December 29, 2024
Evening Service

Rev 1:1  The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, 

 

Jesus Calls the First Disciples

Mat 4:18  And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.

Mat 4:19  Then He said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men."

Mat 4:20  They immediately left their nets and followed Him.

Mat 4:21  Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them,

Mat 4:22  and immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him.

 

The Transfiguration

Mat 17:1  Now after six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, led them up on a high mountain by themselves;

Mat 17:2  and He was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became as white as the light.

Mat 17:3  And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him.

Mat 17:4  Then Peter answered and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, let us make here three tabernacles: one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."

Mat 17:5  While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and suddenly a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Hear Him!"

Mat 17:6  And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces and were greatly afraid.

Mat 17:7  But Jesus came and touched them and said, "Arise, and do not be afraid."

Mat 17:8  When they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only.

Mat 17:9  Now as they came down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man is risen from the dead."

 

The Resurrection

Jhn 20:1  Now 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.

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

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

Jhn 20:4  So they both ran together, and the other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first.

Jhn 20:5  And he, stooping down and looking in, saw the linen cloths lying there; yet he did not go in.

Jhn 20:6  Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; and he saw the linen cloths lying there,

Jhn 20:7  and the handkerchief that had been around His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but folded together in a place by itself.

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

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

Jhn 20:10  Then the disciples went away again to their own homes.

 

The Great Commission

Mat 28:16  Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had appointed for them.

Mat 28:17  When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted.

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

Mat 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,

Mat 28:20  teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen.

 

 

James the Great 

The next martyr we meet with (after Stephen), according to St. Luke, in the History of the Apostles’ Acts, was James the son of Zebedee, the elder brother of John, and a relative of our Lord; for his mother Salome was cousin-german (first/full cousin) to the Virgin Mary. These events took place A.D. 44. 

 

John 

The "beloved disciple," was brother to James the Great. The churches of Smyrna, Pergamos, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea, and Thyatira, were founded by him. From Ephesus he was ordered to be sent to Rome, where it is affirmed he was cast into a cauldron of boiling oil. He escaped by miracle, without injury. Domitian afterwards banished him to the Isle of Patmos, where he wrote the Book of Revelation. Nerva, the successor of Domitian, recalled him. He was the only apostle who escaped a violent death.

 

Rev 1:1  The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants—things which must shortly take place. And He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John,