Miracle Bible College

Certificate Syllabus
Man, and his Philosophy

COURSE OBJECTIVES
1. To study the concept of philosophy and get a feel for the social and religious
climate of a victorious believer.
2. To understand the call of God upon your life and how to integrate it in this
course.
3. To understand how to train the human spirit.
4. To appreciate how God used the Kiwempe Movement to bring revival to
Uganda.

COURSE TEXT:
Title
1. THE KIWEMPE MOVEMENT
2. PURPOSE
Author
ROBERT KAYANJA

COURSE REQUIREMENTS: All Students

1. Read all pages of the course text.
2. Attend all classes
3. Take the required exam the end of class (where applicable).

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Why Philosophy?
Introduction
In many Christian circles today, philosophy gets bad press or, even worse, is
simply ignored. Abby’s response to hearing that she needed to take a course
in philosophy is far too common. There have been times in the history of the
church when a good knowledge of philosophy was regarded as indispensable,
but now is not such a time. Bible study and knowing how to evangelize are
indispensable, but it would be regarded by many Christians as strange indeed
if their local church announced a course in philosophy as a vital part of the
Ministry.
However, we believe that a working knowledge of Christian philosophy is a
vital ingredient in ministry, if by ministry we mean facilitating a deep encounter of our
culture with Christ.
Philosophy, from our perspective, is the attempt to discern the structure or order of creation,
and to describe systematically what's subject to that order. As Genesis 1:1–2:3 inform us,
creation involves God not just ushering the world into existence but ordering it in a particular
way so that there is heaven and earth; night and day; seasons; earth, sea, and sky; and plants,
animals, birds, and
human beings. Much of the order in creation we simply take for granted. But God’s
ordering of creation is more complex than this kind of natural
order. Genesis 1–3 teaches us that God’s order extends to things like gender
(male and female), marriage, farming, and how we relate to God and to the
animals. Indeed, the doctrine of creation teaches us that just as the whole of
creation comes from God, so it is all subject to his order for it.
The fall into sin opened up the catastrophic possibility of humans misdirecting
God’s good order for creation. The possibility of family life is a great gift written into the
fabric of creation, but we know from Genesis 4 that outside of Eden brotherly love can
become fratricide. Humans have the God-given ability to build cities, and these can be places
of delight and human flourishing and full of God, but they can also be like Babel, monuments
to idolatry ( Gen. 11).
Despite being fallen, humans retain the God-given ability to shape God’s world in which we
live under the complex order of creation;
The Bible, as we will see, gives us indispensable clues to such a journey of discovery. Take
any topics and you will see that the Bible addresses these issues, AND provides answers to
help us live effectively for God in his world today. Philosophy is precisely the quest for that
detailed analysis of the order of creation and divine life.

WHAT WE BELIEVE (ROBERT KAYANJA MINISTRIES):

he Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit being coequal Deut. 6:4; Phil. 2:6). God the Father is
greater than all; the Sender of the Word (Logos) and the Begetter (John 14:28; John 16:28;
John 1:14). The Son is the Word flesh-covered, the One Begotten, and has existed with the
Father from the beginning (John 1:1; John 1:18; John 1:14). The Holy Spirit proceeds forth
from both the Father and the Son and is eternal (John 14:16; John 15:26).

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MAN, HIS FALL AND REDEMPTION—Man is a created being, made in the have sinned,
and come short of the glory of God,” and “...There is none righteous, no, not one” (Rom.
3:10; 3:23). Jesus likeness and image of God, but through Adam’s transgression and fall, sin
came into the world. The Bible says “...all Christ, the Son of God, was manifested to undo the
works of the devil and gave His life and shed His blood to redeem and restore man back to
God (Rom. 5:14; 1 John 3:8). Salvation is the gift of God to man, separate from works and
the Law, and is made operative by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, producing works
acceptable to God (Eph. 2:8–10).
ETERNAL LIFE AND THE NEW BIRTH—Man’s first step toward salvation is godly
sorrow that worketh repentance. The New Birth is necessary to all men, and when
experienced, produces eternal life (2 Cor. 7:10; John 3:3–5; 1 John:12).
WATER BAPTISM—Baptism in water is by immersion, is a direct commandment of our
Lord, and is for believers only. The ordinance is a symbol of the Christian’s identification
with Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection (Matt. 28:19; Rom. 6:4; Col. 2:12; Acts
8:36–39). The following recommendation regarding the water baptismal formula is adopted;
to wit: “On the confession of your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and by His
authority, I baptize you in the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen.”
BAPTISM IN THE HOLY GHOST—The Baptism in the Holy Ghost and fire is a gift from
God as promised by the Lord Jesus Christ to all believers in this dispensation and is received
subsequent to the new birth. This experience is accompanied by the initial evidence of
speaking in other tongues as the Holy Spirit Himself gives utterance (Matt. 3:11; John
14:16,17; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:38,39; Acts 19:1–7; Acts 2:1–4).
SANCTIFICATION—The Bible teaches that without holiness no man can see he Lord. We
believe in the Doctrine of Sanctification as a definite, yet progressive work of grace,
commencing at the time of regeneration and continuing until the consummation of salvation
at Christ’s return (Heb. 12:14; 1 Thess. 5:23; 2Peter 3:18; 2 Cor. 3:18; Phil. 3:12–14; 1 Cor.
1:30).
DIVINE HEALING—Healing is for the physical ills of the human body and is wrought by
the power of God through the prayer of faith, and by the laying on of hands. It is provided for
in the atonement of Christ, and is the privilege of every member of the Church today (James
5:14,15; Mark 16:18; Isa. 53:4,5; Matt. 8:17; 1 Peter 2:24).
RESURRECTION OF THE JUST AND THE RETURN OF OUR LORD—The angels
said to Jesus’ disciples, “...This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so
come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.” His coming is imminent. When He
comes, “...The dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be
caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air...” (Acts 1:11; 1 Thess.
4:16,17). Following the Tribulation, He shall return to earth as King of kings, and Lord of
lords, and together with His saints, who shall be kings and priests, He shall reign a thousand
years (Rev. 5:10; 20:6).
HELL, AND ETERNAL RETRIBUTION—The one who physically dies in his sins
without accepting Christ is hopelessly and eternally lost in the lake of fire and, therefore, has
no further opportunity of hearing the Gospel or repenting. The lake of fire is literal. The terms
“eternal” and “everlasting,” used in describing the duration of the punishment of the damned

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in the lake of fire, carry the same thought and meaning of endless existence as used in
denoting the duration of joy and ecstasy of saints in the Presence of God (Heb. 9:27; Rev. 19-
20).

