THINGS that keep us from listening We dont listen because we are self-absorbed we misperceive our role as servant of all we misperceive what God is like We misperceive the benefit of listening Things to help us listen better expect to gain by listening strive to hear the message behind the words expect that the message is from God listen in consideration of the cross of Jesus Christ God speaks to us in a heavenly language using heavenly music so we need to listen with heavenly ears preaching of Bill Gross a sensible sinner, who desires to build his soul and its salvation on a sure base, digs deep into the scriptures, he diligently searches them, until he discovers the scheme of salvation-by-Christ. this lies deep in Gods counsel and covenant it was ordained before the world began, and it was hidden in God until it was revealed in the Gospel. And upon finding that Christ is the rock of ages, in whom everlasting strength is found. And is the foundation which God has laid-and there is no other – the sinner makes use of Christ as such, and builds the hope of his eternal salvation on Him. There were several secular historians who wrote about the events of the New Testament at the same time the Bible was being written. Josephus is the most well-known of them. He was a Jewish historian. Tacitus was a Roman historian who would have no benefit from not telling the truth. Both these men, as well as others, can be used to back up the historical accuracy of the Bible. There are historical discoveries regularly coming to light that continue to support the accuracy of the Bible. John Gill Each of the books, except 5, are divided into chapters and verses. The 5 which aren’t divided by chapters are Obadiah, Philemon, 2 John, 3 John, and Jude. These are short books which only have verse divisions. Chapters were introduced to the Bible in 1238 by Cardinal Hugo de S. Caro. Verse divisions were not added until 1551 by printer Robertus Stephanus. Read more at god-bless-you.org/incredible-facts-bible/#Q4lWTBoH084RJp3Q.99 The longest chapter in the Bible is Psalm 119 with 176 verses. The shortest chapter is Psalm 117 with only 2 verses. The middle chapter of the Bible is Psalm 118. The longest book of the Bible is Psalms with 150 chapters, or psalms. It contains 43,743 words. The shortest book is 3 John with only 1 chapter and 299 words. The longest verse in the Bible is Esther 8:9 with 90 words. The shortest verse in the universally esteemed King James translation is John 11:35 with only 2 words, “Jesus wept.” This image is a map of every cross-reference in the Bible between books and chapters. There are no contradictions in the Bible. Various people claim to find contradictions but they have to take verses out of context to do so. When looking at the Bible as a whole and understanding its teachings there are no contradictions. This is amazing when one considers that the Bible was written over such a long period of time. There are more than 3,200 verses with fulfilled prophecy either within the Bible itself or since the Bible was written. But there are still more than 3,100 verses with unfulfilled prophecies. There are over 1500 prophecies of Jesus’ Second Coming recorded in the Bible. For every prophecy of His first coming spoken of in the Old Testament, there are eight predicting His Second Coming. Read more at god-bless-you.org/incredible-facts-bible/#fJYRZJw9l78hkSty.99
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