The Lord the Perfecter
Chapter 52(TOC)
The Lord the Perfecter
"I will cry unto God most High; unto God that performeth all things for me"—Psalm 57:2.
"The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me"—Psalm 138:8.
"Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ"—Philippians 1:6.
"For of Him, and through Him, and to Him are all things: To whom be glory for ever"—Romans 11:36.
We read that David once succumbed to unbelief, and said, "I shall now one day perish by the hand of Saul" (1 Samuel 27:1). So even the Christian may indeed fear that he will one day perish. This is because he looks at himself and what is in him, and does not set his trust wholly on God. It is because he does not yet know God as the Perfecter. He does not yet know what is meant by His name, "I am the Alpha and the Omega: the Beginning and the End: the First and the Last" (Revelation 21:6; 1:8). If I truly believe in God as the beginning out of whom all comes, then I must trust Him as the continuation and the end, to whom all goes.
God is the beginning. "He which hath begun a good work in you"; "Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you" (John 15:16). We are to be thankful for God's free choice, made before the foundation of the world, that we became believers and have the new life. [426] Those who are still unconverted have nothing to do with this election—for them there is the offer of grace and the summons to surrender.
Outside, over the door of the Father, stands the inscription, "Him that cometh unto Me, I will in no wise cast out" (John 6:37). This everyone can see and understand. No sooner are they inside the door than they see and understand the other inscription, "All that the Father giveth Me shall come to Me" (John 6:37). [427] Then they can understand how all things are of God—first, obedience to the command of God, then, insight into the counsel of God.
But then it is of great importance to firmly hold onto this truth—He has begun the good work. Every thought of God will strengthen the confidence that He will also perfect it. His faithfulness, His love, His power, are all pledged so that He will perfect the good work which He began. Please read how God has taken more than one oath regarding His unchangeable faithfulness. Your soul will rest and find courage in this.
And how will He finish His work? What has its origin from Him is sustained by Him. It will one day be brought to Him and His glory. There is nothing in your life, worldly or spiritual, for which the Father will not care, because it has influence on you for eternity. [428] There is no moment of day or night in which the silent growth of your soul is not to go forward. The Father will take care of this, if you believe.
There is no part of your destiny as a child of God that the Father will not continue and complete His work in—even in things which you have not yet given thought to. [429] There is one condition—you must trust Him for this. You must in faith allow Him to work. You must trustfully say, "The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me." You must trustfully pray, "I will cry unto God that performeth all things for me." Christian, let your soul become full of the thought—The whole care, for the continuation and the perfecting of God's work in me, is in His hands. [430]
And how glorious the perfecting will be. In our spiritual life, God is prepared to exhibit His power in making us participants of His holiness and the image of His Son. He will make us fit, and set us in a condition for all the blessed work in His Kingdom that He would have from us. He will make our body like to the glorious body of His Son. We may wait for the coming of the Son Himself from heaven to take His own to Him. He will unite us in one body with all His chosen, and will receive and make us dwell forever in His glory. How can we think that God will not perfect His work'? He will surely do it He will gloriously do it—for everyone who trusts Him for it.
Child of God, please say in deep assurance of faith, "The Lord will perfect that which concerneth me." In every need say continually and with great boldness, "I will call on God, that performeth all things for me." And let the song of your life be the joyful doxology, "For of Him, and through Him, and to Him are all things: To Him be the glory for ever." Amen.
Lord God, who will perfect that which concerns me, teach me to know You and to trust You. And let every thought of the new life go hand in hand with the joyful assurance—He who began a good work in me will perfect it. Amen.
Notes
1. "He that endureth to the end, shall be saved" (Matthew 10:22). It brings but little profit to begin well. We must hold the beginning of our hope firm unto the end (Matthew 10:27; 24:13; Hebrews 3:14, 16; 11:12).
2. How do we explain the falling away of some believers? They were only temporary believers. They were partakers only of the workings of the Spirit (Hebrews 6:4).
3. How do I know whether I am a partaker of the true new birth? "As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God" (Romans 8:14). The faith that God has received me is matured—is confirmed—by works and by a walk under the leading of the Spirit.
4. How can any one know for certain that he will persevere to the end? By faith in God the Perfecter. We may take the Almighty God as our Keeper. He who gives himself in sincerity to Him, and trusts wholly in Him to perfect His work, obtains a divine certainty that the Lord has him and will hold him firm unto the end.
5. Child of God, live in fellowship with your Father. Live the life of faith in your Jesus with an undivided heart, and all fear of falling away will be taken from you. The living seal of the Holy Spirit will be your assurance of perseverance to the end.
[1] John 1:12, 13; 3:5, 7; 5:24; 1 John 3:14; 5:1
[2] John 3:15, 16, 36; 6:40, 51; 11:25, 26; Romans 6:11, 23; 8:2; 1 John 5:12, 13
[3] 1 John 1:3; 3:1; 5:11
[4] John 10:10, 28; Hebrews 7:16, 28; 11:25, 26; 2 Corinthians 12:9; 13:4; Colossians 3:3, 4; Philippians 4:13
[5] Joshua 3:4; Isaiah 4:5, 6; Matthew 16:23
[6] Psalm 25:5, 8, 9; 143:8; Isaiah 42:16; 64:4; Matthew 11:25; 1 Corinthians 1:18, 19; 2:7, 10, 12; Hebrews 11:8
[7] Psalm 18:2; 27:1; 36:8, 9; John 14:19; Galatians 2:20; Colossians 3:3, 4
[8] Habakkuk 2:4; Matthew 6:27; Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38
[9] 1 Peter 1:23; 2:2, 10, 25
[10] Romans 8:16; 1 Corinthians 3:1, 16; Galatians 4:6, 7; 1 John 3:2, 14, 24; 4:13; 5:10, 13.
[11] Ephesians 5:8; Colossians 2:6; 1 Peter 1:14, 18, 19
[12] 1 Corinthians 3:1, 13; Hebrews 5:13, 14
[13] Matthew 5:3; Romans 12:3, 10; Ephesians 4:2; Philippians 2:3, 4; Colossians 3:12; 4:14; 1 Thessalonians 4:1; 2 Peter 3:18
[14] Matthew 8:8, 15, 27, 28
[15] Judges 5:31; Psalm 84:7; 92:13, 14; Proverbs 4:18; Isaiah 40:31; Ephesians 4:14; 1 Thessalonians 4:1; 2 Peter 3:18
[16] Psalm 19:8, 11; 119:97, 100; Isaiah 55:2, 3; 1 Corinthians 12:11
[17] John 6:63; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; Hebrews 4:12
[18] John 10:4
[19] Psalm 119:18; John 14:26; Ephesians 1:17, 18
[20] Psalm 119:14, 47, 48, 111, 127
[21] Deuteronomy 30:14; Psalm 1:2; 119:34, 36; Isaiah 51:7; John 5:38; 8:31; 15:7; Romans 10:8, 9; Colossians 3:16
[22] Psalm 119:34; Matthew 13:19; Acts 8:30
[23] Psalm 119:15, 16
[24] John 5:38; Acts 8:37; Romans 10:10, 17
[25] Exodus 25:16; Psalm 37:31; 40:8; Colossians 3:16
[26] Genesis 21:1; Joshua 23:14
[27] Deuteronomy 11:10; 28:1, 2; Psalm 1:2, 3; 119:14, 45, 98, 165; John 17:6, 8, 17
[28] Psalm 119:69; John 15:3, 7; 17:6, 8, 17
[29] John 14:21, 23; 1 John 2:14, 24; Revelation 3:8, 10
[30] 2 Chronicles 20:20; Mark 9:23; Hebrews 11:33, 35; 1 John 5:4, 5
[31] Genesis 21:1; 32:12; Numbers 14:17, 18, 20; Joshua 21:45; 23:14; 2 Samuel 7:25, 29; Psalm 119:49
[32] Luke 1:38, 45; John 3:33; 4:50; 11:40; 20:29; Hebrews 11:11, 18
[33] Romans 1:17; 4:5; 5:1; Galatians 3:27; Ephesians 1:19; 3:17
[34] John 3:16, 17, 36; 1 John 5:12, 13
[35] Romans 8:38; Philippians 3:21; 1 Thessalonians 5:24; 1 Peter 1:4, 5
[36] Galatians 2:20; 3:2, 5; 5:5, 6, Hebrews 10:35; 1 Peter 1:3
[37] Luke 17:5, 6; Romans 10:6-8
[38] 1 Thessalonians 2:13; James 1:21; 1 Peter 1:23
[39] Deuteronomy 32:46, 47; Joshua 1:7, 9
[40] Galatians 6:6; 1 Thessalonians 1:3; James 1:21
[41] John 1:14, 16; 14:23; Romans 5:8; 8:32, 34; Ephesians 1:22; 3:17; Colossians 2:9, 10; Hebrews 7:24, 26; 1 John 4:9, 10
[42] Matthew 11:27; John 17:23, 25; Romans 8:38, 39; Hebrews 2:11, 1 Timothy 1:12
[43] Psalm 73:24; 142:6; John 20:28; Hebrews 3:14
[44] John 1:12; 2 Corinthians 3:5; Colossians 2:6; 1 John 5:12
[45] John 15:5; Romans 8:37; 1 Corinthians 1:30; Ephesians 1:3, 2:10; Philippians 4:13
[46] John 1:12; 1 John 5:9, 13
[47] 1 John 4:4, 19
[48] 2 Corinthians 5:15; Philippians 3:8
[49] Galatians 1:4; 2:20; Ephesians 5:2, 25; 1 Timothy 2:6; Titus 2:14
[50] Ephesians 1:4; 5:27; Colossians 1:22; 1 Thessalonians 2:10; 3:13; 5:23, 24
[51] Exodus 19:4, 5; Deuteronomy 26:7, 18; Isaiah 41:9, 10; 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20; 1 Peter 2:10
[52] John 6:29, 35; 7:38; 10:10, 38
[53] Matthew 8:10; 9:2, 22; Mark 11:24; Luke 7:50; 8:48; 17:19; 18:42; Romans 4:20, 21;
[54] 2 Corinthians 10:15; 1 Thes 1:8; 3:10; 2 Thessalonians 1:3
[55] Matthew 5:3; 1 Corinthians 3:10, 13, 16; Ephesians 4:14, 15; Colossians 2:6
[56] John 1:16; Colossians 2:9, 10; 3:3
[57] Matthew 5:9, 16, 44, 45; Romans 8:14; Ephesians 1:4, 5; 5:1, 2; Philippians 2:15; Hebrews 2:10; 1 Peter 1:14, 17; 1 John 3:1, 10; 5:1, 3
[58] Matthew 4:22; 10:24, 25, 37, 38; Luke 18:22; John 12:25, 26; 2 Corinthians 5:15
[59] Matthew 28:20
[60] John 21:17; Galatians 6:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:24; 2 Timothy 2:13; 1 John 5:16
[61] Luke 18:28; Philippians 3:7, 8
[62] Matthew 7:21; John 3:20, 21; 2 Timothy 2:19, 21
