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Colossians 1:20-21
God was pleased to bring all things back to himself. That’s because of what Christ has done. These things include everything on earth and in heaven. God made peace through Christ’s blood, by his death on the cross.At one time you were separated from God. You were enemies in your minds because of your evil ways.
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2 Corinthians 5 19-2 Corinthians 5 20
God was bringing the world back to himself through Christ. He did not hold people’s sins against them. God has trusted us with the message that people may be brought back to him.So we are Christ’s official messengers. It is as if God were making his appeal through us. Here is what Christ wants us to beg you to do. Come back to God!
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Romans 5:10-11
Once we were God’s enemies. But we have been brought back to him because his Son has died for us. Now that God has brought us back, we are even more secure. We know that we will be saved because Christ lives.And that is not all. We are full of joy in God because of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of him, God has brought us back to himself.
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Romans 5:1
We have been made right with God because of our faith. Now we have peace with him because of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Colossians 1:16-17
All things were created in him. He created everything in heaven and on earth. He created everything that can be seen and everything that can’t be seen. He created kings, powers, rulers and authorities. All things have been created by him and for him.Before anything was created, he was already there. He holds everything together.
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Ephesians 2:16-17
He planned to bring both Jews and Gentiles back to God as one body. He planned to do this through the cross. On that cross, Christ put to death their hatred toward one another.He came and preached peace to you who were far away. He also preached peace to those who were near.
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Romans 11:36
All things come from him. All things are directed by him. All things are for his praise. May God be given the glory forever! Amen.
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1 John 4 10
Here is what love is. It is not that we loved God. It is that he loved us and sent his Son to give his life to pay for our sins.
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1John 2:2
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1 Corinthians 8 6
But for us there is only one God. He is the Father. All things came from him, and we live for him. And there is only one Lord. He is Jesus Christ. All things came because of him, and we live because of him.
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Acts 13:38-39
“ My friends, here is what I want you to know. I announce to you that your sins can be forgiven because of what Jesus has done.Through him everyone who believes is set free from every sin. Moses’ law could not make you right in God’s eyes.
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Acts 10:36
You know the message God sent to the people of Israel. It is the good news of peace through Jesus Christ. He is Lord of all.
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Luke 24:47
His followers will preach in his name. They will tell others to turn away from their sins and be forgiven. People from every nation will hear it, beginning at Jerusalem.
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1 Corinthians 12 6
There are different ways the Spirit works. But the same God is working in all these ways and in all people.
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Hebrews 2:17
So he had to be made like people, fully human in every way. Then he could serve God as a kind and faithful high priest. And then he could pay for the sins of the people by dying for them.
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John 3:27
John replied,“ A person can receive only what God gives them from heaven.
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John 3:16
God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son. Anyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life.
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1 Corinthians 1 30
Because of what God has done, you belong to Christ Jesus. He has become God’s wisdom for us. He makes us right with God. He makes us holy and sets us free.
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Ezekiel 45:15
Also give one sheep from every flock of 200 sheep. Get them from the grasslands of Israel that receive plenty of water. Use them for grain offerings, burnt offerings and friendship offerings. They will be used to pay for the sin of the people,” announces the Lord and King.
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Isaiah 52:7
What a beautiful sight it is to see messengers coming with good news! How beautiful to see them coming down from the mountains with a message about peace! How wonderful it is when they bring the good news that we are saved! How wonderful when they say to Zion,“ Your God rules!”
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Luke 10:5
“ When you enter a house, first say,‘ May this house be blessed with peace.’
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Isaiah 57:19
Then they will praise me. I will give perfect peace to those who are far away and those who are near. And I will heal them,” says the Lord.
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Daniel 9:24
“ The Lord has appointed 70‘ weeks’ for your people and your holy city. During that time, acts against God’s law will be stopped. Sin will come to an end. And the evil things people do will be paid for. Then everyone will always do what is right. Everything that has been made known in visions and prophecies will come true. And the Most Holy Room in the temple will be anointed.
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Leviticus 6:30
But suppose some of the blood of a sin offering is brought into the tent of meeting. And that blood is brought into the Holy Room to pay for sin. Then that sin offering must not be eaten. It must be burned up.
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Mark 16:15-16
He said to them,“ Go into all the world. Preach the good news to everyone.Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved. But anyone who does not believe will be punished.
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James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from God. This kind of gift comes down from the Father who created the heavenly lights. These lights create shadows that move. But the Father does not change like these shadows.