additional promises
previously posted Promises In june
Proverbs 11:25
The generous soul will be made rich, And he who waters will also be watered himself.
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John 3:16
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
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Commentary; This promise from God, that whoever believes in Jesus The Christ should not perish but have everlasting life is perhaps the most significant promise we could hope to stand upon! Irrespective of health, financial or other of this physical world's realities you may be struggling with right now, understand that once you leave this fallen world to go be with The Father, you have His promises of eternal life outside of the pain and suffering that you may be presently experiencing!
2 Samuel 14:14
Like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die. But that is not what God desires; rather, he devises ways so that a banished person does not remain banished from him.
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​Commentary; It is inevitable; we will all eventually die. The question is where then will you spend eternity; with our Father or apart from Him? He has created a path to Him through His son Jesus, so that even a sinner can then be forgiven and be accepted into Heaven to spend eternity with our Father God, our Lord Jesus and the other saints!
2 kings 17:38-39
Do not forget the covenant I have made with you, and do not worship other gods. Rather, worship the Lord your God; it is He who will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies.”
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​Commentary; Our Father God is a jealous God. He very clearly and repeatedly tells those who genuinely believe in Him to only worship Him. Do not worship any saints, any idols, nature, etc. By staying loyal and true to our Father God you can trust that He will remain true to you!
2 kings 19:27-28
“‘But I know where you are and when you come and go and how you rage against me. Because you rage against me and because your insolence has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will make you return by the way you came.’
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​Commentary; There is nothing that you can hide from our Father God. He knows everything that you are thinking. If your thoughts do not conform to His precepts, He knows it. Which is why we all need to place all of our burdens on Jesus The Christ, God's only begotten son, because Jesus is the only buffer between our flawed nature and God's perfect nature.
Nahum 1:3
The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will not leave the guilty unpunished.
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​Commentary; If everyone understood the nature of our Lord God, that it typically takes a lot to anger Him BUT, in the end, the unrepentant along with the habitual sinner will be punished.
Nahum 1:7
The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble.
He cares for those who trust in him,
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​Commentary; Our Lord God cares for those who genuinely follow Him.
Zephaniah 3:17
The Lord your God is with you, the Mighty Warrior who saves. He will take great delight in you; in his love he will no longer rebuke you, but will rejoice over you with singing.”,
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​Commentary; God is consistent in His treatment of those genuinely believe in Him; He will take great delight over them, irrespective of whether they are Jewish or Gentile, as long as they genuinely believe in Him.
Zechariah 4:6
“‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty”
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​Commentary; Believers are supposed to put on the full armor of God, not try to use their perceived might nor power because it is through His spirit that we can overcome the evil in this physical world.
Zechariah 14:9
The Lord will be king over the whole earth. On that day there will be one Lord, and His name the only name.
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​Commentary; When Jesus returns every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord over all!
malachi 1:11
My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place incense and pure offerings will be brought to me, because my name will be great among the nations,” says the Lord Almighty.
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​Commentary; Again....when Jesus returns every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord over all!
mark 8:34-35
Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.
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​Commentary; When you give up your "worldly life" to follow Jesus you will receive eternal life as He has promised. If you don't give up your "worldly life" then you are destined to spend eternity permanently separated from our Father God.
mark 8:36-38
What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
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​Commentary; Often times we lose sight of what the final victory is while chasing things of this world all the time not following the precepts our Lord Jesus has laid out for us. Peer pressure can result in a new or weak believer to hide, i.e. or be ashamed of following Jesus. If Jesus is ashamed of someone to the Father, it will not be good!!
Luke 1:31-33
You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over Jacob’s descendants forever; his kingdom will never end.”
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​Commentary; God's promises to Mary were unmistakable; our Lord Jesus reigns over all.
Acts 17:24-25
“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else.”
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​Commentary; Our Father God is the creator of everything, including us!
Acts 17:29-31
“Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill. In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
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​Commentary; Our Father God sent His only begotten son, Jesus, as the final sacrificial lamb. When He raised Jesus from the dead death was defeated, as long as we accept Jesus as our Lord and Master. Jesus will be the judge and jury during the final days.
Proverbs 15:29
The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous.
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​Commentary; Our Father God listens to the prayers of those who genuinely seek Him.
Proverbs 15:9
The Lord detests the way of the wicked, but he loves those who pursue righteousness.
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​Commentary; Our Father God loves His children, those who genuinely believe in Him, but will bring final judgement upon those who don't.
Proverbs 15:33
Fear of the Lord teaches wisdom; humility precedes honor.
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​Commentary; A person gains wisdom by believing and following our Father God. A humble person will be honored by our Father God.
Hosea 11:9
I will not carry out my fierce anger, nor will I devastate Ephraim again. For I am God, and not a man—the Holy One among you. I will not come against their cities.
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​Commentary; Our Father God has fierce anger against those who sin. However, given that we are all sinners, and have fallen short of His expectations, He sent Jesus, His only begotten son, to act as a "buffer" between Him and us, which is why it is so important that everyone genuinely accepts Jesus as their Lord and Master as Jesus is the only way we can achieve acceptance from God given His unwavering standards. When God looks at us, He sees Jesus, not the sinners that we are.