Robert Kayanja Theme scriptures

Isaiah 35

dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose. It will blossom
abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing” (vv. 1-2a). This contrasts dramatically
with the land soaked with blood and the soil turned to sulfur and burning pitch in 34:7, 9. In
chapter 35, the desert wilderness remains a desert, but a glad desert that rejoices and
blossoms.

Those who have lived in deserts know how quickly deserts can come alive with colorful
flowers after a rain shower. It is a sight that inspires joy in the hearts of those who are
accustomed to seeing the more usual desert colors. This is the image that our prophet/poet
captures to convey the sense of vitality and joy that will be present in the place that he is
portraying.

Wilderness, dry land, and desert refer to the arid land that could be lovely when the rains
came—but they seldom came. The wilderness could stretch a shepherd’s ingenuity to the
breaking point, and could claim the life of the unwary traveler.

But while a desert wilderness might seem forbidding, it was in the wilderness that Yahweh
forged Israel into a nation.

 It was through the wilderness that the Lord carried Israel, “as a man does bear his son,
in all the way that you went, until you came to this place” (Deuteronomy 1:31).
 During their forty years in the wilderness, the Lord was with Israel so that they lacked
nothing (Deuteronomy 2:7).
 It was in the wilderness that the Lord humbled Israel, “and fed (them) with manna,
which (they) didn’t know, neither did (their) fathers know; that he might make (them)
know that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by everything that proceeds
out of the mouth of Yahweh” (Deuteronomy 8:3).
 John the Baptist will go to the wilderness to proclaim the need for repentance
(Matthew 3:1).
 Jesus will be tempted in the wilderness (Matthew 4:1ff.), and will retreat to the
wilderness to pray (Luke 5:16).

In other words, the wilderness is inextricably interwoven with the spiritual history and
discipline of Israel.

Therefore, a wilderness that blossoms abundantly and rejoices with joy and singing
represents more than geography. It is a metaphor for spiritual renewal and vitality—for a
people who are in a right relationship with the Lord and are blessed to enjoy the prosperity
which the Lord has given them.

“Lebanon’s glory will be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon” (v. 2b). These
three places, Lebanon, Carmel, and Sharon, are famous for their lush beauty.

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• LEBANON (on the Mediterranean seacoast about 25 miles or 40 k. north of the Sea of
Galilee) is a land of snow-capped mountains, snow-fed mountain streams, and cedar forests.
Solomon arranged with Hiram of Tyre to use cedars from Lebanon to build the temple (1
Kings 5), because they were the trees fit for a king—or for the Lord.

• MOUNT CARMEL (on the Mediterranean seacoast 17 miles or 27 k. west of the Sea of
Galilee) rises majestically from the sea. Although it is only about 1740 feet (530 m.) high, it
enjoys abundant rain that fosters verdant growth.

• THE PLAIN OF SHARON is a lovely coastal plain stretching along the Mediterranean
seacoast south from Mount Carmel for about 35-40 miles (55-65 k.)—known for its fertile
fields and flowers (Watts, 540).

These three places, all on the Mediterranean seacoast, are remote from the wilderness both
geographically and spiritually. They represent prosperity, while the wilderness represents
austerity. But the prophet says that the wilderness will be like these glorious, majestic places.

“They will see Yahweh’s glory, the excellence of our God” (v. 2c). In the preceding phrase
(v. 2b), the prophet spoke of “Lebanon’s glory” and “the excellence of Carmel and Sharon.”
Now he speaks of “Yahweh’s glory” and “the excellence of our God.” Isaiah is a great poet,
so this parallelism is deliberate. If Lebanon is glorious and Carmel and Sharon are majestic,
they are only reflecting, however imperfectly, the glory and the majesty of the one who
created them. If the wilderness will become glorious and majestic, it is only because the Lord
has deigned it to be so.

The prophet provides no clear antecedent to the pronoun, “They”—so who are “They”?
“They” could be the wilderness and the desert of verse 1. “They” could be Lebanon, Carmel,
and Sharon of verse 2. “They” could be God’s people (v. 8). Or this could be a royal, all-
embracing “They” that wraps its arms around all people everywhere.

ISAIAH 35:3-4. “BE STRONG. DON’T BE AFRAID!”

“Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees” (v. 3). Israel has been in
exile for decades, and their bondage has sapped their spirit and strength. The first step to
recovery of physical strength is recovery of spirit. The prophet calls people to begin that
recovery, and begins to lay the foundation for them to hope. A person with no hope can be
expected to have weak hands and feeble knees, but when hope is restored, he/she will find
reservoirs of untapped strength—both spiritual and physical strength.

“Tell those who have a fearful heart (literally “hasty heart”), ‘Be strong. Don’t be afraid'”
(v. 4a). Fear makes people’s hearts beat faster and makes them weak. But these people have
no reason to be afraid, because Yahweh is their God—and Yahweh is present with them.

“Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God’s retribution. He will come and save
you” (v. 4b). This, in fact, will happen. Yahweh will raise up Cyrus of Persia who will defeat
Babylonia and establish Persia as the dominant power. Cyrus will allow the exiles to return to
Jerusalem.

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But the counsel of verse 4a not to fear and the assurance of verse 4b that God will save is
eternal—applies to God’s people in every time and place. The God of Israel is our God too.
The God who promised to save Israel has also promised to save us.

ISAIAH 35:5-6a. THEN THE EYES OF THE BLIND WILL BE OPENED

“Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing” (v. 5-6a).
This is poetic language, and thus lends itself to various interpretations. It could reflect a
Godly concern for people with physical infirmities. It could be a metaphor for the people of
Israel who will experience joyous freedom. It could be a metaphor for the people of God
generally. It could have an eschatological (end of time) character, portraying the beauty that
we can expect with God in heaven. Most likely, it is all of these—and more.

