Good News= Victory

"And we all hear these people speaking in our own languages about the wonderful things God has done." Acts 2:11

This is the immediate testimony from those gathered from every known nation...upon the release of Pentecost. Their response is recorded as a part of Holy scripture in Acts 2:7-12

Their words of wonder were recorded as a part of the Good News like a reporter would record first hand reactions from those witnessing the scene of an event. 

The disciples spoke only the Good News which Holy Spirit placed in their mouths. They came into agreement with the News of heaven. The crowd then reacted in wonder and anticipation. 

What would have happened if the disciples had said, " Well, Jesus did leave the tomb, we have proof...

but... the pharisees paid off the legal witnesses, the guards, so...

Oh well, we do live in perilous times! JESUS said we would."  

They would have been telling the facts but not the TRUTH of heaven. 

JESUS, YESHUA is the Good News. He is the embodiment, the manifestation of THE GOOD NEWS.

Jesus did speak to the disciples of perilous times but those were private conversations to prepare them for events only He could reveal through Holy Spirit.

Jesus told them to wait for Holy Spirit, then Holy Spirit instructed their public confessions, their testimony. Like Jesus, their public testimony was all about...

The Good News.

They spoke in 17 languages. 17 means VICTORY and this is signified and verified all through scripture. 

There are numerous examples of 17- Victory,  but I will mention just a few so you understand the emphasis the Lord desires on 

HIS GOOD NEWS. 

In Genesis 7:11 & 8:4 we see it was the 17th day when The Ark was lifted on the waters and the 17th day when The Ark rested on Ararat. 17=VICTORY.

It was the 17th day when The Red Sea parted for Israel, the same day they sang their song of victory. See Exodus 14-15. 

Our Lord was given as The Passover Lamb on the 14th day therefore He arose on the 17th day. See The Gospel accounts.

Here you have the number 17 signifying Victory. 

On Pentecost, The Holy Spirit directed and empowered the disciples to speak,

only...

The GOOD NEWS in VICTORY by speaking in exactly 17 languages. 

My message to you, as a believer, is to speak The Good News, only as The Holy Spirit directs you. 

Do not mix in the defeatist words of the enemies plans &  purpose. This is strange 🔥 fire. The fire of Pentecost was Holy Fire, sent to consume the offering of the sacrificial Lamb.

We are to speak life not cursing. 

Recently, in America, we have seen how carefully the enemy has "scripted" a narrative of control & fear. Those who participate in the lie, carefully repeat the "narrative" of a demonic plan & takeover.

Shouldn't the narrative of believers agree in unity as in the day of Pentecost when all were in the upper room in ONE ACCORD? 

When were we unctioned by Holy Spirit to make a mockery of HIS GRACE? Diluting & polluting the message with doom & gloom scenarios would never have gone over in the book of Acts.

Shouldn't our "narrative" agree with All the fruit of the Holy Spirit? Love, joy, peace, gentleness, etc 

Remember? Remember, Jesus spoke his words of warning privately not...Not as part of the Gospel. His emphasis publicly was always grace, grace, grace. Don't confuse his words to the "religious" ones with those who desire His grace & truth. 

After the Resurrection Jesus modeled the correct Testimony to the two walking on the road to Emmaus. Remember they said,

"Didn't our hearts burn within us?" 

Good News of the Gospel causes our hearts to light up! 

You may say, "well, we need to report the facts." People already know the bad news. They are steeped in it every day. You may actually be repeating the "doctrine of demons". 

How shall they hear if you are not speaking Words of life? How shall their hearts awaken and their eyes & ears be opened? Surely not by repeating more bad news.

Joseph was a type of Jesus, given in the Old Testament; He was 17 when He went into slavery, 

he lived through 17 years of separation & refinement, then as the Master of Egypt, 

He lived with the comforting company of His Father Jacob (Israel) another 17 years. 

Victory in all aspects representing the Victory of Christ over the nations, to save & restore...

& representing the first and second coming of Christ.

The prayers of the prophet Jeremiah are 17. After He places 17 sheckles of silver in his relatives hand, to invest in his land of inheritance; 

he then concludes with his 17th prayer...a prophetic prayer of VICTORY. Hope will be reborn! Jeremiah 32:9

In Romans 8:36-39 we are given a list of 17 things which

 CANNOT 

separate us from God's love. 

Agape which is the perfect love is mentioned 17 times in the Gospel of John. 

We know that perfect love casts out fear. Speaking the GOOD NEWS is the way of the Lord. It casts out fear...bad news brings fear.

If your message does not bring hope, joy & love then it is an unholy mixture. 

We have been defiled by modeling after present day media. We all need a washing of the water of the Word. This has so infiltrated the church, the body of Christ. Lord help us!

Did you know that Media was a location in Babylon?

Man's dark speech cannot bring light.

Bad news is the way of the enemy. But he mixes in a little truth to capture people's attention. So, do you think it's appropriate to mix in bad news to tell The Gospel !?

I will close with this one last example, though, there are many more available. The 17th time the word "world" (this world system) is mentioned in first John is in the context of light & hope..

"Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world" 1 John 5:4

We overcome with Good News. Why does it say "whatsoever" rather than "whosoever"? 

Because Jesus commanded the disciples (and us) to disciple the nations as well as individuals. 

Like Joseph. Like Esther. Like Daniel. Like Peter, Paul & John.

The Complete Jewish Bible says it this way, 

"Because everything thing which has God as it's Father overcomes the world"

Father of Lights! 

Do your words, your reports.. reflect His light?

Is your testimony born of The Father?

"Every good & perfect gift comes down from The Father of Lights." 

Are your words illuminated by Heaven's Good News? Is there a light from heaven filling the words? Do they cause people's hearts to burn? 

We speak The Victory into existence by repeating Heaven's News. Good News. The Gospel of our Lord who was filled with grace & truth.

JESUS, YESHUA MESSIAH  IS THE GOOD NEWS. 

"Watch out for false prophets...a good tree cannot bear bad fruit." Matthew 7:15,18

A true prophet feeds men's souls with good news!