LISTEN, FOLKS, TO WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS! THIS COMES FROM
THE BOOK OF LUKE:*
As He [Jesus] entered a village, there met Him ten men who were lepers,
who stood at a distance. They lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus,
Master, have pity on us!” When He saw them, He said to them,
“Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed.
TODAY, YOU ARE HEARING WHAT PEOPLE
FOR OVER TWO THOUSAND YEARS HAVE HEARD,
BECAUSE THIS, WHERE WE ARE, IS A CERTAIN VILLAGE
WHERE JESUS CHRIST ENTERS!
YES, BY THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THE
SAME SPIRIT THAT RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD,
JESUS, THE SON OF GOD, HAS ENTERED THIS VILLAGE,
HAS COME TO THIS CORNER, SO YOU CAN HEAR AND
KNOW THAT YOU CAN HAVE HOPE IN THIS LIFE AND
FOR ETERNITY TO COME.
AS SURE AND AS FIRM AS THE CONCRETE THAT MAKES
UP THE WALLS AROUND YOU, JESUS CAME TO THIS EARTH
A MAN, ONLY BY THE WILL OF GOD, CAUSED BY THE HOLY
SPIRIT, YET BORN THROUGH A HOLY WOMAN.
JESUS HAD NO EARTHLY FATHER, THOUGH HE HAD AN ADOPTED
ONE, JOSPEH, WHO GLADLY TOOK UP THE MANTLE AS A “DAD”
TO GIVE JESUS A HOME: SHELTER, COMFORT, AND GUIDANCE
UNTIL HE BEGAN HIS OWN STREET PREACHING.
THEN, JUST LIKE NOW, A VOICE ECHOED IN THE STREETS.
SOME TOOK IT TO HEART, THEY CHANGED—EVEN THEIR VILLAGES
CHANGED.
WHAT ABOUT YOU? ARE YOU READY FOR CHANGE? GOD THE
FATHER SENDS NOTICE TO YOU OF THAT CHANGE BY WAY OF THIS
“GOOD NEWS”: NEWS THAT HIS ONE AND ONLY SON TOOK ALL OF
OUR CRIMES THAT WE COMMIT IN OUR MINDS AND BODIES AND
PLACED THEM ON JESUS AS THIS RESCUER DIED ON A BLOODY JERUSALEM CROSS.
YES, JESUS WAS EXECUTED BY MEN IN THEIR OWN HATRED OF HIS MESSAGE,
BECAUSE OF THE NEW AND SHOCKING “GOOD NEWS”. BUT GOD USED THE INJUSTICE TO
WIN IN THE END! JESUS ALSO, AS THE BIBLE SAYS, “BORE OUR GRIEFS AND CARRIED OUR
SORROWS”! YES, ALL OF IT: SIN, SICKNESS, OUR SADNESS, FEELING DOWNTRODEN
AND BROKEN—JESUS PAID FOR IT ALL SO THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO
GO TO HELL AFTER THIS LIFE BECAUSE OF HEARTS THAT REJECT GOD’S FREE OFFER
OF HELP, HEALING, HOPE, AND HAPPINESS IN THE HEAVENLY FATHER’S LOVE.
DON’T CROSS THE STREET WITHOUT PAUSING AT THIS INTERSECTION IN YOUR MINDS!
CONSIDER THAT, AS IT SAYS IN THE NEW AGREEMENT BOOK OF GOD’S MESSENGER, JOHN:
“FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, SO THAT WHOEVER
BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE”.
THE FATHER PROVED THAT ALL OF THIS IS TRUE BY RAISING JESUS FROM THE DEAD. AND HE
KEEPS PROVING IT BY GIVING HIS SPIRIT TO THOSE BELIEVE IN THIS MESSAGE, AT THIS VILLAGE,
TOO.
CHANGE IN YOUR HEARTS! THIS NEW LIFE IS AS SURE AS THE STRUCTURE AND HUSTLE AND BUSTLE
THAT YOU SEE AROUND YOU, AS SURE AS THE CONSTRUCTED SENTENCES, THAT BECAUSE OF GOD’S KIND
WILL, YOU ARE HEARING TODAY!
_______________
* Luke 17:12-14
Scripture taken from the Modern English Version. Copyright © 2014 by Military Bible Association.
Used by permission. All rights reserved. Italics and text in brackets are mine.
