Bible Lesson: Cherished Promises To The Child Of God: Obedient Hearers Of The Word.

Bible Lesson: Cherished Promises To The Child Of God: Obedient Hearers Of The Word.

Bible Text:

Matthew 7:24,25 KJV

24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon A Rock:

25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon A Rock.

The Lord's Request:

Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them

The Lord's Promise:

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon A Rock.

A man may be known as a living Bible, with the ability to quote chapters of scriptures, but friends, that by itself, means nothing!

Some individuals are known to have what is called a photographic memory, with the ability to perfectly recall much, with little effort. What does it mean? It means they have a gift, of recall, and that's all.

The questions today is, we hear The Word, we may be able to quote The Word, but do we live by The Word?

James 1:22-25 NLT

22 But don’t just listen to God’s Word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.

23 For if you listen to The Word and don’t obey, it is like glancing at your face in a mirror.

24 You see yourself, walk away, and forget what you look like.

25 But if you look carefully into the perfect law that sets you free, and if you do what it says and don’t forget what you heard, then God will bless you for doing it.

Matthew 7:21-23 NLT True Disciples

21 “Not everyone who calls out to Me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of My Father in heaven will enter.

22 On judgment day many will say to Me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’

23 But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from Me, you who break God’s laws.’

Matthew 7:15-20 NLT The Tree and Its Fruit

15 “Beware of false prophets who come disguised as harmless sheep but are really vicious wolves.

16 You can identify them by their fruit, that is, by the way they act. Can you pick grapes from thorn bushes, or figs from thistles?

17 A good tree produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit.

18 A good tree can’t produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can’t produce good fruit.

19 So every tree that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire.

20 Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people by their actions.

Obedient Hearers Of The Word:

Exodus 19:5 KJV

Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

Deuteronomy 5:33 KJV

Ye shall walk in all the ways which The Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.

Deuteronomy 11:1 KJV

Therefore thou shalt love The Lord thy God, and keep His charge, and His statutes, and His judgments, and His commandments, alway.

Deuteronomy 28:1 KJV

And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of The Lord thy God, to observe and to do all His commandments which I command thee this day, that The Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:

Joshua 1:8 KJV

This Book Of The Law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.

Joshua 5:6 ESV

For the people of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished, because they did not obey the voice of The Lord;

The Lord swore to them that He would not let them see the land that The Lord had sworn to their fathers to give to us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

I Kings 2:3 KJV

And keep the charge of The Lord thy God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, and His commandments, and His judgments, and His testimonies, as it is written in The Law Of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself:

Proverbs 10:17 NLT

People who accept discipline are on the pathway to Life, but those who ignore correction will go astray.

Ezekiel 33:31 NLT

So My people come pretending to be sincere and sit before you. They listen to your words, but they have no intention of doing what you say. Their mouths are full of lustful words, and their hearts seek only after money.

Matthew 4:4 KJV

But He answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every Word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Matthew 12:50 KJV

For whosoever shall do the will of My Father which is in heaven, the same is My brother, and sister, and mother.

Matthew 24:44-51 NKJV The Faithful Servant and the Evil Servant

44 Therefore you also be ready, for The Son Of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

45 “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?

46 Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find so doing.

47 Assuredly, I say to you that he will make him ruler over all his goods.

48 But if that evil servant says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’

49 and begins to beat his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunkards,

50 the master of that servant will come on a day when he is not looking for him and at an hour that he is not aware of,

51 and will cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 28:20 NLT

Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Luke 6:46 KJV

And why call ye Me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?

Luke 8:21 KJV

And He answered and said unto them, My mother and My brethren are these which hear The Word Of God, and do it.

Luke 9:23 KJV

And He said to them all, If any man will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.

Luke 11:28 KJV Jesus

But He said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear

The Word Of God, and keep it.

John 13:17 KJV

If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.

John 14:15,23 KJV

15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.

23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love Me, he will keep My words: and My Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

John 15:14 KJV

Ye are My friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

Acts 5:32 NLT

We are witnesses of these things and so is The Holy Spirit, who is given by God to those who obey Him.”

Romans 2:5-8,13 NLT

5 But because you are stubborn and refuse to turn from your sin, you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself. For a day of anger is coming, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

6 He will judge everyone according to what they have done.

7 He will give eternal life to those who keep on doing good, seeking after the glory and honor and immortality that God offers. 8 But He will pour out His anger and wrath on those who live for themselves, who refuse to obey The Truth and instead live lives of wickedness.

13 For merely listening to the law doesn’t make us right with God. It is obeying the law that makes us right in His sight.

Romans 12:1 KJV

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Hebrews 10:25 KJV

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

James 1:22 KJV

But be ye doers of The Word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

James 2:14-26 NLT Faith without Good Deeds Is Dead

14 What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone?

15 Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or clothing,

16 and you say, “Good-bye and have a good day; stay warm and eat well”—but then you don’t give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do?

17 So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.

18 Now someone may argue, “Some people have faith; others have good deeds.” But I say, “How can you show me your faith if you don’t have good deeds? I will show you my faith by my good deeds.”

19 You say you have faith, for you believe that there is one God. Good for you! Even the demons believe this, and they tremble in terror.

20 How foolish! Can’t you see that faith without good deeds is useless?

21 Don’t you remember that our ancestor Abraham was shown to be right with God by his actions when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?

22 You see, his faith and his actions worked together. His actions made his faith complete.

23 And so it happened just as the Scriptures say: “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.” He was even called the friend of God.

24 So you see, we are shown to be right with God by what we do, not by faith alone.

25 Rahab the prostitute is another example. She was shown to be right with God by her actions when she hid those messengers and sent them safely away by a different road.

26 Just as the body is dead without breath, so also faith is dead without good works.

James 4:7 KJV

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

I Peter 1:14-16 NLT

14 So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then.

15 But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy.

16 For the Scriptures say, “You must be holy because I am holy.”

I John 3:21,22 KJV

21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.

22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in His sight.

II John 1:6 KJV

And this is love, that we walk after His commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.

Revelation 1:3 NLT

God blesses the one who reads the words of this prophecy to the church, and He blesses all who listen to its message and obey what it says, for the time is near.

Revelation 2:26 NLT

To all who are victorious, who obey Me to the very end, To them I will give authority over all the nations.

Revelation 22:7 NLT

“Look, I am coming soon! Blessed are those who obey the words of prophecy written in this book.”

Prayer:

II Peter 3:9 KJV

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is long suffering to

us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

I John 1:8-10 KJV

8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and The Truth is not in us.

9 If we confess our sins, He is Faithful and Just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His Word is not in us.