55.j.  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever

 

 

Heb 13:8  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Hebrews 1:12     like a robe you will roll them up, like a garment they will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will have no end.”

 Psalms 90:2     Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God.

 Psalms 90:4    For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night.

 Psalms 102:27-28    but you are the same, and your years have no end.  The children of your servants shall dwell secure; their offspring shall be established before you.

 Psalms 103:17     But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him, and his righteousness to children’s children,

 Isaiah 41:4     Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.

 Isaiah 44:6    Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: “I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.

 Malachi 3:6    “For I the LORD do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.

 John 8:56-58    Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad.”  So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?”  Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”

55.i. Imitate their faith

 

 

Heb 13:7  Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.

 Hebrews 6:12    so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

 Song of Solomon 1:8   If you do not know, O most beautiful among women, follow in the tracks of the flock, and pasture your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents.

 1 Corinthians 4:16   I urge you, then, be imitators of me.

 1 Corinthians 11:1   Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

 Philippians 3:17   Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us.

 1 Thessalonians 1:6     And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit,

 2 Thessalonians 3:7   For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us, because we were not idle when we were with you,

 2 Thessalonians 3:9     It was not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves an example to imitate.

55.h. Word of God

 

Heb 13:7  Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.

 Luke 8:11     Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

 Acts 4:31     And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.

 Acts 13:46     And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.

 1 Thessalonians 2:13     And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.

 Revelation 1:9    I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

 Revelation 6:9    When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne.

 Revelation 20:4    Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

55.g. Remember your leaders

 

 

Heb 13:7  Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.

 Hebrews 13:17   Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.

 Matthew 24:45    “Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his master has set over his household, to give them their food at the proper time?

 Acts 14:23    And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

 1 Thessalonians 5:12-13    We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you and are over you in the Lord and admonish you,  and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

 1 Timothy 3:5    for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church?

55.f. I will not fear

 

 

Heb 13:6  So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”

 Psalms 56:4     In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?

 Psalms 56:11-12    in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me?  I must perform my vows to you, O God; I will render thank offerings to you.

 Psalms 118:6     The LORD is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me?

 Daniel 3:16-18     Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered and said to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.  If this be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.  But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up.”

 Matthew 10:28    And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

 Luke 12:4-5    “I tell you, my friends, do not fear those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do.  But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!

55.e. Helper

 

 

Heb 13:6  So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”

Psalms 63:7     for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.

 Psalms 94:17    If the LORD had not been my help, my soul would soon have lived in the land of silence.

 Psalms 115:9-11    O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield.  O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield.  You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD! He is their help and their shield.

 Psalms 118:7-9    The LORD is on my side as my helper; I shall look in triumph on those who hate me.  It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.  It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.

 Psalms 124:8    Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

 Psalms 146:3    Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

 Isaiah 41:10    fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

 Isaiah 41:14    Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I am the one who helps you, declares the LORD; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

 Romans 8:31     What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

55.d. Helper

 

Heb 13:6  So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”

 Psalms 27:1-3   The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?  When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall.  Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, yet I will be confident.

 Psalms 27:9    Hide not your face from me. Turn not your servant away in anger, O you who have been my help. Cast me not off; forsake me not, O God of my salvation!

 Psalms 33:20    Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and our shield.

 Psalms 40:17    As for me, I am poor and needy, but the Lord takes thought for me. You are my help and my deliverer; do not delay, O my God!

 Psalms 54:4   Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life.

55.c. Helper

 

Heb 13:6  So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”

 Genesis 15:1  After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; your reward shall be very great.”

 Exodus 18:4     and the name of the other, Eliezer (for he said, “The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh”).

 Deuteronomy 33:26    “There is none like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the heavens to your help, through the skies in his majesty.

 Deuteronomy 33:29     Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD, the shield of your help, and the sword of your triumph! Your enemies shall come fawning to you, and you shall tread upon their backs.”

 Psalms 18:1-2    I love you, O LORD, my strength.  The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.

55.b. Bodly – Confident

 

Heb 13:6  So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”

 Hebrews 4:16     Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

 Hebrews 10:19    Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus

 Ephesians 2:18     For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

 Ephesians 3:12     in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.

 Romans 8:15-16    For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”  The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,

 2 Timothy 1:7    for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.

55.a. I will never leave you

 

Heb 13:5  Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

 1 Samuel 12:22    For the LORD will not forsake his people, for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people for himself.

 1 Chronicles 28:20    Then David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous and do it. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed, for the LORD God, even my God, is with you. He will not leave you or forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished

 Psalms 37:25    I have been young, and now am old, yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken or his children begging for bread.

 Isaiah 41:17     When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the LORD will answer them; I the God of Israel will not forsake them.

 Psalms 37:28    For the LORD loves justice; he will not forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, but the children of the wicked shall be cut off.

 Isaiah 41:10    fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.