Jesus is not just one prophet among many. Jesus is The Great Prophet who can reveal God perfectly to us, because he is God and near to God.
You and I are simply charged with spreading God’s word in faith. And we can trust that in God’s way – in God’s time – according to the full measure of God’s power and glory – he will bring the growth.
His good design includes laying out a grid for Biblical manhood and womanhood [in the worship of the Church].
"We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul..."
Pay attention to what you’ve heard.
God wants his churches to be filled with prayer. He wants us to pray with holy hands, and for our prayers to be all-encompassing, peace-pursuing, salvation-seeking, and God-glorifying.
There actually aren’t four different types of soil – but ultimately, there are just two types. There’s soil that produces a harvest of abundant life – and then there’s soil that doesn’t.
Psalm 28 shows us how God brings us from worry to worship by teaching us to trust in his work, even when he sometimes seems silent.
To wage good warfare as Christians, we need encouragement (from God's word), the right equipment (faith and a good conscience), and knowledge about our enemies (how they became enemies, where they're headed, and the hope for them) if we hope to succeed.
Will you curse God and sink? Or will you trust God and swim?