Joel 2:28-32
I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days. I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
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​Commentary; It is abundantly clear; in the final days our Father God will spare those who call upon His name through His son Jesus.
Obadiah 1:15
“The day of the Lord is near for all nations.
As you have done, it will be done to you; your deeds will return upon your own head.
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​Commentary; This promise is self explanatory; Jesus's return draws near. Everyone will be judged for 1) whether they have accepted Jesus as their Lord and Master and 2) how they have conducted themselves.
John 14:12
Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.
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​Commentary; Jesus promises that, for those who genuinely believe in and follow Him, they will be able to pronounce healing, cast out unclean spirits and other miracles just as Jesus had been doing....truly an incredible promise! Have faith and DO IT!
John 14:13
And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
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​Commentary; Jesus promises that, for those who genuinely believe in and follow Him, that He will do whatever the true believer asks, so that our Father God will be glorified!
John 14:14
You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
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​Commentary; Jesus promises that, for those who genuinely believe in and follow Him, that He will do whatever the true believer asks, so that our Father God will be glorified!
Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the Lord are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good.
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​Commentary; There are some who think that they can hide their inequities from All Mighty God. They can't. Our Father God watches both those who genuinely believe in Him and those who don't.
Proverbs 16:3
Commit your works to the Lord
And your plans will be established.
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​Commentary; When all of your actions are determined by the precepts established by our Lord Jesus, you will be walking in accordance with God's wishes for your life now, and in the hereafter!
Matthew 10:21-22
“Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved.
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​Commentary; Our Lord Jesus, when describing what will signal the imminent end of times, promises that those who believe in Him will be hated, but hated or not, believers in our Lord Jesus will be saved at the end of times!
Matthew 10:28
Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
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​Commentary; Our Lord Jesus, promises that once someone's soul has been saved, by acknowledging that He is Lord and Master over all, that nothing can then separate that person from salvation. But those who have not yet reach salvation needs to fear the enemy who comes to seek and destroy.
Matthew 10:32-33
“Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven.
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​Commentary; This is very self explanatory; If you genuinely accept Jesus as your Lord, Jesus will also accept you into the kingdom of heaven for eternity whereas for those who reject the salvation that Jesus brings, they will be denied eternity in heaven.
Matthew 28:18-20
And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”
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​Commentary; Our Lord Jesus has promised that He will never leave those who genuinely believe in Him, that He will be with all believers until the end of the age, i.e. until His 2nd coming!
Mark 10:14-15
But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, “Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all.”
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​Commentary; Often times adults can over think the gift of salvation genuinely believing in our Lord Jesus provides. He clearly promises that unless we approach His gift of salvation as would a child we will not be saved.
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Mark 9:50
“Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt among yourselves, and be at peace with each other.”
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Commentary; We are commanded to "Have salt", which implies that while all the cleansing energy comes from God, the working of it on our souls depends on ourselves.
Habakkuk 2:4
“Behold the proud, His soul is not upright in him;
But the just shall live by his faith.
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Commentary; Pride comes before the fall. We live by faith in our Lord Jesus.
Zechariah 1:16
‘Therefore thus says the Lord: “I am returning to Jerusalem with mercy; My house shall be built in it,” says the Lord of hosts, “And a surveyor’s line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.” ’
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Commentary; Our Father God has a covenant relationship with Israel.
Psalm 8:4-8
What is man that You are mindful of him, And the son of man that You visit him? For You have made him a little lower than the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor. You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, All sheep and oxen—Even the beasts of the field, The birds of the air, And the fish of the sea That pass through the paths of the seas.
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Commentary; Our Father God has made us just a bit lower than the angels, and placed everything he created under our control.
Psalm 18:3
I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised;
So shall I be saved from my enemies.
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Commentary; Our Father God defends those who genuinely believes in Him.
Psalm 18:27
For You will save the humble people, But will bring down haughty looks.
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Commentary; Pride comes before the fall. Being humble does not mean that you shouldn't be confident, for you are a child of the most God, and He has endowed you with many strengths and gifts.
Psalm 18:30
As for God, His way is perfect;
The word of the Lord is proven;
He is a shield to all who trust in Him.
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Commentary; Our Father God protects those who genuinely believe in Him. He only wants what is best for His children.
Revelation 22:7
“Behold, I am coming quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
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Commentary; Our Lord Jesus promises that He will be returning soon, and all genuine believers, who follow His precepts, will be blessed.
Revelation 22:12-13
"And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.”
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Commentary; Our Lord Jesus reaffirms His promise that He will be returning soon. He reminds us that He is the First and the Last, The Beginning and the End, the Alpha and the Omega; He is All in All!
Psalm 11:7
For the Lord is righteous, he loves justice; the upright will see his face.
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Commentary; Our Father God loves those who follow His precepts and conduct themselves righteously.
Psalm 18:25-26
With the merciful You will show Yourself merciful;
With a blameless man You will show Yourself blameless; With the pure You will show Yourself pure;
And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
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Commentary; Our Father God is everything to everybody. He loves those who love Him.
Psalm 31:23-24
Oh, love the Lord, all you His saints! For the Lord preserves the faithful, And fully repays the proud person. Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart, All you who hope in the Lord.
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Commentary; Our Father God protects those who faithfully believe in Him and follow His precepts.
