A Grand Entrance For A Grand Exit - 09/19/2021
[Recognition]
[Pause for Opening Prayer]
[Repeat Topic]
Luke 4:4 CSB
But Jesus answered him, “It is written: Man must not live on bread alone.”
2 Corinthians 4:4 CSB
In their case, the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
Colossians 2:8 CSB
Be careful that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deceit based on human tradition, based on the elements of the world, rather than Christ.
Psalm 35:10 CSB
All my bones will say,
“Lord, who is like you,
rescuing the poor from one too strong for him,
the poor or the needy from one who robs him?”
John 10:10 CSB
A thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I have come so that they may have life and have it in abundance.
John 15:13 CSB
No one has greater love than this: to lay down his life for his friends.
Isaiah 43:10 CSB
“You are my witnesses”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“and my servant whom I have chosen,
so that you may know and believe me
and understand that I am he.
No god was formed before me,
and there will be none after me.
2 Timothy 1:12 CSB
and that is why I suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to guard what has been entrusted to me until that day.
John 1:13 CSB
who were born, not of natural descent, or of the will of the flesh, or of the will of man, but of God.
Acts 1:8 CSB
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Genesis 1:1 CSB
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
Genesis 1:27 CSB
So God created man in his own image;
he created him in the image of God;
he created them male and female.
Hebrews 4:12 CSB
For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Matthew 1:18 CSB
The birth of Jesus Christ came about this way: After his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, it was discovered before they came together that she was pregnant from the Holy Spirit.
John 12:1 CSB
Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany where Lazarus was, the one Jesus had raised from the dead.
Acts 1:8 CSB
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
John 14:26 CSB
But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have told you.
John 14:12 CSB
“Truly I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do. And he will do even greater works than these, because I am going to the Father.
Mark 16:15 CSB
Then he said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.
Matthew 28:19 CSB
Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Romans 3:23 CSB
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;
Romans 6:23 CSB
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
John 3:16 CSB
For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.
1 John 4:19 CSB
We love because he first loved us.
Romans 5:8 CSB
But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
John 19:30 CSB
When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished.” Then bowing his head, he gave up his spirit.
Ephesians 2:8–9 CSB
For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift—not from works, so that no one can boast.
John 1:12 CSB
But to all who did receive him, he gave them the right to be children of God, to those who believe in his name,
Philippians 4:4–7 CSB
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your graciousness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
John 14:2 CSB
In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?
1 Corinthians 15:52 CSB
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.
1 Thessalonians 4:16 CSB
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the archangel’s voice, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
1 Thessalonians 4:17 CSB
Then we who are still alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
[Transition to Altar Call]
1 Thessalonians 4:18 CSB
Therefore encourage one another with these words.
Hebrews 3:15 CSB
As it is said:
Today, if you hear his voice,
do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.
Acts 4:12 CSB
There is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to people by which we must be saved.”
1 Thessalonians 5:1–3 CSB
About the times and the seasons: Brothers and sisters, you do not need anything to be written to you. For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. When they say, “Peace and security,” then sudden destruction will come upon them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
[Closing Prayer]
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