WITNESSES Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. And he said, “Yes, it was written long ago that the Messiah would suffer and die and rise from the dead on the third day. It was also written that this message would be proclaimed in the authority of his name to all the nations, beginning in Jerusalem: ‘There is forgiveness of sins for all who repent.’ You are witnesses of all these things. —Luke 24:45-48 “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth” (Acts…

WISDOM So King Solomon became richer and wiser than any other king on earth. —I Kings 10:23 “The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom; and now something greater than Solomon is here.” —Luke 11:31 People came from the “ends of the earth to listen to Solomon’s wisdom.” He was wiser than any king on earth, but Jesus said, “Something greater than Solomon is here.” People should have flocked to Jesus who is Wisdom and so much more! — “It is because of him that…

MAY YOU SHOW FORTH HIS GLORY Then people all over the earth will know that the Lord alone is God and there is no other. —I Kings 8:60 Solomon’s desire, and so many others, was for people to “know that the Lord alone is God and there is no other.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoGHog7Keak And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD: “LORD, the God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth” (II Kings 19:15, 19). “Let them know that you, whose name is the LORD– that you alone are the Most High over all the earth” (Psalm 83:18).…

PEOPLE WILL EXPERIENCE TERROR For the days are coming when… People will beg the mountains, ‘Fall on us,’ and plead with the hills, ‘Bury us. —Luke 23:29-30 People do not want to trust Jesus for various reasons, but the main reason is that they do not want to be under His authority and live for Him according to His desires. They rather live according to their own desires. But that does not do away with the truth that He exists and that they will be judged by Him. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYbX-3_a98U He will come back to earth at some point in the future and “Then everyone—the kings of the earth, the rulers,…

WISDOM “What do you want? Ask, and I will give it to you!” —I Kings 3:5 The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for wisdom. So God replied, “Because you have asked for wisdom in governing my people with justice and have not asked for a long life or wealth or the death of your enemies—I will give you what you asked for! I will give you a wise and understanding heart such as no one else has had or ever will have! —I Kings 3:10-12 When all Israel heard the king’s decision, the people were in awe of the king, for they saw the wisdom God had given…

DENYING KNOWING JESUS So they arrested him and led him to the high priest’s home. And Peter followed at a distance. The guards lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat around it, and Peter joined them there. A servant girl noticed him in the firelight and began staring at him. Finally she said, “This man was one of Jesus’ followers!” But Peter denied it. “Woman,” he said, “I don’t even know him!” —Luke 22:54-57 When Peter was warming himself near the fire, he was identified by a servant girl as being one of Jesus’ followers. Peter was sitting around the fire with guards and he denied…

LAST WORDS These are the last words of David: “David, the son of Jesse, speaks— David, the man who was raised up so high, David, the man anointed by the God of Jacob, David, the sweet psalmist of Israel. “The Spirit of the Lord speaks through me; his words are upon my tongue. The God of Israel spoke. The Rock of Israel said to me: ‘The one who rules righteously, who rules in the fear of God, is like the light of morning at sunrise, like a morning without clouds, like the gleaming of the sun on new grass after rain.’ “Is it not my family God has chosen? Yes,…

KISS OF BETRAYAL Then Satan entered into Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve disciples, and he went to the leading priests and captains of the Temple guard to discuss the best way to betray Jesus to them. They were delighted, and they promised to give him money. So he agreed and began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus so they could arrest him when the crowds weren’t around. —Luke 22:3-6 Judas strategized with the leading priests and captains of the Temple guard on what would be the best way to betray Jesus— the best way to hand Jesus over to them so they could have Him executed.…

FORGIVE! As the king was about to cross the river, Shimei fell down before him. “My lord the king, please forgive me,” he pleaded. “Forget the terrible thing your servant did when you left Jerusalem. May the king put it out of his mind. I know how much I sinned. That is why I have come here today, the very first person in all Israel to greet my lord the king.” —II Samuel 19:18-20 How quick are you and I to ask someone to forgive us that we have sinned against? (II Samuel 16:5-10). Or do we just seek to justify our sin against that person? What is it Jesus…

OPPOSITION Nation will go to war against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be great earthquakes, and there will be famines and plagues in many lands, and there will be terrifying things and great miraculous signs from heaven. But before all this occurs, there will be a time of great persecution. —Luke 21:10-12 And everyone will hate you because you are my followers. —Luke 21:17 Why does the Name of Jesus cause such opposition and hatred from those who oppose His very Name? Why is it His Name that punctuates the sentences of so many people on a daily basis? It is because of Who He is! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sChJUaU5W9I Dear…