March 25: Genesis 15:6; Psalm 115:3; Luke 1:37; Luke 1:45; Romans 1:17; Romans 4:13; Romans 4:20–24; Hebrews 10:23; Matthew 6:10; Matthew 13:43; Luke 12:32; Luke 22:29–30; John 18:36; 1 Thessalonians 2:12; Hebrews 10:13; Revelation 5:10; Revelation 11:15; Revelation 20:4 - a podcast by Crossway

And [Abraham] believed theLord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.

No distrust made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.” But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord.

For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.—“The righteous shall live by faith.”— Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.—Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases.—“For nothing will be impossible with God.”… “And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.”

Genesis 15:6(Listen)

6 And he believed the LORD, and he counted it to him as righteousness.

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Psalm 115:3(Listen)

3   Our God is in the heavens;
    he does all that he pleases.

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Luke 1:37(Listen)

37 For nothing will be impossible with God.”

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Luke 1:45(Listen)

45 And blessed is she who believed that there would be¹a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.”

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Romans 1:17(Listen)

17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith,¹as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”²

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Romans 4:13(Listen)

The Promise Realized Through Faith

13 For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world did not come through the law but through the righteousness of faith.

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Romans 4:20–24(Listen)

20 No unbelief made him waver concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong in his faith as he gave glory to God,21 fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised.22 That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.”23 But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone,24 but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord,

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Hebrews 10:23(Listen)

23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.

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God… calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

“My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting…. But my kingdom is not from the world.”—Waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet.—“The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.”—“And you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth.”—Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed…. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.—“Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father.”—“Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.”

“And I assign to you, as my Father assigned to me, a kingdom, that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.”—“Your kingdom come.”

Matthew 6:10(Listen)

10   Your kingdom come,
  your will be done,¹
    on earth as it is in heaven.

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Matthew 13:43(Listen)

43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

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Luke 12:32(Listen)

32 “Fear not, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

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Luke 22:29–30(Listen)

29 and I assign to you, as my Father assigned to me, a kingdom,30 that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

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John 18:36(Listen)

36 Jesus answered,“My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.”

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1 Thessalonians 2:12(Listen)

12 we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

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Hebrews 10:13(Listen)

13 waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet.

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Revelation 5:10(Listen)

10   and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God,
    and they shall reign on the earth.”

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Revelation 11:15(Listen)

The Seventh Trumpet

15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.”

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Revelation 20:4(Listen)

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.

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