The Living Word -- Olu Talabi & Ajay Chakravarthy -- June 10, 2022

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Summary

The central message is that true guidance comes not just from reading the Bible, but from allowing the living Word of God to become alive within us through the Holy Spirit. The speaker emphasizes that Jesus himself relied on the guidance of the Father daily, illustrating that spiritual sustenance comes from God's word, not merely from natural ability or worldly means. This process requires humility, acknowledging our ignorance, and actively seeking God's revelation day by day.

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Pursuing Jesus in the living wordWe must look at how Jesus lived as a man on earth, relying daily on the words and guidance of his Father.

Going beyond the Bible to the living wordTo make scripture come alive in our circumstances, we need the Spirit of God making it fresh day by day.

Quoting Moses on living by every wordJesus quoted Moses in Deuteronomy to show that man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of God.

God humbling and testing the IsraelitesReceiving God's daily word starts with humility and confessing our ignorance, mirroring how God tested Israel in the wilderness.Deuteronomy 8:3

The danger of spiritual ignoranceUnlike the worldly view that ignorance is bliss, lacking the knowledge of God leads to destruction for His people.Hosea 4:6

The Spirit reveals what is freely givenThe Holy Spirit takes the things of God and reveals them to us to answer our questions and guide our lives.

The importance of simple obedienceGod is not complex, and walking with Him requires obeying the small things He speaks to us so our spiritual hearing remains clear.

God's word is alive and activeScripture is not a mechanical checklist or a dull duty, but brings joy and rejoicing to the heart like food we consume.

Searching out precious truths like goldFinding deep, practical answers in scripture takes time and intentional searching, much like looking for precious stones instead of sand.Proverbs 25:2

Having our hearts burn with understandingJust as Jesus opened the scriptures to the disciples on the road to Emmaus, He can make our hearts burn and open our minds to understand.Psalm 119:18

Seeing ourselves in the scripturesJesus read the exact same scriptures we read and applied them personally, showing us how to read the Bible as God's direct word to us.

Overcoming distractions to seek GodSpiritual discipline requires choosing to wake up to the word instead of constantly pressing the spiritual snooze button of worldly distractions.

Reading scripture with the Spirit's heartWhile the Pharisees read scripture and found sacrifice and condemnation, Jesus read the same text and found compassion and justification.Matthew 12:3–7

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