All verses are taken in sequence from the 1611 King James Version Bible.
John 6:47
Verily, verily I say unto you, he that hath believeth on me hath everlasting life.
John 3:36
He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.
Rom 1:17
For therefore is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. (Hebrews 2:4; Galatians 3:11)
Heb 2:4
God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with diverse miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will? (Acts 2:22)
Acts 2:22
Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as he yourselves also know: (Is 50:5; John 3:2; 5:6)
Acts 2:23
Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: (Matt26:4; Luke 22:22)
Acts 2:24
Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. (Heb 13:20)
Heb 13:20,21
Now the God of Peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you perfect (complete Phil 2:13) in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Galatians 3:11
But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, the just shall live by faith. (Hab 2:4; Rom 1:17; Heb 10:38)
Habakkuk 2:4
Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall love by his faith.
Romans 1:17
For therefore is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.
Hebrews 10:38
Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
(Habakkuk 2:3,4; Rom 1:17; Gal 3:11)
Habakkuk 2:3
For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, WAIT FOR IT; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
Prayer: Lord Jesus, we believe in you by faith, that you are our LIVING HOPE and that your promises are SURE and will surely come to pass! Be wait for you as a bride waits for her bridegroom ok her wedding day. We know you will being to completion the good work you have begun! We press into you Lord and rest in your embrace, knowing you are with us and will never forsake us! This is what it means to believe by faith, for NO MAN CAN SNATCH US FROM YOUR HAND, (John 10:28) for we are sealed to you by grace through faith! (Titus 3:4-7).
We choose by faith to receive the “believers REST” (Heb 4:1-4) trusting in you Lord Jesus, Messiah Christ Anointed One—the God who SAVES!
We wait for your return Lord Jesus with GREAT EXPECTATION and trust that your promises are sure! Hallelujah!!! Christ is RISEN and he shall return for his REMNANT in the last days for his 1,000 Millennial Reign!
Isaiah 2:2
And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted upon the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. (Micah 4:1)
Revelation 22:17
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will let him take the water of life freely. (Rev 21:2,9; Rev 21:6; Isaiah 55:1).
Isaiah 55:1
Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come he, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. (John 4:14; John 7:37)
John 4:14
But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst, but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. (John 6:35)
John 7:37,38
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come into me, and drink.
He that believeth on me, as the scripture hah said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. (Deut 8:15; Isaiah 12:3; Rev 22:17).
Isaiah 12:3
Therefore with JOY shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. ) John 4:10,14; John 7:37,38).
John 4:10
Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked him, and he would have given the living water. (Rom 5:15; John 7:38; Is 12:3)
Romans 5:15
But not as the offense, so also is the free gift. For if through the offense of one many be dead, much more of the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, have abounded unto many.
Comment: JESUS Christ has redeemed all mankind from the fall of Adam. Jesus Christ, through his sacrifice on the cross offers us the free gift of grace! And he has set us free!!! Hallelujah!!!
By faith through grace We are saved, (Eph 2:4-8) and out of our bellies flow rivers of “living water” (John 7:38)
John 7:39
But this he spake of the Spirit, which they that believe on HIM should RECEIVE: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.
Hallelujah, Christ has RISEN from the grave! His promise is true and for those who believe by faith, and as a result of our faith he has given to us a comforter, the Holy Ghost to guide, instruct, comfort and heal— a sacred seal and holy promise until his return!
John 14:18
I will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you!
Comment: Jesus told the disciples while he was with them after his resurrection not to go out to reach until they had been baptized in the Holy Spirit:
Acts 1:4,5
And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, he have heard of me.
For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. (Acts 11:16; Mark 3:11; Mark 1:8; Joel 2:28)
Joel 2:28
And it shall come to pass afterword, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old man shall dream dreams, you’re young men shall see visions:
Joel 2:29
And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids (women) in those days will I pour out my spirit.
John 17:17
Sanctify them through TRUTH: thy WORD IS TRUTH!!!
(Eph 5:26)
That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of the water by the word. (John 3:5; Eph 6:17)
John 3:5
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. (Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38)
Mark 16:16
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Acts 2:38
Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ.
Ephesians 6:17
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Comment: The helmet of salvation is choosing to apply 2 Cor 10:5 to every aspect of your life, that you may stand firm in the faith!
2 Cor 10:5
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ: (1 Cor 1:19)
1 Cor 1:19
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. (Is 29:14)
Is 29:14
Therefore, behold I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
Comment: Glory to God! The wise of this world cannot receive the simple truth of the gospel, but if we will humble ourselves as “little children” and believe the word of God with a child-like faith we will receive the manifold wisdom of God!
Ephesians 3:10,11
To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God,
Eph 3:11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him (2 Cor 3:4; Heb 4:16)
2 Cor 3:4,5
And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; (John 15:15; 1 Cor 15:10)
John 15:15
Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what the lord doeth; but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
1 Cor 15:10 (Paul is the speaker here)
But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. (Eph 3:7,8; Gal 2:8; Phil 2:13).
John 15:16
Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Comment: And so, I find myself continually asking, “Why me Lord? Why did you have mercy on me?”
Titus 3:4-7!!!!
But after that the kindness of God Savior toward man appeared (Titus 2:11; 1 Tim 2:3)
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his MERCY he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Which he she’s abundantly through Christ Jesus our Savior (Ezek 36:25)
That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. (Mark 10:17; Rom 8:17, 23,24).
Romans 9:18-23
Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth, (Rom 11:7)
Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?
Nay, but O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thig formed say to him that formed it, Why hast though made me thus? (Is 29:16; Jer 18:6; 2 Tim 2:20)
Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonor? (Prov 16:4)
What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory.
Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only but also of the Gentiles? (Rom 8:28; Rom 3:29
Rom 8:28–And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are THE CALLED according to his purpose. (2 Tim 1:9)
Comment: Now that we see the stunning MERCY of God in scripture, let’s look into the grace and the inheritance we have through the sealing power of the Holy Spirit by grace through faith!
Eph 1:12. 13
That we should be to the praise of his glory who first trusted in Christ.
In whom he also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also AFTER that ye believed, ye were SEALED with the Holy Spirit of promise, which is the earnest of our INHERITANCE until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. (2 Cor 5:5).
1 Pet 1:2-13!!!!Truly we when we have been “born again” through the regeneration of the Holy Spirit by placing our faith in Jesus Christ we have an inheritance in heaven that will us incorruptible, and undefiled that will never fade away, reserved in heaven!!! (1 Pet 1:4)
Hallelujah!!!!
1 Pet 1:2-13
To the Elect…. According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. (Eph 1:4; Rom 1:7)
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, (John 3:3,5; 1 Pet 3:21 ref for the word “living”)
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. (John 10:28; Phil 4:7)
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations; That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
Whom having not seen ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: (1 John 4:20; John 20:29)
Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:
Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. (2 Pet 1:2)
Unto whom it was revealed that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven which things the angels desire to look into. (Eph 3:10)
Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
HOLY HOLY HOLY IS THE LAMB WHO WAS SLAIN!!! Allelujuah!!!
Rev 19:4-9
And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped god that sat on the throne, saying, Amen: Alleluia, (Rev 4:4,6; 1 Chron 16:36)
And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. And I heard as sit were the voice of a great multitude, and the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reighneth (Rev 1:15; 14:2)
Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. (Luke 12:36; John 3:29, Eph5:23,32).
And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. (Ps 45:13; Ezek 16:10; Ps 132:9)
And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, these are the true sayings of God. (Matt 22:2; Luke 14:15; RE 22: 6)
Grace and Peace,
Ashley Gronholm
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