Participants: Shelley Quinn
Series Code: EHW
Program Code: EHW000019S
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00:19 Hello.
00:20 I'm Shelley Quinn 00:22 and I welcome you to 00:23 Exalting His Word! 00:24 Today's topic will be about salvation by Grace 00:28 and God's gift of redemption. 00:31 We're going to develop 00:33 an affirmation for you to declare 00:36 with your living voice to bring God glory 00:39 and set your heart free! 00:41 It would be a good idea to have a pen 00:44 and paper ready because 00:45 you might want to take a few notes. 00:48 Before we begin 00:50 as our habit has become, 00:52 let's review the same text for this program. 00:56 Its Psalms 138:2 00:59 and in this verse the Bible says that 01:03 God exalts His Word 01:05 and His Name above all things 01:08 and He exalts His Word even above His Name! 01:13 Now, what exactly does that mean? 01:16 It means that God has assigned His word 01:20 the highest position of praise! 01:22 Nothing is more important to God than His word. 01:26 And because nothing is more important to Him 01:31 He has promoted His word to 01:34 the highest rank of importance. 01:36 -That should apply to you and I as well. 01:38 God exalts His word above all things because 01:41 He has granted creative 01:43 life-giving force to His word. 01:46 Power that can accomplish all of He is will! 01:50 Today were going to learn how to exalt God's word 01:54 and return it to Him to set our hearts free! 01:58 But before we begin, 02:00 let's go to the Lord in prayer. 02:03 Heavenly Father 02:04 we come today asking that 02:06 you would circumcised our ears 02:09 and circumcised our hearts Father God. 02:12 In the Name of Jesus help us to 02:15 see You for who You are. 02:17 Help us to understand your great love 02:20 and the great gift of salvation and redemption. 02:25 And Father in the Name of Jesus 02:27 I pray that you would send 02:28 your Holy Spirit to be our teacher 02:32 and sanctify us by His word. 02:34 In Christ Holy Name we pray, Amen. 02:39 Now here's our first Life Affirmation from Scripture. 02:45 [Affirmation on screen] 03:14 What we are doing here is 03:17 we're taking Bible texts 03:20 and we're turning them into an affirmation. 03:24 A declaration declaring 03:26 God's testimony over our lives. 03:30 So let's take this affirmation apart 03:32 just line by line 03:34 and I'll show you the supporting scriptures 03:36 and where they came from. 03:38 The first line said, 03:39 "I am the redeemed of the Lord 03:42 "saved by His marvelous grace." 03:45 I got that from Psalms 107:2 which says, 03:50 "Let the redeemed of the Lord say so." 03:54 God wants us to testify 03:57 we are the redeemed of the Lord! 04:01 And Ephesians 2:4-5 is where I got the part about 04:07 being saved by His marvelous grace. 04:10 The Bible says 04:13 "But because of His great love for us, 04:15 "God who is rich in mercy, 04:17 "made us alive with Christ 04:21 "even when we were dead in transgressions." 04:25 It is by grace you have been saved! 04:30 Nothing I could do could earn or merit 04:33 His super abundant favor. 04:37 That's our next line. 04:38 "It is purely a gift of grace from the Lord." 04:42 You know, all things come to us by grace. 04:47 Everything that's good in our life is 04:50 by the grace of God. 04:52 And I got this from 04:54 four different scriptures that 04:55 I want to read to you now. 04:57 Galatians 3:10,13 05:02 I'll be reading from the Amplified. 05:04 And listen carefully... 05:06 it says, 05:07 "And all who depend on the law..." 05:10 Now the reason why I said listen carefully is 05:11 I used to think this was talking about 05:13 the Ten Commandments 05:15 but that's not the law it's talking about. 05:17 We're gonna see is the book of the law or 05:20 the book of Moses. 05:22 And it says; 05:23 "all who depend on the law 05:24 "who are seeking to be justified 05:26 "by obedience to the law of rituals are 05:31 "under a curse and doomed to 05:35 "disappointment and destruction. 