Quotes About Legacy

Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever believes in Me will also do the works that I am doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.

Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

There are many more things that Jesus did. If all of them were written down, I suppose that not even the world itself would have space for the books that would be written.

This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so they called that field in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)

Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.

Some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, all his followers were dispersed, and it all came to nothing.

He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.

So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.

Then another king, who knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt.

But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.

In His humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth.”

For when David had served Godís purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.

ëAfter this I will return and rebuild the fallen tent of David. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,

that have been known for ages.í

Now I know that none of you among whom I have preached the kingdom will see my face again.

What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, has discovered?

And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.

Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”

Now the words “it was credited to him” were written not only for Abraham,

If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw,

If what he has built survives, he will receive a reward.

For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it.

treasuring up for themselves a firm foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.