7-9-07 Acts 10:42, 43

Acts 10:42, 43 (NAS)
And He ordered us to preach to the people, and solemnly to testify that this is the One who has been appointed by God as Judge of the living and the dead. Of Him all the prophets bear witness that through His name everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins.

Acts 10:42, 43 (NIVUS)
He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead. All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.

Acts 10:42, 43 (Philips)
Moreover, we are the men whom he commanded to preach to the people and solemnly witness to the fact that he is the one appointed by God to be the judge of both the living and the dead. It is to him that all the prophets bear witness, so that every man who believes in him may receive forgiveness of sins through his name.

Adonai the Lord God has made you His messenger of the gospel of His Son, Jesus Christ. You have been given the privilege to declare and announce God’s commands and charges to His people. This is a fixed and abiding obligation. When you speak the word of the Lord with authority, others listen and obey. The Lord charges you to testify and bear witness of what you have seen, heard, and experienced of His goodness. Through your testimony you cause others to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.

You reveal the boundaries which God has established. You define what the Lord has ordained and appointed through Jesus, His representative, who took the judgment that God had already passed on mankind. He placed Himself as an arbiter to bring about justice for the living, who believe, and the dead, who do not believe.

Like the prophets of old, you speak and testify about the Kingdom of God. You show others the way to enter into His Kingdom, explaining that salvation that can only come through belief and trust in the name of Yeshua, the Messiah. Through Him, men receive release from bondage and imprisonment. Only in Him is there forgiveness and pardon for sin. Therefore, you gladly announce that the Lord looks upon them as if they have never committed any sins. They are upright in God's sight, just as you are. What joy you have in serving the One who set you free!