Saved By His Life -Romans 5:10-11

"For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation."

Saved From Wrath -Romans 5:9

"Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him." 

In This Place I Will Give Peace -Haggai 2:6-9

As we continue going through Haggai, we come upon another promise.

"For thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Once more (it is a little while) I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land; and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,' says the LORD of hosts. 'The silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine,' says the LORD of hosts. 'The glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the former,' says the LORD of hosts. 'And in this place I will give peace,' says the LORD of hosts."

This promise points to when Christ came to earth...and the peace that came with Him.


The encouraging thing is that this promise still applies to us! When we accept Christ as our Savior, we receive the peace that "passeth all understanding".

Nailed it to the Cross -Colossians 2:13-14

This is a continuation of a promise I did a few days ago...these verses are so powerful!

"And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross."

The wording of these verses is really amazing...that God forgave us of everything, (when we were dead in our sins), wiping out all the requirements against us.


He took all of that, and nailed it to the cross.

Made Without Hands -Colossians 2:11-12

"In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead."

Brought Near -Ephesians 2:11-13

It's hard to do only one verse of Ephesians...Paul always writes really long sentences, and His thoughts usually extend beyond one sentence...so I'm going to preemptively say sorry, this isn't the entire context...

"Therefore remember that you, once Gentiles in the flesh- who are called Uncircumcision by what is called the Circumcision made in the flesh by hands- that at that time you 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 you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ."

I find this really encouraging...to know that we were without Christ, considered sinners and completely separated from God.

But now, through Christ Jesus, we who were separated from God now have been brought near.

Jesus paid it all.

An Established Heart -Psalms 112:8

As we continue going through Psalms 112, we see this promise to those who are righteous.

"His heart is established; He will not be afraid, Until he sees his desire upon his enemies."

We aren't righteous...but through Jesus' death on the cross, we can now have His righteousness imputed to us. When we are saved, our heart is established! We no longer need to fear!

Number 40! And Off to Egypt....not me personally. Hosea 11:1

...I've officially posted 40 times...wow. I can't believe it's already been 40 days...

Today's post again is following the Christmas season, and we find ourselves today in the book of Hosea.

"When Israel was a child, I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son."

 Now, if your reaction was anything like mine, you might be like, "Hey! That's talking about the Children of Israel, not Jesus!"

While this was indeed talking about the Children of Israel, God also used it as a prophecy through the prophet Hosea. Matthew recognized this, and references Hosea in chapter 2:14-15...when Joseph and Mary flee with Jesus to Egypt.

"When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, "Out of Egypt I called My Son.""

This prophecy/promise is an encouragement to us because we can know through this, and other prophecies fulfilled, that Jesus was in fact the Messiah.