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The BLESSING of the. “Blessed” “readeth” “hear” “keep”. Why is. So Hard to Unscramble?. Why is. So Hard to Unscramble?. Not Rightly Dividing Not Believing What We Read. Matthew . The Understandable Word. The Word - Incarnate.
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The BLESSING of the • “Blessed” • “readeth” • “hear” • “keep”
Why is So Hard to Unscramble?
Why is So Hard to Unscramble? • Not Rightly Dividing • Not Believing What We Read
John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Wordwas with God, and the WordwasGod.” • John 1:14 – “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as ofthe only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”
Hebrews 1:1-3 - “God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high”
John 1:1-5 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In Him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not”.
2nd Corinthians 4:4 – “In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the lightof the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them”. • Acts 26:18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.
Psalms 138:2– “I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name.” • John 17:17 – “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” • John 14:6 – “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Wordwas with God, and the WordwasGod.” • John 17:17 – “Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”
John 8:12 - “ Then spake Jesusagain unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life”.
2nd Corinthians 4:4 – “In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them”. • Psalms 119:130 – “The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.” • Psalms 119:105 – “Thy wordis a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”
The Word - Understood BELIEVE What The Word Says RECEIVE WHAT THE WORD SAYS DIVIDE WHAT THE WORD SAYS
1st Timothy 1:18 – “ This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by themmightestwar a good warfare”
1st Timothy 6:12 – “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.”
2nd Timothy 2:3 – “Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldierof Jesus Christ.” • 2 Timothy 2:4 – “No man that warrethentangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.”
2nd Timothy 4:7 – “ I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith”
2 Corinthians 10:4 – “(For the weapons of our warfareare not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)”
Jude 1:3 – “Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye shouldearnestlycontend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.”
1 Timothy 4:1 - “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils”
1 Timothy 4:1 - “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils” • 2 Timothy 3:1 “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come”.
2 Timothy 4:3-4 – “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.”
2nd Timothy 3:13 – “But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived”.
Jude 1:3 – “Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye shouldearnestlycontend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.”
Revelation 3:17-18 – “Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.”
Hebrews 4:12– “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Hebrews 4:13 – “Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do."
1 Timothy 4:1 - “Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils”
Jude 1:3 – “Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye shouldearnestlycontend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.”
Ephesians 6:12 “ For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but againstprincipalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
Knowing Neo-Evangelical By What He Doesn’t say By What Issues are never discussed Will never “earnestly contend”
Matthew 23:37 – “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!”
Matthew 9:35-36 – “And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. But when he saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.”
John 2:14-16 - “And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all outof the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured outthe changers' money, and overthrewthe tables; And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise.”
Psalms 91:1 – “He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.” • Psalms 91:4 – “He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.”
John 11:25 - “Jesus saidunto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live”
John 1:1 – “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
Factors in the Fight Fight with the RIGHT SWORD