Verse of the Day 5/24

Revelation 12:10-11 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. ¹¹ And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.  English Standard Version (ESV)

Across the country and across the  world today, the gospel, the good news of salvation will be preached.  It is a message with the power to change and its authority comes from God.  The gospel does not need be changed or modified to accomplish its purposes because God will see to it that His will, His purposes will stand.

Pastor Dave Furman writes, " There is no better message that we can share. and so there is no need to change it, distort it, rewrite it, add to it, or subtract from it. If you adjust the gospel, you destroy it. Gospel revision always equals gospel reversal. In a culture that is different from ours and even in dangerous contexts, why would we ever want to risk our lives to proclaim news that has no power unto salvation?

We are not the authors of the gospel, but ambassadors. As an ambassador, we don't have the authority to change the message, regardless of whether we minister in Montana, Mozambique, or Malaysia. We are called to herald God's message to the world." 

There are many that are standing in opposition to the  good news today but they are the ones that will one day be conquered and have to stand before God having rejected the gospel message, that salvation , power and authority belong to God and His Son whom was sent to bring this message to a dark world that is in desperate need of Him and His "love and light".

John 3:17-18 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. ¹⁸ Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.   English Standard Version (ESV)

We've a story to tell to the nations, 
that shall turn their hearts to the right, 
a story of truth and mercy, 
a story of peace and light, 
a story of peace and light. 
Refrain: 
For the darkness shall turn to dawning, 
and the dawning to noonday bright; 
and Christ's great kingdom shall come on earth, 
the kingdom of love and light.

--   In Christ,  Mike    Folllow the Verse of the Day blog at http://mikesvotd.blogspot.com  Ephesians 1:7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,  in accordance with the riches of God's grace.  NIV    

Revelation 12:10-13New Living Translation (NLT)

¹⁰ Then I heard a loud voice shouting across the heavens,

"It has come at last—
    salvation and power
and the Kingdom of our God,
    and the authority of his Christ.^[a]
For the accuser of our brothers and sisters^[b]
    has been thrown down to earth—
the one who accuses them
    before our God day and night.
¹¹ And they have defeated him by the blood of the Lamb
    and by their testimony.
And they did not love their lives so much
    that they were afraid to die.
¹² Therefore, rejoice, O heavens!
    And you who live in the heavens, rejoice!
But terror will come on the earth and the sea,
    for the devil has come down to you in great anger,
    knowing that he has little time."