Joshua 6:1-2(NKJV) 1Now Jericho was securely shut up because of the children of Israel; none went out, and none came in. 2And the Lord said to Joshua: “See! I have given Jericho into your hand, its king, and the mighty men of valor. Joshua 6:16(NKJV) 16And the seventh time it happened, when the priests blew…

Romans 4:20-21(NKJV) 20He did not waver at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God, 21and being fully convinced that what He had promised He was also able to perform. In yesterday’s post, we found that the difference between the promises of God and everything else in the…

Hebrews 10:23(NKJV) 23Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. This week we have been studying the relationship between the promises unde the Old and New Covenants to the priesthoods of those covenants. The Old Covenant priesthood offered the blood of bulls and goats for the…

Hebrews 7:20-22(NKJV) 20And inasmuch as He was not made priest without an oath 21(for they have become priests without an oath, but He with an oath by Him who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn And will not relent, ‘You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek’”), 22by so much more…

Hebrews 8:6(NKJV) 6But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. We have been studying the idea of promises in the bible and the central place they hold in God’s dealings with man. Starting in the Garden of Eden…

Galatians 3:18(NKJV) 18For if the inheritance is of the law, it is no longer of promise; but God gave it to Abraham by promise. This week we have been looking at the power the Lord invests in the idea of promises. In 2 Peter 1:4 we read that it is by exceedingly great and precious…

Ephesians 1:13-14(NKJV) 13In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, 14who£ is the guarantee of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory. Yesterday we…

Galatians 4:28(NKJV) 28Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are children of promise. Last week we looked closely at 2 Peter 1:1-4. We found that there are many benefits that come with our salvation in Christ, but many Christians never walk in them. In the fourth verse, Peter gives as a key that will release these…

Matthew 5:13-15(NKJV) 13“You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. 14“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.…

2 Peter 1:4(NKJV) 4by which have been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. Yesterday we looked at this verse from the perspective that it is by “exceedingly great and precious promises”…