Ezra: A Sincere Teacher of the Word (Part 2)

Ezra: A Sincere Teacher of the Word (Part 2)

By Pastor and Mrs Chifamba

THE TRAGEDY OF THE CHURCH TODAY IS INSINCERE TEACHERS, WHO CONFIDENTLY AND EXCITABLY PREACH HUMAN THEORIES AND PHILOSOPHIES NOT BASED ON THE WORD OF GOD! “IT IS WRITTEN, THUS SAYS THE LORD” IS LAMENTABLY MISSING FROM THEIR DISCOURSES. THEY ARE GIRDING ON STRANGE SWORDS AND LIGHTNING STRANGE FIRES 🔥

‭‭1 Timothy‬ ‭1‬:‭7‬ ‭GNT‬‬

“They want to be teachers of God's law, but they do not understand their own words or the matters about which they speak with so much confidence.”

EZRA THROUGH THE WORD OF GOD TAUGHT PRIESTS AND PEOPLE TO LIVE HOLY LIVES

Ephesians 6:17

And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Nehemiah 8:5-6

And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up: 6And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground.

Ezra‬ ‭10‬:‭4-5

Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law. 4Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it. 5Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware.

Ezra 8:28

And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers.

Isaiah 52:11

Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.

Hebrews 12:14

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord

2 Corinthians 6:17-18

Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 18And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

1 Peter 1:14-19

As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: 15But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; 16Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. 17And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: 18Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; 19But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot

2 Peter‬ ‭2‬:‭20‬-‭22‬ ‭GNT‬‬

“If people have escaped from the corrupting forces of the world through their knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and then are again caught and conquered by them, such people are in worse condition at the end than they were at the beginning. It would have been much better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than to know it and then turn away from the sacred command that was given them. What happened to them shows that the proverbs are true: “A dog goes back to what it has vomited” and “A pig that has been washed goes back to roll in the mud.””

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1 Peter 2:9

But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light