December
18

Good Tidings of Great Joy.

And the angel said to them, Fear not, for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people. For to you is born today a Savior, who is Christ the Lord, in the city of David… And they came in haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the Babe lying in the manger. And when they had seen, they made known abroad the saying which was spoken to them concerning this little Child. (Luke 2:10-11, 16-17)

And the eleven disciples went into Galilee, into the mountain where Jesus had directed them. And when they saw Him, they worshiped Him; and yet they doubted. And Jesus coming spoke to them, saying, All authority is given to Me in heaven and on earth. Going forth, therefore, make disciples of all nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to keep all things whatever I have commanded you; and, behold, I am with you all the days, even to the consummation of the age. Amen. (Matthew 28:16-20)

And after these things, the Lord appointed seventy others also, and sent them two and two before His face, to every city and place, whither He Himself was about to come. Then He said to them, The harvest is indeed much, but the workers are few; entreat you therefore the Lord of the harvest, that He may send out workers into His harvest. (Luke 10:1-2)

After this work [True Christian Religion] was finished, the Lord called together His twelve disciples who followed Him in the world; and the next day He sent them all forth throughout the whole spiritual world to preach the Gospel that THE LORD GOD JESUS CHRIST reigns, whose kingdom shall be for ages and ages, according to the prediction in Daniel (7:13, 14), and in Revelation (11:15). Also, that blessed are those that come to the marriage supper of the Lamb. (Revelation 19:9) This took place on the nineteenth day of June, 1770. This is what is meant by these words of the Lord: “He shall send His angels and they shall gather together His elect, from the end of the heavens to the end thereof.” (Matthew 24:31) (True Christian Religion 791)

Freely you have received, freely give. (Matthew 10:8)

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