We are walking in today: Pay Attention, The Best Just Got Better!
This morning
we have Pastor Wagner on the line this morning teaching from the book of
Hebrews. Thank You Lord God in heaven for using her in a mighty and
awesome way this morning. Thank You for her obedience in preparing this
teaching. Thank You for sending us this on time word for us today,
Adonai!
THE
VERY THEME OF THE BOOK OF HEBREWS IS HOW TO MAKE CHRISTIANS BELIEVE,
HOW TO MAKE CHRISTIANS ACT LIKE CHRISTIANS. THIS IS WHAT THE WORLD IS
WAITING TO SEE AND WHAT THE EPISTLE WAS WRITTEN TO EFFECT. IT IS
ADDRESSED TO A GROUP OF JEWISH CHRISTIANS WHO HAD BEGUN TO DRIFT, TO
LOSE THEIR FAITH. THEY HAD LOST ALL AWARENESS OF THE RELEVANCY OF THEIR
FAITH TO THE DAILY AFFAIRS OF LIFE. THEY HAD BEGUN TO DRIFT INTO OUTWARD
FORMAL RELIGIOUS PERFORMANCE, BUT TO LOSE THE INNER REALITY. DOUBTS
WERE CREEPING INTO THEIR HEARTS FROM SOME OF THE HUMANISTIC PHILOSOPHIES
THAT ABOUNDED IN THE WORLD OF THEIR DAY, AS THEY ABOUND IN THE WORLD OF
OUR DAY. SOME OF THEM WERE ABOUT TO ABANDON THEIR FAITH IN CHRIST, NOT
BECAUSE THEY WERE ATTRACTED AGAIN BY JEWISH RITUAL AND CEREMONY, BUT
BECAUSE OF PERSECUTION AND PRESSURE. THEY FELT IT WAS NOT WORTHWHILE;
THEY WERE LOSING TOO MUCH, AND THAT IT WAS POSSIBLE, JUST POSSIBLE, THAT
THEY HAD BEEN DECEIVED AND THE MESSAGE OF CHRIST WAS NOT TRUE AFTER
ALL.
NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (NIV)
“WARNING TO PAY ATTENTION”
WE HAVE TO REALLY GET INTO THE HABIT OF PAYING ATTENTION TO EVERY ASPECT OF WHAT GOD IS SAYING, DOING, AND TO WHAT WE ARE HEARING THROUGH HIS WORD!
HEBREWS 2:1-4
1 WE MUST PAY THE MOST CAREFUL ATTENTION, THEREFORE, TO WHAT WE HAVE HEARD, SO THAT WE DO NOT DRIFT AWAY. 2 FOR SINCE THE MESSAGE SPOKEN THROUGH ANGELS WAS BINDING, AND EVERY VIOLATION AND DISOBEDIENCE RECEIVED ITS JUST PUNISHMENT, 3 HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE IF WE IGNORE SO GREAT A SALVATION? THIS SALVATION, WHICH WAS FIRST ANNOUNCED BY THE LORD, WAS CONFIRMED TO US BY THOSE WHO HEARD HIM. 4 GOD ALSO TESTIFIED TO IT BY SIGNS, WONDERS AND VARIOUS MIRACLES, AND BY GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT DISTRIBUTED ACCORDING TO HIS WILL.
SHOULDN’T WE BE CURIOUS ABOUT THE GIFTS THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT DISTRIBUTES ACCORDING TO HIS WILL?
1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-11
***HEBREWS 2:5-9 CONTINUES
5 IT IS NOT TO ANGELS THAT HE HAS SUBJECTED THE WORLD TO COME, ABOUT WHICH WE ARE SPEAKING. 6 BUT THERE IS A PLACE WHERE SOMEONE HAS TESTIFIED:
“WHAT IS MANKIND THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF THEM,
A SON OF MAN THAT YOU CARE FOR HIM?
