people

2)     God was with Daniel and he had great insight and intelligence and wisdom like that of the gods.

3)     Daniel, whom the king called Belteshazzar, was found to have a keen mind and knowledge and understanding, and also the ability to interpret dreams, explain riddles and solve difficult problems.

4)     Daniel so distinguished himself among the administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.

Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

Mt 6:25, 26, 33, 34

²⁵ “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

²⁶ Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? ²⁷ Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life^[e]?

³³ But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. 

³⁴ Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Mt 10:31

³⁰ And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. ³¹ So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

Mt 12:12

¹¹ He said to them, “If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? ¹² How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes?

2)    Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

3)    But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

4)    Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

5)    And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. ³¹ So don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

6)    Jesus said to them, “If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? ¹² How much more valuable is a person than a sheep!

Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

Lk 12:7, 23, 24

⁶ Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. ⁷ Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

²² Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. 

²³ For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 

²⁴ Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!

²⁵ Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life^[b]? 

²⁶ Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?

³⁰ For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them. 

³¹ But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

Mt 23:23

²³ “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)    Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don’t be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.

2)    Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear.

3)    For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 

4)    For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them.

5)    But seek God’s kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

6)    We have to practice more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness.