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"
"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!
The Word of God is a
Word From God!
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