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for those who reject the word the same word will reveal their 18:40 spiritual condition that they will be eternally 18:48 lost can the church or any saint whether it be Mary or the apostles or the pope 18:56 do that most certainly not only the 19:01 Bible for the word of God is 19:08 powerful thirdly the word of God is penetrating for the word of God is quick 19:16 and powerful and sharper than any twoo aged sword piercing even to the dividing 19:23 aunder of Soul and Spirit and of the joints and Marrow 19:28 the Apostle Paul could have said God's word is sharp we would have understood 19:36 what he meant but he used a comparative word 19:43 sharper and the moment he did that he must bring in a point of comparison and 19:52 illustration therefore he said it is sharper than any two ages 19:59 sword God's word is sharper better than the sharpest knife 20:09 it cuts both ways it cuts on either 20:15 side it can cut through all the hypocrisies pretend and religious for 20:23 such it can penetrate into the deepest re cesses of 20:28 our hearts leaving us 20:35 convicted when God created man he was created with a soul and 20:44 Body Soul and Spirit are the same they are used 20:51 synonymously Man was created with the capacity to worship by God's design 20:59 man is a worshipper that is why even after the 21:05 fall of Man sinful 21:11 creatures as he was he still worship but the problem is he would not worship 21:19 God he will worship the creation the creatures rather than the 21:27 Creator man is incapable of worshiping God the 21:33 only way for fallen man to worship God is that God must do his saving work on 21:42 his soul God has to save us first in order for us to worship 21:49 him when God makes a man alive to the operation of his word working faith in 21:55 his son a great change occurs in the heart of the person in the 22:04 soul of the person the word of God Is So penetrating 22:10 that it can Pierce even to the dividing a sule of 22:16 Soul and Spirit and of the joints and Marrow in other words it can Pierce into 22:23 the Unseen and invisible aspects of our 22:30 beings just as the joints and maros are connected they are one the Soul and 22:37 Spirit are one too they are the same so Paul was not saying that they can be 22:43 divided it is in a figurative way of saying it 22:49 penetrates as deeply as it is 22:55 possible in a sense God's word does surgery in our 23:03 hearts in our soul in our Inner 23:09 Man even the most wretched 23:15 person you have ever known think of the worst person you have 23:21 ever known God's word can still penetrate his 23:26 heart one of the most amazing gospel works is the prison 23:35 ministry and it is truly a privilege that I can be involved 23:42 in the prison gospel work during the early years of my 23:49 Ministry you can imagine how difficult it is for those 23:55 hardcore criminals with their 24:01 bodies covered with tattoos who have been to 24:06 prison many times who would not even blink an eye 24:13 when they were sentence to life imprisonment and yet they will cry like 24:19 a baby when they were convicted of their 24:26 sins only the penetrating power of God's word can do 24:34 that not the church not anyone in this world not the 24:40 words of men only the Bible is able to 24:49 penetrate fourthly the word of God is Discerning look at the last part of 24:56 verse 12 it is a Discerning of the thoughts and intents of the heart what 25:01 you are thinking in your heart and mind what your desires are your motives 25:07 your intentions your agendas the Bible deals with all 25:15 that we may build walls to hide behind our 25:22 motives the Bible deals with that we may build fences 25:29 to hide behind excuses for not worshiping for not being prayerful for 25:37 not giving our tithes and offerings for not reading the 25:43 Bible the Bible deals with that we may say things that we do not 25:52 mean in our hearts and what we mean we do not say 25:58 the Bible deals with that too the original word for discerner is 26:07 from where we get the English word for critique to critique is to make a 26:13 critical evaluation the Bible is able to 26:20 evaluate what the mind is thinking what is in our hearts why we do 26:27 what we do why we think what we think why we react the way we 26:34 react the Bible evaluates and sorts all that 26:41 out and then gives to us the most accurate 26:47 critique of our hearts have you ever come to 26:55 church feeling very good good about yourself and what you have 27:02 done but when you leave the church after the worship service you feel pretty bad in a good 27:11 sense because the word of God reveals to