“I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High” (Isaiah 14:14).

“And what is the exceeding greatness of His power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of His mighty power” (Ephesians 1:19).

“As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby” (I Peter 2:2).

This exhortation is directed to young Christians who have only recently trusted God’s enduring word, preached to them in the saving gospel of Christ.

“Then I said, I will not make mention of Him, nor speak anymore in His name. But His word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay” (Jeremiah 20:9).

“I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty” (Revelation 1:8).