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OUTLINE FOR SUNDAY MESSAGE, 7-19-26
“THE WORD OF FAITH, PT. IV,”
JAMES 1:22-25 (KJV)
James 1:22–27 (KJV)
22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. 25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. 26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain. 27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
The word of faith is the beginning of the most transformative experience in the life of the Believer, for when we look into the mirror of God’s Word, having faith, we become what the Word says. We become the reflection of God’s Word, walking epistles, the Word in action, reflecting what we see in the mirror of God’s Word. We become who God says we are, “Do not be conformed to this world (this age) [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in his sight for you],” Rom. 12:2 (Amplified Bible)
We underestimate the power of the Word of God. When the word of faith is sown into the good ground of the heart, that is a heart filled with faith, that heart taps into the realm where the impossible is possible, Matthew 13:18–23 (KJV)
18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. 19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. 20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; 21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. 22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. 23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.
The Word is powerful, Hebrews 4:12 (KJV): 12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
POWERFUL, HEB. 4:12, DEFINED
Greek, energes, pronounced, en-er-gace, Strongs 1756, active, operative:- effectual, powerful.[1]
James 5:16 (KJV)
16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
EFFECTUAL, JAMES 5:16, DEFINED
Greek energeo, pronounced en-erg-eh-o, Strongs 1754, from <G1756> (energes); to be active, efficient:- do, (be) effectual (fervent), be mighty in, shew forth self, work (effectually in).[2]
QUICK, HEB. 4:12, DEFINED
Greek zao, pronounced dzha-o, Strongs #2198, to live (literal or figurative):- life (-time), (a-) live (-ly), quick.[3]
Acts 10:36–38 (KJV)
36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) 37 That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; 38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.
WORD, ACTS 10:36, DEFINED
Greek logos, pronounced log-os, Strongs 3056, something said (including the thought); by implication a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty or motive; by extension a computation; specially (with the art. in John) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ):- account, cause, communication, × concerning, doctrine, fame, × have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon, remove, say (-ing), shew, × speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work.[4] Logos is the revelation of God’s will delivered with His authority and made effective by His power.
WORD, ACTS 10:37; EPH. 6:17, DEFINED
Greek rhema, pronounced hray-mah, Strongs 4487, an utterance (individual, collective or special); by implication a matter or topic (especially of narration, command or dispute); with a negative naught whatever:- + evil, + nothing, saying, word.[5] Rhema is individual Scripture which the Spirit brings to our remembrance for use in time of need, a prerequisite being the regular storing of the mind with Scripture.
Ephesians 6:17 (KJV)
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
THE TEMPTATION OF JESUS
Matthew 4:1–11 (KJV)
Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, 6 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 7 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. 8 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; 9 And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. 11 Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.
The Word of God is powerful to them that believe, John 6:63 (KJV): 63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
SPIRIT, JOHN 6:63, DEFINED
Greek pneuma, pronounced pnyoo-mah, Strongs 4151, a current of air, i.e. breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figurative a spirit, i.e. (human) the rational soul, (by implicaiton) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, dæmon, or (divine) God, Christ’s spirit, the Holy Spirit:- ghost, life, spirit (-ual, -ually), mind. Compare <G5590> (psuche).[6]
QUICKENETH, JOHN 6:63, DEFINED
Greek zoopoieo, pronounced, dzo-op-oy-eh-o, Strongs 2227, vitalize (literal or figurative):- make alive, give life, quicken.[7]
WORDS, JOHN 6:63, DEFINED
Saine as word, 4487, above
Greek rhema, pronounced hray-mah, Strongs 4487, an utterance (individual, collective or special); by implication a matter or topic (especially of narration, command or dispute); with a negative naught whatever:- + evil, + nothing, saying, word.[8] Rhema is individual Scripture which the Spirit brings to our remembrance for use in time of need, a prerequisite being the regular storing of the mind with Scripture.
