1. Bible Passages

2. 1 Peter 2:9
“You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”

3. “Listen, Israel: The Lord is our God. The Lord is the only God.”
Deuteronomy 6:4

4. 1 Corinthians 8:4
“We know that the false gods in this world don’t really exist and that no god exists except the one God.”

5. Matthew 28:19
Jesus said, “Go, make disciples of all nations: Baptize them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”

6. Jesus said to them,
“This is what I told you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets and the Psalms.”
Luke 24:44

7. “You are witnesses of these things”
Then he opened their minds so they could understand the Scriptures...
“You are witnesses of these things”
Luke 24:45...

8. When he had led them out to the vicinity of Bethany, he lifted up his hands and blessed them. While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven.
Luke 24:50

9. James 1:1-16

10. James 1:2,3
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance…

11. James 1:12
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.

12. When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.”
James 1:13-15
When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.”
For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed.

13. James 1:14
Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.

14. Philippians 3:17
Join with others in following my example, brothers, and take note of those who live according to the pattern we gave you.

15. Philippians 3:18
I have often told you before and now I say again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.

16. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach,
Philippians 3:19
Their destiny is destruction,
their god is their stomach,
and their glory is in their shame.
Their mind is on earthly things.

17. But our citizenship is in heaven.
Philippians 3:20
But our citizenship is in heaven.
And we eagerly await a Savior from there,
the Lord Jesus Christ,

18. Philippians 3:21
who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control,
will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.

19. So, my brothers, you whom I love and long for, my joy and crown…
Stand firm in the Lord,
Dear friends!
Philippians 4:1 – St. Paul

20. The Original Sin
Genesis 3:4, 5
“You will not surely die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

21. The Original Sin Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining knowledge, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

22. God’s Work
John 3:14-18
14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.

23. God’s Love
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

24. God’s Mission
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

25. God’s Promise
18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

26. Our Mission 1 Corinthians 9:16
16 Yet when I preach the gospel, I cannot boast, for I am compelled to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! … I am simply discharging the trust committed to me.

27. Our Task 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 – Paul said:
I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many as possible... I have become all things to all men so that by all possible means I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the gospel, that I may share its blessings.

28. 1 Corinthians 1:22-25
Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called…Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.

29. For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
1 Corinthians 1:18

30. We all know many things. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up
We all know many things. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. The man who thinks he knows something does not yet know as he ought to know. But the man who loves God is known by God. 1 Corinthians 8:1-3

31. The Apostle Paul leads us by saying:
“I would be all things to all people so that by all means some might be saved!”

32. How are people like Naaman?
“Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles” Corinthians 1:22

33. We preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called…Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God
1 Corinthians 1:23-25

34. For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
1 Corinthians 1:18

35. Matthew 22:15-17
Then the Pharisees went out and laid plans to trap Jesus in his words. They sent their disciples to him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know you are a man of integrity and that you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You aren’t swayed by men, because you pay no attention to who they are. Tell us then, what is your opinion? Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”

36. Matthew 22:
But Jesus, knowing their evil intent, said, “You hypocrites, why are you trying to trap me? Show me the coin used for paying the tax.” They brought him a denarius, and he asked them, “Whose portrait is this? And whose inscription?”
“Caesar’s,” they replied.
Then he said to them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”

37. Romans 13:6 & 7
“This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God’s servants, who give their full time to governing. Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.”

38. Matthew 22:37
‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

39. Jesus said, “I am the light of the world
Jesus said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
John 8:12

40. “This is the verdict: Light has come into the world…
John 3:19-21
“This is the verdict: Light has come into the world…

41. …but men loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil… John 3:19-21

42. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be exposed… John 3:19-21

43. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God.” John 19-21

44. God says… “Let there be light”
Jesus says… “I am the light of the world”
To us He says “You are the light … a city on a hill cannot be hid”

45. ‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’
Mark 11:17
“It is written:
‘My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations’
But you have made it a den of robbers.”

46. “Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you?”
1 Corinthians 3:16

47. Matthew 12:43-45
When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, “I will return to the house I left.” When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order.

48. Matthew 12:43-45
When it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept clean and put in order. Then it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the final condition of that man is worse than the first.

49. 1 Timothy 2:1,2
1 I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone— 2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.

50. “As the rain and snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it…
Is 55:10

51. Without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish…”

52. “So is my Word that goes out of my mouth

53. It will not return to me empty But will accomplish what I
desire…
Is 55:11

54. Will accomplish what I desire
And achieve the purpose for which I sent it.”
Isaiah 55: 10, 11

55. God Is Working On Us Through His Word
“You have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring Word of God.”
1 Peter 1:23

56. God Is Working On Us Through His Word
“Faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the Word of Christ.”
Romans 10:17

57. God Is Working On Us Through His Word
“I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes… For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith.”
Romans 1:16, 17

58. “I am the Bread of Life. Anyone who comes to me will never go hungry, and anyone who believes in me will never be thirsty.” Jesus says

59. Say to those who are afraid: …
Prophecy – Isaiah 35:4-6
Say to those who are afraid: …
Be strong…
Don’t be afraid…
Your God will come…
He will come to save you

60. Then will the eyes of the blind be opened
Isaiah 35:5, 6
Then will the eyes of the blind be opened
Then the ears of the deaf unstopped.
Then the lame will leap like a deer,
Then the mute tongue shout for joy.

61. Water will gush in the wilderness … streams will flow in the desert.
Isaiah 35:6
Water will gush in the wilderness … streams will flow in the desert.
The burning sand will become a pool

62. Then Jesus … went down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis.
Fulfillment – Mark 7:31-37

63. There some people brought a man to him who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged him to place his hand on the man.

64. Jesus took him aside, …and put his fingers into the man’s ears
Jesus took him aside, …and put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue. He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”). At this, the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly.

65. People were overwhelmed and amazed. “He has done everything well.
He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.” they said.

66. So…Be strong Don’t be afraid Your God has come He has come to save you