An Introduction to Figures of Speech Used in the Bible
How God’s Word Interprets Itself Integrity of the Word Cinardo Home (Rutherford, NJ) Zolezzi, Steve 11/04/2010 11/04/2010
In this first teaching of the series some different types of figures of speech are briefly looked at, including exaggeration, euphemism, and repetition, to begin to learn how to spot them and how they work in the Scriptures.
Figures of Speech
God’s Deliverance – Close
Dealing with the Adversary Deliverance Old Testament Examples Aldersgate Center Zolezzi, Steve 06/05/2005 06/05/2005
The battle is not ours, but God’s. This teaching looks at an outstanding record where Jehoshaphat seeks God for help in a life-threatening situation for him and his people. They receive instruction from the Lord, believe it, and then He delivered them out of their situation. God wants His people delivered. In the Old Testament, it was a physical battle; now, it’s a spiritual battle, but the battle has already been won. In life, there are disappointments, but spiritual, mental, and physical deliverance is available. We all have situations where we need help. Do we choose to focus on the situation, or do we choose to focus on God who is able to deliver? Christ won the victory, and we can triumph in Christ! All we have to do now is believe it. We are dealing with a defeated adversary. We don’t have to be afraid to love people or help someone along the way. We are triumphant in Christ. The victory is ours. We are free to enjoy life. Let’s believe “If God be for us, who can be against us?” and watch God bring His Word to pass because He is a God of deliverance.
The Victory
Two Responsibilities
Marriage, Family and Children Witnessing and Undershepherding Aldersgate Center Zolezzi, Steve 05/14/2000 05/14/2000
We have two responsibilities with spiritual knowledge as a Christian family – to know it and to share it. Teaching children God’s Word takes repetition and does not happen overnight. The Word of God gets passed down from generation to generation when it is lived and taught in the family. Timothy learned about believing God from his mother and grandmother. The first priority, even over football practice and ballet class, is make an effort to teach kids about the beginning of knowledge, which is God’s Word. Whether we are parents who want to pass along God’s Word to their children, children who need learn God’s Word to stand, or people in the body of Christ who want to speak God’s Word, there needs to be desire and effort to plant, water, and hold forth the Word of life to see outreach. As believers, it is our responsibility and joy to be able to share God’s Word with people and our children so they can walk worthy of God.
The Love of God in the Christian Family
Love Marriage, Family and Children Aldersgate Center Zolezzi, Steve 05/13/2000 05/13/2000
This teaching looks at the love of God within the Christian family. God set the standard for love, and He is the one who set up marriage. He set it up to bless man and to preserve the Word from generation to generation. It looks at the Christian family in the book of Ephesians where it appears in the context of walking in love and in light of the great Mystery. Husbands, wives and children all need to walk in love to be in step with God and each other. Love is the bond of perfectness, and it works in the family of God. Jesus Christ loved God more than he loved other people and thus never compromised on the Word. We need to love God first so we never compromise on the Word. The price we pay for loving is high, but the price we pay for not loving is more than what we can afford to pay.
Followers of Jesus Christ
Sonship Rights Greenkill Conference Center Zolezzi, Steve 06/27/2018 06/27/2018
This teaching is about how following Jesus Christ – the way, the truth, and the life – is the logical choice for our lives. It also looks at some examples of how people followed Jesus Christ in the Old Testament, the Gospels, and the current Grace Administration. Jesus Christ is God’s chosen leader of all of humanity; he beat the adversary, sin, sickness, and death and passed that victory on to us. We are to walk in his steps by believing and applying God’s Word. We lead people to Christ when we are following Christ and others follow us. We can bring deliverance to God’s people and make a spiritual impact with our lives when we believe in who we are in Christ as more than conquerors.
Following
Prayer and Healing
Believing Healing Prayer Greenkill Conference Center Zolezzi, Steve 05/05/2018 05/05/2018
This teaching explains that God and His Word can also deliver us from fear and anxiety. We see records in God’s Word where people prayed, believed God, and were healed. We are taught how important it is to intercede for people’s lives in prayer and to pray for more laborers to take care of people.
