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▶︎ Israel chose their story over the Story of God.
- Missing God’s Story was not new to the Jewish people.
- At one time Elijah wondered if he was the only one left true to God (1 Kings 19:10, Romans 11:2-4).
- The people of Israel (north and south kingdoms) were ravaged and sent off to foreign lands as captives as God’s judgment on their rebellion.
▶︎ But … They tried to keep the parts of God’s Story that fit their story.
They kept the teaching of Moses but not really …
- Moses … (John 5:46–47 ESV) For if you believed Moses, you would believe me; for he wrote of me. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words?
- Moses … (John 7:19 ESV) Has not Moses given you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why do you seek to kill me?
▶︎ And in the process … They lost God’s Story.
- (Jeremiah 23:36 NCV) But you will never again say, ‘The message of the LORD,’ because the only message you speak is your own words. You have changed the words of our God, the living God, the LORD All-Powerful.
- (Jeremiah 23:36 NKJV) And the oracle of the LORD you shall mention no more. For every man’s word will be his oracle, for you have perverted the words of the living God, the LORD of hosts, our God.
▶︎ How do we learn from their mistakes?
We receive our “information” from God, and we deliver what we receive from God.
- No editing. No adding or subtracting.
- (Deuteronomy 4:2 ESV) You shall not add to the word that I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you.
- (Deuteronomy 12:32 ESV) Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. You shall not add to it or take from it.
Message Title: Truth I Am Speaking in Christ!
Message Text: Romans 5:1-5
- PDF 22A Truth I Am Speaking in Christ : Romans 9:1-5 : ffc : dave scott : 020815 : STUDY SHEET ONE
- PDF 22A Truth I Am Speaking in Christ : Romans 9:1-5 : ffc : dave scott : 020815 : STUDY SHEET TWO