The New Testament portrays Jesus as the fulfillment of this promise. When John the Baptist
sends his disciples to ask Jesus, “Are you the one who is to come, or are we to wait for
another?” Jesus answers,“Go and tell John the things which you hear and see: the blind
receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised
up, and the poor have good news preached to them” (Matthew 11:3-5; see also Luke 7:22).
That passage follows a host of healing stories:

• Of a leper (Matthew 8:1-4)

• Of a centurion’s servant (Matthew 8:5-13)
• Of many people at Peter’s house (Matthew 8:14-17)
• Of a Gadarene demoniac (Matthew 8:28-34)
• Of a paralytic (Matthew 9:2-8)
• Of a little girl and a woman (Matthew 9:18-26)
• Of two blind men (Matthew 9:27-31)
• And of one who was mute (Matthew 9:32-34)

“Then the lame man will leap like a deer” (v. 6a). This will be fulfilled literally when the
Apostle Peter heals a man lame from birth. Luke reports that the man jumped up and began to
walk—” walking and leaping and praising God” (Acts 3:8).

ISAIAH 35:6b-7. FOR WATERS WILL BREAK OUT IN THE WILDERNESS

The preceding verses portrayed salvation with various metaphors—as a blossoming desert
(vv. 1-2)—as God coming to save the people (vv. 3-4)—and as infirmities lifted (vv. 5-6a).
Now the prophet/poet returns to the wilderness metaphor.

While not devoid of life, deserts present a challenging environment for most life forms. Lack
of water makes it impossible to raise traditional crops. Finding water for grazing animals is a
challenge. Many people die trying to cross deserts because they run out of water. While it is
possible to get some moisture from cacti and to eat some desert animals (rattlesnakes, for
instance)—the desert does not easily support human life.

However, modern irrigation has proven that it is possible to farm the desert. Water is all that
is needed, but providing water to the desert is, for the most part, an elusive dream. But the
prophet pictures a desert where waters gush forth and streams flow—where the rocky haunts

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of jackals become a swamp and grasses (suited to dry land) become reeds and rushes (suited
to marshy land).

In the previous chapter, one mark of the curse was that “It shall be the haunt of jackals”
(34:13). Now that curse is reversed as the habitat of jackals is transformed into a swamp.

ISAIAH 35:8-10. A HIGHWAY WILL BE THERE

“A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called The Holy Way” (v. 8a). In the last
chapter, the prophet, describing the land of the curse, said, “No one will pass through it
forever and ever” (34:10). But in this chapter, describing the land of blessing, the prophet
says, “A highway will be there.”

“The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way” (v. 8b).
God gave the Israelites a number of ceremonial laws codified in the Torah to determine
whether a person is clean (ceremonially fit for worship) or unclean (unfit for worship). This
has to do with spiritual rather than physical cleanliness. It has to do with ceasing to do evil
(Isaiah 1:16)—and ceasing to worship idols (Ezekiel 36:25)—and not defiling the tabernacle
or temple (Leviticus 15:31).

Israelites could be rendered unclean by eating animals proscribed by the law (Leviticus 11)—
by giving birth (Leviticus 12:2ff.)—by contracting leprosy (Leviticus 13)—or by coming into
contact with certain bodily discharges or dead bodies (Leviticus 11:39; 15:18). But the Torah
also prescribes remedies for various unclean states so that unclean people might become
clean. The purpose of these laws is to establish Israelites as a holy people—separate from
other people—set apart to be God’s people (Leviticus 20:26).

The highway promised by the prophet will be reserved for God’s people—people who
maintain themselves as separate from other people—people who keep the law—people who
keep themselves ceremonially clean and free from evil.

This is cause for rejoicing, because God’s people will not have to worry about thieves and
muggers and others who might pose a threat. They will not have to post a guard to warn of
enemies. They will not have to circle their wagons into a defensive configuration at night.
The only people that they will encounter on this road are God’s people.

“Wicked fools will not go there” (v. 8c). Blowing sand can quickly obscure a desert
pathway so that only a highly skilled guide can find the way. Those who lose their way are
likely to wander aimlessly and die. But this is no obscure pathway. It is a well-marked,
smooth highway. No skilled guide is required. The way is so sure that even a fool can
proceed without danger.

But fools (those opposed to God’s will) will not go there. Their perversity will cause them to
regard a Godly pathway as unattractive. In his book, The Problem of Pain, C. S. Lewis notes:
“We are afraid that Heaven is a bribe, and that if we make it our goal we shall no longer be
disinterested. It is not so. Heaven offers nothing that a mercenary soul can desire. It is safe to
tell the pure in heart that they shall see God, for only the pure in heart want to.” Therefore,
only the redeemed of God will travel that road.

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“No lion will be there, nor will any ravenous animal go up on it. They will not be found
there” (v. 9a). In the previous chapter, the cursed land was populated with jackals, ostriches,
wildcats, goat-demons, and buzzards (34:13-15). But the blessed land of this chapter will be
free of all dangerous animals.

“but the redeemed will walk there” (v. 9b). Redemption has to do with being freed from
bondage by the payment of a price. However, “when God is said to be the redeemer, as in
Isaiah (e.g., Isa. 41:14; 47:4), the emphasis is placed upon his mighty act of deliverance that
will be like the Exodus” (Myers, 876).

The redeemed shall not only walk on this highway, but they shall also walk boldly, having
nothing to fear.

“The Yahweh’s ransomed ones will return, and come with singing to Zion; and
everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and
sighing will flee away” (v. 10). The wording is the same at verse 51:11.

“The Yahweh’s ransomed ones will return” (v. 10a). Ransom is the price paid to redeem
(to set free) a slave or prisoner of war. In other words, redemption is the process of freeing a
captive and ransom is the price paid to achieve redemption.

The Torah requires families to redeem (pay ransom for) the property of family members who
have been forced to sell their property (Leviticus 25:25-34)—and to support family members
in need without enslaving them (Leviticus 25:35-46)—and to redeem family members who
have been forced to sell themselves into slavery (Leviticus 25:47-55).

