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Psalm 19:1-13
1 How clearly the sky reveals God’s glory! How plainly it shows what he has done! 2 Each day announces it to the following day; each night repeats it to the next.
3 No speech or words are used, no sound is heard; 4 Yet their message goes out to all the world and is heard to the ends of the earth.
God made a home in the sky for the sun; 5 It comes out in the morning like a happy bridegroom, like an athlete eager to run a race.
6 It starts at one end of the sky and goes across to the other. Nothing can hide from its heat.
7 The law of the Lord is perfect; it gives new strength. The commands of the Lord are trustworthy, giving wisdom to those who lack it.
8 The laws of the Lord are right, and those who obey them are happy. The commands of the Lord are just and give understanding to the mind.
9 Reverence for the Lord is good; it will continue forever. The judgements of the Lord are just; they are always fair.
10 They are more desirable than the finest gold; they are sweeter than the purest honey. 11 They give knowledge to me, your servant; I am rewarded for obeying them.
12 No one can see his own errors; deliver me, Lord, from hidden faults! 13 Keep me safe, also, from wilful sins; don’t let them rule over me. Then I shall be perfect and free from the evil of sin.
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Under the New Testament new agreement, the indwelling Holy Spirit strengthens an enlightens Christians, elect believers, so that we can absorb His wonderful life giving Holy Scripture teachings.
Because of the Holy Spirit and its indwelling effectual influence, we are all about correcting ourselves and others, as we continue under this wonderful supernatural salvation experience throughout our earthly existence.
Through our indwelling Holy Spirit filled dedicated lives we live, we are always about meeting His wonderful almighty approval according to the Holy Scriptures, the very dictates of the LORD, as we head into our predestined eternal home.
We must be always found moving at full stride toward that higher calling of moral perfection that is found in Jesus Christ Our Lord and Savior forevermore.
Our practical lives must always reflect that superior, supreme, majestic calling and perfect standard that is in Christ Jesus God incarnate our Lord and Savior forevermore.
Through initial conversion an the indwelling Holy Spirit, Christians, elect believers have the innate propensity to progress toward complete, purity, righteousness, holiness, a perfect moral fortitude.
Through the Holy Scriptures and the indwelling Holy Spirit, Christians, elect believers must ,can, an will remain in this wonderful new covenant experience.
This wonderful experience apexes with our full and complete sanctification in perfection at the soon second coming of Jesus Christ God incarnate our Lord and Savior.
Christians, elect believers must live in expectation of ultimate sanctification and perfection that occurs at the second coming of Jesus Christ God incarnate and His new Heaven and new Earth.
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Christians don’t do work in order to go to heaven; we do work because we are going to heaven Arrogance and fear are replaced with gratitude and joy.
Max L. Lucado (1955– )
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ANSWERS through Jesus Christ
Answers That Are Eternally Important
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Answers Are Given To Mankind Through The Birth Of Jesus Christ God Incarnate
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answers, reply, response, solution, retort
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Answers From The Everlasting Omnisciency Of God Incarnate Jesus Christ Saves Men From Eternal Death
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answers, solutions, love, redemption, salvation, forgiveness, mercy from Jesus Christ given to men: saving some from their sins
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268 Be to the world a sign that while we as Christians do not have all the answers, we do know and care about the questions.
Billy Graham (1918– )
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Jesus Is Born
Luke 2:1-52
1At that time the Emperor Augustus ordered a census of the Roman Empire. 2This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3All the people went to register in the cities where their ancestors had lived.
4So Joseph went from Nazareth, a city in Galilee, to a Judean city called Bethlehem. Joseph, a descendant of King David, went to Bethlehem because David had been born there. 5Joseph went there to register with Mary. She had been promised to him in marriage and was pregnant.
6While they were in Bethlehem, the time came for Mary to have her child. 7She gave birth to her firstborn son. She wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger because there wasn’t any room for them in the inn.
Angels Announce the Birth of Jesus
8Shepherds were in the fields near Bethlehem. They were taking turns watching their flock during the night. 9An angel from the Lord suddenly appeared to them. The glory of the Lord filled the area with light, and they were terrified. 10The angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid! I have good news for you, a message that will fill everyone with joy. 11Today your Savior, Christ the Lord, was born in David’s city. 12This is how you will recognize him: You will find an infant wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.”
13Suddenly, a large army of angels appeared with the angel. They were praising God by saying,
14 “Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and on earth peace to those who have his good will!”
15The angels left them and went back to heaven. The shepherds said to each other, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see what the Lord has told us about.”
16They went quickly and found Mary and Joseph with the baby, who was lying in a manger. 17When they saw the child, they repeated what they had been told about him. 18Everyone who heard the shepherds’ story was amazed.
19Mary treasured all these things in her heart and always thought about them.
20As the shepherds returned to their flock, they glorified and praised God for everything they had seen and heard. Everything happened the way the angel had told them.
Jesus’ Parents Obey Moses’ Teachings
21Eight days after his birth, the child was circumcised and named Jesus. This was the name the angel had given him before his mother became pregnant.
22After the days required by Moses’ Teachings to make a mother clean£ had passed, Joseph and Mary went to Jerusalem. They took Jesus to present him to the Lord. 23They did exactly what was written in the Lord’s Teachings: “Every firstborn boy is to be set apart as holy to the Lord.” 24They also offered a sacrifice as required by the Lord’s Teachings: “a pair of mourning doves or two young pigeons.”
Simeon’s Prophecy
25A man named Simeon was in Jerusalem. He lived an honorable and devout life. He was waiting for the one who would comfort Israel. The Holy Spirit was with Simeon 26and had told him that he wouldn’t die until he had seen the