Sunday Morning: July 4, 1999
Text: Matthew 7:6 "Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you."
Luke 1:72-73 "&ldots; to remember his holy covenant; 73. The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,"
Genesis 15:5-6 "And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. 6. And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness."
Isaiah 7:15 "Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good."
Proverbs 30:33 "Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, &ldots;"
Isaiah 28:9-10 "Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 10. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:"
1 Samuel 14:27 "But Jonathan &ldots; put forth the end of the rod &ldots;, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened."
Ephesians 1:17-19 "That &ldots;, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge [epignwsiv, doctrine, butter] of him: 18. The eyes [kardia, heart] of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 19. And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe [present active], according to the working of his mighty power,"
1 Corinthians 10:11 "Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition (warning), upon whom the ends of the world are come."
Psalms 147:4 "He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names."
Hebrews 11:12 "Therefore sprang there even of one, and him (Abraham) as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable."
Acts 28:3 "And when Paul had gathered a bundle (multitude) of sticks, and laid them on the fire, ..."
Genesis 15:5 "And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be."
Genesis 22:17 "That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;"
Deuteronomy 1:10 "The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude."
Nehemiah 9:23 "Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it."
Numbers 14:30 "Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun."
Isaiah 14:13 "For thou (Satan) hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation &ldots;"
Isaiah 14:12 "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer [morning star], son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!"
Job 38:7 "When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?"
Job 1:6 "Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them."
Revelation 12:4 "And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born."
Mark 13:25 "And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken."
Daniel 12:3 "And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever."
1 Corinthians 15:41 "There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory."
Numbers 3:40 "And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number (tally) of their names."
John 10:3 "&ldots; the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out."
John 10:25-27 "Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed [present active] not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. 26. But ye believe [present active] not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. 27. My sheep hear [present active] my voice, and I know [present active] them, and they follow [present active] me:"
John 6:64-66 "But there are some of you (disciples) that believe [present active] not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed [present active] not, and who should betray him. 65. And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. 66. From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him."