Same God

[Exodus 2:21] Moses was content to dwell with the man. He gave Moses Zipporah, his daughter. [Exodus 2:22] She bore a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, “I have lived as a foreigner in a foreign land.” [Exodus 2:23] In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage. [Exodus 2:24] God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. [Exodus 2:25] God saw the children of Israel, and God understood.

[Deuteronomy 7:7] The LORD didn’t set his love on you nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples; [Deuteronomy 7:8] but because the LORD loves you, and because he desires to keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. [Deuteronomy 7:9] Know therefore that the LORD your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness to a thousand generations with those who love him and keep his commandments, [Deuteronomy 7:10] and repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack to him who hates him. He will repay him to his face. [Deuteronomy 7:11] You shall therefore keep the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances which I command you today, to do them.

[Exodus 14:11] They said to Moses, “Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you treated us this way, to bring us out of Egypt? [Exodus 14:12] Isn’t this the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, ‘Leave us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.” [Exodus 14:13] Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will work for you today; for you will never again see the Egyptians whom you have seen today. [Exodus 14:14] The LORD will fight for you, and you shall be still.” [Exodus 14:15] The LORD said to Moses, “Why do you cry to me? Speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward. [Exodus 14:16] Lift up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it. Then the children of Israel shall go into the middle of the sea on dry ground.

[Exodus 14:19] The angel of God, who went before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them, and stood behind them. [Exodus 14:20] It came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel. There was the cloud and the darkness, yet it gave light by night. One didn’t come near the other all night. [Exodus 14:21] Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. [Exodus 14:22] The children of Israel went into the middle of the sea on the dry ground; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. [Exodus 14:23] The Egyptians pursued, and went in after them into the middle of the sea: all of Pharaoh’s horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. [Exodus 14:24] In the morning watch, the LORD looked out on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and confused the Egyptian army.

[Psalms 77:14] You are the God who does wonders. You have made your strength known among the peoples. [Psalms 77:15] You have redeemed your people with your arm, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. [Psalms 77:16] The waters saw you, God. The waters saw you, and they writhed. The depths also convulsed. [Psalms 77:17] The clouds poured out water. The skies resounded with thunder. Your arrows also flashed around. [Psalms 77:18] The voice of your thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightnings lit up the world. The earth trembled and shook. [Psalms 77:19] Your way was through the sea, your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known. [Psalms 77:20] You led your people like a flock, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

[Luke 1:24] After these days Elizabeth his wife conceived, and she hid herself five months, saying, [Luke 1:25] “Thus has the Lord done to me in the days in which he looked at me, to take away my reproach among men.” [Luke 1:26] Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, [Luke 1:27] to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of David’s house. The virgin’s name was Mary. [Luke 1:28] Having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!” [Luke 1:29] But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be. [Luke 1:30] The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. [Luke 1:31] Behold, you will conceive in your womb and give birth to a son, and shall name him ‘Jesus.’ [Luke 1:32] He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, [Luke 1:33] and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom.” [Luke 1:34] Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?” [Luke 1:35] The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God. [Luke 1:36] Behold, Elizabeth your relative also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. [Luke 1:37] For nothing spoken by God is impossible.” [Luke 1:38] Mary said, “Behold, the servant of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word.” Then the angel departed from her. [Luke 1:39] Mary arose in those days and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Judah, [Luke 1:40] and entered into the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth.

[Luke 1:44] For behold, when the voice of your greeting came into my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy! [Luke 1:45] Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfillment of the things which have been spoken to her from the Lord!” [Luke 1:46] Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord. [Luke 1:47] My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior, [Luke 1:48] for he has looked at the humble state of his servant. For behold, from now on, all generations will call me blessed. [Luke 1:49] For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name. [Luke 1:50] His mercy is for generations and generations on those who fear him. [Luke 1:51] He has shown strength with his arm. He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. [Luke 1:52] He has put down princes from their thrones, and has exalted the lowly. [Luke 1:53] He has filled the hungry with good things. He has sent the rich away empty. [Luke 1:54] He has given help to Israel, his servant, that he might remember mercy, [Luke 1:55] as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his offspring forever.”

