Tag: The WORD

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Proverbs 27, Iron sharpens Iron with the word of GOD!

Pro 27:1, Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth. 

It’s human nature to think, “there always tomorrow”? But life isn’t guaranteed to any of us, and according to scripture it’s but a vapor!

Jas 4:13-15, Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, spend a year there, buy and sell, and make a profit”; WHEREAS YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN TOMORROW. FOR WHAT IS YOUR LIFE? IT IS EVEN A VAPOR THAT APPEARS FOR A LITTLE TIME AND THEN VANISHES AWAY. Instead you ought to say, “IF THE LORD WILLS, WE SHALL LIVE AND DO THIS OR THAT.”

Pro 27:6, Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. 

A true friend will always tell you the truth even if it hurts. But it takes a wise man to except that truth! Be careful, for the kisses of an enemy conceals hatred!

Mat 26:48-50, Now HIS betrayer had given them a sign, saying, “WHOMEVER I KISS, HE IS THE ONE; SEIZE HIM.” Immediately he went up to JESUS and said, “GREETINGS, RABBI!” AND KISSED HIM. But JESUS said to him, “FRIEND, WHY HAVE YOU COME?” Then they came and laid hands on JESUS and took HIM.

Pro 27:11, My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, That I may answer him who reproaches me. 

It’s always a beautiful thing to see our children walk in the way of wisdom, but a foolish son makes his parents look bad!

3Jn 1:4, I HAVE NO GREATER JOY THAN TO HEAR THAT MY CHILDREN WALK IN TRUTH. 

Pro 27:17, AS IRON SHARPENS IRON, SO A MAN SHARPENS THE COUNTENANCE OF HIS FRIEND. 

Iron is sharpened with another piece of iron; when we stand together as the men of the church. We sharpen each other with the word of GOD, the sword!

1Sa 23:16, Then Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose and WENT TO DAVID IN THE WOODS AND STRENGTHENED HIS HAND IN GOD. 

Heb 4:12, FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING AND POWERFUL, AND SHARPER THAN ANY TWO-EDGED SWORD…

Wisdom, knowledge, understanding comes from the LORD! Seek HIM always!

Pro 2:6, FOR THE LORD GIVES WISDOM; FROM HIS MOUTH COME KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING; 

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Job 4, Eliphaz failed to comfort Job!

Job 4:1, 3-4, Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: … SURELY YOU HAVE INSTRUCTED MANY, And YOU HAVE STRENGTHENED WEAK HANDS. YOUR WORDS HAVE UPHELD HIM WHO WAS STUMBLING, And YOU HAVE STRENGTHENED THE FEEBLE KNEES;.

Job was known as a Godly man WHOM MANY WENT TO IN TIMES OF TROUBLE; for Godly wisdom, for his generosity and strength!

Job 4-5-6, BUT NOW IT COMES UPON YOU, AND YOU ARE WEARY; IT TOUCHES YOU, AND YOU ARE TROUBLED. IS NOT YOUR REVERENCE YOUR CONFIDENCE? AND THE INTEGRITY OF YOUR WAYS YOUR HOPE? 

Eliphaz, basically said — “DO YOU PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH? HAVE YOU LOST YOUR FAITH, HAVE YOU LOST YOUR CONFIDENCE IN GOD? WHERE IS YOUR STRENGTH?” —

Sometimes the best thing to do is just be there for your friend! Saying nothing, by your presence showing that your grieving his them Job 2:13! Eliphaz tried to comfort him, but this was an indirect attack on Job!

Job 4:17-19, ‘CAN A MORTAL BE MORE RIGHTEOUS THAN GOD? CAN A MAN BE MORE PURE THAN HIS MAKER? If He puts no trust in His servants, If He charges His angels with error, HOW MUCH MORE THOSE WHO DWELL IN HOUSES OF CLAY, WHOSE FOUNDATION IS IN THE DUST…

IT’S TRUE, ALL MEN SIN, ALL HAVE FALLEN SHORT YET, what Eliphaz is saying here is “JOB WE ALL SIN, ADMIT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO DESERVE THIS FROM GOD?”

Eph 4:29, Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. 

THE LORD TEACHES, THOSE THAT FOLLOW HIM, HIS WAY NOT MAN’S WAY! EDIFY, NOT TEAR DOWN; LOVE, NOT TO ATTACK FOR THAT IS MANS WAY! BY BEING IN HIS WORD DAILY GIVES WISDOM TO THE READER!

Isa 50:4, “THE LORD GOD HAS GIVEN ME THE TONGUE OF THE LEARNED, THAT I SHOULD KNOW HOW TO SPEAK A WORD IN SEASON TO HIM WHO IS WEARY. HE AWAKENS ME MORNING BY MORNING, HE AWAKENS MY EAR TO HEAR AS THE LEARNED. 

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2Chronicles 11, Armed with the WORD!

2Ch 11:1, Now when Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled from the house of Judah and Benjamin ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND CHOSEN MEN WHO WERE WARRIORS, to fight against Israel, that he might RESTORE THE KINGDOM to Rehoboam. 

