To Witness by Faith in the Word of God (Luke 1:67-80; Isaiah 40:3, 9)
Now is the time, the set time, to be witnesses as they were in the 2nd verse of Luke 1, they were eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word (that is, of the doctrine concerning the attainment, through Christ of salvations in the Kingdom of God (Amp). Luke said his purpose was that the most excellent Theophilus may know the full truth and understand with certainty and security against error the accounts (histories) and doctrines of the faith of which you have been “orally” instructed (v.4).
My desire and purpose is to inform and instruct in my own simple way the same thing for the same reason. That certainty and security against error will not hinder us from the accounts (histories) which I translate as (His stories) H I S T O R I E S. A voice of one who cries: Prepare the wilderness (we all go through or are in the wilderness) the way of the Lord (clear away the obstacles), make straight and smooth in the desert a highway for our God (Isa 40:3)
And the glory (Majesty and splendor) of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it.
(Isaiah 40:5)
Proclaim, “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. (Isaiah 40:8)
Behold your God! (Isaiah 40:9) Acts 10:36-43
This is the contents of the message announcing the Good News (Gospel) of peace by Jesus Christ, Who is Lord of all.
Now may the Lord of Peace, Himself grant you His Peace (the peace of His kingdom) at all times and in all ways (under all circumstances and conditions, whatever comes) the Lord be with you all. (Second Thessalonians 3:16).
My Edict: My Order or Decree
(Official Authoritative Regulation Or instruction to Announce Publicly with Conviction)
Isaiah 12: 1-6
1. And in that day, you will say I will give thanks to You. O’ Lord for though You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away and You comfort me.
2. Behold, God my salvation! I will trust and not be afraid, for the Lord God is my strength and song: Yes, He has become my salvation (deliverance, trust, redeemer)
3. Therefore, with joy will you draw water from the Wells of Salvation.
4. And in that day, you will say, Give thanks to the Lord, call upon His Name and by means of His Name (in solemn entreaty); declare and make known His deeds among the peoples of the earth, proclaim that his Name is exalted!
5. Sing praises to the Lord for He has done excellent things (gloriously); let this be made known to all the earth.
6. Cry aloud and shout joyfully, you women and inhabitants of Zion (church) for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.
7. For your (my) eyes have seen all the great work of the Lord which he did.
Deuteronomy 11:1
1. Therefore, you shall love the Lord your God and keep His charge (task or responsibility, command) His statutes (laws) His precepts (rules or action or conduct) and His commandments (orders) always.
The Seed of the Word of God (The Secret Power of the Kingdom)
Ephesian 3:20 Amp
Dare 2 Believe – We dare to have the boldness of free access (an undeserved approval to God) – Ephesians 3:12
Isaiah 2:8: Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations as Your inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth as your possession Praise, Prayer, Practice and Power of the Kingdom.
Esther 4:14: And who knows but that you have come to the kingdom, for such a time as this and for this very occasion.
Matthew 25:31: When the Son of Man comes in His Glory His Majesty and Splendor and all the holy angels with Him. Then He will sit on the throne of His Glory.
Matthew 25:32: All nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them (the people) from one another as a shepherd separated his sheep from the goats.
Matthew 25:33-34: And He will cause the sheep to stand at His right hand but the goats at His left. Then the king will say to those at His right hand. Come, you blessed of My father (you are favored of God and appointed to eternal salvation), inherit (receive as your own) the kingdom prepared for you from the foundations of the world
John 3:3: Jesus answered him, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that unless a person is born again (anew, from above) he cannot ever see (know, be acquainted with , and experience) the kingdom of God.
John 3:5: Jesus answered, I assure you most solemnly, I tell you, unless a man is born of water and (even) the Spirit, he cannot (ever) enter the Kingdom of God.