Psalm 37:3
Trust in the Lord, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.
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Commentary; When you genuinely place your trust in the Lord, He will provide for you.
Psalm 37:4
Delight yourself also in the Lord, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.
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Commentary; Your joy can begin once you fully commit to genuinely following the Lord.
Psalm 37:12-13
The wicked plots against the just, And gnashes at him with his teeth. The Lord laughs at him,
For He sees that his day is coming.
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Commentary; If our Lord be for you, who can be against you?
Psalm 37:16-17
A little that a righteous man has Is better than the riches of many wicked. For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, But the Lord upholds the righteous.
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Commentary; Our Lord protects those who genuinely believe in Him, and will scourge those who don't.
Psalm 37:18-20
The Lord knows the days of the upright, And their inheritance shall be forever. They shall not be ashamed in the evil time, And in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. But the wicked shall perish;
And the enemies of the Lord, Like the splendor of the meadows, shall vanish. Into smoke they shall vanish away.
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Commentary; Again; our Lord protects those who genuinely believe in Him and follow His precepts, and will deal harshly with those who don't.
Matthew 25:44-46
“Then they also will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’ Then He will answer them, saying, ‘Assuredly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’ And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
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Commentary; We are instructed to treat everyone as if they were our Lord Jesus; love one another as you love yourself!
Mark 13:21-22
At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe it. For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
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Commentary; In the latter days everyone, even believers, will be amazed by false messiahs and false prophets. Do not believe in the witchcraft they present. Instead, stay true to our Lord Jesus' teachings and instructions.
Mark 13:33
Be on guard! Be alert! You do not know when that time will come.
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Commentary; Our Lord Jesus warns us to always be ready for His return as only the Father knows the day and time that it will occur.
John 6:37
All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.
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Commentary; Once you genuinely turn to our Lord Jesus He will never let you go nor forsake you.
John 8:24
Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”
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Commentary; Jesus promises those, who do not genuinely believe in Him, will die the everlasting death in their sins.
Genesis 15:6
And he believed in the Lord, and He accounted it to him for righteousness.
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Commentary; Once you begin genuinely believing in our Father God, He will draw you nearer to Him.
Exodus 34:6-7
And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children’s children to the third and the fourth generation.”
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Commentary; Our Father God is merciful, good and truthful. However, that said, He cannot forgive the guilty, which is why we need Jesus genuinely in our lives because, with Jesus, when God looks at us, He actually sees the sinless Jesus, not the sinful us.
Leviticus 11:45
…You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. (Leviticus 11:45)”
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Commentary; Because our Father God is holy, He expects us, His children, to be holy as well.
Leviticus 20:7-8
Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the Lord your God. And you shall keep My statutes, and perform them: I am the Lord who sanctifies you. (Leviticus 20:7-8)”
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Commentary; 9 chapters earlier our Father God also commanded that His children were to be holy as He is holy. When God repeats a command and a promise, you had better take it seriously if you want Him to sanctify you.
John 8:32
And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
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Commentary; Jesus promises us that once we know the truth, the truth of His deity, we will be freed from the burdens of this physical world.
John 8:51
Most assuredly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he shall never see death.”
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Commentary; Jesus promises us that, if those who genuinely believe in Him and follow His precepts, they will live forever with Him after His 2nd coming.
John 10:30
I and My Father are one.”
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Commentary; Jesus promises us that He and are Father God are one!
John 12:26
If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor.
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Commentary; Jesus promises us that our Father God will honor everyone who genuinely believes in and follows Him.
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John 17:3
And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
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Commentary; Our Lord Jesus confirms the promise that whosoever genuinely knows our Father God, as well as His only begotten Son, Jesus, shall never perish, but have eternal life.
Proverbs 12:3
A man is not established by wickedness,
But the root of the righteous cannot be moved.
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Commentary; To a genuine believer, the Lord Jesus, The Christ, is the root of all righteousness.
John 17:4
I have glorified You on the earth. I have finished the work which You have given Me to do.
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Commentary; Jesus, The Christ, the only begotten Son of our Father God, glorified His Father in everything He did. All genuine believers are to glorify Jesus in everything they do, because this also glorifies our Father God.
Proverbs 12:13
The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, But the righteous will come through trouble.
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Commentary; The Lord will never bless a liar who never repents, but loves those who are genuinely righteous.
Acts 1:11
who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”
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Commentary; All of mankind is promised that our Lord Jesus, The Christ, will come back to earth during His 2nd coming. Those who have given their lives to Him will be extraordinarily happy. Those who haven't will be extraordinarily sad!!
Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous rejoices, But the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
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Commentary; In the final days those who do not genuinely believe in, nor follow the precepts of our Lord Jesus, The Christ, will be dealt with very harshly.
Romans 3:25-26
God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of His blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— He did it to demonstrate His righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
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Commentary; Because our Father God had Jesus die for all of mankind’s sins, guilty man has been given a reprieve, but only if he willingly accepts Jesus as his Lord and Master.
Proverbs 13:13
He who despises the word will be destroyed, But he who fears the commandment will be rewarded.
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Commentary; All are given the opportunity to come to our Father God through His son Jesus, but not all accept the invitation, resulting in their being lost for eternity.
