Luke 1:72

God's salvation flows from His mercy and faithfulness to the covenant He made with the patriarchs. It matters because our hope rests on God's reliable promises, not our merit.

Cross-references · 18

• Heb 6:13–18For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,
• Lev 26:42then I will remember my covenant with Jacob; and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham; and I will remember the land.
• Mic 7:20You will give truth to Jacob, and mercy to Abraham, as you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old.
• Ps 106:45He remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
• Rom 11:28Concerning the Good News, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.
• Gen 28:14Your offspring will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your offspring will all the families of the earth be blessed.
• Gen 26:4I will multiply your offspring as the stars of the sky, and will give all these lands to your offspring. In your offspring will all the nations of the earth be blessed,
• Luke 1:54–55He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy,
• Ezek 16:60Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish to you an everlasting covenant.
• Ps 105:8–10He has remembered his covenant forever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations,
• Acts 3:25–26You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘In your offspring will all the families of the earth be blessed.’
• Gen 22:18All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring, because you have obeyed my voice.”
• Gal 3:15–17Brothers, speaking of human terms, though it is only a man’s covenant, yet when it has been confirmed, no one makes it void, or adds to it.
• Ps 98:3He has remembered his loving kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
• Ps 111:5He has given food to those who fear him. He always remembers his covenant.
• Gen 17:4–9“As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.
• Gen 12:3I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who curses you. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
• Ezek 16:8“‘“Now when I passed by you, and looked at you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over you, and covered your nakedness: yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you,” says the Lord Yahweh, “and you became mine.

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