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“Repent,” Peter said to them, “and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
Acts 2:38, HCSB
When we put our faith in Christ and His work on the cross, He gives us the Holy Spirit who leads us into repentance and Christ-like living, including turning from sin, being baptized, and leading others to repentant faith.
Then Jesus spoke to them again: “I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows Me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.”
John 8:12, HCSB
When we put our faith in Christ and His work on the cross, the Holy Spirit enters us and fills us with the light of Christ to go into the world and share that light.
Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”
Matthew 9:37-38, HCSB
When we put our faith in the work of Christ through the cross, we are invited and commanded to share that faith with others, showing them the truth of who Christ is in the power of the Holy Spirit.
God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent His One and Only Son into the world so that we might live through Him.
1 John 4:9, HCSB
Though we are sinful, God sent Jesus to live, die on a cross for our forgiveness, and rise again. His love gives us hope for peace and everlasting life, and we should share this with all people.
“You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden.”
Matthew 5:14, HCSB
Though we are sinful, Christ has redeemed us by His grace and sacrifice, filling us with His light and sending us into the world to spread His light.
Everything is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation
2 Corinthians 5:18, HCSB
This life is all we have to choose Christ, the author and giver of life, and we should use this life to bring more people to God through Christ by the power of His indwelling Holy Spirit.
Therefore, be imitators of God, as dearly loved children.
Ephesians 5:1, HCSB
God is the only true way to eternal life, and we are called to imitate His sacrificial love, grace, compassion, and mercy with all people, seeking to glorify the name of God and make Christ known.
But I count my life of no value to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of God’s grace.
Acts 20:24, HCSB
Just as God showed His love for us by becoming one of us and dying for our eternal hope, we should consider the lives of others more important than our own knowing we may see them in eternity with Christ.
No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields the fruit of peace and righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Hebrews 12:11, HCSB
Just as Jesus took our suffering and punishment on Himself, we endure the discipline of the struggles of life knowing that God uses these to grow us in the likeness of Christ and lead others to His good work.
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:7, HCSB
God took on the war for our souls, fighting through the cross. He now empowers us by the Holy Spirit as we walk in faith to overcome evil and draw others to Christ in this spiritual war.
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