Bible Studies
To be UPRIGHT would indicate being in a STANDING position, NO LONGER in a FALLEN condition. Pro. 11:11—BY THE BLESSING of THE UPRIGHT THE CITY is EXALTED. 2 Chron. 6:34—“When YOUR PEOPLE go out to battle against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to YOU toward THIS CITY (Heb. 12:22—But you have come to MOUNT ZION and to THE CITY of THE LIVING GOD, the HEAVENLY JERUSALEM) and when they pray to You toward THIS CITY which YOU have CHOSEN (Ps. 78:68—But CHOSE the tribe of JUDAH, MOUNT ZION which HE loved. (69) And HE BUILT HIS SANCTUARY like THE HEIGHTS, like THE EARTH which HE HAS ESTABLISHED FOREVER.) and toward THE TEMPLE (Ps. 11:4—The Lord is in HIS HOLY TEMPLE, The Lord’s THRONE is IN HEAVEN; His eyes behold, His eyelids TEST the sons of men.)
Ps. 48:9: We have thought, O God, on Your LOVINGKINDNESS, in the midst of YOUR TEMPLE.
(10) According to YOUR NAME, O God, so is YOUR PRAISE to THE ENDS of THE EARTH; Your RIGHT HAND is full of RIGHTEOUSNESS. (11) Let MOUNT ZION rejoice, Let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of YOUR JUDGMENTS. (12) Walk about ZION, and go all around her. Count her towers; (13) Mark well her bulwarks; consider her palaces; THAT you may TELL IT to the generation following. (14) FOR THIS IS GOD, OUR GOD FOREVER and EVER.)
Returning to 2 Chron. 6:35—then HEAR from HEAVEN their prayer and their SUPPLICATION and MAINTAIN their CAUSE. (Hebrews 8:1—NOW this is the MAIN POINT of the things we are saying: We have such a High Priest, who is SEATED at THE RIGHT HAND of THE THRONE of THE MAJESTY in THE HEAVENS, (2) a Minister of THE SANCTUARY and of THE TRUE TABERNACLE which THE LORD ERECTED and NOT MAN. (3) For every high priest is APPOINTED to offer BOTH GIFTS and SACRIFICE. Therefore it was necessary that this One have something to offer. (4) For IF HE WERE ON EARTH, HE WOULD NOT be A PRIEST, since there are priests who offer gifts according to the law;) (Heb. 9:11—But Christ came as HIGH PRIEST of THE GOOD THINGS to COME with THE GREATER and MORE PERFECT TABERNACLE not made with hands, that is, NOT of THIS CREATION.)
Returning to 2 Chron. 6:36--When they sin against You and You become angry with them and DELIVER THEM to THEIR ENEMY, and THEY take them CAPTIVE to a land FAR or NEAR, (37) “YET when they COME to THEMSELVES in THE LAND where they were carried captive and REPENT (Acts 3:19—REPENT therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that TIMES of REFRESHING may come FROM the PRESENCE of THE LORD, (20) “and that HE MAY SEND JESUS CHRIST, WHO was PREACHED to you BEFORE, (21) “whom heaven must receive UNTIL TIMES of RESTORATION of ALL THINGS, (Heb. 9:28—To those who EAGERLY WAIT for HIM He will APPEAR A SECOND TIME, APART from SIN, for SALVATION.)
Is. 49:8—Thus says the Lord: In an ACCEPTABLE TIME I have heard You and in the day of SALVATION I have helped You; I will PRESERVE YOU and GIVE YOU as A COVENANT to the people, TO RESTORE THE EARTH, to cause them TO INHERIT the desolate HERITAGES; (9) That You may say to THE PRISONERS, GO FORTH, to those who are IN DARKNESS ‘Show your selves.
Returning to Acts 4:25—“You are sons of THE PROPHETS, and of THE COVENANT which GOD MADE with OUR FATHERS, saying to ABRAHAM, and in YOUR SEED ALL the FAMILIES of THE EARTH shall BE BLESSED. (26) To you FIRST, GOD having RAISED UP His Servant JESUS, sent HIM to BLESS you, IN TURNING AWAY EVERYONE OF YOU from YOUR INIQUITIES.”
