Passion, Jesus is risen and the great commission salvation teaching 2

 

            This is a teaching and study combining the Passion of Christ, the Jesus is risen part, using Mark 14 and Luke 23 for the passion of Christ and using John chapter 20 and 21 for the Jesus is risen part, with the great commission and even 1 Corinthians 15 along with a salvation teaching, for they all come together. As 1 Corinthians 15 says if Jesus had NOT risen our hope would be in vain but since He has risen we have our hope in Him, even to be raptured at the end of time.

In Mark chapter 14 is the last supper and arrest of Jesus and all that happens then, including Peter’s denials and Jesus betrayal.

(Mark 14:1)  Now after two days it was the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might get hold of Him by guile, and how they might kill Him.

 

(Mark 14:2)  But they said, "Not during the feast, lest there be a disturbance of the people."

 

(Mark 14:3)  And while He was in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as He was reclining for a meal, a woman came having an alabaster flask of very costly pure nard. And having broken the flask, she began to pour it out over His head.

 

(Mark 14:4)  But some were expressing indignation to one another and saying, "Why has this waste of the perfume occurred?

 

(Mark 14:5)  For it was possible for this to be sold for more than three hundred denarii, and to be given to the poor." And they were scolding her.

 

(Mark 14:6)  But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has worked a beautiful work for Me.

 

(Mark 14:7)  For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you are able to do them good; but you do not always have Me.

 

(Mark 14:8)  This woman did what she could; she undertook beforehand to anoint My body for burial.

 

(Mark 14:9)  And assuredly I say to you, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman did will also be spoken as a memorial of her."

 

(Mark 14:10)  Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went off to the chief priests to betray Him to them.

 

(Mark 14:11)  And having heard, they rejoiced and promised to give him money. So he was seeking how at some good time he might deliver Him up.

 

(Mark 14:12)  Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was sacrificed, His disciples said to Him, "Where do You desire that we go and prepare, that You may eat the Passover?"

 

(Mark 14:13)  And He sent two of His disciples and said to them, "Go into the city, and a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him.

 

(Mark 14:14)  And wherever he may enter, say to the master of the house, 'The Teacher says, "Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?" '

 

(Mark 14:15)  "Then he will show you a large upper room, furnished and ready; there prepare for us."

 

(Mark 14:16)  So His disciples went away, and came into the city, and found it just as He had said to them; and they prepared the Passover.

 

(Mark 14:17)  And when it was evening, He came with the twelve.

 

(Mark 14:18)  And while they were reclining and eating, Jesus said, "Assuredly, I say to you, one of you eating with Me will betray Me."

 

(Mark 14:19)  And they began to be sorrowful, and to say to Him one by one, "Is it I?" And another said, "Is it I?"

 

(Mark 14:20)  But answering He said to them, "It is one of the twelve, the one dipping with Me in the bowl.

 

(Mark 14:21)  The Son of Man indeed is going away just as it is written of Him, but woe to that man through whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man not to have been born."

 

(Mark 14:22)  And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them and said, "Take, eat; this is My body."

 

(Mark 14:23)  And taking the cup and giving thanks, He gave it to them, and they all drank from it.

 

(Mark 14:24)  And He said to them, "This is My blood of the new covenant, which is shed for many.

 

(Mark 14:25)  Assuredly I say to you, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."

 

(Mark 14:26)  And having sung hymns, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

 

(Mark 14:27)  Then Jesus said to them, "You all will be made to stumble because of Me on this night, for it is written: 'I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.'

 

(Mark 14:28)  "But after I am raised, I will go before you into Galilee."

 

(Mark 14:29)  But Peter said to Him, "Even if all will be made to stumble, yet not I."

 

(Mark 14:30)  Jesus said to him, "Assuredly I say to you, that you, today on this night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times."

 

(Mark 14:31)  But he kept saying all the more profusely, "If it is necessary for me to die with You, by no means will I deny You!" And they all said likewise.

 

(Mark 14:32)  And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane; and He said to His disciples, "Sit here while I pray."

 

(Mark 14:33)  And He took Peter, James, and John with Him, and He began to be greatly amazed, and deeply depressed.

 

(Mark 14:34)  Then He said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved to the point of death. Remain here and watch."

 

(Mark 14:35)  And having gone forward a little, He fell on the ground, and He was praying, that if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him.

