His Infinite Glory
I love you with My everlasting Love, says the Lord, the Most beautiful One, the Maker of heaven and earth
Genesis part 1
'These things happened to them for our examples and were written for our learning.'
1 Corinthians 10:11
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'Faith comes by hearing
the Word of God.' Romans 10:17
He has spoken to us - the Bible - 'Holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.' 2 Timothy 3:16. 17
'We walk by faith,
trusting what He says, and not by sight.'
2 Corinthians 5:7
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‘The Lord chose us ‘before the foundation of the world, that we be holy and without blame before Him in love.’ Ephesians 1:4
Then:
‘In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.’ He did it by just speaking. ‘God said, Light! and there was light.’ Genesis 1
Creation is His infinitely stunning gift
to His beloved ones
that He made in His image.
Genesis 1:27
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Enoch walked with God. Noah walked with God, Genesis 5:22,6:9
When man goes the wrong way, God waits until the last minute for them to return to Him, ‘Not willing that any perish.’
2 Peter 3:9
Like the Amorites, ‘for their iniquity is not yet full.’ Genesis 15:16
‘Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for Your eyes are open on all the ways
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of the sons of men: to give each one according to the fruit of his own doings.’ Jeremiah 32:19
After 120 years of longsuffering and warnings, 'In the 600th year of Noah's life all the fountains of the great deep broken up and the windows of heaven were opened. Rain was on the earth 40 days and nights All in which was the breath of life died.' All their evil was stopped.
Genesis 7:11-22
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God remembered Noah and every living thing and brought them out to a beautiful fresh start, free of evil, saying, ‘Be fruitful, and multiply abundantly.’
I set My rainbow in the cloud for the sign promising that waters will never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Genesis 9:13-15
Ezekiel’s vision of God: 'And above the space over their heads was a sapphire throne
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where sat the fiery amber form of a man flashing forth rainbows. This was the Glory of the Lord. Ezekiel 1:26-28
Centuries later the Lord appeared to Abraham saying, I will make of you a great nation and I will bless you and make your name great; and you will be a blessing. I will bless those that bless you, and curse those that curse you: and in you all families of the earth will be blessed.
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Seven promises from Almighty God that are for everyone since, ‘God is no respecter of persons.’ Acts 10:34
He doesn’t play favorites but is pure,
infinite love and has given to us thousands of ‘exceedingly great and precious promises, that by them we might be ‘partakers of the divine nature.’ 2 Peter 1:4
‘Not one thing failed of all the good He promised: all came to pass. Joshua 21:45
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‘Ask what you will that your joy may be full.’ John 16:24
Raiding kings rampaged across the land in Abraham’s day attacking the cities and kidnapping Lot, Abraham’s nephew. Abraham armed his 318 servants, and they chased after them and recovered all the persons and goods.
Genesis 14
Melchizedek, the priest of the Most High God, met Abraham on his return.
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He blessed him saying, Blessed be Abraham of the Most High God, possessor of heaven and earth, and blessed be God, who delivered your enemies into your hand.’
Genesis 14:18-20
‘Thanks be to God, Who always
causes us to triumph in Christ .
2 Corinthians 2:14
‘For we don’t wrestle with flesh and blood, but powers and rulers of the darkness of this world,
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who came ‘to steal, kill, and destroy’ our view of God, our faith, love, joy, peace, and our very life. John 10:10
The battle is the Lord's. 1 Samuel 17:4 ‘Don’t fear, stand still and see the deliverance of the Lord that He will show you today.’ Exodus 14:13
‘I am persuaded, that not death, or life, or angels, or any other thing can separate us from the love of God,
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which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.’
Roman 8:38, 39
After his victory, fearing retribution, the word of the Lord came to Abraham in a vision, saying, Don’t be afraid, Abraham: I am your shield, and your exceeding great reward.
Genesis 15:1
The greatest person on earth as your best friend can’t compare to the infinite Almighty God being the one closest to you, the one who loves you most.
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‘The glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. Isaiah 58:8
‘Your reward will be great, and you will be the children of the Highest.’
Luke 6:35
Hagar was an Egyptian slave girl that Sarah tried to have children through. When Hagar became pregnant, she despised her mistress and was sent away.