Ps. 145:14—The Lord upholds ALL who FALL, and RAISES up all those who are bowed down. (15) The eyes of all look expectantly to You, and YOU GIVE THEM their FOOD in DUE SEASON. Pro. 18:21—“DEATH and LIFE are in THE POWER of THE TONGUE, and those who love it will EAT its FRUIT.) (Deut. 30:14—But THE WORD is very near you, in YOUR MOUTH and in your heart, that you may do it. (15) “See, I have set before you today LIFE and GOOD, DEATH and EVIL, (The knowledge of good and evil?) (19) I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have SET BEFORE YOU, LIFE and DEATH, BLESSING and CURSING; therefore CHOOSE LIFE, that BOTH you AND your DESCENDANTS may LIVE.)
(Pro. 11:30—The FRUIT of the righteous is a TREE of LIFE.) Ps. 92:12--THE RIGHTEOUS shall flourish like a PALM TREE, he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. (13) Those who ARE PLANTED in THE HOUSE of THE LORD shall flourish in THE COURTS of our God. (14) They shall still BEAR FRUIT in OLD AGE; they shall be FRESH and FLOURISHING, (15) To declare (((THAT the LORD is UPRIGHT;))) Pro. 2:21--For the UPRIGHT will dwell IN THE LAND, and the BLAMELESS will REMAIN IN IT; (22) But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, and THE UNFAITHFUL will be UPROOTED from it.
(Pro. 13:12—Hope deferred makes the heart sick, BUT when THE DESIRE comes it is a TREE of LIFE.) Ps. 21:2—You have given him his heart’s DESIRE, and have not withheld the request of his lips. (3) For You meet him with THE BLESSING of GOODNESS; You set a crown of pure gold upon his head. (4) He ASKED LIFE from You, and You gave it to him—LENGTH of DAYS FOREVER and EVER. (5) HIS GLORY is great in YOUR SALVATION; HONOR and MAJESTY You have placed upon him. (6) For You have made him MOST BLESSED FOREVER; (7) You have made him exceedingly glad with YOUR PRESENCE. (7) For the king trusts in the Lord, and through THE MERCY of the MOST HIGH he SHALL NOT be MOVED.)
Returning to Ps. 145:16--You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing. (17) The Lord IS RIGHTEOUS in all His ways, (Ps. 34:17—THE RIGHTEOUS cry out, and the Lord HEARS, and DELIVERS them out of ALL their TROUBLES.) (Romans 9:27—Isaiah also cries out concerning ISRAEL: “Though the number of the children of ISRAEL be as the sand of the sea, YET THE REMNANT WILL BE SAVED. (28) For HE WILL FINISH the WORK and CUT IT SHORT IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, (Is. 45:8—Rain down, you HEAVENS, from above, and let the skies POUR down RIGHTEOUSNESS; let the earth open, let them BRING forth SALVATION, and let RIGHTEOUSNESS spring UP together. I, the Lord HAVE CREATED IT.)
Returning to Rom. 9:28--because the Lord will make A SHORT WORK UPON THE EARTH.” (29) And as Isaiah said before: “UNLESS the Lord of Sabaoth had left us A SEED, we WOULD have BECOME LIKE SODOM, and we WOULD have been MADE LIKE GOMORRAH.” (30) What shall we say then? That GENTILES who DID NOT PURSUE RIGHTEOUSNESS, have ATTAINED to RIGHTEOUSNESS, even THE RIGHTEOUSNESS of FAITH; but ISRAEL, PURSUING the LAW of RIGHTEOUSNESS, has NOT attained to the law of RIGHTEOUSNESS. (32) WHY? BECAUSE they DID NOT seek it BY FAITH, but as it were, BY THE WORKS of THE LAW. For THEY STUMBLED at THAT STUMBLING STONE. (33) As it is written: “Behold, I LAY IN ZION a STUMBLING STONE and ROCK of OFFENSE, and whoever BELIEVES on HIM will not be PUT to SHAME.”
Chapter 10:1—Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God For ISRAEL is that THEY MAY BE SAVED. (2) For I bear them witness that they have A ZEAL for God, but NOT ACCORDING to KNOWLEDGE. (Gal. 3:28--There is neither Jew nor Greek, -in Christ all are one.) (Is. 45:20—They have NO KNOWLEDGE, who carry THE WOOD of their CARVED IMAGE, (cross? Gal. 3:13—For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree” for we must CLING to HIM.) and pray to a god that CANNOT SAVE. (22) Look TO ME and BE SAVED, ALL you ENDS OF THE EARTH! For I AM GOD, and there is NO OTHER.)
