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Also, one should consider the first of all the commandments. Mark 12:28  And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? Mark 12:29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments [is], Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: ** Many teach that it doesn’t matter if you believe in three lords ** Mark 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment. Colossians 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. Colossians 2:9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. Colossians 2:10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: Mark 14:62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. **Right hand does not mean a big ole arm in the sky** John 4:26 Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am [he]. John 8:58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. Exodus 3:14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. John 14:9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou [then], Shew us the Father? Jude 1:17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; Jude 1:18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. Jude 1:19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. Jude 1:20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Jude 1:21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. Jude 1:22 And of some have compassion, making a difference: Jude 1:23 And others save with fear, pulling [them] out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. Jude 1:24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present [you] faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, Jude 1:25 To the only wise God our Saviour, [be] glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and for ever. Amen. Isaiah 43:11 I, [even] I, [am] the LORD; and beside me [there is] no saviour. Isaiah 45:21 Tell ye, and bring [them] near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? [who] hath told it from that time? [have] not I the LORD? and [there is] no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; [there is] none beside me. Hosea 13:4 Yet I [am] the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for [there is] no saviour beside me. Luke 2:11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. Pastor sTeve Winter — Apostolic Oneness Pentecostal /*/ PreRapture Ministry http://www.onenesschristian.org for Bible studies (text and audio) Have you obeyed Acts 2:38 as Paul taught in Acts 19:4-6?

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Devotional Guide For the week of March 14, 2004 STATING OUR MISSION Jesus commanded that he be made known To Read: Genesis 10-12 To Know: "For the Son of man also came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." (Mark 10:45) "To take Christ to the world, to nurture, equip and mature God’s people and to live to the glory of God" is the mission of the Byfield Parish Church. Jesus Christ came to earth on a mission. He came to give himself as a ransom for many and to make known his ransoming act everywhere on earth. Wherever we turn in the New Testament we meet with the cross. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John each devote half their gospels to the final week in Jesus’ life that ends on the cross. The sermons in the Book of Acts reveal that the cross was the subject of apostolic preaching. Peter declared, "Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs which God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know – this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. But God raised him up, having loosed the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it." (Acts 2:22-24) Paul’s letters lifted up the cross. "When I came to you, brethren, I did not come to you proclaiming to you the testimony of God in lofty words of wisdom. For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified." (1 Cor. 2:1,2) John’s letters too expound the cross. "…if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all unrighteousness." (1 Jn. 1:7) Lauren Bellinger designed the logo of the Byfield Parish Church to symbolize our mission. Her design appears on the Sunday bulletin and church letterhead. Our fourth meetinghouse was graced by a rose window. Lauren represented Christ rising from the cross to picture what we say in the pulpit. The hope of the world is this that the one who bore our sins has risen from the dead and he is Lord. Lauren portrayed what Christians have preached from the day that Jesus commanded the apostles to make him known to all the world. 03154$-03154

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