His sharp arrows wound the conscience but all these wounds will be healed, when the sinner prays to him for mercy. The sword of his word slays the lusts of his people, and all at enmity with them. Verses 1-6 The great Author of redemption shows the authority for his work. Their arrows are like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.The unbelief and rejection of the Jews. Jeremiah 50:9 - вЂњFor behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon a company of great nations, from the north country and they shall array themselves against her from there she shall be taken.Galatians 6:17 - вЂњHenceforth let no man trouble me for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.вЂќ.

Exodus 21 - master andВ slave relationship denoted by a slaveвЂ™s earring.John 13:35- вЂњBy this all men will know that you are my disciples: if you have love for one another.вЂќ.Do people look at you and know that you belong to Jesus Christ?.The Cresting (25:00) -The marking of an arrow in order to identify to whom the arrow belongs.Ezekiel 36:26 -вЂњA new heart I will give youвЂ¦вЂќ.John 16:13 -When the Spirit of truth comesвЂ¦.John 14:25 -Jesus told us that he would give us someone to help guide us.We need to be all or nothing for Christ.The feathers are from one side of the bird or the other for consistencyвЂ™s sake.

The Fletching (21:45) -The placing of feathers on the side of the arrow that stabilize it in flight by giving it balance.

GodвЂ™s word leads us to hit the mark, while sin causes us to miss the mark.

The Hebrew word for sin means to вЂњmiss the markвЂќ.

Torah comes from the Hebrew word yarah, which is an archerвЂ™s term for instruction that leads one to hit the mark.

1 Peter 2:1 -В вЂњSo put away all malice and all guile and insincerity and envy and all slander.

2 Corinthians 12:20-20 -В вЂњFor I fear that perhaps I may come and find you not what I wish, and that you may find me not what you wish that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.

These are the imperfections that might be hidden in our hearts.

The Sanding (17:11) -The sanding away of the more subtle imperfections that appear small but keep an arrow from hitting its mark.

14 For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.вЂќ 13 Do not yield your members to sin as instruments of wickedness, but yield yourselves to God as men who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments of righteousness.

Romans 6:12-14 -вЂњLet not sin therefore reign in your mortal bodies, to make you obey their passions.

John 3:3 - He must increase, I must decrease.

1 John 2:3 - вЂњAnd by this we may be sure that we know him, if we keep his commandments.вЂќ.

2 Corinthians 3:18 - And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being changed into his likeness from one degree of glory to another for this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.вЂќ.

Hebrews 12:1 - вЂњTherefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before usвЂќ.

Romans 12:2 -вЂњDo not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.вЂќ.

Everything on a perfect arrow must be perfectly conformed to the arrow headвЂ“Jesus must be the point of our life.

The Pruning-В Cut away the obvious imperfections of a dead branch (11:00).

God wants to use you, but before he does, he needs to prepare you so that you can вЂњhit the mark.вЂќ Jeff explains this time of preparation using the steps taken by an archer to create the perfect arrow.

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