What Must I Do to Be Saved? — Part 2 — KJV Bible Study
PART 2 · CONTINUING DAILY — THE WALK, THE SPIRIT'S WORK, AND THE PROMISE TO YOUR CHILDREN
What Must I Do to Be Saved — the Foundation
OPENING WORD
The Foundation answered the great question. A person must believe, repent, be baptized, and receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. Then that person must continue, stay joined to Christ, and endure to the end. This study begins where that answer ends. Salvation is God's rescue of a person from sin and death. That rescue begins in one hour, but it is lived out one day at a time. The first believers did not meet once a week. They continued daily. The Holy Ghost did not visit them one time. He stayed with them every day, as a teacher, a guide, and a helper. And the promise did not stop with them. God spoke the promise to them, and to their children, and to all who were far away. This study opens those three doors. It shows the daily walk. It shows the daily work of the Holy Ghost inside a believer. It shows the promise that reaches your children and your house. Read every verse slowly. The word of God carries the weight, not our words.
THREE QUESTIONS THIS STUDY ANSWERS:
1. What did the first believers do daily after they were baptized?
2. What does the Holy Ghost do inside a believer day by day?
3. Does the promise of God reach your children and your house?
THE FOUNDATION ALREADY LAID — WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?
THE FOUNDATION → THEY WERE PRICKED IN THEIR HEART → MEN AND BRETHREN, WHAT SHALL WE DO?
THE FOUNDATION → REPENT + BE BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST FOR THE REMISSION OF SINS → YE SHALL RECEIVE THE GIFT OF THE HOLY GHOST.
THE FOUNDATION → CONTINUE STEDFASTLY + ABIDE IN THE VINE + ENDURE UNTO THE END → THE SAME SHALL BE SAVED.
OPENING ANCHOR
Acts 2:46Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗And they, continuing [G4342 proskartereo] daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, (47) Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.
CONTINUING DAILY WITH ONE ACCORD + BREAKING BREAD FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE → THE LORD ADDED TO THE CHURCH DAILY SUCH AS SHOULD BE SAVED.
(My personal thoughts — stand still and look at the one word that repeats in this verse. The believers continued daily, and the Lord added to the church daily. This whole study walks inside that one word.)
1. CONTINUING DAILY — THE WALK OF EVERY DAY
(My personal thoughts — the Foundation taught that a person must continue. The answer of the scriptures is daily, not once a week. Watch how many different voices in the book say that same word.)
2. DIFFERENT VIEW, SAME SCENE — TWO GOSPELS, ONE SAYING, ONE ADDED WORD
1.Matthew 16:24Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
IF ANY MAN WILL COME AFTER ME → DENY HIMSELF + TAKE UP HIS CROSS + FOLLOW ME.
2.Luke 9:23Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.
DENY HIMSELF + TAKE UP HIS CROSS DAILY + FOLLOW ME.
(My personal thoughts — Matthew writes, "take up his cross". Luke writes, "take up his cross daily". That one added word puts the cross into every day of the walk.)
3.Lamentations 3:22Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. (23) They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
HIS COMPASSIONS FAIL NOT → NEW EVERY MORNING + GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS.
(My personal thoughts — mercy is the kindness of God that we did not earn. God makes his mercy new every morning. A believer needs that new mercy every day of the walk.)
4.Isaiah 50:4Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
HE WAKENETH MORNING BY MORNING → HE WAKENETH MINE EAR TO HEAR AS THE LEARNED.
5.Proverbs 8:34Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching [H8245 shaqad] daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
BLESSED IS THE MAN → WATCHING DAILY AT MY GATES + WAITING AT THE POSTS OF MY DOORS.
6.Acts 17:11Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched [G350 anakrino] the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
RECEIVED THE WORD WITH ALL READINESS OF MIND + SEARCHED THE SCRIPTURES DAILY.
(My personal thoughts — the noble hearers received the word with a ready mind. Then they tested what they heard by the scriptures, daily. Test every line of this study the same way.)
