God is the source and the essence of all truth. The Bible has much to say about truth. 

• Psalm 25:5 “Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.”
• Psalm 145:18 “The LORD is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.”
• Proverbs 12:19 “Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.”
• John 14:6 “Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
• John 8:31-32 “To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
• John 14:15-17 “If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you."
• John 16:13 “But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.”
• 2 Thessalonians 2:10 “ …They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.”
• 3 John 1:4 “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.”

Some of the most important and profound questions in life are: Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going when I die? Why am I here and what is the meaning and purpose of life? The Bible has the answers to all of these questions and many others as well.

• Deuteronomy 6:4-7  “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.”
• Colossians 3:17 “And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.”
• Exodus 20:3-4, 7-8, 12-17  “You shall have no other gods before  me. You shall not make for yourself an image…You shall not misuse the name of the LORD your God… Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy...Honor your father and your mother…You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. You shall not covet…anything that belongs to your neighbor.” (The Ten Commandments)
• Psalm 23:1-6  “The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.”
• 1 Corinthians 13:4-8  “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.”
• Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (God wants you to know him, love him and eagerly serve him. God has a plan for your life. )
• Titus 2:11-14 “For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.”
• Mathew 28:19-20 “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” (The Great Commission: This was one of the last things Jesus said to his disciples before he ascended to heaven.)
• Mark 12:28-30 “One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” (The Great Commandment)
• John 1:12 “Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God”
• 1 Peter 1:3-9 “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the end result of your faith, the salvation of your souls.”
• Ephesians 1:3 “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.”
• 2 Peter 1:3 “His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.”
• Genesis 1:26 “Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
• John 3:16-18 “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.”
• Luke 23:43 “Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.” (If you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, you will immediately go to heaven when you die.)
• Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”
• Matthew 6:25-34 “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life? “And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own."
• Romans 15:13 “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
• Philippians 2:3-4 “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.”
• Philippians 4:13 “I can do all this through him who gives me strength.”
• Matthew 17:20 “He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”

God’s Word contains many Messianic prophecies. The Messiah would come as a baby and would be God’s Son. “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this” (Isaiah 9:6-7).

The Messiah would be born of a virgin and would be called Immanuel (which means “God with us”), “Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel” (Isaiah 7:14).

The Messiah would be born in Bethlehem and would become a ruler over Israel. “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose origins are from of old, from ancient times” (Micah 5:2).

The suffering Messiah was the Lamb of God whose life was an offering for sin.

Isaiah 52:13-15

13 See, my servant will act wisely; he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted. 
14 Just as there were many who were appalled at him— his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human being and his form marred beyond human likeness— 
15 so he will sprinkle many nations, and kings will shut their mouths because of him. For what they were not told, they will see, and what they have not heard, they will understand.

Isaiah 53:1-12

1 Who has believed our message and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. 
3 He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
4 Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering, yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted. 
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. 
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth. 
8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people he was punished. 
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, though he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush him and cause him to suffer, and though the LORD makes his life an offering for sin, 
he will see his offspring and prolong his days, and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand. 
11 After he has suffered, he will see the light of life and be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many, and he will bear their iniquities. 
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great, and he will divide the spoils with the strong, because he poured out his life unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

Fulfilled Messianic Prophecies (Partial List)

Prophecy (Old Testament Prophecy … New Testament Fulfillment)