7 YOU MADE THEM A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS;
YOU CROWNED THEM WITH GLORY AND HONOR
8 AND PUT EVERYTHING UNDER THEIR FEET.”
IN PUTTING EVERYTHING UNDER THEM, GOD LEFT NOTHING THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO THEM. YET AT PRESENT WE DO NOT SEE EVERYTHING SUBJECT TO THEM. 9 BUT WE DO SEE JESUS, WHO WAS MADE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS FOR A LITTLE WHILE, NOW CROWNED WITH GLORY AND HONOR BECAUSE HE SUFFERED DEATH, SO THAT BY THE GRACE OF GOD HE MIGHT TASTE DEATH FOR EVERYONE.
***WHAT IS THAT PLACE WHERE SOMEONE HAS TESTIFIED TO IN ***HEBREWS 2:6-8 , IF WE HAVEN‘T READ IT, LET’S LOOK UP THAT PLACE WHERE SOMEONE TESTIFIED, AND WHO WAS THE SOMEONE? LET’S GO THERE. LET’S TURN OUR BIBLES TO THE BOOK OF PSALMS
SO THE PLACE WHERE SOMEONE TESTIFIED IS PSALMS 8:4-9 AND THAT PERSON WAS DAVID,
DON’T YOU WONDERED WHY PAUL DIDN’T JUST SAY “BUT THERE IS A PLACE WHERE DAVID HAS TESTIFIED AND THAT PLACE IS PSALMS 8:4-9?
THAT’S BECAUSE GOD WANTS US TO STUDY, READ SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY, GO DEEPER AS JEANETTE STATES, GET AN UNDERSTANDING, GAIN KNOWLEDGE, ASK FOR UNDERSTANDING FOR OURSELVES
A psalm of David.
PSALMS 8:4-9 AND IT READS
4 WHAT IS MAN THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF HIM, THE SON OF MAN THAT YOU CARE FOR HIM? 5 YOU MADE HIM A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE HEAVENLY BEINGS AND CROWNED HIM WITH GLORY AND HONOR. 6 YOU MADE HIM RULER OVER THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS; YOU PUT EVERYTHING UNDER HIS FEET: 7 ALL FLOCKS AND HERDS, AND THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD, 8 THE BIRDS OF THE AIR, AND THE FISH OF THE SEA, ALL THAT SWIM THE PATHS OF THE SEAS. 9 O LORD, OUR LORD, HOW MAJESTIC IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH!
WHAT’S YOUR POINT? WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION!
THIS CONVINCES ME THAT, THERE IS NOTHING MORE HEARTBREAKING THAN TEACHING TO PEOPLE WEEK AFTER WEEK AND TO SEE CERTAIN ONES CONSTANTLY EXPOSED TO TRUTH THAT YOU KNOW COULD CHANGE THEIR LIVES, SET THEM FREE, TRANSFORM THEIR VERY EXISTENCE AND BRING THEM OUT INTO A REALM OF EXPERIENCE THEY HARDLY BELIEVE EXISTED; YOU KNOW THIS, AND YET NOTHING IS MORE HEARTBREAKING THAN TO SEE THEM, WEEK AFTER WEEK, LOSE THE WHOLE EFFECT OF THIS, SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY DO NOT PAY ATTENTION. THIS IS WHY JESUS SAID AGAIN AND AGAIN TO THE PEOPLE OF HIS DAY, "HE WHO HAS EARS TO HEAR, LET HIM HEAR," (MATTHEW 11:15, 13:9, 13:43, ETC…). IT IS NOT TOO OFTEN WE ARE ABLE TO HEAR TRUTHS LIKE THESE, SAINTS, TRUTHS THAT GO TO THE HEART OF LIFE. BUT HE THAT HAS EARS TO HEAR, LET HIM HEAR.