7.Matthew 6:9Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. (10) Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. (11) Give us this day our daily bread.
OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN → GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD.
(My personal thoughts — Jesus taught his followers to ask for bread one day at a time. The prayer asks for this day, not for a full store. God feeds the walk the same way he feeds the body, one day at a time.)
8.Psalm 68:19Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
BLESSED BE THE LORD → DAILY LOADETH US WITH BENEFITS = THE GOD OF OUR SALVATION.
(My personal thoughts — the Lord gives daily. He is named the God of our salvation in the same breath. A saved life is a life carried by God one day at a time.)
3. THE HOLY GHOST DAY BY DAY — THE COMFORTER SHALL TEACH YOU
(My personal thoughts — the Foundation asked, have you received the Holy Ghost. This section shows what the Holy Ghost does after that day. Watch the verbs in these verses, because every one of those works is a daily work, not a one-time work.)
1.John 14:26Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗But the Comforter [G3875 parakletos], which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach [G1321 didasko] you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
THE COMFORTER = THE HOLY GHOST → HE SHALL TEACH YOU ALL THINGS + BRING ALL THINGS TO YOUR REMEMBRANCE.
(My personal thoughts — the Holy Ghost is called the Comforter. That name means one who is called to your side to help you. He teaches a believer day after day, the way a teacher meets a class day after day.)
2.John 16:13Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide [G3594 hodegeo] you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH → HE WILL GUIDE YOU INTO ALL TRUTH.
AS MANY AS ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD = THE SONS OF GOD.
(My personal thoughts — a guide does not point one time and then leave. He walks in front of you the whole way home. To be led is a present, daily state, not a finished event.)
4.Romans 8:16Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗The Spirit itself beareth witness [G4828 summartureo] with our spirit, that we are the children of God:
THE SPIRIT BEARETH WITNESS WITH OUR SPIRIT → WE ARE THE CHILDREN OF GOD.
(My personal thoughts — two spirits meet in this verse, the Spirit of God and your own human spirit. The Spirit of God tells your own spirit that you belong to God as a child. That quiet daily witness is part of the gift you received.)
5.Romans 8:26Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗Likewise the Spirit also helpeth [G4878 sunantilambanomai] our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession [G5241 huperentugchano] for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
THE SPIRIT ALSO HELPETH OUR INFIRMITIES → MAKETH INTERCESSION FOR US.
(My personal thoughts — some days a believer cannot find words to pray. The Spirit of God prays for the believer on exactly those days. You never walk your weakest day alone.)
6.Galatians 5:16Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗This I say then, Walk [G4043 peripateo] in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.
WALK IN THE SPIRIT → YE SHALL NOT FULFIL THE LUST OF THE FLESH.
7.Galatians 5:22Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗But the fruit [G2590 karpos] of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, (23) Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.
THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT = LOVE + JOY + PEACE + LONGSUFFERING + GENTLENESS + GOODNESS + FAITH + MEEKNESS + TEMPERANCE.
(My personal thoughts — fruit does not appear on a tree in one night. It grows on a living branch through many days. Here is what grows on the branch that stays joined to the vine.)
8.Galatians 5:25Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk [G4748 stoicheo] in the Spirit.
IF WE LIVE IN THE SPIRIT → LET US ALSO WALK IN THE SPIRIT.
9.Philippians 2:12Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out [G2716 katergazomai] your own salvation with fear and trembling. (13) For it is God which worketh [G1754 energeo] in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
WORK OUT YOUR OWN SALVATION WITH FEAR AND TREMBLING → IT IS GOD WHICH WORKETH IN YOU BOTH TO WILL AND TO DO.
(My personal thoughts — you work out your salvation day by day. God works inside you at the same time. He gives both the desire and the strength.)
10.1 Corinthians 6:19Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗What? know ye not that your body is the temple [G3485 naos] of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? (20) For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
YOUR BODY = THE TEMPLE OF THE HOLY GHOST WHICH IS IN YOU → YE ARE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE → GLORIFY GOD IN YOUR BODY.