[63] Romans 6:13, 22; 12:1; 2 Corinthians 5:15; Hebrews 13:15; 1 Peter 2:5
[64] John 10:28; 2 Thessalonians 3:3; 2 Timothy 1:12
[65] Deuteronomy 27:26; Isaiah 59:1, 2; Jeremiah 44:4; Romans 1:18
[66] Galatians 2:4; Ephesians 5:25, 27; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 3:3, 8
[67] Jeremiah 27:9; 1 Peter 1:2, 15, 16; 2:14; 1 John 3:8
[68] Genesis 27:34; Isaiah 58:5, 6; John 6:26; James 4:3
[69] Psalm 32:5; Luke 7:38; 19:7, 8, 10; John 8:11
[70] Hebrews 9:26
[71] Romans 7:4, 9; 8:2; 2 Corinthians 12:9; 2 Thessalonians 2:3
[72] Deuteronomy 8:17, 18; Psalm 44:4; John 16:33; 1 John 5:4, 5
[73] 1 Corinthians 15:10; Galatians 2:20; Philippians 4:13; Colossians 3:3-5
[74] Exodus 29:43; John 15:4, 5; Romans 8:10; Ephesians 3:17, 18
[75] Genesis 6:5, 6; Isaiah 43:24; Ezekiel 33:6; Revelation 6:16, 17
[76] Judges 10:10, 15, 16; Ezra 9:6; Nehemiah 9:2, 33; Jeremiah 3:21, 25; Daniel 9:4, 5, 20
[77] Leviticus 6:21; Numbers 5:7; 2 Samuel 12:13; Psalm 32:5; 38:18; 51:5, 19
[78] Genesis 3:12; Exodus 32:22, 24; Isaiah 1:11, 5; Luke 13:26
[79] Numbers 12:11; 21:7; 2 Samuel 24:10, 17; Isaiah 59:12, 13; Luke 23:41; Acts 19:18, 19; 22:19, 20; 1 Timothy 1:13, 15
[80] Proverbs 28:13; Leviticus 26:40, 41; Jeremiah 31:18, 19
[81] 2 Samuel 12:13; Psalm 32:5; Isaiah 55:7
[82] 1 John 5:5
[83] Psalm 103:12; Isaiah 38:17; 55:7; Micah 7:18, 19; Hebrews 10:16-18
[84] Jeremiah 31:34; Hebrews 8:12; 10:17
[85] Hosea 14:5; Luke 15:22; Acts 26:18; Romans 5:1, 5
[86] Psalm 103:3; Isaiah 12:1, 3; Romans 5:10; 8:32; Ephesians 1:7; 3:5
[87] John 13:14, l5; Romans 12:1; 1 Corinthians 6:20; Ephesians 5:25, 26; Titus 2:14; 1 Peter 1:17, 18
[88] Exodus 34:6, 7; Matthew 18:21; Luke 1:77, 78
[89] Ephesians 2:13, 18; Philippians 3:9; Colossians 1:21, 22
[90] Leviticus 13:13; 14:7, 8; Numbers 19:12; 31:23, 24; 2 Samuel 22:21, 25; Nehemiah 13:30; Malachi 3:3
[91] Psalm 51:12; 73:1; Matthew 5:8; 1 Timothy 1:5; 2 Timothy 2:22; 1 Peter 1:22
[92] John 13:10, 11; Hebrews 9:14; 10:22; 1 John 1:7
[93] John 15:3
[94] Psalm 51:3; Ezekiel 30:25; John 13:2; 2 Corinthians 7:1; 1 Timothy 5:22; 2 Timothy 2:21; James 4:8; 1 John 3:8
[95] Psalm 19:13; Matthew 5:6
[96] Ephesians 5:26; Titus 2:14
[97] Exodus 19:6; Leviticus 11:44; 19:2; 20:6, 7
[98] Exodus 15:11; Isaiah 12:6; 41:14; 43:15; 49:7; Hosea 11:9
[99] Isaiah 10:17; Hebrews 12:14
[100] 1 Corinthians 1:2; Ephesians 5:27
[101] 2 Corinthians 7:1; Ephesians 5:26, 27; 2 Timothy 2:21
[102] Exodus 29:43, 45; 1 Corinthians 1:2; 3:16, 17; 6:19
[103] Romans 1:4; 8:2, 13; 1 Peter 1:2
[104] 2 Thessalonians 2:13
[105] 2 Corinthians 7:1
[106] John 1:14, 16; 1 Corinthians 2:9, 10
[107] Galatians 2:21; Ephesians 2:10; Philippians 2:13; 4:13
[108] Isaiah 6:3; Revelation 4:8; 15:3, 4
[109] Psalm 14:3; 143:2; Romans 3:10, 20
[110] Romans 3:22, 24; 10:3, 10; 1 Corinthians 1:30; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 2:16; Philippians 3:9
[111] Romans 5:17, 18; 6:13, 18, 19; 8:3; Titus 1:3; 2:12; 1 John 2:29; 3:9, 10
[112] Genesis 6:9; 7:1; Matthew 1:19; Luke 1:6; 2:25; 2 Peter 2:7
[113] Psalm 1:6; 5:12; 14:5; 34:16, 20; 37:17, 39; 92:13; 97:11; 146:8
[114] Psalm 32:11; 33:1; 58:11; 64:10; 68:4; 97:12
[115] Proverbs 10:3, 6, 7, 11, 16, 20, 21, 24, 25, 28, 30, 31, 32
[116] Ecclesiastes 3:17; Isaiah 3:10; Ezekiel 3:18, 20; 18:21, 23; 33:12; Malachi 3:18; Matthew 5:45; 12:49; 25:46
[117] Matthew 5:6, 20; 6:33
