Acts 1: 1 -
11
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In the first book, O The-oph'ilus, I have
dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, |
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until the day when he was taken up, after he
had given commandment through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had
chosen. |
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To them he presented himself alive after his
passion by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days, and speaking of the
kingdom of God. |
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And while staying with them he charged them
not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which,
he said, "you heard from me, |
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for John baptized with water, but before
many days you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit." |
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So when they had come together, they asked
him, "Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?"
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He said to them, "It is not for you to know
times or seasons which the Father has fixed by his own authority.
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But you shall receive power when the Holy
Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all
Judea and Sama'ria and to the end of the earth." |
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And when he had said this, as they were
looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
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And while they were gazing into heaven as he
went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes, |
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and said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand
looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will
come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven."
Psalms 47:
2 - 3, 6 - 9
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For the LORD, the Most High, is terrible, a
great king over all the earth. |
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He subdued peoples under us, and nations
under our feet. |
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Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing
praises to our King, sing praises! |
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For God is the king of all the earth; sing
praises with a psalm! |
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God reigns over the nations; God sits on his
holy throne. |
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The princes of the peoples gather as the
people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is
highly exalted! --
Ephesians 1:
17 - 23
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that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Father of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the
knowledge of him, |
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having the eyes of your hearts 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, |
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and what is the immeasurable greatness of
his power in us who believe, according to the working of his great might
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which he accomplished in Christ when he
raised him from the dead and made him sit at his right hand in the heavenly
places, |
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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 that which is to come; |
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and he has put all things under his feet and
has made him the head over all things for the church, |
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which is his body, the fulness of him who
fills all in all. |
Mark 16: 15
- 20
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And he said to them, "Go into all the world
and preach the gospel to the whole creation. |
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He who believes and is baptized will be
saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned. |
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And these signs will accompany those who
believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues;
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they will pick up serpents, and if they
drink any deadly thing, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the
sick, and they will recover." |
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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.
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And they went forth and preached everywhere,
while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the message by the signs that
attended it. Amen. |
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