Mark 1:15
and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”
Matthew 4:23
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.
Matthew 10:7
And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
Matthew 24:14
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
Our Creator
The fool says in his heart there is no God. —
At one time or another, most of us raised an angry fist to fate and cursed the darkness. Each of these actions is about as equally effective. But to deny there is a God is something else altogether.
To rob heaven of God is to rob ourselves of grace, hope, and future. How foolish indeed to forget that behind a Creation of wonder, order, variety, beauty, power, and pattern is the Creator. He is far greater than his handiwork and we dare not ignore, deny, or dismiss him.
Isaiah 25:1
O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done marvellous things, things planned long ago. —
God's actions are not reactions to current situations, but part of his long term plan to bring redemption. Yes, he has done marvellous things: he took the evil intent of a mob who cried "Crucify him" and turned it into an opportunity to fulfil the prophets and redeem us. He is perfect in faithfulness and has done marvellous things.
[Message No: 6820]
and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”
Matthew 4:23
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease among the people.
Matthew 10:7
And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
Matthew 24:14
And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
Our Creator
The fool says in his heart there is no God. —
At one time or another, most of us raised an angry fist to fate and cursed the darkness. Each of these actions is about as equally effective. But to deny there is a God is something else altogether.
To rob heaven of God is to rob ourselves of grace, hope, and future. How foolish indeed to forget that behind a Creation of wonder, order, variety, beauty, power, and pattern is the Creator. He is far greater than his handiwork and we dare not ignore, deny, or dismiss him.
Isaiah 25:1
O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you and praise your name, for in perfect faithfulness you have done marvellous things, things planned long ago. —
God's actions are not reactions to current situations, but part of his long term plan to bring redemption. Yes, he has done marvellous things: he took the evil intent of a mob who cried "Crucify him" and turned it into an opportunity to fulfil the prophets and redeem us. He is perfect in faithfulness and has done marvellous things.
[Message No: 6820]
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