 

(Mark 14:36)  And He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible to You. Take this cup away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will, but what You will."

 

(Mark 14:37)  Then He came and found them sleeping, and He said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Were you not strong enough to watch one hour?

 

(Mark 14:38)  Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. Indeed the spirit is eager, but the flesh is weak."

 

(Mark 14:39)  And He went away again and He prayed, saying the same thing.

 

(Mark 14:40)  And having returned, He found them sleeping again, for their eyes were heavy; and they did not know what they should answer Him.

 

(Mark 14:41)  Then He came the third time and said to them, "Sleep on now, and take your rest. It is enough! The hour has come. Behold, the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners.

 

(Mark 14:42)  Rise up, let us go. See, the one who betrays Me is at hand."

 

(Mark 14:43)  And immediately, while He was still speaking, Judas arrived, being one of the twelve, and with him a large crowd with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.

 

(Mark 14:44)  Now His betrayer had given to them a sign, saying, "Whomever I shall kiss, He is the One; take Him and lead Him away safely."

 

(Mark 14:45)  And when he arrived, immediately he approached Him and said to Him, "Rabbi, Rabbi!" and he affectionately kissed Him.

 

(Mark 14:46)  Then they laid their hands on Him and seized Him.

 

(Mark 14:47)  But a certain one of those standing by drew his sword and struck the servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear.

 

(Mark 14:48)  Then Jesus answered and said to them, "Have you come out, as against a bandit, with swords and clubs to arrest Me?

 

(Mark 14:49)  Daily I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize Me. But that the Scriptures may be fulfilled."

 

(Mark 14:50)  Then they all forsook Him and fled.

 

(Mark 14:51)  Now a certain young man had followed Him, having a linen cloth thrown around his naked body. And the young men seized him,

 

(Mark 14:52)  but leaving behind the linen cloth, he fled from them naked.

 

(Mark 14:53)  And they led Jesus away to the high priest; and with him were assembled all the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes.

 

(Mark 14:54)  But Peter followed Him from a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest, and he was sitting together with the attendants and warming himself at the fire.

 

(Mark 14:55)  Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking testimony against Jesus, in order to put Him to death, but found none.

 

(Mark 14:56)  For many were testifying falsely against Him, but their testimonies were not the same.

 

(Mark 14:57)  Then some stood up and were testifying falsely against Him, saying,

 

(Mark 14:58)  "We heard Him saying, 'I will destroy this temple made with hands, and after three days I will build another one not made with hands.' "

 

(Mark 14:59)  But not even in this way was their testimony the same.

 

(Mark 14:60)  And the high priest stood up and came forward and questioned Jesus, saying, "Do You answer nothing? What are these men testifying against You?"

 

(Mark 14:61)  But He kept silent and answered nothing. Again the high priest was questioning Him, saying to Him, "Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?"

 

(Mark 14:62)  And Jesus said, "I am. And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven."

 

(Mark 14:63)  Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, "What further need do we have of witnesses?

 

(Mark 14:64)  You have heard the blasphemy! How does it appear to you?" And they all condemned Him to be deserving of death.

 

(Mark 14:65)  Then some began to spit on Him, and to blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists, and to say to Him, "Prophesy!" And the attendants were striking Him with slaps to the face.

 

(Mark 14:66)  Now as Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came.

 

(Mark 14:67)  And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, "You also were with Jesus the Nazarene."

 

(Mark 14:68)  But he denied it, saying, "I neither know nor understand what you are saying." And he went outside into the forecourt, and a rooster crowed.

 

(Mark 14:69)  And the servant girl seeing him again, began to say to those standing by, "This man is one of them."

 

(Mark 14:70)  But again he was denying it. And a little later those who were standing by said to Peter again, "Truly you are one of them; for you are also a Galilean, and your accent is like theirs."

 

(Mark 14:71)  Then he began to curse and to swear, "I do not know this Man whom you are speaking of"

 

(Mark 14:72)  And for the second time a rooster crowed. Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had said to him, "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times." And when he thought about it, he began to weep.

 

Luke chapter 23 related the trials crucifixion and death of Jesus which was the atonement for all of man’s sins.

(Luke 23:1)  Then the whole multitude of them arose and led Him to Pilate.

 

(Luke 23:2)  And they began to accuse Him, saying, "We found this Man perverting the nation, and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, saying that He Himself is Christ, a King."

