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The Word Of God Makes Me Believe More
Contributed by William R. Nabaza on May 31, 2015 (message contributor)
Summary: To show that we need to believe GOD's WORDS as our final say against this unbelieving world.
I. EXORDIUM:
Are you able to believe GOD's WORDS?
Yes. 1 Thessalonians 2:13
And we also [especially] thank God continually for this, that when you received the message of God [which you heard] from us, you welcomed it not as the word of [mere] men, but as it truly is, the Word of God, which is effectually at work in you who believe [exercising its superhuman power in those who adhere to and trust in and rely on it].
II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:
Believers
III. OBJECTIVES:
To show that we need to believe GOD's WORDS as our final say against this unbelieving world.
IV. TEXT:
Yet in spite of this word you did not believe (trust, rely on, and remain steadfast to) the Lord your God,
V. THESIS:
Praise, worship and thank You very much LORD JESUS You accepted me in the beloved and You've given me Your faith to believe and obey in Your WORDS.
[So that we might be] to the praise and the commendation of His glorious grace (favor and mercy), which He so freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.
VI. TITLE:
The WORD of GOD makes me believe more
VII. EXPLICATION:
A. Name derived from: 2 Greek words: "deuteros" meaning second and "nomos" meaning law.
B. Author: Moses (commonly accepted)
C. Date written: 1407 - 1406 B.C.
D. Purpose: The former generation of Israel had died in the wilderness; hence it was important that the law should be repeated and expounded to the new generation before they entered the Promised Land.—Thompson Chain - Bible Book Outlines
E. To whom written: The children of Israel, the generation which would enter and conquer the Promised Land.—Thompson Chain - Bible Book Outlines
F. Main Theme: A rehearsal of the laws proclaimed at Sinai, with a call to obedience, interspersed with a review of the experiences of the old generation.—Thompson Chain - Bible Book Outlines
G. Key word: Remember
H. Key verses:
Deuteronomy 6:1-4 (Amplified Bible)
6:1 NOW THIS is the instruction, the laws, and the precepts which the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you might do them in the land to which you go to possess it,
6:2 That you may [reverently] fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son’s son, and keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged.
6:3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and be watchful to do them, that it may be well with you and that you may increase exceedingly, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
6:4 Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord [the only Lord].
VIII. MAIN BODY:
The Jews disobeyed GOD's WORDS by sending spies. They disobeyed the WORD OF GOD that's why they distrust. If you distrust the LORD GOD, you will also distrust people.
A. The WORD makes us trust and remain steadfast to the LORD
"Yet in spite of this word"
Hearing the WORD OF GOD being preached increases our faith. There's no other way to increase our faith but by the WORD of GOD.
So faith comes by hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the preaching [of the message that came from the lips] of Christ (the Messiah Himself).
But I ask, Have they not heard? Indeed they have; [for the Scripture says] Their voice [that of nature bearing God’s message] has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the far bounds of the world.
The WORD of GOD is JESUS, our firm foundation.
By faith we understand that the worlds [during the successive ages] were framed (fashioned, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose) by the word of God, so that what we see was not made out of things which are visible.
Because of faith also Sarah herself received physical power to conceive a child, even when she was long past the age for it, because she considered [God] Who had given her the promise to be reliable and trustworthy and true to His word.
Illustration: Even the apostles decreases in faith, and when they wanted a boost in their faith, what did the LORD do to them? The LORD JESUS gave them more WORD.
The apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith (that trust and confidence that spring from our belief in God).
And the Lord answered, If you had faith (trust and confidence in God) even [so small] like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, Be pulled up by the roots, and be planted in the sea, and it would obey you.
