Matthew 16:18 (NIV) "...And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock, I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it."
Luke 4:18 (NIV) "The Spirit of the Lord is on me because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free."
2 Corinthians 5:17 (NIV) "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!"
Acts 2:42-47 (NIV) "They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer... And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved."