Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us for the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed among you by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not “Yes” and “No,” but in Him it has always been “Yes.” For all the promises of God are “Yes” in Christ. And so through Him, our “Amen” is spoken to the glory of God. Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all. Then the LORD said to me, “They have spoken well. I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him. He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’ I will indeed appoint him as My firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast and I will hold accountable anyone who does not listen to My words that the prophet speaks in My name. As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist. Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.” But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come and many false prophets will arise and mislead many. Because of the multiplication of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
Psalm 89:26-28
2 Corinthians 1:19-21
Matthew 24:11-13
Romans 4:16-18
2 Timothy 3:1-5
Deuteronomy 18:17-19
