Acts 9:6
9:6 But stand up
and enter the city and you will be told
what you must do.”
Acts 11:13-14
11:13 He informed us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter,
11:14 who will speak a message
to you by which you and your entire household will be saved.’
John 7:17
7:17 If anyone wants to do God’s will,
he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority.
Romans 10:14-17
10:14 How are they to call on one they have not believed in? And how are they to believe in one they have not heard of? And how are they to hear without someone preaching to them?
10:15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How timely is the arrival of those who proclaim the good news.”
10:16 But not all have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?”
10:17 Consequently faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the preached word of Christ.
Ephesians 4:8-12
4:8 Therefore it says
, “
When he ascended on high he captured captives; he gave gifts to men.”
4:9 Now what is the meaning of “
he ascended,” except that he also descended
to the lower regions,
namely, the earth?
4:10 He, the very one
who descended, is also the one who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.
4:11 It was he
who gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,
4:12 to equip
the saints for the work of ministry, that is,
to build up the body of Christ,