But here it is the Lord who redeems (pays the ransom for) the people of Israel. It is the Lord
who ensures that they will return.

This idea of the Lord redeeming his people continues into the New Testament (Mark 10:45;
Luke 1:68; 21:28) with a strong emphasis on the redemptive work of Christ (Romans 3:24;
Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:14; 1 Corinthians 1:30).

Isaiah 45

A. Looking to the God who chose Cyrus.

1. (1-3) God’s calling and mission for Cyrus.

a. Thus says the LORD to His anointed, to Cyrus: Isaiah carries on this remarkable
prophecy from the previous chapter. In it, God announces – by name – the deliverer for His
people from coming captivity, and He does it 200 years before the man Cyrus is born.

i. His anointed means that Cyrus had a particular anointing from God for his work. God
poured out His Spirit on a pagan king because God wanted to use that man to bless and
deliver His people.

ii. “There is precedent for the divine anointing of a non-Israelite king, though in one passage
only (1 Kings 19:15-16). Although the living God normally employed Israelites for such
purposes, he is sovereign and may use whom he will.” (Grogan)

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iii. Thus says the LORD to His anointed means that this word was particularly directed to
Cyrus. This was God’s message to him, and Cyrus apparently listened. “These things Cyrus
knew from reading the book of prophecy which Isaiah had left behind two hundred and ten
years earlier.” (Josephus, Antiquities XI, 5 [i.2], cited in Grogan)

b. Whose right hand I have held: Like many of us, Cyrus could look back on his life and
career and see how the LORD held his hand the entire time. To subdue nations before him
and loose the armor of kings: Cyrus had a remarkable military career.

i. “To his appointed and enabled one, to subdue many nations. Xenophon, in his first book…
gives us a list of them. Cyrus subdued, saith he, the Syrians, Assyrians, Arabians,
Cappadocians, Phrygians, the Lydians, Carians, Phoenicians, Babylonians, the Bactrians,
Indians, Cilicians, Sacians, Paphloagonians, Maryandines, and many other nations. He also
had dominion over the Asiatics, Greeks, Cyprians, Egyptians…. He vanquished, saith
Herodotus, whatever country soever he invaded.” (Trapp)

c. To open before him the double doors, so that the gates will not be shut… I will break
in pieces the gates of bronze: The armies of the Medes and Persians, under Cyrus,
conquered the city of Babylon in a remarkable raid described in Daniel 5. According to the
ancient historian Herodotus, while King Belshazzar of Babylon held a reckless party, Cyrus
conquered the city by diverting the flow of the Euphrates into a nearby swamp; thus,
lowering the level of the river so his troops could march through the water and under the
river-gates. But they still would not have been able to enter, had not the bronze gates of the
inner walls been left inexplicably unlocked. God opened the gates of the city of Babylon for
Cyrus and put it in writing 200 years before it happened.

i. “In October 539 B.C., Cyrus advanced into lower Mesopotamia and, leaving Babylon till
last, conquered and occupied the surrounding territory. Seeing which way the wind was
blowing, Nabonidus of Babylon deserted his city, leaving it in the charge of his son
Belshazzar…the taking of Babylon was as bloodless and effortless as Daniel 5 implies.”
(Motyer)

d. I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places: The night
they conquered the city, Cyrus and his armies took all the staggering treasures of Babylon –
and it was important that Cyrus know that the LORD had given it to him.

i. On the night Babylon fell, Cyrus probably had no great sense of the LORD’s guidance or
presence. He probably thought himself both brilliant and lucky. Often, we succeed in
something only by the blessing and pleasure of God, and never see the miraculous hand of
God behind it all.

ii. God certainly gave Cyrus treasures. Clarke cites Pliny: “When Cyrus conquered Asia, he
found thirty-four thousand pounds weight of gold, besides golden vessels and articles in
gold.”

e. That you may know that I, the LORD, who call you by your name, am the God of
Israel: God announced all of this 200 years before its fulfillment so that Cyrus would know
and glorify the LORD. But the LORD also did it so Cyrus would show kindness to the people
of God, granting them permission to return to the Promised Land from the captivity imposed
on them by the Babylonians.

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i. The royal proclamations of Cyrus fulfilling this prophecy are found in Ezra 1:2 and 2
Chronicles 36:23.

2. (4-7) The purpose behind God’s calling and mission for Cyrus.

a. For Jacob My servant’s sake: Cyrus would like to think that God picked him because he
was the smartest or most talented or strongest man available. God’s focus was on His people.
It wasn’t Cyrus that moved God to act, but the condition and cry of His people. It was for
their sake.

i. “That all these victories were for the sake of little Israel is one of the ironies of God’s
control of history.” (Grogan)

ii. “Cyrus is preferred in order that Israel might be released. Cyrus shall have a kingdom, but
only in order that God’s people may have their liberty. The Lord raises up one, and He puts
down another. Behind all the drama of human events today there is a God who is planning for
His church – through affliction and persecution, chastening and tribulation – to be perfected
and prepared to inherit the Kingdom of God.” (Redpath)

b. I have named you, though you have not known Me…. I will gird you, though you
have not known Me: Cyrus didn’t even know the LORD, yet God could anoint him, guide
him, bless him, and use him. How much more should God be able to do through those who
have at least a mustard seed’s worth of faith in Him.

i. Proverbs 21:1 says, The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, like the rivers of water;
He turns it wherever He wishes. God can work in and through others in very unexpected
ways.

c. That they may know from the rising of the sun to its setting that there is none besides
Me: This was wonderfully fulfilled in Ezra 1:1-3. That passage shows how when Cyrus made
his proclamation allowing the people of God to return to the Promised Land, that he
acknowledged to the whole world the greatness and uniqueness of the LORD God of Israel.

i. Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of
Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he
made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying, “Thus
says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth the LORD God of heaven has given
me. And He has commanded me to build Him a house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. Who is
among you of all His people? May his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem
which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel (He is God), which is in
Jerusalem.”