I AM AWARE THAT, EVEN AS I SPEAK, SOME OF YOUR MINDS MAY BE DRIFTING AWAY TO SOME PROBLEM YOU ARE CONCERNED WITH. YOU ARE HELD CAPTIVE BY SOME TRIVIAL MATTER, AND THESE THINGS THAT STRIKE SO DEEPLY AND CAN MEAN SUCH TRANSFORMING RELEASE, GO RIGHT OVER YOUR HEADS. THERE WILL BE SOME WHO WILL GO OUT FROM HERE AND NOT UNDERSTAND THIS MESSAGE BECAUSE THEY ARE DRIFTING. SO THE WARNING IS: “LET US PAY ATTENTION,” “THE BEST JUST GOT BETTER” LEST WE DRIFT.
** I WAS LISTENING TO A PASTOR THIS MORNING AND HE STATED: THAT THERE IS A PLACE IN GOD THAT IS ABOVE THE NORM, FAMILY, I AM EXPERIENCING THIS FOR MYSELF. AND IT IS AWESOME!!!! YOU HAVE TO GET IN THIS PLACE.
***THERE ARE FOUR REASONS WHY THIS MESSAGE IS SO IMPORTANT--
FIRST: IF ANGELS COULD GIVE A WORD LIKE THAT, HOW MUCH MORE THE WORD THAT COMES BY THE SON HAS AFFECT?
SECOND: IT WAS SPOKEN, FIRST OF ALL, BY THE LORD! WHAT JESUS CHRIST HAS TO SAY IS THE MOST AUTHORITATIVE WORD THE WORLD HAS EVER HEARD. THIS MESSAGE DID NOT ORIGINATE WITH THE APOSTLES, IT DID NOT COME TO US BY MEANS OF PROPHETS, IT CAME THROUGH THE LORD HIMSELF; HE SPOKE IT. 1 JOHN 1:1 & 2
THIRD: IT WAS CONFIRMED BY EYE WITNESSES. ANY COURT IN THE LAND WILL ACCEPT EVIDENCE IF IT IS CONFIRMED BY ENOUGH EYE WITNESSES. HERE IS THE EVIDENCE OF CHRISTIANITY CONFIRMED TO US BY NUMEROUS EYE WITNESSES WHO WERE THERE AND WROTE WHAT THEY SAW AND HEARD AND DID. THE FOUR GOSPELS: MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, JOHN, AND 1 JOHN 1:1&2.
FOURTH: IT WAS ATTESTED BY SIGNS SENT FROM GOD HIMSELF, BY WONDERS AND MIRACLES ACTS 2:22, AND GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, DISTRIBUTED ACCORDING TO HIS OWN WILL. 1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-11, IT STILL IS ATTESTED THIS WAY. HOW CAN WE EXPLAIN THE GIFTS THAT DEVELOP AMONG CHRISTIAN PEOPLE, THE ABILITY TO DO CERTAIN THINGS, EXCEPT AS WE RECOGNIZE THE SPIRIT OF GOD AT WORK IN OUR MIDST?
HEBREWS 2:10-14 CONTINUES:
10 IN BRINGING MANY SONS AND DAUGHTERS TO GLORY, IT WAS FITTING THAT GOD, FOR WHOM AND THROUGH WHOM EVERYTHING EXISTS, SHOULD MAKE THE PIONEER OF THEIR SALVATION PERFECT THROUGH WHAT HE SUFFERED. 11 BOTH THE ONE WHO MAKES PEOPLE HOLY AND THOSE WHO ARE MADE HOLY ARE OF THE SAME FAMILY. SO JESUS IS NOT ASHAMED TO CALL THEM BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 12 HE SAYS,
“I WILL DECLARE YOUR NAME TO MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS;
IN THE ASSEMBLY I WILL SING YOUR PRAISES.”
13 AND AGAIN,
“I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN HIM.”
AND AGAIN HE SAYS,
“HERE AM I, AND THE CHILDREN GOD HAS GIVEN ME.”