The Angel of the Lord found her
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by a fountain of water in the wilderness. He listened to her and said, Return to your mistress. Submit yourself under her hands. I will multiply your seed, too many to count.
She called the name of the Lord, ‘
You God see me.’
‘The eyes of the Lord are in every place beholding the evil and the good.’
Proverbs 15:3
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You God see me
Genesis ii
Nothing is too hard for God
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The Lord told Abraham, I will return to you, and Sarah will have a son. Sarah laughed inside, being old, and said in her heart, Will I have pleasure, my lord also being old?
The Lord asked Abraham,
Why did Sarah laugh?
Is anything too hard for the Lord?
Genesis 18:10-18
What could be too hard for the One who created the universe?
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The One who always keeps His promises, ‘exceedingly abundantly above what we ask or can imagine.’ Ephesians 3:20
Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son when he was 100 years old, naming him Isaac (laughter).
And Sarah said, God has made me laugh, so all that hear will laugh with me.
Genesis 21:5, 6
With God nothing is impossible.
Luke 1:37
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God provides Himself, the Lamb.
Years later, God tested Abraham, saying, Take your son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will show you.
On the 3rd day Abraham saw the place far away. He took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went together.
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Isaac said, See the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? Abraham said, My son, God will provide Himself a Lamb for a burnt offering: Genesis 22:7, 8
Abraham built an altar and bound Isaac and laid him on it and stretched out his hand to kill his son. The Angel of the Lord called out of heaven, Abraham! Don’t harm him!
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Abraham saw a ram caught in a thicket and offered him up for a burnt offering and called the name of that place Jehovah jireh, which means,on the mount of the Lord it will be seen (that God didn’t withhold His only Son).
‘He that didn’t spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how will He not with Him freely give us all things
Romans 8:32
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Abraham said to his most trusted servant, Swear by the God of heaven you will go to my homeland to get a bride for Isaac. The Lord will send His angel before you.' Genesis 24
When the servant arrived in Ur of the Chaldees, he had his camels kneel down by a well at evening, and prayed, Today, Let me see the her, the young lady who gives me a drink
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and waters my camels,
let her be the one you have
designed for Isaac.
Before he finished speaking Rebekah cameout with her pitcher on her shoulder and he asked her for a drink. She gave him a drinkand he watched in awe
as she all watered his 10
camels. He told her who he was and gave her a golden ring and two gold bracelets.
Then he bowed and worshipped,
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'Blessed be the Lord God of my master Abraham, who hasn't forsaken His faithfulness to my master.
The servant told Rebecca and her family about Abraham, his miracle child, Isaac, and the Lord's great blessings on them. He told them of his errand: his promise to get a bride for Isaac.
They asked Rebekah if she would go and she agreed, seeing it was from the Lord.
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He gave the family many treasures and left the next morning with Rebekah and her nurse for the long journey back.
Isaac came from the well of the 'Living One seeing me.'
When he went out to meditate
in the field in the evening,
he looked up and saw the camels coming.
When Rebekah looked up, she saw
Isaac and fell off her camel.
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Isaac brought her into his mother’s
tent, and Rebekah became his wife. He
loved her and was comforted after his
mother's death.
'Blessed be God,
the Father of mercies, the God of
all comfort,
Who comforts us in all our
troubles.'
2 Corinthians 1:3, 4
And He tells is what will be:
Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife
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because she was barren, and Rebekah conceived. When the children struggled within her she said, Why am I like this? And she went to ask the Lord. The Lord said, Two nations are in your womb; one will be stronger, and the older will serve the younger.
Esau, the older twin, became a skillful hunter and Jacob was a complete (perfect) man, dwelling in tents.
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Jesus completes us and exchanged His perfect life for our sinful one when we believed in Him. Colossians 2:10
Esau came from the field fainting and said to Jacob, Feed me some of that red soup.
Jacob said, Sell me your birthright.
Our birthright of being created in His image is: He that overcomes will sit with Me on My throne. Revelation 3:21
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Esau said, Look! I'm almost dead.
What good this birthright to me?
Jacob said, Swear to me.
He swore to him and sold his birthright. Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil soup.
He ate and got up and left.
