Looking to the Stars

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Looking To The Stars by Steven J.
Wallace genesis1_at_revelationandcreation.com
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Looking To The Stars
What The Bible Teaches ABOUT STARS

• Created By God

He made the stars also. Genesis 116
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2. Set In The Heavens
God set them in the firmament of the heavens to
give light on the earth Genesis 117
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3. To Give Light
God set them in the firmament of the heavens to
give light on the earth Genesis 117
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4. Follow Fixed Ordinance
Thus says the Lord, who gives the sun for a
light by day, the ordinances of the moon and the
stars for a light by night, who disturbs the sea,
and its waves roar. . . Jeremiah 3135
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5. Named By God
He counts the number of the stars He calls them
all by namePsalm 1474
He made the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and
the chambers of the south Job 99
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6. Numbered By God
He counts the number of the stars He calls them
all by name Psalm 1474
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7. Established Forever (Psalm 1481-6)
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8. Forbidden to Be Worshiped
And take heed, lest you lift your eyes to
heaven, and when you see the sun, the moon, and
the stars, all the host of heaven, you feel
driven to worship them and serve them, which the
Lord your God has given to all the people under
the whole heaven as a heritage Deuteronomy 419
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9. Different Glories
There is one glory of the sun, another glory of
the moon, and another glory of the stars for one
star differs from another star in glory 1
Corinthians 1541
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Looking To The Stars
WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES REGARDING MAN

• Made by God (Gen. 126, 27)

I will praise You, for I am fearfully and
wonderfully made. . . Psalm 13914
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2. Set upon the earth
Then God blessed them, and God said to them, Be
fruitful and multiply fill the earth and subdue
it have dominion over the fish of the sea, over
the birds of the air, and over every living thing
that moves on the earth (Gen. 128)
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3. To Give Light
Those who are wise shall shine like the
brightness of the firmament, and those who turn
many to righteousness like the stars forever and
ever Daniel 123
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holding fast the word of life. . . (Phil. 215)
Looking To The Stars
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4. To Follow a Fixed Ordinance
If you continue in My word, you are My disciples
indeed (Jn. 831)
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Looking To The Stars
WHAT THE BIBLE TEACHES REGARDING MAN

• Were Named By God (Gen. 51, 2)

New Name Prophesied
The Gentiles shall see your righteousness, and
all kings your glory, you shall be called by a
new name, which the mouth of the Lord will name
Isaiah 622
New Name Realized
And the disciples were first called Christians.
. . Acts 1126
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6. Hairs of Head are Numbered
Are not five sparrows sold for two copper coins?
And not one of them is forgotten before God. But
the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do
not fear therefore you are of more value than
many sparrows Luke 126, 7
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7. Established For Eternity
And these will go away into everlasting
punishment, but the righteous into eternal life
Matthew 2546
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8. Forbidden to be Worshiped
We ought to obey God rather than men Acts 529
See Also Acts 1025, 26
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9. God Gave Differing Talents

• Matthew 2514ff

• 1 Corinthians 1214-20

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LESSONS FROM THE STARS

• IF ONE COULD MAKE HIS NEST AMONG THE STARS, HE
  WOULD STILL BE SUBJECT TO GODS LAW

Though you ascend as high as the eagle, and
though you set your nest among the stars, from
there I will bring you down, says the Lord
Obadiah v. 4 cf. Psalm 1398
2. WANDERING STARS WILL INHERIT BLACKNESS
(Jude 12, 13)
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WANDERING STARS
A man who wanders from the way of understanding
will rest in the assembly of the dead Proverbs
2116
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THE RESOLVE
WITH MY WHOLE HEART I HAVE SOUGHT YOU OH , LET
ME NOT WANDER FROM YOUR COMMANDMENTS
PSALM 11910
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Those who are wise shall shine like the
brightness of the firmament, and those who turn
many to righteousness like the stars forever and
ever Daniel 123
Timothy A STAR OF FAITH

• Let no one despise your youth, but be an example
  to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in
  spirit, in faith, in purity 1 Timothy 412

• proven character Philippians 219-24

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Those who are wise shall shine like the
brightness of the firmament, and those who turn
many to righteousness like the stars forever and
ever Daniel 123
Stephen A STAR OF COURAGE

• ONE OF SEVEN PICKED (ACTS 61-7)

• Full of faith ( 68)

• COURAGEOUSLY DISPUTED WITH OTHERS ABOUT THE
  FAITH (69ff)

• FIRST MARTYR (754-60)

But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed
into heaven and saw the glory of God. . .
Acts 755
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Those who are wise shall shine like the
brightness of the firmament, and those who turn
many to righteousness like the stars forever and
ever Daniel 123
Paul A STAR OF ENDURANCE
FORMERLY A PERSECUTOR
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Now Saul was consenting to his death (Acts 81)
And when the blood of your martyr Stephen was
shed, I also was standing by consenting to his
death, and guarding the clothes of those who were
killing him (Act 2220).
Complete Approval !
. . .you approve the deeds of your fathers for
they indeed killed them, and you build their
tombs (Lk. 1148)
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endurance

• Seeking To Destroy Christians (Acts 91,2)

• Seeking To Join Christians (Acts 926)

• Dragging Off Men And Women (Acts 83)

• Being Dragged Off (Acts 2130)

• Punishing Christians Often (Acts 2610-11)

• Being Punished Often (2 Cor. 1123ff)

• Trying To Destroy The Faith (Gal. 123)

• Preaching The Faith (Gal. 123)

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For I am already being poured out as a drink
offering, and the time of my departure is at
hand. I have fought the good fight. I have kept
the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the
crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the
righteous Judge will give to me on that Day, and
not to me only but also to all who have loved His
appearing (2 Tim. 46-8)
How will you finish the game of life?
Do you look up to any stars in difficult times?