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part two: history

& heritage
lfbi living faith
bible institute
october 5, 2014
Establishing a
Spiritual Mindset
1 Samuel 3:1-10
Session Five
Thesis:
The __________ is
precious today
because it is the
only way we get
direct special
revelation from
God.
AN EXPERIENTIAL EXEGESIS OF OUR POSTMODERN TIMES
1. We are Vogue on the outside but __________ on the inside
2. Some people have great afuence and yet no ____________-
____________ with their stuff
3. We have a ________________________ of Bibles we dont
read, and when we do read we dont believe, and what we do
believe we dont behave
Denitions

______________ revelation is what God


reveals about himself in creation
No open vision meant there was no
____________________ version
____________ means bringer of peace
and bringer of prosperity

2 Pet 1:19
Rev 2:4-5
I. MOMENT OF THE INSPIRATION, 1-4
A. A Dear Lad, 1
B. A Decrepit Leadership, 2
C. A Dim Light, 3
II. METHOD OF INSPIRATION, 5-9
A. Call #1: Confusion, 4-5
Is it man calling or is it God?
B. Call #2: Uncertainty, 6-7
God says, You have what Im looking for; are
you looking for what I have?
C. Call #3: Mercy, 8-9
Pastoral involvement helps you perceive what
to do
II. MANIFESTATION OF INSPIRATION, 10
TYPES & SHADOWS IN 1 SAMUEL 3
Eli = the religious establishment
Night = the church age
Lamp of God = a local church (Rev 1:20)
Oil = the Holy Ghost
Theme
Revelation from the Bible always results in
______________ among Gods people
THREE SOURCES OF ______________
REVELATION, 1 SAM 28:6
A. Directly through dreams and night
visions (1 Sam 3)
B. Audibly through the prophets that
preached (Jer 36)
C. Visually through the Urim and
Thummim of the high priest (1 Sam 23)
Point 1. Samuel was a believer,
but he did not know the Lord like
he needed to, because he did not
know where to ______ the word
of God like he needed to have it.

Point 2. If you want to get an
open vision you have to ______
your ideas, opinions and attitude
to what God is telling you.

Point 3. The purpose of a
dictionary is not to determine
meaning, but to ______________
popular usage.

Point 4. What we do for God is
the _________ for our existence.

Point 5. Building faithfulness in
your life starts with your
________________ toward the
word of faith in the Bible.
I. THREE FUNDAMENTAL
ASSUMPTIONS
1. The Bible Is the ________ of
God for Man Today
2. The Bible Is Self-____________
and Self-Interpreting
3. The Bible ___________ Is Able
to Dene Matters of Textual
Criticism, Biblical Authority, and
Bible Translation
II. THREE CRITICAL __________
1. Evidence provided in Scripture
2. Evidence from existing MSS
3. Observing God's hand in
history
III. THREE KEY ISSUES
1. Biblical __________________
2. Scriptural ________________
3. Translational _______________


Point 6. You can build your
faithfulness by your __________
in what the Bible is.

Point 7. Since Samuel made
Gods word his word, Samuels
word became _________ word
to people who needed to hear it.
Five Critical Questions That
Enable You to Answer Gods _____
1. What is the word of God?
2. Where can I nd it?
3. Is it available in my language?
4. Are the di"erences in
translations important?
5. Which Bible is the word of
God?

! ! !

Three Key Questions
1. Does God have the ability to
inspire his word to men by
doing it thru men without
error?
2. Does God have the ability to
preserve in history the words
he inspired by the Holy Ghost?
3. Does God have the ability to
bring his word into your
language in such a way it is
authoritative?

Rev. W Alan Shelby
www.lfbi.org
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inspiration
Next week: watching Gods
hand in history.
O soul, are you weary and troubled?
No light in the darkness you see?
Theres a light for a look at the Savior,
And life more abundant and free!

His Word shall not fail youHe promised;
Believe Him, and all will be well:
Then go to a world that is dying,
His perfect salvation to tell!

Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely
dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.

Helen H. Lemmel, 1922
SIX THINGS GOD IS LOOKING FOR FROM YOU, 1 SAM 2:35
1. A faithful ____________, Matt 25:21, 1 Tim 1,6
2. Who lets Gods __________ possess his or her life
3. Who makes sure they have Gods ________ after they get Gods
heart
4. Who will build their ________ by the Bible
5. Who will work for the Lord __________
6. Who will not ________ his words, Ezek 22:30; 2 Cor 3:2
Week Date Subject Hayden Due
6 Oct 12 EXAMINING GODS HAND IN HISTORY
Two Seeds, Two Texts, Two Lines of Bibles
105-134 Quiz 2

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