"Honor your father and mother--which is the first commandment with a promise--so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth." Ephesians 6:2-3 Parents everywhere love the verse right before these about children obeying their parents. These verses take it further in children need to honor their... Continue Reading →
Galatians 3:18 A Promised Inheritance
"For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on the promise; but God in his grace gave it to Abraham through a promise." Galatians 3:18 Abraham had lived about 430 years before Moses gave the Law of God to the people of Israel. He was promised by God to have... Continue Reading →
Romans 4:20-21 Do Not Waver
"Yet he did not waver through unbelief regarding the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God, being fully persuaded that God had power to do what he had promised." Romans 4:20-21 Paul talks about Abraham's faith and the promise God gave him. When Abraham was an old man... Continue Reading →
Hebrews 11:39-40 Something Better Ahead
"These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect." Hebrews 11:39-40 In this chapter from verse two all the way through verse thirty-eight we are given a large list... Continue Reading →
Hebrews 6:18 Our Security
"God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged." Hebrews 6:18 What is "this" that God did? He gave a promise. In the verses before this it talks of... Continue Reading →