05:37 "For it is written in the scriptures 05:39 "cursed be everyone who does not continue to 05:44 "abide or live and remain, 05:47 "by all of the precepts and commands 05:50 "written in the book of the law and practice them. 05:57 "Christ purchased our freedom 05:59 "redeeming us from the curse or doom of the law 06:04 "and its condemnation 06:05 "by Himself becoming a curse for us. 06:09 "It is written in the scriptures 06:11 "cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree." 06:16 (which means is crucified) 06:18 It is so important that we understand 06:21 we can not take a scripture out of context. 06:25 And if you read the book of Galatians 06:28 you will see that every time 06:31 when Paul is referring to the law 06:33 he's talking about the book of the law 06:35 which had all of the ritualistic symbolic 06:40 sacrificial things written in it 06:44 as well as the Ten Commandments. 06:46 But the book of the law was placed on 06:48 the outside of the Ark of the Covenant. 06:52 And it contained all of the curses in it! 06:55 And God told Moses you place the book of the law 06:59 on the outside of the Arc of the Covenant 07:03 as a witness against the people. 07:05 It was never meant to be permanent. 07:08 But in the inside of the Arc of the Covenant 07:11 he placed the Ten Commandments. 07:14 The two tablets of stone 07:15 written on the front and the back 07:18 by the finger of God. 07:20 John 3:16-17 is 07:24 one you ought to know by heart. 07:26 "For God so loved the world 07:28 "that He gave His only begotten Son 07:30 "that whoever believes in Him 07:33 "should not perish but have everlasting life. 07:37 "For God did not send His Son 07:39 "into the world to condemn the world 07:42 "but that the world through Him might be saved. 07:48 And in Romans 5:8 says 07:50 "But God demonstrates 07:52 "His own love toward us in that 07:55 "while we were still sinners 07:57 "Christ died for us." 08:01 And Ephesians 2:8-10 says, 08:07 "By grace you have been saved through faith. 08:11 "And that not of yourselves 08:14 "It is the gift of God. 08:16 "Not of works lest anyone should boast. 08:19 "For we are His workmanship." 08:24 In the Greek it says, 08:25 "We are His work of art. 08:28 "His handy work. 08:30 "Created in Christ Jesus for good works 08:36 which God prepared before hand that 08:39 we should walk in them. 08:41 Isn't that beautiful? 08:43 Now, let's put all of those back together 08:47 line by line, 08:48 and look at our Life Affirmation From Scripture. 08:52 We can confidently declare God's testimony over our life 08:57 and say, I am the redeemed of the Lord! 09:01 [affirmation on screen] 09:29 Please stay tuned. 09:30 We'll be right back after this announcement to 09:32 go through another Life Affirmation From Scripture. 09:38 If this dynamic series is making a difference in your life 09:41 then you should know about a special study guide 09:43 written by Shelley Quinn. 09:45 Exalting His Word with Life Affirmation from Scripture. 09:47 Is an in depth study of the word of God. 09:53 Please send your love gifts to 10:08 Well we're back with another 10:11 Life Affirmation From Scripture! 10:13 And here's our next Affirmation. 10:17 [affirmation on screen] 10:54 This is one of my favorite affirmations! 10:57 And if you will speak this over your life, 11:01 God will renew your mind. 11:03 He will help you to understand who you have become 11:07 since you have accepted Christ as your Savior. 11:11 Let's go through this one line by line. 11:13 And this one is kind of difficult to 11:15 break down line by line 11:17 because several lines actually come from 11:20 a couple of scriptures. 11:22 We began by saying 11:24 "I am a chose and redeemed person. 11:27 "He paid a price of unspeakable value for me 11:30 "and I am worth nothing less than the price He paid. 11:35 "I am bought paid for and covered by 11:40 "the precious blood of Jesus. 