Quotes About Promise

In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ëI will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.í

So also, He says in another Psalm: ëYou will not let Your Holy One see decay.í

But the One whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.

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

They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household.”

And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,

the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to realize as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.

and said, ëDo not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.í

So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.

the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,

What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify Godís faithfulness?

For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

In what context was it credited? Was it after his circumcision, or before? It was not after, but before.

For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

For if those who live by the law are heirs, faith is useless and the promise is worthless,

Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abrahamís offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.

As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.

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.”

Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarahís womb.

Yet he did not waver through disbelief in the promise of God, but was strengthened in his faith and gave glory to God,

being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised.

This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”

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

I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.