GOD in the Old Testament - Part 2

Genesis 1:14-19

And God said, "Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth." And it was so. God made two great lights--the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set them in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning--the fourth day.

 

Genesis 1:20-23  

And God said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky." So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth." And there was evening, and there was morning--the fifth day.

 

Genesis 1:24-27  

And God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds, the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind." And it was so. God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

    Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

    So God created mankind in his own image,

        in the image of God he created them;

        male and female he created them.

  

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GOD in the Old Testament - Part 1

Genesis 1:1-2

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

 

Genesis 1:3-5  

And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning--the first day.

 

Genesis 1:6-8  

And God said, "Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water." So God made the vault and separated the water under the vault from the water above it. And it was so. And there was evening, and there was morning--the second day.

 

Genesis 1:9-13  

And God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let the dry ground appear."  And it was so. God called the dry ground "land," and the waters he called "seas." And God saw that it was good.

Then God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds." And it was so. The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning--the third day. 

 

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THE HOLY SPIRIT in the New Testament - Revelation Part 2

REVELATION (continued)

 

Revelation 14:13

    Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." 

    "Yes," says the Spirit, "they will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them."

Revelation 19:9-10  

    Then the angel said to me, "Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!" and he added, "These are the true words of God."

    At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, "Don't do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For it is the Spirit of prophecy who bears testimony to Jesus." 

Revelation 21:9-10  

    One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb." And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God. It shone with the glory of God, and its brilliance was like that of a very precious jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal.  (see all Revelation 21)

Revelation 22:17  

    The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" and let the one who hears say, "Come!" Let the one who is thirsty come; and let the one who wishes take the free gift of the water of life.  

(see all Revelation 22) 

 

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THE HOLY SPIRIT in the New Testament - Revelation Part 1

REVELATION

 

Revelation 1:10-11

On the Lord's Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, which said: "Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea."

Revelation 2:11  

    "Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death."

Revelation 2:17  

    "Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give that person a white stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it."

Revelation 2:26-29  

    "To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations--that one 'will rule them with an iron scepter and will dash them to pieces like pottery' (Psalm 2:9)--just as I have received authority from my Father. I will also give that one the morning star. Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches." 

Revelation 3:5-6  

"The one who is victorious will, like them, be dressed in white. I will never blot out the name of that person from the book of life, but will acknowledge that name before my Father and his angels. Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches."

Revelation 3:12-13  

"The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of my God. Never again will they leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which is coming down out of heaven from my God; and I will also write on them my new name. Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches." 

Revelation 3:21-22  

    "To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne. Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches." 

 

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THE HOLY SPIRIT in the New Testament - the Letters Part 12

1 JOHN

 

1 John 3:23-24

And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. The one who keeps God's commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.  (see all 1 John 3)

1 John 4:1-6  

    Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world. You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood.

1 John 4:13-14  

    This is how we know that we live in him and he in us:  He has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.  (see all 1 John 4)

1 John 5:6-8  

    This is the one who came by water and blood--Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit, the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement.  (see all 1 John 5)

 

JUDE 

 

Jude 1:20-21  

    But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.  (see all Jude) 

 

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THE HOLY SPIRIT in the New Testament - the Letters Part 11

1 TIMOTHY

 

Hebrews 9:14 

How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!  (see Hebrews 9:11-28)

Hebrews 10:15-18  

    The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says:

"This is the covenant I will make with them

    after that time, says the Lord.

I will put my laws in their hearts,

    and I will write them on their minds."  (Jeremiah 31:33)

Then he adds:

"Their sins and lawless acts

    I will remember no more."  (Jeremiah 31:34)

And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary.  (see all Hebrews 10)

 

1 PETER  

 

1 Peter 1:1-2  

    Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,

    To God's elect, exiles scattered throughout the provinces of Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood:

    Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

1 Peter 1:10-12  

    Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of the Messiah and the glories that would follow. It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.  

(see all 1 Peter 1)

1 Peter 3:17-18  

For it is better, if it is God's will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit.  

(see 1 Peter 3:8-22) 

 

2 PETER

 

2 Peter 1:19-21  

We also have the prophetic message as something completely reliable, and you will do well to pay attention to it, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet's own interpretation of things. For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.  (see all 2 Peter 1)

 

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THE HOLY SPIRIT in the New Testament - the Letters Part 10

HEBREWS

 

Hebrews 2:1-4

    We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. For since the message spoken through angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment, how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who had heard him. God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will. (see all Hebrews 1-2)

Hebrews 3:7-11  

    So, as the Holy Spirit says:

    "Today, if you hear his voice,

        do not harden your hearts

    as you did in the rebellion,

        during the time of testing in the wilderness,

    where your ancestors tested and tried me,

        though for forty years they saw what I did.

    That is why I was angry with that generation;

        I said, 'Their hearts are always going astray,

        and they have not known my ways.'

    So I declared on oath in my anger,

        'They shall never enter my rest.' "  (see Hebrews 3:7-19)

Hebrews 6:4-6  

    It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age and who have fallen away, to be brought back to repentance. To their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace.  (see Hebrews 6:1-12)

Hebrews 9:7-9  

But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance. The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning. This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper.  (see Hebrews 9:1-10) 

 

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