CHAPTER 7 Defining Evangelizing - Evangelism Unlimited

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Acts 15:7, “And after there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them,
“Brethren, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my
mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe”
Acts 18:8 (NKJ), “Then Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all
his household. And many of the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized”
Rom 10:14, “How then shall they call upon Him in whom they have not believed? And how
shall they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear
without a preacher?”
Eph 1:13, “In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your
salvation—having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of
promise”
[Because the verb avkou,w translated as “listening” (in the NAS) is in the aorist tense, the
NKJ use of “you heard,” while not translating it as a participal (avkou,santej), seems
to place more emphasis on the punctiliar element of aorist use of hearing]
(3) avkou,w with lamba,nw (to receive):
Matt 13:20, “And the one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the man who
hears the word, and immediately receives it with joy” (cf. Mark 4:16; Luke 8:13 uses
de,comai)
John 3:32, “What He has seen and heard, of that He bears witness; and no man receives His
witness”
Rev 3:3, “Remember therefore what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent”
(4) avkou,w with poie,w (to do):
Matt 7:24, “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine, and acts upon them, may be
compared to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock” (cf. Luke 6:47)
Matt 7:26, “And everyone who hears these words of Mine, and does not act upon them, will
be like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand” (cf. Luke 6:49)
Luke 8:21, “But He answered and said to them, ‘My mother and My brothers are these who
hear the word of God and do it.’”
John 9:31, “We know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing, and does
His will, He hears him”
Acts 2:37, “Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and
the rest of the apostles, ‘Brethren, what shall we do?’”
c) avkoh, (noun, 24 NT uses), heard (faculty of hearing; organ of hearing; hearing; report;
fame; message; preaching):
Acts 17:20, “For you are bringing some strange things to our ears; we want to know therefore
what these things mean.”
Romans 10:17 (NKJ), “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God”
1 Thess 2:13 (NKJ), “For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you
received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of
men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe”
Tim 4:4 (NKJ), “and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables”
Heb 5:11, “Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have
become dull of hearing”
d) Verbal combinations with the noun avkoh,:
(1) avkoh, with avkou,w (to hear):
Matthew 13:14, “And in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘You
will keep on hearing, but will not understand; And you will keep on seeing, but will
not perceive…’”
Acts 28:26, “saying, ‘Go to this people and say, “You will keep on hearing, but will not
understand; And you will keep on seeing, but will not perceive”’”
Cf. Exod 15:26; 19:5; 23:22; Deut 11:22; 28:2; 2 Sam 22:45; 1 Kings 10:7; 2 Chron 9:6; Psa
17:45; Job 37:2; 42:5; Obad 1:1; Jer 6:24; 17:24; 31:18; 49:14, 23; similarly Deut 11:13;
15:5; 28:1; Hab 3:2; Isa 6:9
(2) avkoh, with pisteu,w (to believe):
John 12:38, “that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, ‘LORD,
who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?’”