(Eph. 2:8—For BY GRACE you have BEEN SAVED through FAITH, AND THAT NOT OF YOURSELVES; IT IS the GIFT OF GOD, (9) NOT of WORKS, lest anyone SHOULD BOAST. (10) For we are HIS WORKMANSHIP, (Phil. 2:13—For IT IS GOD who WORKS in YOU BOTH to WILL and TO DO for HIS GOOD PLEASURE. (15) that you may become BLAMELESS and HARMLESS, CHILDREN of GOD WITHOUT FAULT in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom YOU SHINE as LIGHTS in THE WORLD, (16) HOLDING FAST the WORD of LIFE, so that I may rejoice in the day of Christ that I have NOT RUN IN VAIN or LABORED in VAIN.) (Col 1:18—And HE is the HEAD of THE BODY, the CHURCH, who is THE BEGINNING the FIRSTBORN from THE DEAD, that in ALL things HE may have THE PREEMINENCE. (19) For it pleased the Father that in HIM ALL the FULLNESS should dwell,
(20) and by HIM to RECONCILE ALL THINGS to HIMSELF, by HIM, whether things on EARTH or things in HEAVEN, having made PEACE through THE BLOOD of HIS CROSS. (21) And you, who ONCE were ALIENATED and enemies in YOUR MIND by wicked works, yet NOW He has RECONCILED (22) IN the BODY of HIS FLESH through DEATH, to PRESENT YOU HOLY, and BLAMELESS, and IRREPROACHABLE in HIS SIGHT—
Eph. 5:25—HUSBANDS, love YOUR WIVES, just as CHRIST also LOVED the CHURCH and GAVE HIMSELF for IT, (26) that HE MIGHT SANCTIFY and CLEANSE IT WITH the WASHING of WATER by THE WORD. (27) that HE might PRESENT IT to HIMSELF a GLORIOUS CHURCH, NOT HAVING SPOT or WRINKLE or any such thing, but that it should BE HOLY and WITHOUT BLEMISH. (Is. 1:16—WASH yourselves, make yourselves CLEAN; Put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes. Cease to do evil , (17) Learn to do GOOD; (Ps. 14:2—the Lord looks down from heaven upon the children of men, TO SEE if there are ANY who UNDERSTAND, WHO SEEK GOD, (3) They have all turned aside, they have together become corrupt; There is none who DOES GOOD, no not one. (4) Have all the workers of iniquity NO KNOWLEDGE, who eat up MY PEOPLE as they eat bread, and do not call on the Lord? (5) There they are in great fear, FOR GOD IS WITH THE GENERATION of THE RIGHTEOUS. (6) You shame THE COUNSEL of the poor, but the Lord is his refuge. (7) Oh, that THE SALVATION of ISRAEL would COME out of ZION! When THE LORD BRINGS BACK the CAPTIVITY of HIS PEOPLE, let JACOB rejoice and ISRAEL be GLAD. (Pro. 10:28—The HOPE of THE RIGHTEOUS will be GLADNESS, but THE EXPECTATION of the wicked will PERISH. (30) THE RIGHTEOUS will NEVER be REMOVED, but the wicked will not inhabit the earth.)
Returning to Eph. 2:10--CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS for GOOD WORKS, which God prepared BEFOREHAND that we SHOULD WALK in them. (2 Tim. 3:16—ALL SCRIPTURE is given by inspiration of God, and is PROFITABLE for DOCTRINE, for REPROOF, for CORRECTION, for INSTRUCTION in RIGHTEOUSNESS, (17) THAT the man of GOD may BE COMPLETE, thoroughly EQUIPPED for EVERY GOOD WORK.) Gal. 3:8—And THE SCRIPTURE foreseeing that God would JUSTIFY the NATIONS by FAITH, preached THE GOSPEL to ABRAHAM beforehand, saying, “IN YOU ALL the NATIONS shall be BLESSED. (29) And if we are Christ’s THEN you are ABRAHAM’S SEED and HEIRS according TO THE PROMISE. Matt.28:18—Then Jesus came and spoke to them saying, “ALL AUTHORITY has been given to ME in heaven and on earth. (19) GO therefore and make disciples of ALL THE NATIONS, baptizing them in the name of the FATHER and of the SON and of the HOLY SPIRIT, (20) teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, EVEN TO THE END OF THE WORLD.” (KJV)
Ps. 104:27—These all wait for You, that You may give them their FOOD in DUE SEASON. (1 Tim. 2:5—For there is ONE GOD and ONE MEDIATOR between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, (6) who gave HIMSELF a RANSOM for ALL, to be testified in DUE TIME.) (28) What You give them they gather in; You open Your hand, they are filled with GOOD. (29) You hide Your face, they are troubled; You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. (3) You SEND FORTH YOUR SPIRIT, they are created; and YOU RENEW THE FACE of THE EARTH.
