- But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
- For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
- Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”
- Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.
- “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.”
- Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.”
- For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.
- Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”
And I said, “Here am I. Send me!” - All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.
- You know that I have not hesitated to preach anything that would be helpful to you but have taught you publicly and from house to house.
- As for you, see that what you have heard from the beginning remains in you. If it does, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father.
- But God has helped me to this very day; so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen— that the Messiah would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles.
- Beyond all question, the mystery from which true godliness springs is great:
He appeared in the flesh,
was vindicated by the Spirit,
was seen by angels,
was preached among the nations,
was believed on in the world,
was taken up in glory. - Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
- And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
- Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’
- Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people.
- The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone is forcing their way into it.
Bible verse of the day
Lord, you are my God;I will exalt you and praise your name,
for in perfect faithfulness
you have done wonderful things,
things planned long ago.