Sword and Shield

Heart Guide for Lesson 23:
Spiritual Warfare 101

Just in case you need more evidence for total redemption! We apply Romans 8:28 like jam on toast, but it is only one of the ways that this saving work is described in scripture. Drink deeply of these powerful promises of restoration (see also Psalms 51:10-13, 80:3-7, 130:7-8; Isaiah 49:8-9, 57:17-18; Jeremiah 30:17; Nahum 2:2; Galatians 6:1-2; Acts 3:9, 14:21-22).

'As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.' Genesis 50:20 WEB

O Israel, hope in the Lord!For with the Lord there is steadfast love,and with him is plentiful redemption.And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities. Psalm 130:7-8

Men don't despise a thief, if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry: But if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house. Proverbs 6:30-31 WEB

'And he went on backsliding in the way of his heart. I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners.' Isaiah 57:17-18 WEB

'Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope;today I declare that I will restore to you double.' Zechariah 9:12

'I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you.' Joel 2:25

'Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.' Acts 3:19-20

For this slight momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:17-18

Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. Hebrews 7:25

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