July 24, 2025 • 6 mins
How can the unseen be known? The same way a feeling or thought can be, by giving voice to it, or put another way, using language to express it.
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Jeremy Thomas is the pastor at Spokane Bible Church in Spokane, Washington and a professor at Chafer Theological Seminary. He has been teaching the Bible for over 20 years, always seeking to present its truths in a clear and understandable manner.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas and
our series on the New TestamentFramework.
Today a smaller, bite-sizedpiece from the larger lesson.
We hope you enjoy it.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Let's also talk a little bit about the
relationship of the Spirit andthe Word of God.
Proverbs 1, verse 23.
Let's turn to this one,proverbs 1, verse 23.
Just so you see, this wasn'tsomething new in the New
Testament.
This is an old idea, and ituses what's called Hebrew
parallelism, where you have twophrases and the two phrases are
(00:35):
parallel.
Right, they essentially meanthe same thing, but the words
are different.
Notice Proverbs 1.23,.
Turn to my reproof.
And then we have the twophrases that are in parallel.
Behold, I will pour out myspirit on you.
I will make my words known toyou.
(00:57):
So what does it mean?
I will make my words known toyou.
It means I will pour out myspirit on you.
What does it mean that I'llpour out my spirit on you?
It means I will make my wordsknown to you.
It means I will pour out mySpirit on you.
What does it mean that I'llpour out my Spirit on you?
It means I will make my wordsknown to you.
So those two clauses, clauseone and clause two, are parallel
.
They essentially mean the samething.
How do we pour out our Spiritbefore someone?
(01:20):
Just in everyday life, when youhave something on your heart
and you go to your loved one andyou start to pour out your
spirit before them, don't you?
What are you doing?
As you do that?
You're speaking words, you'retelling them what's on your
(01:40):
heart, and so there's somethingvery intimate between the
connection of spirit and words,your human spirit and your human
words.
Same thing's true for the Bibleand the Holy Spirit, as we'll
see.
Ephesians 5.18,.
Let's go to that one, ephesians5.18.
(02:04):
518.
Let's go to that one, ephesians518.
Right after Galatians.
If you see that, ephesians 518.
And you'll just hold your placethere, stick a little marker or
use your pinky.
Go over to Colossians 3.
These two books were writtenabout the same time by Paul, one
(02:26):
to the church at Ephesus, theother to the church at Colossus.
These letters are very, verysimilar.
They use a lot of the samelanguage and they follow a lot
of the same structure.
In Ephesians, chapter five,verse 18, he says and do not get
drunk with wine that isdissipation but be filled with
(02:46):
the what, the spirit.
And then what does it say?
Speaking to one another inpsalms, hymns and spiritual
songs, singing and making melodywith your heart to the lord,
always giving thanks for allthings in the lord, and so forth
.
Okay, now hold your place andgo to colossossians 3, verse 16.
And notice what he says inverse 16.
(03:08):
Let the word of Christ richlydwell within you.
Okay, ephesians 5 was be filledwith the Spirit.
This is let the word of Christrichly dwell.
And then he says what?
With all wisdom, teaching andadmonishing one another with
psalms and hymns and spiritualsongs, singing with thankfulness
in your hearts, and so forth.
In other words, the samecontext, isn't it the exact same
(03:30):
context?
Now, why in Ephesians did hesay be filled with the Spirit,
but in Colossians he said letthe word of Christ dwell richly
within you.
They're parallel expressions,aren't they?
They mean the same thing.
If somebody says well, whatdoes it mean to be filled with
the Spirit?
I mean, because that is alittle amorphous for us.
It's like what, what is that?
I don't know what that is.
Well, you can just tell themthis it's letting the Word of
Christ dwell richly within you.
(03:52):
You mean that's the same thing.
Yeah, it's a parallelexpression.
I mean what's happening?
As you let the Word of Goddwell richly within you, are you
not letting the Spirit, whosewords those are, influence your
life?
Yes, that's what you're doing.
So, again, they're used inparallel the Spirit and the Word
(04:14):
.
How about Acts, chapter 2?
Most people don't think of thisone and I actually forgot about
it.
That's why I say most peopleforget.
I forgot about this.
In Acts, chapter 2, the day ofPentecost, you have this event
where the 12 are there and thenthere's these tongues
distributing themselves likefire, and they began to speak in
all these languages.
(04:34):
Right, that they had neverstudied.
But the people who were thereon the day of Pentecost, from
all over the Mediterranean world, they were hearing them speak
in their native dialects andtongues, right, right, how is it
interpreted by Peter in Acts2.33?
What was happening?
How was it that they werespeaking in tongues or languages
(04:57):
that they had never learned?
Well, he explains it in 2.33that he has poured forth this,
which you both see and hear thatis the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit was the one whoenabled them to speak in
languages they had never spokenand never studied.
(05:20):
So, another connection betweenpouring forth of the Spirit and
speaking words.
Okay, speaking words.
There's nothing, like you know,mystical about it, so to speak.
Right, I mean, the Holy Spiritis doing this and it wasn't a
ooh, I mean it was aninteresting moment, but it's an
(05:40):
evidence of the Spirit speakingwords and that connection was
well known.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Thank you for joining us on Beyond the Walls with
Jeremy Thomas.
If you would like to see thevisuals that went along with
today's sermon, you can findthose on Rumble and on YouTube
under Spokane Bible Church.
That is where Jeremy is thepastor and teacher.
We hope you found today'slesson productive and useful in
(06:06):
growing closer to God andwalking more obediently with Him
.