14 SINCE THE CHILDREN HAVE FLESH AND BLOOD, HE TOO SHARED IN THEIR HUMANITY SO THAT BY HIS DEATH HE MIGHT BREAK THE POWER OF HIM WHO HOLDS THE POWER OF DEATH—THAT IS, THE DEVIL— 15 AND FREE THOSE WHO ALL THEIR LIVES WERE HELD IN SLAVERY BY THEIR FEAR OF DEATH. 16 FOR SURELY IT IS NOT ANGELS HE HELPS, BUT ABRAHAM’S DESCENDANTS. 17 FOR THIS REASON HE HAD TO BE MADE LIKE THEM, FULLY HUMAN IN EVERY WAY, IN ORDER THAT HE MIGHT BECOME A MERCIFUL AND FAITHFUL HIGH PRIEST IN SERVICE TO GOD, AND THAT HE MIGHT MAKE ATONEMENT FOR THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE. 18 BECAUSE HE HIMSELF SUFFERED WHEN HE WAS TEMPTED, HE IS ABLE TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE BEING TEMPTED.
HEBREWS 2:6 IS TWO-FOLD-
6 BUT THERE IS A PLACE WHERE SOMEONE HAS TESTIFIED:
THE HOLY GHOST HAS TESTIFIED ABOUT CHRIST: JOHN 14:3
IN JOHN 14:3 JESUS SAYS, "IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, I WILL COME AGAIN AND RECEIVE YOU TO MYSELF, THAT WHERE I AM THERE YOU MAY BE ALSO.
****WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION: FAMILY
READ PROVERBS 1:1-7 NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (NIV)
PURPOSE AND THEME
1 THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON SON OF DAVID, KING OF ISRAEL:
2 FOR GAINING WISDOM AND INSTRUCTION;
FOR UNDERSTANDING WORDS OF INSIGHT;
3 FOR RECEIVING INSTRUCTION IN PRUDENT BEHAVIOR,
DOING WHAT IS RIGHT AND JUST AND FAIR;
4 FOR GIVING PRUDENCE TO THOSE WHO ARE SIMPLE,
KNOWLEDGE AND DISCRETION TO THE YOUNG—
5 LET THE WISE LISTEN AND ADD TO THEIR LEARNING,
AND LET THE DISCERNING GET GUIDANCE—
6 FOR UNDERSTANDING PROVERBS AND PARABLES,
THE SAYINGS AND RIDDLES OF THE WISE.
7 THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE,
BUT FOOLS DESPISE WISDOM AND INSTRUCTION
PROVERBS 1: 1-7 THE MESSAGE (MSG)
THESE ARE THE WISE SAYINGS OF SOLOMON,
DAVID’S SON, ISRAEL’S KING—
WRITTEN DOWN SO WE’LL KNOW HOW TO LIVE WELL AND RIGHT,
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT LIFE MEANS AND WHERE IT’S GOING;
A MANUAL FOR LIVING,
FOR LEARNING WHAT’S RIGHT AND JUST AND FAIR;
TO TEACH THE INEXPERIENCED THE ROPES
AND GIVE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE A GRASP ON REALITY.
THERE’S SOMETHING HERE ALSO FOR SEASONED MEN AND WOMEN,
STILL A THING OR TWO FOR THE EXPERIENCED TO LEARN—
FRESH WISDOM TO PROBE AND PENETRATE,
THE RHYMES AND REASONS OF WISE MEN AND WOMEN.
START WITH GOD
7 START WITH GOD—THE FIRST STEP IN LEARNING IS BOWING DOWN TO GOD;
ONLY FOOLS THUMB THEIR NOSES AT SUCH WISDOM AND LEARNING.
PROVERBS 1:1-7 CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH VERSION (CEV)
HOW PROVERBS CAN BE USED
1 THESE ARE THE PROVERBS
OF KING SOLOMON OF ISRAEL,
THE SON OF DAVID.
2 PROVERBS WILL TEACH YOU
WISDOM AND SELF-CONTROL
AND HOW TO UNDERSTAND
SAYINGS WITH DEEP MEANINGS.
3 YOU WILL LEARN WHAT IS RIGHT
AND HONEST AND FAIR.
