September 3, 2006

What New Believers Need to Know - Part 2
The Word

Steve Lane

A. Introduction/Review

A little equipping...
Eternal life, the New life in you
Growth - "O wretched man that I am"
Assurance you have salvation

B. The Joy of the Word

George Mueller
"I saw more clearly than ever, that the first great and primary business to which I ought to attend every day was to have my soul happy in the Lord. The first thing to be concerned about was not, how I might serve the Lord, how I might glorify the Lord; but how much I might get my soul into a happy state, and how my inner-man might be nourished... I saw the most important thing I had to do was to give myself to the reading of the Word of God and meditation on it."

Psalm 19: 7 - 11
"Many days I wake up with doubt or sadness..."

Psalm 119: 147 - 148
"Man does not live on bread alone but every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord."
The Word feeds the new life in you.

Psalm 1: 2 - 3
Psalm 119: 47, 71 - 72, 97, 103, 140, 143, 162, 165, 167, 174

C. The Milk of the Word

1 Peter 2: 2
"... The words I have spoken to you are Spirit and they are life." John 6: 63

The gentleness and the strength of the Word

D. How to read the Word

Psalm 119: 13 "I will meditate on your precepts and consider Your ways."

With Faith
1 Thessalonians 2: 13

2 Peter 1: 3 - 4 Applied faith
Colossians 2: 6 - 7 Overflowing with thankfulness
Context
What promises? John 15: 5 Romans 6: 11
Humility, yieldedness and faith
Believe what you read 2 Peter 1: 3 - 4
Romans 12: 1 - 2

E. Conclusion

Psalm 119: 10 - 16