Genesis 25:34
'Those that overcome
will inherit all things
and sit with Me on My throne.
Revelation 21:715
‘being rooted and grounded in love, filled with all the fullness of God.’
Ephesians 3:17-19
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The Glory of God
in Genesis
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One night at sunset
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When Isaac sent Jacob away
because Esau planned to kill him
for stealing his birthright and blessing,
Jacob stopped one night at sunset.
He dreamed and saw a stairway
set on earth leading into heaven
with angels of God
ascending and descending on it.
The Lord stood above the stairway and said:
I will give you the land
where you are sleeping.
Your offspring will spread out
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over the whole earth and in them
all the families of the earth will be blessed.
I Am with you and will guard you
wherever you go. I won't leave you.
When Jacob woke, he said,
How awesome is this place.
The Lord is here and I didn't know.
Surely this is the house of God,
this is the gate of heaven.
One night a Man wrestled with Jacob
until daybreak.
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When He saw that He didn't prevail,
He touched the hollow of Jacob’s thigh,
disjointing it.
Jacob said, I won't let You go
unless You bless me.
The Lord said, 'your name
will no longer be Jacob, cheater,
but Israel, prince: for as a prince
you have power with God
and with men and have prevailed.'
Then Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, I have seen God
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face to face and my life is preserved.
Genesis 32:30
Jesus said, I give to them eternal life. They will never perish, neither can anyone pluck them out of My hand. John 10:28
God reconciles:
Many years later, on his return home, Jacob feared for his life for Esau was coming to meet with 400 men. But Esau ran to Jacob,
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embraced him, and they wept.
Seeing the women and children,
he asked, Whose are these?
Jacob said, These are the children
God has graciously given me.
Esau asked, What are these flocks
and herds you sent? Jacob said, To find
grace in your sight, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have all.
Genesis 33
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He that overcomes will inherit all things
and I will be His God and he/she will be
My sons/daughters. Revelation 21:7
When Jacob's son, Joseph, was 17
his father loved him most
and made him a beautiful coat.
Joseph had dreams that
showed he would rule over the family and
he told them the dreams.
His brothers plotted to kill him,
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but instead, sold him
to traders going to Egypt.
Then they killed a goat,
put the blood on Joseph's beautiful coat,
and took it to Jacob. Jacob said.
Surely an evil beast has devoured him.
He tore his clothes and mourned
and refused to be comforted.
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth,
for the Lord has comforted His people.
Isaiah 49:13
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In Egypt Joseph was bought
by Pharaoh's chief executioner.
But the Lord was with Joseph
and prospered everything he did,
so his owner made Joseph
overseer of his whole estate.
One day, the master's wife said to Joseph,
Come, lie with me. Joseph said,
Your husband has trusted me
with everything he has.
How could I do this great sin
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against God?
He continually refused her
until she became angry
and falsely accused him.
So, the chief executioner put Joseph in prison.
But the Lord was with Joseph,
and gave him favor before the warden,
who put him over everything
in the prison. Genesis 39
Through God, Joseph interpreted dreams
of Pharaoh's two top officials
and later was taken before Pharaoh
to interpret a dream:
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after which,
Pharoah made Joseph prime minister
over all Egypt.
Promotion doesn't come from the east
or the west, but God is the judge:
He puts down one,
and He sets up another.
Psalm 75:6, 7
God had shown through Joseph that a famine
was coming, so he stored grain, and Egypt
had plenty when the famine hit.
All the world had to come to them for grain,
which saved their lives.
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In Egypt Joseph said to the brothers:
God sent me ahead to preserve
your future generations.
(We are saved from hell
to sit with the Lord
on the throne of the universe forever.)
Revelation 3:21
When Jacob was giving his last words
to his sons, he said,
The Angel who redeemed me from all evil,
bless your sons and grow them
into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Genesis 45-50
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Jacob's sons are the ones whose names
are forever written on the gates of the
eternal holy city; and through his son, Judah,
came the promised Savior of all:
Holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners and higher than the heavens.
Hebrews 7:26
Whom God, His Father, appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds;
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Him being the brightness of His glory,
and the exact image of His person,
who holds up all things
by the word of His power,
when He had, by Himself,
purged our sins,
sat down on the right hand
of the Majesty on high: Hebrews 1:1-3
Who, by one sacrifice from His eternal love, Jeremiah 31:3,
perfected forever
those that are sanctified.
