But if someone claims to be a prophet
and does not acknowledge the truth about Jesus,
that person is not from God.
Such a person has the spirit of the Antichrist,
which you heard is coming into the world
and indeed is already here.
But you belong to God,
my dear children.
You have already won a victory over those people,
because the Spirit who lives in you is greater
than the spirit who lives in the world.
1 John 4:3-4
(Copenhagen wharf near the royal yacht)
For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity,
but of power,
love,
and self-discipline.
2 Timothy 1:7
I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light
so that you can understand the confident hope
he has given to those he called—
his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance.
I also pray that you will understand
the incredible greatness of God’s power for us who believe him.
This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead
and seated him in the place of honor at God’s right hand
in the heavenly realms.
Ephesians 1:18-19
Then this message came to Jeremiah from the Lord:
“I am the Lord, the God of all the peoples of the world.
Is anything too hard for me?
Jeremiah 32:26-27
(Monument to the Defenders of the Coast, 1939, Gdansk, Poland)
This is what the Lord says:
“Cursed are those who put their trust in mere humans,
who rely on human strength
and turn their hearts away from the Lord
“But blessed are those who trust in the Lord
and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.
Jeremiah 17:5,7
(Three Crosses Monument in Solidarity Square in Gdansk, Poland)
“If you obey me and do whatever I command you,
then you will be my people,
and I will be your God.”
Jeremiah 11:4
(Amber mosaic in Gdansk, Poland)
This is what the Lord says:
“Don’t let the wise boast in their wisdom,
or the powerful boast in their power,
or the rich boast in their riches.
But those who wish to boast
should boast in this alone:
that they truly know me and understand that I am the Lord
who demonstrates unfailing love
and who brings justice and righteousness to the earth,
and that I delight in these things.
I,
the Lord,
have spoken!
Jeremiah 9:23-24
(Gdansk, Poland)
“‘How can you say,
“We are wise because we have the word of the Lord,”
when your teachers have twisted it by writing lies?
These wise teachers will fall
into the trap of their own foolishness,
for they have rejected the word of the Lord.
Are they so wise after all?'”
Jeremiah 8:8-9
I,
the Lord,
define the ocean’s sandy shoreline
as an everlasting boundary that the waters cannot cross.
The waves may toss and roar,
but they can never pass the boundaries I set.
Jeremiah 5:22
(Baltic Sea sunset)
“Didn’t I say before I left home that you would do this,
Lord?
That is why I ran away to Tarshish!
I knew that you are a merciful and compassionate God,
slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
You are eager to turn back from destroying people.
Just kill me now,
Lord!”
Jonah 4:2-3
(old city wall Tallinn, Estonia)