Words of Life
Words are powerful
Jg.12
 Mt.2672“I do not know the Man!”
73 “. . . And a little later those who stood by
came up and said to Peter, “Surely you also
are one of them, for your speech betrays
you.”
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Words are powerful
Jg.12
 Mt.26
 Ja.31My brethren, let not many of you
become teachers, knowing that we shall
receive a stricter judgment. 2For we all
stumble in many things. If anyone does
not stumble in word, he is a perfect man,
able also to bridle the whole body
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Words are powerful
Jg.12
 Mt.26
 Ja.3
 2 Tim.1:13, Hold fast the pattern of sound
words which you have heard from me, in
faith and love which are in Christ Jesus
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Words are powerful
Jg.12
 Mt.26
 Ja.3
 2 Tim.1:13
 1 Pt.4:11, If anyone speaks, let him speak
as the oracles of God. If anyone ministers,
let him do it as with the ability which God
supplies, that in all things God may be
glorified through Jesus Christ . . .
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1. Hear
Luke 8
1. 8,
hear
2. 12-15, retain what we hear
3. 18, take heed how we hear
4. 21, do what we hear
Illustrated: Ac.2
22, hear
Demonstrates
37, they heard
Romans 10:17
37, now they believe Jesus is Christ…
1. Hear
2. Believe
Jesus: Mt.1:21, Savior
Mt.16:16, Christ, Son of God
Mt.26
• 63: Question – Christ? Son of God?
• 64: Reply – Yes . . . Son of Man –Dn.7:13f
– Sitting on Right hand of power
– Coming in clouds of heaven
• 65: Reaction – blasphemy. Jn.19:7
Acts 2:37, their reaction: faith
• Received Word (41)
• “Believers” (44)
Atheist – faith?
• Believes Jesus is historical
Orthodox Jew – faith?
• Believes in Christ (not Jesus)
• Believes in Word of God (OT)
Surely we must
believe more than
atheists and Jews!
1. Hear
2. Believe
3. Repent
Repentance – 1change, 2mind
Repent: to change one’s way of life as
the result of a complete change of
thought and behavior, how one should
both think and act –L-N. Lk.3:8
Ep.4:22-24, old – new
25: Therefore (self-evident result marker)
25-32, obvious change in life
1. Hear
2. Believe
3. Repent
4. Confess
Mt.16:16
Peter says what he believes
Peter says what Jesus says:
Con fess
with same
Acts 8:37
Not found in early MSS
Irenaeus (d. 202); Cyprian (d. 258)
Acts 8:37
The formula…was doubtless used by the
early church in baptismal ceremonies,
and may have been written in the margin of a copy of Acts. Its insertion into
the text seems to have been due to the
feeling that Philip would not have baptized the Ethiopian without securing a
confession of faith, which needed to be
expressed in the narrative – Metzger
Mt.16:16
Peter says what he believes
Peter says what Jesus says:
Con fess
with same
Acts 8:37
Romans 10:9-10, confess…mouth…
Not merely saying words, Mt.7:21
Jesus must be our Lord
Mt.16:16
Peter says what he believes
Peter says what Jesus says:
Con fess
with same
Acts 8:37
Romans 10:9-10, confess…mouth…
Must believe before we confess…
Some believed w/o confessing, Jn.12
To Christians
Confession confusion
Repent and _____________
Ac.8:22
PRAY
Confess _______________
1 Jn.1:9
SINS
Repent and ______________
Be BAPTIZED Ac.2:38
Confess _____________
Ac.8:37
CHRIST
To Aliens
1. Hear
2. Believe
3. Repent
4. Confess
5. Be baptized
Four baptism questions
1.
Who?
2.
What?
3.
Where?
4.
Why?
Four baptism questions
1.
Who? Believer (Mk.16); repent (Ac.2)…
2.
What? Immersion (Ro.6:4)
3.
Where? Water (Jn.3:23; Ac.8; 10)
4.
Why? Forgiveness (Ac.2)
Ac.2: first usage in new covenant.
Explains purpose of baptism.
Later usage is same unless
context demands otherwise.
Two baptism errors
1. Ac.18:25-26,
 Misleads
 Can’t
2. Ac.19,
Apollos said wrong thing
hearers
be taught wrong, baptized right
men in Ephesus did wrong thing
 Misleads
 Can’t
ourselves
be baptized wrong and saved
We admit need for accurate words
Gn.3:5, one little word…
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“…It is written, Man shall not live by bread
alone, but by every word that proceeds
from the mouth of God” – Mt.4:4