Hebrews 10:14
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Perfected forever
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The Glory of God
in Exodus
I Will Be with You
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In night visions, God promised Jacob, Don’t fear to go down to Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation. I will be with you and bring you again to this place.
Genesis 46:3
Exodus shows God’s almighty, miraculous power to deliver all from everything mankind fell into by following evil.
A new king rose in Egypt who feared God’s people and made their lives ‘bitter with hard work.’
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Pharaoh ordered the midwives to kill all their male babies at birth, but the midwives feared God and didn’t obey the king’s command. God blessed their generations for this, making them dynasties in His eternal kingdom.
Exodus 1:21
A descendant of Levi had a son that they hid for 3 months. Then they made a basket to float him in the river. The daughter of
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Pharaoh found him there crying and said, This is one of the Hebrew children. She called him Moses and raised him in the palace as her own son.
When he was grown, Moses went out to see his brother Israelites. He fought with an Egyptian who was striking a Hebrew, killed him, and hid him in the sand. When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses and Moses fled Egypt.
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He came to Midian. The priest of Midian had 7 daughters. Moses helped them water their flocks. Then priest had Moses stay with him and gave him his daughter Zipporah as his wife.
40 years passed and cries of the Israelites came up to God in heaven. Moses was tending the flock by Mt. Horeb when the Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush that burned but wasn’t consumed.
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He said, Moses, Moses. Don’t come near. Take off your shoes for the place you stand is holy ground. I have seen the affliction of My people. I know their sorrows, (as He sees us and knows our sorrows), and I have come to deliver them and bring them to a land flowing with milk and honey. Moses said, Who am I that you send me? The Lord said, ‘I will be with you.’
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I will strike Egypt with all my wonders and after that Pharaoh will let you go. Moses asked, What if your people don’t believe me? The Lord said, The shepherd’s rod you are holding, throw it on the ground. Moses did, and it became a serpent. Moses ran. The Lord said, Take it by the tail. When He did, it became a rod again. Moses said, O Lord, I’m not eloquent. The Lord said, Didn’t I make man's mouth?
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Go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what to say. When Moses stood before Pharaoh he said, The Lord God says, Let My people go to hold a feast to Me in the wilderness. Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord that I should let the people go?
When Pharaoh asked for a sign, Moses threw his shepherd’s rod on the ground, and it became a dragon (serpent or whale).
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haraoh’s magicians did the same and Moses’s rod swallowed up their rods. God turned the waters in Egypt to blood; He filled the land with frogs ‘that you may know that there is none like the Lord.’
The dust was turned to lice. Ashes from the furnace made boils, terrors on the heart, hail from heaven with fire that ran along the ground, all trying to get these people who had enslaved and killed
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His people for 400 years to turn from all these empty things they worshipped, to the Living God, ‘that you may know that the earth is the Lord’s.’ Exodus9:29
After ten devastating plagues ending with the death of every firstborn, 600,000 men plus their wives and children left Egypt carrying with them precious treasures, 400 years back wages.
God led the people in a pillar of a cloud by day,
and fire by night;
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always with them. Pharaoh changed his mind again
and chased Israel with 600 chariots.
When they saw the chariots coming, Moses said,
Don’t be afraid.
Stand still and see the deliverance of the Lord.
The Angel of the Lord stood between Israel and the Egyptians. He caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind and the waters were a wall on their right, and on their left.
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When they were through the sea, the Lord brought the waters crashing down on Pharaoh and his chariots. Then the children of Israel sang, I will sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously.
The Lord is my strength and song, and He is my salvation: I will prepare Him a dwelling place; I will exalt Him. Your right hand, O Lord, is glorious in power.
The Lord will reign forever and ever.
Exodus15:1, 2, 6
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In the desert, when these millions had no food,
the Lord rained bread from heaven for them. ‘Man ate angel’s food,’ Psalm 78:25
When they longed for meat, He brought quail from the sea.
When there was no water, He brought water out of a rock for them.