11:41 Before we look at those scriptures, 11:44 I just wanna make sure that you understand, 11:47 if you have accepted Christ as your Savior 11:50 this is God's testimony about you. 11:54 You know, even if you've yet to 11:56 accept Christ as your Savior, 11:58 God sent Jesus to die for us 12:01 while we were still sinners. 12:04 And, you are worth nothing less to Him than 12:09 the price He paid for you. 12:11 He lavished His love on you on the cross. 12:15 And if you are feeling worthless or 12:18 if you're feeling that 12:20 you have no value to God, 12:22 quit relying on your human understanding 12:25 and rely on what the word of God says! 12:29 You have great value to the Lord. 12:32 Now, let's look at the scriptures that support this. 12:37 I Peter 1:18-19 12:42 "You must recognize that 12:44 "you were redeemed or ransomed 12:47 "from the useless way of living 12:48 "inherited by tradition by the forefathers. 12:51 "You weren't redeemed with corruptible things 12:56 "such as silver or gold, 12:57 "but you were purchased with the precious 13:00 "blood of Christ the Messiah. 13:04 "Like that of a sacrificial lamb. 13:06 "Without blemish or spot." 13:09 And I Corinthians 6:19-20 says this... 13:15 "Do you not know that 13:18 "your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit 13:21 "who is in you whom you have received from God? 13:26 "You are not your own. 13:29 "You were bought at a price. 13:31 "Therefore honor God with your body!" 13:38 I love these verses! 13:40 Now, let's look at the next line... 13:43 The next line of our affirmation says, 13:45 "He has made me a member of a royal priesthood. 13:50 "A special person belonging to the Lord." 13:55 Let's look at those scriptures... 13:57 I Peter 2:9-10 is the first one. 14:02 And it says this... 14:03 "But you are a chosen generation 14:08 "A royal priesthood. 14:10 "A holy nation. 14:11 "His own special people that 14:14 "you may proclaim the praises of Him 14:18 "who called you out of darkness 14:20 "and into His marvelous light. 14:22 "You who were once not a people are now of 14:29 "are the people of God. 14:31 "You who had not obtained mercy 14:33 "have now obtained mercy!" 14:39 And then our next line says, 14:41 "I walk in the marvelous light of His kingdom. 14:46 And it is marvelous! 14:48 Acts 26:18 is where I got that. 14:51 Actually there's three verses that 14:53 I want to read to you. 14:55 Jesus was talking to Paul and He said, 14:56 I am sending you to open their eyes 14:59 in order to turn them from darkness to light. 15:03 And from the power of Satan to 15:05 the power of God that 15:07 they may receive forgiveness of sins 15:10 and an inheritance among those who are sanctified. 15:16 How? 15:17 By faith in Him. 15:19 And I John 1:7 says this, 15:23 "If we walk in the light as He 15:26 "(Christ) is in the light, 15:28 "we'll have fellowship with one another 15:30 "and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son 15:33 "cleanses us from all sin." 15:37 Hallelujah!! 15:38 And in John 8:12 15:41 Jesus spoke to them saying, 15:43 "I am the light of the world. 15:46 "And He who follows me 15:47 "shall not walk in darkness but 15:51 "will have the light of life." 15:59 "God grants me favor with mankind." 16:02 Let me read you three scriptures with that. 16:07 Psalms 5:12 says, 16:10 "For you oh Lord will bless the righteous. 16:14 "You bless them with favor. 16:17 "You will surround them as a shield." 16:20 Psalms 84:11 says this... 16:23 "For the Lord God is a sun and a shield. 16:27 "The Lord will give grace and glory. 16:30 "No good thing will He withhold 16:34 "from those who walk uprightly." 16:37 And in Proverbs 3:3,4 says, 16:42 "Let love and faithfulness never leave you. 16:46 "Bind them around your neck. 16:49 "Write them on the tablet of your heart. 