Romans 3, Part II

A believer, child of God is NOT going to act like one if they do not know in their heart of hearts who they are in Christ Jesus - ALL that has been done by the Lord and WHO He is in them.

In Romans 3, Paul has led up to the explanation of the creation and the fall of man in Adam - this fall passed to all men (he will actually make that statement in Romans 5).  The "fall" is sin, corruption, evil at its core and evil at its worst, death and helplessness to be right with God.

So then Paul talks about the Righteousness of God being provided through faith in His Son.  Jesus  Christ performed the true, perfect Righteousness when He was on earth in His body.  Then as we all know, carried our sins and sorrows in His body on the cross.  This is why God can offer righteousness now through faith in Christ Jesus - 

"...that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus."  Verse 26 

Oh, but there is indeed more than this.  The reality that Christ lives in us as Life and we are growing in Him, His ability, His Divine Nature (Peter says we are partakers of God's Divine Nature), by God's Holy Spirit is astounding.  I need to be reminded.  Peter said that he wrote "those things" to put us in remembrance.  Why?

Satan fights again the Truth.

And reality is that we do not need to have yet another experience alone, another "wave" of God's Spirit, yet another movement.  We need the restoration of the TRUTH being preached and taught to our hearts. 

Get people believing just the TRUTH of God's Word and truly hear it preached and taught, and we will see indeed, a movement, an experience (reality) - we'll see JOY and PEACE in believing (Romans 15:13).

But as long as we have man's interpretations, leaven in the lump, debates and arguments, we really are missing the glory of God found in the face of Jesus Christ.   We do not have religion, we have Jesus!

At the end of Romans 3, Paul emphasizes that a man is only justified through faith in Christ - apart from the deeds of the Law.  He will do this again in Romans 4.  Somehow this is important.  It must not be passed over without registering in the depths of our hearts.   Growing in spiritual understanding truly does change us.

So faith in Christ is not just for getting right with God.  The whole GLORY of salvation is WHO we have become in Christ Jesus for REAL!  We are not going to love one another fervently and purely, until we know who we all are in Him.  For the true love of God will treat another brother as they are!

If you are God's child, and I am God's child and we both belong to God - well, that is pretty awesome - God, the Father wants all His siblings to honor one another.  And we are to stimulate one another in the Truth for sure.

A friend and brother in Christ sent the following to us.  He went through the epistles and simply penned all the Scriptures of who one is when they come to true faith in Christ Jesus.  AND are born of Him through God's Spirit.

It is astounding, marvelous and all one needs to jump up and down for the rest of their lives.  These are Scriptures of Truth - so the point really is to believe - to continue to believe - to live by the Truth. 

"The just shall LIVE by faith." 

You may not have time to read the below today.  So copy and paste these Scriptures to ponder, eat, meditate, chew on over and over again - it's all right there!  And praise God, may our conscience be filled with Christ and the glory of God in the Gospel and Great Salvation He has provided through Him.

When a heart is filled with the reality of Christ Jesus, one is truly and genuinely Spirit-filled!  A Spirit-filled child of God KNOWS truth - knows Jesus Christ, the Father, the Holy Spirit, the Words of Life.

And perhaps as an exercise between you and Lord, take some time to write down what comes to mind and heart questions about our walk - where we may not fully understand all these rich truths.

Questions like: "Am I too casual in my thinking about the Scriptures;  Am I truly living by wondrous faith in believing God;  Do I need to be deeply filled with glorious truth;  How is God's Word of Life impacting me as a vessel and in my life here and now...?" 

Be blessed as you read God's Holy Word of Life and Truth.  We can only dance for joy as we believe God. 