 

(Luke 23:3)  Then Pilate questioned Him, saying, "Are You the King of the Jews?" He answered him and said, "You are saying what is so."

 

(Luke 23:4)  But Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no guilt in this Man."

 

(Luke 23:5)  But they insisted, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to here."

 

(Luke 23:6)  When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked if the Man were a Galilean.

 

(Luke 23:7)  And when he found out that He belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who was also in Jerusalem in those days.

 

(Luke 23:8)  Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad; for he had desired for a long time to see Him, because he had heard many things about Him, and he was hoping to see some miracle being done by Him.

 

(Luke 23:9)  Then he questioned Him with many words, but He answered him nothing.

 

(Luke 23:10)  And the chief priests and scribes stood, vehemently accusing Him.

 

(Luke 23:11)  Then Herod, with his men of war, having treated Him with contempt, and having mocked Him, arrayed Him in a gorgeous robe, and sent Him back to Pilate.

 

(Luke 23:12)  That very day Pilate and Herod became friends with each other, for previously they had been at enmity with each other.

 

(Luke 23:13)  And Pilate, having called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people,

 

(Luke 23:14)  said to them, "You have brought this Man to me, on the charge of misleading the people. And indeed, when I examined Him in your presence, I found no guilt in this Man in the matters which you bring as charges against Him;

 

(Luke 23:15)  and neither did Herod, for I sent you back to him; and indeed nothing worthy of death has been done by Him.

 

(Luke 23:16)  Therefore when I have flogged Him, I will release Him."

 

(Luke 23:17)  (for it was necessary for him to release one to them at the feast).

 

(Luke 23:18)  But they all cried out together, saying, "Away with this Man, and release to us Barabbas"--

 

(Luke 23:19)  who because of a certain insurrection having occurred in the city had been thrown into prison, and for murder.

 

(Luke 23:20)  Pilate, therefore, wishing to release Jesus, again called out to them.

 

(Luke 23:21)  But they cried out, saying, "Crucify, crucify Him!"

 

(Luke 23:22)  Then he said to them the third time, "Why, what evil did He do? I have found no guilt deserving death in Him. Therefore when I have flogged Him, I will release Him."

 

(Luke 23:23)  But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices that He be crucified. And their voices and those of the chief priests prevailed.

 

(Luke 23:24)  So Pilate decided that their request should be carried out.

 

(Luke 23:25)  And he released whom they were requesting, who because of insurrection and murder had been thrown into prison; but he delivered Jesus to their will.

 

(Luke 23:26)  And as they led Him away, they laid hold of a certain man, Simon a Cyrenian, as he was coming from the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might carry it behind Jesus.

 

(Luke 23:27)  And a great multitude of the people followed Him, and women who also were mourning and lamenting Him.

 

(Luke 23:28)  But Jesus, turning to them, said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.

 

(Luke 23:29)  For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs which did not give birth, and breasts which did not nurse!'

 

(Luke 23:30)  Then they will begin 'to say to the mountains, "Fall on us!" and to the hills, "Cover us!" '

 

(Luke 23:31)  For if they do these things in the green tree, what will happen in the dry?"

 

(Luke 23:32)  And they also were leading two others with Him, evildoers, to be put to death.

 

(Luk 23:33)  And when they came to the place which is called Calvary, there they crucified Him and the evildoers, one on the right, and one on the left.

 

(Luke 23:34)  Then Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do." And dividing His garments, they cast lots.

 

(Luke 23:35)  And the people stood, observing. And the rulers with them also were sneering, saying, "He saved others; let Him save Himself if He is the Christ, the elect of God."

 

(Luke 23:36)  The soldiers also mocked Him, coming and offering Him sour wine,

 

(Luke 23:37)  and saying, "If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself."

 

(Luke 23:38)  And an inscription also was written over Him, in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew letters: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.

 

(Luke 23:39)  Then one of the evildoers who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, "If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us."

 

(Luke 23:40)  But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, "Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation?

 

(Luke 23:41)  And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this Man did nothing wrong."

 

(Luke 23:42)  Then he said to Jesus, "Lord, remember me when You come in Your kingdom."

 

(Luke 23:43)  And Jesus said to him, "Assuredly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise."