At Mt. Sinai God gave the people His high and holy law, with the sacrifices picturing the promised Lamb of God who would take away all their sin.
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God gave Moses detailed instructions to build a tabernacle for Him to dwell in as He traveled with His people. It was wood overlaid with gold, a symbol of His closeness to us, His Deity covering our humanity. When it was finished, ‘the Glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle, as He desires
to fills us with ‘all the fullness of God.’
Ephesians 3:17-19
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He has triumphed gloriously
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He counts faith for righteousness
Facts – Romans 4
God counted Abraham’s faith for righteousness
If we work for reward it isn’t grace, but owed to us
He justifies the ungodly
He counts their faith for righteousness
It is a blessing for God to give righteousness without works
We are blessed because God has forgiven our iniquities and covered our sins
He doesn’t set our sins on us but put them on Jesus at the cross
God is the Father of all who believe
He promised we inherit the world
He makes the dead live
He calls things that are not into existence
What He promises He is able to do
These things are written for us also
He raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead
He was delivered up for our offenses
And raised because of our justification
Much more
Facts, statements of truth - Romans 5
We are made just by faith
We have peace with God through Jesus Christ
By whom we have access by faith into grace
In which we stand
And rejoice in hope (confident expectation of good)
in the glory of God (being good in His glory)
Hope also of being in His glory
We glory in trouble (pressure, oppression)
For we know
We know that trouble makes us patient (staying under His plan)
And we experience (know by living through) His Presence, help, goodness, love
Experience brings hope (confident expectation of knowing Him. He and His glory, being our life)
Hope makes not ashamed (lacking)
Because the love of God is shed abroad (all through) our hearts by the Holy Spirit
Who is given to us
For when we were without strength
At the right time
Christ died for the ungodly
But God commends (formally praises)
His love toward us
In that while we were sinners Christ died for us
Much more then
Being made just by His blood
We will be saved from wrath
through Him
For if, when we were enemies
We were reconciled to God
By the death of His Son
Much more
Being reconciled
We will be saved in His life
Also, we glory in God through our Lord Jesus Christ
By whom we have now received the atonement (covering) (Greene says reconciliation)
By one man sin (missing the mark) entered the world
And death by sin
Passed to all men passed
for all sinned
Sin was in the world but was not charged (set to men) when there was no law
Death reigned from Adam to Moses
even on those who didn’t sin the same way as Adam
who is the shadow of the One coming
Not like the offense is the free gift
By the one offense many died
Much more the grace of God
And the gift of God (eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord)
In grace of the One man
Jesus Christ
Abounded to many
The gift is not like the one that sinned
One sin brought many to judgment and condemnation
The free gift is, by One, many made just of all offenses
By one offense death reigned through one
Much more those receiving
The abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness
Will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ
So then one offense brought all to condemnation
And one righteous act brings all to justification of life
By one man’s disobedience all were made sinners
By One man’s obedience many are made righteous
The law entered that the offense might abound
And where sin abounded grace abounded more
As sin reigned in death
Grace reigns in righteousness through Jesus Christ our Lord
Alive to God
Facts Romans 6
When we were baptized into Jesus we were baptized into His death
Christ was raised from death by the glory of the Father
So by that we can walk in newness of life
Our old nature was crucified with Him
Freeing us from sin
Death has no more hold on Him
Being raised from death, He dies no more
He died once to sin; now He lives to God
We also are dead to sin
Alive to God
We are alive to God through Jesus Christ
To whom you yield (place yourselves near) yourselves
Free from sin
We are righteousness unto holiness
Following the old nature leads to death
Following the Lord leads to everlasting life
For the earnings of sin is death
but the gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord
Married to another
Facts – statements of truth
Romans 7
We are dead to the law by the body of Christ
To be married to Him who rose from the dead
We are free from the law to serve God in newness of the Spirit
The law is holy
The commandment is just and good
When we follow the old nature, it is not us that does wrong but the sin that lives in us
We thank God that through Christ we no longer have to follow the old nature
He has given us the resurrection power of Christ to live in the Spirit
Nothing can separate us from HIS love
Facts – statements of truth
Romans 8
There is no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus
The Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set us free from the law of sin and death
