Proskartereo – Bible Word Study

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Robert S Sims
Taught at Randle Baptist Church, March 13, 2011.

 

Bible Word Study -

  • Proskartereo - pros-kar-ter-eh’-o (Strong’s Number: G4342) 10 verses
  • Proskarteresis – pros-kar-ter’-ay-sis  (G4343) used only in Eph 6:18
  • Translation overview (ESV) – continue, attend, devote, have ready (be kept)
  • Root words: pros – unto, etc. & kartereo - perserverance, used only in Hebrews 11:27
  • Working definition – a) persist,  b) associate closely, c) serve personally i
  • Loose translations – Keep on keeping on! ; Hang in there, baby! ; Just get ‘er done!

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    Scripture References

    English Standard Version The New King James Version
    Mark 3:9 And he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him, So He told His disciples that a small boat should be kept ready for Him because of the multitude, lest they should crush Him.
    Acts 1:14 All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers. These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers.
    Acts 2:42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.
    Acts 2:46 And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,
    Acts 6:4 But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
    Acts 8:13 Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great miracles performed, he was amazed. Then Simon himself also believed; and when he was baptized he continued with Philip, and was amazed, seeing the miracles and signs which were done.
    Acts 10:7 When the angel who spoke to him had departed, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among those who attended him, And when the angel who spoke to him had departed, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier from among those who waited on him continually.
    Rom 12:12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer;
    Rom 13:6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing.
    Col 4:2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving. Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving;
    Eph 6:18 praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints—

     

    The golden rule for your life and mine is this concentrated keeping of the life open towards God. Let everything else — work, clothes, food, everything on earth — go by the board, saving that one thing. The rush of other things always tends to obscure this concentration on God. We have to maintain ourselves in the place of beholding, keeping the life absolutely spiritual all through. Let other things come and go as they may, let other people criticize as they will, but never allow anything to obscure the life that is hid with Christ in God. Never be hurried out of the relationship of abiding in Him. It is the one thing that is apt to fluctuate but it ought not to. The severest discipline of a Christian’s life is to learn how to keep ‘beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord.’(2 Cor 3:18) ”

    – Oswald Chambers. My Utmost for His Highest.

    i No. 4674. Swanson, J. (1997). Dictionary of Biblical Languages with Semantic Domains: Greek (New Testament) (electronic ed.). Oak Harbor: Logos Research Systems, Inc.

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    Philippians 2:3 – Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.

    Posted on November 16, 2010 by Robert S Sims

    In exhorting Christians to have the same mind or the same attitude as Jesus Christ, the Apostle Paul wrote:

    Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves. Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too. – Philippians 2:3-4 NLT

    As encouragement, I wish to call your attention to a modern day example of humility: Staff Sergeant Salvatore A. Giunta, the first living Medal of Honor recipient for an ongoing military conflict since the Vietnam War. SSG Giunta was awarded the medal today in a Presidential ceremony for combat actions above and beyond the call of duty on October 25, 2007 during his second tour in Afghanistan. In the midst of a L-shaped ambush, despite great personal risk in the face of intense enemy fire, his actions fulfilled and exemplified the promise to leave no soldier behind.  As you would expect, concurrent with the recognition has been incessant national media coverage. The sergeant has been most uncomfortable with the spotlight, and has taken every opportunity to redirect the light onto the character and the actions of his fellow soldiers working together as a team – over the entire 15 month deployment rather than just that one night.

    During a CBS 60 Minutes program which aired on November 11th, correspondent Lara Logan asked what kind of soldier he is.  SSG Giunta said, “I’m average. I’m mediocre.” In the silence which followed he added, “This is only one moment. I don’t think I did anything that anyone else I was with wouldn’t have done. I was in a position to do it. That was what needed to be done. So that’s what I did.”  Taken back by his statement and in apparent awe, Logan almost stuttered her words, “This is the single greatest honor that the military can bestow on its own. And it comes right from the President of the United States himself. That’s pretty good for a mediocre soldier.” The sergeant’s reply?  ”Think how good the great soldiers are.”   (quoted from the CBS  transcript dated Nov 14, 2010)

    This humble soldier is my kind of hero! How much more pleasant would life be, let alone church business meetings, if we considered others better than ourselves? If we fought together as one team against the real enemy rather than fighting each other? If we built each other up (edification) rather than tearing down? If we built the team and enlarged the family rather than pulling apart?

    Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. - Philippians 2:3-4 ESV

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    A Hope that Enters His Presence

    Posted on July 18, 2010 by Robert S Sims

    Sermon Outline: Preached Sunday AM, July 18, 2010 at Randle Baptist Church • Print PDF

    Text: Hebrews 6:19-20 | Subject: The Priesthood of the Believer

    Hebrews 6:19-20 | We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

    Who is a Priest?

    Hebrews 5:1 | For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.

    Draw Near to God with Confidence

    Hebrews 4:14–16 | Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

    Hebrews 10:19–23 | Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.

    1 Peter 2:9–10 | But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

    And with Reverence & Awe

    Hebrews 10:31 | It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

    Hebrews 12:28‐29 | … let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.

    The Call: A Kingdom of Priests

    Exodus 19:1–6 | On the third new moon after the people of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that day they came into the wilderness of Sinai. They set out from Rephidim and came into the wilderness of Sinai, and they encamped in the wilderness. There Israel encamped before the mountain, while Moses went up to God. The LORD called to him out of the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the people of Israel: You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself. Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine; and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.”

    Exodus 19:12 | And you shall set limits for the people all around, saying, ‘Take care not to go up into the mountain or touch the edge of it. Whoever touches the mountain shall be put to death.

    The Response: Fearful & Far Off

    Exodus 20:18–21 | Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled, and they stood far off and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.” Moses said to the people, “Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you, that you may not sin.” The people stood far off, while Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was.

    Exodus 20:22 | And the Lord said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the people of Israel: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have talked with you from heaven.

    Hebrews 12:18–25 | For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest and the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them. For they could not endure the order that was given, “If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.” Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, “I tremble with fear.” But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

    See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven.

    The Gospel Reveals…

    Romans 1:16 | For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

    Romans 1:17 | For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”

    Romans 1:18–19 | For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them.

    Romans 3:21–26 | But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

    Romans 5:1–2 | Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

    Romans 8:31–34 | What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us.

    Benediction

    Ephesians 3:8–12 | To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God who created all things, so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.

    Revelation 1:1–7 | The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.

    John to the seven churches that are in Asia:

    Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth.

    To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen.

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    Call 2 Fall – July 5, 2009

    Posted on June 25, 2009 by Robert S Sims

    In response to God’s call to “My people who are called by My name” in 2nd Chronicles, Call 2 Fall is organizing a national day of repentence and prayer on July 5, 2009. In their own words:

    The Call2Fall is nothing fancy.  It is not a slick new program.  No big production is necessary.  It is simple.  We are just talking about a definite time during worship on Sunday, July 5th when we get on our knees and faces before the Lord in repentant prayer, pleading with God to reshape our lives, renew our land, and send times of refreshing (See 2 Chronicles 7:14; Acts 3:19).

    For more information on Call 2 Fall, and to participate, see their web site: Call 2 Fall. You can also share the news on Facebook: Call2Fall | Facebook.

    Intercessory prayer is vital for victory in spiritual warfare. Christians are taught to pray for our own needs, but especially commanded to intercede in prayer for the needs of others: our families, our churches, our neighbors, our leaders, our nation, and the kingdom of God. See  Spiritual Warfare Prayers for scripture references, teachings, encouragement, and examples of intercessory prayers.

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    PSBA Global Missions Conference 2009

    Posted on May 1, 2009 by Robert S Sims

    The Puget Sound Baptist Association (PSBA) will hold it’s annual missions conference May 15 – 17, 2009 at First Baptist Church of Lakewood, WA. The conference will feature Dr. Jerry Rankin, President of the  International Mission Board (IMB) of the Southern Baptist Covention (SBC), plus Dr. Jim Slack, Dr. Bill Crews, and other IMB leaders.

    The missions conference’s theme is “Mobilizing the Church for God’s Glory”. For more information and registration, see PSBA Global Missions Conference .  (map)

    Jerry Rankin will speak on the topic of spiritual warfare in Christian discipleship. He recently published a book entitiled Spiritual Warfare: The Battle for God’s Glory . “As believers in Christ we know that victory over the world is ours because of His sacrifice. The battle is not over, however, and Satan stands ready to attack at every opportunity. Temptation to become influenced by the world and allow God’s glory to be stolen is very real. The battle is raging and IMB President Jerry Rankin boldly exposes the nature of the enemy in this new book. Better understand the fiery darts of deception in feelings of resentment, anger, doubt, pride and adversity in Spiritual Warfare.”

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