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Word of the Day, Part 16:  Encourage

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  • Old Testament

    • Chazaq: חָזַק (ḥāz__ǎq) – to make strong, make to stand, cause to be firm
    • Deuteronomy 1:38; 3:28
    • Used twelve times, always this word (Isaiah 41:7)

    • New Testament

      • Verb
        • Protrepo: προτρέπω (protrep__ō)
          • To urge forward, persuade
          • Acts 18:27
          • Paramutheomai: παραμυθέομαι (paramytheomai)
            • Literally with (para) counsel or advise (muthos)
            • Stimulate forward; give comfort
            • I Thessalonians 2:11
            • Noun
              • Paraklesis: παράκλησις (parakl__ēsis)
                • Calling to one’s aid
                • With or beside (para) to call (kaleo)
                • A call to one’s aid
                • Beseechment or exhortation
                • Comfort or advocate
                • Hebrews 6:18

                • Christians will have troubles

                  • Jesus: the world will hate you
                    • John 15:18-21
                    • Matthew 10:22-23
                    • Jesus encourages: John 16:33; Revelation 1:17

                    • Elijah discouraged

                      • God encouraged him
                      • I Kings 19:11-18

                      • The Father and His Son actively encouraged

                        • We are to emulate them
                        • Encourage one another

                        • WHY?

                          • We’re told to
                            • Isaiah 35:3
                            • I Thessalonians 5:11
                            • To counter Satan
                              • I Peter 5:8
                              • James 4:7
                              • Hebrews 3:13
                              • Coming difficult times
                                • Hebrews 10:23-25
                                  • What day was coming?
                                  • Why would they need encouragement?
                                    • Temple and Jerusalem soon to pass away
                                    • Jerusalem was the center of everything to a Jew
                                    • Psalms 137:5-6
                                    • Can this idea apply to us today?
                                      • Did other difficult times come to other Christians?
                                      • Could they come again?
                                      • Second law of thermodynamics
                                        • People grow old
                                          • And are gone all too soon
                                          • I Peter 1:24
                                          • The end of time
                                            • Don’t know when
                                              • I Thessalonians 4:18; 5:2
                                              • Time of physical death is just as unknown to us

                                              • HOW?

                                                • Words
                                                  • Spoken – Proverbs 12:25; Ephesians 4:29; Acts 15:32
                                                  • Written – Colossians 3:16
                                                  • Togetherness – Ecclesiastes 4:9-12; Proverbs 27:17; Hebrews 10:23-25; Psalms 133:1
                                                  • Example – Colossians 2:1-3
                                                  • Love – I Thessalonians 5:11-13
                                                  • Worship – Colossians 3:16

                                                  • How do you encourage?

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