Our old nature is weak and can’t keep the law
To follow the Spirit is life and peace
The old nature cannot please God
Since Christ is in us, His Spirit is life
He will also make alive our bodies by His Spirit in us
Those led by the Spirit are Sons of God
The Spirit witnesses to us that we are children of God
Since we are His children, we are His heirs and joint heirs with Christ
If we suffer with Him, we will be glorified with Him
The sufferings of this present time aren’t worthy to be compared with the glory that will be uncovered in us
Creation groans, waiting for the uncovering of the Sons of God
Creation as put under vanity, emptiness to bring mankind out of pride gained when Adam fell
The Spirit helps our weaknesses
He knows what we need to pray for and helps us pray as we should
He searches the hearts
He knows the will of God
He set us out from before the beginning to be formed with the image of His Son
He works all things together for good to the ones who love Him
He justified us
He glorified us
Since He is for us, none can stand against us
We are more than conquerors through Him that loves us
Nothing can separate us from His love
Given for the world
Facts – statements of truth
Romans 9
To Israel was given for the world the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the law, service of God, and the promises
And Christ who is over all
was given through them
God is blessed forever
The children of God are the ones who believe
That God’s purpose continues
It is not by works, but from Him who calls us to Himself
It is impossible for God to be unrighteous, to do even the tiniest bit of wrong
He has mercy on whom He wills
He endured much suffering from those He made to be destroyed
in order to show the riches of His glory to the ones He made to show mercy on and fill with His glory
He calls them His beloved
He calls them Sons of the Living God
He will make a short work on earth
The nations attained the righteousness that is of faith
Whoever believes on Him will not be dishonored or disgraced
He has compassion on whom He wills
Not of us, but it is of God who shows mercy
He raised up Pharoah to show His power to all the world for all time and eternity
The potter has the power to make what He will
God endures with much long suffering those He made to show his power through
That He might make known the riches of His glory on those He made to show mercy on
Those He made to fill with His glory
He calls us His Beloved
He calls us Sons of the Living God
He will finish the work
He will cut it short in righteousness
All day long He reaches out to mankind
Facts- statements of truth
Romans 10
Some have a zeal for God but not according to knowledge
Ignorant of God’s righteousness they try to establish their own
And don’t submit to the righteousness of God
Christ is the end of the law for everyone who believe
(He fulfilled it fully for us, knowing we couldn’t)
This word in near us, in our mouth and our mind
If you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus
And believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead you will be saved
Whoever believes on Him will not be disgraced or dishonored
There is no difference between Jew or Greek
For the same Lord over all is rich toward all who call on Him
Whosoever calls on the name of the Lord will be saved
Faith comes by hearing the word of God
Their sound (musical sound) went out to all the earth, their words to the ends of the world
All day long He stretches out His hand to the people
His infinite riches to the world
Facts - statements of truth
Romans 11
God hasn’t thrown away His people – He died to save them
He has reserved countless numbers that haven’t bowed their knee to evil
He saves by grace, not works. If works, its no longer grace
Through Israel’s fall salvation came to the nations
Their fall became riches to the world
Their fall is reconciliation of the world back to glory
And their restoration will be life from the dead to all who believe
For unbelief some of their branches were broken off
If they do not stay in unbelief they will be grafted back into the tree
God is able to graft them in
They are His Beloved
As are all who believe
A deliverer will come and turn away all ungodliness from them
The free gifts and calling of God are not regretted
When the first fruit is holy the substance also is holy
When the root is holy so are the branches
Some wild branches were broken off and we were grafted in their place
If He does not spare the natural branches, He will not spare those grafted in (if they are in unbelief)
The root of Israel carries the branches grafted in from the nations of the world
God enclosed all under unbelief that He might have mercy on all
The riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God are so very deep
His ways are unsearchable
No one has known His mind or been His counsellor
No one give to Him anything first
For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things
To Him is glory forever
Through HIM
Facts - statements of truth
Romans 12
It is reasonable to present our bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God
Our minds are transformed by Him in us, doing the Fathers good and acceptable and perfect will
God has dealt to each one a measure of faith
Each one has been given different gifts to do different things
But all are one body in Christ
Through Him we abhor what is evil and cling to what is good.
