“A study of how Christ speaks to us today, and our duty to

hear Him”

ALL SCRIPTURE REFERENCES – NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE

God’s Son Given All Power

GOD

CHRIST

Matt. 28:18Deut. 18:18-19Eph. 1:22-23

Given all authority

Matthew 28:1818 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.

God’s Son Given All Power

GOD

CHRIST

Matt. 28:18Deut. 18:18-19Eph. 1:22-23

Given all authority

Made God’s spokesman

Deuteronomy 18:18-19 18 ‘I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. 19 ‘It shall come about that whoever

will not listen to My words which he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him.

John 7:16

16 So Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me.

Jesus Confirmed That His Teaching Was from the Father

God’s Son Given All Power

GOD

CHRIST

Matt. 28:18Deut. 18:18-19Eph. 1:22-23

Given all authority

Made God’s Spokesman

Made head of the church

Ephesians 1:22 -1:23 22 And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church, 23 which is His body, the fullness of

Him who fills all in all.

CHRIST

MEN

THE HOLY SPIRIT

JOHN 15:26

The Spirit would come as a helper

John 15:26

26 “When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me,

CHRIST

MEN

THE HOLY SPIRIT

John 14:25-26John 16:12-13

Spirit would provide knowledge and direction

John 14:25-2625 “These things I have spoken to you

while abiding with you.

26 “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.

John 16:12-13 12 I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.

The Source of All Truth from God

CHRIST

MEN

THE HOLY SPIRIT

2 PET. 1:20-21

Man had no part in making God’s will

2 Peter 1:20-21 20 But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one’s own interpretation,

21 for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men

moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

God’s Will Written in the Scriptures

1 Cor. 2:10-13Spirit revealed mind of God

1 Corinthians 2:10-13

10 For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.

11 For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God.

12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, 13 which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.

God’s Will Written in the Scriptures

I Cor. 14:37Inspired men wrote the commandments of the Lord

1 Cor. 2:10-13Spirit revealed mind of God

Paul, Inspired by the Spirit, Wrote God’s Will

1 Corinthians 14:37

37 If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, let him recognize that the

things which I write to you are the Lord’s commandment.

God’s Will Written in the Scriptures

1 Cor. 2:10-13Spirit revealed mind of God

I Cor. 14:37Inspired men wrote the commandments of the Lord

Eph. 3:1-5We read the inspired writings to know God’s will

Ephesians 3:1-5

1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—

2 if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God’s grace which was given to me for you;

3 that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I

wrote before in brief.

4 By referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, 5 which in other generations was not

made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the

Spirit;

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Nature Of The Written Word

ITS CLAIMS

2 Timothy 3:16-17 16 All Scripture is inspired by God and

profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in

righteousness;17 so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.

2 Peter 1:3 3 seeing that His divine power

has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence.

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ITS CLAIMS

Nature of the Written Word

Jude 33 Beloved, while I was making every

effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints.

The Message Has Been Delivered For All Time

Once for All -- Never to be Repeated

Hebrews 10:10 10 By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Hebrews 10:12 12 but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God,

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ETERNAL

Nature of the Written Word

ITS CLAIMS

1 Peter 1:23-25 23 for you have been born again not

of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God.

24 For, “All flesh is like grass,And all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers,And the flower falls off,

25 But the word of the Lord endures forever.”And this is the word which was

preached to you.

We have all we need.

It’s once for all delivered.The message is

everlasting. Creeds, Disciplines,

Manuals of men are not needed !

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WALK IN THEM

Nature of the Written Word

ITS CLAIMS ITS DEMANDS

2 Timothy 2:1-2, 5

1 You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

2 The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.

5 Also if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not win the prize unless he competes according to the rules.

Matthew 7:21-2321 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.22 “Many will say to Me on that day,

‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast

out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?’

23 “And then I will declare to them, ‘Inever knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness.’

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WALK IN THEM

DON’T GO BEYOND

Nature of the Written Word

ITS CLAIMS ITS DEMANDS

Galatians 1:6-9 6 I am amazed that you are so quickly

deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel;

7 which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.

8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed!

9 As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed!

2 John 1:9-11

9 Anyone who goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son.

10 If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting;

11 for the one who gives him a greeting participates in his evil deeds.

Doctrine Of Men Unacceptable

Matthew 15:7- 9, 12-13 7 “You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah

prophesy of you: 8 ‘This people honors Me with their

lips,But their heart is far away from Me.

9 ‘But in vain do they worship Me,Teaching as doctrines the

precepts of men.’”

12 Then the disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the

Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?”13 But He answered and said, “Every

plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted.

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DON’T GO BEYOND

Nature of the Written Word

ITS CLAIMS ITS DEMANDS

DO ALL IN JESUS’ NAME

Colossians 3:1717 Whatever you do in word or deed, do

all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.

JESUS REQUIRES THAT WE

Summary

• The written scriptures are the inspired words of the Lord revealed through the Holy Spirit, not by the will of any man.

• They are complete, final, and eternal.

• They require that we walk in them.

• We are not to go beyond, abiding in the doctrines of Christ.

• We are to do all things in the name of Christ, i.e. by His authority.