I myself am persuaded that he beginning a good work in you, carries it out to completion until the day, Christ Jesus.*
We thank the Lord of this promise, that He began a good work in us and will carry it out to completion. We being His workmanship he will not put us aside, "the LORD will fulfill His purpose in me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever—do not abandon the works of Your hands."* In regards to this, a day is like a thousand years, and He is not slow as some would regard slowness, but is patient not willing that any be lost.* There is more joy in heaven over one that was lost and is now found, the sheep of his pasture. We are the workmanship of His hands created beforehand for good works. "Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture."* Therefore "I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me."*
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, for those called according to His purpose because those he foreknew also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be the firstborn of many brethren, and those he predestined, these also called, and those called, these also justified, yea, those justified, these also glorified.*
It is an amazing thing, "that all things work together for good to those who love God" think about it, did God choose you? if He foresaw you would believe then you were also predestined to become His glory, transformed into the image of Christ from glory to glory. You were born for this specific time and purpose, predestined to become his workmanship, to be conformed to the image of His Son. Oh we thank you Lord that you chose us, and that you have finished your work in us, help us to believe who we truly are in Christ; predestined, called, justified, and glorified.
Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.*
"I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me."* Yes, "Faithful is he that calls you, who also will do it."* It is God working within you, "for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure."* Thank you for the understanding that your good is at work in me, and that I know nothing good exists in my flesh. You have made me a partaker of your divine nature, a new creation in Christ that delights in my inner man to do your will, indebted to righteousness. Let the fruit that we get in Christ lead us into our reasonable service.
he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.*
By the good pleasure of His will, he predestined us for adoption and has made known to us the mystery of His will, that he purposed in Christ, to bring all things together in him. And "in Him we are sealed with the Holy Spirit, a guarantee of inheritance." And "in Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will," And "in Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sin, according to the riches of His grace." To us who believe the greatness of His power is working within us, "he displayed this power in the working of His mighty strength" in raising Christ and seating Him in the heavenlies where His name is above every name.
He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.*
This word for sustain means confirm, ratify, secure, establish; pass: I guarantee. Yes, it is a promise, a guarantee that the one in Christ will not continue in sin, as he promises to establish, complete and sustain you. Sustain has the root word literally meaning "to walk where it is solid," properly, solid (sure) enough to walk on; hence, firm, unshakable; (figuratively) absolutely dependable, giving guaranteed support (security, surety). Yes, it is freeing truth that we are His good work and so we say Jesus is our solid rock, a sure and firm foundation. "For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ."* For his words exists the words of life, a solid foundation, words that establish.* Oh we thank you Lord, for we have tasted that your words are good.
See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.*
Those who built the old temple of God rejected Christ, but this stone has become the foundation stone, of a sure and better promise not built by the hands of men. Created by God we are a new creation among the first fruit, co-heirs of the promise of inheritance. In Christ we have a covenant that is unshakable, unlike the old where they heard the word and could not endure, we will endure as we come to the city of the living God, to the assembly of the firstborn inscribed in heaven and to God judge of all and to spirits righteous, perfected, and to Jesus mediator of a new covenant and to sprinkled blood speaking effectively...* Yes, once more he will shake the earth and the heavens to remove that which can be shaken but we are a new creation who will not be shaken.
Like newborn infants, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, since you have tasted that the Lord is good. As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men, but chosen and precious in God’s sight...*
No Matter What
We thank the Lord of this promise, that He began a good work in us and will carry it out to completion. We being His workmanship he will not put us aside, "the LORD will fulfill His purpose in me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever—do not abandon the works of Your hands."* In regards to this, a day is like a thousand years, and He is not slow as some would regard slowness, but is patient not willing that any be lost.* There is more joy in heaven over one that was lost and is now found, the sheep of his pasture. We are the workmanship of His hands created beforehand for good works. "Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture."* Therefore "I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me."*
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, for those called according to His purpose because those he foreknew also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, that he might be the firstborn of many brethren, and those he predestined, these also called, and those called, these also justified, yea, those justified, these also glorified.*
It is an amazing thing, "that all things work together for good to those who love God" think about it, did God choose you? if He foresaw you would believe then you were also predestined to become His glory, transformed into the image of Christ from glory to glory. You were born for this specific time and purpose, predestined to become his workmanship, to be conformed to the image of His Son. Oh we thank you Lord that you chose us, and that you have finished your work in us, help us to believe who we truly are in Christ; predestined, called, justified, and glorified.
Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.*
"I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me."* Yes, "Faithful is he that calls you, who also will do it."* It is God working within you, "for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure."* Thank you for the understanding that your good is at work in me, and that I know nothing good exists in my flesh. You have made me a partaker of your divine nature, a new creation in Christ that delights in my inner man to do your will, indebted to righteousness. Let the fruit that we get in Christ lead us into our reasonable service.
he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his will, to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.*
By the good pleasure of His will, he predestined us for adoption and has made known to us the mystery of His will, that he purposed in Christ, to bring all things together in him. And "in Him we are sealed with the Holy Spirit, a guarantee of inheritance." And "in Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will," And "in Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sin, according to the riches of His grace." To us who believe the greatness of His power is working within us, "he displayed this power in the working of His mighty strength" in raising Christ and seating Him in the heavenlies where His name is above every name.
He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.*
This word for sustain means confirm, ratify, secure, establish; pass: I guarantee. Yes, it is a promise, a guarantee that the one in Christ will not continue in sin, as he promises to establish, complete and sustain you. Sustain has the root word literally meaning "to walk where it is solid," properly, solid (sure) enough to walk on; hence, firm, unshakable; (figuratively) absolutely dependable, giving guaranteed support (security, surety). Yes, it is freeing truth that we are His good work and so we say Jesus is our solid rock, a sure and firm foundation. "For no one can lay a foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ."* For his words exists the words of life, a solid foundation, words that establish.* Oh we thank you Lord, for we have tasted that your words are good.
See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken.*
Those who built the old temple of God rejected Christ, but this stone has become the foundation stone, of a sure and better promise not built by the hands of men. Created by God we are a new creation among the first fruit, co-heirs of the promise of inheritance. In Christ we have a covenant that is unshakable, unlike the old where they heard the word and could not endure, we will endure as we come to the city of the living God, to the assembly of the firstborn inscribed in heaven and to God judge of all and to spirits righteous, perfected, and to Jesus mediator of a new covenant and to sprinkled blood speaking effectively...* Yes, once more he will shake the earth and the heavens to remove that which can be shaken but we are a new creation who will not be shaken.
We thank you that in Christ we have all that we need for the pursuit of life and godliness. We thank you God for such a precious foundation stone, for a new covenant in His blood that justifies and sanctifies us, for a better promise, one that establishes and sustains us, perfecting and completing. Yes, finished is your work. "It is just as the Scripture says: “Everyone who believes in Him will not be put to shame.”* We thank you Lord that you died to set us free, and that we are yours, and you will not abandon us. "In all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us." we grab hold of the promise that nothing can separated us from your great love. Give praise for His great promise the one he is carrying out to competition, His good work.