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Just Say the Word Matthew 8: 8

Just Say the Word Matthew 8: 8

Just Say the Word • • • How much does God have to say

Just Say the Word • • • How much does God have to say before you will obey Him? How many times must God say something before you believe it & obey? Warned against failing to listen to & obey God, Isa. 6: 8 -12 (Matt. 2

It only took a word for God to… • Create the world, Psa. 33:

It only took a word for God to… • Create the world, Psa. 33: 4 -9; Heb. 11: 3 • “By the word of the Lord the heavens were made, ” 33: 6 (Heb. 11: 3) • “For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it 3

It only takes a word for God to… • Uphold all things, Heb. 1:

It only takes a word for God to… • Uphold all things, Heb. 1: 3 (Col. 1: 17) • To bear, to carry, keep from falling • “By the word of his power” • Christ is the Preserver of the Universe • Calm the storm, Mk. 4: 37 -41 4

It only took a word for God to… • Heal, Matt. 8: 8, 13,

It only took a word for God to… • Heal, Matt. 8: 8, 13, 16 • Only speak a word, 8: 8 • Healed that same hour, 8: 13 • With a word, 8: 16 “They cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses. He sent His word and healed them…” (Psa. 107: 1920) 5

It only took a word for God to… • Reveal His mind, 1 Cor.

It only took a word for God to… • Reveal His mind, 1 Cor. 2: 613 • Revelation, 2: 10 -12 • The things which God has prepared • Inspiration, 2: 13 • Spoken in words the Spirit taught 6

It only took a word for God to… • Speak a word that produces

It only took a word for God to… • Speak a word that produces faith and saves sinners, Rom. 10: 8, 17 • Gospel, Rom. 1: 16 -17 Word of the cross, 1 Cor. 1: 1821 • Implanted, Jas. 1: 21 • Purifies & saves by giving life, 1 Pet. 1: 22 -23; Jno. 6: 68 • 7

It only takes a word for God to… • Judge us, Jno. 12: 48

It only takes a word for God to… • Judge us, Jno. 12: 48 • “The word that I have spoken will judge him in the last day” • Judged by the things written in the books, Rev. 20: 12 • According to our works 8

When God Speaks… • • Do we listen & obey? Do we argue, dispute

When God Speaks… • • Do we listen & obey? Do we argue, dispute & gainsay? • Samuel, 1 Sam. 3: 9 -10 • Israel, Rom. 10: 21; Isa. 6: 8 -12 • Cornelius & his house, Acts 9

When God Speaks… • How to be saved • “I feel I’m saved…I was

When God Speaks… • How to be saved • “I feel I’m saved…I was saved when I believed. . . before I was baptized…” • Believe & be baptized, Mk. 16: 15 -16 For remission of sins, Acts 2: 38 • Saves us, 1 Pet. 3: 21 • 10

When God Speaks… • Music in worship • “I like the instrument…I want the

When God Speaks… • Music in worship • “I like the instrument…I want the instrument…I’ll be playing the instrument in heaven…” • “You can’t tell me it’s wrong” • Sing: Eph. 5: 19; Col. 3: 16 11

When God Speaks… • Moral conduct • Modest dress, 1 Tim. 2: 9 -10

When God Speaks… • Moral conduct • Modest dress, 1 Tim. 2: 9 -10 • Shamefastness & sobriety • Dancing, 1 Pet. 4: 1 -3 Lewdness & lust, Rom. 13: 11 -14 • Associated sins, Eph. 5: 11 • 12

When God Speaks… • Moral conduct • Drinking, 1 Pet. 4: 3 • All

When God Speaks… • Moral conduct • Drinking, 1 Pet. 4: 3 • All of its forms • Fornication, 1 Cor. 6: 18 • Flee, not flirt • Companions, 1 Cor. 15: 33 -34 • Influence of evil is deceptive and corrupting 13

When God Speaks… • Marriage, divorce and remarriage, Matt. 19: 6, 9; Rom. 7:

When God Speaks… • Marriage, divorce and remarriage, Matt. 19: 6, 9; Rom. 7: 2 -3 • One cause to put away & remarry • Non-Christians are under Christ’s law • Repenting of unlawful 14

We Must Speak What God Speaks • God speaks to us in His Son,

We Must Speak What God Speaks • God speaks to us in His Son, Heb. 1: 1 -2 • “If anyone speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God” (1 Pet. 4: 11) 15

We Must Hear What God Speaks …This is a rebellious people, Lying children, Children

We Must Hear What God Speaks …This is a rebellious people, Lying children, Children who will not hear the law of the LORD; Who say to the seers, “Do not see, ” And to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us right things; Speak to us smooth things, 16

Hear What God Speaks and Do What God Says “…they hear your words, but

Hear What God Speaks and Do What God Says “…they hear your words, but they do not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their hearts pursue their own gain. Indeed you are to them as a very lovely song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument; for they hear your 17

“Just Say the Word” • What word do you want to hear? • “He

“Just Say the Word” • What word do you want to hear? • “He who has ears to hear, let him hear!” Luke 8: 8 • “Take heed how you hear” Luke 8: 18 • What word do you want to 18