What Does God Say About _______? Week 1
What Does God Say About ______________?
Matthew 4:4 — Jesus answered him, “The Scriptures say, ‘It is not just bread that keeps people alive. Their lives depend on what God says.’”
Does God really speak?
Would you like God to speak to you?
Will I listen?
2 Timothy 3
16 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right.
17 God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.
40+ Authors
3 Different Languages
3 Different Continents
1500+ Years
2000+ Prophecies/Promises
Luke 24:27 — Then Jesus took them through the writings of Moses and all the prophets, explaining from all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
Isaiah 7:14 — The Lord himself will give you the sign. Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son and will call him Immanuel (which means ‘God is with us’).
Matthew 1:22-23 — All of this occurred to fulfill the Lord’s message through his prophet: “Look! The virgin will conceive a child! She will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel, which means ‘God is with us.’”
Micah 5:2 — But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, are the smallest town in Judah. Your family is almost too small to count, but the “Ruler of Israel” will come from you to rule for me. His beginnings are from ancient times, from long, long ago.
Matthew 2:1 — Jesus was born in the town of Bethlehem in Judea during the time when Herod was king. After Jesus was born, some wise men from the east came to Jerusalem.
Isaiah 40:3 — A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
Matthew 3:1-2
In those days John the Baptist came to the Judean wilderness and began preaching. His message was, “Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.”
Zechariah 9:9 — Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion! Shout, Daughter Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and victorious, lowly and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Luke 19:35 — So the followers brought the donkey to Jesus. They put their coats on its back. Then they put Jesus on the donkey.
Isaiah 53:12 — Therefore will I give him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he hath poured out his soul unto death; and he was counted with the transgressors, and he bare the sin of many, and prayed for the trespassers.
Matthew 27:38 — Two thieves were crucified with him, one on his right and the other on his left.
Amos 8:9 — Here is what will happen on that day, declares the Lord God: I will make the sun set at noon, and I will bring darkness on the earth when it should be light.
Matthew 27:45 — At noon the whole country became dark. The darkness continued for three hours.
I will trust God and His Word.