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Absolute Absolute Truth Truth and and Authority Authority 1 Where the Bible Bible speaks speaks , we must hear and obey. Where the Bible is silent silent , we must be silent be silent . Opinions are usually wrong wrong and often damaging damaging .

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Absolute Absolute TruthTruth and and AuthorityAuthority

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Where the Bible Bible speaksspeaks, we must hear and obey.

Where the Bible is silentsilent, we must be silentbe silent.

Opinions are usually wrongwrong and often damagingdamaging.

2 Peter 1:19 We have also a more sure Word of Prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heedye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: 20 Knowing this first, that no Prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretationprivate interpretation. 21 For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they wereas they were moved by the Holy Ghostmoved by the Holy Ghost.

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19 We have also a more sure Word of Prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heedye do well that ye take heed,

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The Holy Scriptures are the onlyonly Source of Wisdom for livingliving a rich, full, blessed life.

Take heedTake heed = to hold the mind; pay attention to; Apply one's self toApply one's self to.

Strong's Greek Dictionary

Apply Apply toto one's self one's self.

James 1 22 But be ye doersdoers of the Word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

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When we hearhear the Word of God, but do not pay do not pay attentionattention to It; do not applydo not apply It to ourselves,

We deceive ourselvesWe deceive ourselves.

LookingLooking in a mirror doesn't fix your hair.

You have to comb itcomb it.

A mirrormirror doesn't wash your face.

It takes soap and water and rubbingrubbing.

"Receive with meekness the engrafted Word." James 1:21

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We must humbly receivehumbly receive the Word of God,

Willingly submittingWillingly submitting ourselves to every Wordevery Word.

Not rejectingNot rejecting one Word of Scripture.

Never resistingresisting God's Will.

John 3 16 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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Colossians 3 19 Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them.

Colossians 3 18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord.

Hebrews 13 (NIV) 16 And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with

such sacrifices God is pleased.

James 1 25 But whoso looketh into the perfectperfect law of liberty, and continuethcontinueth therein, he being notnot a forgetful hearer, but a doerdoer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

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Do you want to blessed in all that you do?

Hear, believe, and obey everyevery Word of God.

Continueth therein -- Persevere

Keep plodding on, doing all God says to do.

We must pay attention to God's Word

"As unto a light that shineth in a dark place."

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Our eyes and mind will go to the smallest light,

When we are in the dark.

The Word of God is the onlyonly Light in this dark world.

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20 Knowing this first, that no Prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretationprivate interpretation.

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There is only one Truthone Truth:The Word of God as revealedas revealed by God's Holy Spirit.

It was not givennot given by man's ideas, man's reasoning, nor man's imagination.

The Word can not be understoodnot be understood without the Holy Spirit of GodHoly Spirit of God

To show us HisHis Perfect Will.

We know that devils build strongholds in the imaginations of our mind.

2 Corinthians 10:5

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Embrace God's Word.

TrustTrust Every Word of God.

Don't forget the concert.

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