Cameron Chinatti

Pre-Existance

John 17:4-5 (MSG)
I glorified you on earth By completing down to the last detail What you assigned me to do.

1 Thessalonians 2:4

1 Thessalonians 2:4 (NLT)
For we speak as messengers approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News. Our purpose is to please God, not people. He alone examines the motives of our hearts.

Psalm 91:10-12

Psalm 91:10-12 (MSG)
Evil can't get close to you, harm can't get through the door.

Colossians 4:4-6

Colossians 4:4-6 (NLT)
Pray that I will proclaim this message as clearly as I should.

Philippians 4:5-8

Philippians 4:5-8 (NLT)
Let everyone see that you are considerate in all you do. Remember, the Lord is coming soon.

John 3:14-15

John 3:14-15 (MSG)
In the same way that Moses lifted the serpent in the desert so people could have something to see and then believe, it is necessary for the Son of Man to be lifted up -

Abraham as Faith Father

Romans 4:17 (MSG)
We call Abraham "father" not because he got God's attention by living like a saint, but because God made something out of Abraham when he was a nobody. Isn't that what we've always read in Scripture, God saying to Abraham, "I set you up as father of many peoples"? Abraham was first named "father" and then became a father because he dared to trust God to do what only God could do: raise the dead to life, with a word make something out of nothing. When everything was hopeless, Abraham believed anyway, deciding to live not on the basis of what he saw he couldn't do but on what God said he would do. And so he was made father of a multitude of peoples. God himself said to him, "You're going to have a big family, Abraham!"

A promise vs a contract

Romans 4:14-15 (MSG)
If those who get what God gives them only get it by doing everything they are told to do and filling out all the right forms properly signed, that eliminates personal trust completely and turns the promise into an ironclad contract! That's not a holy promise; that's a business deal.

The definition of a gift

Romans 4:4-5 (MSG)
If you're a hard worker and do a good job, you deserve your pay; we don't call your wages a gift. But if you see that the job is too big for you, that it's something only God can do, and you trust him to do it—you could never do it for yourself no matter how hard and long you worked—well, that trusting-him-to-do-it is what gets you set right with God, by God. Sheer gift.

The law- woven into the fabric of our being

Romans 2:14-15 (MSG)
When outsiders who have never heard of God's law follow it more or less by instinct, they confirm its truth by their obedience. They show that God's law is not something alien, imposed on us from without, but woven into the very fabric of our creation. There is something deep within them that echoes God's yes and no, right and wrong. Their response to God's yes and no will become public knowledge on the day God makes his final decision about every man and woman. The Message from God that I proclaim through Jesus Christ takes into account all these differences.

Ephesians 6:7

Ephesians 6:7 (NLT)
Work with enthusiasm, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.

Mark 4:24

Mark 4:24 (NLT)
Then he added, “Pay close attention to what you hear. The closer you listen, the more understanding you will be given—and you will receive even more.

Ephesians 4:21-24

Ephesians 4:21-24 (NLT)
Since you have heard about Jesus and have learned the truth that comes from him,

Ephesians 2:8-9

Ephesians 2:8-9 (NLT)
God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God.

Ephesians 1:16-17

Ephesians 1:16-17 (NLT)
I have not stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly,

Ephesians 1:17

Ephesians 1:17 (NLT)
asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God.

Galatians 5:13-14

Galatians 5:13-14 (NLT)
For you have been called to live in freedom, my brothers and sisters. But don’t use your freedom to satisfy your sinful nature. Instead, use your freedom to serve one another in love.

Galatians 3:8

Galatians 3:8 (NLT)
What’s more, the Scriptures looked forward to this time when God would declare the Gentiles to be righteous because of their faith. God proclaimed this good news to Abraham long ago when he said, “All nations will be blessed through you.”

Galatians 1:10

Galatians 1:10 (NLT)
Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant.

Matthew 21:21-22

Matthew 21:21-22 (NLT)
Then Jesus told them, “I tell you the truth, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you can do things like this and much more. You can even say to this mountain, ‘May you be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and it will happen.

Jude 1:6

Jude 1:6 (NLT)
And I remind you of the angels who did not stay within the limits of authority God gave them but left the place where they belonged. God has kept them securely chained in prisons of darkness, waiting for the great day of judgment.

Matthew 21:22

Matthew 21:22 (NLT)
You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.”

Matthew 15:11

Matthew 15:11 (NLT)
It’s not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; you are defiled by the words that come out of your mouth.”

1 John 5:14-16

1 John 5:14-16 (NLT)
And we are confident that he hears us whenever we ask for anything that pleases him.

1 John 4:17-18

1 John 4:17-18 (NLT)
And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world.