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Sevens From Matthew Six On Prayer And Doing Alms

Sevens From Matthew Six On Prayer And Doing Alms: 1) There are seven references to being seen of men or being seeing by God:  A. Matthew 6:1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them : otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. B. Matthew 6:4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. C. Matthew 6:5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men . Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. D. Matthew 6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. E. Matthew 6:16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to...
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Seven Passages About Putting Off And Putting On Spiritual Things

Seven Passages About Putting Off And Putting On Spiritual Things: Romans 13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. This Greek word for  cast off (put off)  is Strong's #695, and means: "to put away (literally or figuratively): — cast off, lay apart (aside, down), put away (off)." It is used 8 times in the New Testament. The first time is physical in Acts 7:58, and the other seven references are spiritual.  1) Seven verses about putting off things spiritually: A.  Romans 13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. B. Ephesians 4:22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; C. Ephesians 4:25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. D. Co...
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There Are Sevens Doors Open In Revelation

There Are Sevens Doors Open In Revelation: 1) Revelation 3:8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. An open door for service in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. 2) Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. An open door - an open heart - for salvation and fellowship with the Lord. 3) Revelation 4:1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. An open door in Heaven at the time of the rapture. 4) Revelation 9:2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by r...
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Go Forward Is Used Seven Times In The Bible

Go Forward Is Used Seven Times In The Bible: 1) Exodus 14:15 And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward : I really love this passage. When you are facing the Red Sea - Go forward! Exodus 14:16-18 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 2) Numbers 2:24 All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank. When it is time to stand up and fight - ...
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Sevenfold Lists Of People In The Gospel Of John

Sevenfold Lists Of People In The Gospel Of John 1) Only Seven Of The Apostles Named In The Gospel Of John The Gospel of John contains references to seven specific disciples of Jesus by name: A. Andrew - John 1:40; 6:8-9; 12:22 B. Peter - John 1:42; 6:68-69; 13:6-9, 24, 36-38; 18:10-11, 15-18, 25-27; 20:2-6; 21:2-3, 7-11, 15-21 C. Philip - John 1:43-46; 6:5-7; 12:21-22; 14:8-9 D. Nathanael - John 1:45-51; 21:2 E. Thomas - John 11:16; 14:5-6; 20:24-29; 21:2 F. Judas (not Iscariot) - John 14:22 G. Judas Iscariot - John 6:64-65; 70-71; 12:4-6; 13:2, 26-30; 14:22; 18:2-5 2) Seven men that interacted with Jesus in the Gospel of John: Other than the disciples, there are 7 specific men that interacted with Jesus in the Gospel of John - the first mentions are listed below: A. John the Baptist – John 1:6 B. Nicodemus – John 3:1 C. Lazarus – John 11:1 D. Caiaphas - John 11:49 E. Annas – John 18:13 F. Pilate – John 18:29 G. Joseph of Arimathaea – John 19:38 3) The Apostle John refers to himself se...
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Seventy Descendants, And Seventy People Going Into Egypt

Seventy Descendants, And Seventy People Going Into Egypt: 1) The world divided into 70 nations by God after the tower of Babel:  In Genesis chapter 10, we have the breakdown of how the world was divided Nimrod's attempt to build the tower of Babel. God scattered rebellious man, and divided the nations of the world according to the number of descendants of Noah's three sons (who comprised ALL of the world's population at that time). Genesis 10:1 Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. 70 nations descended from the sons of Noah - Japheth, Ham, and Shem - and repopulated the world after the flood. Consider this breakdown of their children: Japheth - 14 nations. Genesis 10:2-5 The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and D...
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Seven Times The Bible States King Manasseh Humbled Himself And Sought The Lord

Seven Times The Bible States King Manasseh Humbled Himself And Sought The Lord: 2 Chronicles 33:12-13 And when he was in affliction,  1) he besought the LORD his God ,   2) and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, 3) And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication , and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. 4) Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God. 2 Chronicles 33:18-19 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and  5) his prayer unto his God , and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.  6) His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him , and all his sin, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before  7) he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers. To me, this is one of the neatest passages in all of Scripture. M...
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