SAFE WORD: MANNA
(Message by Tanny Keng)
0. Introduction
a) Many a time we use and speak word so easily without thinking much of whether such word is correct to use in our daily conversation. We treat it lightly. Word such as "LUCK" is not found in the Bible and yet we often use it.
b) Why is it so necessary to learn to use and speak the correct word? Matthew 12:36-37 has a lot to say about it.
i) 36 But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” (Matthew 12:36-37 NKJV)
c) We will have to give an account of ourselves (Romans 14:12), every idle (careless, empty, thoughtless, worthless) word we speak (Matthew 12:36) and every work (deed) including every secret (hidden) thing whether good or evil (Ecclesiastes 12:14) in the day of judgment. For that reason, it compels us to use and speak the correct word or words especially God's Word. It's safe to use and we can learn a lot from its intended meaning.
1. Safe word:
a) Manna - miraculous supply of food given to Israel in the wilderness; symbolic of spiritual nourishment.
2. Biblical references:
a) Exodus 16:35
i) 35 And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land; they ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan. (Exodus 16:35 NKJV)
b) Numbers 11:6
i) 6 but now our whole being is dried up; there is nothing at all except this manna before our eyes!” (Numbers 11:6)
c) John 6:31
i) 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat." (John 6:31 NKJV)
The End ...
0. Introductiona) Many a time we use and speak word so easily without thinking much of whether such word is correct to use in our daily conversation. We treat it lightly. Word such as "LUCK" is not found in the Bible and yet we often use it.
b) Why is it so necessary to learn to use and speak the correct word? Matthew 12:36-37 has a lot to say about it.
i) 36 But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” (Matthew 12:36-37 NKJV)
c) We will have to give an account of ourselves (Romans 14:12), every idle (careless, empty, thoughtless, worthless) word we speak (Matthew 12:36) and every work (deed) including every secret (hidden) thing whether good or evil (Ecclesiastes 12:14) in the day of judgment. For that reason, it compels us to use and speak the correct word or words especially God's Word. It's safe to use and we can learn a lot from its intended meaning.
1. Safe word:
a) Manna - miraculous supply of food given to Israel in the wilderness; symbolic of spiritual nourishment.
2. Biblical references:
a) Exodus 16:35
i) 35 And the children of Israel ate manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land; they ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan. (Exodus 16:35 NKJV)
b) Numbers 11:6
i) 6 but now our whole being is dried up; there is nothing at all except this manna before our eyes!” (Numbers 11:6)
c) John 6:31
i) 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat." (John 6:31 NKJV)
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