16:52 "Then, you will win favor 16:55 "and a good name 16:56 "in the sight of God and of man." 17:01 Now, let's put all of those back together 17:03 and we'll see where that affirmation came from. 17:07 [affirmation on screen] 17:19 You can say that right now!! 17:21 "I am worth nothing less to God 17:24 "than the price He paid!!!" 17:28 [affirmation on screen] 17:48 Isn't that wonderful? 17:50 You know there's something so powerful 17:52 as we speak God's word over our lives, 17:56 He will absolutely rewire this computer 18:00 that's up here in your head. 18:03 He will renew your attitudes! 18:04 You'll see yourself as God sees you 18:08 and you'll quit being 18:10 beat over the head with your past, 18:13 you'll quit being beat over your head 18:15 with guilt and condemnation! 18:17 You can become just like Jesus! 18:21 That's your destiny! 18:23 Now let's look at our next affirmation... 18:26 It says... 18:27 [affirmation on screen] 18:45 Oh this is such a special affirmation to me! 18:48 Let's take in about apart 18:50 line by line 18:52 and I'll show you 18:53 the supporting scriptures 18:54 and where it came from. 18:56 First the line says 18:57 "His word is a lamp onto my feet 19:00 and helps me to walk 19:03 in Christ's footsteps. 19:05 That comes from several different verses. 19:09 Psalms 119:105 says, 19:12 "Your word is the lamp onto my feet 19:15 "and a light onto my path." 19:17 And Colosians 2:6, 19:20 I want to read this to you 19:22 from the amplified... 19:23 It says, 19:25 "As you have therefore received Christ walk 19:29 (which means regulate your lives 19:31 (and conduct yourselves) 19:34 "In union with Him. 19:37 "In conformity to Him." 19:40 One thing that I know is that, 19:43 so many of us think that 19:45 we're powerless over sin. 19:49 That's true if we're doing it 19:51 by our human effort. 19:53 But it's not true 19:54 if we're relying on the power of God. 19:56 Jesus Christ came to 19:58 destroy the works of the devil! 20:00 And if we will just rely on 20:04 the infused power of His Holy Spirit 20:08 and His word, 20:09 we can walk in Christ's footsteps. 20:13 As a matter of fact 1 John 2:6 says this... 20:20 "Whoever claims to live in Him 20:23 "must walk as Jesus did. 20:28 Now, you know, 20:30 I used to really 20:31 beat myself up over the head with 20:34 this scripture when 20:35 I first started speaking affirmations. 20:38 And I would say, 20:39 "Because I live in Him 20:41 "I must walk as Jesus walked." 20:44 And I thought... 20:46 "Oh, Lord I know I'm not walking like Jesus walked!! 20:49 "Help me Father!" 20:50 And when He took me to Philippians 2:13 20:53 and helped me to understand that 20:55 He's working in me to cause me to will 20:58 and to act for His good purposes. 21:02 And then He took me to 21:03 Philippians 1:6 that says that 21:06 God will complete the good work that 21:09 He's begun in us. 21:11 In Romans 4:17 that says that 21:13 God calls things that are not 21:15 as though they already were. 21:17 I realized this is what God is working in me! 21:21 He is helping me day by day, 21:23 conforming me to the image of Jesus 21:26 and helping me to walk 21:28 in the footsteps of Christ. 21:30 We just need to rely on His power. 21:32 And then, 21:34 II John 1:6 says, 21:36 "This is love that 21:37 "we walk in obedience to His command." 21:41 And His command is that you walk in love. 21:45 I have to pause here and say... 21:47 God is love and God is Holy. 21:51 So the Holy Spirit is 21:53 not only the spirit of holiness but 21:56 He is the spirit of love. 21:57 And when the Holy Spirit is in our heart, 22:00 everything that we do will be motivated by 22:04 the love of God. 22:05 and we have to understand that 22:07 anything that we do that is not 22:10 motivated by love and holiness, 22:13 is not of God. 22:15 That's important for us to remember! 