(1 Esdras 8:1-21, Ezra 7:10, 23)
Esdras (Ezra) was very skillful in the law of the Lord. He didn’t omit anything concerning the law, ordinances, commandments, judgments, and statues of God. Why is that significant?
If you thought you had to know every letter of the English alphabet or your job or business and your entire family may severely suffer, wouldn’t you want to be sure you knew A to Z well?
You may not only want to know how to identify each letter, but you may want to be sure of the pronunciations as well as the sounds each character made. You would want to be sure of the correct form or shape of each letter when writing both upper and lower case. You may also find out the exact order of the letters in relation to the entire alphabet or even the history of each letter.
If you were determined to know more, you might be prepared with a few words that began with each letter and know how to sing the alphabet song. You might even learn to recite the alphabet both forward and backward. You might study to know the numerical equivalent of each letter such as “B” is number 2 (the second letter) and “J” is number 10. You’d likely want to know all you could know if that was what it took for protection against unnecessary hardship, right?
That is how important understanding the law was for Esdras. He explained in detail how to avoid major problems and the king took the warning seriously. The king wanted protection, rather than God’s wrath, on his kingdom and personal life.
Do we sometimes fail to see the benefit of being skillful in Scripture? Could knowing and obeying God’s words protect us from pitfalls which could be prevented? How can we become proficient in knowledge and understanding of all God would have us do?
If you thought you had to know every letter of the English alphabet or your job or business and your entire family may severely suffer, wouldn’t you want to be sure you knew A to Z well?
You may not only want to know how to identify each letter, but you may want to be sure of the pronunciations as well as the sounds each character made. You would want to be sure of the correct form or shape of each letter when writing both upper and lower case. You may also find out the exact order of the letters in relation to the entire alphabet or even the history of each letter.
If you were determined to know more, you might be prepared with a few words that began with each letter and know how to sing the alphabet song. You might even learn to recite the alphabet both forward and backward. You might study to know the numerical equivalent of each letter such as “B” is number 2 (the second letter) and “J” is number 10. You’d likely want to know all you could know if that was what it took for protection against unnecessary hardship, right?
That is how important understanding the law was for Esdras. He explained in detail how to avoid major problems and the king took the warning seriously. The king wanted protection, rather than God’s wrath, on his kingdom and personal life.
Do we sometimes fail to see the benefit of being skillful in Scripture? Could knowing and obeying God’s words protect us from pitfalls which could be prevented? How can we become proficient in knowledge and understanding of all God would have us do?
1 Esdras 8:7
"For Esdras had VERY GREAT SKILL, so that he omitted nothing of the LAW and COMMANDMENTS of the Lord, but taught all Israel the ORDINANCES and JUDGMENTS."
Ezra 7:10
“For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the LAW of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel STATUTES and JUDGMENTS.”
1 Esdras 8:21
Let all things be performed after the LAW of God diligently unto the most high God, that wrath come not upon the kingdom of the king and his sons.
Ezra 7:23
Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
Hebrews 4:12
“For the WORD OF GOD is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged SWORD...”
Ephesians 6:11, 17
“Put on the whole ARMOUR OF GOD, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”
“…the SWORD of the Spirit, which is the WORD OF GOD:”
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Proverbs 30:5
Every WORD OF GOD is pure: he is a SHIELD unto them that put their trust in him.
"For Esdras had VERY GREAT SKILL, so that he omitted nothing of the LAW and COMMANDMENTS of the Lord, but taught all Israel the ORDINANCES and JUDGMENTS."
Ezra 7:10
“For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the LAW of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel STATUTES and JUDGMENTS.”
1 Esdras 8:21
Let all things be performed after the LAW of God diligently unto the most high God, that wrath come not upon the kingdom of the king and his sons.
Ezra 7:23
Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
Hebrews 4:12
“For the WORD OF GOD is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged SWORD...”
Ephesians 6:11, 17
“Put on the whole ARMOUR OF GOD, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.”
“…the SWORD of the Spirit, which is the WORD OF GOD:”
.
Proverbs 30:5
Every WORD OF GOD is pure: he is a SHIELD unto them that put their trust in him.
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