 

(Luke 23:44)  Now it was about the sixth hour, and darkness came upon the whole land until the ninth hour.

 

(Luke 23:45)  Then the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was torn in two.

 

(Luke 23:46)  And Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, 'into Your hands I will commit My spirit.' " And after He said these things, He expired.

 

(Luke 23:47)  And when the centurion saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, "Certainly this was a righteous Man!"

 

(Luke 23:48)  And all the crowds which came together for this spectacle, when they saw what had happened, beat their own chests and returned.

 

(Luke 23:49)  But all His acquaintances, and the women who followed Him from Galilee, stood at a distance, watching these things.

 

(Luke 23:50)  And behold, there was a man named Joseph, a council member, a good and just man

 

(Luke 23:51)  (this man had not agreed to their decision and deed), from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who himself was also waiting for the kingdom of God.

 

(Luke 23:52)  This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

 

(Luke 23:53)  And having taken it down, he wrapped it in a linen cloth, and put it in a tomb cut out of rock, where no one had ever lain before.

 

(Luke 23:54)  That day was the Preparation; the Sabbath was drawing near.

 

(Luke 23:55)  And the women who had come with Him from Galilee followed after, and they observed the tomb and how His body was placed.

 

(Luke 23:56)  Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. And they rested on the Sabbath, according to the commandment.

 

Here are John chapters 20 and 21 which show Jesus rising from the cross and various encounters He had, including with Mary, Thomas, a miraculous fish catch and with Peter.

(John 20:1)  On the first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.

 

(John 20:2)  Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him."

 

(John 20:3)  Peter therefore went out, and the other disciple, and were going to the tomb.

 

(John 20:4)  And the two together were running, and the other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first.

 

(John 20:5)  And stooping to look in, he saw the linen strips lying there; however he did not go in.

 

(John 20:6)  Then Simon Peter came, following him, and entered into the tomb; and he saw the linen strips lying there,

 

(John 20:7)  and the facecloth which had been on His head, not lying with the linen strips, but apart from them, having been rolled up in one place.

 

(John 20:8)  Then the other disciple, who came to the tomb first, went in also; and he saw and believed.

 

(John 20:9)  For as yet they did not know the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead.

 

(John 20:10)  Then the disciples went away again to their own homes.

 

(John 20:11)  But Mary stood outside facing the tomb weeping. Therefore as she was weeping, she stooped down and looked into the tomb.

 

(John 20:12)  And she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.

 

(John 20:13)  Then they said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they put Him."

 

(John 20:14)  And having said these things, she turned back and saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus.

 

(John 20:15)  Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek?" She, supposing Him to be the gardener, said to Him, "Sir, if You carried Him away, tell me where You put Him, and I will take Him away."

 

(John 20:16)  Jesus said to her, "Mary!" She turned and said to Him, "Rabboni!" (which means, Teacher).

 

(John 20:17)  Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brothers and say to them, 'I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.' "

 

(John 20:18)  Mary Magdalene went reporting to the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that He had spoken these things to her.

 

(John 20:19)  Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace to you."

 

(John 20:20)  And having said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

 

(John 20:21)  Therefore Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you! Just as the Father has sent Me, I also send you."

 

(John 20:22)  And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.

 

(John 20:23)  If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained."

 

(John 20:24)  But Thomas, one of the twelve, the one called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came.

 

(John 20:25)  The other disciples therefore said to him, "We have seen the Lord." So he said to them, "Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will by no means believe."

 

(John 20:26)  And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors having been closed, and stood in the midst, and said, "Peace to you!"

 

(John 20:27)  Then He said to Thomas, "Bring your finger here, and see My hands; and bring your hand here, and put it into My side. Be not unbelieving, but believing."

 

(John 20:28)  And Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!"

 

(John 20:29)  Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."

 

(John 20:30)  And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book;

 

(John 20:31)  but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.

 

(John 21:1)  After these things Jesus showed Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and in this manner He showed Himself:

 

(John 21:2)  Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together.

 

(John 21:3)  Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We are coming with you also." They went out and immediately got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing.

 

(John 21:4)  But as daybreak had already come, Jesus stood upon the shore; however the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.

 

(John 21:5)  Then Jesus said to them, "Children, have you any food?" They answered Him, "No."

 

(John 21:6)  And He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." Therefore they cast, and they were not able to haul it in because of the multitude of fish.