you who you really 27:19 are to begin with the Bible teaches us that all have sinned and come short of 27:27 the the glory of God the heart is deceitful above all things and 27:32 desperately wicked who can know 27:37 it so if we try to deceive ourselves thinking that we are all right we are 27:44 good the Bible reveals to us that we are not just bad we are totally 27:54 depraved we may be actively attending the worship 27:59 Services we may be participating in all the Bible studies and fellowship group 28:07 meetings we may take all the boxes of what we conceive in our minds as being 28:14 spiritual but the Bible is able to discern critique evaluate and reveal to 28:21 us that our hearts are actually far away 28:27 from God we may be sitting in the peels but our 28:35 minds are not in the worship service we are thinking about something else we may 28:41 not have the right motivations and intentions we are far from being 28:48 spiritual no one is able to reveal that to us not the pastor not the preacher not 28:57 your parents no institution can reveal that to us not 29:05 the church only the word of God is able to 29:12 discern the thoughts and intents of the 29:18 heart that is just how powerful the Bible 29:25 is so the word of God God is quick it is powerful it is penetrating it is 29:33 Discerning and finally it is 29:38 exposing when we are confronted convinced and convicted by the holy 29:47 scriptures what does it actually means actually it 29:54 means we are coming face to to face with 30:00 God because God is the one who sends 30:05 forth his word and that is what the word of God will do to 30:12 us look at verse 13 neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his 30:19 sight but all things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have 30:26 to do in other words no man or woman is able to hide from God and all things are 30:34 exposed before him whom we have to give an account 30:40 to what has verse 13 got to do with verse 12 how are they 30:46 connected well when God's word reveals to us who we really are and then we try 30:53 to hide it covered it up ignore it pretend as if 31:00 we do not know anything about it verse 13 tells us that is not going to 31:07 happen everything will be 31:14 exposed when we are being investigated by the 31:19 authorities we have the right to remain 31:24 silent we may choose to say no comment in the United States it is 31:32 called pleading the Fifth Amendment which means we choose to 31:39 decline answering but we can never do that 31:44 through the word of God whenever the word of God searches 31:50 our hearts we are required to 31:56 respond if if we do not respond one 32:01 day we will have to stand before God and we have to give an account and 32:08 it will be too late so when the word of God convicts us 32:15 when the word of God exposes us we deal with it we don't hide it we 32:22 don't cover it we don't ignore it we respond 32:28 immediately before it is too late no one no creature can ever hide 32:36 from God remember how Adam tried to hide from 32:42 God as soon as his eyes were open to Good and 32:48 Evil but God knew who and where he 32:53 was can you imagine trying to play hide and sick with the omniscient God how 33:02 foolish yet that was exactly what Adam did as soon as he understood sin he 33:09 experienced guilt and he tried to run 33:14 away you see the first respond to 33:20 sin is always to hide from the perfect Discerning eyes of 33:30 God dear friends that is what God's word does it exposes 33:37 sin it leaves us standing naked and 33:43 completely exposed before 33:48 God therefore the unbelieving sinner will try to hide from God because 33:56 sin brings about guilt but no matter how hard you 34:03 try you may deny it reject it ignore it 34:08 no one can ever hide from 34:14 God do you think God is ignorant of what you and I have 34:22 done do you think God does not know when 34:27 and we allow our work to take precedence 34:32 over our services do you think God does not know when material things our families 34:42 our careers have become the first priority in our 34:48 lives how can we who profess to believe in God who 34:54 knows that he is omniscient and yet at the same time 35:02 reject his ability to know all 35:10 things a classic example is that of ananas and safira most of us are 35:17 familiar with this account in Acts 35:22 5 they tried to convince themselves that God might not know everything about 35:29 them they had lied about giving all their money to 35:35 the church but the reality is that they kept part of it they had light to the Holy 35:45 Spirit they died on the 35:51 spot how foolish how can you and I think that we we can