A Savior Is Born For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. Luke 2:11 For to you is born this day in the town of David a Savior, Who is Christ (the Messiah) the Lord! Amp A Saviour has just been born in David s town, a Savior who is Messiah and Master. Message Today in the city of David a deliverer has been born to you-the Messiah, the Lord. NEB...the Lord Christ himself. Knox...who is the Anointed Lord. Mon...who is your Messiah and Lord. Wms Confession: Father God sent His Son, Jesus, to be the Savior of the world. He came to be my Savior, and I accept Him now. 94
Rejoice In Salvation 101 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto to; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. Luke 10:20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are enrolled in heaven. Amp All the same, the great triumph is not in your authority over evil, but in God s authority over you and presence with you. Not what you do for God but what God does for you - that s the agenda for rejoicing. Message However, the important thing is not that demons obey you, but that your names are registered as citizens of heaven. Tay Yet it is not your power over evil spirits which should give you joy... Phi Confession: I have been given power over demons and they obey me, but I rejoice more in knowing that my name is written in heaven. 95
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Bible Versions AAT The Bible: An American Translation (J.M. Powis Smith and Edgar J. Goodspeed) ABPS The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments: An Improved Edition (American Baptist Publication Society) ABUV The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, American Bible Union Version (John A. Broadus et al) Alf The New Testament (Henry Alford) Amp The Amplified New Testament ASV The American Standard Version Bas The New Testament in Basic English Beck The New Testament in the Language of Today (William F. Beck) Ber The Berkeley Version of the New Testament (Gerrit Berkuyl) Con The Epistles of Paul (W. J. Conybeare) DeW Praise-Songs of Israel: A Rendering of the Book of Psalms (John DeWitt) Gspd The New Testament: An American Translation (Edgar J. Goodspeed) Har The Psalms for Today: A New Translation from the Hebrew into Current English (R. K. Harrison) Jerus The Jerusalem Bible JPS The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text: A New Translation (The Jewish Publication Society) KJV King James Version Knox The New Testament in the Translation of Monsignor Ronald Knox Lam The New Testament According to the Eastern Texts (George M. Lamsa) Message The Message Bible Mof The New Testament: A New Translation (James Moffatt) Mon The Centenary Translation: The New Testament in Modern English (Helen Barrett Montgomery) NAB The New American Bible NASB The New American Standard Bible: New Testament NEB The New English Bible: New Testament Nor The New Testament: A New Translation (Olaf M. Norlie) Phi The New Testament in Modern English (J. B. Phillips) Rhm The Emphasized New Testament: A New Translation (J. B. Rotherham) Rieu The Book of Acts (C. H. Rieu) The Four Gospels (E. V. Rieu) RSV The Revised Standard Version RV The Holy Bible: Revised Version 97
Sept The Septuagint (Charles Thomson) Bible Versions Sprl A Translation of the Old Testament Scrip tures From the Original Hebrew (Helen Spurrell) Tay Living Letters: The Paraphrased Epistles; Living Gospels; The Paraphrased Gospels; Living Prophecies; The Minor Prophets Paraphrased and Daniel and the Revelation (Kenneth N. Taylor) TCNT The Twentieth Century New Testament Tor The Torah: The Five Books of Moses Wey The New Testament in Modern Speech (Richard Francis Weymouth) Wms The New Testament: A Translation in the Language of the People (Charles B. Williams) YLT Young s Literal Translation of the Holy Bible (Robert Young) 98
Scriptures taken from the KING JAMES VERSION Scriptures taken from The Amplified Bible, Old Testament. Copyright 1965, 1987 by the Zondervan Corporation. The Amplified New Testament. Copyright 1958, 1987 by the Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. Scriptures taken from The Message. Copyright 1993, 1994,1995, 1996, 2000, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group. Scripture quotations taken from the New American Standard Bible. Copyright 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Scriptures taken from The Bible: An American Translation by J. M. Powis Smith and Edgar J. Goodspeed. Copyright 1935 by University of Chicago. The New Testament: An American Translation by Edgar J. Goodspeed. Copyright 1923, 1948 by the University of Chicago. The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments: An Improved Edition (American Baptist Publication Society. The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by John A. Broadus, American Bible Union Version (Improved