[118] Romans 3:31; 6:13, 22; 7:4, 6; 8:4; 2 Corinthians 9:9, 10; Philippians 1:11; 1 Timothy 6:11
[119] 1 John 2:4, 11, 29; 3:10; 5:2
[120] Psalm 119:166, 168; Luke 1:6, 75; 1 Thessalonians 2:10
[121] Matthew 5:6, 17, 20; 6:33
[122] Romans 5:5; Galatians 5:22; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; 1 John 4:11; John 13:34
[123] Romans 5:5; 1 John 4:19
[124] Ephesians 4:2, 6; 5:1, 2; 1 John 3:1; 4:7, 20; 5:1
[125] Matthew 5:44, 45; Galatians 2:20; 1 Thessalonians 3:12, 13; 5:24; Philippians 4:13; 1 Peter 1:22
[126] Luke 22:26, 27; John 13:14, 15, 34; Colossians 2:13
[127] Matthew 12:50; 25:40; Romans 13:10; 1 Corinthians 7:19; Galatians 5:6; James 2:15, 16; 1 John 3:16, 17, 18
[128] Galatians 5:22; Ephesians 4:2, 32; Philippians 2:2, 3; Colossians 3:12; 2 Thessalonians 1:3
[129] Luke 6:32, 35; 1 Peter 1:22; 2 Peter 1:7
[130] 2 Chronicles 26:5, 16; 32:26, 31; Isaiah 65:5; Jeremiah 7:14; 2 Corinthians 12:7
[131] Isaiah 43:7, 21; John 12:28; 13:31, 32; 17:1, 4, 5; 1 Corinthians 10:31; 2 Thessalonians 1:11, 12
[132] Romans 1:21, 23
[133] John 8:50; Philippians 2:7
[134] Romans 8:2; Philippians 2:5
[135] Psalm 31:23; Proverbs 16:5; Matthew 23:12; Luke 1:51; James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5
[136] Psalm 34:19; Proverbs 11:2; Isaiah 57:15; Luke 9:48; 14:11; 18:14
[137] Romans 12:3, 16; 1 Corinthians 13:4; Galatians 5:22, 23, 26; Ephesians 4:2; Philippians 2:3
[138] Matthew 20:26, 28; Luke 22:27; John 13:14, 15; Philippians 2:7, 8
[139] 1 Thessalonians 2:13; Hebrews 4:12; James 1:21
[140] Genesis 1:27; 1 Corinthians 11:7
[141] Job 42:6; Isaiah 6:5; Luke 5:8
[142] Romans 7:18; 1 Corinthians 15:9, 10; Galatians 2:20
[143] Genesis 32:10; 2 Samuel 7:18; 1 Peter 5:6-10
[144] Romans 7:14, 23; Galatians 6:1
[145] 2 Corinthians 1:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:24; 2 Thessalonians 2:16, 17; 3:3
[146] Matthew 26:41; Luke 12:35; 1 Peter 1:13; 5:8-10
[147] Hebrews 3:6, 14; 10:35
[148] Romans 6:1; Galatians 2:18; 3:3
[149] Matthew 5:48; 2 Timothy 3:17; Hebrews 13:20, 21; James 1:4; 1 Peter 5:10
[150] Matthew 14:31; 17:20
[151] Psalm 38:18; 69:6; 1 John 1:9; 2:1
[152] Proverbs 28:14; Philippians 2:12; 1 Peter 1:17, 18
[153] 2 Chronicles 20:15; Psalm 18:30, 37; 44:5, 9; John 5:4, 5; Romans 11:20; 2 Corinthians 1:24; Philippians 2:13
[154] Genesis 28:15; Deuteronomy 7:9; 32:10; Psalm 17:8; 89:33, 34; Romans 11:2, 29
[155] Psalm 51:17; Jeremiah 31:33
[156] Psalm 31:6; 141:3
[157] Psalm 119:165; Jeremiah 26:3, 4; John 14:27; Philippians 4:6, 7; 2 Thessalonians 3:16
[158] Isaiah 1:7; Jeremiah 1:9; Matthew 10:19, 20
[159] Exodus 14:14; Deuteronomy 3:22; 20:4; 2 Chronicles 20:15
[160] Matthew 9:28; 1 John 5:3, 4
[161] Genesis 17:1; 18:14; Jeremiah 32:17, 27; Matthew 8:27; 28:18; Luke 1:37, 49; 18:27; Romans 4:21; Hebrews 11:19
[162] Romans 4:21; 14:4; 2 Corinthians 9:8; 2 Timothy 1:13
[163] John 13:1; 1 Corinthians 1:8, 9
[164] John 10:14, 28; Galatians 2:20; 2 Timothy 4:18; 1 John 2:13, 14
[165] Joshua 1:9; Psalm 23:4; Romans 8:35
[166] Romans 4:4, 5; 11:6; 1 Corinthians 1:27, 28
[167] 2 Chronicles 16:9; 20:12; John 5:19; 15:5; 2 Corinthians 1:9
[168] John 15:5; 1 Corinthians 1:24; 15:10; Ephesians 6:18, 19; Colossians 1:11
[169] 2 Corinthians 11:30; 12:9, 11; 13:4, 9
[170] Psalm 89:13; 118:14
[171] Psalm 18:1; 28:7, 8; 31:4; 43:2; 46:1; 59:17; 62:7; 87:2
