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2 Tim
4:2 (KJV)
Preach the word; be instant{Grk=available} in season,
out of season;
reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering
and doctrine.
Word Study of 2 Tim
4:2
Preach the word(Grk=proclaim divine truth openly, as a public crier);
be instant(Grk=be available at all times,or come upon them
unannounced),
in season,(Grk=in a well-timed moment, or in a time of
need)
out of season;(Grk=when a proper occasion is not
present)
reprove,(Grk=admonish, bring conviction of sin, tell a
fault,)
rebuke,(Grk=give a sharp warning, explaining the penalty for
disobedience)
exhort,(Grk=bring comfort and consolation to the
penitent)
with all longsuffering(Grk=bearing injury, insults, trouble, patiently for a long
time)
and doctrine(Grk=searching the scriptures as with Rabinnic principles, seeking
hidden meanings in each word and letter, escpecially for references to the
Messiah)
References used:
Strong's Dictionary of Greek and Hebrew Words; Vines
Expository Dictionary of Greek and Hebrew Words, Vincents Word Studies in the
Greek New Testament; Webster's New World Collegiate Dictionary.
2 Tim
4:2-5 (KJV)
Preach the word;
be instant in season, out
of season;
reprove, rebuke, exhort
with all longsuffering and doctrine.
{3} For the time
will come when they will not endure sound doctrine;
but after their own lusts
shall they heap to themselves teachers,
having itching ears;
{4} And they shall
turn away their ears from the truth,
and shall be turned unto
fables.
{5} But watch
thou in all things,
endure afflictions,
do the work of an
evangelist,
make full proof of thy
ministry.
Psa 40:7-11
(KJV)
Then said I, Lo, I come: in the
volume of the book it is written of me,
{8} I delight to do thy
will, O my God:
yea, thy law is within my
heart.
{9} I have preached
righteousness in the great congregation:
lo, I have not refrained my
lips, O LORD, thou knowest.
{10} I have not hid thy
righteousness within my heart;
I have declared thy
faithfulness and thy salvation:
I have not concealed thy
lovingkindness
and thy truth from the great
congregation.
{11} Withhold not
thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD:
let thy lovingkindness and thy
truth continually preserve me.
Isa 61:1-3 (KJV)
The spirit of the Lord GOD
is upon me;
because the LORD hath
anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek;
he hath sent me to bind up
the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the
captives,
and the opening of
the prison to them that are bound;
{2} To
proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD,
and the day of vengeance of
our God;
to comfort all that
mourn;
{3} To appoint
unto them that mourn in Zion,
to give unto them
beauty for ashes,
the oil of joy for
mourning,
the garment of praise for
the spirit of heaviness;
that they might be called
trees of righteousness,
the planting of the LORD,
that he might be glorified.
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Ezek 2:3-7 (LIVING
BIBLE)
"Son of dust,"
he said, "I am sending you to the nation of Israel,
to a nation
rebelling against me.
They and their
fathers have kept on sinning against me until this very hour.
[4] For they are a hardhearted, stiff-necked people. But I am sending you
to give them my messages--
the messages of the
Lord God.
[5] And whether they listen or not (for remember, they are rebels), they will at
least know they have had a prophet among them.
[6] "Son of
dust, don't be afraid of them;
don't be frightened
even though their
threats are sharp and barbed and sting like scorpions.
Don't be dismayed by
their dark scowls.
For remember, they
are rebels!
[7] You must give them my messages whether they listen or not (but they won't, for
they are utter rebels).
------------------------------ Ezek 3:4-11 (LIVING
BIBLE)
Then he said:
"Son of dust, I am
sending you to the people of Israel with my messages.
[5] I am not sending you to some far-off foreign land where you can't
understand the language--
[6] no, not to tribes with strange, difficult tongues. (If I did, they would
listen!)
[7] I am sending you to the people of Israel, and they won't listen
to you any more than they listen to me!
For the whole lot of
them are hard, impudent, and stubborn.
[8] But see, I have made you hard and stubborn too--as tough as they are. [9] I have made your forehead as hard as rock. So don't be afraid of
them, or fear their sullen, angry looks,
even though they are
such rebels."
[10] Then he
added:
"Son of dust, let all
my words sink deep into your own heart first;
listen to them
carefully for yourself.
[11] Then, afterward, go to your people in exile, and whether or not
they will listen,
tell them: 'This is
what the Lord God says!'"
Rom 10:12b-17
(KJV)
...for the same Lord over all is
rich unto all that call upon him.
{13} For whosoever shall
call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
{14} How then shall they
call on him in whom they have not believed?
and how shall they believe in him
of whom they have not heard?
and how shall they hear without a
preacher?
{15} And how shall they
preach, except they be sent?
as it is
written,
How beautiful are the feet
of them that preach the gospel of peace,
and bring glad tidings of good
things!
{16} But they have not all
obeyed the gospel.
For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath
believed our report?
{17} So then faith
cometh by hearing,
and hearing by the word of
God.
Mat 28:18-20
And Jesus came
and spake unto them, saying,
All power is
given unto me in heaven and in earth.
[19] Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them
in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
[20] Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am
with you alway,
even unto the
end of the world. Amen.
May your life and your ministry be blessed.
In Christ.........brother bob......<><
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