Old Testament Scripture Reading: Isaiah 30:18 – 21 (KJV)
Isa 30:18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Isa 30:19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
Isa 30:20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers:
Isa 30:21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
New Testament Scripture Reading: 1John 2:18 – 25 (KJV)
1Jn 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
1Jn 2:19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.
1Jn 2:20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
1Jn 2:21 I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.
1Jn 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
1Jn 2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.
1Jn 2:24 Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.
1Jn 2:25 And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
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Transforming Power Statements:
1) The issue of the fall of mankind known as “Original Sin” has deeply impacted every facet of humanity to the core of each and every individual so completely, that God being perfectly Holy had to separate from man; but has prophesied that He has a plan for the ones who believe in Him by faith in order that He might show mercy, rather than His wrath.
2) The prophecies of the gift of the Holy Spirit, Whom God has made famous having spoken of it through the prophets, (such as Isaiah) is a truly marvelous promise because in them God has revealed that it is His desire to teach the fallen ones in a supernatural way, which is the basis of the relationship He has called “Eternal Life”.
3) God has summarized and defined His relationship to the Church so that she may be motivated to go out into it and broadcast the best news in the world, that there is mercy enough available for everyone who places all their trust in God the Son, Jesus the Christ!