Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight

Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight

Heb 4:13

¹³ Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

Psalm 33:13-15

¹³ From heaven the Lord looks down
    and sees all mankind;

¹⁴ from his dwelling place he watches
    all who live on earth—

¹⁵ he who forms the hearts of all,
    who considers everything they do.

Pro 5:21

²¹ For your ways are in full view of the Lord,
    and he examines all your paths.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)     Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight

2)     Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him

3)     From heaven the Lord looks down
    and sees all mankind

4)     For your ways are in full view of the Lord,
    and he examines all your paths

Word of God is imperishable seed, which is living and enduring

Word of God is imperishable seed, which is living and enduring

1 Pet 1:23

²³ For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

1 John 2:14

¹⁴ I write to you, dear children,
    because you know the Father.
I write to you, fathers,
    because you know him who is from the beginning.
I write to you, young men,
    because you are strong,
    and the word of God lives in you,
    and you have overcome the evil one.

Rev 1:2, 9

 The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, ² who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. 

⁹ I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)     Word of God is imperishable seed, which is living and enduring

2)     Word of God helps us overcome evil one by living in us

3)     Word of God helps us to have patience and endurance

4)     Word of God is a revelation from Jesus which God gave Him to show His servants

The scripture cannot be set aside

The scripture cannot be set aside

John 10:35

³⁴ Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I have said you are “gods”’^[d]? ³⁵ If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be set aside

Acts 12:24

²⁴ But the word of God continued to spread and flourish.

1 The 2:13

¹³ And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, which is indeed at work in you who believe. 

2 Tim 2:9

⁸ Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, descended from David. This is my gospel,9 for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God’s word is not chained.

We learn the following from the above verses

1)      The scripture cannot be set aside

2)     The word of God continued to spread and flourish

3)     Word of God works in our lives, who believe.

 God’s word is not chained

The word of God is living

The word of God is living

Heb 4:12

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.

Mk 4:14

¹⁴ The farmer sows the word. ¹⁵ Some people are like seed along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. ¹⁶ Others, like seed sown on rocky places, hear the word and at once receive it with joy. ¹⁷ But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. ¹⁸ Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; ¹⁹ but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful.²⁰ Others, like seed sown on good soil, hear the word, accept it, and produce a crop—some thirty, some sixty, some a hundred times what was sown.”

Lk 5:1

One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret,^[a] the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. 

Lk 11:28

²⁸ He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

We learn the following from the above verses

1)     The word of God is living and active

2)     Word of God produce a crop some thirty, some sixty and some a hundren times what was sown

3)      The people were crowding around Jesus and listening to the word of God

4)     Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.

Do not harden your hearts to God’s voice

Do not harden your hearts to God’s voice

Heb 4:7

⁷ God again set a certain day, calling it “Today.” This he did when a long time later he spoke through David, as in the passage already quoted:

“Today, if you hear his voice,
    do not harden your hearts.”

Psalm 95:7, 8

⁶ Come, let us bow down in worship,
    let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;

⁷ for he is our God
    and we are the people of his pasture,
    the flock under his care.

Today, if only you would hear his voice,

⁸ “Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah,^[a]
    as you did that day at Massah^[b] in the wilderness

Heb 3:7, 8, 15

⁷ So, as the Holy Spirit says:

“Today, if you hear his voice,
⁸     do not harden your hearts
as you did in the rebellion,
    during the time of testing in the wilderness

We learn the following from the above verses

1)     Do not harden your hearts to God’s voice

2)    Come, let us bow down in worship,
    let us kneel before the Lord our Maker

3)    Do not harden your hearts to God’s voice for we are the people of his pasture.

4)    Do not harden your hearts to God’s voice for we are the flock under His care.

God gives us rest just as He promised

God gives us rest just as He promised

1 kings 8:56

⁵⁶ “Praise be to the Lord, who has given rest to his people Israel just as he promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses.

1 kings 5:4

⁴ But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side, and there is no adversary or disaster. 

Lev 33:14

¹⁴ The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

We learn the following from the above verses

1)      God gives us rest just as He promised

2)     When God gives rest on every side, there is no adversary or disaster

3)      The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

God gives us rest for He has been good to us

God gives us rest for He has been good to us

Psalm 116:7

⁷ Return to your rest, my soul,
    for the Lord has been good to you.

2 Chr 20:30

³⁰ And the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was at peace, for his God had given him rest on every side.

2 Chr 14:6, 7

⁶ He built up the fortified cities of Judah, since the land was at peace. No one was at war with him during those years, for the Lord gave him rest.

⁷ “Let us build up these towns,” he said to Judah, “and put walls around them, with towers, gates and bars. The land is still ours, because we have sought the Lord our God; we sought him and he has given us rest on every side.” So they built and prospered.

1 Chr 22:18

¹⁸ He said to them, “Is not the Lord your God with you? And has he not granted you rest on every side? For he has given the inhabitants of the land into my hands, and the land is subject to the Lord and to his people. 

We learn the following from the above verses

1)     God gives us rest for He has been good to us

2)     The kingdom of Jehoshaphat was at peace, for his God had given him rest on every side.

3)     The land is still ours, because we have sought the Lord our God; we sought him and he has given us rest on every side.

4)     Our Lord is with us and He grants us rest

God gives rest to His chosen people

God gives rest to His chosen people

Jer 31:2

² This is what the Lord says:

“The people who survive the sword
    will find favor in the wilderness;
    I will come to give rest to Israel.”

Jer 6:16

¹⁶ This is what the Lord says:

“Stand at the crossroads and look;
    ask for the ancient paths,
ask where the good way is, and walk in it,
    and you will find rest for your souls.

Isa 28:12

¹¹ Very well then, with foreign lips and strange tongues
    God will speak to this people,
¹² to whom he said,
    “This is the resting place, let the weary rest”;

We learn the following from the above verses

1)      God gives rest to His chosen people

2)     Ask where the good way is, and walk in it,
    and you will find rest for your souls.

3)     With foreign lips and strange tongues
    God will speak to this people,
to whom he said,
    “This is the resting place, let the weary rest”