Deeper Life Bible Church, Aberdeen Sunday Message BLESSEDNESS THROUGH THE SUFFICIENCY OF GOD'S WORD Deuteronomy 4:1,2; 12:28,32; 5:29-33

3 Points 1. PROMISES OF AFFECTIONATE DEVOTION TO GOD'S WORD 2.PUNISHMENT FOR ADDING OR DIMINISHING FROM GOD'S WORD 3.PERSEVERANCE OF ABIDING DISCIPLES IN GOD'S WORD

1. 1.PROMISES OF AFFECTIONATE DEVOTION TO GOD'S WORD Numbers 15:39,40; Deuteronomy 6:23-25; 11:8,9; 30:6-8; 18:17-19; Acts 3:22-26 The Promises are; P – Protection & Preservation – Deuteronomy 6:24 R – Righteousness – Deuteronomy 30:6 O – Overcoming life – 1 John 4:4,5 M – Manifold blessings – Luke 18:29,30 I – Increase – Deuteronomy 6:3 S – Sufficiency – Deuteronomy 11:9 E – Eternal life – John 5:39 S – Spiritual Power – Acts 5:32

2. 2.PUNISHMENT FOR ADDING OR DIMINISHING FROM GOD'S WORD Deuteronomy 4:1,2; 12:32; Mark 7:7-9; 1 Samuel 15:20-23; Jeremiah 23:17,21,22,30-32; 1 Timothy 4:1,2; Colossians 2:8,18; Acts 15:1,24-29; Luke 11:52; 13:3; Revelation 2:5; Hebrews 2:3; 11:6; James 2:20,26; Hebrews 12:14; Matthew 23:23; Revelation 2:4; 22:18-20 Things people today add to the Word of God include; 1.Traditions – Mark 7:7-9 2.Sacrifices - 1 Samuel 15: Dreams, visions and revelations - Jeremiah 23:17,21,22, Hidden (esoteric) powers – Revelations 13:14 5.Strange doctrines - 1 Timothy 4:1,2 6.Philosophy - Colossians 2:8,18 7.Religion - Acts 15:1,24-29

Things people today subtract/diminish from the Word of God include; 1.The key of knowledge – Luke 11:52 2.Repentance – Luke 13:3; Revelations 2:5 3.Salvation – Hebrews 2:3 4.Faith in the Lord – Hebrews 11:6; James 2:20,26 5.Obedience – Deuteronomy 4:1,2 6.Holiness – Hebrews 12:14 7.Weightier matters of God’s word – Matthew 23:23 8.First love – Revelations 2:4

3. 3.PERSEVERANCE OF ABIDING DISCIPLES IN GOD'S WORD John 8:30-32; Acts 2:42; 5:17-20,27-29; Colossians 1:21-23; 1 Timothy 4:13,15,16; 2 Timothy 3:12-14; 1:13,14; Revelation 3:8; Deuteronomy 28:1,2 This Perseverance must be; 1.Enduring – 2 Timothy 3: Endearing – 2 Timothy 1:13,14 3.Established – Acts 5:29 4.Earnest – Acts 5:20 5.Exemplary – Colossians 1: Edifying – Acts 2:42 7.Effectual – Revelations 3:8

Men would pray better if they lived better. They would get more from God if they lived more obedient and well-pleasing to God. E.M. Bounds We can't change God, we need to let God change us, we didn't create God, He created us. God does not conduct opinion polls to determine how He ought to function in society. God is a theocracy, not democracy, He does not seek our approval or disapproval, He seeks only our obedience. As human beings we have tendency to manipulate people as well as circumstances but we can not manipulate God. Author Unknown One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons. Dietrich Bonhoeffer Just as a servant knows that he must first obey his master in all things, so the surrender to an implicit and unquestionable obedience must become the essential characteristic of our lives. Andrew Murray O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! (Deuteronomy 5:29) Conclusion God by promise binds himself to do good to those who obey his word. Geneva Bible