Using the Proper Standard

• Using the Proper Standard
• Hebrews 1:1-4
• We Must Discover the Standard
• Who is the Standard?
• GOD is our Standard
• Exodus 20:1-6 And God spoke all these words, saying: "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. "You shall have no other gods before Me.
• GOD is our Standard
• Leviticus 19:1-2 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them:'You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.
• GOD is our Standard
• He is the Creator of all things ….
– Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.
– Hebrews 3:4 For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God.


• GOD is our Standard
• He is the Giver of all good things…
– James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning.

• GOD is our Standard
• He is the owner of all things…
– Ecclesiastes 12:7 Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, And the spirit will return to God who gave it.
• GOD is our Standard
• Isaiah 55:8-9 "For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," says the LORD. "For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways, And My thoughts than your thoughts.

• How has God communicated His will to us?
• 1 Corinthians 2:10-12 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.11 For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.
• How has God communicated His will to us?
• Hebrews 1:1-4 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets,2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;
• How has God communicated His will to us?
• Hebrews 1:1-4 God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets,2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds;
• How has God communicated His will to us?
• John 17:20-21 "I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word;21 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
• How has God communicated His will to us?
• John 14:25-26 "These things I have spoken to you while being present with you.26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.
• How has God communicated His will to us?
• Ephesians 3:3-5 how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already,4 by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ),5 which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets:
• How has God communicated His will to us?
• 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,17 that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
• False Standards …
• Personal Feelings…
– Proverbs 14:12 There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.
– Matthew 7:21-23 Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?'23 And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!
• False Standards …
• Parents beliefs …
– 1 Peter 1:18-19 knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver or gold, from your aimless conduct received by tradition from your fathers,19 but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot
• False Standards …
• Parents beliefs …
– Matthew 7:13-14 "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it.14 Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
• False Standards …
• Religious leaders …
– Acts 15:1 And certain men came down from Judea and taught the brethren,"Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved."
• Using the Proper Standard
• Hebrews 1:1-4