1 Thessalonians 2:13

2/19/2017

The Church in Elk Rapia
... and the Word

13) For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. KJV

Outline

What do you believe to be the most important and the most powerful skill of any civilization or society? What do you believe to be the second?

1) The word is Unifying
         "for this cause"

2) The word is from God
                       The word of god which you hear from us - is literally
                   "a word of hearing from alongside us, of God".

3) The Word is Transforming
       A) Received - the hearing of the ear
            B) Received - the hearing of the heart
                   Wiersbe

4) The Word is Truth

5) The Word is Powerful
           "Effectually Worketh"

Homers lliad - written 800 BC
Earliest copy 400 BC
           643 copies

Plato - Written 400 BC
Earliest copy 900 AD
          7 Copies

NT- Written 50-90 Ad
Earliest copy 125 - 140 AD
      Almost 25,000 Copies

The New Evidence - McDowell PG. 38

Big Idea:

The Word of God is a
Word From God!