The Whole Creation Story – Part 5
Find 2 or 3 witnesses to confirm any doctrine.
2Corinthians 13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
Matthew 18:16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
How do you find them?
Psalms 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words:
Proverbs 30:5 Every word of God is pure:.
Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Psalm 25:14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
The Links between the PURE WORDS are how we find doctrine. This is THE KEY to unlocking the TRUTH.
Luke 11:52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
Hence, “key” and “knowledge” are the pure words in our interest here. There are others in the verse, but these are our focus for what we want to understand.
NOTE – If you have to BIBLICALLY DEFINE EVERY WORD in a verse to understand it, then that is exactly what you do.
This is WORK. This is WORKING for The Lord.
Ecclesiastes 12:12 … much study is a weariness of the flesh.
And it is! As I have gotten older I am really feeling it. I love it, no excuse intended. But, if you don’t think it is work then give it a try.
Kyner gave me the sermon books and tried to guilt me into using them by saying I probably had too much “pride” to use them.
I looked at them. They made no sense. They were only skeletons anyway and they were basic, kindergarten, self-help, rah-rah, motivational seminars.
You have to study. I had to study.
The “law of first mention”.
1st mention of “key”…
Judges 3:25 And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
A key unlocks something that is LOCKED. It OPENS something. THIS PARTICULAR KEY we are studying OPENS KNOWLEDGE.
There is a “key” that unlocks knowledge.
Interestingly 1st mention of “knowledge” is here…
Genesis 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
There was “knowledge” with/on/in this tree.
Did Adam and Eve get this “knowledge”? yes, regrettably.
How did Adam and Eve get this knowledge?
Genesis 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
The KEY, that which OPENED this KNOWEDGE to them – WAS TO EAT IT. It was sitting there but until they ate it, their eyes were closed, their understanding was closed.
Get this – they were both completely naked. Do you know when you are naked? They hadn’t even a little clue that they were naked. Not a single idea.
You EAT to get KNOWLEDGE. That’s the KEY. And it wasn’t “the tree” that they ate – it was THE FRUIT of the tree. You EAT to get your eyes opened.
Genesis 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened [what does a “key” do? It “opens” things!], and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked;
Interestingly, now we know that “knowledge” comes from a “tree”.
“Tree” is another PURE word.
“tree” is in The Bible 201 times. “trees” adds another 157 for a total of 358.
There is the TREE OF KNOWLEDGE of good and evil.
There is the TREE OF LIFE.
What does the Tree of Life do?
Genesis 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
A tree of life – GIVES ETERNAL LIFE.
IF you EAT its fruit.
Proverbs 15:4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
So, A TONGUE, my tongue, your tongue, CAN LITERALLY GIVE ETERNAL LIFE!
Well, a “wholesome” tongue, right? What’s that?
Listen, ASSUME NOTHING. EVER. As soon as you ASSUME you are done.
“wholesome” is only in The Bible twice. Here is the other…
1Timothy 6:3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
Listen, the tongue of Proverbs 15:4, that wholesome tongue? It was NOT available in the OT. Solomon, though he wrote of it, did not possess it.
None of the OT Bible greats had it, not Adam, Methuselah, Noah, Abraham, Joseph, Daniel, David, Elijah, Elisha – None of them.
None of them could truly “win a soul”. I can. You can. Any saved person can.
WE HAVE A TONGUE THAT IS A TREE OF LIFE!!!!!!!!!
And when we win someone to Christ, their tongue becomes a tree of life!
Aug 22 2022
The Whole Creation Story – Part 5
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The Whole Creation Story – Part 5
The Whole Creation Story – Part 5
Find 2 or 3 witnesses to confirm any doctrine.
2Corinthians 13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
Matthew 18:16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
How do you find them?
Psalms 12:6 The words of the LORD are pure words:
Proverbs 30:5 Every word of God is pure:.
Deuteronomy 29:29 The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Psalm 25:14 The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.
The Links between the PURE WORDS are how we find doctrine. This is THE KEY to unlocking the TRUTH.
Luke 11:52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
Hence, “key” and “knowledge” are the pure words in our interest here. There are others in the verse, but these are our focus for what we want to understand.
NOTE – If you have to BIBLICALLY DEFINE EVERY WORD in a verse to understand it, then that is exactly what you do.
This is WORK. This is WORKING for The Lord.
Ecclesiastes 12:12 … much study is a weariness of the flesh.
And it is! As I have gotten older I am really feeling it. I love it, no excuse intended. But, if you don’t think it is work then give it a try.
Kyner gave me the sermon books and tried to guilt me into using them by saying I probably had too much “pride” to use them.
I looked at them. They made no sense. They were only skeletons anyway and they were basic, kindergarten, self-help, rah-rah, motivational seminars.
You have to study. I had to study.
The “law of first mention”.
1st mention of “key”…
Judges 3:25 And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlour; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth.
A key unlocks something that is LOCKED. It OPENS something. THIS PARTICULAR KEY we are studying OPENS KNOWLEDGE.
There is a “key” that unlocks knowledge.
Interestingly 1st mention of “knowledge” is here…
Genesis 2:9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
There was “knowledge” with/on/in this tree.
Did Adam and Eve get this “knowledge”? yes, regrettably.
How did Adam and Eve get this knowledge?
Genesis 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
The KEY, that which OPENED this KNOWEDGE to them – WAS TO EAT IT. It was sitting there but until they ate it, their eyes were closed, their understanding was closed.
Get this – they were both completely naked. Do you know when you are naked? They hadn’t even a little clue that they were naked. Not a single idea.
You EAT to get KNOWLEDGE. That’s the KEY. And it wasn’t “the tree” that they ate – it was THE FRUIT of the tree. You EAT to get your eyes opened.
Genesis 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened [what does a “key” do? It “opens” things!], and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked;
Interestingly, now we know that “knowledge” comes from a “tree”.
“Tree” is another PURE word.
“tree” is in The Bible 201 times. “trees” adds another 157 for a total of 358.
There is the TREE OF KNOWLEDGE of good and evil.
There is the TREE OF LIFE.
What does the Tree of Life do?
Genesis 3:22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
A tree of life – GIVES ETERNAL LIFE.
IF you EAT its fruit.
Proverbs 15:4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
So, A TONGUE, my tongue, your tongue, CAN LITERALLY GIVE ETERNAL LIFE!
Well, a “wholesome” tongue, right? What’s that?
Listen, ASSUME NOTHING. EVER. As soon as you ASSUME you are done.
“wholesome” is only in The Bible twice. Here is the other…
1Timothy 6:3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;
Listen, the tongue of Proverbs 15:4, that wholesome tongue? It was NOT available in the OT. Solomon, though he wrote of it, did not possess it.
None of the OT Bible greats had it, not Adam, Methuselah, Noah, Abraham, Joseph, Daniel, David, Elijah, Elisha – None of them.
None of them could truly “win a soul”. I can. You can. Any saved person can.
WE HAVE A TONGUE THAT IS A TREE OF LIFE!!!!!!!!!
And when we win someone to Christ, their tongue becomes a tree of life!
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