Edition). Copyright by United Bible Society. The New Testament, Henry Alford Acknowledgements The New Testament in Basic English, Cambridge University Press in association with Evans Bros., Ltd. The New Testament in the Language of Today, by William F. Beck. Copyright 1963 by Concordia Publishing House. The Modern Language Bible: The New Berkeley Version in Modern English. Copyright 1945, 1959, 1969 by Zondervan Publishing House. The Epistles of Paul by W. J. Coneybeare. Copyright Baker Book House. Praise-Songs of Israel: A Rendering of the Book of Psalms, John DeWitt. The Psalms for Today: A New Translation From the Hebrew Into Current English by R. K. Harrison. Included in Norlie s Simplified New Testament. Copyright 1961 by Zondervan Publishing House. The Jerusalem Bible. Copyright 1966 by Darton, Longman, and Todd, Ltd. And Doubleday and Company, Inc. The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text: A New Translation. Copyright 1955 by The Jewish Publication Society of America. The Holy Bible: A Translation From the Latin Vulgate in the Light of the Hebrew and Greek Originals and the New Testament in the Translation of and by Monsignor Ronald Knox. Copyright 1954 by Sheed and Ward, Inc., New York. Knox. Copyright 1954 by Sheed and Ward, Inc., New York. The Holy Bible From Ancient Eastern Manuscripts by George M. Lamsa. Copyright 1940, 1957, 1961, by A. J. Holman Company. A New Translation of the Bible and The New Testament, A New Translation by James Moffatt. Copyright 1954, 1964, by James Moffatt. Used by permission of Harper and Row, Inc. And Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd. 99
The New Testament in Modern English translated by Helen Barrett Montgomery. Copyright 1924, 1652 by the American Baptist Board of Education and Publication. The New American Bible. Copyright 1970 by the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C. The New English Bible. Copyright 1961 and 1970 by Oxford University Press and Cambridge University Press. The New Testament, A New Translation by Olaf M. Norlie. Copyright 1961 by Zondervan Publishing. Four Prophets: Amos, Hosea, First Isaiah, Micah; The New Testament in Modern English ; The Gospels; The Young Church in Action; Letters to Young Churches; the Book of Revelation by J. B. Phillips. Copyrights 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963,1952, 1957, by J. B. Phillips and Macmillan Company. The Emphasized Bible: A New Translation and The Emphasized New Testament by Joseph Bryant Rotherham. Kregel Publications. The Acts of the Apostles and The Four Gospels translated by C. H. Rieu. Copyright 1957 by C. H. Rieu, 1953 by Penguin Press, Ltd. The Revised Standard Version of the Bible. Copyright 1946, 1952 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. The Holy Bible: Revised Version. Cambridge University Press The Living Bible : Paraphrased; Living Letters; Living Gospels; and Living Prophecies by Kenneth Taylor. Copyright 1962, 1966, 1967, 1971 by Tyndale House Publishers. Acknowledgements The Twentieth Century New Testament, Moody Bible Institute. The Torah: The Five Books of Moses. The Jewish Publication Society. Weymouth s New Testament in Modern Speech by Richard Francis Weymouth, as revised by J. A. Robertson. Reprinted by permission of Harper and Row Publishers, Inc. and James Clarke and Company, Ltd. The New Testament: A Translation in the Language of the People by Charles B. Williams. Copyright 1937 by Bruce Humphries, Inc., Copyright renewed 1965 by Edith S. Williams. Young s Literal Translation of the Holy Bible by Robert Young. Baker Book House. 100
Prayer Of Salvation Heavenly Father, I come to You in the Name of Jesus. Your Word says, And whoever calls out for help to me, God, will be saved. Acts 2:21 (Message). I m calling on You. I pray and ask Jesus to come into my heart. Be Lord over my life according to Romans 10:9-10. If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. I do that now. I confess Jesus is Lord. I believe in my heart God raised him from the dead. I am now born again! I am a Christian - Almighty God s child! Your Word also says, As bad as you are, you wouldn t think of such a thing - you re at least decent to your own children. And don t you think the Father who conceived you in love will give the Holy Spirit when you ask him? Luke 11:13 (Message) I m asking You to fill me with the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit, rise up within me as I praise God. I expect to speak with other tongues as You give me utterance. Then, like a wildfire, the Holy Spirit spread through their ranks, and they started speaking in a number of different languages as the Spirit prompted them. Acts 2:4 (Message) Worship and praise God now as you are filled with the Holy Spirit and speak in your heavenly language - other tongues. 101
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