Romans 5:1-2
Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
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Commentary; As Hebrews 11:1 teaches us; Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Proverbs 14:2
He who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord,
But he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.
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Commentary; A non-believer does not love our Lord, and it is usually very obvious because their conduct is quite poor and typically are focused only on their own needs, and not the needs of others around them.
Romans 5:3-5
And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance; and perseverance, character; and character, hope. Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
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Commentary; A genuine believer in our Lord Jesus, The Christ, has the confidence knowing that we are His, and He will never let us go.
Proverbs 14:3
In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, But the lips of the wise will preserve them.
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Commentary; Genuine believers in our Lord Jesus, The Christ, are expected to conduct themselves with humility. Pride comes before the fall.
Romans 5:6-8
For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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Commentary; See John 3:16 scripture reference above; For God so loved the world!!
Proverbs 14:12
There is a way that seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of death.
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Commentary; Temptations, which can lead a genuine believer down the wrong path, are from the evil one. We are instructed to flee from temptation given the weaknesses inherent in every human.
Romans 5:9-10
Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.
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Commentary; When our Father God looks at a genuine believer, He doesn't see the believer, He only sees His only begotten son Jesus, The Christ, who acts as the propitiation for the sins of the genuine believer.
Proverbs 14:16
A wise man fears and departs from evil, But a fool rages and is self-confident.
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Commentary; A genuine believer generally knows to stay away from evil, whereas the unsaved don't.
Romans 5:11
And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.
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Commentary; Eternal salvation can only be achieved through a genuine belief in, and the following of the precepts of Jesus, The Christ.
Proverbs 14:19
The evil will bow before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
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Commentary; Once our Lord Jesus, The Christ, returns, those who do not genuinely believe in Him will be exposed, and subjected to their eternity, separated from Father God.
Romans 5:12-13
Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned— (For until the law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law.
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Commentary; From the time of Adam all humans were, and are sinners. Without a savior, all would be doomed to being eternally separated from Father God.
Proverbs 15:26
The Lord detests the thoughts of the wicked, but gracious words are pure in his sight.
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Commentary; Those who refuse to acknowledge our Lord Jesus, The Christ, as being the Son of God, and our only pathway to spending eternity with our Father God, are doomed to spend their eternal life in Hell, separated from Father God.
Romans 5:14-15
Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. But the free gift is not like the offense. For if by the one man’s offense many died, much more the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many.
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Commentary; Without the salvation freely given by our Lord Jesus, The Christ, all would perish. Those who genuinely accept Jesus' free gift will spend eternity with our Father God, whereas those who don't, won't.
Proverbs 16:4
The Lord has made all for Himself, Yes, even the wicked for the day of doom.
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Commentary; Those who refuse to accept the path to salvation, freely given by our Lord Jesus, The Christ, will all perish whereas those who genuinely accept Jesus' free gift of salvation will spend eternity with our Father God.
Romans 5:18-19
Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous.
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Commentary; Sin entered the entire world through 1-man, Adam. Eternal salvation was freely made available to the entire world through 1-man, Jesus, The Christ.
Proverbs 16:5
Everyone proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord; Though they join forces, none will go unpunished.
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Commentary; Pride comes before the fall. Don't allow yourself to get so "pumped up" that you are deserved of being corrected.
Romans 5:20-21
Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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Commentary; For while we all were sinners, our Father God sent His Son, Jesus, The Christ, to save all from their sinful nature. Grace is receiving something that is not deserved; given mankind's sinful nature, a path to salvation was not deserved, but God did it anyway because He loves all of His creation.
Proverbs 19:1
Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than one who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
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Commentary; Our Father God instructs all genuine believers to let their "yes be yes, and their no be no"; to always conduct themselves with integrity.
Romans 8:14-15
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.”
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Commentary; The perfect love a genuine believer receives from Father God, overcomes all fear.
Proverbs 20:3
It is to one’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.
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Commentary; Our Father God teaches us to avoid associating with angry people.
Romans 8:16-17
16 The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.
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Commentary; All genuine believers receive salvation through Jesus, The Christ, who suffered for us all, so that we all may glorify our Father God together.
Proverbs 20:7
The righteous lead blameless lives; blessed are their children after them.
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Commentary; A genuine believer will lead a blameless life, something their children will take notice of.
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Revelation 2:7
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.”
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Commentary; The Holy Spirit indwells in all who genuinely believe in Jesus, The Christ.
Isaiah 24:4-6
The earth mourns and fades away, The world languishes and fades away; The haughty people of the earth languish. The earth is also defiled under its inhabitants, Because they have transgressed the laws, Changed the ordinance, Broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore the curse has devoured the earth, And those who dwell in it are desolate. Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, And few men are left.
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Commentary; The wrath of God will be felt by all who refuse to genuinely follow Jesus, The Christ.
Revelation 2:17
“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it.”
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Commentary; Those who genuinely believe in, and follow the precepts of Jesus, The Christ, will be treated royally in the hereafter.
Isaiah 24:14
They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing; For the majesty of the Lord They shall cry aloud from the sea.
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Commentary; Those who genuinely believe in, and follow the precepts of Jesus, The Christ, shall lift up their voices in the final days after Jesus has returned.
