"Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it
cometh" (Job 5:21).
"Thou lift up thy face without spot" (Job 11:15).
"He shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday" (Psalm 37:6).
"Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in
a pavilion from the strife of tongues" (Psalm 31:20).
"He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God
shall send forth his mercy and his truth" (Psalm 57:3).
REPROACH
"Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the
reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and
the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation
to generation" (Isaiah 51:7, 8).
"Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you
falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven" (Matthew 5:11,
12).
"Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the
recompence of the reward" (Hebrews 11:26).
"If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon
you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified" (1Peter 4:14).
7. FROM WITCHCRAFT
"Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel" (Numbers
23:23).
8. PROMISES TO THE STRANGER AND THE EXILE
"He loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment" (Deuteronomy 10:18).
"The LORD preserveth the strangers" (Psalm 146:9).
"Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have
scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they
shall come" (Ezekiel 11:16).
9. TO THE POOR AND HELPLESS
"The needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever" (Psalm 9:18).
"Thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor" (Psalm 68:10).
"The LORD heareth the poor" (Psalm 69:33).
"I will satisfy her poor with bread" (Psalm 132:15).
"The firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety" (Isaiah 14:30).
"He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. He shall deliver the needy when
he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the
souls of the needy" (Psalm 72:2, 12, 13).
"He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer" (Psalm 102:17).
"Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock" (Psalm 107:41).
"He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill" (Psalm 113:7).
"Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of
evildoers" (Jeremiah 20:13).
"He saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. So the poor hath
hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth" (Job 5:15, 16).
"He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression" (Job 36:15).
"Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted" (James 1:9).
"Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the
kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?" (James 2:5).
"Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus
evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented" (Luke 16:25).
10. TO THE FATHERLESS AND WIDOW
"Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me,
I will surely hear their cry; and my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall
be widows, and your children fatherless" (Exodus 22:22-24).
"He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow" (Deuteronomy 10:18).
"The poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. To judge the fatherless and
the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress" (Psalm 10:14, 18).
"A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation" (Psalm 68:5).
"He relieveth the fatherless and widow" (Psalm 146:9).
"The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow" (Proverbs
15:25).
"Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: 11 For their Redeemer is
mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee" (Proverbs 23:10, 11).
"Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me" (Jeremiah 49:11).
"In thee the fatherless findeth mercy" (Hosea 14:3).
11. TO THE CHILDLESS
"God setteth the solitary in families" (Psalm 68:6).
"He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children" (Psalm 113:9).
"Thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my Sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and
take hold of my covenant; even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name
better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off" (Isaiah
56:4, 5).
12. TO THE PRISONER AND CAPTIVE
"He bringeth out those which are bound with chains" (Psalm 68:6).
"The LORD looseth the prisoners" (Psalm 146:7).
"If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather
thee, and from thence will he fetch thee" (Deuteronomy 30:4).
"He despiseth not his prisoners" (Psalm 69:33).
"[He] brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder" (Psalm
107:14).
"The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread
should fail" (Isaiah 51:14).
"Thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible
shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children" (Isaiah
49:25).
"Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil
and in the time of affliction" (Jeremiah 15:11).
13. DELIVERANCE FROM DEATH
"He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light" (Job 33:28).
"He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death" (Psalm
68:20).
"O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: which holdeth our soul in life,
and suffereth not our feet to be moved" (Psalms 66:8, 9).
"From heaven did the LORD behold the earth; to hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are
appointed to death" (Psalm 102:19, 20).
"Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death. Then they cry unto the
LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses" (Psalm 107:18, 19).
"Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints" (Psalm 116:15).
"A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee" (Psalm
91:7).
"Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death" (Psalm 9:13).
"The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up" (1Samuel 2:6).
"See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal:
neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand" (Deuteronomy 32:39).
Chapter 3
PROMISES OF SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS IN THIS LIFE
1. IN GENERAL
"All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. The
secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant" (Psalm 25:10, 14).
"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings
in heavenly places in Christ: according as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that
we should be holy and without blame before him in love: according to the riches of his grace; wherein he
hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence" (Ephesians 1:3, 4, 7, 8).
"According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the
knowledge of Him that hath called us to glory and virtue: whereby are given unto us exceeding great and
precious promises" (2Peter 1:3, 4).
"As many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God"
(Galatians 6:16).
"Whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he
justified, them he also glorified" (Romans 8:30).
2. OF JUSTIFICATION, PARDON, AND RECONCILIATION
JUSTIFICATION
"He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel" (Numbers 23:21).
