Peter answered them, Repent (change
your views and purpose to accept the
will of God in your inner selves) and
be baptized, every one of you, in the
name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness
of your sins; and you shall receive the gift
of the Holy Spirit.
(Acts 2.38).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
And we know that in all things God works
for the good of those who love Him, who
have been called according to His purpose.
(Romans 8.28).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
In Him we were also chosen,
having been predestined
according to the plan of Him
Who works out everything in
conformity with the purpose
of His will, in order that we, who
were the first to hope in Christ,
might be for the praise of His glory.
(Ephesians 1.11 & 12).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
In Him we were also chosen,
having been predestined
according to the plan of Him
Who works out everything
in conformity with the purpose
of His will, in order that we, who
were the first to hope in Christ,
might be for the praise of His glory.
(Ephesians 1.11 & 12).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
Because God wanted to make the unchanging
nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of
what was promised, He confirmed it with an oath.
God did this by two unchangeable things in which
it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to
take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly
encouraged.
We have this hope as anchor for the soul, firm and secure.
It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where
Jesus, who went before us, has entered on our behalf.
He has become a high priest forever, in the order of
Melchizedek.
(Hebrews 6.17-20).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
So do not be ashamed to testify about our
Lord, or ashamed of me His prisoner.
But join me in suffering for the gospel, by the
power of God, who has saved us and called us
to a holy life – not because of anything we have
done but because of His own purpose and grace.
This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the
beginning of time, but it has now been revealed
through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus,
Who has destroyed death, and has brought life and
immortality to light through the gospel. (Best News
Ever).
(II. Timothy 1.8-10).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
He saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that
we had done, but because of His own pity and mercy by the
cleansing of the new birth and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
Whom He bestowed so richly upon us through Jesus Christ
our Savior.
That we might be justified by His grace, (that we might be
acknowledged as conformed to the divine will in purpose,
thought and action), and that we might become heirs of
eternal life according to our hope.
This message is most trustworthy, and concerning these
things I want you to insist steadfastly, so that those who have
believed in God may be careful to apply themselves to honorable
occupations and to doing good, for such things are not only excellent
and right, but also good and profitable for the people.
St. Paul is telling us that his purpose is to attain
the fullness of all that being in Christ brings to us.
The complete fulfilment of everything He has for us.
To reach our full potential in Christ by fulfilling the purpose
for which Christ has laid hold of us and made us His own
we grasp this most amazing opportunity and press on.
His purpose for our lives shall then be actualized.
” Not that I have now attained this ideal, or have already
been made perfect, but I press on to lay hold of, grasp and
make my own, that for which Christ Jesus has laid
hold of me and made me His own.
I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and
made it my own yet, but one thing I do: forgetting what
lies behind and straining what lies ahead,
I press on toward the goal to win the supreme prize to
which God in Christ is calling us upward.
(Philippians 3.12-14).
HALLELUJAH! THNK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
For my determined purpose is that I may know Him,
that I may progressively become more deeply and
intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving, recognizing
and understanding the wonders of His Person more
strongly and clearly, and that I may in that same way
come to know the power of His resurrection and that I
may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed
in spirit into His likeness even to His death, in the hope
That if possible I may attain to the resurrection that lifts me
out from among the dead.
Not that I have now attained this ideal, or have already been
made perfect, but I press on to lay hold of and make my own,
that for which Christ Jesus has laid hold of me and made me
His own.
(Philippians 3.10-12).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me
His prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the
power of God Who has saved us and called us to a holy life- not
because anything we have done but because of His own purpose
and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the
beginning of time, but it has now been revealed through the
appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, Who has destroyed death
and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel
(The Best News Ever).
(II. Timothy 1.8-10).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!