Revelation 2:25-26
But hold fast what you have till I come. And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations—
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Commentary; Those who genuinely believe in, and follow the precepts of Jesus, The Christ, shall be rewarded once Jesus has returned.
Isaiah 24:17-18
Fear and the pit and the snare Are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth. And it shall be
That he who flees from the noise of the fear Shall fall into the pit, And he who comes up from the midst of the pit Shall be caught in the snare; For the windows from on high are open, And the foundations of the earth are shaken.
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Commentary; The evil and the wicked will be punished upon the 2nd coming of Jesus, The Christ.
Revelation 3:5
He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.
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Commentary; All genuine believers who persevere through the 2nd coming of Jesus, The Christ, will be honored.
Ezekiel 18:4
“Behold, all souls are Mine; The soul of the father As well as the soul of the son is Mine; The soul who sins shall die.
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Commentary; Our Father God owns every soul.
Revelation 3:12
He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go out no more. I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God. And I will write on him My new name.
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Commentary; When Jesus returns He will write His new name on every person who genuinely believes in Him.
Ezekiel 18:19
“Yet you say, ‘Why should the son not bear the guilt of the father?’ Because the son has done what is lawful and right, and has kept all My statutes and observed them, he shall surely live.
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Commentary; If the children of sinners repent, and genuinely believe in Jesus, The Christ, they will be saved and spend eternity in Heaven with Father God, Jesus and The Holy Spirit.
Revelation 6:4
Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.
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Commentary; As the time draws closer to the return of Jesus, The Christ, everyone will observe more people killing other people.
Ezekiel 20:33
“As I live,” says the Lord God, “surely with a mighty hand, with an outstretched arm, and with fury poured out, I will rule over you.
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Commentary; Those who blaspheme our Lord, those who refuse His free offer of eternal salvation, will face extreme pain and punishment once Jesus, The Christ, returns.
Revelation 6:5-6
When He opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not harm the oil and the wine.”.
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Commentary; Just prior to the 2nd coming of Jesus, The Christ, the world will experience great famine.
Ezekiel 20:41-42, 44
“I will accept you as fragrant incense when I bring you out from the nations and gather you from the countries where you have been scattered, and I will show myself holy among you in the sight of the nations. Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I bring you into the land of Israel, the land I had sworn with uplifted hand to give to your fathers. You will know that I am the Lord, when I deal with you for my name’s sake and not according to your evil ways and your corrupt practices, O house of Israel”.
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Commentary; Our holy and righteous Father God will not tolerate unholiness or unrighteousness, which is why it is critical that when He looks at a genuine believer, that He sees His son Jesus, who was sent to be the propitiation for our sinful nature.
Revelation 6:8
So I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword, with hunger, with death, and by the beasts of the earth.
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Commentary; Death of the unholy and unrighteous will be prevalent during the apocalypse.
Ezekiel 33:11
“As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! Why will you die, O house of Israel?”
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Commentary; Our Lord wants everyone to turn away from sin and to be saved.
Revelation 6:9-11
When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held. And they cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both the number of their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they were, was completed.
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Commentary; Those who are martyred for belief in our Lord will be honored in the hereafter.
Hosea 6:3
Let us know, Let us pursue the knowledge of the Lord. His going forth is established as the morning;
He will come to us like the rain, Like the latter and former rain to the earth.
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Commentary; Our Lord refreshes those who genuinely believe in Him, and follow His precepts, like the rain that refreshes the parched earth.
Revelation 6:12-17
I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind. Then the sky receded as a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved out of its place. And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, the commanders, the mighty men, every slave and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains, and said to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! For the great day of His wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”
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Commentary; Only those who genuinely believe in, and follow our Lord Jesus, The Christ, will be spared in the final days.
Hosea 10:12
Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy;
Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the Lord, Till He comes and rains righteousness on you.
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Commentary; Those who refuse to seek and follow our Lord Jesus, The Christ, will spend eternity in hell, separated from Father God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.
Hosea 10:13
You have plowed wickedness; You have reaped iniquity. You have eaten the fruit of lies, Because you trusted in your own way, In the multitude of your mighty men.
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Commentary; Our Lord will humble those who follow their own ways, who trust solely in their own resources.
Revelation 14:9-11
Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no rest day or night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name.”
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Commentary; Those who refuse to follow our Lord Jesus, The Christ, will face severe punishment.
Hosea 11:4
I drew them with gentle cords, With bands of love,
And I was to them as those who take the yoke from their neck. I stooped and fed them.
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Commentary; Our Lord lifts the pressures of the physical world off of those who trust in Him, believe in Him, and follow Him.
Revelation 17:12-14
“The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority for one hour as kings with the beast. These are of one mind, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. These will make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with Him are called, chosen, and faithful.”
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Commentary; Those who genuinely believe in, and follow the precepts of Jesus, The Christ, will be called chosen and faithful during the end times.
Joel 2:1-2
Blow the trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm in My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble; For the day of the Lord is coming, For it is at hand: A day of darkness and gloominess, A day of clouds and thick darkness, Like the morning clouds spread over the mountains. A people come, great and strong, The like of whom has never been; Nor will there ever be any such after them, Even for many successive generations.
