5-20-15 "What Saith the Scripture?"
I've been thinking about words. They are spoken into public existence by the tongue, according to Proverbs 18:21, in which the power of death and life reside. Of course, their content will have influence or guide in decision-making when they are heard. Their impact will affect all who hear in way or another. Their origin, God teaches, is the overflow of that which is in the heart of man.
Luke 16:45 teaches us that what we speak comes out of the abundance of the heart.
Proverbs 4:23 teaches us that it is out of the heart that all of the issues of life flow.
Proverbs 3:27 teaches us that as I think in my heart, I am.
Sometimes, after having just made a comment, criticism or praise, I find myself asking why I communicated that. Often times, as in the case of the So called 'comforters'omforters who came to see Job, we say either the wrong thing or we say nothing at all, allnof which is of no benefit to their spiritual life and growth.
In Romans 4:3, the insightful question is asked, "for what saith the Scripture? ". It is this very question that is the central assessment question to be asked at every turn in our lives. Anything received by our senses of touching, feeling, hearing, seeing, or smelling will elicit a response in our emotions. But since all things are rooted in the heart, our assessment of those responses must be on the basis of Scripture, not on the basis of history( what my family did), habit (what I've always done), or happiness (what makes me feel good).
"What saith the Scripture?" Is that a question that I often deal with myself, or discuss with others over a meal, or teach my children in the faith, or instruct those over them God has given responsibility? I believe the one thing that is most essential in my own life in the ministry of communicating with individuals in crisis is that single critical issue of special assessment when I ask myself the question, "What saith the scripture?" I can really see whether my responses are righteous ones or sinful ones, in the light of God's revelation to us – His inerrant,, infallible,
Immutable, eternal Word.
(c) 2015 N. A. Collins
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Luke 16:45 teaches us that what we speak comes out of the abundance of the heart.
Proverbs 4:23 teaches us that it is out of the heart that all of the issues of life flow.
Proverbs 3:27 teaches us that as I think in my heart, I am.
Sometimes, after having just made a comment, criticism or praise, I find myself asking why I communicated that. Often times, as in the case of the So called 'comforters'omforters who came to see Job, we say either the wrong thing or we say nothing at all, allnof which is of no benefit to their spiritual life and growth.
In Romans 4:3, the insightful question is asked, "for what saith the Scripture? ". It is this very question that is the central assessment question to be asked at every turn in our lives. Anything received by our senses of touching, feeling, hearing, seeing, or smelling will elicit a response in our emotions. But since all things are rooted in the heart, our assessment of those responses must be on the basis of Scripture, not on the basis of history( what my family did), habit (what I've always done), or happiness (what makes me feel good).
"What saith the Scripture?" Is that a question that I often deal with myself, or discuss with others over a meal, or teach my children in the faith, or instruct those over them God has given responsibility? I believe the one thing that is most essential in my own life in the ministry of communicating with individuals in crisis is that single critical issue of special assessment when I ask myself the question, "What saith the scripture?" I can really see whether my responses are righteous ones or sinful ones, in the light of God's revelation to us – His inerrant,, infallible,
Immutable, eternal Word.
(c) 2015 N. A. Collins
Limited copy permission for one personal file copy