[Deuteronomy 32:1] Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak. Let the earth hear the words of my mouth. [Deuteronomy 32:2] My doctrine will drop as the rain. My speech will condense as the dew, as the misty rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb. [Deuteronomy 32:3] For I will proclaim the LORD’s name. Ascribe greatness to our God! [Deuteronomy 32:4] The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he. [Deuteronomy 32:5] They have dealt corruptly with him. They are not his children, because of their defect. They are a perverse and crooked generation. [Deuteronomy 32:6] Is this the way you repay the LORD, foolish and unwise people? Isn’t he your father who has bought you? He has made you and established you.

[Psalms 18:1] For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of the LORD, who spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said, I love you, LORD, my strength. [Psalms 18:2] The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower. [Psalms 18:3] I call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; and I am saved from my enemies. [Psalms 18:4] The cords of death surrounded me. The floods of ungodliness made me afraid. [Psalms 18:5] The cords of Sheol were around me. The snares of death came on me.

[Isaiah 26:1] In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city. God appoints salvation for walls and bulwarks. [Isaiah 26:2] Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter: the one which keeps faith. [Isaiah 26:3] You will keep whoever’s mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you. [Isaiah 26:4] Trust in the LORD forever; for in the LORD, the LORD, is an everlasting Rock. [Isaiah 26:5] For he has brought down those who dwell on high, the lofty city. He lays it low. He lays it low even to the ground. He brings it even to the dust. [Isaiah 26:6] The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor and the steps of the needy.”

[Lamentations 3:19] Remember my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the bitterness. [Lamentations 3:20] My soul still remembers them, and is bowed down within me. [Lamentations 3:21] This I recall to my mind; therefore I have hope. [Lamentations 3:22] It is because of the LORD’s loving kindnesses that we are not consumed, because his mercies don’t fail. [Lamentations 3:23] They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness. [Lamentations 3:24] “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.” [Lamentations 3:25] The LORD is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him. [Lamentations 3:26] It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

[Hebrews 10:17] “I will remember their sins and their iniquities no more.” [Hebrews 10:18] Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. [Hebrews 10:19] Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus, [Hebrews 10:20] by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh, [Hebrews 10:21] and having a great priest over God’s house, [Hebrews 10:22] let’s draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and having our body washed with pure water, [Hebrews 10:23] let’s hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful. [Hebrews 10:24] Let’s consider how to provoke one another to love and good works, [Hebrews 10:25] not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

[Malachi 3:4] Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasant to the LORD as in the days of old and as in ancient years. [Malachi 3:5] I will come near to you to judgment. I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against the perjurers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and who deprive the foreigner of justice, and don’t fear me,” says the LORD of Armies. [Malachi 3:6] “For I, the LORD, don’t change; therefore you, sons of Jacob, are not consumed. [Malachi 3:7] From the days of your fathers you have turned away from my ordinances and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Armies. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’ [Malachi 3:8] Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me! But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In tithes and offerings.

[Hebrews 13:5] Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.” [Hebrews 13:6] So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?” [Hebrews 13:7] Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith. [Hebrews 13:8] Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. [Hebrews 13:9] Don’t be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited. [Hebrews 13:10] We have an altar from which those who serve the holy tabernacle have no right to eat.

[Exodus 3:5] He said, “Don’t come close. Take off your sandals, for the place you are standing on is holy ground.” [Exodus 3:6] Moreover he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God. [Exodus 3:7] The LORD said, “I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows. [Exodus 3:8] I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. [Exodus 3:9] Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. [Exodus 3:10] Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” [Exodus 3:11] Moses said to God, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the children of Israel out of Egypt?” [Exodus 3:12] He said, “Certainly I will be with you. This will be the token to you, that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain.”

