Series: Make Room
Hebrews 4:12(NKJV)
February 11, 2024
“Like newborn babies, you must crave pure spiritual milk so that you will grow into a full experience of salvation. Cry out for this nourishment,” 1 Peter 2:2 (NLT)
“Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom,” Colossians 3:16 (NKJV)
“So then, Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.” Romans 10:17 (NKJV)
“He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God.” Revelation 19:13 (NKJV)
“It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.” John 6:63 (NKJV)
3 things the Word of God works on:
1. The
“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.” Hebrews 4:12 (NKJV)
3 things the Word will do for the Saint:
A. The Word gives
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Jeremiah 29:11 (NIV)
“And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.” Isaiah 30:21 (ESV)
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” Psalm 119:105 (ESV)
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; 6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 (NKJV)
“I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.” Psalm 32:8 (NKJV)
“The LORD will guide you continually, And satisfy your soul in drought, And strengthen your bones; You shall be like a watered garden,And like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail.” Isaiah 58:11 (NKJV)
B. The Word gives
“And should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left—and much livestock?” Jonah 4:11 (NKJV)
“Discernment is not a matter of simply telling the difference between right and wrong; rather, it is telling the difference between right and almost right.” Charles Spurgeon
“This is a time when all of God’s people need to keep their eyes and their Bibles wide open. We must ask God for discernment as never before.” David Jeremiah
“And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment,” Philippians 1:9 (NKJV)
“Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.” Romans 12:2 (HCSB)
“So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word,[a] you really are My disciples. 32 You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” John 8:31-32 (HCSB)
“Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of the one who lacks sense.” Proverbs 10:13 (HCSB)
C. The Word gives
“Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over [a]all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” Genesis 1:26 (NKJV)
“And the devil said to Him, “All this authority I will give You, and their glory; for this has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomever I wish.” Luke 4:6 (NKJV)
“And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.” Matthew 28:18 (NKJV)
“Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.” Luke 10:19 (NKJV)
“For You have made him a little lower than [a]the angels, And You have crowned him with glory and honor.6 You have made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; have put all things under his feet,” Psalm 8:5-6 (NKJV)
“For sin shall not have dominion over you, for you are not under law but under grace.” Romans 6:14 (NKJV)
2. The
3 things the Word will do for the Sinner:
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“O Lord, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path, and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O Lord, you know it altogether” Psalm 139:1-4 (ESV)
“And when they heard that, they were cut in the heart and took counsel to slay them.” Acts 5:33 (KJV)
“When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.” Acts 7:54 (NKJV)
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3 ways to overcome Satan:
“And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.” Revelation 12:11 (NKJV)
A. Through the
B. Through the
C. Through our
“Submit to God, resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” James 4:7 (NKJV)