Sue Gaither 

Here are the Scriptures:

(As defined by scripture) The Believer is:

·         Rom 3:24 Justified freely by God’s grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus

·         Rom 5:1 Justified by faith

·         Rom 5:1 Has peace with God through the Lord Jesus Christ

·         Rom 5:2 Has access by faith into this grace in which he stands

·         Rom 5:2 Rejoices in the certain expectation of the glory of God

·         Rom 5:3-4, Rejoices also in tribulations, knowing…

·         Rom 5:5 Has the love of God poured into his heart by the Holy Spirit who was given him

·         Rom 5:9 Justified in His blood

·         Rom 5:10 Reconciled to God through the death of His Son

·         Rom 5:11 Rejoices in God through the Lord Jesus Christ

·         Rom 5:17 Has received abundance of grace and the gift of righteousness

·         Rom 5:17 Reigns in life though Jesus Christ

·         Rom 5:19 Constituted righteous through the obedience of the one Man

·         Rom 6:2 Dead to sin

·         Rom 6:3 Baptized unto Christ Jesus 

·         Rom 6:5 Buried with Christ unto His death

·         Rom 6:4 Raised with Christ, who was raised by the glory of the Father

·         Rom 6:4 Walks in newness of life

·         Rom 6:6 Crucified with Christ that the body of sin might be annulled

·         Rom 6:8-10 Made alive with Christ who, having died to sin once for all, dies no more.

·         Rom 6:11 Dead indeed to sin and alive unto God in Christ Jesus the Lord

·         Rom 6:14 Not under the dominion of sin

·         Rom 6:14 Not under law but under grace

·         Rom 6:18 Set free from sin

·         Rom 6:22 No longer a slave of sin but a slave of righteousness, having become a slave of God

·         Rom 6:23 Possesses the gift of God—eternal life in Christ Jesus the Lord

·         Rom 7:4 Dead to the law through the body of Christ

·         Rom 7:4 Married to Him who was raised from the dead, to bear fruit to God

·         Rom 7:5 No longer in the flesh

·         Rom 7:6 Discharged from the law

·         Rom 7:6 Serves in newness of spirit, not in the oldness of the letter

·         Rom 7:24-25 Delivered from the body of death

·         Rom 8:1 Not under condemnation in Christ Jesus

·         Rom 8:2 Under the law of the Spirit, which is life in Christ Jesus

·         Rom 8:2 Set free from the law of sin and death

·         Rom 8:6 Lives according to the spirit

·         Rom 8:9 Not in flesh, but indwelt by the Spirit of God

·         Rom 8:9 Possesses the Spirit of Christ and belongs to Christ

·         Rom 8:10 As indwelt by Christ, his body is dead on account of sin, but his spirit is life because of righteousness

·         Rom 8:11 Indwelt by the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead

·         Rom 8:11 His mortal body will be given life by the same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead

·         Rom 8:12 Not a debtor to the flesh

·         Rom 8:15 Did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear

·         Rom 8:15 Received the Spirit of sonship by whom he cries out, Abba, Father

·         Rom 8:17 A Child of God

·         Rom 8:17 An Heir of God

·         Rom 8:17 A Joint Heir with Christ

·         Rom 8:17-18 A co-sufferer, to be co-glorified… the sufferings of this present time, not worthy to be compared with the glory to be revealed in him.

·         Rom 8:23 Though having the firstfruit of the Spirit, he groans with the groaning creation which anxiously waits for the revealing of the sons of God.

·         Rom 8:23 Eagerly awaiting the adoption—the redemption of the body

·         Rom 8:24 Saved in this hope, and waits eagerly with perseverance

·         Rom 8:26 Aided by the Spirit who intercedes for the saints according to God

·         Rom 8:28 Called by God according to divine purpose

·         Rom 8:29 Foreknown and Predestined by God to be conformed to the image of His Son

·         Rom 8:30 Divinely predestined, called, justified and glorified 

Rom 8:31-39 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?

Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect?  God who justifies?

Who is he who condemns? Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us?

