And you also were included in Christ
when you heard the word of truth,
the gospel (Best News Ever) of your
salvation. Having believed, you were
marked in Him with a seal, the promised
Holy Spirit, Who is a deposit guaranteeing
our inheritance until the redemption of
those who are God’s possession- to the
praise of His glory.
(Ephesians 1.13 & 14).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
I am not ashamed of the gospel
(Best News Ever), because it is
the power of God for the salvation
of everyone who believes: first for
the Jew, then for the Gentile. For in
the gospel (Best News Ever) a
righteousness from God is revealed,
a righteousness that is by faith from
first to last, just as it is written: “The
righteous will live by faith.”
(Romans 1.16 & 17).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
It is not to angels that He has subjected the
world to come, about which we are speaking.
But there is a place where someone has testified:
“What is man that You are mindful of Him, the
son of man that You care for him?
You made him a little lower than the angels;
You crowned him with glory and honor
and put everything under his feet.”
In putting everything under him, God left
nothing that is not subject to him.
Yet at present we do not see everything
subject to him. But we see Jesus, Who was made
a little lower than the angels, now crowned
with glory and honor because He suffered death,
so that by the grace of God He might taste death
for everyone.
In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that
God, for Whom and through Whom everything
exists, should make the author of their salvation
perfect through suffering. Both the One Who makes
men holy and those who are made holy are from
the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call
them brothers.
He says,
“I will declare Your name to My brothers.
In the presence of the congregation I will sing
Your praises.”
And again,
“I will put my trust in Him.”
And again He says,
“Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”
Since the children have flesh and blood,
He too shared in their humanity so that by
His death He might destroy him who holds
the power of death- that is, the devil-
and free those who all their lives were held in
slavery by their fear of death. For surely
it is not angels He helps, but Abraham’s descendants.
For this reason He had to be made like His brothers
in every way, in order that he might become a
merciful and faithful high priest in service to God,
and that He might make atonement for the sins of
the people. Because He Himself suffered when He was
tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.
(Hebrews 2.5-18).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
To which of the angels did God ever say,
“Sit at My right hand
until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet”?
Are not all angels ministering spirits sent
to serve those who will inherit salvation?
We must pay more careful attention, therefore,
to what we have heard, so that we do not drift
away. For if the message spoken by angels was
binding, and every violation and disobedience
received its just punishment, how shall we escape
if we ignore such a great salvation?
This salvation, which was first announced by the
Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him.
God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various
miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed
according to His will.
(Hebrews 1.13-2.4).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy,
and slander of every kind. Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual
milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have
tasted that the Lord is good.
(I. Peter 2.1-3).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
Praise be to God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!
In His great mercy He has given us new hope through
the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into
an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade- kept
in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s
power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be
revealed in the last time.
(I. Peter 1.3-5).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have
heard, so that we do not drift away.
For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every violation
and disobedience received its just punishment, how shall we escape
if we ignore such a great salvation?
This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed
to us by those who heard Him. God also testified to it by signs, wonders
and various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according
to His will.
(Hebrews 2.1-4).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
In Christ, you also who have heard the word of Truth,
the glad tidings of your salvation, and have believed in
and adhered to and relied on Him, were stamped with
the seal of the long-promised Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit is the guarantee of our inheritance in
anticipation of full redemption and our acquiring
complete possession- to the praise of His glory!
(Ephesians 1. 13 & 14).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
Because he has set his love upon Me,
therefore I will deliver him; I will set
him on high, because he knows and
understands My name.
He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him.
I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him
and honor him.
With long life will I satisfy him and and show him
My salvation.
(Psalm 91.14-16).
HALLELUJAH! WE PRAISE YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
Put on God’s whole armor, that you may be able successfully
to stand up against the strategies and deceits of the devil.
For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood, but against the
despotisms, against the powers, against the spirits who are the
world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces
of wickedness in the supernatural sphere.
Therefore put on God’s complete armor, that you may be able to
resist and stand your ground on the evil day of danger and having
done all that the crisis demands, to stand firmly in your place.
Stand therefore having tightened the belt of truth around your loins
and having put on the breastplate of integrity and of moral rectitude
and right standing with God,
and having shod your feet in preparation to face the enemy with the
firm-footed stability, the promptness, and the readiness produced by
the good news of the Gospel of peace.
Lift up over all the covering shield of saving faith, upon which you can
quench all the flaming missiles of the wicked one.
And take the helmet of salvation and the sword that the Spirit wields,
which is the Word of God.
Pray at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and entreaty. To that end
keep alert and watch with strong purpose and perseverance, interceeding
in behalf of all the saints who are God’s consecrated people.
(Ephesians 6.11-18).
AMEN!