Fondare 365 Risultati per: Divine Promises
This is the rebel who is to lift up his head above every divine name, above all that men hold in reverence, till at last he enthrones himself in God’s temple, and proclaims himself as God.✻ (2 Thessalonians 2, 4)
Training of the body avails but little; holiness is all-availing, since it promises well both for this life and for the next; (1 Timothy 4, 8)
to attain his rest means resting from human labours, as God did from divine.✻ (Hebrews 4, 10)
here is one who owns no common descent with them, taking tithes from Abraham himself. He blesses him, too, blesses the man to whom the promises have been made; (Hebrews 7, 6)
As it is, he has been entrusted with a more honourable ministry, dispenser as he is of a nobler covenant, with nobler promises for its sanction. (Hebrews 8, 6)
above were the Cherubim, heralds of the divine glory, spreading their wings over the throne of mercy. We have no time to treat of these more particularly,✻ (Hebrews 9, 5)
In accordance with this divine will we have been sanctified by an offering made once for all, the body of Jesus Christ. (Hebrews 10, 10)
It was faith they lived by, all of them, and in faith they died; for them, the promises were not fulfilled, but they looked forward to them and welcomed them at a distance, owning themselves no better than strangers and exiles on earth. (Hebrews 11, 13)
Abraham shewed faith, when he was put to the test, by offering up Isaac. He was ready to offer up an only son, this man who had made the promises his own, (Hebrews 11, 17)
Theirs was the faith which subdued kingdoms, which served the cause of right, which made promises come true. They shut the mouths of lions, (Hebrews 11, 33)
See how all the gifts that make for life and holiness in us belong to his divine power; come to us through fuller knowledge of him, whose own glory and sovereignty have drawn us to himself!✻ (2 Peter 1, 3)
Through him✻ God has bestowed on us high and treasured promises; you are to share the divine nature, with the world’s corruption, the world’s passions, left behind. (2 Peter 1, 4)