4 FROM THESE, AN ORDINARY PERSON
CAN LEARN TO BE SMART,
AND YOUNG PEOPLE CAN GAIN
KNOWLEDGE AND GOOD SENSE.
5 IF YOU ARE ALREADY WISE,
YOU WILL BECOME EVEN WISER.
AND IF YOU ARE SMART,
YOU WILL LEARN TO UNDERSTAND
6 PROVERBS AND SAYINGS,
AS WELL AS WORDS OF WISDOM
AND ALL KINDS OF RIDDLES.
7 RESPECT AND OBEY THE LORD!
THIS IS THE BEGINNING
OF KNOWLEDGE.
ONLY A FOOL REJECTS WISDOM
AND GOOD ADVICE.
NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (NIV)
“WARNING TO PAY ATTENTION”
WE HAVE TO REALLY GET INTO THE HABIT OF PAYING ATTENTION TO EVERY ASPECT OF WHAT GOD IS SAYING, DOING, AND TO WHAT WE ARE HEARING THROUGH HIS WORD!
HEBREWS 2:1-4
1 WE MUST PAY THE MOST CAREFUL ATTENTION, THEREFORE, TO WHAT WE HAVE HEARD, SO THAT WE DO NOT DRIFT AWAY. 2 FOR SINCE THE MESSAGE SPOKEN THROUGH ANGELS WAS BINDING, AND EVERY VIOLATION AND DISOBEDIENCE RECEIVED ITS JUST PUNISHMENT, 3 HOW SHALL WE ESCAPE IF WE IGNORE SO GREAT A SALVATION? THIS SALVATION, WHICH WAS FIRST ANNOUNCED BY THE LORD, WAS CONFIRMED TO US BY THOSE WHO HEARD HIM. 4 GOD ALSO TESTIFIED TO IT BY SIGNS, WONDERS AND VARIOUS MIRACLES, AND BY GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT DISTRIBUTED ACCORDING TO HIS WILL.
SHOULDN’T WE BE CURIOUS ABOUT THE GIFTS THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT DISTRIBUTES ACCORDING TO HIS WILL?
1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-11
***HEBREWS 2:5-9 CONTINUES
5 IT IS NOT TO ANGELS THAT HE HAS SUBJECTED THE WORLD TO COME, ABOUT WHICH WE ARE SPEAKING. 6 BUT THERE IS A PLACE WHERE SOMEONE HAS TESTIFIED:
“WHAT IS MANKIND THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF THEM,
A SON OF MAN THAT YOU CARE FOR HIM?
7 YOU MADE THEM A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS;
YOU CROWNED THEM WITH GLORY AND HONOR
8 AND PUT EVERYTHING UNDER THEIR FEET.”
IN PUTTING EVERYTHING UNDER THEM, GOD LEFT NOTHING THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO THEM. YET AT PRESENT WE DO NOT SEE EVERYTHING SUBJECT TO THEM. 9 BUT WE DO SEE JESUS, WHO WAS MADE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS FOR A LITTLE WHILE, NOW CROWNED WITH GLORY AND HONOR BECAUSE HE SUFFERED DEATH, SO THAT BY THE GRACE OF GOD HE MIGHT TASTE DEATH FOR EVERYONE.
***WHAT IS THAT PLACE WHERE SOMEONE HAS TESTIFIED TO IN ***HEBREWS 2:6-8 , IF WE HAVEN‘T READ IT, LET’S LOOK UP THAT PLACE WHERE SOMEONE TESTIFIED, AND WHO WAS THE SOMEONE? LET’S GO THERE. LET’S TURN OUR BIBLES TO THE BOOK OF PSALMS
SO THE PLACE WHERE SOMEONE TESTIFIED IS PSALMS 8:4-9 AND THAT PERSON WAS DAVID,
DON’T YOU WONDERED WHY PAUL DIDN’T JUST SAY “BUT THERE IS A PLACE WHERE DAVID HAS TESTIFIED AND THAT PLACE IS PSALMS 8:4-9?