• Line of Abraham (Genesis 12:2-3 … Matthew 1:1; Galatians 3:16)
• Line of Judah (Genesis 49:10 … Matthew 1:2)
• Line of David (2 Samuel 7:12-16; Jeremiah 23:5 … Matthew 1:1)
• Virgin birth (Isaiah 7:14; Genesis 3:15 … Matthew 1:18, 23)
• Born in Bethlehem (Micah 5:2 … Matthew 2:1-12)
• He is eternal (Micah 5:2; Isaiah 9:6, 53:10-11; Psalm 110:1 … John 1:1, 14, 8:58; Hebrews 1:8)
• He is God’s Son (Jeremiah 23:6; Isaiah 9:6-7 … John 20:31)
• His mission (Isaiah 61:1 … Luke 4:16-21)
• A messenger prepared his way (Isaiah 40:3; Malachi 3:1, 4:5-6 … Matthew 3:1-3, 11:7-11)
• Humble and riding on a donkey (Zechariah 9:9 … Matthew 21:5)
• Man of peace (Isaiah 53:9 … John 14:27)
• Man of wisdom and truth (Isaiah 52:13, 53:9, 11 … John 14:6)
• Righteous man (Isaiah 53:11 … Luke 23:47)
• Greatly exalted (Isaiah 52:13, 15, 53:12 … Philippians 2:9-11)
• Precious corner stone (Isaiah 28:16 … 1 Peter 2:6)
• Mediator of the new covenant (Jeremiah 31:31-34; Isaiah 42:6-7, 53:12 … Hebrews 12:24)
• Messenger of the new covenant (Malachi 3:1 … Matthew 26:28)
• King (Numbers 24:17; Jeremiah 23:5; Psalm 2:6 … Matthew 21:5)
• Prophet (Deuteronomy 18:15-19 … Acts 3:22)
• Priest (Psalm 110:4 … Hebrews 5:5-10)
• He was rejected (Psalm 118:22; Isaiah 53:3 … Matthew 21:42)
• He suffered (Isaiah 53:3-4, 5, 7, 11 … Luke 18:31-33)
• His suffering brought peace and healing (Isaiah 53:5 … Acts 10:36; 1 Peter 2:24)
• Body was pierced (Zechariah 12:10; Isaiah 53:5 … John 19:34, 20:25, 27)
• No bones broken (Psalm 34:20; Numbers 9:12; Exodus 12:46 … John 19:33-36)
• Gambled for his clothing (Psalm 22:18 … Matthew 27:35)
• He was disfigured (Isaiah 52:14 … John 19:1-3, 18)
• He was scourged (Isaiah 53:5 … John 19:1)
• Lamb of God (Isaiah 53:7 … John 1:29)
• His life an offering for sin (Isaiah 53:10 … 2 Corinthians 5:21; Romans 8:3-4)
• Bore world’s sins (Isaiah 53:4-6, 8, 11-12 … Hebrews 9:28; 1 Peter 2:24)
• His death (Isaiah 53:8-9, 12; Daniel 9:25-27; Zechariah 13:7 … John 19:18)
• His resurrection (Psalm 16:10 … Matthew 28:6; Acts 2:22-36, 13:32-37)
• His ascension (Psalm 68:18 … Acts 1:9-11; Ephesians 4:8)
• The Messiah, Jesus Christ, the “KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS” returns to earth at the end of the Great Tribulation to rescue his people, to judge the wicked and to rule his earthly kingdom. (Revelation, chapters 19- 20; Isaiah 34:1-17, 66:15-17; Daniel 12:1-13; Joel 2:28-32; 3:1-17; Zechariah, chapters 12-14; Matthew 25:31-46; Luke 17:20-37; 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12, 2:1-12; Titus 2:11-14)

Angels are spiritual beings created by God to serve Him. They are “ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation” (Hebrews 1:14). Angels communicate special messages to God’s people (Genesis 22:11; Judges 13:3-5; Zechariah 2:1-6; Luke 1:11-20, 26-38; Matthew 28:1-7). They are intelligent, extremely powerful and often protect and help believers (Genesis 19:15-17, 48:16; Exodus 23:20-23; 2 Samuel 14:20; 1 Kings 19:5-7; Acts 5:19, 12:7-11). Angels serve God by carrying out divine judgment (Genesis 19:12-13; 2 Samuel 24:15-17; 2 Chronicles 32:21). In the end times, angels will also be instrumental in implementing numerous judgments (Matthew 13:40-42, 49-50; 2 Thessalonians 1:6-8; Revelation 6:1-17, 8:1-13, 9:1-21, 11:15-19, 15:1-16:21). Angels are often depicted as giving honor and glory and praise to the Lord (Psalm 103:20-21; Revelation 5:11-12).

“Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels, numbering thousands upon thousands, and ten thousand times ten thousand. They encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!” (Revelation 5:11-12).

• Matthew 18:10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven.”
• Exodus 23:20 “See, I am sending an angel ahead of you to guard you along the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared.”
• 2 Samuel 24:16 “When the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was afflicting the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand.” The angel of the LORD was then at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
• 2 Kings 19:35 “That night the angel of the LORD went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!”
• Luke 2:8-15 “And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests.” When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”

The Old Testament and the New Testament clearly show the existence of Satan. Satan first appears in Genesis 3 as a serpent. His presence is even more prominent in the New Testament. The Devil is a fallen angel (Ezekiel 28, Isaiah 14). Because of his sin (pride), he was cast from the presence of God (Ezekiel 28:16). Demons are lower-ranking fallen angels and are under the authority of Satan. Satan and his demons are spirit beings, are intelligent, are powerful, can inflict disease, influence the mind, deceive people and even deceive nations. (Matthew 8:16, 12:24, 25:41; Revelation 12:7, 16:14; Luke 10:17, 20, 13:11,16; Mark 1:24, 5:3-4; 1 Timothy 4:1; Genesis 3:1-5; 1 Thessalonians 3:5)

• James 4:7 “Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.”
• 1 Peter 5:8-9 “Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings.”
• 2 Corinthians 11:14 “And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.”
• Revelation 20:10 “And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever.”