(My personal thoughts — in ancient times, the temple was the one house where the presence of God stayed. Your body is now that house. The Holy Ghost lives there, not as a passing guest.)
11.Jude 1:20Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗But ye, beloved, building [G2026 epoikodomeo] up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, (21) Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
BUILDING UP YOURSELVES ON YOUR MOST HOLY FAITH + PRAYING IN THE HOLY GHOST → KEEP YOURSELVES IN THE LOVE OF GOD.
(My personal thoughts — a builder raises a house one stone at a time, over many days. Jude names four daily works, to build up your faith, to pray in the Holy Ghost, to keep yourself in the love of God, and to look for the mercy of the Lord Jesus Christ. Every one of those works fits inside one ordinary day.)
4. THE PROMISE IS UNTO YOU, AND TO YOUR CHILDREN
(My personal thoughts — now measure the reach of the promise. It reaches you, your children, and all who are far away. This section follows the promise into your own house.)
1.Acts 2:39Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗For the promise [G1860 epaggelia] is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
THE PROMISE IS UNTO YOU + TO YOUR CHILDREN + TO ALL THAT ARE AFAR OFF → AS MANY AS THE LORD OUR GOD SHALL CALL.
(My personal thoughts — Peter preached this on the same day the church began. The promise he named is the gift of the Holy Ghost. The verse names your children inside that promise, so no believing father or mother hopes alone.)
5. DIFFERENT VIEW, SAME SCENE — THE PROPHET WROTE IT, THE APOSTLE PREACHED IT
1.Joel 2:28Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour [H8210 shaphak] out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:
I WILL POUR OUT MY SPIRIT UPON ALL FLESH → YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY.
2.Acts 2:17Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour [G1632 ekcheo] out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
IN THE LAST DAYS → I WILL POUR OUT OF MY SPIRIT UPON ALL FLESH → YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY.
(My personal thoughts — Joel wrote, "afterward". Peter stood inside the fulfillment, so he could say, "in the last days". Both records name sons and daughters, so the promise was always wide enough to hold a whole family.)
3.Isaiah 44:2Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen. (3) For I will pour [H3332 yatsaq] water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed [H2233 zera], and my blessing upon thine offspring:
I WILL POUR MY SPIRIT UPON THY SEED + MY BLESSING UPON THINE OFFSPRING.
(My personal thoughts — hundreds of years before Peter preached, God had already promised the same two things to the same two groups. The spirit poured out, and the seed receiving it. What Peter offered at the beginning of the church was the old promise of God arriving on time.)
4.Deuteronomy 6:6Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: (7) And thou shalt teach [H8150 shanan] them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
THESE WORDS SHALL BE IN THINE HEART → TEACH THEM DILIGENTLY UNTO THY CHILDREN + TALK OF THEM IN THINE HOUSE + BY THE WAY.
(My personal thoughts — the promise reaches the children through the mouth of the parents. Moses names the times for that teaching, at home, on the road, at night, and in the morning. That list covers a whole day, so the daily walk and the teaching of your children are one life.)
5.Psalm 78:4Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. (5) For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: (6) That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: (7) That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments:
MAKE THEM KNOWN TO THEIR CHILDREN → THE CHILDREN WHICH SHOULD BE BORN SHOULD ARISE AND DECLARE THEM TO THEIR CHILDREN → THAT THEY MIGHT SET THEIR HOPE IN GOD.
(My personal thoughts — count the generations in this one psalm. The fathers teach their children, and those children teach children not yet born. That telling is the bridge the promise walks across.)
6.Proverbs 22:6Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗Train [H2596 chanak] up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO → WHEN HE IS OLD, HE WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT.
7.Joshua 24:15Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
CHOOSE YOU THIS DAY WHOM YE WILL SERVE → AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE, WE WILL SERVE THE LORD.
