Opening Scriptures before the Message

Isaiah 55:11 MLB Guideposts Parallel 1973 so shall My word be, which goes forth from My mouth; it shall not come back to Me uselessly, but it shall do what I purpose and accomplish what I commissioned it.
2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness,

so that the man of God may be well-fitted and adequately for all good work.

2 Peter 1:19-21 So we have the prophetic message reaffirmed, to which you do well to pay attention as you would to a light that shines in a dark place until the day dawns and the Daystar arises in your hearts,

with this most clearly understood, that no prophetic Scripture can be explained by one's unaided mental powers.

Because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

How to hear and understand the Gospel

Job 38:1-3 THEN THE LORD answered Job out of a whirlwind:

Who is this that obscures purpose by thoughtless words?

Gird up your loins like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer Me.

Job 40:6-7 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind:

Gird up now your loins like a man; I will question you, and you must inform Me.

Job 42:4-7 Now therefore hear me, and I will speak, Shall I question Thee anymore? Thou hast informed me.

Heretofore I had heard of Thee by the hearing of the ear, but now My eye sees Thee;

wherefore, I retract and repent in dust and ashes."

After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite: My indignation is kindled against you and against your two friends; for you have not, as My servant Job, spoken the truth about Me.

Romans 10:14-17 Now then, how can they invoke Him in whom they have no faith? And how can they believe in One of whom they have not heard? Again, how can they listen without a preacher?

But how can they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, "How lovely are the feet of those who publish the good news!"

Not all, however, have heard the good news, as Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?"

Faith, then, results from hearing, and hearing is through the message of Christ.

Acts 26:17-18 I will deliver you from your people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you

for the opening of their eyes and their turning from darkness to light and from the authority of Satan to God, to obtain forgiveness of sins and their allotted portion among those made holy through faith in Me.'

Romans 15:4-7 All those writings of long ago were written for our instruction, so that through the patience and encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

And may the God who gives patience and encouragement grant you such mutual understanding in agreement with Christ Jesus

that together as with one voice you may praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Accept one another, therefore, just as Christ accepted you, for the glory of God.