Ps. 22:25—My praise shall be of You in the GREAT CONGREGATION; I will pay MY VOWS before those who fear Him. (26) The poor SHALL EAT and be SATISFIED; THOSE who SEEK HIM will praise the Lord. (Ps. 24:6—This is JACOB, the generation of THOSE who SEEK HIM, who seek Your face.) Let your heart live forever! (27) ALL THE ENDS of THE WORLD shall REMEMBER and TURN to the LORD, and ALL THE FAMILIES of the nations shall worship before You. (28) FOR THE KINGDOM is THE LORD’S and HE RULES OVER THE NATIONS.
Ps. 61:1—Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer. (2) FROM THE END of THE EARTH I WILL CRY TO YOU, when my heart is overwhelmed; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. (3) For You have been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. (4) I will abide in YOUR TABERNACLE forever, I will trust in THE SHELTER of YOUR WINGS. For You, O God have heard MY VOWS; You have given me THE HERITAGE of those who fear Your name. (6) You will PROLONG the KING’S LIFE, HIS YEARS AS MANY GENERATIONS. (7) He shall abide before God forever. Oh, PREPARE MERCY and TRUTH, which may PRESERVE HIM.
Ps. 6:51—Praise is awaiting You, O God, IN ZION; and TO YOU the VOW shall be performed. (2) O You who hear prayer, TO YOU ALL FLESH WILL COME. (3) Iniquities prevail against me; as for our transgressions, You will provide atonement for them. (4) Blessed is the man whom YOU CHOOSE, and cause TO APPROACH YOU, that he may DWELL in YOUR COURTS. We shall be satisfied with THE GOODNESS of YOUR HOUSE, of Your HOLY TEMPLE.
Ps. 140:13—Surely THE RIGHTEOUS shall give thanks to Your name: THE UPRIGHT shall DWELL in YOUR PRESENCE. Ps. 31:19—Oh, how great is YOUR GOODNESS, which You have laid up for those who fear You, which You have prepared for those who trust in You IN THE PRESENCE of THE SONS of MEN! (20) “You shall HIDE them in THE SECRET PLACE of YOUR PRESENCE” (Pro. 3:32—But HIS SECRET COUNSEL is WITH the UPRIGHT.)
Psalm 91: 1—He who DWELLS in THE SECRET PLACE of the Most High shall abide under THE SHADOWS of the ALMIGHTY. (2) I will say of the Lord, “HE is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust. (9) Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge even THE MOST HIGH, YOUR HABITATION, (10) No evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near YOUR DWELLING; (11) For HE shall give His angels charge over you to keep you in all your ways. Is. 8:13—The Lord of hosts, HIM you SHALL HALLOW; let HIM be your fear, and let HIM be your dread. (14) HE will BE as A SANCTUARY,
Ps. 15:1—Lord, WHO may abide in YOUR TABERNACLE? Who may DWELL in YOUR HOLY HILL? (Ps. 43:3—Oh, send out YOUR LIGHT and YOUR TRUTH! Let THEM lead me; let THEM bring me to YOUR HOLY HILL and to YOUR TABERNACLE.) (Ps. 24:3—WHO may ascend into THE HILL of THE LORD?
(Ps. 2:6—Yet I have set My king on MY HOLY HILL of ZION.” (7) I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me, You are MY SON , today I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU. (8) ASK of ME, and I WILL GIVE YOU, the nations for YOUR INHERITANCE and the ends of the earth for YOUR POSSESSION.)
Returning to Ps. 24:3--Or WHO MAY STAND in HIS HOLY PLACE? (4) He WHO has clean hands and a pure heart, WHO has not lifted up his soul to an idol, nor sworn deceitfully. (5) HE shall receive BLESSINGS from the Lord, and RIGHTEOUSNESS from the God of HIS SALVATION. (6) THIS is JACOB, the GENERATION of those WHO SEEK HIM, WHO SEEK YOUR FACE.)