THAT’S BECAUSE GOD WANTS US TO STUDY, READ SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY, GO DEEPER AS JEANETTE STATES, GET AN UNDERSTANDING, GAIN KNOWLEDGE, ASK FOR UNDERSTANDING FOR OURSELVES
A psalm of David.
PSALMS 8:4-9 AND IT READS
4 WHAT IS MAN THAT YOU ARE MINDFUL OF HIM, THE SON OF MAN THAT YOU CARE FOR HIM? 5 YOU MADE HIM A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE HEAVENLY BEINGS AND CROWNED HIM WITH GLORY AND HONOR. 6 YOU MADE HIM RULER OVER THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS; YOU PUT EVERYTHING UNDER HIS FEET: 7 ALL FLOCKS AND HERDS, AND THE BEASTS OF THE FIELD, 8 THE BIRDS OF THE AIR, AND THE FISH OF THE SEA, ALL THAT SWIM THE PATHS OF THE SEAS. 9 O LORD, OUR LORD, HOW MAJESTIC IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH!
WHAT’S YOUR POINT? WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION!
THIS CONVINCES ME THAT, THERE IS NOTHING MORE HEARTBREAKING THAN TEACHING TO PEOPLE WEEK AFTER WEEK AND TO SEE CERTAIN ONES CONSTANTLY EXPOSED TO TRUTH THAT YOU KNOW COULD CHANGE THEIR LIVES, SET THEM FREE, TRANSFORM THEIR VERY EXISTENCE AND BRING THEM OUT INTO A REALM OF EXPERIENCE THEY HARDLY BELIEVE EXISTED; YOU KNOW THIS, AND YET NOTHING IS MORE HEARTBREAKING THAN TO SEE THEM, WEEK AFTER WEEK, LOSE THE WHOLE EFFECT OF THIS, SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY DO NOT PAY ATTENTION. THIS IS WHY JESUS SAID AGAIN AND AGAIN TO THE PEOPLE OF HIS DAY, "HE WHO HAS EARS TO HEAR, LET HIM HEAR," (MATTHEW 11:15, 13:9, 13:43, ETC…). IT IS NOT TOO OFTEN WE ARE ABLE TO HEAR TRUTHS LIKE THESE, SAINTS, TRUTHS THAT GO TO THE HEART OF LIFE. BUT HE THAT HAS EARS TO HEAR, LET HIM HEAR.
I AM AWARE THAT, EVEN AS I SPEAK, SOME OF YOUR MINDS MAY BE DRIFTING AWAY TO SOME PROBLEM YOU ARE CONCERNED WITH. YOU ARE HELD CAPTIVE BY SOME TRIVIAL MATTER, AND THESE THINGS THAT STRIKE SO DEEPLY AND CAN MEAN SUCH TRANSFORMING RELEASE, GO RIGHT OVER YOUR HEADS. THERE WILL BE SOME WHO WILL GO OUT FROM HERE AND NOT UNDERSTAND THIS MESSAGE BECAUSE THEY ARE DRIFTING. SO THE WARNING IS: “LET US PAY ATTENTION,” “THE BEST JUST GOT BETTER” LEST WE DRIFT.
** I WAS LISTENING TO A PASTOR THIS MORNING AND HE STATED: THAT THERE IS A PLACE IN GOD THAT IS ABOVE THE NORM, FAMILY, I AM EXPERIENCING THIS FOR MYSELF. AND IT IS AWESOME!!!! YOU HAVE TO GET IN THIS PLACE.
***THERE ARE FOUR REASONS WHY THIS MESSAGE IS SO IMPORTANT--
FIRST: IF ANGELS COULD GIVE A WORD LIKE THAT, HOW MUCH MORE THE WORD THAT COMES BY THE SON HAS AFFECT?