[172] Psalm 29:1, 11; 68:35
[173] Psalm 71:16
[174] Psalm 27:14; Isaiah 40:31; Ephesians 6:10
[175] John 3:36; Romans 3:28; 4:5, 16; 5:1
[176] 2 Chronicles 7:2; Psalm 27:13; Isaiah 7:9; Matthew 14:30, 31; Luke 5:5
[177] John 12:25; Galatians 3:2, 14; Ephesians 1:13
[178] Romans 4:20, 21; 2 Timothy 1:12; Hebrews 11:5, 6; James 5:15, 16
[179] Romans 15:13; Galatians 2:20; 1 Peter 1:5, 7, 8
[180] John 7:39; 14:16, 26; Acts 1:4, 5; 2:33; 1 Corinthians 3:16
[181] John 15:26; 16:14, 15; 1 Corinthians 2:10, 12; 12:3
[182] John 14:17, 26; Romans 8:2; Ephesians 3:17, 19
[183] John 16:9, 14
[184] Isaiah 4:4; Zechariah 12:10, 11; Matthew 3:11, 12
[185] Psalm 139:7, 23; Isaiah 10:17; Matthew 7:5; Romans 14:4; 1 Corinthians 2:10; 14:24, 25
[186] Psalm 19:13; Micah 3:8; 1 Corinthians 3:17; 2 Corinthians 3:17; 6:16
[187] John 1:7, 9
[188] Ephesians 3:17-20; 1 Peter 1:5
[189] Romans 1:4; 8:2, 13; 1 Peter 1:2
[190] Romans 8:14, 16; 1 Corinthians 6:19; 2 Corinthians 1:22; 6:16; Ephesians 1:13
[191] Galatians 3:2, 5, 14; 5:5
[192] Hosea 14:6, 7; Matthew 6:28; Mark 4:26, 28; Luke 2:40; Romans 8:2
[193] John 6:63; 14:26; 1 Corinthians 2:10, 14; 1 Thessalonians 2:13
[194] Zechariah 12:10; Romans 8:27; Jude 20
[195] 1 Thessalonians 5:23, 24; 1 Peter 1:2, 15
[196] Matthew 10:20; Acts 1:8; Romans 8:9, 13; Galatians 4:6; Ephesians 1:13
[197] Acts 19:2; Romans 5:5; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 2 Corinthians 5:5; Galatians 3:5, 14
[198] 1 Chronicles 19:12; Psalm 62:2, 6; 131:2; Hebrews 2:18; Zechariah 4:6
[199] John 14:15; Acts 5:32
[200] Childship—a word used by the author to express the relationship of a child. Childhood expresses the state of a child rather than the relationship.
[201] Isaiah 53:10; Acts 7:51; Hebrews 10:29
[202] Psalm 5:6; Proverbs 12:22; 21:28; John 8:44; Revelation 21:8, 27; 22:15
[203] Matthew 5:22; 1 Corinthians 1:10, 11; 3:3; 13:1, 3; Galatians 5:5, 15, 21, 26; Colossians 3:8, 12; 1 Thessalonians 5:15; James 3:14
[204] Matthew 11:29; 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20; Galatians 6:1; Ephesians 2:16, 17; Colossians 1:8; 2 Timothy 1:12
[205] Luke 6:31; Romans 13:10; 1 Thessalonians 4:6
[206] Proverbs 10:19, 20, 21, 31; 18:20; Ecclesiastes 5:1, 2; Matthew 12:36; Ephesians 5:4; James 3:9, 10
[207] Galatians 5:17, 24, 25; 6:8; Ephesians 4:22, 24; Colossians 3:9, 10; 1 Peter 4:2
[208] Romans 8:7; 1 Corinthians 3:3; Galatians 5:16, 25
[209] Romans 7:18; 1 Corinthians 3:3; Galatians 5:15, 26
[210] Romans 4:14, 15; 7:4, 6; 8:3, 8; Galatians 5:18; 6:12, 13; Hebrews 7:18
[211] Romans 8:14; 1 Corinthians 2:15; 3:1; Galatians 6:1
[212] Romans 7:6; 8:2, 13
[213] Romans 7:18; Galatians 3:3; 4:9; 5:4, 7
[214] Romans 1:17; Galatians 3:11; Hebrews 10:38
[215] Romans 5:17, 21; 6:11; 8:2; Galatians 2:20; 1 John 5:11, 12
[216] Romans 7:18; 8:2, 13; Hebrews 11:33
[217] Romans 4:17; 2 Corinthians 1:9; Colossians 1:29; 2:3
[218] Romans 7:4, 6; 12:5, 6; Galatians 5:18; Philippians 3:3
[219] John 15:4, 5; 1 Corinthians 15:10; 2 Corinthians 12:9, 10
[220] Matthew 4:6; 2 Corinthians 4:4; 11:14
[221] Matthew 4:1, 10
[222] Matthew 12:28; Mark 4:15; Luke 13:16; Acts 10:38
[223] Matthew 16:23; Luke 22:31, 32
[224] Luke 10:18; 22:3, 53; John 12:31; 14:30; 16:11; Romans 16:20; Colossians 2:15; 2 Thessalonians 2:8, 9; 1 John 3:8
[225] 1 Corinthians 7:5; 2 Corinthians 2:10, 11