(My personal thoughts — Joshua did not answer for himself alone. He set his whole house inside his choice. A father or a mother can still stand in that same place today, and say the same sentence over their own door.)
8.Acts 10:1Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, (2) A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
CORNELIUS → FEARED GOD WITH ALL HIS HOUSE + PRAYED TO GOD ALWAY.
9.Acts 16:34Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
HE REJOICED → BELIEVING IN GOD WITH ALL HIS HOUSE.
(My personal thoughts — the Foundation told this man's story up to his baptism in the middle of the night. Here is the next verse of that same night. The whole house believed and rejoiced together before the sun rose.)
10.Acts 18:8Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized.
CRISPUS BELIEVED ON THE LORD WITH ALL HIS HOUSE → MANY HEARING BELIEVED, AND WERE BAPTIZED.
(My personal thoughts — count the houses in these three records, the house of Cornelius, the house of the jailer, and the house of Crispus. God saves one person at a time, and he also gathers whole houses. Set your own house in that line.)
11.2 Timothy 1:5Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗When I call to remembrance the unfeigned [G505 anupokritos] faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
THE UNFEIGNED FAITH → DWELT FIRST IN THY GRANDMOTHER LOIS, AND THY MOTHER EUNICE → IN THEE ALSO.
12.2 Timothy 3:14Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗But continue [G3306 meno] thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; (15) And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
CONTINUE THOU IN THE THINGS WHICH THOU HAST LEARNED → FROM A CHILD THOU HAST KNOWN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES → WISE UNTO SALVATION.
(My personal thoughts — watch the faith travel from Lois the grandmother, to Eunice the mother, to Timothy the child. Mark the word Paul chose when he told Timothy to continue. It is the same Greek word the Foundation taught for staying joined to the vine.)
MOUTH OF TWO
Deuteronomy 7:9Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations [H1755 dor];
THE FAITHFUL GOD → KEEPETH COVENANT AND MERCY → TO A THOUSAND GENERATIONS.
Psalm 103:17Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗But the mercy [H2617 chesed] of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; (18) To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
THE MERCY OF THE LORD FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING → HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS UNTO CHILDREN'S CHILDREN.
Isaiah 59:21Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗As for me, this is my covenant [H1285 berith] with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
MY SPIRIT + MY WORDS → NOT OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THY SEED, NOR OF THY SEED'S SEED → FROM HENCEFORTH AND FOR EVER.
2 Corinthians 13:1Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses [G3144 martus] shall every word be established.
IN THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES SHALL EVERY WORD BE ESTABLISHED.
(My personal thoughts — three witnesses stretch this promise past one lifetime. Moses says, "to a thousand generations", David says, "unto children's children", and Isaiah carries the words to the mouth of your seed's seed, for ever. In the mouth of two or three witnesses the matter stands.)
THE SHADOW AND THE FULFILLMENT
(My personal thoughts — a shadow on the ground has a real shape, but the shape alone cannot tell you what casts it until the light shows you the thing itself. The Old Testament pictures are real shadows cast by a real body, and the body is of Christ, though a shadow is not the very image of the thing (Colossians 2:17, Hebrews 10:1). So we never build a teaching on a shadow alone, and we only call something a shadow when the light of the New Testament has shown us the body that cast it.)
13.Exodus 16:4Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain [H4305 matar] bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.
BREAD FROM HEAVEN → GATHER A CERTAIN RATE EVERY DAY → WHETHER THEY WILL WALK IN MY LAW, OR NO.
14.Exodus 16:21Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗And they gathered it every morning [H1242 boqer], every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.
THEY GATHERED IT EVERY MORNING + EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS EATING.
15.John 6:32Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. (33) For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
MY FATHER GIVETH YOU THE TRUE BREAD FROM HEAVEN → GIVETH LIFE UNTO THE WORLD.
16.John 6:35Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread [G740 artos] of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE → HE THAT COMETH TO ME SHALL NEVER HUNGER.
