Prayer As Key To Scripture
Definition
Reading and explaining the Word of God requires prayer, purification of heart and trust in what God wished to reveal; the unaided human mind cannot penetrate its true meaning.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- Inseparability Of Biblical Knowledge And Spiritual Life
Biblical References
- Genesis 3:15 — *And I will put hostility between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; he will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.” *
- Genesis 9:26 — *He also said, “Worthy of praise is the Lord, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem! *
- Genesis 12:3; Genesis 18:18 — I will bless those who bless you, but the one who treats you lightly I must curse, so that all the families of the earth may receive blessing through you.” After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful natio
- Galatians 3:16 — *Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. Scripture does not say, “and to the descendants,” referring to many, but “and to your descendant,” referring to one, who is Christ. *
- Genesis 27:27; Genesis 49:8ff. — So Jacob went over and kissed him. When Isaac caught the scent of his clothing, he blessed him, saying, “Yes, my son smells like the scent of an open field which the Lord has blessed. Judah, your brothers will praise yo
- Numbers 24:17 — *‘I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not close at hand. A star will march forth out of Jacob, and a scepter will rise out of Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab, and the heads of all the sons of Sheth. *