[226] 1 Corinthians 5:5; 1 Timothy 1:20
[227] Matthew 4:9; 13:22; 1 Timothy 6:9, 10; 2 Timothy 4:10
[228] John 8:44; 1 John 3:10, 15; 4:20
[229] Galatians 3:3; 5:13
[230] Ephesians 6:10, 12, 16
[231] Genesis 19:22; John 10:9; 2 Corinthians 6:2; Hebrews 4:6, 7
[232] Acts 5:39; 1 Corinthians 10:22
[233] Ephesians 6:16; 1 John 5:4, 5
[234] Psalm 18:2, 3; 46:1, 2; 62:2, 3, 6-8; 144:2
[235] Joshua 5:14; John 16:33; Romans 8:37; 2 Corinthians 2:14
[236] Psalm 44:4-8; Isaiah 45:24
[237] Deuteronomy 20:3, 8; Joshua 6:20; Judges 7:3; Psalm 18:32-40; Hebrews 11:23
[238] Matthew 5:44, 45; 10:8; 18:33
[239] Isaiah 58:10, 11; 1 Corinthians 13:5; 1 John 4:11
[240] Psalm 112:5, 9; Proverbs 11:24, 25; Matthew 25:40; 1 Corinthians 15:58; 2 Corinthians 9:6; Hebrews 6:10
[241] Luke 24:49; John 7:38; 14:12
[242] Genesis 1:22, 28; 9:1; 22:17; 26:24
[243] 2 Corinthians 9:8, 11; Hebrews 6:14
[244] Luke 18:29, 30; John 12:24, 25; 2 Corinthians 6:17, 18
[245] Psalm 40:10, 11; 66:16; 71:8, 15, 24; Hebrews 13:15
[246] Luke 7:40; John 3:3; 4:7
[247] Exodus 18:8, 11; 2 Chronicles 5:13
[248] John 1:41, 42, 46; 4:28, 29, 39; Acts 11:19
[249] Hebrews 3:13; 10:24
[250] Exodus 4:11, 12; Joshua 1:9; Isaiah 50:4, 11; Jeremiah 1:6, 7; Matthew 10:19, 20
[251] 2 Chronicles 15:7; Psalm 126:6; Haggai 2:5; Galatians 6:9
[252] Acts 4:13; 2 Corinthians 3:5; 13:3
[253] Psalm 2:3; Matthew 24:14; 28:18, 19, 20; Mark 13:10; Luke 21:24; Romans 11:25
[254] Mark 16:15; Luke 24:47; John 17:18; Acts 1:8
[255] 1 Corinthians 12:21
[256] Acts 1:8; 11:12, 23, 24; 13:2, 4; 22:21
[257] Acts 14:27; 15:4, 5; Romans 11:25, 33; 15:10; Ephesians 3:5, 8, 10
[258] Isaiah 49:6, 12, 18, 22; 54:1, 2
[259] Proverbs 11:24, 25; Isaiah 58:7, 8
[260] Isaiah 49:6, 18, 21, 22; 54:1, 3; 60:1, 3, 11, 16; 62:2
[261] Psalm 89:16, 17; Isaiah 29:19; John 16:22; 1 Peter 1:8
[262] Psalm 32:11; Isaiah 12:5, 6; 1 Thessalonians 5:16; Philippians 4:4
[263] Deuteronomy 28:47; Psalm 11:7; 119:11
[264] Nehemiah 8:11; Psalm 68:4; Proverbs 4:18
[265] Esther 8:16; Proverbs 13:9; 15:30; Isaiah 60:20
[266] Exodus 10:23; 2 Samuel 23:4; Psalm 36:10; Isaiah 60:1, 20; 1 John 1:5; 4:16
[267] Joshua 7:13; Isaiah 58:10; 59:1, 2, 9; Matthew 15:14, 16; 2 Corinthians 6:14; Ephesians 5:8, 14; 1 Thessalonians 5:5; 1 John 2:10
[268] John 12:36; 11:40; Romans 15:13; 1 Peter 1:3
[269] Philippians 3:1; 4:4
[270] Isaiah 5:3; Hosea 7:14, 15; 2 Corinthians 7:10
[271] Isaiah 27:8, 9; 1 Corinthians 11:32; Hebrews 2:10; 12:11
[272] Psalm 119:49, 50, 92, 143; Isaiah 40:1; 43:2; Hebrews 12:10-13
[273] Isaiah 26:16; 61:1-2; Hebrews 2:10, 17, 18; 5:9
[274] 2 Corinthians 1:3, 4; Hebrews 13:5, 6
[275] Psalm 25:9; 39:2, 10; Isaiah 50:4, 5
[276] Genesis 18:22, 23; 22:5; 32:24; Exodus 33:11
[277] Matthew 6:7, 8; 7:11
[278] Matthew 6:7, 8; Mark 11:24; Luke 18:8; John 14:13, 14; 15:7, 16; 16:23, 24
[279] Psalm 3:4; 4:3; 6:9; 10:17; 17:6; 20:2, 7; 34:5, 7, 17, 18; 38:15; 40:1, 2; 65:2; 66:19
[280] Joshua 7:12; 1 Samuel 8:18; 14:37, 38; 28:6, 15; Proverbs 21:13; Isaiah 1:15; Micah 3:4; Haggai 1:9; James 1:6; 4:3; 5:16
[281] Psalm 145:9; Isaiah 30:19; Jeremiah 33:3; Malachi 3:10; Matthew 9:29; 15:28; 1 John 3:22; 5:14, 15
[282] Matthew 6:6; Luke 9:18, 28
[283] Acts 1:14
[284] 2 Chronicles 20:4, 17, 18; Nehemiah 9:2, 3; Joel 2:16, 17; Acts 12:5
[285] Psalm 133:1, 3; Jeremiah 50:4, 5; Matthew 5:23, 24; 18:19, 20; Mark 11:25