When God’s Word is believed in our hearts, the Holy Spirit empowers God’s Word in our spirit. His Word brings life, empowers the Believer, energizes our spirit man, so that just when we need the Word for a specific need the Holy Spirit will bring that Word to our remembrance, and with that Word, when mixed with faith, comes power, just like when God spoke the Word in the beginning. Whatever God spoke, it was so, Genesis 1:3–4 (KJV):
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Genesis 1:6–7 (KJV)
6 And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7 And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
Genesis 1:9 (KJV)
9 And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
Genesis 1:11 (KJV)
11 And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Genesis 1:14–15 (KJV)
14 And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15 And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
Genesis 1:20–21 (KJV)
20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:24 (KJV)
24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
Genesis 1:26–28 (KJV)
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
[1] James Strong,
“Ἐνεργής,” in Strong’s Talking Greek and Hebrew Dictionary (WORDsearch, 2020).
[2] James Strong, “Ἐνεργέω,” in Strong’s Talking Greek and Hebrew Dictionary (WORDsearch, 2020).
[3] James Strong, “Ζάω,” in Strong’s Talking Greek and Hebrew Dictionary (WORDsearch, 2020).
[4] James Strong, “Λόγος,” in Strong’s Talking Greek and Hebrew Dictionary (WORDsearch, 2020).
[5] James Strong, “Ῥῆμα,” in Strong’s Talking Greek and Hebrew Dictionary (WORDsearch, 2020).
[6] James Strong, “Πνεῦμα,” in Strong’s Talking Greek and Hebrew Dictionary (WORDsearch, 2020).
[7] James Strong, “Ζῳοποιέω,” in Strong’s Talking Greek and Hebrew Dictionary (WORDsearch, 2020).
[8] James Strong,
“Ῥῆμα,” in Strong’s Talking Greek and Hebrew Dictionary (WORDsearch, 2020).
OUTLINE FOR BIBLE STUDY MONDAY, 7-20-26
“THE EFFECTUAL FERVENT PRAYER,”
JAMES 5:13-18 (KJV)
James 5:13–18 (KJV)
13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. 14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. 17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
The Lord uses the example of Elijah to show us an example of a man whose prayers were answered, and that the same God that answered the prayer of Elijah will answer our prayers today. The Word of God is full of examples of the power of prayer that we too may be encouraged. God is no respecter of persons, Acts 10:34–38 (KJV): 34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: 35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. 36 The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) 37 That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; 38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. Peter reveals that God is no respecter of persons. If God answered the prayers of Elijah, then He will answer the prayers of His saints. But prayer is so much more than petitioning God. It’s communicating with Him, praise & worship, part of having a personal relationship with God, consecration, direction, strength, consolation, preparation, and all that is necessary in maintaining a prayer life according to the Word of God. That is strongest revealed in the life of Christ, Emmanuel (God with us), our Lord & Savior, The Rose of Sharon, God in the flesh, Wonderful Counselor, The Mighty God, Jesus, as seen in the following Scriptures. In each of the examples presented there was a great challenge to the faith of those involved, including the Lord Himself. Jesus had a prayer life, and if the Savior had to have a prayer life, where does that leave the rest of us? In other words, if Jesus, God in the flesh, had to have a prayer life, certainly it is the example for us that we too must have a strong prayer life, not just to petition God, but to have a personal relationship with Him so that we are always connected, in strong relationship, hooked, & caught up in our God. In each of the examples following, Jesus prayed before He encountered a significant event, and even during the event we witness the priority of prayer in the life of our Savior.
PETER
Matthew 14:23–31 (KJV)
23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. 24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. 25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. 26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. 27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. 28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. 29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. 31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?
DISCIPLES
Mark 6:46–51 (KJV)
46 And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray. 47 And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land. 48 And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them. 49 But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out: 50 For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. 51 And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered.
THE CHOOSING OF THE DISCIPLES
Luke 6:12–16 (KJV)
12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. 13 And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; 14 Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, 15 Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes, 16 And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION
Luke 9:28–36 (KJV)
28 And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. 29 And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. 30 And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias: 31 Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. 32 But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him. 33 And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said. 34 While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud. 35 And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. 36 And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen.
THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE
Luke 22:39–46 (KJV)
39 And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. 40 And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation. 41 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, 42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. 43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. 44 And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. 45 And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, 46 And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.
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