d. I form the light and create darkness, I make peace and create calamity; I, the LORD,
do all these things: Simply put, Isaiah knows, Cyrus would know and declare to the whole
world, and we should know today, that God is in control. Since this prophecy was given long
before God’s people went into the captivity Isaiah now announces deliverance from, they
could be comforted through the captivity by knowing God is in control.

i. Isaiah’s point is that there are not two gods or forces in heaven, one good and one bad, as in
a dualistic “yin and yang” sense. “Cyrus was a Persian, and Persians had a dualistic concept

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of God and the world. Their good god they called Ahura-mazda and the evil god Angra-
mainya. The former had created the light, the second the darkness.”

ii. But God has no opposite. Satan is not and has never been God’s opposite. There is one
God. He is not the author of evil; evil is never “original,” but always a perversion of an
existing good. Yet God is the allower of evil, and He uses it to accomplish His eternal
purpose of bringing together all things in Jesus (Ephesians 3:8-11 and 1:9-10). If God could
further His eternal purpose by allowing His Son to die a wicked, unjust death on a cross, then
He knows how to use what He allows for His eternal purpose.

iv. When God does great, miraculous things, it is easy to believe that He is in control. When
times are hard and the trials heavy, we need to believe it all the more.

B. Looking to the God who created everything.

1. (8) God calls to the creation.

a. Rain down, you heavens: The great God described in the previous passage can speak to
the heavens and bring rain. It is true in the literal, natural sense; but it is also true in a literal
spiritual sense. God can send a flood from heaven, and let the skies pour down
righteousness.

b. Let the earth open, let them bring forth salvation: God can send His blessing from
every direction. It comes down from the heavens, it comes up from the earth.

c. Let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together: It is
important to see that salvation and righteousness always spring up together. When God
brings salvation to a life, He also brings righteousness to that life. They spring up together.

d. I, the LORD, have created it: What is God speaking of here? That He created the natural,
physical world? Or that He created the invisible, spiritual world? Both are true, so both may
be in mind here.

2. (9-10) The foolishness of resisting our Creator.

a. Woe to him who strives with his Maker: Knowing that God is the Creator of all things
should make us hesitant to oppose Him in any way. It is as foolish as for the clay to say to
him who forms it, “What are you making?”

i. It is foolish to oppose our Creator because since He made us, He can break us. If it is
foolish to oppose our Creator because since He made us, He knows what is best for us. It is
foolish to oppose our Creator because we owe the greatest obligation to Him.

ii. “The idea is quite commonly held that the Jews murmured about God’s decree that a
heathen would deliver them, and that these words are a rebuke.”

b. Or shall your handiwork say, “He has no hands”: The only thing more foolish than the
creature resisting and opposing the Creator is for the creature to believe there is no Creator!
Isaiah pictures a clay pot, the handiwork of the potter saying, “My potter has no hands. I
have no Creator!”

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c. Woe to him who says to his father, “What are you begetting”? The begotten has no say
in his coming to be. It is simply foolish and counter-productive for us to question and accuse
God over how He made us. Each of us has our strengths and weaknesses, and we each have
our triumphs and challenges. We simply need to accept what we are before God and look for
His redeeming, transforming power to conform us into the image of His Son, Jesus Christ
(Romans 8:29).

3. (11-13) The God of all creation will raise up Cyrus and deliver His people.

a. I have made the earth, and created man on it: Repeatedly through this extended section
of Isaiah, God emphasizes His place as Creator. The importance put on this idea here shows
us that knowing God as Creator isn’t an option, or just a matter of text-book fights in the
courts and public schools. When we reject God as Creator, we reject the God of the Bible,
and serve a God of our own imagination. He really did make us, and it really does matter.

i. “In the Old Testament the Creator is not only the One who began everything, but also the
One who maintains everything in existence, controls and guides everything.” (Motyer)

b. I will direct all his ways; he shall build My city and let My exiles go free: The God of
all power and creation uses that power on behalf of His people. He will direct the ways of the
announced deliverer – Cyrus – and cause him to rebuild Jerusalem and release the people of
God captive in a foreign land. And Cyrus would do it not for price or reward, but out of a
conviction from God that he must do it (Ezra 1:1-3).

C. Looking to the LORD who is above all gods.

1. (14-17) When the LORD is revealed as the true God, idolaters submit, and
God’s people are saved.

a. They shall walk behind you, they shall come over in chains: Even as Israel was led
away into captivity by means of a forced relocation, so one day Israel will be supreme among
the nations and lead them as they and the LORD please.

b. And they shall bow down to you…. saying, “Surely God is in you…there is no other
God”: The submission of the nations to Israel is not so much to Israel itself, as it is to the
God of Israel.

c. Truly You are God: Isaiah here pours out an inspired flood of praise, describing God,
exalting God, declaring confidence in God, receiving from God.

i. Truly You are God, who hide Yourself: It isn’t that God hides Himself from the seeking
sinner. Isaiah simply declares what Paul would later say in 1 Timothy 1:17: Now to the King
eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever.
Amen.

2. (18-21) The LORD declares His greatness and the foolishness of idolatry.

a. For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens: By sheer repetition, Isaiah virtually
pounds it into our awareness – that God is our Creator, and we have obligations to Him as our
Creator.

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b. Who did not create it in vain, who formed it to be inhabited: This brief statement –
who did not create it in vain – is the Scriptural basis for a speculative doctrine known as the
“Gap Theory.”

i. The Gap Theory is based on a comparison between Isaiah 45:18 and Genesis 1:2, which
they translate as the earth became without form and void. Here in Isaiah 45:18, God says that
He did not create it in vain, and vain is the same Hebrew word for void found in Genesis
1:2. The idea is that God did not create it in vain (void), but that it became without form and
void through Satanic attack and ages of desolation, which explains the vast geological ages
and fossil remains which seem to date far beyond the history of the Bible. According to the
Gap Theory, Genesis 1:3 and the following verses describe the re-creation of a world that
was made void by Satan.

ii. The first thing to be said against the Gap Theory is that while to translate Genesis 1:2 (The
earth was without form, and void) as the earth became without form and void doesn’t follow
the plainest understanding of the Hebrew grammar here. It is permissible, but a bit of a
stretch. The most natural way to translate the passage is to say the earth was without form
and void instead of the earth became without form and void.