[286] Jeremiah 32:39; Acts 4:24
[287] John 14:13, 14; 15:7, 16; 16:23, 24
[288] James 5:16, 8; Acts 12:5; 2 Corinthians 1:11; James 4:3; 5:16, 17
[289] Genesis 15:1; Isaiah 8:13; Jeremiah 32:40; Romans 8:15; 1 Peter 3:14; 1 John 4:18
[290] Psalm 22:23, 25; 33:18; 112:1; 115:13; Proverbs 28:14
[291] Matthew 8:26; Revelation 21:8
[292] Psalm 33:18; 147:11; Luke 12:4, 7
[293] Psalm 56:4, 11; Proverbs 1:7; 9:10; 10:27; 19:23; Acts 9:31; 2 Corinthians 7:1
[294] Job 42:6; Psalm 5:7; Isaiah 6:3, 5; Habakkuk 2:20: Zephaniah 2:3
[295] Luke 18:2, 4; Romans 11:20; 1 Peter 3:2, 5
[296] Proverbs 2:5, 11; 8:12, 13; 13:13; 16:6; Luke 1:74
[297] Deuteronomy 6:2; Isaiah 12:2
[298] Exodus 19:4, 5; Leviticus 1:8, 9; Deuteronomy 7:6; Romans 12:1; 1 Corinthians 3:16, 17
[299] John 14:21; 15:14, 15; 21:17; Galatians 2:20
[300] Matthew 10:32, 33, 37, 38, 40; Luke 14:26, 27, 33; 18:22
[301] Exodus 33:16; Joshua 24:25; John 8:35
[302] Ruth 1:16; John 15:12; Romans 12:5; 1 Corinthians 12:20, 21; Ephesians 4:14, 16; 1 Peter 1:22
[303] 1 Corinthians 8:13; 9:25, 27; 10:23; 2 Corinthians 6:16, 17; 2 Timothy 2:4
[304] Genesis 22:13, 17; 2 Chronicles 25:9; Luke 18:29, 30; John 12:24, 25; Philippians 3:8
[305] 2 Timothy 2:21
[306] 2 Corinthians 9:8; 2 Thessalonians 1:11, 12
[307] 1 Corinthians 15:10; Galatians 2:20; Philippians 2:13
[308] Deuteronomy 26:17, 18; Isaiah 44:5; Galatians 4:7; 1 John 5:12
[309] John 3:33; 5:24; Acts 27:25; Romans 4:21, 22; 1 John 5:10, 11
[310] Numbers 23:19; Psalm 89:35; Isaiah 54:9
[311] 1 John 3:18, 19
[312] John 15:10, 14; Galatians 5:6; 1 John 3:14
[313] John 4:13; Romans 8:13, 14; 1 John 3:24
[314] Matthew 20:27, 28; Luke 6:40; John 6:57; 1 John 2:6; 4:17
[315] Luke 24:16; 1 Corinthians 3:1, 2; Hebrews 5:11, 12
[316] 1 Corinthians 2:12, 13; Ephesians 1:17-20
[317] John 13:15; 15:10, 12; 17:18; Ephesians 5:2; Philippians 2:5; Colossians 3:13
[318] 1 Corinthians 11:1; 2 Corinthians 3:18
[319] John 14:23; 2 Corinthians 13:3; Ephesians 3:17, 18
[320] Zechariah 1:6; Matthew 18:19; Luke 1:37, 45; 18:27; Galatians 2:20
[321] John 14:20; 17:19; Romans 8:2; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Ephesians 1:19
[322] John 14:17; 17:14, 16; 1 Corinthians 2:6, 8
[323] John 14:30; 16:11; 1 Corinthians 2:12
[324] 1 John 2:15, 16
[325] John 5:44
[326] 2 Corinthians 4:13; 5:7, 15
[327] James 4:4
[328] Matthew 6:32, 33
[329] Galatians 6:14, 16
[330] 2 Corinthians 6:14, 16; Ephesians 5:17; Hebrews 5:14
[331] John 16:33; 1 John 5:4, 5
[332] Exodus 31:13, 17; Ezekiel 20:12, 20
[333] Genesis 1:22, 28; 22:17
[334] Isaiah 56:4-7; 58:13, 14
[335] Hebrews 4:3, 10
[336] John 20:1, 1, 19, 26; Acts 1:8; 20:7; 1 Corinthians 16:2; Revelation 1:10
[337] Exodus 29:43, 45; Ezekiel 37:27, 28; 1 Peter 1:15, 16
[338] Psalm 62:2, 6; Habakkuk 2:20; Zechariah 2:13; John 19:30
[339] Psalm 132:13, 14
[340] Galatians 3:26, 27; 4:6, 7
[341] Colossians 2:12
[342] Titus 3:5, 6
[343] John 3:3
[344] Romans 6:3, 4; Galatians 3:27; Colossians 2:12
[345] Romans 12:2; Ephesians 4:23
[346] John 16:13, 14; Ephesians 4:14, 15; Colossians 2:6
[347] Psalm 13:3; Matthew 4:4; John 6:51
[348] Romans 8:23; 1 Corinthians 6:13, 15, 19, 20; Philippians 3:21
[349] Matthew 26:26; John 6:54, 55; Romans 8:11, 13
[350] 1 Corinthians 6:15, 17; 12:13; Ephesians 5:23, 30
[351] Luke 1:37; 1 Corinthians 2:9, 12
[352] Catechism used by author in his church.