[1 Samuel 1:8] Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why don’t you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?” [1 Samuel 1:9] So Hannah rose up after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the doorpost of the LORD’s temple. [1 Samuel 1:10] She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the LORD, weeping bitterly. [1 Samuel 1:11] She vowed a vow, and said, “LORD of Armies, if you will indeed look at the affliction of your servant and remember me, and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a boy, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall come on his head.” [1 Samuel 1:12] As she continued praying before the LORD, Eli saw her mouth. [1 Samuel 1:13] Now Hannah spoke in her heart. Only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she was drunk. [1 Samuel 1:14] Eli said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Get rid of your wine!” [1 Samuel 1:15] Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have not been drinking wine or strong drink, but I poured out my soul before the LORD. [1 Samuel 1:16] Don’t consider your servant a wicked woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation.” [1 Samuel 1:17] Then Eli answered, “Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him.” [1 Samuel 1:18] She said, “Let your servant find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way and ate; and her facial expression wasn’t sad any more. [1 Samuel 1:19] They rose up in the morning early and worshiped the LORD, then returned and came to their house to Ramah. Then Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her. [1 Samuel 1:20] When the time had come, Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, “Because I have asked him of the LORD.” [1 Samuel 1:21] The man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice and his vow. [1 Samuel 1:22] But Hannah didn’t go up, for she said to her husband, “Not until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and stay there forever.”

[Psalms 116:1] I love the LORD, because he listens to my voice, and my cries for mercy. [Psalms 116:2] Because he has turned his ear to me, therefore I will call on him as long as I live. [Psalms 116:3] The cords of death surrounded me, the pains of Sheol got a hold of me. I found trouble and sorrow. [Psalms 116:4] Then I called on the LORD’s name: “LORD, I beg you, deliver my soul.” [Psalms 116:5] The LORD is gracious and righteous. Yes, our God is merciful. [Psalms 116:6] The LORD preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me. [Psalms 116:7] Return to your rest, my soul, for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you.

[1 John 5:12] He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life. [1 John 5:13] These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God. [1 John 5:14] This is the boldness which we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us. [1 John 5:15] And if we know that he listens to us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him. [1 John 5:16] If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life for those who sin not leading to death. There is sin leading to death. I don’t say that he should make a request concerning this. [1 John 5:17] All unrighteousness is sin, and there is sin not leading to death.

[Exodus 16:2] The whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron in the wilderness; [Exodus 16:3] and the children of Israel said to them, “We wish that we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the meat pots, when we ate our fill of bread, for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.” [Exodus 16:4] Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not. [Exodus 16:5] It shall come to pass on the sixth day, that they shall prepare that which they bring in, and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily.” [Exodus 16:6] Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, “At evening, you shall know that the LORD has brought you out from the land of Egypt. [Exodus 16:7] In the morning, you shall see the LORD’s glory; because he hears your murmurings against the LORD. Who are we, that you murmur against us?” [Exodus 16:8] Moses said, “Now the LORD will give you meat to eat in the evening, and in the morning bread to satisfy you, because the LORD hears your murmurings which you murmur against him. And who are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.” [Exodus 16:9] Moses said to Aaron, “Tell all the congregation of the children of Israel, ‘Come close to the LORD, for he has heard your murmurings.’” [Exodus 16:10] As Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the LORD’s glory appeared in the cloud.

[Matthew 6:23] But if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! [Matthew 6:24] “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You can’t serve both God and Mammon. [Matthew 6:25] Therefore I tell you, don’t be anxious for your life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body, what you will wear. Isn’t life more than food, and the body more than clothing? [Matthew 6:26] See the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they? [Matthew 6:27] “Which of you by being anxious, can add one moment to his lifespan? [Matthew 6:28] Why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They don’t toil, neither do they spin, [Matthew 6:29] yet I tell you that even Solomon in all his glory was not dressed like one of these. [Matthew 6:30] But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won’t he much more clothe you, you of little faith? [Matthew 6:31] “Therefore don’t be anxious, saying, ‘What will we eat?’, ‘What will we drink?’ or, ‘With what will we be clothed?’ [Matthew 6:32] For the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. [Matthew 6:33] But seek first God’s Kingdom and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well. [Matthew 6:34] Therefore don’t be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day’s own evil is sufficient.

