Thematic Bible: Withheld special marks of true
Thematic Bible
religious Testimony » Withheld special marks of true » Relates to personal experience
Come and hear, all who fear God [and worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and obedience],
And I will tell what He has done for me.
I will also speak of Your testimonies before kings
And shall not be ashamed.
My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness
And of Your [deeds of] salvation all day long,
For their number is more than I know.
With my lips I have told of
All the ordinances of Your mouth.
religious Testimony » Withheld special marks of true » Bursts forth from an inward fire
So he said to them, “I am a Hebrew, and I [reverently] fear and worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land.”
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If I say, “I will not remember Him
Or speak His name anymore,”
Then my heart becomes a burning fire
Shut up in my bones.
And I am weary of enduring and holding it in;
I cannot endure it [nor contain it any longer].
It has seemed good to me to declare the signs and wonders which the Most High God has done for me.
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religious Testimony » Withheld special marks of true » The outgrowth of faith
Yet we have the same spirit of faith as he had, who wrote in Scripture, “I believed, therefore I spoke.” We also believe, therefore we also speak,
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By Silvanus, our faithful brother (as I consider him), I have written to you briefly, to counsel and testify that this is the true grace [the undeserved favor] of God. Stand firm in it!
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religious Testimony » Withheld special marks of true » Becomes irrepressible
And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has bestowed on those who obey Him.”
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for we, on our part, cannot stop telling [people] about what we have seen and heard.”
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But I have had help from God to this day, and I stand [before people] testifying to small and great alike, stating nothing except what the Prophets and Moses said would come to pass—
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religious Testimony » Withheld special marks of true » An everyday duty
Then those who feared the Lord [with awe-filled reverence] spoke to one another; and the Lord paid attention and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him of those who fear the Lord [with an attitude of reverence and respect] and who esteem His name.
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But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout that whole district.
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religious Testimony » Withheld special marks of true » Recounts God's blessings
I will tell of the lovingkindnesses of the Lord, and the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord,
According to all that the Lord has done for us,
And His great goodness toward the house of Israel,
Which He has shown them according to His compassion
And according to the abundance of His lovingkindnesses.
religious Testimony » Withheld special marks of true » Inspired by the "spirit"
And they were all filled [that is, diffused throughout their being] with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues (different languages), as the Spirit was giving them the ability to speak out [clearly and appropriately].
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