If you found this podcast to beuseful and helpful, then please
consider rating us in yourfavorite podcast app, and until
next time, we hope you have ablessed and wonderful day.
Welcome to Beyond the Walls with Jeremy Thomas and
our series on the New TestamentFramework.
Today a smaller, bite-sizedpiece from the larger lesson.
We hope you enjoy it.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Let's also talk a little bit about the
relationship of the Spirit andthe Word of God.
Proverbs 1, verse 23.
Let's turn to this one,proverbs 1, verse 23.
Just so you see, this wasn'tsomething new in the New
Testament.
This is an old idea, and ituses what's called Hebrew
parallelism, where you have twophrases and the two phrases are
(00:35):
parallel.
Right, they essentially meanthe same thing, but the words
are different.
Notice Proverbs 1.23,.
Turn to my reproof.
And then we have the twophrases that are in parallel.
Behold, I will pour out myspirit on you.
I will make my words known toyou.
(00:57):
So what does it mean?
I will make my words known toyou.
It means I will pour out myspirit on you.
What does it mean that I'llpour out my spirit on you?
It means I will make my wordsknown to you.
It means I will pour out mySpirit on you.
What does it mean that I'llpour out my Spirit on you?
It means I will make my wordsknown to you.
So those two clauses, clauseone and clause two, are parallel
.
They essentially mean the samething.
How do we pour out our Spiritbefore someone?
(01:20):
Just in everyday life, when youhave something on your heart
and you go to your loved one andyou start to pour out your
spirit before them, don't you?
What are you doing?
As you do that?
You're speaking words, you'retelling them what's on your
(01:40):
heart, and so there's somethingvery intimate between the
connection of spirit and words,your human spirit and your human
words.
Same thing's true for the Bibleand the Holy Spirit, as we'll
see.
Ephesians 5.18,.
Let's go to that one, ephesians5.18.
(02:04):
518.
Let's go to that one, ephesians518.
Right after Galatians.
If you see that, ephesians 518.
And you'll just hold your placethere, stick a little marker or
use your pinky.
Go over to Colossians 3.
These two books were writtenabout the same time by Paul, one
(02:26):
to the church at Ephesus, theother to the church at Colossus.
These letters are very, verysimilar.
They use a lot of the samelanguage and they follow a lot
of the same structure.
In Ephesians, chapter five,verse 18, he says and do not get
drunk with wine that isdissipation but be filled with
(02:46):
the what, the spirit.
And then what does it say?
Speaking to one another inpsalms, hymns and spiritual
songs, singing and making melodywith your heart to the lord,
always giving thanks for allthings in the lord, and so forth
.
Okay, now hold your place andgo to colossossians 3, verse 16.
And notice what he says inverse 16.
(03:08):
Let the word of Christ richlydwell within you.
Okay, ephesians 5 was be filledwith the Spirit.
This is let the word of Christrichly dwell.
And then he says what?
With all wisdom, teaching andadmonishing one another with
psalms and hymns and spiritualsongs, singing with thankfulness
in your hearts, and so forth.
In other words, the samecontext, isn't it the exact same
(03:30):
context?
Now, why in Ephesians did hesay be filled with the Spirit,
but in Colossians he said letthe word of Christ dwell richly
within you.
They're parallel expressions,aren't they?
They mean the same thing.
If somebody says well, whatdoes it mean to be filled with
the Spirit?
I mean, because that is alittle amorphous for us.
It's like what, what is that?
I don't know what that is.
Well, you can just tell themthis it's letting the Word of
Christ dwell richly within you.
(03:52):
You mean that's the same thing.
Yeah, it's a parallelexpression.
I mean what's happening?
As you let the Word of Goddwell richly within you, are you
not letting the Spirit, whosewords those are, influence your
life?
Yes, that's what you're doing.
So, again, they're used inparallel the Spirit and the Word
(04:14):
.
How about Acts, chapter 2?
Most people don't think of thisone and I actually forgot about
it.
That's why I say most peopleforget.
I forgot about this.
In Acts, chapter 2, the day ofPentecost, you have this event
where the 12 are there and thenthere's these tongues
distributing themselves likefire, and they began to speak in
all these languages.
(04:34):
Right, that they had neverstudied.
But the people who were thereon the day of Pentecost, from
all over the Mediterranean world, they were hearing them speak
in their native dialects andtongues, right, right, how is it
interpreted by Peter in Acts2.33?
What was happening?
How was it that they werespeaking in tongues or languages
(04:57):
that they had never learned?
Well, he explains it in 2.33that he has poured forth this,
which you both see and hear thatis the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit was the one whoenabled them to speak in
languages they had never spokenand never studied.
(05:20):
So, another connection betweenpouring forth of the Spirit and
speaking words.
Okay, speaking words.
There's nothing, like you know,mystical about it, so to speak.
Right, I mean, the Holy Spiritis doing this and it wasn't a
ooh, I mean it was aninteresting moment, but it's an
(05:40):
evidence of the Spirit speakingwords and that connection was
well known.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Thank you for joining us on Beyond the Walls with
Jeremy Thomas.
If you would like to see thevisuals that went along with
today's sermon, you can findthose on Rumble and on YouTube
under Spokane Bible Church.
That is where Jeremy is thepastor and teacher.
We hope you found today'slesson productive and useful in
(06:06):
growing closer to God andwalking more obediently with Him
.
If you found this podcast to beuseful and helpful, then please
consider rating us in yourfavorite podcast app, and until
next time, we hope you have ablessed and wonderful day.
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