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

As it is written: 

“For Your sake we are killed all day long;

We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” 

Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

(Romans 8:31-39) 

 Rom 9:23 A vessel of mercy prepared for glory  

Rom 15:7 Has been received by Christ to the glory of God

Rom 15:13 Filled with all joy and peace in believing 

 Rom 15:13 Abounds in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit

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1Cr 1:2 Sanctified in Christ Jesus  
1Cr 1:2 A saint by divine calling 
 1Cr 1:4 Received the grace of God which was given by Christ Jesus 
 1Cr 1:5 Enriched by Him 
 1Cr 1:7 Waiting for the revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ 
 1Cr 1:9 Called by God into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord 
 1Cr 1:27 Chosen by God to shame the wise and put to shame the things that are mighty
1Cr 1:30 Is of God in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption 
 1Cr 2:7 One whom God ordained before the ages for glory 
 1Cr 2:12 Has been given the Spirit of God that he might know the things freely given by God 
 1Cr 3:11 Built on the one foundation … Jesus Christ 
 1Cr 6:2 Will judge the world 
 1Cr 6:3 Will judge angels 
 1Cr 6:11 Washed, sanctified and justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and the Spirit of God 
 1Cr 6:15 One whose body is a member of Christ 
 1Cr 6:17 Joined to the Lord and is one spirit with Him 
 1Cr 6:19 One whose body is the temple of the Holy Spirit in him whom he has from God and is not his own 
 1Cr 6:20 Bought with a price 
 1Cr 11:3 Under the headship of Christ 
 1Cr 12:13 Baptized by one Spirit into the one body 
 1Cr 15:51-54 Shall be changed in a moment… when the dead will be raised, when this corruptible has put on incorruption and this mortal has put on immortality, when… “Death is swallowed up in victory.” 
 1Cr 15:57 Gives thanks to God… who has given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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·         2Cr 1:21 Firmly established in Christ by God
·         2Cr 1:21 Anointed by God
·         2Cr 1:22 Sealed  and given the earnest of the Spirit in his heart
·         2Cr 3:18 Beholding the glory of the Lord with unveiled face is being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Lord, the Spirit.
·         2Cr 4:4 Has received in his heart the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
·         2Cr 4:7 Possesses this treasure in an earthen vessel, that the excellence of the power may be of God
·         2Cr 4:8 Hard pressed, but not crushed
·         2Cr 4:8 Perplexed, but not in despair
·         2Cr 4:9 Persecuted, but not forsaken
·         2Cr 4:9 Struck down, but not destroyed
·         2Cr 4:10 Always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested
·         2Cr 4:11 Always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake
·         2Cr 4:16 Although the outward man is perishing, the inward man is being renewed day by day
·         2Cr 4:17 His momentary light affliction is working a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory
·         2Cr 4:18 Does not consider the temporary things that are seen, but the things not seen, which are eternal
·         2Cr 5:2 Groans while in this tent (body)
·         2Cr 5:2-4 Earnestly desires to be clothed with the habitation which is from heaven, that mortality may be swallowed up by life.
·         2Cr 5:5 Has been prepared by God for this very thing and given the Spirit as guarantee
·         2Cr 5:7 Walks by faith, not by sight
·         2Cr 5:8 Would rather be absent from the body and at home with the Lord
·         2Cr 5:10 Will appear before the judgment seat of Christ to receive the things done in the body
·         2Cr 5:15 No longer lives for himself, but for Him who died and rose again
·         2Cr 5:17 In Christ… a new creation… old things having passed away and all things having become new
·         2Cr 5:19 Reconciled to God in Christ
·         2Cr 5:21 Become the righteousness of God in Christ


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·         Gal 1:4 Delivered from this present evil age
·         Gal 2:16 Justified by faith in Christ
·         Gal 2:20 Has been crucified with Christ
·         Gal 2:20 Lives by faith in the Son of God who loved him and gave Himself for him
·         Gal 3:2 Received the Spirit by the hearing of faith, not by the works of the law
·         Gal 3:13 Redeemed from the curse of the law
·         Gal 3:14 Received the promise of the Spirit through faith
·         Gal 3:26 A son of God through faith in Christ Jesus
·         Gal 4:7 An heir of God
·         Gal 5:13 Called to liberty
·         Gal 5:24 Has crucified the flesh with its affections and lusts
·         Gal 5:25 Lives in the Spirit and walks in the Spirit
·         Gal 6:14 Boasts in the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world has been crucified to him and he crucified to the world