(My personal thoughts — in ancient times, Israel gathered bread from heaven morning by morning, a portion for one day. That daily bread was the shadow, and Jesus is the body that cast it, the bread of life who himself feeds and keeps the life of a believer. So take your portion of him every morning, read the word daily, pray daily, and continue daily.)
CLOSING
Psalm 102:28Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗The children of thy servants shall continue [H7931 shakan], and their seed shall be established [H3559 kun] before thee.
THE CHILDREN OF THY SERVANTS SHALL CONTINUE + THEIR SEED SHALL BE ESTABLISHED BEFORE THEE.
1 Thessalonians 5:23Modern Bible↗Share↗Strong's↗And the very God of peace sanctify [G37 hagiazo] you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. (24) Faithful [G4103 pistos] is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
THE VERY GOD OF PEACE SANCTIFY YOU WHOLLY → FAITHFUL IS HE THAT CALLETH YOU, WHO ALSO WILL DO IT.
(My personal thoughts — this study showed the life that follows the answer, the daily walk, the daily work of the Holy Ghost, and the promise that reaches your children and your whole house. God does not ask you to finish the whole road today. He asks you to walk with him today, and the God who calls you is faithful to do it.)
PRACTICE QUIZ
1. Acts 2:47 — And the Lord added to the church daily:
a) with gladness and singleness of heart
b) such as should be saved
c) they that gladly received his word
2. Luke 9:23 — If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and:
a) take up his cross daily, and follow me
b) take up his cross, and follow me
c) sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor
3. John 14:26 — But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall:
a) guide you into all truth
b) reprove the world of sin
c) teach you all things
4. Romans 8:26 — for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself:
a) helpeth our infirmities
b) maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered
c) beareth witness with our spirit
5. Acts 2:39 — For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and:
a) to a thousand generations
b) to all the house of Israel
c) to all that are afar off
6. Deuteronomy 6:7 — And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them:
a) when thou sittest in thine house
b) when thou risest up
c) when thou walkest by the way
7. Isaiah 59:21 — My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed:
a) unto children's children
b) nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed
c) from generation to generation
ANSWER KEY: 1-b, 2-a, 3-c, 4-b, 5-c, 6-a, 7-b
HOW THIS STUDY BRANCHES
→ How the shadow brings light: Israel gathered bread from heaven every morning (Exodus 16:21). Jesus is the true bread from heaven, and the whole of John chapter 6 opens that picture wide (John 6:32-35), ready for its own study.
→ How the new covenant expounds it: Moses told parents to teach the words diligently to their children (Deuteronomy 6:7). The new testament shows three generations of one family holding one faith, Lois, Eunice, and Timothy (2 Timothy 1:5).
→ How the words matter: the word for continue in 2 Timothy 3:14 is the same Greek word the gospel of John uses for staying joined to the vine. A child taught the scriptures early is planted where he can stay.
→ How it is for Jew and Gentile alike: the promise is to you, to your children, and to all that are afar off (Acts 2:39). Cornelius the Gentile feared God with all his house (Acts 10:2), and the Holy Ghost fell on all them that heard the word (Acts 10:44).
→ How it applies to you: the Comforter teaches you and brings the words of Jesus back to your memory (John 14:26). What the Spirit of God teaches daily, walk daily (Galatians 5:25).
→ How it reaches to eternity: the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting, and his righteousness reaches to children's children (Psalm 103:17). The children of God's servants continue, and their seed stands established before God (Psalm 102:28).
→ Rabbit trail: the Spirit makes intercession for us within (Romans 8:26), and Christ makes intercession for us at the right hand of God (Romans 8:34). Two intercessors for one believer, one within and one above, ready for its own study.
→ Possible revelation: God gave the bread a certain rate every day, to prove whether the people would walk in his law (Exodus 16:4). The daily portion was itself the test of the walk. The Lord still gives day by day, so that his people follow him day by day (Luke 9:23).
