he wrote more New Testament scripture than anybody else and this these are his last words almost as it were and he's served the Lord for 30 years or so planted churches raised up other leaders nearing the end of his life he's going

Paul he's already written so much of scripture he's already planted so many churches overseeing churches overseeing Elders of churches and he still says I've not obtained it but I press on verse 12. so that I may lay hold of that for which

chapter 5 I'm showing you a number of scripture passages because your confidence must not be made in whether I speak emotionally to you or challenge you or stir your spirit and your confidence must be based on the Word of

throughout scripture so the ministry of John the Baptist in preparing the way for Jesus first coming is a finisher of somebody else preparing a way for the great and terrible day of the Lord which is Jesus's second coming we say that

scriptures that were given of men and women who were broken one of the effects of being broken is that we will stop grabbing turned you with me to Genesis chapter 32 are you a grabber when you

I want to know Jesus and and you say Paul you've been serving Christ for 30 years you planted churches you're an apostle and one of the you've been used to write scripture and what do you mean do you want to know Jesus he says that's

saying that you won't sin you won't fall into sin or anything like that but you're entitled to a perfect Christian Life to uh and I'll show you that in scripture in a moment but in this sense that we want to focus on today that

that you can do during a weekend like this or every day in your homes and on on during your weekday meetings where it's not cute ideas it's not an interpretation of scripture or anything like it's simply there's a weary person

they've gotten so used to the darkness and we're told in the scriptures that God has translated us from the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of his marvelous light and so we are as it were walking in the light in this room full

and he thought well I've cleaned up this and I'm a I know more of the scriptures now and I'm studying every day and I pray every day I obey the law Rel religiously and then he hears about this man who's doing Miracles and is

missing in Christendom that are part of God's purpose for his church and if you read the scriptures carefully you'll see there are many things that are missing and one of our missions is to emphasize those things that are

know fathers the the responsibility to bring up our children in the discipline of the Lord and the instruction of the Lord is on us that means if I uh if if I find that my children don't know the scriptures or

God's command as far as I see in scripture is this as far as it lies with you live at peace with all men he says that means you do the best to be reconcilable if they choose not to be reconciled to you that's up to them

before. And that is you go before God and say, "Lord, brother Santos showed me from scripture, but now you got to make it personal. You got to seal this in my heart. You got to open the eyes of my heart to see that anchor cast that hope

will go well with you spiritually. The first reason is God said you should in Hebrews 13:17. So that ought to be enough. Um there are many New Testament scriptures that speak against divorce and remarage. I generally don't speak

and he saw and believed and so they saw this empty tomb verse eight verse nine john 20 verse nine for as yet they did not understand the scripture that he must rise again from the dead and even mary didn't understand she didn't intellectually

torn out my dear friends read your bible that way like a few pages have been torn out of your bible and you realize lord i i haven't read this scripture with the seriousness like it's money spiritual wealth that you want me to have and for years

scriptures that speak against divorce and remarage. I generally don't speak about divorce and remarage in uh meetings because it's a uh for one it's very clear God hates divorce and um Jesus said you can read it in Matthew 19

from scripture, but now you got to make it personal. You got to seal this in my heart. You got to open the eyes of my heart to see that anchor cast that hope cast and allow me to never lose sight of it." This anchor is cast

transforming us into that image um that's why he's given us his word let me show you a verse in James chapter 1 the function of the scriptures is essentially like I've been showing you so far to show us this definition of sin