"In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory" (Isaiah 45:25).
"By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities" (Isaiah 53:11).
"Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your
idols, will I cleanse you" (Ezekiel 36:25).
"Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus" (Romans 3:24).
"There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh,
but after the Spirit. Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he
that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God,
who also maketh intercession for us" (Romans 8:1, 33, 34).
"That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life" (Titus
3:7).
"He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in
him" (2Corinthians 5:21).
"By him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of
Moses" (Acts 13:39).
"Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Being now justified by his
blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. By the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all
men unto justification of life. So by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous" (Romans 5:1, 9,
18, 19).
PARDON OF SIN
"Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin" (Exodus 34:7).
"As for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away" (Psalm 65:3).
"I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins"
(Isaiah 43:25).
"There is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. He shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities"
(Psalm 130:4, 8).
"The inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity" (Isaiah
33:24).
"I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have
redeemed thee" (Isaiah 44:22).
"He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. He hath not dealt with us after our sins;
nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his
mercy toward them that fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our
transgressions from us" (Psalm 103:9-12).
"Mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. I will not execute the fierceness of
mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim" (Hosea 11:8, 9).
"Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of
his heritage? He retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. He will turn again, he will
have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of
the sea" (Micah 7:18, 19).
"Their sins and iniquities will I remember no more" (Hebrews 10:17).
"I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more" (Jeremiah 31:34).
"I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more"
(Hebrews 8:12).
"Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much. And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace" [See Repentance, part 2, chap. 1, sect. 2] (Luke 7:47, 48, 50).
"All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost
shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be
forgiven him" (Matthew 12:31, 32).
"Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man unto whom the
LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile" (Psalm 32:1, 2).
OF THE MOST HEINOUS SINS
"Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall
be as wool" (Isaiah 1:18).
OF ALL SINS
"Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases" (Psalm 103:3).
"I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their
iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me" (Jeremiah 33:8).
"None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him" (Ezekiel 33:16).
OF BACKSLIDING
"Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you. Return, ye
backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings" (Jeremiah 3:12, 22).
"I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely" (Hosea 14:4).
PARDON THROUGH CHRIST
"In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for
sin and for uncleanness" (Zechariah 13:1).
"He shall save his people from their sins" (Matthew 1:21).
"Through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins" (Acts 13:38).
"In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his
grace" (Ephesians 1:7).
"Who gave himself for our sins" (Galatians 1:4).
"This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save
sinners" (1Timothy 1:15).
"Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures" (1Corinthians 15:3).
"When he had by himself purged our sins" (Hebrews 1:3).
"He hath appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. Christ was once offered to bear the sins of
many" (Hebrews 9:26, 28).
"By one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified" (Hebrews 10:14).
"The Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world" (John 1:29).
"This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins" (Matthew 26:28).
"He was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace
was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned
every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all" (Isaiah 53:5, 6).
"If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: He is the propitiation for
our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. I write unto you, little children,
because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake" (1John 2:1, 12).
"The blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to
forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1John 1:7, 9).
"He was manifested to take away our sins" (1John 3:5).
"Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto
righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed" (1Peter 2:24).
"That loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood" (Revelation 1:5).
RECONCILIATION
"Let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me"
(Isaiah 27:5).
"Being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were
enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be
saved by his life" (Romans 5:9, 10).
"All things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry
of reconciliation; to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their
trespasses unto them" (2Corinthians 5:18, 19).
"Now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is our
peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; having
abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in
himself of twain one new man, so making peace; and that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by
the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: and came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and
to them that were nigh" (Ephesians 2:13-17).
"You, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he
reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable
in his sight: if ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the
gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven"
(Colossians 1:21-23).
"A merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the
people" (Hebrews 2:17).
3. ADOPTION
"I am a Father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn" (Jeremiah 31:9).
"Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O
LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting" (Isaiah 63:16).
"But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy
hand" (Isaiah 64:8).
"As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. For ye have not received the spirit of
bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father"
(Romans 8:14, 15).
"And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall
they be called the children of the living God" (Romans 9:26).
"[I] will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty" (2Corinthians
6:18).
"Ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus" (Galatians 3:26).
"God sent forth his Son, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of
sons. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ"
(Galatians 4:4, 5, 7).
"Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good
pleasure of his will, to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the
Beloved" (Ephesians 1:5, 6).
"As many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe
on his name" (John 1:12).
"Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God.
Beloved, now are we the sons of God" (1John 3:1, 2).
4. UNION AND COMMUNION WITH THE CHURCH
"Ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an
innumerable company of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in
heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the mediator
of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel" (Hebrews
12:22-24).