Through Him we give with simplicity
Rule with diligence, bless those who persecute us
We are not wise in ourselves but know Him as our wisdom
We live peaceably with all men
We allow no place for wrath in our hearts but leave injustices against us with God
He avenges perfectly
He will repay in a stunningly perfect way
Through Him we feed enemies who are hungry and give water to the thirsty, which heaps coals of fire on their heads
He, through us, overcomes evil with good
For our good
Facts - statements of truth
Romans 13
God set the powers that be in place over us
To resist them is to resist God
Rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil
They are ministers of God for our good
Those that love one another fulfill the law
The essence of the law is to love our neighbor as ourself
Love does no harm to a neighbor
Our salvations is nearer now than when we believed
When we put on the Lord Jesus Christ we won’t do the will of the old nature
We live to Him
Facts -statements of truth
Romans 14
God has received into His royal family ones who eat only vegetables and ones who eat meat
We aren’t to judge others who serve Him
God is able to make all stand
He receives those who make some days special above others and those who think all days are equally important
No one lives to himself
No one dies to himself
If we live we live to the Lord
If we die we die to the Lord
If we live or if we die we are the Lord’s
Christ died and rose again to be Lord of both the dead and the living
Every one of us will give an account of himself to God
The best thing we can do is resolve to not put something in the path of another that will cause them to fall or swerve off the path
Nothing is unclean of itself
Only if someone thinks its unclean, it is unclean to that person
The kingdom of God is not food and drink but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit
Whatever is not of faith is sin
The God of Peace is with us all
Facts – statements of truth
Romans 15
Christ did not please Himself but took our reproaches and sufferings on Himself
Things that were written in the holy scriptures in the past were written for our learning that through staying under God’s plan and comfort (drawing near Him) of the scriptures we would have hope
The nations will glorify God for His mercy
He grants us to be understanding of one another and like-minded with them by Jesus Christ
Jesus made firm to us the promises
He will reign over the nations
In Him the nations will trust
He will fill us with all joy and peace in believing through the power of the Holy Spirit
The God of peace is with us all
A Holy Kiss
Facts - statements of truth -
Romans 16
The churches of Christ salute one another with a holy kiss
We are to watch out for those who make dissentions
and divisions in the church contrary to right teaching
and avoid them
They don’t serve the Lord Jesus Christ but their own belly
By words and praise they deceive hearts
The God of peace will bruise satan under our feet quickly
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ is with us
He is able to establish us according to the revelation of the mystery
which was kept secret from eternity past
But now is made know by an injunction from the eternal God to all nations
for the obedience of faith
To God only wise is glory through Jesus Christ forever
You are a new creation in Christ Jesus
Facts – statements of truth –
Genesis 17
The Lord appeared to Abraham when he was 99 years old and said, I Am the Almighty God. Walk before Me and be complete
(We are complete in Him who is the Head of all principality and power) Colossians 2:10
He said, My covenant is with you and you will be a father of many nations
I will make you exceedingly fruitful. I will make nations from you and kings will come from you
I will set My covenant with you and your seed after you to be your God
[God is life. All life comes from Him. He holds it all together
Colossians 1:17
All others are imposters that lead to death and eternal death forever in the lake of fire
Revelation 20:15
The thief comes only to steal, t okill, and to destroy. I have come that they have life and have it more abundantly]
John 10:10
And I will give you and your seed this land where you have been a foreigner for an everlasting possession
And I will be their God
You and your seed will keep/guard My covenant throughout their generations
The sign of this covenant is circumcision; every male of you and your descendants and those purchased for your household will be circumcised in the flesh of their foreskin on the 8th day.
(Vitamin K for blood clotting is highest on the 8th day)
Anyone that is not circumcised will be cut off from his people. He has broken My covenant
(This covenant dedicates oneself and their household to worship only the true God. To follow only Him and His ways
(Is there anything worse than being left out of everything, the outsider?
Those who worship false things cut themselves off from everything eternally precious and beautiful and wonderful and grand)
As for Sarai, I will bless her. She will be a mother of nations. Kings will come from her
Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said in his heart, Will a child be born to one 100 years old and Sarah who is 90?
He said to God, O that Ishmael might live before you!
