Wednesday Night November 13, 2013
scriptures: Proverbs 22, 2 Timothy 3, Hebrews 4
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This is about being able to share your faith.
Proverbs 22:21
When you were last faced with a problem, did you go to the word for answers?
If so, it will give you answers, trust, joy. You realize that God is so right.
This is so that we will know the certainty. It is for our learning.
You can learn to answer someone based on the word. When you think of why you do something, do you have a scripture in mind or just your opinion in mind? Today most people have their own
psychology instead of following what God says.
For example, do I believe the world telling me I’m too weak to be obedient or do I believe the scripture that says that I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me?
2 Timothy 3:12-17
Knowing that God describes this behavior, should I be confused when it happens? Let it be settled in your spirit.
Sometimes when people are arguing with you, their conscience is also slapping them in the face at the same time.
Keep doing the things that you have learned to do in God. Measure things biblically.
Sometimes people celebrate talent even if it is used for evil. Why promote wickedness?
vs 15 – Some people can say they have heard the word since they were young.
Are you a wise person? Are your decisions wise based on the scriptures?
There are scriptures that guide how I deal with people in various situations.
vs 16 – The bible is the record of how you deal with people.
Doctrine – the record of what to do
Reproof – what you use to judge a thing, tell the value or legitimacy of things not based on man’s projects or research, but on the word of truth.
Correction – let the scripture tell how you should be
Instruction in righteousness – the bible can tell you what to do and how to structure your life.
For example, the word says to seek ye first the kingdom of God.
How do you follow or apply that to your life? Do you determine that the most important thing that you will do is seeking and pleasing God?
It is God who determines whether the other things in life come your way or not, anyway.
vs 17 All of the word is to prepare you to live right.
Most people talk about their feelings in the world, not their faith in the word.
When you are fighting to be right, ask if you have first given God number one in your life.
Hebrews 4:11-12
Labor – do you get in the word and stay in the word? If you stop working and laboring in the Lord, bitterness and doubt will come in.
vs 12 – It is your responsibility to see what the word says about a situation. It will reveal whether the intentions of a person are consistent with the word.
Can you justify what you are saying by the word or just by what you feel?
Just because you feel some way doesn’t make it right.