STUDY IT FOR YOURSELF! Have the attitude of the Bereans… … take what you are taught and search the Scriptures each day to see if what was taught is what the Word of God says [Acts 17:11]! Have the attitude of the Bereans…

The Whole Creative Fulness of Divine Power Part Three: COUNCEL and MIGHT with PATIENCE and KINDNESS!

COUNCEL with PATIENCE!

1 Kings 12:3-11 – The Two Councils Given to Rehoboam [3] … Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, [4] “Your father made our yoke hard; [4] “Your father made our yoke hard; now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”

[6] And King Rehoboam CONSULTED with the ELDERS who had served his father Solomon while he was still alive, Solomon while he was still alive, saying, “HOW DO YOU COUNCEL ME to answer this people?” [7] Then they spoke to him, saying, “If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them, grant them their petition, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”

[8] But he FORSOOK the COUNSEL of the elders which they had given him, and CONSULTED with the young men who GREW UP with him and SERVED him. [9] So he said to them, “WHAT COUNSEL DO YOU GIVE that WE may answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?” and CONSULTED with the young men who GREW UP with him and SERVED him.

[10] And the young men who GREW UP with him spoke to him, saying, “THUS YOU SHALL SAY TO THIS PEOPLE who spoke to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, now you make it lighter for us!’ BUT YOU SHALL SPEAK TO THEM, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father's loins!’”

MY FATHER disciplined you with whips… [11] “‘Whereas MY FATHER loaded you with a heavy yoke… … I WILL ADD TO YOUR YOKE; MY FATHER disciplined you with whips… … BUT I WILL DISCIPLINE YOU WITH SCORPIONS.’”

The LORD God ANSWERS Job from out of the Whirlwind (Picture Credit & Copyright: Sean R. Heavey)

Job 38:1ff. [1] Then the LORD ANSWERED Job out of the whirlwind and said, [2] “WHO IS THIS that DARKENS COUNSEL by WORDS WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE?”

And I will ask YOU, and YOU INSTRUCT ME! [3] “NOW GIRD UP up your loins LIKE a MAN, And I will ask YOU, and YOU INSTRUCT ME! [4] Where were you WHEN I… … TELL ME, IF YOU have UNDERSTANDING G (KNOW UNDERSTANDING),”

Then JOB ANSWERS the LORD (Credit & Copyright: Sean R. Heavey)

Job’s Confession and Repentance – Job 42:1-6 [1] THEN Job ANSWERED the LORD, and said, [2] “I KNOW that Thou canst do all things, And THAT NO PURPOSE of Thine can be thwarted.”

[3] “‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge [3] “‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ THEREFORE I have declared that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.” [4] ‘Hear, now, and I will speak; I will ask Thee, and do Thou instruct me.’

[5] I HAVE HEARD OF THEE by the hearing of the ear; BUT NOW MY EYE SEES THEE; [6] THEREFORE I RETRACT, and I REPENT in dust and ashes.”

Discipleship Lesson #1 Discipleship Lesson Psalm 1:1-2 [1] How BLESSED is the man WHO DOES NOT WALK in the COUNSEL of the WICKED,…! [2] BUT HIS DELIGHT IS IN THE LAW OF THE LORD, Discipleship Lesson THE LORD, And IN HIS LAW he MEDITIATES DAY and NIGHT.

Discipleship Lesson #2 Discipleship Lesson Psalm 73:24 [24] With THY COUNSEL Thou WILT GUIDE me, And afterward RECEIVE me to GLORY. Discipleship Lesson

Discipleship Lesson #3 Discipleship Lesson Psalm 119:24 [24] Thy TESTIMONIES also are my DELIGHT; (They are) my COUNSELORS. Discipleship Lesson

MIGHT with KINDNESS!

MIGHT – Strong’s Hebrew number 1369 A FORCE (literally or figuratively): “mastery”, “power”, or “strength” a MIGHTY ACT of POWER! By implication: COURAGE of FEARLESSNESS; a VICTORY won!

Deuteronomy 3:24 [24] “O Lord GOD, Thou hast BEGUN to show Thy servant Thy GREATNESS and Thy STRONG HAND; FOR what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do SUCH WORKS and MIGHTY ACTS as THINE?”

Psalm 71:16 (NKJV) I WILL MAKE MENTION OF YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, [16] I WILL GO in the STRENGTH of the Lord GOD; I WILL MAKE MENTION OF YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, of Yours ONLY.

Discipleship Lesson #4 Discipleship Lesson Psalm 20:6 [6] Now I KNOW that the LORD SAVES His ANOINTED; Discipleship Lesson ANOINTED; He will answer him from His holy heaven, With the saving STRENGTH of His right hand.

