God's Magnificent Sevens

Paul's Sevenfold Experiences In His Ministry: I have 8 sevenfold lists for you today. 1) Paul’s sevenfold approach to the ministry. Acts 20:18-21 And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia,   1) after what manner I have been with you at all seasons,  2) Serving the Lord with all humility of mind,  3) and with many tears,  4) and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:  5) And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you,  6) but have shewed you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house,  7) Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. 2) Paul’s sevenfold focus. Acts 20:22-24 1) And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem,   2) not knowing the things that shall befall me there:  3) Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and affli...

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...

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...

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...

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 - ...

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...

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...

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...

Seven Bible Verses That Do Not End With Punctuation: Webster’s 1828 Dictionary for peculiar - “One’s own property; belonging to a person and to him only; exclusive property; that which belongs to a person in exclusion of others.” In the previous post, I quoted the seven Bible passages that use the word peculiar, most of the passages in reference to God's people. Now I am going to use this word again. Here are seven passages peculiar to the King James Bible where the verses do not end with punctuation. They are interesting and I wonder why the translators translated this way - yet it is undeniable and intriguing that there are exactly seven verses in the KJB that do this: 1) Genesis 23:17 And the field of Ephron, which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure 2) 1 Chronicles 21:11 So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LOR...

The Word Peculiar Is Used Seven Times In The Bible: Webster’s 1828 Dictionary for peculiar - “One’s own property; belonging to a person and to him only; exclusive property; that which belongs to a person in exclusion of others.” 1) Exodus 19:5: Exodus 19:4-6 Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people : for all the earth is mine: And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. These first few verses are about Israel being God's peculiar people - His chosen people - in the Old Testament. 2) Deuteronomy 14:2 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth . 3) Deuteronomy...

Hezekiah's Sevenfold Trust In The Lord: Recently I posted about how there were seven kings that were like no other . King Hezekiah was like no other king in the way that he trusted in the Lord God. No matter what the enemies stated to him, he took it to the Lord in prayer and trusted in God and His promises, not in man. 2 Kings 18:5 He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him. A. After this explanatory passage about Hezekiah, there are seven verses in 2 Kings chapters 18-19 referring to what Hezekiah and the people of Israel were and were not trusting in during Hezekiah’s reign: 1) 2 Kings 18:19 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest ? 2) 2 Kings 18:20 Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust , that thou rebel...

Eliphaz's Sevenfold Promise In Job: Job 22:21-28 1) Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: 2) thereby good shall come unto thee. 3) Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. 4) If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, 5) thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. 6) Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. 7) Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, 8) and thou shalt have plenty of silver. 9) For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, 10) and shalt lift up thy face unto God. 11) Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, 12) and thou shalt pay thy vows. 13) Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: 14) and the light shall shine upon thy ways. Fourteen things Eliphaz says is promised to the person who gets their focus fully on God. There are various things Job's friends say that are partially right a...

Sevenfold References To The Wicked And To The Righteous In Psalm 37: A. The wicked are referred to 14 times in this Psalm: 1) Psalm 37:7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. 2) Psalm 37:10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. 3) Psalm 37:12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. 4) Psalm 37:14 The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. 5) Psalm 37:16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked . 6) Psalm 37:17 For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous. 7) Psalm 37:20 But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall ...

The Lord Was With Joseph, David, And Seven Others: A. Seven times in Genesis chapter 39, it says the LORD did something to or for Joseph: 1) Genesis 39:2 - The LORD was with Joseph. 2) Genesis 39:3 - The LORD was with him. 3) The LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand. 4) Genesis 39:5 - The LORD blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake. 5) The blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had... 6) Genesis 39:21 - The LORD was with Joseph. 7) Genesis 39:23 - The LORD was with him. Consider each verse in full to see all that the LORD did for Joseph: Four times it states the LORD caused all that Joseph did to prosper, four times that the LORD was with him, twice that he found grace or favour in the eyes of those around him (see also Genesis 39:4), that everything in Potiphar’s house was blessed because of Joseph, and that Joseph was shewed mercy. B. Four times in 1 Samuel 18, it states that David behaved himself wisely: 1 Samuel 18:5, 14, 15, 30 And three times that the LORD ...

Charity In 1 Corinthians 13 has 14 Characteristics: 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 1) Charity suffereth long,  2) and is kind;  3) charity envieth not;  4) charity vaunteth not itself,  5) is not puffed up,  6) Doth not behave itself unseemly,  7) seeketh not her own,  8) is not easily provoked,   9) thinketh no evil;  10) Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;  11) Beareth all things,  12) believeth all things,  13) hopeth all things,  14) endureth all things. *For clarification: When a multiple of a number is used, it has the same meaning as the original number. For example, seven means perfection, completion, and is God's stamp on His Word. A multiple of seven has the same meaning, sometimes heightening or magnifying it, but the same underlying meaning. So 14, 21, 70, 490, etc. all have the same symbolic meaning in the Scriptures. There are so many sevens in the Bible, but you will often find many passages where...

Day 48 - Precious And Growing Faith 2 Peter 1:1-2 Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, Seven times in the books of first and second Peter we come across this word precious . Webster's 1828 Dictionary defines it as: "1. Of great price; costly; as a precious stone. 2. Of great value or worth; very valuable. 3. Highly valued; much esteemed." Something precious is worth more because of its rarity. For example, think of a precious stone - worth much more than a common stone because it is rare. Here are the seven things that Peter declares are precious: a) The Trial Of Your Faith 1 Peter 1:7 That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at...