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the word of god

The document discusses the significance and characteristics of the Word of God, highlighting its perfect nature, divine inspiration, and transformative power in the lives of believers. It outlines the responsibilities of individuals to study, obey, use, and not reject God's Word, emphasizing that it provides guidance, saves, and purifies. The document calls for a commitment to understanding and fulfilling one's responsibilities towards God's Word in order to experience its life-changing impact.

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THE WORD OF GOD
Isaiah 55:6-11 Seek the LORD while He may be found, Call upon Him while He is near. (7) Let the wicked forsake his way, And the unrighteous man his thoughts; Let him return to the LORD, And He will have mercy on him; And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. (8) "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," says the LORD. (9) "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts. (10) "For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, And do not return there, But water the earth, And make it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater, (11) So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
THE WORD OF GOD A.God gave us His Word for a purpose. B.What is the purpose of the bible, God’s Word? C.God wants us to be with Him in heaven. D.To do this we must change from serving Satan to serving God. E. God gave His Word so we would know how to live our lives. F. God gave His Word so we would change.
I. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WORD A.GOD’S WORD IS PERFECT - (Psa 19:7-14) The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple; {8} The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes; {9} The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. {10} More to be desired are they than gold, Yea, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. {11} Moreover by them Your servant is warned, And in keeping them there is great reward. {12} Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults. {13} Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; Let them not have dominion over me. Then I shall be blameless, And I shall be innocent of great transgression. {14} Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer.
I. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WORD B. SCRIPTURE IS INSPIRED OF GOD - (2 Pet 1:19-21) And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts; {20} knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, {21} for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.
I. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WORD C. THE WORD IS LIVING AND ACTIVE - (Heb 4:9-13) There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. {10} For he who has entered His rest has himself also ceased from his works as God did from His. {11} Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. {12} For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two- edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. {13} And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
II. WHAT THE WORD DOES A. FAITH COMES BY HEARING THE WORD - (Rom 10:17) So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. B. GOD’S WORD SHOWS US OUR PATH - (Psa 119:105) Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path. C. WORD PRODUCES GROWTH - (1 Pet 2:1-3) Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, {2} as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, {3} if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.
II. WHAT THE WORD DOES D. SAVES US 1. SCRIPTURES MAKE WISE UNTO SALVATION AND COMPLETE - (2 Tim 3:14- 17) But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, {15} and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. {16} All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, {17} that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
II. WHAT THE WORD DOES D. SAVES US 2. THE WORD CAN SAVE US - (James 1:21-25) Therefore lay aside all filthiness and overflow of wickedness, and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. {22} But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. {23} For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; {24} for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. {25} But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.
II. WHAT THE WORD DOES D.SAVES US 3. BELIEF IN THE WORD BRINGS LIFE - (John 20:30-31) And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; {31} but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.
II. WHAT THE WORD DOES D. SAVES US 4. SOULS PURIFIED BY OBEYING THE TRUTH - (1 Pet 1:22-25) Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart, {23} having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever, {24} because "All flesh is as grass, And all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, And its flower falls away, {25} But the word of the LORD endures forever." Now this is the word which by the gospel was preached to you.
II. WHAT THE WORD DOES E. SETS US FREE 1. THE TRUTH MAKES US FREE - (John 8:32) “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” 2. OBEDIENCE TO GOD’S DOCTRINE SETS US FREE FROM SIN - (Rom 6:16-18) Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey, you are that one's slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death, or of obedience leading to righteousness? {17} But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine to which you were delivered. {18} And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.
II. WHAT THE WORD DOES F. THE WORD SANCTIFIES (CLEANSES) - (John 17:17) "Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. G. KNOWING GOD’S WILL TRANSFORMS US - (Rom 12:2) And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. H. THE CHURCH IS CLEANSED BY THE WORD - (Eph 5:25-27) Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, {26} that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, {27} that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.
III. RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE WORD A. STUDY IT 1. MAN CANNOT DIRECT HIMSELF - (Jer 10:23) O LORD, I know the way of man is not in himself; It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps. 2. SEARCH THE SCRIPTURE TO FIND TRUTH - (Acts 17:10-11) Then the brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea. When they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. {11} These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.
III. RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE WORD A.STUDY IT 3. LET CHRIST’S WORD DWELL IN YOU - (Col 3:16) Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 4. DO NOT ACCEPT ANY OTHER GOSPEL - (Gal 1:8-9) But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. {9} As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed.
III. RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE WORD B. OBEY IT 1. LISTEN TO GOD NOT MEN - (Acts 4:19) But Peter and John answered and said to them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, you judge. 2. OBEY GOD NOT MEN - (Acts 5:29) But Peter and the other apostles answered and said: "We ought to obey God rather than men. 3. WE MUST OBEY JESUS - (Luke 6:46) "But why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do the things which I say?
III. RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE WORD B. OBEY IT 4. THOSE WHO DO GOD’S WILL GO TO HEAVEN - (Mat 7:21- 27) "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. {22} "Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' {23} "And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!' {24} "Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: {25} "and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock. {26} "But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: {27} "and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall."
III. RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE WORD C. USE IT PROPERLY 1. THE WORD MUST BE COMBINED WITH FAITH TO BE EFFECTIVE - (Heb 4:1-2) Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. {2} For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as to them; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it. 2. CAN’T TAKE AWAY OR ADD TO GOD’S WORD - (Rev 22:18-19) For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; {19} and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
III. RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE WORD C. USE IT PROPERLY 3. BE DILIGENT TO HANDLE WORD PROPERLY - (2 Tim 2:15) Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 4. TEACHING MEN’S DOCTRINES = VAIN WORSHIP - (Mark 7:6-7) He answered and said to them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors Me with their lips, But their heart is far from Me. {7} And in vain they worship Me, Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'
III. RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE WORD D. DON’T REJECT IT 1. SOME WILL NOT ENDURE SOUND DOCTRINE - (2 Tim 4:3-4) For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; {4} and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. 2. NO ESCAPE IF WE REJECT GOD’S WORD AND SALVATION - (Heb 2:1-3) Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. {2} For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just reward, {3} how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
THE WORD AND YOU? A.What is the Word of God to you? B.Do you realize it’s importance in your life? C.Are you fulfilling your responsibility to the Word? D.Has God’s Word changed your life?