David and Luz Maria Ernst – Serving the Lord in Venezuela

Jun
5, ’22

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The Holy Trinity in action

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John 14:23-31

23 Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.

25 “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; *my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. 28 You heard me say to you, I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29 And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. 30 I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me, 31 but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father.

Juan 14:23-31

23 Respondió Jesús y le dijo: “Si alguno me ama, mis palabras guardará; y mi Padre le amará, y vendremos a él, y haremos con él morada.” 24 “El que no me ama, no guarda mis palabras; y la palabra que habéis oído no es mía, sino del Padre que me envió.” 25 “Estas cosas os he hablado estando con vosotros.” 26 “Mas el Consolador, el Espíritu Santo, a quien el Padre enviará en mi nombre, Él os enseñará todas las cosas, y os recordará todo lo que yo os he dicho.” 27 “La paz os dejo, mi paz os doy; no como el mundo la da, yo os la doy. No se turbe vuestro corazón, ni tenga miedo.” 28 “Habéis oído que yo os he dicho: Voy, y vengo a vosotros. Si me amarais, os habríais regocijado, porque he dicho que voy al Padre; porque mi Padre mayor es que yo.” 29 “Y ahora os lo he dicho antes que acontezca, para que cuando acontezca, creáis.” 30 “Ya no hablaré mucho con vosotros; porque viene el príncipe de este mundo; y no tiene nada en mí.” 31 “Mas para que el mundo conozca que yo amo al Padre, y como el Padre me dio mandamiento, así hago. Levantaos, vámonos de aquí.”

May
23, ’21

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Illumination, not intoxication

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Joel 2:28-32

28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: 29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. 30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. 31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come. 32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in m}Mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.

Joel 2:28-32

28 Y será que después de esto, derramaré mi Espíritu sobre toda carne, y profetizarán vuestros hijos y vuestras hijas; vuestros viejos soñarán sueños, y vuestros jóvenes verán visiones. 29 Y también sobre los siervos y sobre las siervas derramaré mi Espíritu en aquellos días. 30 Y daré prodigios en el cielo y en la tierra, sangre, y fuego, y columnas de humo. 31 El sol se tornará en tinieblas, y la luna en sangre, antes que venga el día grande y espantoso de Jehová. 32 Y será que cualquiera que invocare el nombre de Jehová, será salvo; porque en el monte de Sión y en Jerusalén habrá salvación, como Jehová ha dicho, y en los que quedaren, a los cuales Jehová habrá llamado.

May
9, ’21

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To the Father in the name of Jesus by the Holy Spirit

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John 16:23-33

23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. 25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father. 26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: 27 For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. 28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. 29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. 30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God. 31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? 32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. 33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Juan 16:23-33

23 “En aquel día no me preguntaréis nada. De cierto, de cierto os digo, que todo cuanto pidiereis al Padre en mi nombre, os lo dará.” 24 “Hasta ahora nada habéis pedido en mi nombre; pedid, y recibiréis, para que vuestro gozo sea cumplido.” 25 “Estas cosas os he hablado en parábolas; pero la hora viene cuando ya no os hablaré en parábolas, sino que claramente os anunciaré del Padre.” 26 “Aquel día pediréis en mi nombre, y no os digo que yo rogaré al Padre por vosotros;” 27 “pues el Padre mismo os ama, porque vosotros me habéis amado, y habéis creído que yo salí de Dios.” 28 “Salí del Padre, y he venido al mundo; otra vez dejo al mundo y voy al Padre.” 29 Sus discípulos le dijeron: He aquí ahora hablas claramente, y ninguna parábola dices. 30 Ahora entendemos que sabes todas las cosas, y no necesitas que nadie te pregunte; por esto creemos que has venido de Dios. 31 Jesús les respondió: “¿Ahora creéis?” 32 “He aquí la hora viene, y ya ha venido, en que seréis dispersados cada uno a los suyos, y me dejaréis solo; mas no estoy solo, porque el Padre está conmigo.” 33 “Estas cosas os he hablado para que en mí tengáis paz. En el mundo tendréis aflicción; pero confiad, yo he vencido al mundo.”

May
2, ’21

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The two tasks of the Holy Spirit

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John 16:5-15

5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? 6 But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart. 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. 8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9 Of sin, because they believe not on me; 10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; 11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. 12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. 14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. 15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.

Juan 16:5-15

5 “Mas ahora voy al que me envió; y ninguno de vosotros me pregunta: ¿A dónde vas?” 6 “Antes, porque os he dicho estas cosas, tristeza ha llenado vuestro corazón.” 7 “Pero yo os digo la verdad: Os es necesario que yo me vaya; porque si no me fuera, el Consolador no vendría a vosotros; mas si me fuere, os le enviaré.” 8 “Y cuando Él venga, redargüirá al mundo de pecado, y de justicia, y de juicio.” 9 “De pecado, por cuanto no creen en mí;” 10 “y de justicia, por cuanto voy a mi Padre y no me veréis más;” 11 “y de juicio, por cuanto el príncipe de este mundo ya es juzgado.” 12 “Aún tengo muchas cosas que deciros, mas ahora no las podéis llevar.” 13 “Pero cuando el Espíritu de verdad venga, Él os guiará a toda verdad; porque no hablará de sí mismo, sino que hablará todo lo que oiga, y os hará saber las cosas que han de venir.” 14 “Él me glorificará; porque tomará de lo mío, y os lo hará saber.” 15 “Todo lo que tiene el Padre, es mío; por eso dije que tomará de lo mío, y os lo hará saber.”

May
31, ’20

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The Holy Spirit will teach you all things

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PentecostJohn 14:23-31

Juan 14:23-31

Jun
15, ’19

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The true work of the Holy Spirit

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Acts 2:1-11

Pentecost

Hechos 2:1-11

May
27, ’18

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That all hear the word in their own tongue

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Grace and peace in our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

Today is the day that our Lord promised His disciples before His Ascension. He told them in the book of the Acts of the Apostles, chapter 1, “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, He said, you heard from Me. For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days after these. ” After these words, as we confess in the creed, He ascended into heaven to be seated at the right hand of God Almighty Father, and from there He is to come to judge the living and the dead.

So, today we end with the second article of the Creed, which deals with the second person of the Holy Trinity, the Son, and we begin with the third article, which deals with the Holy Spirit. We celebrate the day of Pentecost 10 days after the Ascension, which was 40 days after the Resurrection. The feast of Pentecost already existed at that time. That is why there were men from all parts of the Roman Empire in Jerusalem. The word, Pentecost, derived from the Greek, means fifty. For the Jews, it meant 50 days, according to their tradition, after the day when God gave Moses the two tablets of the Law on Mount Sinai. It was also the feast of the first crops of spring, wheat and barley, so, people took their harvest sacrifices to the Temple of Jerusalem to thank God. For us, on this same day we celebrate the delivery of the Holy Spirit to the church to proclaim the Gospel, the good news of Jesus Christ.

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