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·         Eph 1:1 Faithful in Christ Jesus
·         Eph 1:3 Blessed with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in Christ
·         Eph 1:4 Chosen in Him before the foundation of the world
·         Eph 1:4 Holy and blameless before God in love
·         Eph 1:5  Predestined unto the adoption of sons through Jesus Christ according to the good pleasure of God’s will to the praise of the glory of His grace
·         Eph 1:6-7 Favored in the Beloved in whom he has been redeemed through His blood, the forgiveness of trespasses
·         Eph 1:11 Has obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His will
·         Eph 1:13 Having heard the word of truth and believed the good news of his salvation, has been sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise— the guarantee of the inheritance unto the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of His glory.
·         Eph 1:17-23 Having been given the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of Him and having the eyes of his heart enlightened…  Is to know:
o   what the hope of God’s calling is
o   what is the wealth of the glory of God’s inheritance in the saints
o   what is the exceeding greatness of God’s power toward us who believe, according to the might of His power which He wrought in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenlies… far above all principality and power and might and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. And He put all things under His feet and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.           (Eph 1:17-23)
·         Eph 2:5 Made alive together with Christ
·         Eph 2:6 Raised up together with Christ
·         Eph 2:6 Made to sit together in the heavenlies in Christ Jesus
·         Eph 2:8 Saved by grace through faith
·         Eph 2:10 Is the workmanship of God
·         Eph 2:10 Created in Christ Jesus for good works
·         Eph 2:13 Brought near in the blood of Christ
·         Eph 2:16 Reconciled in one body to God through the cross
·         Eph 2:19 Not  a stranger or foreigner, but a fellow citizen with the saints and a member of the family of God
·         Eph 2:20 Built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself the chief cornerstone
·         Eph 2:22 Being built together with the saints for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit
·         Eph 3:3-6 According to the revelation of the mystery of Christ, which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men… made a fellow heir, of the same body and a joint partaker of His promise in Christ through the gospel 
·         Eph 3:9 Made to see the economy of the mystery, which from the beginning of the ages has been hidden in God who created all things; to the intent that now the manifold wisdom of God would be made known through the church to the principalities and powers in the heavenlies… according to the eternal purpose which He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord..
·         Eph 3:17-20 Having been rooted and founded in love, may be able to apprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height— to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, so as to be filled unto all the fullness of God who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us…
·         Eph 4:1-3 Is exhorted to walk worthy of the calling in which he has been called… endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace…
·         Eph 4:15-16 Speaks truth in love, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love
·         Eph 4:17 No longer walks as the rest of the Gentiles walk in the futility of their mind
·         Eph 4:20-21 Has learned Christ and been taught by Him as the truth is in Jesus
·         Eph 4:22 puts off the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts
·         Eph 4:23 Is renewed in the spirit of his mind
·         Eph 4:24 Puts on the new man which was created according to God, in righteousness and holiness of truth.
·         Eph 4:25 Puts away the lie, speaks truth with his neighbor, because we are members of one another
·         Eph 4:30 Sealed by the Spirit of God for the day of redemption
·         Eph 5:1-2 As born of God, is to be an imitator of God... and walk in love as Christ…
·         Eph 5:8 Was once darkness… but now light in the Lord
·         Eph 5:8 Walks as a child of light
·         Eph 5:11 Does not have fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness
·         Eph 5:16 Redeems the time, understands what the will of the Lord is
·         Eph 5:20 Gives thanks always for all things to God the Father in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ
·         Eph 5:30 Is a member of the body of Christ
·         Eph 6:10 Is strong in the Lord and in the power of his might
·         Eph 6:11 Puts on the whole armor of God to stand against the wiles of the devil                                                                                                                               
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·         Phl 1:29 Has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake
·         Phl 2:13 Has God working in him, both to will and to do for His good pleasure
·         Phl 3:3 Is of the true circumcision, worships God in spirit, rejoices in Christ Jesus and has no confidence in the flesh
·         Phl 3:20-21 Has his citizenship in heaven, from which he eagerly waits for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will transform his body of humiliation that it may be conformed to His body of glory, according to the working by which He is able to subdue all things to Himself.