[353] Matthew 26:28; Luke 22:19; John 6:56; 15:4; 1 Corinthians 10:17; 11:26; Revelation 3:20
[354] Job 11:13; Isaiah 55:1, 3; Matthew 5:6; Luke 1:53; 1 Corinthians 11:28
[355] Romans 5:19; 6:16; 1 Peter 1:2, 14, 22
[356] Genesis 22:17, 18; 26:4, 5; 1 Samuel 15:22
[357] Romans 6:17; 2 Corinthians 10:5; Philippians 2:8
[358] Acts 6:7; Romans 1:5; 16:26
[359] Deuteronomy 28:1; Isaiah 63:7-9; John 14:11, 15, 23; Acts 5:32
[360] Genesis 12:1, 4; 31:13, 16; Matthew 14:28; Luke 5:5; John 10:4, 27
[361] Malachi 1:6; Matthew 7:21
[362] Daniel 4:35
[363] Galatians 1:4; Ephesians 1:5, 9, 11; Hebrews 10:10
[364] John 4:34; 5:20; 6:38, 40
[365] 1 Thessalonians 5:23, 24
[366] Romans 12:2
[367] Matthew 7:21; 12:50; John 7:17; 9:31; Ephesians 5:17; 6:6; 1 John 2:17
[368] Romans 12:2; Colossians 1:9; 4:12; Hebrews 10:36; 13:21
[369] Matthew 26:39; Hebrews 10:7, 9
[370] Matthew 10:38, 39; Luke 9:23; 14:27; John 12:24, 25
[371] Romans 6:6; 8:13; Galatians 2:20; 5:24; 6:14; Colossians 3:5
[372] Matthew 16:23; 1 Corinthians 1:17, 27; 2:6; Colossians 2:18
[373] Matthew 26:39; Romans 6:13; 1 Corinthians 9:25, 27
[374] John 7:18; 8:50; 1 Thessalonians 2:6.
[375] 2 Corinthians 3:5; 12:9
[376] Romans 15:1, 3; 1 Corinthians 10:23, 24; Ephesians 5:2
[377] Galatians 2:20; Philippians 3:7, 8
[378] Psalm 106:33; Proverbs 12:18
[379] Matthew 26:41; Luke 21:36; Ephesians 6:18; 1 Peter 4:7; 5:8
[380] 1 Samuel 18:14; Matthew 10:16; Luke 1:17; 16:8; Ephesians 5:15
[381] Psalm 39:2; 141:3; Proverbs 10:19; Ecclesiastes 5:1, 2
[382] Proverbs 2:2; 18:15; Mark 4:24
[383] Psalm 1:1; 2 Corinthians 6:14; 2 Thessalonians 3:14
[384] Matthew 13:22; Luke 21:34; 1 Timothy 6:9, 17
[385] Proverbs 3:21, 23; 4:23; 28:18; Jeremiah 31:33
[386] John 17:15, 16; 1 Corinthians 7:31
[387] Matthew 6:31
[388] 1 John 2:15, 16
[389] James 5:4
[390] Luke 16:19, 25
[391] 1 Timothy 6:9, 10, 17
[392] Proverbs 3:27, 28; Malachi 3:8
[393] Ecclesiastes 5:18, 19
[394] Proverbs 10:4, 22
[395] 2 Corinthians 8:14, 15
[396] 2 Corinthians 9:12, 13
[397] Matthew 19:21; Luke 12:33
[398] 1 Chronicles 29:14
[399] 1 Chronicles 29:12, 14
[400] Luke 19:8; 1 Peter 1:18, 19
[401] Acts 20:35
[402] Exodus 36:5; 1 Chronicles 29:6, 9; Acts 2:45; 4:34
[403] Exodus 1:14; 4:23; 6:5; 20:2; Deuteronomy 24:18
[404] John 8:32; Galatians 4:21, 31; 5:1
[405] John 8:34; Romans 7:14, 23; 2 Peter 2:19
[406] Romans 5:21; 6:13, 14
[407] Romans 4:15; 5:13, 20; 7:13
[408] Romans 6:15; 7:5
[409] Romans 7:23
[410] Ephesians 4:13; 2 Thessalonians 1:3, 4
[411] Hosea 14:5; Matthew 6:25, 30
[412] Psalm 92:12, 13; Galatians 2:20; Colossians 3:3
[413] Matthew 13:22, 23: John 15:1, 2
[414] Song of Solomon 2:15; Hebrews 12:1
[415] John 15:4, 5; Colossians 2:6, 7
[416] Hebrews 3:13; 6:12, 15; James 5:7
[417] 1 Corinthians 1:21, 27; 2:6, 12, 14; Colossians 2:18, 23
[418] Psalm 119:10, 47; Romans 10:18; James 1:21
[419] Genesis 17:3; 1 Samuel 3:9, 10; Isaiah 50:4; 52:6; Jeremiah 1:2
[420] Mark 4:26, 27, 28; John 6:63; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 1 Peter 1:23
[421] Psalm 119:15, 40, 48, 69; 2 Timothy 3:16, 17
[422] Matthew 5:19, 20; 7:21, 24; Luke 11:28; James 1:21, 25
[423] Deuteronomy 6:5-9; Psalm 1:2; 119:97; Jeremiah 15:16
[424] Isaiah 34:16: John 5:39; Acts 17:11; Hebrews 2:13
[425] Proverbs 2:4, 5; 3:13, 18; Matthew 13:44
[426] Romans 8:29, 30; Ephesians 1:4, 11
[427] Genesis 28:15; Psalm 89:29, 34-36; Isaiah 54:9, 10; Jeremiah 33:25, 26
[428] Matthew 6:25, 34; 1 Peter 5:7
[429] Isaiah 27:2, 3; 51:12, 13
[430] Hebrews 10:35; 13:5, 6, 20, 21; 1 Peter 5:10