Thematic Bible: God's People
Thematic Bible
God's People » General references to » Called the "chosen ones"
Realize that the Lord shows the godly special favor; the Lord responds when I cry out to him.
Think about the circumstances of your call, brothers and sisters. Not many were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position.
For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.
For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love.
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Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
You once were not a people, but now you are God's people. You were shown no mercy, but now you have received mercy.
God's People » General references to » Spoken of as the elect
And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by being set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling with Jesus Christ's blood. May grace and peace be yours in full measure!
Who will bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.
Won't God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?
So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, that they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its eternal glory.
And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
God's People » General references to » Exalted above all nations
Then he will elevate you above all the nations he has made and you will receive praise, fame, and honor. You will be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he has said.
The Lord gives his people strength; the Lord grants his people security.
The Lord will not abandon his people because he wants to uphold his great reputation. The Lord was pleased to make you his own people.
God's People » General references to » The law written upon their hearts
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: "Look! The residence of God is among human beings. He will live among them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them.
"For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people.
So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, that they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its eternal glory.
God's People » General references to » Guided like a flock
Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us and we belong to him; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
Yet he brought out his people like sheep; he led them through the wilderness like a flock.
God's People » General references to » Prepared for service
And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him."
Simeon has explained how God first concerned himself to select from among the Gentiles a people for his name.
God's People » General references to » Chosen by jehovah
For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.
God's People » General references to » A peculiar treasure
And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,
God's People » General references to » Characterized by zeal
He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.
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- Being Chosen
- Character Of Saints
- Choices
- Chosen Disciples
- Chosen Ones
- Christians
- Confidence, God's Calling
- Election, Description Of
- Giving, Of Oneself
- God Vindicates
- God's Voice
- Grace Be To You