Posts Tagged ‘ Sharing ’
“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.”
Isaiah 43:10, ESV
There is only one, true God, and He has redeemed and restored us to right relationship with Him through the Son, and He calls us to declare this truth to the world by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Bring out the people who are blind, yet have eyes, who are deaf, yet have ears! All the nations gather together, and the peoples assemble. Who among them can declare this, and show us the former things? Let them bring their witnesses to prove them right, and let them hear and say, It is true.
Isaiah 43:8-9, ESV
Our God as restored us and redeemed us. Though we have been spiritually blind and deaf, He calls to us through the gospel that we might hear Him and the truth of the cross. We then share this truth with the world.
“I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’
Isaiah 43:6-7, NIV
Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth — everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made.”
God has restored us to Himself through the Son who died on the cross. Now, by His Holy Spirit and the spreading of the Gospel, He calls us to Himself for eternal life. Believe in the One who has even restored the nation of Israel after 1900 years!
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
2 Corinthians 1:3-4, ESV
Our good God came to us, suffered like us and for us, and now calls us to join in His suffering by the power of the Holy Spirit to bring His comfort and peace to others.
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
John 8:12, ESV
God came to us, the Light of Life, to fill us with Life. By His Holy Spirit we are empowered to walk in His light and lead others to life.
In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
1 John 4:9, ESV
God came to us to give us grace and eternal life, and now He sends us out in the power of the Holy Spirit to share this love and life with others.
How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
Romans 10:14, ESV
God is faithful, and He calls us to faithfulness. He empowers us to faithfully share about His faithfulness. Then others can come to faith.
Therefore let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us at the proper time.
Hebrews 4:16, HCSB
We worship Christ for saving us, and now, because of His sacrifice and resurrection, may we tell others this truth and draw near to God’s throne together.
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”
John 1:29, ESV
Do we recognize Jesus? Can we see Him working?
May we be able to recognize Christ working on this fallen world and show Him to those in it.
One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
Proverbs 11:24, ESV
God blesses us, and we bless others with those blessings. Most importantly, God gives us the blessing of grace and forgiveness, and if we hold onto for ourselves we stagnate. If we pass on that blessing, we find more than we can fathom.
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