SHOWING RESPECT FOR THE SILENCE OF GOD!

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SHOWING RESPECT FOR THE SILENCE OF GOD!

• Do We Have It?
• How Do We Show It?

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We Show Respect for the Silence of God by
Following What Has Been Revealed.

• The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but
  those things which are revealed belong to us and
  to our children forever, that we may do all the
  words of this law. (Deuteronomy 2929)

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We Show Respect for the Silence of God by Not
Turning To the Right or Left.

• After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD,
  it came to pass that the LORD spoke to Joshua the
  son of Nun, Moses' assistant, saying "Moses My
  servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over
  this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land
  which I am giving to them--the children of
  Israel. Every place that the sole of your foot
  will tread upon I have given you, as I said to
  Moses. From the wilderness and this Lebanon as
  far as the great river, the River Euphrates, all
  the land of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea
  toward the going down of the sun, shall be your
  territory. No man shall be able to stand before
  you all the days of your life as I was with
  Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave
  you nor forsake you.

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We Show Respect for the Silence of God by Not
Turning To the Right or Left.

• "Be strong and of good courage, for to this
  people you shall divide as an inheritance the
  land which I swore to their fathers to give them.
  Only be strong and very courageous, that you may
  observe to do according to all the law which
  Moses My servant commanded you do not turn from
  it to the right hand or to the left, that you may
  prosper wherever you go." This Book of the Law
  shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall
  meditate in it day and night, that you may
  observe to do according to all that is written in
  it. For then you will make your way prosperous,
  and then you will have good success. Have I not
  commanded you? Be strong and of good courage do
  not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the Lord your
  God is with you wherever you go." (Joshua 11-9)

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We Show Respect for the Silence of God
bySpeaking as the Oracles of God.

• If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of
  God. If anyone ministers, let him do it as with
  the ability which God supplies, that in all
  things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ,
  to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever
  and ever. Amen. (1 Peter 411)
• What advantage then has the Jew, or what is the
  profit of circumcision? Much in every way!
  Chiefly because to them were committed the
  oracles of God. (Rom. 31-2)

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We Show Respect for the Silence of God by
Accepting the Sufficiency of Scripture.

• All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and
  is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
  correction, for instruction in righteousness,
  that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly
  equipped for every good work. (2 Timothy 316-17)

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We Show Respect for the Silence of God by Not
Thinking Beyond What Is Written.

• Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively
  transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes,
  that you may learn in us not to think beyond what
  is written, that none of you may be puffed up on
  behalf of one against the other. (1 Corinthians
  46)

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We Show Respect for the Silence of God by
Recognizing the Law of Exclusion.

• Therefore, if perfection were through the
  Levitical priesthood (for under it the people
  received the law), what further need was there
  that another priest should rise according to the
  order of Melchizedek, and not be called according
  to the order of Aaron? For the priesthood being
  changed, of necessity there is also a change of
  the law. For He of whom these things are spoken
  belongs to another tribe, from which no man has
  officiated at the altar. For it is evident that
  our Lord arose from Judah, of which tribe Moses
  spoke nothing concerning priesthood. (Hebrews
  711-14)