Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
The number
And it
It was said
Ye are the sons
General references
Bible References
The number
Romans 9:27
And Isaiah cries aloud over Israel-'Though the Sons of Israel are like the sand of the sea in number, only a remnant of them shall escape!
Hebrews 11:12
And so from one man--and that when his powers were dead--there sprang a people as numerous 'as the stars in the heavens or the countless grains of sand upon the shore.'
And it
Romans 9:25
This, indeed, is what he says in the Book of Hosea-'I will call those my People who were not my People, and her my beloved who was not beloved.
It was said
1 Peter 2:9
But you are 'a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a consecrated nation, God's own People,' entrusted with the proclamation of the goodness of him who called you out of Darkness into his wonderful Light.
Ye are the sons
John 1:12
But to all who did receive him he gave power to become Children of God--to those who believe in his Name.
Romans 8:14
All who are guided by the Spirit of God are Sons of God.
Romans 9:26
And in the very place where it was said to them-"Ye are not my People", they shall be called Sons of the Living God.'
2 Corinthians 6:18
And I will be a father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters," says the Lord, the Ruler of all.'
Galatians 4:6
And it is because you are sons that God sent into our hearts the Spirit of his Son, with the cry--'Abba, our Father.'
1 John 3:1
Think what love the Father has shown us in allowing us to be called 'Children of God'; as indeed we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it has not learned to know him.
General references
Romans 3:29
Or can it be that God is the God only of the Jews? Is not he also the God of the Gentiles?