- For this is the message you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
- This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all.
- For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
- So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand persons were added.
- That is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us.
- Proclaim the message; be persistent whether the time is favorable or unfavorable; convince, rebuke, and encourage, with the utmost patience in teaching.
- I did not shrink from doing anything helpful, proclaiming the message to you and teaching you publicly and from house to house.
- So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ.
- You may say to yourself, “How can we recognize a word that the Lord has not spoken?” If a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord but the thing does not take place or prove true, it is a word that the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; do not be frightened by it.
- Now I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand, through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you—unless you have come to believe in vain.
- Then Jesus answered them, “My teaching is not mine but his who sent me.”
- You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you.
- Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.
- From that time Jesus began to proclaim, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.”
- This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of hosts.
- And every day in the temple and at home they did not cease to teach and proclaim Jesus as the Messiah.
- Very truly, I tell you, servants are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them.
- The heavens are telling the glory of God;
and the firmament proclaims his handiwork.
Day to day pours forth speech,
and night to night declares knowledge. - Well then, does God supply you with the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law, or by your believing what you heard?
- As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the lure of wealth choke the word, and it yields nothing.
- All this took place to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet:
“Look, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son,
and they shall name him Emmanuel,”
which means, “God is with us.” - To this day I have had help from God, and so I stand here, testifying to both small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would take place: that the Messiah must suffer, and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.
Who is this King of glory?
The Lord of hosts,
he is the King of glory. Selah Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful.Next verse!With image