THE BOOK OF LUKE:*
As He [Jesus] entered a village, there met Him ten men who were lepers,
who stood at a distance. They lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus,
Master, have pity on us!” When He saw them, He said to them,
“Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed.
TODAY, YOU ARE HEARING WHAT PEOPLE
FOR OVER TWO THOUSAND YEARS HAVE HEARD,
BECAUSE THIS, WHERE WE ARE, IS A CERTAIN VILLAGE
WHERE JESUS CHRIST ENTERS!
YES, BY THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THE
SAME SPIRIT THAT RAISED JESUS FROM THE DEAD,
JESUS, THE SON OF GOD, HAS ENTERED THIS VILLAGE,
HAS COME TO THIS CORNER, SO YOU CAN HEAR AND
KNOW THAT YOU CAN HAVE HOPE IN THIS LIFE AND
FOR ETERNITY TO COME.
AS SURE AND AS FIRM AS THE CONCRETE THAT MAKES
UP THE WALLS AROUND YOU, JESUS CAME TO THIS EARTH
A MAN, ONLY BY THE WILL OF GOD, CAUSED BY THE HOLY
SPIRIT, YET BORN THROUGH A HOLY WOMAN.
JESUS HAD NO EARTHLY FATHER, THOUGH HE HAD AN ADOPTED
ONE, JOSPEH, WHO GLADLY TOOK UP THE MANTLE AS A “DAD”
TO GIVE JESUS A HOME: SHELTER, COMFORT, AND GUIDANCE
UNTIL HE BEGAN HIS OWN STREET PREACHING.
THEN, JUST LIKE NOW, A VOICE ECHOED IN THE STREETS.
SOME TOOK IT TO HEART, THEY CHANGED—EVEN THEIR VILLAGES
CHANGED.
WHAT ABOUT YOU? ARE YOU READY FOR CHANGE? GOD THE
FATHER SENDS NOTICE TO YOU OF THAT CHANGE BY WAY OF THIS
“GOOD NEWS”: NEWS THAT HIS ONE AND ONLY SON TOOK ALL OF
OUR CRIMES THAT WE COMMIT IN OUR MINDS AND BODIES AND
PLACED THEM ON JESUS AS THIS RESCUER DIED ON A BLOODY JERUSALEM CROSS.
YES, JESUS WAS EXECUTED BY MEN IN THEIR OWN HATRED OF HIS MESSAGE,
BECAUSE OF THE NEW AND SHOCKING “GOOD NEWS”. BUT GOD USED THE INJUSTICE TO
WIN IN THE END! JESUS ALSO, AS THE BIBLE SAYS, “BORE OUR GRIEFS AND CARRIED OUR
SORROWS”! YES, ALL OF IT: SIN, SICKNESS, OUR SADNESS, FEELING DOWNTRODEN
AND BROKEN—JESUS PAID FOR IT ALL SO THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO
GO TO HELL AFTER THIS LIFE BECAUSE OF HEARTS THAT REJECT GOD’S FREE OFFER
OF HELP, HEALING, HOPE, AND HAPPINESS IN THE HEAVENLY FATHER’S LOVE.
DON’T CROSS THE STREET WITHOUT PAUSING AT THIS INTERSECTION IN YOUR MINDS!
CONSIDER THAT, AS IT SAYS IN THE NEW AGREEMENT BOOK OF GOD’S MESSENGER, JOHN:
“FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON, SO THAT WHOEVER
BELIEVES IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE”.
THE FATHER PROVED THAT ALL OF THIS IS TRUE BY RAISING JESUS FROM THE DEAD. AND HE
KEEPS PROVING IT BY GIVING HIS SPIRIT TO THOSE BELIEVE IN THIS MESSAGE, AT THIS VILLAGE,
TOO.
CHANGE IN YOUR HEARTS! THIS NEW LIFE IS AS SURE AS THE STRUCTURE AND HUSTLE AND BUSTLE
THAT YOU SEE AROUND YOU, AS SURE AS THE CONSTRUCTED SENTENCES, THAT BECAUSE OF GOD’S KIND
WILL, YOU ARE HEARING TODAY!
_______________
* Luke 17:12-14
Scripture taken from the Modern English Version. Copyright © 2014 by Military Bible Association.
Used by permission. All rights reserved. Italics and text in brackets are mine.