SECOND: IT WAS SPOKEN, FIRST OF ALL, BY THE LORD! WHAT JESUS CHRIST HAS TO SAY IS THE MOST AUTHORITATIVE WORD THE WORLD HAS EVER HEARD. THIS MESSAGE DID NOT ORIGINATE WITH THE APOSTLES, IT DID NOT COME TO US BY MEANS OF PROPHETS, IT CAME THROUGH THE LORD HIMSELF; HE SPOKE IT. 1 JOHN 1:1 & 2
THIRD: IT WAS CONFIRMED BY EYE WITNESSES. ANY COURT IN THE LAND WILL ACCEPT EVIDENCE IF IT IS CONFIRMED BY ENOUGH EYE WITNESSES. HERE IS THE EVIDENCE OF CHRISTIANITY CONFIRMED TO US BY NUMEROUS EYE WITNESSES WHO WERE THERE AND WROTE WHAT THEY SAW AND HEARD AND DID. THE FOUR GOSPELS: MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, JOHN, AND 1 JOHN 1:1&2.
FOURTH: IT WAS ATTESTED BY SIGNS SENT FROM GOD HIMSELF, BY WONDERS AND MIRACLES ACTS 2:22, AND GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, DISTRIBUTED ACCORDING TO HIS OWN WILL. 1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-11, IT STILL IS ATTESTED THIS WAY. HOW CAN WE EXPLAIN THE GIFTS THAT DEVELOP AMONG CHRISTIAN PEOPLE, THE ABILITY TO DO CERTAIN THINGS, EXCEPT AS WE RECOGNIZE THE SPIRIT OF GOD AT WORK IN OUR MIDST?
HEBREWS 2:10-14 CONTINUES:
10 IN BRINGING MANY SONS AND DAUGHTERS TO GLORY, IT WAS FITTING THAT GOD, FOR WHOM AND THROUGH WHOM EVERYTHING EXISTS, SHOULD MAKE THE PIONEER OF THEIR SALVATION PERFECT THROUGH WHAT HE SUFFERED. 11 BOTH THE ONE WHO MAKES PEOPLE HOLY AND THOSE WHO ARE MADE HOLY ARE OF THE SAME FAMILY. SO JESUS IS NOT ASHAMED TO CALL THEM BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 12 HE SAYS,
“I WILL DECLARE YOUR NAME TO MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS;
IN THE ASSEMBLY I WILL SING YOUR PRAISES.”
13 AND AGAIN,
“I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN HIM.”
AND AGAIN HE SAYS,
“HERE AM I, AND THE CHILDREN GOD HAS GIVEN ME.”
14 SINCE THE CHILDREN HAVE FLESH AND BLOOD, HE TOO SHARED IN THEIR HUMANITY SO THAT BY HIS DEATH HE MIGHT BREAK THE POWER OF HIM WHO HOLDS THE POWER OF DEATH—THAT IS, THE DEVIL— 15 AND FREE THOSE WHO ALL THEIR LIVES WERE HELD IN SLAVERY BY THEIR FEAR OF DEATH. 16 FOR SURELY IT IS NOT ANGELS HE HELPS, BUT ABRAHAM’S DESCENDANTS. 17 FOR THIS REASON HE HAD TO BE MADE LIKE THEM, FULLY HUMAN IN EVERY WAY, IN ORDER THAT HE MIGHT BECOME A MERCIFUL AND FAITHFUL HIGH PRIEST IN SERVICE TO GOD, AND THAT HE MIGHT MAKE ATONEMENT FOR THE SINS OF THE PEOPLE. 18 BECAUSE HE HIMSELF SUFFERED WHEN HE WAS TEMPTED, HE IS ABLE TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE BEING TEMPTED.
HEBREWS 2:6 IS TWO-FOLD-
6 BUT THERE IS A PLACE WHERE SOMEONE HAS TESTIFIED:
THE HOLY GHOST HAS TESTIFIED ABOUT CHRIST: JOHN 14:3
IN JOHN 14:3 JESUS SAYS, "IF I GO AND PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU, I WILL COME AGAIN AND RECEIVE YOU TO MYSELF, THAT WHERE I AM THERE YOU MAY BE ALSO.
