Psalms 33:6
33:6 By the Lord’s decree the heavens were made;
by a mere word from his mouth all the stars in the sky were created.
Isaiah 48:16-17
48:16 Approach me! Listen to this!
From the very first I have not spoken in secret;
when it happens, I am there.”
So now, the sovereign Lord has sent me, accompanied by his spirit.
48:17 This is what the Lord, your protector, says,
the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
who teaches you how to succeed,
who leads you in the way you should go.
Isaiah 61:1
The Lord Will Rejuvenate His People
61:1 The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me,
because the Lord has chosen me.
He has commissioned me to encourage the poor,
to help the brokenhearted,
to decree the release of captives,
and the freeing of prisoners,
Matthew 3:16-17
3:16 After
Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the
heavens
opened
and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove
and coming on him.
3:17 And
a voice from heaven said,
“This is my one dear Son;
in him
I take great delight.”
Matthew 17:5
17:5 While he was still speaking, a
bright cloud
overshadowed
them, and a voice from the cloud said,
“This is my one dear Son,
in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!”
Matthew 28:19
28:19 Therefore go
and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
John 5:26
5:26 For just as the Father has life in himself, thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself,
John 8:18
8:18 I testify about myself
and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”
John 8:54
8:54 Jesus replied,
“If I glorify myself, my glory is worthless.
The one who glorifies me is my Father, about whom you people
say, ‘He is our God.’
John 10:37-38
10:37 If I do not perform
the deeds
of my Father, do not believe me.
10:38 But if I do them, even if you do not believe me, believe the deeds,
so that you may come to know
and understand that I am in the Father and the Father is in me.”
John 12:28
12:28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven,
“I have glorified it,
and I will glorify it
again.”
John 12:1
Jesus’ Anointing
12:1 Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he had raised from the dead.
Colossians 1:4-6
1:4 since
we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints.
1:5 Your faith and love have arisen
from the hope laid up
for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel
1:6 that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel
is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing
among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.
Colossians 1:2
1:2 to the saints, the faithful
brothers and sisters
in Christ, at Colossae. Grace and peace to you
from God our Father!
Colossians 1:14
1:14 in whom we have redemption,
the forgiveness of sins.
Revelation 1:4-5
1:4 From John, to the seven churches that are in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from “he who is,” and who was, and who is still to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne,
1:5 and from Jesus Christ – the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has set us free from our sins at the cost of his own blood