“The LORD said to Abram, “…I will make of you a great nation,

and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you

will be a blessing.

I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors

you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth

shall be blessed.”

- Genesis 12:2-3

“And the LORD brought Abram outside and said, ‘Look toward

heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.’

Then he said to him, ‘So shall your offspring be.’”

- Genesis 15:5

“And God said to Abram, ‘Behold, my covenant is with you, and

you shall be the father of a multitude of nations…

And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout

their generations for an everlasting covenant,

to be God to you and to your offspring after you.”

- Genesis 17:4-7

“Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among

all peoples,

for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.”

- Exodus 19:5-6

“I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God.

And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of

the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them.

I am the LORD their God.” - Exodus 29:45-46

“And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ‘Speak to all the

congregation of the people of Israel and say to them,

‘You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.’”

- Leviticus 19:2

“And I will walk among you and will be your God, and you shall

be my people.”

- Leviticus 26:12

“‘Behold, the days are coming…when I will make

a new covenant….

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of

Israel after those days, declares the LORD:

I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their

hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his

brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they shall all know me, from the least of them to

the greatest, declares the LORD.

For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin

no more.”

- Jeremiah 31:31-34

“‘Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will take the people of Israel from the nations among

which they have gone,

and will gather them from all around, and bring them to their

own land.

And I will make them one nation in the land…And one king shall

be king over them all…

They shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols and

their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions.

But I will save them from all the backslidings in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be my people,

and I will be their God.”

– Ezekiel 37:21-23

“And I will have mercy on (the one called) No Mercy, and I will say to (the one called) Not My

People, 'You are my people'; and he shall say, 'You are my God.’”

- Hosea 2:23

“Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion, for behold, I come and

I will dwell in your midst, declares the LORD.

And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that

day, and shall be my people.” - Zechariah 2:10-11

“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations…And

behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

– Matthew 28:19-20

“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed

away, and the sea was no more.

And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, ‘Behold, the dwelling place of God is

with man.

He will dwell with them, and they will be his people,

and God himself will be with them as their God.’”

- Revelation 21:1-3

1. God has formed his people for himself.

2. God has set us apart to be holy.

3. God has chosen tohave mercy on us.

4. God has promised,“I will be with you.”