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!
Since we are declared righteous,
and given a right standing with
God through faith, let us grasp
the fact that we have the peace
of reconciliation to hold and to
enjoy peace with God through
our Lord Jesus Christ.
Through Him also we have our
access by faith into God’s favor
in which we firmly and safely
stand.
And let us rejoice and exult in
our hope of experiencing and
enjoying the glory of God.
Moreover let us also be full of
joy now! Let us exult and triumph
in our troubles and rejoice in our
suffering, knowing that pressure
and hardship produce patient and
unswerving endurance.
And endurance develops maturity
of character. And character produces
joyful and confident hope of eternal
salvation.
Such hope never disappoints, for God’s
love has been poured out in our hearts
through the Holy Spirit Who has been
given to us.
(Romans 5.1-5).
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!
What you heard from me, keep as the pattern
of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ
Jesus. Guard the good deposit that was entrusted
to you- guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit
Who lives in us.
(II. Timothy 1. 13 & 14).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town
in the hill country of Judea, where she entered
Zechariah’s home and greeted Elizabeth. When
Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped
in Elizabeth’s womb and Elizabeth was filled with
the Holy Spirit. In a loud voice she exclaimed:
“Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the
child you will bear! But why am I so favored, that the
mother of my Lord should come to me? As soon as the
sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my
womb leaped for joy. Blessed is she who has believed that
what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished!”
(Luke 1.39-45)
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a
town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named
Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The
angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored!
The Lord is with you.”
Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of
greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid,
Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and
give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will
be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God
will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the
house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.”
How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”
The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and
the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one
to be born will be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative
is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren
is in her sixth month. For nothing is impossible with God.”
“I am the Lord’s servant,” Mary answered. “May it be to me as you have
said.” Then the angel left her.
(Luke 1.26-38).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest
named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division
of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of
Aaron. Both were upright in the sight of God’ observing
all the Lord’s commandments and regulations blamelessly.
But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren; and
they were both well along in years.
Once when Zechariah’s division was on duty and he was serving
as priest before God, he was chosen by lot, according to the custom
of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense.
And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled
worshipers were praying outside.
Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side
of the altar of incense. When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and
was gripped with fear. But the angel said to him: “Do not be afraid,
Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear
you a son, and you are to give him the name John. He will be a joy and
delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, for he will be
great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented
drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from birth. Many
of the people of Israel will he bring back to the Lord their God. And he
will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the
hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom
of the righteous- to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
Zechariah asked the angel, “How can I be sure of this? I am an old man
and my wife is well along in years.”
The angel answered, I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and
have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news. And now
you will be silent and not be able to speak until the day this happens,
because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their
proper time.
Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why
he stayed so long in the temple. When he came out, he could not speak
to them. They realized he had seen a vision in the temple, for he kept
making signs to them but remained unable to speak.
When his time of service was completed, he returned home. After this
his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained
in seclusion. “The Lord has done this for me,” she said. “In these days
He has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.
(Luke 1.5-25).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as
you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope
by the power of the Holy Spirit.
(Romans 15.13).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
The prophets sought to find out to whom or when this was
to come which the Spirit of Christ working in them was indicating
when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that
should follow.
It was then disclosed to them that the services they were
rendering were not meant for themselves and their time,
but for you. It is these very things which have now already
been made known plainly to you by those who preached the
Best News Ever (the Gospel) to you by the Holy Spirit sent
from heaven. Into these things the angels long to look!
(I.Peter 1.11&12).
HALELLUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!
Now on the final and most important day of the Feast,
Jesus stood, and He cried in a loud voice, If any man is
thirsty, let him come to Me and drink!
He who believes in Me as the Scripture has said, From his
innermost being shall flow springs and rivers of living water.
But He was speaking of the Spirit, Whom those who believed
in Him were afterward to receive. For the Holy Spirit had not
yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.
(John 7.37-39).
HALLELUJAH! THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOREVERMORE!