Revelation Baby
John 8:31-38
Read it and be amazed
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“God does not pay by the hour. He is not manipulated by humans because someone prayed 100 hours for something. If a man prayed 1 min in faith in His will… He will give it to you! I don’t pray to get free. I pray because I am free!”
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Revelation Baby John 8:31-38
Read it and be amazed
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“You, now that you are in Christ, you are from a line of demon slayers. Why are you trying to tame your demons when you are of light and not of darkness. Why are you trying to tame your demon when you have the authority in Jesus name to kill demons.”
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“I consider that the chief dangers which confront the coming century will be religion without the Holy Ghost, Christianity without Christ, forgiveness without repentance, salvation without regeneration, politics without God, and heaven without hell.”
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“You don’t master the Word, you let the Word master you. You don’t break into the Word, you let the Word break you.”
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“When my daughter calls “Daddy!” I zoom to her side, but have you noticed that when you call “Daddy!” to God He don’t even get up from His chair. You know why because He’s already with you! He don’t have to run to you He already there.”
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“Holy Lord, I have sinned times without number, and been guilty of pride and unbelief, of failure to find Thy mind in Thy Word, of neglect to seek Thee in my daily life. My transgressions and short-comings present me with a list of accusations, but I bless Thee that they will not stand against me, for all have been laid on Christ. Go on to subdue my corruptions, and grant me grace to live above them. Let not the passions of the flesh, nor the lustings of the mind bring my spirit into subjection, but do Thou rule over me in liberty and power.
I thank Thee that many of my prayers have been refused. I have asked amiss and do not have, I have prayed from lusts and been rejected, I have longed for Egypt and been given a wilderness. Go on with Thy patient work, answering ‘no’ to my wrongful prayers, and fitting me to accept it. Purge me from every false desire, every base aspiration, everything contrary to Thy rule. I thank Thee for Thy wisdom and Thy love, for all the acts of disciple to which I am subject, for sometimes putting me into the furnace to refine my gold and remove my dross.
No trial is so hard to bear as a sense of sin. If Thou shouldst give me choice to live in pleasure and keep my sins, or to have them burnt away with trial, give me sanctified affliction. Deliver me from every evil habit, every accretion of former sins, everything that dims the brightness of Thy grace in me, everything that prevents me taking delight in Thee. Then I shall bless Thee, God of jeshurun, for helping me to be upright.”
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7 Tips 4 Better Bible Study by Mark Driscoll When tempted by the devil to turn stones into bread after a 40-day fast in the wilderness, Jesus responded by saying simply and profoundly, “Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4).
Paul, when writing to his protégé, Timothy, writes that, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16–17).
David writes, “I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes” (Psalm 119:48).
The implications are clear: life and growth come from the study of God’s words through Scripture. We are not to read and study the Bible begrudgingly but rather view it as the source of life and, like David, love God’s word.
But the reality is that we all struggle at times to study faithfully or joyfully. So, it’s nice to have a few principles to help us refocus our love and study of Scripture. Below are seven principles that I’ve found beneficial.
1. Actively serve and participate in a local church to learn with and from other Christians.
Colossians 3:16 (NIV): “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.”
2. Be under the authority of Scripture to be interpreted by it, not over the Scripture to be interpreted by you.
Hebrews 4:12–13 (NIV): “For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double- edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.”
3. Pick up the Bible for life transformation, not just mental information.
John 5:39–40 (NIV): “You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.”
4. Pick up the Bible for relational purposes—not functional ones—so that you will love God and not just know or use him.
Matthew 7:21–23 (NIV): “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’“
5. Don’t just get into the Word; get the Word into you.
Memorization, Psalm 119:11: “I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.”
Meditation, Ezra 7:10: “For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.”
6. Take advantage of godly Bible commentators, your pastor, respected theologians in church history, and wise Christian friends to better understand Scripture.
Romans 12:7 (NIV): “If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach …”
7. Don’t think you need more knowledge. Often you need more obedience to the knowledge you already have.
James 1:22 (NIV): “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”
7 Tips 4 Better Bible Study by Mark Driscoll
When tempted by the devil to turn stones into bread after a 40-day fast in the wilderness, Jesus responded by saying simply and profoundly, “Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4).
Paul, when writing to his protégé, Timothy, writes that, “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16–17).
David writes, “I will lift up my hands toward your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes” (Psalm 119:48).
The implications are clear: life and growth come from the study of God’s words through Scripture. We are not to read and study the Bible begrudgingly but rather view it as the source of life and, like David, love God’s word.
But the reality is that we all struggle at times to study faithfully or joyfully. So, it’s nice to have a few principles to help us refocus our love and study of Scripture. Below are seven principles that I’ve found beneficial.
1. Actively serve and participate in a local church to learn with and from other Christians.
Colossians 3:16 (NIV): “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.”
2. Be under the authority of Scripture to be interpreted by it, not over the Scripture to be interpreted by you.
Hebrews 4:12–13 (NIV): “For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double- edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.”
3. Pick up the Bible for life transformation, not just mental information.
John 5:39–40 (NIV): “You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.”
4. Pick up the Bible for relational purposes—not functional ones—so that you will love God and not just know or use him.
Matthew 7:21–23 (NIV): “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’“
5. Don’t just get into the Word; get the Word into you.
Memorization, Psalm 119:11: “I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.”
Meditation, Ezra 7:10: “For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.”
6. Take advantage of godly Bible commentators, your pastor, respected theologians in church history, and wise Christian friends to better understand Scripture.
Romans 12:7 (NIV): “If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach …”
7. Don’t think you need more knowledge. Often you need more obedience to the knowledge you already have.
James 1:22 (NIV): “Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.”
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