The Greatest Promise | Dr. Conrad Vine

Extracted Verses and Quotes from the Sermon

Biblical Verses

Genesis 3:15

“I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.”

Daniel 9:1-2

“In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the Lord given to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.”

Daniel 9:24

“Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish transgression, to put an end to sin, to atone for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal both vision and prophet, and to anoint a most holy place.”

Ezekiel 4:6

“I have assigned you forty days, a day for each year.”

Numbers 14:34

“According to the number of days you explored the land, forty days, for each day you shall bear your guilt one year, forty years, and you shall know my displeasure.”

Hebrews 9:26

“But as it is, he [Jesus] has appeared once for all at the end of the age to remove sin by the sacrifice of himself.”

Ezra 1:2, 4

“Cyrus the Great sent the Jews back to Jerusalem, but only to rebuild the temple.”

Ezra 6

“Decree from Persian Emperor Darius I to rebuild the temple.”

Ezra 7

“The command from Persian Emperor Artaxerxes to restore and rebuild the city of Jerusalem.”

Luke 3:1-3

“In the fifteenth year of the reign of Emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea… the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness. He went throughout the whole region Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.”

Galatians 1:18

“After three years I went up to Jerusalem to get acquainted with Cephas and stayed with him fifteen days.”

Galatians 2:1

“Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas.”

Acts 18:12

“When Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal.”

Acts 8

“Stephen was stoned to death while Saul held the coats of those who were killing him.”

John 3:16-17

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life. Indeed, God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that through him the world might be saved.”

Mark 16:16

“He that believes and is baptized shall be saved.”

Revelation 3:5

“If you conquer, you will be clothed like them in white robes, and I will not blot out your name out of the book of life. I will confess your name before my Father and before his angels.”

Revelation 5:12

“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing.”

Psalm 23

“I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”

Memorable Quotes

“God is in control of the flow of history. There is a coming kingdom and God wants everybody to be a part of that kingdom regardless of the passport they hold on this planet.”

“When you accept a promise, you have to accept that the person making the promise is trustworthy and their words can be trusted and you can believe what they’re going to say.”

“In the garden of Eden, there was a promise that God would send a redeemer to save humanity from the problem of sin and to deal with Satan as the source of all human suffering.”

“There is a principle in the Old Testament prophecies that a day equals a year.”

“God gives his people 490 years to get their spiritual house in order.”

“Jesus began his ministry exactly on time according to the 490-year prophecy of Daniel 9.”

“The Messiah would be killed, die in poverty, and be rejected by men.”

“When Christ died on the cross of Calvary, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom by God himself.”

“The sacrificial system had come to an end because God was no longer dwelling among his people in the temple.”

“The ultimate sacrifice for my sins and your sins had been paid once and for all.”

“It matters where your name is written.”

“The acid test of faith was putting the blood of the lamb on the door lintels and doorposts, expressing trust in the lamb of God for eternal life, not the pagan gods.”

“God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that everyone might be saved through faith in Him.”

“If you want your name in the Lamb’s Book of Life, you can accept the sacrifice of the Lamb of God on Calvary.”

“This life and all its troubles is but the blink of an eye compared to the assurance of eternal life with the Lamb of God.”

“Life is too short to mess around with these questions of eternal significance.”

Other Quotations

Jesus (John 3:16-17)

“For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life. Indeed, God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that through him the world might be saved.”

Jesus (Mark 16:16)

“He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.”

Jesus (Revelation 5:12)

“Worthy is the lamb that was slaughtered to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing.”