stand before God and not 35:59 be known thoroughly by him there's no such thing as a covered 36:08 life no creature is hidden from his 36:13 sight every aspect of Our Lives is wide open before the almighty God even down 36:23 to our thoughts even down to the 36:28 intentions and motivations in our hearts they are all 36:34 wide open before God we are all 36:39 naked before him remember the 36:46 Bible tells us the word of God is quick 36:52 and powerful and it is penetrated 36:58 and it is Discerning when the Bible tells us that 37:03 the word of God that tells us that God is the Divine 37:11 author do you think the Divine author who has given to us his word that is 37:19 quick powerful penetrating Discerning will not require a response from us 37:29 surely he requires that he requires every one of us to 37:35 respond to his word rightly in the final 37:43 analysis the unbelievers will have to give an account for rejecting his 37:49 salvation time and again if you are still an unbeliever 37:57 lingering outside the kingdom of spiritual Darkness take 38:03 it the pastor the preacher your good 38:09 works the church cannot save you 38:14 only when you respond to the Salvation offered to 38:20 you through scriptures alone can save 38:25 you only scripture alone can 38:32 save in the final analysis all those Believers will also 38:38 have to give an account how they respond to the word of God not for their 38:45 salvation because they are already saved once you are saved you are always 38:51 saved but for their Works they will have to give an answer 38:56 for what they have done and for what they have not done 1 Corinthians 3:12 says now if any 39:06 man built upon this Foundation gold silver precious stones wood hay 39:14 stubble Every Man's work shall be made manifest for the day shall declare it 39:22 because it shall be revealed by fire and the fire shall try every man's work of 39:29 what sort it is if any man's work abide which Heath built there upon he shall 39:36 receive a reward if any man's work shall be burned he shall suffer loss but he 39:43 himself shall be saved yet so as by 39:50 fire dear friends are you ready to meet your creator 39:59 how sure are you that all the things you have done your Works will not be burned 40:09 up it is not the words of the 40:14 church it is not the words of your parents it 40:20 is the powerful word of God only scripture alone can reveal to 40:29 you for the word of God is quick powerful 40:36 penetrating Discerning and God is able to expose 40:42 reveal to you whether your Works will stand the 40:48 test of fire respond to his word 40:54 today do not procrastinate we praise God for the 41:02 Reformation without the Reformation we will be living at the 41:09 mercy of the Roman Church without the 41:14 Reformation we will not understand salvation is by scripture 41:23 alone without the Reformation we will be still clinging onto our own 41:31 Works our own humanistic 41:36 understanding praise God for the Reformation soar 41:43 script scripture alone only scripture 41:51 alone is able to save us let us let 41:57 pray Our Father in heaven we thank thee 42:02 for this blessed lost day that we are able to 42:08 commemorate Reformation Sunday 42:14 indeed many churches are commemorating Reformation on this very 42:23 day we Marvel at how thou would raised up Godly 42:28 men to fight the good fight of Faith they died for the Christian 42:37 faith that today we can have the Bible we hold in 42:42 our hands oh Lord remind us Les as humans we 42:50 forget help us always to esteem Thy word highly 42:57 only scripture alone it is not by the words of 43:04 men the words of any institution or 43:09 church it is Thy word the word of God and we pray that as a Bible 43:18 believing church we will also be a church that 43:24 will apply Thy Word always rightly dividing the word of 43:31 Truth in our lives that the Bible will always be the 43:37 foundation of our church our families our individual 43:44 lives thou has has given to us Thy word and thou requires of us to 43:51 respond and we want to respond today when thy word convicts 43:57 us exposes our sins we will not deny we 44:03 will not cover it up we will not hide neither will we run 44:09 away but we will respond immediately because we know that Thy 44:16 word is quick it is powerful it is 44:22 penetrating it is discerning and it is able to 44:29 expose even our thoughts our motivations our 44:36 intentions everything is exposed before the such power is Thy 44:45 word we give thee thanks for this opportunity to consider this portion of 44:52 scriptures may we be doers of Thy word and not hearers 44:58 only we pray all this in Jesus name 45:03 amen