[Philippians 4:8] Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. [Philippians 4:9] Do the things which you learned, received, heard, and saw in me, and the God of peace will be with you. [Philippians 4:10] But I rejoice in the Lord greatly that now at length you have revived your thought for me; in which you did indeed take thought, but you lacked opportunity. [Philippians 4:11] Not that I speak because of lack, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content in it. [Philippians 4:12] I know how to be humbled, and I also know how to abound. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need. [Philippians 4:13] I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. [Philippians 4:14] However you did well that you shared in my affliction. [Philippians 4:15] You yourselves also know, you Philippians, that in the beginning of the Good News, when I departed from Macedonia, no assembly shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you only. [Philippians 4:16] For even in Thessalonica you sent once and again to my need. [Philippians 4:17] Not that I seek for the gift, but I seek for the fruit that increases to your account. [Philippians 4:18] But I have all things and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance, an acceptable and well-pleasing sacrifice to God. [Philippians 4:19] My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus. [Philippians 4:20] Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever! Amen. [Philippians 4:21] Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me greet you.

[Acts 4:27] “For truly, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, [Acts 4:28] to do whatever your hand and your counsel foreordained to happen. [Acts 4:29] Now, Lord, look at their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your word with all boldness, [Acts 4:30] while you stretch out your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy Servant Jesus.” [Acts 4:31] When they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were gathered together. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness. [Acts 4:32] The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common. [Acts 4:33] With great power, the apostles gave their testimony of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Great grace was on them all.

[Matthew 8:1] When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. [Matthew 8:2] Behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, “Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.” [Matthew 8:3] Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I want to. Be made clean.” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. [Matthew 8:4] Jesus said to him, “See that you tell nobody; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.” [Matthew 8:5] When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him for help, [Matthew 8:6] saying, “Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed, grievously tormented.”

[James 5:12] But above all things, my brothers, don’t swear—not by heaven, or by the earth, or by any other oath; but let your “yes” be “yes”, and your “no”, “no”, so that you don’t fall into hypocrisy. [James 5:13] Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises. [James 5:14] Is any among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the assembly, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; [James 5:15] and the prayer of faith will heal him who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. [James 5:16] Confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective. [James 5:17] Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain, and it didn’t rain on the earth for three years and six months. [James 5:18] He prayed again, and the sky gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit.

[Isaiah 43:8] Bring out the blind people who have eyes, and the deaf who have ears. [Isaiah 43:9] Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the peoples be assembled. Who among them can declare this, and show us former things? Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified, or let them hear, and say, “That is true.” [Isaiah 43:10] “You are my witnesses,” says the LORD, “With my servant whom I have chosen; that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was no God formed, neither will there be after me. [Isaiah 43:11] I myself am the LORD. Besides me, there is no savior. [Isaiah 43:12] I have declared, I have saved, and I have shown, and there was no strange god among you. Therefore you are my witnesses”, says the LORD, “and I am God. [Isaiah 43:13] Yes, since the day was, I am he. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?” [Isaiah 43:14] The LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: “For your sake, I have sent to Babylon, and I will bring all of them down as fugitives, even the Chaldeans, in the ships of their rejoicing. [Isaiah 43:15] I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.”

[Luke 2:23] (as it is written in the law of the Lord, “Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”), [Luke 2:24] and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, “A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.” [Luke 2:25] Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him. [Luke 2:26] It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he should not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. [Luke 2:27] He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law, [Luke 2:28] then he received him into his arms and blessed God, and said, [Luke 2:29] “Now you are releasing your servant, Master, according to your word, in peace; [Luke 2:30] for my eyes have seen your salvation, [Luke 2:31] which you have prepared before the face of all peoples; [Luke 2:32] a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel.” [Luke 2:33] Joseph and his mother were marveling at the things which were spoken concerning him. [Luke 2:34] Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.

