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MESSENGER OF MERCY

“The Lord stood by my side and gave me strength, so that through me the preaching task might be completed and all the nations might hear the gospel.” –2 Timothy 4:17 St. Luke is the human author of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. Luke’s purpose in writing his two-volume work was so we would know that the Good News of Jesus is “reliable” (Lk 1:4), which in Greek means “rock-solid.” One of Luke’s major themes is the extreme mercy of God. A number of passages on mercy only appear in Luke and Acts. Only Luke...

WORLD WORD-WAR

“As long as Moses kept his hands raised up, Israel had the better of the fight.” –Exodus 17:11 We are in a war against demons (Eph 6:12). As the Church, we are attacking the gates of hell which cannot prevail against us (Mt 16:18). By the power of the Holy Spirit, we are claiming Jesus’ victory over Satan and applying it to our lives and our world. Our sword is the Spirit using God’s Word (Eph 6:17) and helping us to pray in our weakness (Rm 8:26). Therefore, “preach the word, [staying] with this task whether convenient or inconvenient” (2...

WORLD WORD-WAR

“As long as Moses kept his hands raised up, Israel had the better of the fight.” –Exodus 17:11 We are in a war against demons (Eph 6:12). As the Church, we are attacking the gates of hell which cannot prevail against us (Mt 16:18). By the power of the Holy Spirit, we are claiming Jesus’ victory over Satan and applying it to our lives and our world. Our sword is the Spirit using God’s Word (Eph 6:17) and helping us to pray in our weakness (Rm 8:26). Therefore, “preach the word, [staying] with this task whether convenient or inconvenient” (2...

RESPONSIBILITIES AND REVELATIONS

“May He enlighten your innermost vision that you may know the great hope to which He has called you, the wealth of His glorious heritage to be distributed among the members of the Church, and the immeasurable scope of His power in us who believe.” –Ephesians 1:18-19 Are you full of hope? Are you wealthy? (see 2 Cor 8:9) Do you know you can be “clothed with power from on high”? (Lk 24:49) The key to knowing our hope, wealth, and power is knowing our responsibilities. If we know God has given us responsibilities, we begin seeking God’s revelation concerning...

THE DOWN PAYMENT

October 2022 | Bible Quiz – 94 ( II Thessalonians ) – [ in English ] “You too were chosen; when you heard the glad tidings of salvation, the word of truth, and believed in it, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit Who had been promised. He is the Pledge of our inheritance, the first Payment against the full redemption of a people God has made His own, to praise His glory.” –Ephesians 1:13-14 St. Paul had a strange title for the Holy Spirit. He called the Spirit “the Down Payment.” The Lord has promised us new life, freedom, joy, peace, love, power,...