 

(John 21:7)  Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it), and he threw himself into the sea.

 

(John 21:8)  But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from the land, but about two hundred cubits), dragging the net with fish.

 

(John 21:9)  Then as they got off onto the land, they saw a charcoal fire laid there, and fish placed on it, and bread.

 

(John 21:10)  Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish which you have just caught."

 

(John 21:11)  Simon Peter went up and hauled the net onto the land, full of large fish, one hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not torn.

 

(John 21:12)  Jesus said to them, "Come, eat breakfast." Yet none of the disciples dared to question Him, "Who are You?"--knowing that it was the Lord.

 

(John 21:13)  Jesus then came and took the bread and gave it to them, and likewise the fish.

 

(John 21:14)  This was now the third time Jesus was manifested to His disciples, having been raised from the dead.

 

(John 21:15)  So when they had eaten breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me more than these?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I care for You." He said to him, "Feed My lambs."

 

(John 21:16)  He said to him again a second time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?" He said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I care for You." He said to him, "Shepherd My sheep."

 

(John 21:17)  He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you care for Me?" Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, "Do you care for Me?" And he said to Him, "Lord, You know all things; You know that I care for You." Jesus said to him, "Feed My sheep.

 

(John 21:18)  Most assuredly I say to you, when you were younger, you used to dress yourself and used to walk where you wished; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you and will carry you where you do not wish."

 

(John 21:19)  But this He said, signifying by what death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He said to him, "Follow Me."

 

(John 21:20)  Then Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also had reclined on His chest at the supper, and said, "Lord, who is the one who betrays You?"

 

(John 21:21)  Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, "But Lord, what about this man?"

 

(John 21:22)  Jesus said to him, "If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you? You follow Me."

 

(John 21:23)  Then this saying went out among the brothers that this disciple would not die. Yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but, "If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you?"

 

(John 21:24)  This is the disciple who testifies of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true.

 

(John 21:25)  And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that not even the world itself would have room for the books which would be written. Amen.

 

Here are the great commission messages from Jesus to the apostles/disciples

Here is the commission as it appears at the end of Matthew chapter 28

(Matthew 28:18)  And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

 

(Matthew 28:19)  Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

 

(Matthew 28:20)  teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.

 

Here is the commission as it appears in the gospel of Mark chapter 16

(Mark 16:15)  And He said to them, "Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to all creation.

 

(Mark 16:16)  He that believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he that does not believe shall be condemned.

 

(Mark 16:17)  And these signs shall accompany those who have believed: In My name they shall cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;

 

(Mark 16:18)  they shall pick up serpents; and if they drink anything deadly, it shall by no means hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall be well."

 

(Mark 16:19)  So then, after the Lord had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

 

(Mark 16:20)  And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word through the accompanying signs. Amen.

 

Here is the message at the end of Luke 24, saying all ways necessary for the scripture to be fulfilled, and Jesus was even taken to heaven here

(Luke 24:44)  Then He said to them, "These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me."

 

(Luke 24:45)  And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.

 

(Luke 24:46)  Then He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,

 

(Luke 24:47)  and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

 

(Luke 24:48)  And you are witnesses of these things.

 

(Luke 24:49)  And behold, I am sending the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high."

 

(Luke 24:50)  And He led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up His hands, He blessed them.

 

(Luke 24:51)  And it happened, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and was carried up into heaven.

 

(Luke 24:52)  And after they had worshipped Him, they returned to Jerusalem with great joy,

 

(Luke 24:53)  and they were continually in the temple praising and blessing God. Amen.

 

And here is the beginning of Acts

(Acts 1:1)  The former account I made concerning all things, O Theophilus, which Jesus began both to do and teach,

 

(Acts 1:2)  until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen,

 

(Acts 1:3)  to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God.

 

(Acts 1:4)  And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to withdraw from Jerusalem, but to await for the Promise of the Father, "which," He said, "you have heard from Me;

 

(Acts 1:5)  for John baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."

 

(Acts 1:6)  Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, "Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?"

 

(Acts 1:7)  And He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has placed in His own authority.

 

(Acts 1:8)  But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."

 

(Acts 1:9)  Now after He said these things, while they were beholding Him, He was lifted up, and a cloud withdrew Him from their eyes.