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·         Col 1:12 Joyfully gives thanks to the Father who has qualified him to be a partaker of the inheritance of the saints in the light
·         Col 1:13 Delivered from the power of darkness
·         Col 1:13 Has been translated into the kingdom of the Son of God’s love
·         Col 1:14 Has redemption through the blood of Christ
·         Col 1:21-22 Now reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, presented holy and blameless
·         Col 1:26-27 Indwelt by Christ, the certain expectation of the glory… being the riches of the glory of the mystery, which has been hidden from the ages and generations.
·         Col 2:9-10 Complete in Christ… in Whom dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily…
·         Col 2:11 Circumcised in Christ, by the putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ
·         Col 2:12 Buried with Christ in baptism
·         Col 2:12 Raised with Christ through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead
·         Col 2:13 Made alive together with Christ… having been forgiven all trespasses
·         Col 2:20 As having died with Christ to the basic principles of the world, he is not subject to its regulations…
·         Col 3:1 Having been raised with Christ, he seeks the things above… where Christ sits at the right hand of God
·         Col 3:2 Sets his mind on things above, not on things on the earth
·         Col 3:3 Because having died, his life is hidden with Christ in God
·         Col 3:4 When Christ, who is his life, appears… he also will appear with Him in glory


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·         1Th 1:1 In God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ
·         1Th 1:9 Serves the living and true God
·         1Th 1:10 Waits for the Son of God from heaven, whom God raised from the dead; Jesus…  the one delivering from the coming wrath
·         1Th 2:12 Has been called by God into His own kingdom and glory
·         1Th 4:16-17 Will be caught up at the coming of the Lord to meet the Lord in the air…
·         1Th 4:17 Shall always be with the Lord.
·         1Th 5:9 Has not been appointed to wrath, but to obtain salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ
·         2Th 2:13 Beloved by the Lord
·         2Th 2:13 Chosen unto salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth
·         2Th 2:14 Called by the gospel unto the obtaining of the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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·         2Ti 1:9 Saved by God
·         2Ti 1:9 Called by God with a holy calling, not according to his own works, but according to God’s own purpose and grace which was given in Christ Jesus before time began, but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and incorruptibility to light through the gospel
·         2Ti 2:3-4 Endures hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ and does not entangle himself with the affairs of this life.

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·         Tts 2:13 Looks for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus
·         Tts 3:4-5 Saved, not by works of righteousness done, but according to the mercy of God, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, Whom He poured out abundantly through Jesus Christ the Savior.
·         Tts 3:7 Justified by the grace of God
·         Tts 3:7 Become an heir according to the hope of eternal life (which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began (Titus 1:2)

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 Hbr 3:1 A holy brother 

 Hbr 3:1 Partaker of the heavenly calling 
 Hbr 4:16 Comes boldly to the throne of grace, to obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need 
 Has a Great High Priest who:

o   Hbr 4:14 Has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God

o   Hbr 6:20 Has entered within the veil, having become High Priest forever

o   Hbr 7:16 Has become a High Priest according to the power of an indissoluble life

o   Hbr 7:22 Has become a surety of a better covenant

o   Hbr 7:21 Has become a High Priest by an oath

o   Hbr 7:24 Continues forever

o   Hbr 7:24 Has an unchangeable priesthood

o   Hbr 7:25 Is able to save to the uttermost those who come unto God through Him

o   Hbr 7:25 Always lives to make intercession

o   Hbr 7:26 Has become higher than the heavens

o   Hbr 7:27 Has offered up Himself

o   Hbr 7:28 Has been perfected forever

o   Hbr 8:1 Is seated at the right hand of the greatness in the heavens

o   Hbr 8:2 Is a minister of the sanctuary and the true tabernacle which the Lord erected

·         Hbr 10:10 Sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all

·         Hbr 10:14 By the one offering, sanctified and perfected in perpetuity

·         Hbr 10:19-20 Has boldness to enter the Holiest by the blood of Jesus... by a new and living way consecrated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh

