Growing in Grace Through The Knowledge of God

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Growing in Grace Through The Knowledge of Gods
Word

• The Bible is how God chose to express Himself to
  us, and how to instruct us in His ways.

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2 Peter 11-4

• Simon Peter, a bondservant and
  apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who
  have obtained like precious faith with us
  by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus
  Christ 2 Grace and peace be multiplied to you in
  the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, 3 as
  His divine power has given to us all things that
  pertain to life and godliness, through the
  knowledge of Him who called us by glory and
  virtue, 4 by which have been given to us
  exceedingly great and precious promises, that
  through these you may be partakers of the divine
  nature, having escaped the corruption that is in
  the world through lust.

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Psalm 1199

• How can a young man cleanse his
  way? By taking heed according to
  Your word.

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We Get from Gods Word...

• Appreciation
• Isaiah 5510-11

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Isaiah 5510-11

• 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.

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We Get from Gods Word...

• Appreciation
• Isaiah 5510-11
• Profitable Instructions
• 2 Timothy 316-17

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2 Timothy 316-17

• 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.

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We Get from Gods Word...

• Appreciation
• Isaiah 5510-11
• Profitable Instructions
• 2 Timothy 316-17
• Understanding
• 2 Peter 119-21

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2 Peter 119-21

• 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.

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Bible Facts

• The Bible has one author God
• About 40 men recorded the words of inspiration
• 66 Books in the Bible (39/27)

• God wrote the 10 command-ments with His own
  finger
• Bible written over about 1,600 years
• Gods word protected by Providence

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Jeremiah 3623-25

• And it happened, when Jehudi had
  read three or four columns, that
  the king cut it with the scribe's knife and cast
  it into the fire that was on the hearth, until
  all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was
  on the hearth. 24 Yet they were not afraid, nor
  did they tear their garments, the king nor any of
  his servants who heard all these words. 25
  Nevertheless Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah
  implored the king not to burn the scroll but he
  would not listen to them.

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Jeremiah 3631-32

• I will punish him, his family,
  and his servants for their iniquity
  and I will bring on them, on the inhabitants of
  Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah all the doom
  that I have pronounced against them but they did
  not heed. 32 Then Jeremiah took another scroll
  and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of
  Neriah, who wrote on it at the instruction of
  Jeremiah all the words of the book which
  Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire.
  And besides, there were added to them many
  similar words.

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Psalm 1191-8

• Walk in the Law of the Lord
• Observe Gods testimonies
• Diligently keep Gods
  precepts (teachings)
• Establish your habit to
  keep Gods statutes
• Be Thankful for Gods commandments
• Keep Gods statutes because His judgments are
  righteous

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Get A Plan (Just Do It!)

• Read books. (Caution Choose sound books. Do
  not depend upon them more than the Bible).
• Daily Bible Reading (Schedule on bulletin board)

• Chapter-a-day from Proverbs (31 chapters)
• Psalm-a-day for 5 months (150 psalms)
• Read the whole Bible (not overwhelming, easy to
  do in a year).

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Our Desire to Know God

• Davids Desire to Inquire
• Psalm 274, 8, 11

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Psalm 274,8,11

• (4), One thing I have desired of
  the LORD, That will I seek That I
  may dwell in the house of the LORD All the
  days of my life, To behold the beauty of the
  LORD, And to inquire in His temple.
• (8), When You said, Seek My face, My heart
  said to You, Your face, LORD, I will seek.
• (11), Teach me Your way, O LORD, And lead me in
  a smooth path, because of my enemies.

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Our Desire to Know God

• Davids Desire to Inquire
• Psalm 274, 8, 11
• Davids Three Requests
• Psalm 11933-35

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Psalm 11933-35

• Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your
  statutes, And I shall keep it
  to the end. 34 Give me understanding, and I shall
  keep Your law Indeed, I shall observe it with my
  whole heart. 35 Make me walk in the path of Your
  commandments, For I delight in it.

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Our Desire to Know God

• Davids Desire to Inquire
• Psalm 274, 8, 11
• Davids Three Requests
• Psalm 11933-35
• The Bereans Daily Search
• Acts 1710-12

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Acts 1710-12

• 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. 12 Therefore many of them
  believed, and also not a few of the Greeks,
  prominent women as well as men.

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Our Desire to Know God

• Davids Desire to Inquire
• Psalm 274, 8, 11
• Davids Three Requests
• Psalm 11933-35
• The Bereans Daily Search
• Acts 1710-12
• A Babys Desire
• 1 Peter 21-3

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1 Peter 21-3

• 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.

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Now no chastening seems to be joyful for
the present, but painful nevertheless, afterward
it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to
those who have been trained by it. Hebrews 1211
(Discipline needed)

• Consider When
• Get up early Turn off TV sooner
• Consider What
• Remember our suggestions for Bible study
• Consider Where
• No distractions Hard to read in bed.
• Consider How
• Begin with prayer keep a journal establish a
  routine for success!

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Conclusion Live the Word!

• Cause me to hear Your lovingkindness in the
  morning, For in You do I trust Cause me to know
  the way in which I should walk, For I lift up my
  soul to You.
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  Psalms 1438