 

(Acts 1:10)  And while they looked intently into heaven, while He was going, behold, two men stood along side them in white apparel,

 

(Acts 1:11)  who also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will so come in like manner as you saw Him going into heaven."

 

Here is 1 Corinthians chapter 15, which is known as the resurrection chapter because it speaks of the death and resurrection of Jesus, stating that if Jesus had NOT been raised from the dead all of our faith, the Christian faith would be in vain and hopeless and we would have no chance of resurrection, but as He did then that is how we have our hopes of our resurrection, eternal life with Jesus because of Jesus’ raising from the dead, for Jesus defeated death by being raised from the grave.

(1 Corinthians 15:1)  Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand,

 

(1 Corinthians 15:2)  and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you--unless you believed in vain.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:3)  For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,

 

(1 Corinthians 15:4)  that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,

 

(1 Corinthians 15:5)  and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:6)  Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:7)  Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:8)  Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:9)  For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:10)  But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:11)  Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:12)  Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

 

(1 Corinthians 15:13)  But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:14)  And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:15)  We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:16)  For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:17)  And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:18)  Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:19)  If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:20)  But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:21)  For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:22)  For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:23)  But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, then at his coming those who belong to Christ.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:24)  Then comes the end, when he delivers the kingdom to God the Father after destroying every rule and every authority and power.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:25)  For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:26)  The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:27)  For "God has put all things in subjection under his feet." But when it says, "all things are put in subjection," it is plain that he is excepted who put all things in subjection under him.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:28)  When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:29)  Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf?

 

(1 Corinthians 15:30)  Why are we in danger every hour?

 

(1 Corinthians 15:31)  I protest, brothers, by my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day!

 

(1 Corinthians 15:32)  What do I gain if, humanly speaking, I fought with beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."

 

(1 Corinthians 15:33)  Do not be deceived: "Bad company ruins good morals."

 

(1 Corinthians 15:34)  Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:35)  But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?"

 

(1 Corinthians 15:36)  You foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:37)  And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some other grain.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:38)  But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:39)  For not all flesh is the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:40)  There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly is of another.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:41)  There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:42)  So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:43)  It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:44)  It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:45)  Thus it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:46)  But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:47)  The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:48)  As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:49)  Just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:50)  I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:51)  Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

 

(1 Corinthians 15:52)  in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:53)  For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:54)  When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory."

 

(1 Corinthians 15:55)  "O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?"

 

(1 Corinthians 15:56)  The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:57)  But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

(1 Corinthians 15:58)  Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

 

For what purpose was all of this done? The following verses state how mankind is fallen and all do wrong but that is why out of love God sent Jesus into the world

(Romans 3:10)  as it is written: "None is righteous, no, not one;

 

(Romans 3:11)  no one understands; no one seeks for God.

 

(Romans 3:12)  All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one

 

(Romans 3:23)  for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

 

(Romans 3:24)  and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

 

(Romans 3:25)  whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.

 

(Romans 3:26)  It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus

 

The last four verses in Romans 6 further add to the point of our need of a savior to avoid the wages of sin and how Jesus did that for us

(Romans 6:20)  For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness.

 

(Romans 6:21)  But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

 

(Romans 6:22)  But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.

 

(Romans 6:23)  For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

Jesus expresses His purpose of coming to the Earth here in these verses

(John 3:16)  "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

 

(John 3:17)  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.

 

(John 3:18)  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.

 

This message is further confirmed in John 5, two verses speaking of eternal life

(John 5:24)  Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.

 

(John 5:25)  "Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.

 

As some of the above verses do remind us, this verse really drives home the point that eternal life from heaven is really a gift from God and cannot be earned in any way by our own works  so God Himself has provided the means to escape hell and to have eternal life with Him.

(Ephesians 2:8)  For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

 

(Ephesians 2:9)  not a result of works, so that no one may boast.

 

(2 Corinthians 9:15)  Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!

 

(1 Timothy 2:1)  First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people,

 

(1 Timothy 2:2)  for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.

 

(1 Timothy 2:3)  This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,

 

(1 Timothy 2:4)  who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

 

(1 Timothy 2:5)  For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

 

(1 Timothy 2:6)  who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time.

 

These verses in 1 Peter shed more light on this purpose of Jesus

(1 Peter 2:24)  He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

 

(1 Peter 2:25)  For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls

 

That message also is here in this 1 Peter 3 verse

(1 Peter 3:18)  For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit

 

And so does these two verses in 2 Peter 3 for time is nothing to the Lord and He wants all to come to repentance and is patient

(2 Peter 3:8)  But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.

