Bible
Matters 453 God’s Promise
God’s promise is eternal life!
Titus 1:2 – In hope of eternal life, which
God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
1 John 2:25 – And this is the promise that he
hath promised us, even eternal life.
God’s promise is made available for those that
do the will of God.
Hebrews 10:36 – For ye have need of patience,
that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
Your walk begins by doing the will of
God. You recognize that only God can
change your life by serving him. Serving
him by living his gospel of Love. God’s
message is clear. If you love him, then
keep his commandments.
John 14:15 – If
ye love me, keep my commandments.
Do all you can do from this point forward to
please God, do his will and live his gospel of Love. God’s gospel of Love is simple. The truth starts with the understanding the
truth in God’s word from the testimony of the eight witnesses and prophets.
• Believe
in one God
• Repent
of your sins and surrender to God.
• Judge
no one
• Love
God
• Love
your Neighbor
• Keep
yourself in the love of God, unto eternal life.
Jude 1:21 – Keep yourselves in the love of
God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
All eight witnesses have testified the
commandments of the New Testament. Using the preponderance of evidence from
their testimonies, the commandments are these:
Do not commit adultery; Do not kill; Do not steal; Do not bear false
witness; Honor thy father and thy mother; Love God; Love neighbor. If you break one of these, then you break
them all. You are told to walk in the
light doing the will of God with a pure heart and not serving the lusts of the
flesh. To abstain from fornication.
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Thessalonians 4:3-4 – For this is the will of God, even your sanctification,
that ye should abstain from fornication: That every one of you should know how
to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
Your work is to be directed in truth.
Isaiah 61:8 – For I the Lord love judgment, I
hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I
will make an everlasting covenant with them.
Being transformed into a child of God by doing
the will of God from the heart.
Romans 12:2 – And be not conformed to this
world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove
what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
Ephesians 6:6 – Not with eyeservice, as
menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the
heart;
1 John 2:17 – And the world passeth away, and
the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
1 Peter 4:2 – That he no longer should live
the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God.
God’s promise starts with belief. Belief in the one true God. Belief in God’s gospel of Love. Belief in serving God and man for entering into
the kingdom of God.
Matthew 5:20 – For
I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness
of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of
heaven.
Your righteousness is your do by living God’s
gospel of Love. Belief that you can be
saved by doing the will of God and bringing fruit to perfection.
Luke 8:11-16 – Now
the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. Those by the way side are they that hear; then
cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they
should believe and be saved. They on the
rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have
no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. And that which fell among thorns are they,
which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and
pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. But that on the good ground are they, which in
an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit
with patience. No man, when he hath
lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but
setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.
1 Corinthians 15:1-2 – Moreover, brethren, I
declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have
received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in
memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
To believe is to serve by baptism by fire of
the Holy Spirit. To love like God loves. To preach God’s gospel of Love throughout the
world.
Mark 16:14-16 – Afterward he appeared unto the
eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness
of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.
And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every
creature. He that believeth and is
baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
To a God that loves you so much that he sends
prophets to the earth, to make sure that you understand and believe on his
power in the gospel of Love, so that the earth might be saved. Saving the earth follows your recognition of
God’s ability to save you.
Acts 15:7-11 – And when there had been much
disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how
that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth
should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them
witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; And put no difference between us and them,
purifying their hearts by faith. Now
therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which
neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? But we believe that through the grace of the
Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they.
Acts 16:30-32 – And brought them out, and
said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. And they spake unto him the word of the Lord,
and to all that were in his house.
John 12:47 – And
if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to
judge the world, but to save the world.
May your deeds be found worthy of the
blessings of God.
John 3:16-17,19-21 – For God so loved the
world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to
condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. And this is the condemnation, that light is
come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their
deeds were evil. For every one that
doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should
be reproved. But he that doeth truth
cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought
in God.
May your heart be stabilized by the truth in
God’s word and your works of love, pleasing him.
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14,16-17 – But we are
bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord,
because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through
sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the
obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God,
even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation
and good hope through grace, Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every
good word and work.
To God be the glory in all you do, Amen.