2005 - Touchet Baptist Church, Touchet, Washington - Pastor Mike Paulson - 2005 Learning the way of God more perfectly - Acts 18:26 with the Scriptures Rightly Divided - II Timothy 2:15 |
A series on the riches of rightly dividing the word of truth to the point of having an assurance of understanding the Scriptures... ...thus a close & personal relationship with Christ Himself! That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; Colossians 2:2 Part III - Conclusion |
Obeying "rightly divided" commandments
Psalm 111:10 The
fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have
all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Psalm 119:34 Give
me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with
my whole heart.
Psalm 119:72,73 The
law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I
may learn thy commandments.
Proper understanding comes from His mouth
Psalm 119:169
Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according
to thy word.
Proverbs 2:6 For
the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.
Proverbs 7:24 Hearken unto me now therefore,
O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth.
Psalm 119:130 The
entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
Deuteronomy 32:1
Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and
hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
Psalm 29 The
voice of the LORD is... upon the waters... powerful... full of majesty...
breaketh the cedars... divideth the flames of fire... shaketh the wilderness...
maketh the hinds to calve... discovereth the forests...
Proverbs 8:8,9
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness;
there is nothing froward or perverse in them. They are all plain to him
that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge.
Psalm 33:6
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made;
and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Exodus 15:26
... diligently listen to the voice of the LORD thy God...
Luke 24:45
Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures,
You will learn to hate properly!
Are people evil - or is it sin that they are attached
to?
Psalm 119:104 Through
thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
Romans 12:9 Let
love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that
which is good.
Gives you a good life
Psalm 119:144 The
righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding,
and I shall live.
Proverbs 9:6 Forsake
the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Proverbs 12:11 He
that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth
vain persons is void of understanding.
Proverbs 13:15 Good
understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard. (for
you and/or for others - kids, too!)
Proverbs 14:33 Wisdom
resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is
in the midst of fools is made known.
Proverbs 17:24 Wisdom
is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the
ends of the earth.
Proverbs 17:27 He
that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of
an excellent spirit.
Proverbs 19:8 He
that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding
shall find good.
Proverbs 21:16 The
man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the
congregation of the dead.
(this speaks directly to Christians and the religious in their churches
that have no rightly dividing!)
Proverbs 24:30,31
I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void
of understanding; And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles
had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
(life falls apart and
those thorns, etc. choke the word - see
Luke 8:14)
Seek proper counsel
Proverbs 1:5 A
wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding
shall attain unto wise counsels:
Proverbs 15:14 The
heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of
fools feedeth on foolishness.
Proverbs 20:5 Counsel
in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will
draw it out.
Psalm 1:1-3 Blessed
is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth
in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But
his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate
day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers
of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall
not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
Find's true happiness
Proverbs 3:13 Happy
is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
What to include in your child's education
Proverbs 4:1-7 and
entire chapter
Proverbs 5:1 - gives
you discretion and protects you - read entire chapter
Understanding is a result of knowledge of the holy
Proverbs 9:10 The
fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy
is understanding.
(Holy Bible, RD in holiness, holy soul, etc.)
Keeps you going for the Lord
Proverbs 2:11 Discretion
shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:
I Corinthians 10:12 Wherefore
let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
Philippians 1:12 But
I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened
unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
Proverbs 15:21 Folly
is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh
uprightly.
Saves you a spanking
No judgment from God 'yet!!' But there are consequences
and afflictions we have to deal with daily!
Proverbs 10:23 It
is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
(they think about it, they snicker, they chuckle, they enjoy, they plan,
and they go on eventually to major pleasure as stated in Romans
1:32 - the leaven process of mischief
to wickedness)
Proverbs 15:32 He
that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof
getteth understanding.
Proverbs
10:13 In the lips of him that hath
understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is
void of understanding.
Understanding is not for sale
Proverbs 23:23 Buy
the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.
Pay the instructor
but not the instruction, etc.
the labourer is worthy of his hire. I
Timothy 5:17 Let the elders that rule well
be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word
and doctrine.
Makes for a great home
Proverbs 24:3 Through
wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: (from
a house to a home)
Proverbs 22:6 Train
up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart
from it. (more
and more KJB parents are finding out that they didn't train up their child
right - not rightly divided - today's modern parent will never know until
either their judgment seat or the white throne!)
It is the true peace of God from
the God of peace!
Philippians 4:6-9
(and root out, pull down, destroy, throw down
those vain babblings -
along with the things in your life that have
resulted from vain babblings! (Jeremiah
1:10)