[Titus 2:9] Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters and to be well-pleasing in all things, not contradicting, [Titus 2:10] not stealing, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things. [Titus 2:11] For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, [Titus 2:12] instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age; [Titus 2:13] looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, [Titus 2:14] who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works. [Titus 2:15] Say these things and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one despise you.

[Psalms 62:3] How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence? [Psalms 62:4] They fully intend to throw him down from his lofty place. They delight in lies. They bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. [Psalms 62:5] My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him. [Psalms 62:6] He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken. [Psalms 62:7] My salvation and my honor is with God. The rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. [Psalms 62:8] Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah. [Psalms 62:9] Surely men of low degree are just a breath, and men of high degree are a lie. In the balances they will go up. They are together lighter than a breath. [Psalms 62:10] Don’t trust in oppression. Don’t become vain in robbery. If riches increase, don’t set your heart on them.

[Hebrews 13:5] Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.” [Hebrews 13:6] So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?” [Hebrews 13:7] Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith. [Hebrews 13:8] Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. [Hebrews 13:9] Don’t be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited. [Hebrews 13:10] We have an altar from which those who serve the holy tabernacle have no right to eat.

[Hebrews 13:5] Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.” [Hebrews 13:6] So that with good courage we say, “The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?” [Hebrews 13:7] Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith. [Hebrews 13:8] Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. [Hebrews 13:9] Don’t be carried away by various and strange teachings, for it is good that the heart be established by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited. [Hebrews 13:10] We have an altar from which those who serve the holy tabernacle have no right to eat.

[Luke 4:14] Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee, and news about him spread through all the surrounding area. [Luke 4:15] He taught in their synagogues, being glorified by all. [Luke 4:16] He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. He entered, as was his custom, into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up to read. [Luke 4:17] The book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. He opened the book, and found the place where it was written, [Luke 4:18] “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed, [Luke 4:19] and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.” [Luke 4:20] He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him. [Luke 4:21] He began to tell them, “Today, this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.” [Luke 4:22] All testified about him and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth; and they said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” [Luke 4:23] He said to them, “Doubtless you will tell me this proverb, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.’”

[Isaiah 61:1] The Lord GOD’s Spirit is on me, because the LORD has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound, [Isaiah 61:2] to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, [Isaiah 61:3] to provide for those who mourn in Zion, to give to them a garland for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, that they may be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he may be glorified. [Isaiah 61:4] They will rebuild the old ruins. They will raise up the former devastated places. They will repair the ruined cities that have been devastated for many generations. [Isaiah 61:5] Strangers will stand and feed your flocks. Foreigners will work your fields and your vineyards.

[2 Corinthians 3:14] But their minds were hardened, for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains, because in Christ it passes away. [2 Corinthians 3:15] But to this day, when Moses is read, a veil lies on their heart. [2 Corinthians 3:16] But whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. [2 Corinthians 3:17] Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. [2 Corinthians 3:18] But we all, with unveiled face seeing the glory of the Lord as in a mirror, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord, the Spirit.

[John 7:35] The Jews therefore said among themselves, “Where will this man go that we won’t find him? Will he go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks? [John 7:36] What is this word that he said, ‘You will seek me, and won’t find me;’ and ‘Where I am, you can’t come’?” [John 7:37] Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink! [John 7:38] He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.” [John 7:39] But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn’t yet glorified. [John 7:40] Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, “This is truly the prophet.” [John 7:41] Others said, “This is the Christ.” But some said, “What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?

[Acts 2:1] Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all with one accord in one place. [Acts 2:2] Suddenly there came from the sky a sound like the rushing of a mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. [Acts 2:3] Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them. [Acts 2:4] They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other languages, as the Spirit gave them the ability to speak. [Acts 2:5] Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem Jews, devout men, from every nation under the sky. [Acts 2:6] When this sound was heard, the multitude came together and were bewildered, because everyone heard them speaking in his own language.