The Lord said, Truly Sarah will bear you a son and you will call him Isaac (laughter)
I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant and with his seed after him
And I have heard you about Ishmael, I have blessed him and will make him exceedingly fruitful; he will beget 12 princes;
but I will establish My covenant with Isaac whom Sarah will bear to you at the set time next year
When He finished talking with Abraham He ascended up from him
And that very day Abraham circumcised himself, Ishmael, who was 13 years old, and all the males in his service, born in his house or bought with money
Genesis 17
[Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is observing the commandments of God
1 corinthians 7:19
For [if we are] in Christ Jesus circumcision or uncircumcision means nothing, only faith working through love
Galatians 5:6
Circumcision and uncircumcision are nothing when
You are a new creation in Christ Jesus]
Galatians 6:15
Nothing is too hard for the Lord
The LORD appeared to Abraham in the terebinth (turpentine trees) of Mamre (strength, fatness): and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day
And he looked up and saw 3 men and when he saw them, he ran to meet them and bowed himself toward the ground saying,
My Lord, if I have found favor in Your sight, Please stay
Let me bring water to wash Your feet and you can rest under the tree
I will bring food to sustain your hearts
And Abraham ran to the tent to Sarah and said, Quickly get 3 measures of fine flour, knead it, and make cakes on the hearth
And Abraham ran to the herd, and took a calf, tender and good, and gave it to a young man; and he hurried to prepare it
And he took curds, and milk, and the calf he had dressed, and set it before them, and they ate
And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, See, in the tent
And He said, I will certainly return to you at the time of life; and Sarah will have a son
(This shows who is speaking)
And Sarah heard it in the tent door, behind Him
Now Abraham and Sarah were old, past the age of childbearing
So Sarah laughed within herself, saying, Being old, will I have pleasure, my lord being old also?
And the LORD said to Abraham, Why has Sarah laughed at this saying, Indeed, truly? Shall I bear a child, who am old?
Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the set time I will return to you, and Sarah will have a son
Then Sarah denied, saying, I didn't laugh; for she was afraid. And He said, No; but you did laugh
(We can't lie to the Lord; He knows everything
'God is greater than our hearts and knows all things')
1 John 3:20
And the men got up and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way
And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham what I’m doing?
Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations of the earth will be blessed in him
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him
and they will keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment
that the LORD may bring on Abraham what He has spoken of him
And the LORD said, The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great because their sin is very grievous
I will go down now, and see if they have done completely according to the cry that is coming to Me
and if not, I will know
And the men turned from there and went toward Sodom: but Abraham still stood before the LORD
Abraham drew near Him, and said, Will You sweep away the just with the wicked?
[Draw near to God and He will draw near to you]
James 4:8
If there are 50 righteous in the city: will You also destroy and not spare the place for the 50 just that are in it?
Far be it from You to do this, to kill the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous be as the wicked, that be far from You
Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom 50 righteous in the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes
[God so loves the world that He gave His only Son, that whosoever believes in Him will not perish but has everlasting life]
John 3:16
But to him that doesn't work, but believes on Him that justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness]
Romans 4:5
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken on myself to speak to the Lord, I am but dust and ashes
Perhaps 5 are lacking from the 50 righteous: will You destroy all the city for lack of 5?
(The righteous are those who believe in One true God, Maker of heaven and earth - not sinless people - for 'all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God)
Romans 3:23
And He said, If I find there 45, I will not destroy it
And he spoke to him again and said, Perhaps 40 are found there
And He said, I will not do it for 40’s sake
And he said to him, Oh Lord, Don't be angry, and I will speak
If 30 are found there. And He said, I will not do it if I find 30 there
And he said, Behold now, I have taken on myself to speak to the Lord: If 20 are found there
And He said, I will not destroy it for 20's sake
And he said, Oh Lord, Don't be angry, and I will speak just this once: If 10 are found there
And He said, I will not destroy it for 10's sake
And the LORD left when He finished speaking with Abraham
Abraham returned to his place
[A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary
Jeremiah 17:12
The one that overcomes will sit with Me on My throne even as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne
Revelation 3:21
This is the victory that overcomes,
it's our faith
1 John 5:4
Faith comes by hearing the word of God]
Romans 10:17