iii. The other thing to be said against the Gap Theory is its use as an answer to interpretations
of the fossil record. Those who believe in the Gap Theory assign old and extinct fossils to this
long and indefinite “gap” between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2. But whatever merit the Gap Theory
may have, it cannot explain the extinction and fossilization of ancient animals. The Bible says
plainly death came by Adam (Romans 5:12), and since fossils are the result of death, they
could not have happened before Adam’s time.

c. I did not say to the seed of Jacob, “Seek Me in vain”: It is a wicked thing to think God
ever says to His people, “Seek Me in vain.” When we seek for God with all of our heart, we
will find Him. Jeremiah 29:13 says, and you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for
Me with all your heart. Hebrews 11:6 says, he who comes to God must believe that He is,
and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

d. They have no knowledge, who carry the wood of their carved image, and pray to a
god that cannot save: As the LORD declares His own greatness, faithfulness, and saving
power, it naturally contrasts with the foolish idols of the nation – which must be carried,
instead of being able to carry the one who worships them.

e. Who has declared this from ancient time? The amazing phenomenon of predictive
prophecy shows that God is who He says He is, and that there is no other God besides Him.

f. A just God and a Savior: As much as anything else, this shows the amazing power,
wisdom, and love of God. At first glance, it is impossible to see how a just God can be a
Savior when justice demands that sinners be damned. But prompted by His great love, God
fulfilled the righteous demands of His justice at the cross, so He could extend Himself to us
as Savior, yet still remain a just God.

i. As Paul put it in Romans 3:26: That He might be just and the justifier of the one who has
faith in Jesus.

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3. (22-25) Looking to the LORD and finding salvation in surrender.

a. Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the earth: This simple but powerful statement
shows the plan of salvation.

i. It shows the simplicity of salvation: all we must do is look. “One can read many books on
theology which expound all kinds of things in an attempt to show how man can reach God,
but these theories are far from the truth. The Holy Spirit needs exactly four letters, two of
them the same, to tell us what to do: l-o-o-k. That is all. It is the simplest, basic thing any
person can do, yet the most difficult to do in daily living.” (Redpath)

ii. It shows the focus of salvation: we must look to God, and never to ourselves or to anything
else of man. “Look unto ME, is His Word, which means looking away from the church
because that will save nobody; away from the preacher because he can disappoint and
disillusion you; away from all outward form and ceremony. You must look off from all this
to the throne and there, in your heart, see the risen, reigning Lord Jesus Christ.” (Redpath)

iii. It shows the love behind salvation: God pleads with man, “Look to Me.”

iv. It shows the assurance of salvation: and be saved.

v. It shows the extent of God’s saving love: all you ends of the earth!

b. Look to Me: In Numbers 21, the people of Israel were stricken by deadly snake bites, and
Moses lifted up the image of a bronze serpent, raised on a pole, and the people who looked to
it lived. The people were saved not by doing anything, but by simply looking to the bronze
serpent. They had to trust that something as seemingly foolish as looking at such a thing
would be sufficient to save them, and surely, some perished because they thought it too
foolish to do such a thing.

i. So it says here in Isaiah: Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the earth! We might
be willing to do a hundred things to earn our salvation, but God commands us to only trust in
Him – to look to Him.

ii. “Wherever I am, however far off, it just says ‘Look!’ It does not say I am to see; it only
says ‘Look!’ If we look on a thing in the dark we cannot see it, but we have done what we
were told. So if a sinner only looks to Jesus, he will save him; for Jesus in the dark is as good
as Jesus in the light, and Jesus when you cannot see him is as good as Jesus when you can. It
is only ‘look!’ ‘Ah!’ says one, ‘I have been trying to see Jesus this year, but I have not seen
him.’ It does not say see him, but ‘look unto him!’” (Spurgeon)

c. Look to Me, and be saved, all you ends of the earth:

When we look to Him we live. John 10:10

d. For I am God, and there is no other: This is why we must look to the LORD, and to the
LORD alone. Only He is God. Institutions are not God. The Church is not God. Pastors are
not God. Brothers and sisters in Christ are not God. We don’t look to them; we look to the
LORD, for He alone is God.

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e. I have sworn by Myself: When God confirms an oath, who does He swear by? He swears
by Himself. There is no one greater, so He swears by His own holy name and character.

i. As Hebrews 6:13 says, For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could
swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself.

f. That to Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take an oath: The LORD here
declares there will come a day when every knee shall bow to Him, and every tongue will
swear by His greatness. Paul obviously quoted this passage in Philippians 2:10-11.

i. Paul’s quotation of Isaiah 45:23 in Philippians 2:10-11 is overwhelming evidence of the

deity of Jesus Christ. Clearly, in Isaiah 45:23 it is the LORD God speaking (I, the LORD,
speak, Isaiah 45:19). Now, Paul clearly puts these high words and this high praise towards
Jesus: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on
earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is
Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Additionally, the confession is made that Jesus Christ is
Lord – and the word Lord is the same word used in Paul’s ancient Bible for “LORD” in the
Old Testament.

g. Surely in the LORD I have righteousness and strength: This is the declaration of every
believer. Righteousness and strength are found in the LORD, not in ourselves or anywhere
else. Indeed, in the LORD all the descendants of Israel shall be justified, and shall glory.

UNLEARNING PAST DOCTRINE:

Unlearning old education can be a challenging but rewarding process, especially if you're
looking to update your knowledge or perspectives. Here are some steps you can take to
unlearn old education:

1. Identify what needs to be unlearned: Take some time to reflect on your existing
knowledge and identify which beliefs, concepts, or ideas are outdated or no longer
serve you.
2. Stay open-minded: Approach the process of unlearning with an open mind. Be
willing to challenge your own beliefs and be receptive to new ideas and perspectives.
3. Seek out new information: Actively seek out new sources of information that
challenge your existing knowledge. This could involve reading books, articles, or
research papers on topics in the Bible that contradict what you previously learned.
4. Engage with diverse perspectives: Surround yourself with diverse viewpoints and
engage in discussions with people who have different opinions and backgrounds. This
can help broaden your understanding and challenge any biases or preconceived
notions you may hold.
5. Ask Questions: Asking Questions is essential for unlearning old education.
Challenge the underlying assumptions behind your existing knowledge and be willing
to reconsider your beliefs based on new evidence or perspectives.
6. Practice critical thinking: Develop your critical thinking skills by evaluating
information critically and objectively. This involves analyzing arguments, assessing
evidence, and questioning the validity of claims.
7. Be patient with yourself: Unlearning old education is a process that takes time and
effort. Be patient with yourself and recognize that it's okay to make mistakes along
the way. Embrace the journey of learning and growth.

