• Follow, continued:
    • Follower qualities, skills, traits (continued):
      • Courage – Ezra 10:2-4
      • Service – Luke 9:43-48; 1:38; James 1:1
      • Communication – II Kings 5:11-14
      • Competence – II Timothy 2:15
      • Confidence – I John 2:28
      • Stable/sober – Titus 1:8; 2:2, 4, 6
      • Engagement – I John 4:9; John 8:12; Matthew 5:14-16; Mark 16:15
    • Speak
      • Old Testament
        • 354 time (spoke 431 times – history)
        • 39 Jeremiah, 38 Psalms, 32 Numbers
      • New Testament
        • Speak or spoke 194 times
        • 43 John, 32 Acts and I Corinthians; 15 Matthew
        • 104 in the gospels
      • Old Testament words (Hebrew)
        • דָּבַר (d__ā__ḇǎr) – to arrange words; to declare; to promise; rehearse or say; to teach
          • Exodus 6:!1
        • אָמַר (ʾām__ǎr) – to say; to answer
          • Jeremiah 28:5
        • New Testament words (Greek)
          • λαλέω (lale__ō) – to talk; to utter words; to preach; to say
            • Matthew 10:20
          • λέγω (leg__ō) – to lay forth or relate, to call, describe, name or speak
            • John 18:31-32 (John 12:32; 3:14)
          • Eleven other words used; two twice
            • Mark 9:39 – two words in combination
          • Past tense vs. present tense
          • Scripture contains records of speech
            • Much of “speech” denotes God speaking.
            • Many passages record people speaking
            • Some record things spoken by angels
          • Much is in historical context
          • Some is in instructional context
          • God speaks
            • Old Testament
              • Directly – Genesis 8:15; 9:8
              • Through angels – Judges 2:1-4
              • Through prophets – I Kings 16:12