Returning to Ps. 15:1—Lord, who may abide in Your tabernacle? Who MAY DWELL in YOUR HOLY HILL? (2) HE who walks UPRIGHTLY, and WORKS RIGHTEOUSNESS, and speaks THE TRUTH in his heart; (3) He who does not backbite with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor does he take up a reproach against his friend: (Romans 13:10—LOVE does NO HARM to a neighbor;)
Ps. 27:4—One thing I have desired of the Lord, THAT will I SEEK: That I may DWELL in THE HOUSE of THE LORD, all the days of my life, to behold THE BEAUTY of THE LORD, and TO INQUIRE in HIS TEMPLE, (5) For in the time of trouble He shall hide me in HIS PAVILION: in THE SECRET PLACE of HIS TABERNACLE He shall hide me; He shall set me high upon a rock. (6) And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; therefore I will offer sacrifices OF JOY in HIS TABERNACLE; I will sing, YES, I will sing praises to the Lord. (7) Hear, O Lord, when I cry with my voice! Have mercy also upon me, and ANSWER ME. (8) When YOU said, “SEEK MY FACE.” My heart said to You, “YOUR FACE, LORD I WILL SEEK.”
Numbers 6:23—“Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘THIS is THE WAY you SHALL BLESS the children of ISRAEL. (Is. 41:8—But you, ISRAEL, are My servant, JACOB, whom I have CHOSEN, THE DESCENDANTS of ABRAHAM MY FRIEND. (9) You whom I have taken from THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.) Say to them: (24) The Lord BLESS YOU and KEEP YOU; (25) The Lord MAKE HIS FACE SHINE UPON YOU, and be GRACIOUS to you; (26) The Lord lift up HIS COUNTENANCE UPON YOU, and GIVE you PEACE.” (27) “So THEY SHALL PUT MY NAME ON THE CHILDREN of ISRAEL, and I WILL BLESS THEM.”
2 Chron. 30:6—“Children of ISRAEL, ‘RETURN to the LORD GOD of ABRAHAM, ISAAC, and ISRAEL; THEN He WILL RETURN to THE REMNANT of you who have escaped from the kings of ASSYRIA. (Is. 8:7—The WATERS of the River, strong and mighty—the king of ASSYRIA and all his glory; He will go over all his banks. (8) He will pass through Judah, He will overflow and pass over, He will reach UP to the NECK; and the stretching out of his wings will FILL the breadth OF YOUR LAND, O IMMANUEL.) (Is. 10:5—“Woe to ASSYRIA, the ROD of My ANGER. (7) Yet he DOES NOT mean so, NOR does his heart THINK SO; BUT it is in his heart to destroy, and CUT OFF NOT A FEW NATIONS.)
Returning to 2 Chron 30:7—“And do not be like your fathers and your brethren, who trespassed AGAINST the LORD GOD of THEIR FATHERS, so that HE GAVE THEM UP to ASTONISHMENT, as YOU SEE. (8) “Now do not be STIFF-NECKED, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the Lord; and ENTER HIS SANCTUARY, which HE has SANCTIFIED FOREVER, and serve the Lord your God, THAT the fierceness of HIS WRATH may TURN AWAY from you. (1 Thess. 4:9—For God DID NOT appoint us TO WRATH, but TO OBTAIN SALVATION THROUGH our LORD JESUS CHRIST.) (9) “For if you RETURN to the Lord, YOUR BRETHREN and YOUR CHILDREN will be treated with COMPASSION by those who lead them captive, so that THEY many come back to this land; (Promise land?) for the Lord your God is GRACIOUS and MERCIFUL, and WILL NOT TURN HIS FACE FROM YOU if you RETURN to HIM.” Skipping ahead to verse 18, “May the GOOD Lord PROVIDE ATONEMENT for EVERYONE (19) “Who prepares his heart TO SEEK GOD, the LORD GOD of HIS FATHERS.
Daniel 9:16—“O Lord, according to ALL YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, I pray, let Your anger and Your fury be turned AWAY from Your CITY JERUSALEM, Your HOLY MOUNTAIN; because for OUR SINS, and for the INIQUITIES of our fathers, JERUSALEM and YOUR PEOPLE have become A REPROACH to ALL around us. (17) “NOW therefore, our God, HEAR THE PRAYER of Your servant, (Daniel) and his supplications, AND FOR THE LORD’S SAKE CAUSE YOUR FACE TO SHINE ON YOUR SANCTUARY, which is desolate. (18) “O my God, incline Your ear and hear open Your eyes and SEE OUR DESOLATIONS, and THE CITY which is CALLED BY YOUR NAME; for WE DO NOT present our supplications before You BECAUSE of OUR RIGHTEOUS DEEDS, BUT BECAUSE of YOUR GREAT MERCIES. (19) “O Lord, HEAR! O Lord, FORGIVE! O Lord LISTEN and ACT! DO NOT DELAY FOR YOUR OWN SAKE, MY GOD, FOR YOUR CITY and YOUR PEOPLE CALLED BY YOUR NAME.”