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 8. Apply what you've learned: Once you've unlearned old education, apply your new
knowledge and perspectives in your daily life. Use what you've learned to make
informed decisions and contribute positively to your personal and professional
endeavors.

How To Develop Your Spirit Nature

Science has spent millions of dollars to develop the physical body of man.
Additional millions have been spent developing man's intellectual
processes, which are a part of his soul. But we know so little and have
done so little about developing the spirit of man.
However, man's spirit can be educated and improved just as his mind can
be educated and improved. The spirit can be trained and built up just as
the body can be built up. How? Through the study of God's Word.
We cannot understand spiritual things with our natural minds. Our minds
must be changed—renewed by God's power—for us to fully understand
the Word of God.
The Apostle Paul said, "But the natural man receiveth not [does not
understand] the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto
him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned
[understood]" (1 Cor. 2:14).
The Word of God was given by the Spirit of God, because "... holy men of
God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost" (2 Peter 1:21). This is
why the natural mind cannot understand God's Word. The Bible can only
be understood with the heart. We must get the revelation of it in our
spirit.

Once a man is born again and becomes a child of God, he can understand
the Bible and can learn spiritual things. As Paul said, he has become a
new
creature in Christ Jesus: "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new
creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new"
(2 Cor. 5:17).
This process of training the spirit—of building it up in spiritual things—is a
daily task: "... though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is
renewed day by day" (2 Cor. 4:16).
the "inward man" is the real man, the real you. When the body dies,
the inward man still lives. Paul, writing to the Philippians, said, "For to me
to live is Christ, and to die is gain" (Phil. 1:21).
This does away with the theory that when a man is dead that is the
end of him; he is dead just as a dog is dead. There certainly wouldn't be
any gain to dying if man perishes and death is the end of everything.

It also does away with the theory of reincarnation, which teaches that
after death a person can be born again into the world as a cow, a fly, a
horse, a cat, etc.
Why did Paul say that to die is gain? It surely is no gain to those of us who
have lost loved ones, but it is gain for them. Paul went on to say, "For I
am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with

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Christ; which is far better: Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more
needful for you"
(Phil. 1:23,24). The reason Paul said it was gain to die was because he
would be with Christ!
Some people think that eternal life is the life they will have when they get
to heaven. Eternal life, however, is something we have right now! Eternal
life is the life of God. It is the God-kind of life.
Eternal life is the nature of God, which comes into our spirit to recreate us
and make us a new creature; to change our nature. Then we have within
us the nature of God, which is love: "By this shall all men know that ye are
my disciples, if ye have love one to another" (John 13:35).
When we have been born again and have the nature of God abiding within
us, we can develop our spirit to higher levels of worship and service to
God.
Briefly, man's threefold nature is this: (1) spirit—the part of man which
deals with the spiritual realm; (2) soul—the part of man which deals with
the mental realm: his reasoning and intellectual powers; (3) body—the
part of man which deals with the physical realm.

First, it is necessary to differentiate between the three. Paul made a

distinction between them in First Thessalonians 5:23: "...
I pray God your whole SPIRIT and SOUL and BODY be preserved blameless
unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. " Man's spirit and soul are the
same thing. Bible says, "For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and
sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder
of SOUL and SPIRIT. .." (Heb. 4:12). If the spirit and the soul were the
same, they could not be divided.

Many find it difficult to differentiate between the spirit and the soul. It is
easier to differentiate between the body and the other two dimensions of
man than it is to distinguish between the spirit and the soul. The only
authority you can use to understand the difference is the Word of God;
primarily the New Testament. The Old Testament was translated from the
Hebrew, and one word has been translated as twelve different things,
including spirit, wind, whirlwind, blast, mildew, breath, etc.
A. Meditate in the Word of God
As we stated in the previous chapter, it is possible to train and educate
the
human spirit, just as it is possible to train and educate the human mind, or
soul. Jesus said, "... Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word
that proceedeth out of the mouth of God" (Matt. 4:4). God's Word is "spirit
food." It will build up our spirits.
God is a Spirit.
Let look at Man :
 is made in the likeness and image of God,
 is a spirit creature.
 is in the same class of being as God.
 is a spirit who possesses a soul and lives in a body.

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At the creation of man, God placed within him a yearning—a heart
hunger— for fellowship with Him. But when Adam sinned in the Garden of
Eden, he fell, and his spirit became estranged from God.

When we become born again, we become a child of God and we are

restored to fellowship with Him. The spirit is the part of man that contacts
God.

In the New Birth, the spirit of man

 is made a new creature, -2 Corinthians 5:17,
 his new man should dominate our thinking processes and our body.
Paul said, "... ye come behind in no gift" (1 Cor. 1:7), yet he reproved
them for being baby Christians. Some believe that because certain people
operate in spiritual gifts they are
mature Christians. However, baby Christians also can have spiritual gifts
operating in their lives.
1. Gifts sometimes are manifested through immature Christians doesn't
mean that the gifts are not genuine. If God had to wait until we were
perfect before He could use us, He never could use any of us!
2. Believers are baby Christians as long as their salvation experience and
their experience of being baptized in the Holy Spirit have not yet affected
their bodies and their minds.
PRESENT YOUR BODIES A LIVING SACRIFICE, holy, meditate in the Word of
God acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not
conformed to this world: but BE YE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF
YOUR MIND, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and
perfect, will of God"
(Rom. 12:1,2).