Rehoboam was preparing for a civil war

2Ch 11:2,4, BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO SHEMAIAH THE MAN OF GOD, saying, … ‘THUS SAYS THE LORD: “YOU SHALL NOT GO UP OR FIGHT AGAINST YOUR BRETHREN! Let every man return to his house, FOR THIS THING IS FROM ME.” ‘ ” Therefore they obeyed the words of the LORD, and turned back from attacking Jeroboam.

One man armed with the Word of GOD stopped an army of 180,000 men from going to war! We are also armed with the powerful WORD of GOD to do HIS work and proclaim HIS Name!

Heb 4:12, FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING AND POWERFUL, AND SHARPER THAN ANY TWO-EDGED SWORD, …

The king of the North, Jeroboam was scared that his people would worship in Jerusalem; so he setup his own idols in the high places saying 1KINGS 12:28, “HERE ARE YOUR GODS, O ISRAEL, WHICH BROUGHT YOU UP FROM THE LAND OF EGYPT”!

2Ch 11:15, Then he appointed for himself priests for the high places, for the demons, and the calf idols which he had made. 

When someone worships an image or idol they are actually worshipping demons!

1Co 10:20, Rather, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice THEY SACRIFICE TO DEMONS AND NOT TO GOD…

ONE MAN ARMED WITH THE WORD OF GOD CAN CHANGE A NATION, BUT A FOOL WOULD WORSHIP THE WORK OF MEN’S HANDS! PSALM 115:4-8!

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1Chronicles 13, The LORD’s way!

1Ch 13:3-4, and LET US BRING THE ARK OF OUR GOD BACK TO US, FOR WE HAVE NOT inquired at it since the days of Saul.” THEN ALL THE ASSEMBLY SAID THAT THEY WOULD DO SO, FOR THE THING WAS RIGHT IN THE EYES OF ALL THE PEOPLE.

This is a good thing to bring back the ARK of the LORD, Yet they consulted everyone except the LORD HIMSELF!

1Ch 13:8-10, Then David and all Israel played music before God with all their might, with singing, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on cymbals, and with trumpets. And when they came to Chidon’s threshing floor, UZZA PUT OUT HIS HAND TO HOLD THE ARK, for the oxen stumbled. THEN THE ANGER OF THE LORD WAS AROUSED AGAINST UZZA, and He struck him because he put his hand to the ark; and HE DIED THERE BEFORE GOD.

The reason to worship is to please GOD, yet they proved themselves ignorant of HIS word!

Num 4:15, …then the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them; BUT THEY SHALL NOT TOUCH ANY HOLY THING, LEST THEY DIE…

1Ch 13:12, David was afraid of God that day, saying, “HOW CAN I BRING THE ARK OF GOD TO ME?” 

Isa 8:20, To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, IT IS BECAUSE THERE IS NO LIGHT IN THEM. 

Everything needs to be done HIS way not ours! There is a reason we have HIS word

Pro 3:1, My son, DO NOT FORGET MY LAW, But let your heart keep my commands; 

Pro 14:12  There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. 

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1Kings 19, a still small voice!

1Ki 19:4, …And he prayed that he might die, and said, IT IS ENOUGH! Now, LORD, take my life, FOR I AM NO BETTER THAN MY FATHERS!

Elijah believe that after that great show of power from the LORD when HE consumed the offering before all of Israel THAT ALL WILL COME RUNNING BACK TO THE LORD! YET NOW HE IS RUNNING FOR HIS LIFE!

1Ki 19:9, And there he went into a cave, and spent the night in that place; and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and He said to him, “WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE, ELIJAH?”

Elijah thought he failed and was no better than his fathers before him. Also he thought that he was alone; no one else to the LORD could use? The began to teach Elijah some important!

1Kings 11-12, … and a GREAT AND STRONG WIND tore into the mountains and broke the rocks in pieces before the LORD, BUT THE LORD WAS NOT IN THE WIND; and after the wind an EARTHQUAKE, BUT THE LORD WAS NOT IN THE EARTHQUAKE; and after the earthquake a FIRE, BUT THE LORD WAS NOT IN THE FIRE; AND AFTER THE FIRE A STILL SMALL VOICE.

WE OFTEN BELIEVE THAT A GREAT POWERFUL SIGNS FROM GOD WILL MOVE HEARTS TO RETURN TO THE LORD! YET IT DIDN’T WORK FOR ELIJAH! YES A FIRE CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN AND CONSUMED THE OFFERING, BUT THAT DIDN’T BRING REPENTANCE TO ISRAEL!

Zec 4:6, ..’NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER, BUT BY MY SPIRIT,’ SAYS THE LORD OF HOSTS. 

FAITH COMES FROM HEARING, AND HEARING THROUGH THE WORD OF CHRIST Rom 10:17. OFTEN IT’S JUST A STILL SMALL VOICE IN OUR HEARTS THAT IS GREATER TO TURN HEARTS THAN ANY EXTERNAL DISPLAY OF POWER!