Ps. 67:1—God be MERCIFUL to us and BLESS us, and CAUSE HIS FACE to SHINE UPON US. (2) That YOUR WAY may BE KNOWN ON EARTH, YOUR SALVATION among ALL NATIONS. Ps. 25:4—Show me YOUR WAYS, O Lord; teach me YOUR PATHS. (5) Lead me in YOUR TRUTH and teach me. For You are the God of my SALVATION. On You I wait all the day. (8) GOOD and UPRIGHT is the Lord; therefore HE TEACHES sinners in THE WAY. (9) The humble HE guides in justice, and the humble HE teaches HIS WAY. (10) ALL the paths of the Lord are MERCY and TRUTH, to such as keep HIS COVENANT and HIS testimonies, (11) For Your name’s sake, O Lord, pardon my iniquity, for it is great. (12) Who is the man that fears the Lord? Him shall HE teach in THE WAY that HE CHOOSES, (13) He himself shall dwell in prosperity, and HIS DESCENDANTS shall INHERIT THE EARTH. (14) THE SECRET of THE LORD is with those who fear Him, and He will show them HIS COVENANT.
Ps. 105:4—SEEK the LORD and HIS STRENGTH; SEEK HIS FACE evermore. (5) Remember His marvelous works which He has done, His wonders, and THE JUDGMENTS of HIS MOUTH, (6) O SEED of ABRAHAM (Gal. 3:29—And if you are Christ’s THEN you are ABRAHAM’S SEED and HEIRS according to the promise.) His servant, You CHILDREN of JACOB, His CHOSEN ones! (7) He is the Lord our God; HIS JUDGMENTS are in ALL the earth. (8) He has remembered HIS COVENANT forever, THE WORD which HE COMMANDED, for a THOUSAND GENERATIONS, (9) the COVENANT which He made with ABRAHAM, and HIS OATH to ISAAC, (10) and confirmed it to JACOB for a statute, TO ISRAEL for an EVERLASTING COVENANT.
Hebrews 6:13—For when GOD made A PROMISE to ABRAHAM, because He could swear by no one greater, “HE SWORE BY HIMSELF, (14) Saying, ‘SURELY BLESSING I will BLESS you, and MULTIPLYING I will MULTIPLY YOU.” Gen. 22:15—Then the ANGEL of the LORD called to ABRAHAM a SECOND TIME out of HEAVEN, (16) and said: “BY MYSELF I HAVE SWORN, says THE LORD, BECAUSE you have DONE THIS THING, and have NOT withheld your son, YOUR ONLY SON, (17) “In BLESSING I will BLESS you, and in MULTIPLYING, I will MULTIPLY Your DESCENDANTS as the stars of the heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your descendants SHALL POSSESS THE GATE of their ENEMIES. (18)” In YOUR SEED ALL THE NATIONS of the earth shall BE BLESSED, BECAUSE YOU HAVE OBEYED MY VOICE. (Here we have God’s grace, His unmerited love and favor.)
Romans 4:20—He (Abraham) did not waver at THE PROMISE of God through UNBELIEF, but was STRENGTHENED IN FAITH, giving GLORY to GOD, (21) and being FULLY CONVINCED that what He had promised HE WAS ALSO ABLE to PERFORM. (22) And therefore it was accounted to him FOR RIGHTEOUNESS. (23) NOW it was not WRITTEN for HIS SAKE ALONE that it was IMPUTED to him, (24) but ALSO for US. It SHALL BE IMPUTED to US who BELIEVE in Him WHO RAISED UP JESUS our Lord from the dead, (25) who was delivered up because of our offenses, and WAS RAISED BECAUSE of OUR JUSTIFICATION. Chapter 5:1—Therefore, having been JUSTIFIED by FAITH, we have PEACE WITH GOD through our Lord Jesus Christ, (2) through whom also WE HAVE ACCESS by FAITH into THIS GRACE in which WE STAND, and rejoice IN HOPE of THE GLORY of GOD.
1 Peter 5:10—But may THE GOD of ALL GRACE, who CALLED US to HIS eternal GLORY by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, PERFECT, ESTABLISH, STRENGTHEN, and SETTLE YOU. (11) To Him be THE GLORY and THE DOMINION FOREVER and EVER. AMEN. (12) By Silvanus, our faithful brother as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that THIS is THE TRUE GRACE of GOD in which YOU STAND. Pro. 12:7—But THE HOUSE of THE RIGHTEOUS will STAND.
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