Ephesians 1:18-20 [18] I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know… [19] … what is the surpassing greatness of His POWER toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the WORKING of His MIGHT [mighty power (KJV; NKJ)]

Discipleship Lesson #5 – from Ephesians 1:20 God’s MIGHTY POWER was BROUGHT ABOUT (wrought – KJV, at work – NKJ) [20] … in Christ Discipleship Lesson WHEN HE RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD, and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places,

MIGHT – Strong’s Greek Noun number 2479 The root meaning of the NOUN form, iskhoos’, is “to have MIGHT”; “to have STRENGTH”; or “to have POWER”. This may be PHYSICAL or MENTAL STRENGTH, or EMOTIONAL POWER. The word is used 3 times in the New Testament, Ephesians 1:19; 6:10; and 2 Thessalonians 1:9

The EMPHASIS of the basic word iskhoos’ (2479) is on the ACTUAL INHERENT POWER. Where with doo'nameh (1410), POWER, there is IMPLIED ABLITY or CAPACITY to PERFORM.

Ephesians 6:10-17 [10] Finally, be STRONG in the Lord, and in the STRENGTH of His MIGHT. [11] Put on the full armor of God, that you may be able to STAND FIRM against the schemes of the devil. … [13] … that you MAY BE ABLE TO RESIST in the evil day, and having done everything, to STAND FIRM.

Discipleship Lesson #6 – from Ephesians 6:17 The COUNSEL for STRENGTH [17] And take THE HELMET OF SALVATION, and the sword of the Spirit, which is THE WORD of GOD. Discipleship Lesson

Do you TRULY BELIEVE Luke 18:27 Philippians 4:13 [27] But Jesus said, “The things IMPOSSIBLE WITH MEN ARE POSSIBLE WITH GOD.” Philippians 4:13 [13] I (YOU) CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH HIM Who STRENGTHENS me (YOU).

Ephesians 3:14-16 [14] For this reason, I bow my knees before the Father, [15] from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, [16] THAT He would GRANT you, according to the riches of His glory, TO BE TO BE STRENGTHENED with POWER through HIS SPIRIT in the INNER MAN;

Discipleship Lesson #7 – from Ephesians 3:14-16 Verse 16 – God WILL STRENGTHEN YOU with POWER through HIS SPIRIT in the INNER MAN! Discipleship Lesson

Ephesians 3:20-21 [20] Now to Him Who IS ABLE TO DO EXCEEDING ABUNDANTLY beyond all that we ask or think, ACCORDING to the POWER that WORKS within US, [21] TO HIM BE THE GLORY in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. ACCORDING to the POWER that WORKS within US,

Discipleship Lesson #8 – from Ephesians 3:20-21 Verse 20 – God IS ABLE TO DO EXCEEDING ABUNDANTLY more than you ASK or IMAGINE! Discipleship Lesson

Discipleship Lesson #9 – from Zechariah 4:6 [6] Then he answered and said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel saying, ‘NOT BY MIGHT Discipleship Lesson NOT BY MIGHT NOR BY POWER, BUT BY MY SPIRIT,’ says the LORD of hosts.”

2 Corinthians 12:7-10 [7] And because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me – to keep me from exalting myself! [8] Concerning this I entreated the Lord three times that it might depart from me.

FOR POWER IS PERFECTED IN WEAKNESS.” [9] And He has said to me, “MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT for you, FOR POWER IS PERFECTED IN WEAKNESS.” MOST GLADLY, therefore, MOST GLADLY, therefore, I will rather BOAST ABOUT my WEAKNESSESS, THAT the POWER of Christ MAY DWELL in me.

Discipleship Lesson #10 – from 2 Corinthians 12:9 God’s GRACE IS SUFFICIENT, BECAUSE POWER IS PERFECTED IN WEAKNESS. You MUST HUMBLY ACCEPT your WEAKNESSESS, SO THAT the POWER of Christ MAY DWELL in YOU. Discipleship Lesson

for Christ's sake; for WHEN I AM WEAK, then I am STRONG. [10] THEREFORE I AM WELL CONTENT (take pleasure in) with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ's sake; for WHEN I AM WEAK, then I am STRONG.

Discipleship Lesson #11 – from 2 Corinthians 12:10 KNOWING that through YOUR WEAKNESS, YOU CAN BECOME STRONG, in CHRIST, YOU CAN THEN BE WELL CONTENT (take pleasure) Discipleship Lesson – EVEN IN YOUR weaknesses, distresses, persecutions, and difficulties!

2 Corinthians 13:4 – A VITAL DISCIPLESHIP LESSON [4] FOR INDEED Jesus was CRUCIFIED because of WEAKNESS, Discipleship Lesson YET He LIVES because of the POWER of God. FOR we also are WEAK in Him, YET we shall LIVE with Him BECAUSE OF the POWER of God directed toward you.

Here IS Your INVITATION to WALK in HIS COUNCEL through the STRENGTH HE Supplies!