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Commentary; There will be no question, to anyone, genuine believers or non-believers alike, as to what is occurring, the day our Lord returns.
Revelation 21:4-7
And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.” Then He who sat on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” And He said to me, “Write, for these words are true and faithful.”
And He said to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.
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Commentary; During the end times our Father will treat all genuine believers as genuine heirs.
Joel 2:11
The Lord gives voice before His army, For His camp is very great; For strong is the One who executes His word. For the day of the Lord is great and very terrible; Who can endure it?
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Commentary; When the time comes for our Lord to lift up His hand against the wicked and the non-believers, none of them will be able to withstand His power.
Revelation 21:8
But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
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Commentary; All those who refuse to honor Jesus, The Christ, as Lord and Master, will be thrown into the lake of fire during the end times.
Joel 2:13
So rend your heart, and not your garments; Return to the Lord your God, For He is gracious and merciful,
Slow to anger, and of great kindness; And He relents from doing harm.
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Commentary; Our Lord is very forgiving to those who come back to Him.
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2 Corinthians 10:3-6
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.
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Commentary; We can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.
1 Chronicles 16:32
Let the sea roar, and all its fullness; Let the field rejoice, and all that is in it.
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Commentary; Everything in the world He created declares the glory of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 10:7
Do you look at things according to the outward appearance? If anyone is convinced in himself that he is Christ’s, let him again consider this in himself, that just as he is Christ’s, even so we are Christ’s.
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Commentary; Jesus is Lord over all. Everything belongs to Him.
1 Chronicles 17:16
Then King David went in and sat before the Lord; and he said: “Who am I, O Lord God? And what is my house, that You have brought me this far?
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Commentary; The Lord is faithful to those who are faithful to Him.
2 Corinthians 10:8
For even if I should boast somewhat more about our authority, which the Lord gave us for edification and not for your destruction, I shall not be ashamed—
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Commentary; Be bold in the Lord. Do not be ashamed.
1 Chronicles 17:20
O Lord, there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
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Commentary; There is only one God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
2 Corinthians 10:12
For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
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Commentary; Pride comes before the fall. The urge to compare one to another usually occurs when pride is beginning to surface.
1 Chronicles 17:21
And who is like Your people Israel, the one nation on the earth whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people—to make for Yourself a name by great and awesome deeds, by driving out nations from before Your people whom You redeemed from Egypt?
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Commentary; The Lord promised Israel that He would be their God, and they would be His people.
2 Corinthians 10:17-18
But “he who glories, let him glory in the Lord.” For not he who commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
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Commentary; Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips. (Proverbs 27:2)
1 Chronicles 17:22
For You have made Your people Israel Your very own people forever; and You, Lord, have become their God.
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Commentary; The Lord promised Israel that He would be their God, and they would be His people.
Hebrews 1:4-5
And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me; for John truly baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
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Commentary; The Lord promised that followers of His, who were genuine believers, would receive the Holy Spirit.
1 Chronicles 17:23-24
“And now, O Lord, the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house, let it be established forever, and do as You have said. So let it be established, that Your name may be magnified forever, saying, ‘The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, is Israel’s God.’
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Commentary; The Lord keeps every promise that He makes.
Hebrews 1:6-7
Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority.
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Commentary; Only Father God knows when He will be sending Jesus back to this earth.
1 Chronicles 17:26-27
And now, Lord, You are God, and have promised this goodness to Your servant. Now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue before You forever; for You have blessed it, O Lord, and it shall be blessed forever.”
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Commentary; When the Lord makes a promise, He always keeps it.
Hebrews 1:8
But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
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Commentary; The Lord promised that He would send to all genuine believers the Holy Spirit once He returned to His Father, which He did.
2 Chronicles 6:14-15
“O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth—you who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly in your way. 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”
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Commentary; The Lord has kept every promise that He has ever made, and will continue to keep every promise that He makes.
Hebrews 1:9
Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.
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Commentary; The Lord promised that He would return to His Father, which He did.
2 Chronicles 14:11
“Then Asa called to the Lord his God and said, ‘Lord, there is no one like you to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this vast army. O Lord, you are our God; do not let man prevail against you’”
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Commentary; The Lord defends those who genuinely believe in Him.
Hebrews 1:10-11
And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”
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Commentary; The Lord promised to return, and He will. Only His Father knows when that will be.
2 Chronicles 20:20
“Have faith in the Lord your God and you will be upheld; have faith in his prophets and you will be successful”.
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Commentary; Those who genuinely believe in and follow the precepts of the Lord will be blessed.
Hebrews 2:1
Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away.
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Commentary; It is easier for A genuine believer in the Lord Jesus, The Christ, to be led astray if they do not regularly keep focused on His Word.
2 Chronicles 32:7-8
“Do not be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater power with us than with him. With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles”
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Commentary; The Lord God Almighty will defend those who genuinely believe in and trust in Him.
Hebrews 2:2-4
For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him, God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?
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Commentary; Those who do not genuinely believe in the Lord Jesus, The Christ, will not receive eternal salvation.
Ezra 7:10
“Ezra had devoted himself to the study and observance of the Law of the Lord, and to teaching its decrees and laws in Israel”.
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Commentary; Those who genuinely study the word of God will discover the salvation available through the Lord Jesus, The Christ.
