01/15/2024
This is lengthy, but worth every word-
Isaiah 61 is a declaration of the soul winning ministry of Yeshua Ha Machiach. He empowered His church to take over where He left off, and to do even greater works than He did. (ALL CAPS FOR EMPHASIS)
"1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to BRING GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR;
he has SENT ME TO BIND UP THE BROKEN HEARTED,
to PROCLAIM FREEDOM FOR THE CAPTIVES,
and the OPENING THE PRISON FOR THOSE WHO ARE BOUND;
2 to PROCLAIM THE YEAR OF THE LORD'S FAVOR,
AND THE DAY OF VENGEANCE OF OUR GOD;
TO COMFORT THOSE WHO MOURN;
3 TO GRANT TO THOSE WHO MOURN IN ZION—
TO GIVE THEM A BEAUTIFUL HEADDRESS instead of ashes,
THE OIL OF GLADNESS instead of mourning,
the GARMENT OF PRAISE instead of a faint spirit;
that THEY MAY BE CALLED OAKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS,
the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified..."
John 14 12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and GREATER WORKS than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. 13 Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 IF YOU ASK ANYTHING IN MY NAME, I WILL DO IT.
Acts 1 4 And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; 5 for John baptized with water, but YOU WILL BE BAPTIZED BY HOLY SPIRIT not many days from now.”
6 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. 8 But YOU WILL RECEIVE POWER when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and YOU WILL BE MY WITNESSES in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH”
John 14 15 “IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
18 “I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU AS ORPHANS; I WILL COME TO YOU. 19 Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 21 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”
Ephesians 1 15 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, 16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, MAY GIVE YOU A SPIRIT OF REVELATION AND WISDOM in the knowledge of Him, 18 having THE EYES OF YOUR HEART ENLIGHTENED, that YOU MAY KNOW WHAT IS THE HOPE to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is THE IMMEASURABLE GREATNESS OF HIS POWER toward us who believe, ACCORDING TO THE WORKING OF HIS GREAT MIGHT 20 that he worked in Christ WHEN HE RAISE HIM FROM THE DEAD and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. 22 And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
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May WE be filled with such POWER from Holy Spirit that we may complete the Great Commission, doing greater works than Yeshua did while He was among us.
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Matthew 28 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and MAKE DISCIPLES of all nations, BAPTIZING THEM in the name of the FATHER AND OF THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, 20 TEACHING THEM TO OBSERVE ALL THAT I HAVE COMMANDED YOU. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Mark 16 14 Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at table, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who saw him after he had risen. 15 And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name THEY WILL CAST OUT DEMONS they will SPEAK IN NEW TONGUES; 18 they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will LAY HANDS ON THE SICK, and they will recover.”
19 So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. 20 And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by accompanying signs.
Blessings to you with this charge and commission from Yeshua and His Word which has been preserved for us into this very day!
HalleluYah!!
