Gods Word a Strange Thing

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Gods Word a Strange Thing

• Hosea 41, 6 81, 7, 12

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Understand Live Gods Word

• Requires diligence, 2 Tim. 215 2 Pet.
  15, 10
• To exert ones self, endeavor labor, make
  haste
• Requires learning, 2 Pet. 314-17
• Habitually educate ourselves, 318 Acts 242
• Otherwise Unstabletwist Gods worddestroy our
  souls

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Why Gods Word Becomes Strange

• Untaught, 2 Pet. 316 2 Tim. 22
• Bible classes, 1 Tim. 46, 11, 16 57
• Private study
• Guard against sin live for God, Heb. 412
• Tossed about ruined, Eph. 414

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Why Gods Word Becomes Strange

• Lack of sound teaching, Acts 8 30-31
• Priests in Israel, Lev. 1010-11 Hosea 44-10
• Bible teaching replaced with story telling
  entertainment
• Gospel teaching sustains the kingdom, 2 Tim. 22
  (1 Cor. 1426)

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Why Gods Word Becomes Strange

• Unclear teaching, 1 Cor. 149
• Teachers clarity, Jas. 31
• Listeners open heart, Lk. 818
• Clarity does not guarantee being understood, Jn.
  218-22 826-30
• Dont change message when truth is misunderstood
  help listeners

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Why Gods Word Becomes Strange

• Babes in Christ, Heb. 511-14
• Should not be for long if growing properly, 1
  Pet. 22
• Unstable in faith, 2 Pet. 316
• Not grounded, Col. 26-7
• Drink from broken cisterns, Jer. 213 1713

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Why Gods Word Becomes Strange

• Deceived, 2 Cor. 111-4, 13-15 (1 Tim. 41-3)
• Personal associations, emotional attachments,
  distortions of truth, fear...
• Accept without investigation (Acts 1711)
• Overriding commitment to truth

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Why Gods Word Becomes Strange

• Closed minds, Jer. 616-17
• Bias prejudice, Acts 754-58
• Hardened hearts, Heb. 37-8
• Contrast Open hearts to truth, Acts 242 2
  Tim. 42-4

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Why Gods Word Becomes Strange

• Love to have it so, Jer. 530-31
• Power over unsuspecting, Rom. 1617-18
• Result of conceit self-ambition, Gal. 63
  Phil. 23

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When Gods Word Becomes Strange

• Sins of negligence, apathy, unfaithfulness
  finally, punishment, Hosea 811-12, 14 (46)
• Keep open hearts to Gods word, Jas. 121-22