Verse of the Day

Friday, May 8, 2009

Missionary Sunday - May 3, 2009

Twenty
“Exceeding Great and Precious Promises”
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From a sermon by
Noah Quarshie
of Ghana, West Africa
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preached May 3, 2009
at Wayside Gospel Chapel

2 Peter 1:1-4 - [1] Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us
through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:
[2] Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,
[3] 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:
[4] Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature,
having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Jeremiah 31:3 – the everlasting love
The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying,
Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love:
therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

Isaiah 45:17 – the everlasting salvation
But Israel shall be saved in the Lord with an everlasting salvation:
ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.

Psalm 119:142 – the everlasting righteousness
Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness,
and thy law is the truth.

Isaiah 55:3 – the everlasting covenant
Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live;
and I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
even the sure mercies of David.

Isaiah 54:8 – the everlasting kindness
In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment;
but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee,
saith the Lord thy Redeemer.

Isaiah 35:10 – the everlasting joy
And the ransomed of the Lord shall return,
and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads:
they shall obtain joy and gladness,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

2 Thes. 2:16 – the everlasting consolation
Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father,
which hath loved us,
and hath given us everlasting consolation
and good hope through grace,

Psalm 139:24 – the everlasting way
And see if there be any wicked way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalm 112:6 – the everlasting remembrance
Surely he shall not be moved for ever:
the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

Isaiah 55:13 – the everlasting sign
Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree,
and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree:
and it shall be to the Lord for a name,
for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

Ephes. 1:4-5 – the everlasting adoption
[4] 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:
[5] Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children
by Jesus Christ to himself,
according to the good pleasure of his will,

John 6:47 – the everlasting life
Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

Isaiah 60:19-20 – the everlasting light
[19] The sun shall be no more thy light by day;
neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee:
but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light,
and thy God thy glory.
[20] Thy sun shall no more go down;
neither shall thy moon withdraw itself:
for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light,
and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

Psalm 103:17 – the everlasting mercy
But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting
upon them that fear him,
and his righteousness unto children's children;

Deut. 33:27 - the everlasting arms
The eternal God is thy refuge,
and underneath are the everlasting arms:
and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee;
and shall say, Destroy them.

Isaiah 26:4 - the everlasting strength
Trust ye in the Lord for ever:
for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:

2 Peter 1:11 – the everlasting kingdom
For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you
abundantly into the everlasting kingdom
of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Psalm 119:144 – the everlasting testimony
The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting:
give me understanding, and I shall live.

Isaiah 40:8 – the everlasting Word
The grass withereth, the flower fadeth:
but the word of our God shall stand for ever.

Genesis 21:33 – the everlasting God
And Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba,
and called there on the name of the Lord,
the everlasting God.

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