The first step in our four-part formula is to meditate in the Word of God.
To make clear what we mean by "meditate," let us look in the book of
Joshua. When God appointed Joshua to be Moses' successor and lead the
children of Israel, He told Joshua: (Josh. 1:8).
BENEFITS OF MEDITATION
 Prosperity
 Health
 Long Life
God's formula is through His Word.
God promised success in this life.
Most of us have made some mistakes in our lives. We have erred in
business matters, perhaps losing money, or we have spent beyond our
means. We haven't dealt wisely in the affairs of this life. follow God's plan
to success.
Too often we think we can ignore God's Word and accomplish the job
simply by praying. We can’t prosper by:
1. Loud prayer,
2. Long prayer
3. Corporate prayer
Prayer has its place, but we must follow God’s plan.

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If we would ever get quiet enough so He could get
through to us, we would hear His Spirit within our spirit sending us right
back to His Word. Jesus said, "... the words that I speak unto you, they are
spirit, and they are life" (John 6:63). "Heaven and earth shall pass away,
but my words shall not pass away" (Matt. 24:35). The Bible tells us that
God has magnified His Word above His Name (Ps. 138:2).
We should have super-prosperity and super-success!
Jesus said, "And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another
Comforter [or Helper, as it reads in the Greek], that he may abide with
you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive,
because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he
dwelleth with you, and shall be in you" (John 14:16,17).

What is the Holy Spirit going to do when He dwells in you?

John wrote, "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide
you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he
shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. He
shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you"
(John 16:13,14).
If you have the Holy Spirit,
 You have the Powerhouse within you!
 Learn to cooperate with Him,
 Know what He is going to do in you, and learn to listen to Him.
 He will guide you into all truth.
 You also need to realize that the Holy Spirit is a gentleman.
The power of God is passive until faith is exercised Often before going out
to minister I say to myself, Greater is He that is in me than he that is in
the world. The Greater One is in me.
B. Practice the Word of God

James wrote, "But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only. ..."
(James 1:22-24).
A doer of the Word is one who practices the Word. We have too many
hearers and not enough practicers. People hear the Word and nod their
heads in agreement

Under the New Covenant (or New Testament) we have a new

commandment.
Jesus said, "A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one
another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another" (John 13:34).
When we obey this new commandment of love, it takes the place of all the
other commandments. Because if we have the love of God in our hearts….
Rom 5:5
Philippians 4:6. It reads, "Be careful for nothing. ..."
James said, "My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers
temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh
patience" (James 1:2,3). The Greek word which is translated here as
"temptations" means "tests" or "trials."

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James didn't say to count it all joy when everything is going well—when
we have money in our pockets—when our bills are all paid and our
children are all well. He said to count it joy when we meet tests and trials
along the way. Why? Because out of tribulation comes victory.
Are you counting your trials a joy? This faith life is an entire way of life.

We have seen that to develop our spirit life, we begin by meditating in the
Word; then we practice the Word in our daily lives. This will develop the
inner man. Then the inner man will dominate the outer man.
Worry from the outside cannot dominate us when our mind is
renewed with the Word of God.
C. Give First Place to the Word of God
The two points we have given thus far for cultivating the spirit of man are
centered on the Word. Jesus said, "... Man shall not live by bread alone,
but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God" (Matt. 4:4).
On another occasion He said, "...the words that I speak unto you, they are
spirit, and they are life" (John 6:63). (1 Peter 1:24,25).

The Bible says concerning Jesus that He is the "surety of a better

testament" (Heb. 7:22).
But if we will stand by God's Word, He will stand by us.
Thus, our spiritual development hinges on the Word of God, because the
Word has been given to build our spirit nature.
We can feed upon God's Word until it becomes a part of our inward
nature, and in any situation or emergency, the first thing we think of is
what God's Word says. The Word will rise up in us, giving
illumination to our minds and direction to our spirits.
Christians often try to get advice from other people instead of listening to
what God has said about the subject.

D.Obey the Voice of Your Spirit

Remember, God doesn't speak to our head or reasoning faculties.
Proverbs 20:27 tells us, "The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord. ..."
God informs our spirit, and our spirit passes the information on to our
mind. The human spirit has a voice or guidance or intuition or the inward
voice, or conscience. The conscience of an unsaved man is an unsafe
guide, because if he has had any "religious" training, he often will be
dominated by it. his conscience will permit him to do many wrong
things.
If a man is born again, his spirit has been made new, with the life and
nature of God in it. If his born-again spirit then has the privilege of feeding
and meditating on God's Word—if the person practices God's Word,
putting it first in his life—then his conscience, the voice of his spirit, will be
a safe guide and will become the voice of God speaking to him. I believe if
we walk in fellowship with God through His Word and prayer, and if we
train our spirit through the Word to obey the voice of our spirit instantly,
after a while we can know the will of God even in minor details of life.

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Jesus said, "And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another
Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth;
whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither
knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in
you" (John 14:16,17). Then He said, "Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth,
is come, he
will guide you into all truth...." (John 16:13).

We should begin our day with the consciousness that we have the Holy
Spirit as a Guide in us. We were not left without guidance or direction.
Jesus said of the Holy Spirit, "He will guide you into all truth ... he will
shew you things to come" (v. 13).
Example ... Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live" (2
Kings 20:1and 2 Kings 20:5,6).

We can see here that God sometimes will show us things that can be
changed by changing our attitudes or by prayer. He may show us things
about ourselves or our loved ones that can be changed. However, there
are some things we cannot change.
Jesus said, "... It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away,
the Comforter will not come unto you ...." (John 16:7).
Jesus promised, "And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another
Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of truth;
whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither
knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in
you. I will not leave you comfortless . . . ." (John 14:16-18).

As we put the enemy to flight, the powers of darkness will flee before us.
Even the devil will run from us. When he sees us coming, he will flee in
the other direction, because we are God's man of power.
As we put the enemy to flight, the powers of darkness will flee before us.
Even the devil will run from us. When he sees us coming, he will flee in
the other direction, because we are God's man of power.

Get thrilled with the Word of God.

Thank you for desiring to Know the Lord and His Ministry.

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