22:17 And in Psalms 89:15 says, 22:20 "Blessed are those who have learned to acclaim you. 22:25 "Who walk in the light of your presence oh Lord." 22:30 Now, the next line on that affirmation says, 22:33 "His word illuminates might path 22:36 "and shows me the direction of my future steps." 22:39 That comes from two scriptures... 22:42 Proverbs 4:18 that says, 22:46 "But the path of just is like 22:48 "the shining sun that 22:49 "shines ever brighter unto the perfect day." 22:54 And you know what that means is 22:57 none of us have all the truth yet! 22:59 But as we're walking 23:01 God increases our truth day by day that 23:05 we will come to a greater understanding of 23:08 who He is and who we are in Christ Jesus. 23:11 And in Psalms 85:13 says, 23:14 "Righteousness will go before him 23:17 "and shall make his footsteps our pathway." 23:22 Don't you love that scripture? 23:24 But now here's one of my favorite that 23:27 refers to the RHEMA word of God. 23:30 It says; 23:32 "He will sustain me with his powerful word." 23:36 That comes from Hebrews 1:3. 23:40 I'm going to read that from the Amplified. 23:42 "He (Jesus) is the soul expression of 23:47 the glory of God. 23:48 "He is the light beam, 23:50 "the out ring, 23:52 "the radiance of the divine." 23:55 And Christ is the perfect imprint 23:58 and He is the very image of God's nature. 24:04 Jesus said, 24:05 "If you've seen me you have seen the Father." 24:08 The Father is just like Jesus. 24:10 And it goes on to say that, 24:11 "He upholds and sustains all things 24:17 "by His powerful word. 24:19 "Upholding and maintaining and guiding 24:22 "and propelling the Universe! 24:25 "By His mighty word of power!" 24:29 Now, let's put that all together again! 24:33 What the Bible says in taking all of these scripture 24:38 we can now claim over our life that His word... 24:43 [affirmation on screen] 25:05 I have found in my personal Christian experience that 25:12 before I started speaking God's word 25:16 as my life affirmation, 25:18 before I understood that God's word is life to me, that 25:22 I sometimes felt like 25:24 I was in a roller coaster ride with the Lord. 25:27 One day it was up and the next day it was down. 25:30 And, when the Lord lead me to 25:33 start speaking His word over my life... 25:37 Declaring it with my living voice... 25:40 Lining up my thoughts 25:43 and my attitudes with what God believed about me 25:49 and what He vowed about me... 25:51 He changed my life! 25:53 And He truly does sustain me with His powerful word. 25:57 I want to encourage you that 26:00 if we would just remember that Jesus said, 26:05 "The Spirit gives life. 26:07 "The flesh counts for nothing." 26:09 And He said, 26:11 "The words that I have spoken to you are Spirit 26:13 "and they are Life." 26:15 That's John 6:63. 26:17 And then in Deuteronomy 32:46,47 26:22 God says, 26:23 "My words are not idle. 26:26 "My words are life to you." 26:29 IF we could only recognize that 26:33 there's transforming power 26:36 in the word of God. 26:38 Not only does God's word reveal His plan for you and me... 26:43 But, when we get that word planted in our heart 26:47 and we hold on to it 26:49 and we speak it back to Him, 26:52 it does not return void! 26:54 The Bible says in Jeremiah 1:12 that 26:59 God watches His word to perform it. 27:03 And, who is He performing His word for? 27:07 For those who have faith in His testimony. 27:11 I hope that you are enjoying this study. 27:14 And I hope that you will be able to join us next time 27:18 when we are going to study about 27:21 what it means to be included Christ 27:24 and how God conforms us to the character of Christ. 27:28 May God multiply His mercy, love and grace to you. 27:31 And watch over His word to perform it in your life. 27:35 I thank you and ask that you will spend your time 27:40 making that which is most important to God 27:44 the very thing that is also most important to you. 27:51 Get in His word! 27:52 Speak it over you life! 27:54 Accept His testimony. 27:56 And be "Exalting His Word"! |
Revised 2023-11-10