"For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus" (Philippians
3:3).
"There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are
all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the
promise" (Galatians 3:28, 29).
"Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the
children of promise" (Galatians 4:26, 28).
"That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and
truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ" (1John 1:3).
"That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from
the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: but now in Christ Jesus ye who
sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. Now therefore ye are no more strangers and
foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; in whom [Christ] ye also are
builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit" (Ephesians 2:12, 13, 19, 22).
"Thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness
of the olive tree" (Romans 11:17).
5. FREE ACCESS TO GOD, WITH ACCEPTANCE
"Through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father" (Ephesians 2:18).
"In mine holy mountain will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings. I will accept you with your
sweet savour" (Ezekiel 20:40, 41).
"In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him" (Ephesians 3:12).
"Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living
way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh" (Hebrews 10:19, 20).
"Wherein he hath made us accepted in the Beloved" (Ephesians 1:6).
"To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, ye
also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices,
acceptable to God by Jesus Christ" (1Peter 2:4, 5).
6. OF HEARING PRAYER
"Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee" (Job 22:27).
"But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto
him" (Psalm 4:3).
"This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. The eyes of the
LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. The righteous cry, and the LORD
heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles" (Psalm 34:6, 15, 17).
"Call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me" (Psalm 50:15).
"O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come" (Psalm 65:2).
"He shall call upon me, and I will answer him" (Psalm 91:15).
"He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them" (Psalm 145:19).
"The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous" (Proverbs 15:29).
"He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee" (Isaiah
30:19).
"Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am" (Isaiah 58:9).
"And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear"
(Isaiah 65:24).
"Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you" (Jeremiah
29:12).
"They shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is
my God" (Zechariah 13:9).
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every
one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. If ye
then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is
in heaven give good things to them that ask him?" (Matthew 7:7, 8, 11).
"And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive" (Matthew 21:22).
"If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you"
(John 15:7).
"And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in
my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that
your joy may be full" (John 16:23, 24).
"And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye
shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it" (John 14:13, 14).
"And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins,
they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be
healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (James 5:15, 16).
"And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things
that are pleasing in his sight" (1John 3:22).
"And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of
him. If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for
them that sin not unto death" (1John 5:14-16).
7. SANCTIFYING GRACE IN GENERAL
"The LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold
from them that walk uprightly" (Psalm 84:11).
"Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might
be sanctified through the truth" (John 17:17, 19).
"We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that
we should walk in them" (Ephesians 2:10).
"For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure" (Philippians 2:13).
"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me" (Philippians 4:13).
"Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God"
(2Corinthians 3:5).
"And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be
preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ" (1Thessalonians 5:23).
"Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in
light. And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he
reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable
in his sight" (Colossians 1:12, 21, 22).
"We are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from
the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth"
(2Thessalonians 2:13).
"Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar
people, zealous of good works" (Titus 2:14).
"This shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; after those days, saith the LORD, I will
put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my
people" (Jeremiah 31:33).
"That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him
without fear, in holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life" (Luke 1:74, 75).
"They shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them" (Jeremiah
30:9).
"And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of
the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God" (1Corinthians 6:11).
"But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image
from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord" (2Corinthians 3:18).
8. OF CONVERTING GRACE
"And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God
with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live" (Deuteronomy 30:6).
"I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their
God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart" (Jeremiah 24:7).
"Turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God" (Jeremiah 31:18).
"Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power" (Psalm 110:3).
"Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the
washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost" (Titus 3:5).
"A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out
of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh" (Ezekiel 36:26).
"Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his
own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began" (2Timothy 1:9).
"And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of
their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine
ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God" (Ezekiel 11:19, 20).
"In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of
Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. They shall ask the way to
Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual
covenant that shall not be forgotten" (Jeremiah 50:4, 5).
THE GRACE OF REPENTANCE
"They shall look upon me whom they have pierced" (Zechariah 12:10).
"Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you
from his iniquities" (Acts 3:26).
"Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel,
and forgiveness of sins" (Acts 5:31).
"Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe
yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations" (Ezekiel 36:31).
"Behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. And she shall
follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them:
then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now" (Hosea
2:6, 7).
"I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance" (Matthew 9:13).
"And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall
lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed" (Ezekiel 20:43).
THE GRACE OF FAITH
"Unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake"
(Philippians 1:29).
"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God" (Ephesians 2:8).
"It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and
hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me" (John 6:45).
GRACE TO FEAR GOD
"I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever" (Jeremiah 32:39).