·         Hbr 10:22 Draws near with full assurance of faith, having the heart sprinkled from an evil conscience…

·         Hbr 10:23 Holds fast the confession of hope unyieldingly, for He is faithful who promised

·         Hbr 10:24 Considers others, in order to stir up love and good works

·         Hbr 10:25 Does not forsake the assembling of himself with others, but exhorts… and so much the more seeing the Day approaching

·         Hbr 10:34 Has a better and enduring possession in heaven

·         Hbr 10:36 Endures

·         Hbr 10:39 Believes to the saving of his soul

·         Hbr 12:1 Lays aside every weight and the sin which so easily ensnares

·         Hbr 12:1 Runs the race with patience, looking away unto Jesus, the author and finisher of faith

·         Hbr 12:7 Endures chastening… for whom the Lord loves, he chastens

·         Hbr 12:9 Subjects himself to the Father of spirits that he may be a partaker of His holiness

·         Hbr 12:28 Serves God acceptably with reverence and godly fear

·         Hbr 13:13 Goes forth unto Jesus, outside the camp, bearing His reproach

·         Hbr 13:14 Having no continuing city here, seeks the one to come

·         Hbr 13:15 Offers the sacrifice of praise to God through Christ, confessing His name

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·         1Pe 1:2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ

·         1Pe 1:3-4 Begotten again unto a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead unto an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven

·         1Pe 1:5 Guarded by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed at the last time

·         1Pe 1:6 Greatly rejoices, though now for a little while grieved by various trials

·         1Pe 1:8 Though not having seen Jesus, yet believing, rejoices with joy inexpressible and full of glory

·         1Pe 1:13 Sets his hope fully upon the grace that is to be brought at the revelation of Jesus Christ

·         1Pe 1:18-20 Has been redeemed with the precious blood of Christ who was foreordained before the foundation of the world…

·         1Pe 1:21 Believes in Him who raised Jesus from the dead and gave Him glory… so that his faith and hope are in God.

·         1Pe 1:22 Has purified his soul in obeying the truth

·         1Pe 1:22 Loves the brethren in sincerity… and fervently with a pure heart

·         1Pe 1:23 Born again through the word of God (the incorruptible seed) which lives and abides forever

·         1Pe 2:3 Has tasted that the Lord is gracious

·         1Pe 2:5 As a living stone, is being built up a spiritual house

·         1Pe 2:5 As belonging to a holy priesthood, offers up spiritual sacrifices to God through Jesus Christ

·         1Pe 2:9 Belongs to a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own special people, to proclaim the praises of Him who called him out of darkness into His marvelous light

·         1Pe 2:11 A sojourner and pilgrim

·         1Pe 4:10-11 As having received a gift, ministers to others as a good steward of the manifold grace of God. If speaking… as the oracles of God; if serving… as with the ability which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and dominion forever and ever.

·         1Pe 5:10 Called by the God of all grace unto His eternal glory by Christ Jesus

·         2Pe 1:3 Has been given all things that pertain to life and godliness through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue

·         2Pe 1:4  Has been given exceedingly great and precious promises, that  through these he may be a partaker of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust

·         2Pe 3:13 Looks for new heavens and new earth in which righteousness dwells

·         2Pe 3:18 Is to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ… to whom is the glory both now and forever

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·         1Jo 2:1-2 Has an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous, Himself the propitiation for our sins

·         1Jo 2:15-17 Loves not the world or the things in the world… For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.

·         1Jo 2:20 Has an anointing from the Holy One

·         1Jo 3:9 Has been born of God

·         1Jo 3:9 Is a child of God

·         1Jo 3:9 Has God’s seed remaining in him

·         1Jo 3:14 Has passed from death to life

·         1Jo 3:14 Loves the brethren

·         1Jo 5:4 As born of God, overcomes the world… this is the victory that has overcome the world—faith.

·         1Jo 5:11 Has received the testimony of God concerning His Son—that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

·         1Jo 5:20 Knows that the Son of God has come and given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.