"Fellow
children of Abraham and you God-fearing Gentiles, it is to us that this
message of salvation has been sent. The people of Jerusalem and their
rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning him they fulfilled the
words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath. Though they found no
proper ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him
executed. When they had carried out all that was written about him, they
took him down from the cross and laid him in a tomb. But God raised him
from the dead, and for many days he was seen by those who had traveled
with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now witnesses to our
people."
They are now witnesses to our people
Luke 24:48 "You are witnesses of these things."
John 15:26-27 "When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father--the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father--he will testify about me. And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning."
Acts 1:8 "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
Acts 2:32 "God has raised this Jesus to life, and we are all witnesses of it."
Acts 4:20 "As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard."
Acts 5:32 "We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him."
1 Peter 5:1 To the elders among you, I appeal as a fellow elder and a witness of Christ's sufferings who also will share in the glory to be revealed: ...
Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV®, Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Monday, May 20, 2013
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