Hebrews 2:5-8
For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels. But one testified in a certain place, saying: “What is man that You are mindful of him, Or the son of man that You take care of him? You have made him a little lower than the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor, And set him over the works of Your hands. You have put all things in subjection under his feet.” For in that He put all in subjection under him, He left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him.
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Commentary; Jesus, the Christ, is Lord over all.
Ezra 9:8-9
“But now, for a brief moment, the Lord our God has been gracious in leaving us a remnant and giving us a firm place in his sanctuary, and so our God gives light to our eyes and a little relief in our bondage. Though we are slaves, our God has not deserted us in our bondage. He has shown us kindness in the sight of the kings of Persia: He has granted us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and he has given us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem”.
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Commentary; The Lord God Almighty will never abandon those who genuinely believe in Him.
Hebrews 2:10
For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
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Commentary; The Lord God Almighty gave dominion over all things here on earth to His Son, Jesus, The Christ.
Nehemiah 1:8-9
“Remember the instruction you gave your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations, but if you return to me and obey my commands, then even if your exiled people are at the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my Name”.
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Commentary; The Lord is faithful to those who faithfully believe in Him, and follow His precepts.
Hebrews 2:11-13
For both He who sanctifies and those who are being sanctified are all of one, for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying: I will declare Your name to My brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will sing praise to You.” And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And again: “Here am I and the children whom God has given Me.”
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Commentary; All genuine believers in the Lord have been grafted into eternal salvation.
Nehemiah 2:20
“The God of heaven will give us success. We his servants will start rebuilding”.
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Commentary; The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob will bless the work of those who genuinely believe in Him.
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Song Of Solomon 8:7
Many waters cannot quench love, Nor can the floods drown it. If a man would give for love All the wealth of his house, It would be utterly despised.
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Commentary; As our Lord promised; "but the greatest of these is love" (1 Corinthians 13:13)
Luke 12:54-56
Then He also said to the multitudes, “Whenever you see a cloud rising out of the west, immediately you say, ‘A shower is coming’; and so it is. And when you see the south wind blow, you say, ‘There will be hot weather’; and there is. Hypocrites! You can discern the face of the sky and of the earth, but how is it you do not discern this time?
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Commentary; The Lord promises that there will be signs of His 2nd coming for those who know and follow Him.
Isaiah 4:2
In that day the Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious; And the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and appealing For those of Israel who have escaped.
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Commentary; The Lord promises that there will be a wonderful future for those Israelites, who genuinely believe in, and follow the precepts, of Messiah Jesus.
Luke 12:57-58
“Yes, and why, even of yourselves, do you not judge what is right? When you go with your adversary to the magistrate, make every effort along the way to settle with him, lest he drag you to the judge, the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
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Commentary; The Lord encourages everyone to find amicable spiritual solutions to their problems, to not expect the court system to resolve differences they have with someone.
Isaiah 24:19-20
The earth is violently broken, The earth is split open, The earth is shaken exceedingly. The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, And shall totter like a hut; Its transgression shall be heavy upon it, And it will fall, and not rise again.
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Commentary; In Matthew 24:35 the Lord promises “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away.”
Luke 13:2-5
And Jesus answered and said to them, “Do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans, because they suffered such things? I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish. Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.”
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Commentary; Every person is a sinner. Those who do not repent, and acknowledge that Jesus, The Christ, is their Lord and Master, will perish.
Isaiah 24:21-23
It shall come to pass in that day That the Lord will punish on high the host of exalted ones, And on the earth the kings of the earth. They will be gathered together, As prisoners are gathered in the pit, And will be shut up in the prison; After many days they will be punished. Then the moon will be disgraced And the sun ashamed; For the Lord of hosts will reign On Mount Zion and in Jerusalem And before His elders, gloriously.
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Commentary; The Lord will judge the entire world during the end times.
Luke 13:6-9
He also spoke this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, ‘Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why does it use up the ground?’ But he answered and said to him, ‘Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and fertilize it. And if it bears fruit, well. But if not, after that you can cut it down.’ ”.
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Commentary; Everyone has been given the opportunity to acknowledge that Jesus of Nazareth is sovereign over all. If they refuse, they will face very hard times during the final days when Jesus returns.
Isaiah 25:1
O Lord, You are my God. I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, For You have done wonderful things; Your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
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Commentary; The Lord's counsels are forever, they have been chronicled in His scriptures.
Luke 13:10-13
Now He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. And behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bent over and could in no way raise herself up. But when Jesus saw her, He called her to Him and said to her, “Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity.” And He laid His hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
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Commentary; "On earth as it is in heaven"...there are no infirmities in heaven.
Isaiah 25:3-4
Therefore the strong people will glorify You; The city of the terrible nations will fear You. For You have been a strength to the poor, A strength to the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm, A shade from the heat; For the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
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Commentary; The Lord is everything to everyone.
Luke 13:14-17
But the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath; and he said to the crowd, “There are six days on which men ought to work; therefore come and be healed on them, and not on the Sabbath day.” The Lord then answered him and said, “Hypocrite! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or donkey from the stall, and lead it away to water it? So ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound—think of it—for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath?” And when He said these things, all His adversaries were put to shame; and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by Him.