****WE HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION: FAMILY
READ PROVERBS 1:1-7 NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (NIV)
PURPOSE AND THEME
1 THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON SON OF DAVID, KING OF ISRAEL:
2 FOR GAINING WISDOM AND INSTRUCTION;
FOR UNDERSTANDING WORDS OF INSIGHT;
3 FOR RECEIVING INSTRUCTION IN PRUDENT BEHAVIOR,
DOING WHAT IS RIGHT AND JUST AND FAIR;
4 FOR GIVING PRUDENCE TO THOSE WHO ARE SIMPLE,
KNOWLEDGE AND DISCRETION TO THE YOUNG—
5 LET THE WISE LISTEN AND ADD TO THEIR LEARNING,
AND LET THE DISCERNING GET GUIDANCE—
6 FOR UNDERSTANDING PROVERBS AND PARABLES,
THE SAYINGS AND RIDDLES OF THE WISE.
7 THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE,
BUT FOOLS DESPISE WISDOM AND INSTRUCTION
PROVERBS 1: 1-7 THE MESSAGE (MSG)
THESE ARE THE WISE SAYINGS OF SOLOMON,
DAVID’S SON, ISRAEL’S KING—
WRITTEN DOWN SO WE’LL KNOW HOW TO LIVE WELL AND RIGHT,
TO UNDERSTAND WHAT LIFE MEANS AND WHERE IT’S GOING;
A MANUAL FOR LIVING,
FOR LEARNING WHAT’S RIGHT AND JUST AND FAIR;
TO TEACH THE INEXPERIENCED THE ROPES
AND GIVE OUR YOUNG PEOPLE A GRASP ON REALITY.
THERE’S SOMETHING HERE ALSO FOR SEASONED MEN AND WOMEN,
STILL A THING OR TWO FOR THE EXPERIENCED TO LEARN—
FRESH WISDOM TO PROBE AND PENETRATE,
THE RHYMES AND REASONS OF WISE MEN AND WOMEN.
START WITH GOD
7 START WITH GOD—THE FIRST STEP IN LEARNING IS BOWING DOWN TO GOD;
ONLY FOOLS THUMB THEIR NOSES AT SUCH WISDOM AND LEARNING.
PROVERBS 1:1-7 CONTEMPORARY ENGLISH VERSION (CEV)
HOW PROVERBS CAN BE USED
1 THESE ARE THE PROVERBS
OF KING SOLOMON OF ISRAEL,
THE SON OF DAVID.
2 PROVERBS WILL TEACH YOU
WISDOM AND SELF-CONTROL
AND HOW TO UNDERSTAND
SAYINGS WITH DEEP MEANINGS.
3 YOU WILL LEARN WHAT IS RIGHT
AND HONEST AND FAIR.
4 FROM THESE, AN ORDINARY PERSON
CAN LEARN TO BE SMART,
AND YOUNG PEOPLE CAN GAIN
KNOWLEDGE AND GOOD SENSE.
5 IF YOU ARE ALREADY WISE,
YOU WILL BECOME EVEN WISER.
AND IF YOU ARE SMART,
YOU WILL LEARN TO UNDERSTAND
6 PROVERBS AND SAYINGS,
AS WELL AS WORDS OF WISDOM
AND ALL KINDS OF RIDDLES.
7 RESPECT AND OBEY THE LORD!
THIS IS THE BEGINNING
OF KNOWLEDGE.
ONLY A FOOL REJECTS WISDOM
AND GOOD ADVICE.
Thank
You Lord God in heaven for showing up on this line this morning! We
pray that you would pour back into Your servant who delivered this
teaching. Thank You for drawing us yet closer to You---that we find out
that the best just got better! Praise Your holy name, Yahweh! There
is none like unto You. All praise, honor and glory to Your name! Amen!
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