Old Testament Scripture Reading: Psalms 7:10 -17 (KJV)
Psa 7:10 My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
Psa 7:11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
Psa 7:12 If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready.
Psa 7:13 He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
Psa 7:14 Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood.
Psa 7:15 He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.
Psa 7:16 His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate.
Psa 7:17 I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high.
New Testament Scripture Reading: Revelation 21:1 – 8 (KJV)
Rev 21:1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
Rev 21:2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Rev 21:3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
Rev 21:4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
Rev 21:5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
Rev 21:6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
Rev 21:7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
Rev 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
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Transforming Power Statements:
1) Since it is fully understood that the true God is completely HOLY, it must not be even a consideration that He offered up His Only-Begotten Son, Jesus to be crucified so that professing believers in Him might continue in sin! As Paul said to the Romans: “Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? GOD FORBID! (Romans 6:1 )
2) The ones who have a rightful claim to the salvation paid for with the blood of Jesus are the same ones who since their salvation experience of having born again, have the internal conviction that they are deeply sinful and are pleading with God to deliver them from their sinfulness and are actually getting healed little by little day by day; not the ones who are using their liberty as a cloke for maliciousness. (1 Peter 2:16)
3) If any man be in Christ old things have passed away behold all things are become NEW! This is the everyday normal pattern of life of the ones who are Christ’s; they mourn their sinfulness, not flaunt it, promote it, nor desire to continue in it, because to them ALL THINGS ARE BECOME NEW!!