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Commentary; The Lord is sovereign over all, even over the Sabbath.
Isaiah 25:6-7
And in this mountain The Lord of hosts will make for all people A feast of choice pieces, A feast of wines on the lees, Of fat things full of marrow, Of well-refined wines on the lees. And He will destroy on this mountain The surface of the covering cast over all people, And the veil that is spread over all nations.
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Commentary; The Lord will reveal all truths upon His return.
Luke 13:18-19
Then He said, “What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and put in his garden; and it grew and became a large tree, and the birds of the air nested in its branches.”
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Commentary; The Lord promises that a little tiny bit of faith will result in eternal salvation.
Isaiah 27:1
In that day the Lord with His severe sword, great and strong, Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan that twisted serpent; And He will slay the reptile that is in the sea.
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Commentary; The Lord promises, upon His return, the evil one and his minions will be vanquished forever.
Luke 13:20-21
And again He said, “To what shall I liken the kingdom of God? It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened.”
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Commentary; The love of God permeates throughout heaven much like leaven permeates everything it is placed in.
Isaiah 28:29
This also comes from the Lord of hosts, Who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in guidance.
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Commentary; The Lord promises to provide perfect counsel and guidance to every person who genuinely believes in Him.
Luke 13:22-24
And He went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. Then one said to Him, “Lord, are there few who are saved?” And He said to them, “Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
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Commentary; The Lord promises that not everyone who thinks that they will be saved will, in actuality, be saved, given that they did not genuinely acknowledge that Jesus, The Christ, was, in fact, their Lord and Master.
Isaiah 29:15
Woe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from the Lord, And their works are in the dark; They say, “Who sees us?” and, “Who knows us?”
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Commentary; The Lord knows everything that is in men's hearts, there is no hiding anything from the Lord!
Luke 13:25-27
When once the Master of the house has risen up and shut the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open for us,’ and He will answer and say to you, ‘I do not know you, where you are from,’ then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets.’ But He will say, ‘I tell you I do not know you, where you are from. Depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity.’
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Commentary; It is necessary to genuinely believe in Jesus, The Christ, that He is Lord and Master over all, before He returns because, once He returns, the door to obtaining eternal salvation will no longer be open.
Isaiah 29:18-19
In that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book,
And the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness. The humble also shall increase their joy in the Lord, And the poor among men shall rejoice In the Holy One of Israel.
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Commentary; Once Jesus, who is the Holy One of Israel, returns, those who genuinely believe in Him will no longer suffer from illnesses, diseases or infirmities.
Luke 13:28-30
There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out. They will come from the east and the west, from the north and the south, and sit down in the kingdom of God. And indeed there are last who will be first, and there are first who will be last.”
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Commentary; During the last days, only those who genuinely believe in The Lord will achieve eternal salvation and spend eternity with God, The Father; God, The Son; and God, The Holy Spirit.
Isaiah 30:12-14
Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel: “Because you despise this word, And trust in oppression and perversity, And rely on them, Therefore this iniquity shall be to you Like a breach ready to fall, A bulge in a high wall, Whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant. And He shall break it like the breaking of the potter’s vessel, Which is broken in pieces; He shall not spare. So there shall not be found among its fragments A shard to take fire from the hearth, Or to take water from the cistern.”
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Commentary; Those who deny the truth of Jesus, The Christ, will spend eternity separated from God, The Father; God, The Son; and God, The Holy Spirit.
Luke 13:31-33
On that very day some Pharisees came, saying to Him, “Get out and depart from here, for Herod wants to kill You.” And He said to them, “Go, tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.’ Nevertheless I must journey today, tomorrow, and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.
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Commentary; Jesus promised to be resurrected on the third day following His crucifixion.
Isaiah 30:15
For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel:
“In returning and rest you shall be saved; In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.”
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Commentary; The Lord promises that those who genuinely depend upon Him, will find eternal peace and satisfaction.
Luke 13:34-35
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you were not willing! See! Your house is left to you desolate; and assuredly, I say to you, you shall not see Me until the time comes when you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ”
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Commentary; Jesus, The Christ, will judge everyone upon His return.
Isaiah 30:18
Therefore the Lord will wait, that He may be gracious to you; And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. For the Lord is a God of justice;
Blessed are all those who wait for Him.
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Commentary; The Lord does not wish that anyone perishes. He gives everyone adequate time to acknowledge that Jesus is The Christ, and is sovereign over all things.
Romans 1:18-19
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them.
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Commentary; The Lord promises to punish everyone who refuses His free offer for salvation and who refuses to repent of their sins.
Isaiah 32:7-8
Also the schemes of the schemer are evil; He devises wicked plans To destroy the poor with lying words, Even when the needy speaks justice. But a generous man devises generous things, And by generosity he shall stand.
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Commentary; The Lord promises to reward those who are generous.
Romans 1:20-23
For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.
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Commentary; The evidence of God's sovereignty is everywhere. The Lord promises to punish those who refuse to genuinely acknowledge that God is sovereign over all things.
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Revelation 7:9-10
After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
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Commentary; Only those who follow our Lord Jesus, The Christ, will spend eternity with Father God, with Jesus, His only begotten Son, and with the Holy Spirit.