Message Notes

Becoming | The Word

We become what we are immersed in.
Devotion leads to transformation.
What captures our attention begins to shape our affections.
AW Tozer “we become what we love.”

Acts 2:42 "They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer."
devoted προσκαρτερέω to persevere in, to be constantly diligent towards, to be steadfastly attentive unto, to give unremitting care toward, to persevere and not to faint, to be in constant readiness toward

Matthew 28:19–20 "Go and make disciples of all nations ... teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you."
John 14:26 The Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.
2 Timothy 3.1-5, 14-17 There will be terrible times in the last days. 2 People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, 4 treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— 5 having a form of godliness but denying its power.14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.

THE WORD IS BREATH
theopneustos θεόπνευστος = God-breathed; life-giving
Hebrews 4.12 For the word of God is alive and active.
John 6:63 “The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.”
Matthew 4:4 "Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God."

Aw Tozer "I wish that you might see that you never ought to pick the Bible up without realizing, that while it's only paper and ink, that God Almighty has breathed into the words there His own living breath."

Hebrews 4:12 "For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart."

THE WORD IS A MIRROR
as we examine the scriptures the scriptures examine us
Psalm 139:23–2 "Search me, God, and know my heart ... See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."
James 1:22–25 22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 23 Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror 24 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 25 But whoever looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues in it—not forgetting what they have heard, but doing it—they will be blessed in what they do.

THE WORD IS A COMPASS
Psalm 119:105  "Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path."
Teaching: the word shows us what is true and forms our understanding of God, ourselves, and the world.
Rebuking: the word exposes what is wrong, confronts our sin, false beliefs, and destructive patterns.
Correcting: the word guides us how to get back on course and restores us to the way of Jesus.
Training: the word develops us in righteousness; builds habits, wisdom, character, and maturity.

THE WORD IS JESUS
2 Timothy 3.15 MSG There’s nothing like the written Word of God for showing you the way to salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
John 1:1,14 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 5:39–40 "You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life."

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