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The Powerful Word of God
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The Word of God

• Is not bound (restrained), 2 Tim 29
• Is a powerful instrument to destroy and heal, Heb
  412
• Authority of Jesus words, Lk 432, 36 51
• Hear His words and be blessed, Luke 1128

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Why We Must Know Gods Word

• Psalms 1191-8
• Blessed and undefiled (1-2)
• Avoid sin and have no shame (3-6)
• Praise God with an upright heart (7)
• Obey God (8)
• The power of Gods word compels us to respond
  with faith and obedience

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Gods Word Power to Create

• Physical World
• By the word of God
• Framed, Heb 113
• God saidand there was, Gen 13
• He spoke, and it was done He commanded, and it
  stood fast. Psa 334-9

• Spiritual Life
• Every word, Matt 44
• Power to produce faith, Rom 1017
• Power to save, Rom 116 (Acts 1326)
• Frees, Jno 831-32, 51
• Sanctifies, Jno 1717
• Reconciles, 2 Cor 519
• Cleanses, Eph 526
• Eternal, 1 Pet 123

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Gods Word Power to Sustain

• Physical World
• By the word of God
• Held up, Heb 13
• Preservation, 2 Pet 37
• Nature operates, Psa 14715-18

• Spiritual Life Luke 811, 15
• Growth, 1 Pet 22
• Protection, Eph 617 (1 Jno 214)
• Righteousness, 2 Tim 316-17 (215)
• Hope and grace, Col 15-6

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Gods Word Power to Judge

• Physical World
• By the word of God
• Reserved for fire, 2 Peter 37, 10, 12

• Spiritual Life
• By the word of God
• All our life, Jno 1248 Rev 2012
• Words, Matt 1236-37
• Thoughts motives, 1 Cor 45
• Actions, 2 Cor 510
• Beliefs and practices, Matt 721-23

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Honoring Gods Powerful Word

• Spend time with Gods word, Psa 11997
  12
• Use Gods word every day to avoid sin, Psa
  119104-105, 133
• Share Gods word with others, Acts 84 (Mk
  838)

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God is Active Through His Word

• In the world God is holding together His
  creation and providing salvation through faith in
  Christ to all who obey His word
• In you As you obey His word in faith, Phil
  212-13