 

(2 Peter 3:9)  The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

 

These two verses in 1 John 2 also state how Jesus was the propitiation for our sins and all mankind’s

(1 John 2:1)  My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

 

(1 John 2:2)  He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

 

Also a very similar message is given in these two verses in 1 John chapter 4 how God loved us and sent Jesus to be a propitiation for our sins

(1 John 4:9)  In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.

 

(1 John 4:10)  In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

 

And here is this passage in 1 John 5 which reinforces the 1 Timothy passage well, stating the power of prayer but also the gospel message of how it is necessary to have the Son of God to have eternal life.

(1 John 5:5)  Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

 

(1 John 5:6)  This is he who came by water and blood--Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

 

(1 John 5:7)  For there are three that testify:

 

(1 John 5:8)  the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree.

 

(1 John 5:9)  If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son.

 

(1 John 5:10)  Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son.

 

(1 John 5:11)  And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

 

(1 John 5:12)  Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.

 

(1 John 5:13)  I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.

 

(1 John 5:14)  And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.

 

(1 John 5:15)  And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him.

Here is a message from Jude to build ourselves in the live of God for the mercy of Jeus leading to eternal life

(Jude 1:20)  But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,

 

(Jude 1:21)  keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.

 

Here Jesus Himself says that He is the only way to Heaven and the Father and in so doing avoid hell that Jesus Himself spoke of

(John 14:6)  Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

 

But Jesus also makes it clear in Revelation that He indeed is seeking people always

(Revelation 3:20)  Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

 

The verses in Romans ten state how we are to be saved, believing the word which is near to us, to hear it then confess Jesus as Lord and believe God has raised Him from the dead- in that is our key to salvation

 (Romans 10:8)  But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim);

 

(Romans 10:9)  because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

 

(Romans 10:10)  For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

 

(Romans 10:11)  For the Scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame."

 

(Romans 10:12)  For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.

 

(Romans 10:13)  For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved."

 

(Romans 10:14)  How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?

 

(Romans 10:15)  And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!"

 

(Romans 10:16)  But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?"

 

(Romans 10:17)  So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.

 

Now those people are now a new creation in Christ

(2 Corinthians 5:17)  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come

 

And also at peace with God being justified by faith

(Romans 5:1)  Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

 

(Romans 5:2)  Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

 

These two verses promise no condemnation with those in Jesus

(Romans 8:1)  There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

 

(Romans 8:2)  For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death

 

Then it also asks if God is for us then who or what can be against us, in these verses towards the end of Romans chapter 8

(Romans 8:31)  What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

 

(Romans 8:32)  He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?

 

(Romans 8:33)  Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies.

 

(Romans 8:34)  Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died--more than that, who was raised--who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.

 

(Romans 8:35)  Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?

 

(Romans 8:36)  As it is written, "For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."

 

(Romans 8:37)  No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

 

And nothing can now separate us from the love of God in Jesus, either

(Romans 8:38)  For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers,

 

(Romans 8:39)  nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

 

I am sure you have now seen enough now to be ready to pray to be saved. I am now including a short prayer that you can say to ensure that you are saved and have eternal life when you die, going to heaven to be with Jesus forever and not end up going to hell.

Dear God in heaven, I come to you in the name of Jesus. I acknowledge to You that I am a sinner, and I am sorry for my sins and the life that I have lived; I need your forgiveness. I believe that your only begotten Son Jesus Christ shed His precious blood on the cross at Calvary and died for my sins, and I am now willing to turn from my sin. You said in Your Holy Word, Romans 10:9 that if we confess Jesus as our Lord and believe in our hearts that God raised Jesus from the dead, we will be saved. Right now I confess Jesus as the Lord of my soul. With my heart, I believe that God raised Jesus from the dead. This very moment I accept Jesus Christ as my own personal Savior and according to His Word, right now I am saved. Thank you Jesus for your unlimited grace which has saved me from my sins. I thank you Jesus that your grace never leads to license, but rather it always leads to repentance. Therefore Lord Jesus transform my life so that I may bring glory and honor to you alone and not to myself. Thank you Jesus for dying for me and giving me eternal life.

Amen.

 

God bless you and yours