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Isaiah 55:11 so shall My word be, whatever proceeds from My mouth. It shall not return until it accomplishes whatever I willed, and I shall prosper your ways and My commandments.

2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,

that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Interpreting Prophesy

2 Peter 1:19-21 And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts;

knowing this first, that no prophesy of Scripture is of any private interpretation,

for prophesy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

How to hear and understand the Gospel

The Lord Speaks to Job

Job 38:1-3 After Elihu had ceased from speaking, then the Lord spoke to Job out of the whirlwind and clouds, saying"

"Who is this who hides counsel from Me, And holds words in his heart And thinks to conceal them from Me?

Gird your waist like a man: I will question you, and you shall answer Me.

The Lord Calls Job to Account

Job 40:6-7 The Lord yet answered Job out of the cloud and said:

"No rather, gird up your waist like a man. For I will question you and you shall answer Me.

Job 42:4-7 But hear me, O Lord, that I also may speak. I will ask You, and please teach Me.

"I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear, But now my eye sees You.

Therefore I depreciate myself, and I waste away. I regard myself as dust and ashes."

The Lord Rebukes and Redeems Job's Friends

So it was, after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite. "You have sinned, you and your two friends, for you have not spoken before Me what is true, as My servant Job has.

Israel Rejects, Gentiles Receive the Gospel

Romans 10:14-17 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher?

And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace. Who bring glad tidings of good things!"

But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "LORD, who has believed our report?"

So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of Giod.

Acts 26:17-18 I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,

to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power 0f Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me,'

Romans 15:4-7 For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.

Now may the God of patience and comfort grant you to be like-minded toward one another, according to Christ Jesus,

that you may with one mind and one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Christ's Priestly Work for Gentiles

Therefore receive one another, just as Christ also received us, to the glory of God