"...the Scripture cannot be broken " (John 10:35b)
"the word of God is not chained." (2 Timothy 2:9b)
Why? Because it is inspired by the Holy Spirit. And it ultimately is fulfilled in the Living Word Jesus Christ. And Jesus Christ, fully God and fully man, came to give us salvation from our sin, and grant us mercy and grace and life and righteousness in His Blood!
The written word leads us to Jesus, the eternal Living Word:
John 1:1 New King James Version (NKJV)
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14 New King James Version (NKJV)
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
All other books and documents, good, neutral or bad, are merely human books and documents. These human works rely on the reader to read it/apply it. Human documents can only have power through human obedience. Don't get me wrong. Human writings and documents can be and are highly influential. They have had major impacts on society. YET..... They are always at the mercy of the current generation and their level of literacy and comprehension and desire to learn.
And, we actually see this in the Levitical order of the Old Testament. The Law of Moses came from God to Moses, for men to apply in order to deal with sin in Israel. But men failed to keep it as the generations passed. Yet the Word remains effective and powerful. Even if men fail to apply it, the Word continues to accomplish what God so desires and chooses to accomplish. Unlike every other rule book or document, the Word of God is NOT HINDERED BY HUMAN REBELLION or FAILURE.
If a great human document or book is ignored or forgotten, its power is lost. Yes, it can even sit on the bookshelf, and look great. But as long as it remain closed, it remains impotent due to lack of readership and application.
BUT The Word of God has power in itself, and cannot be broken. Indeed, tyrants and oppressors have tried to get rid of the Holy Bible throughout history. But it was ultimately to no avail. Sure, for a time the Bible would be hard to find in certain areas.
But I know people who God sent to these oppressed areas, and they secretly brought Bibles into fobidden zones. God has His ways of bringing His word to His people. God is God, afterall.
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The Holy Bible is God's collection of inspired writings and it's power comes from God, not people. It is profitable for doctrine, correction, and instruction in righteous godly living!!
2 Timothy 3:16 NKJV
All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness,
John 1:1 New King James Version (NKJV)
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14 New King James Version (NKJV)
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.
All other books and documents, good, neutral or bad, are merely human books and documents. These human works rely on the reader to read it/apply it. Human documents can only have power through human obedience. Don't get me wrong. Human writings and documents can be and are highly influential. They have had major impacts on society. YET..... They are always at the mercy of the current generation and their level of literacy and comprehension and desire to learn.
And, we actually see this in the Levitical order of the Old Testament. The Law of Moses came from God to Moses, for men to apply in order to deal with sin in Israel. But men failed to keep it as the generations passed. Yet the Word remains effective and powerful. Even if men fail to apply it, the Word continues to accomplish what God so desires and chooses to accomplish. Unlike every other rule book or document, the Word of God is NOT HINDERED BY HUMAN REBELLION or FAILURE.
Isaiah 55:10-11 New King James Version (NKJV)
10 “For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven,
And do not return there,
But water the earth,
And make it bring forth and bud,
That it may give seed to the sower
And bread to the eater,
11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
If a great human document or book is ignored or forgotten, its power is lost. Yes, it can even sit on the bookshelf, and look great. But as long as it remain closed, it remains impotent due to lack of readership and application.
BUT The Word of God has power in itself, and cannot be broken. Indeed, tyrants and oppressors have tried to get rid of the Holy Bible throughout history. But it was ultimately to no avail. Sure, for a time the Bible would be hard to find in certain areas.
But I know people who God sent to these oppressed areas, and they secretly brought Bibles into fobidden zones. God has His ways of bringing His word to His people. God is God, afterall.
To this day the Word of God remains.
It is still here. And it is translated into many languages.
Those oppresive regimes end. They never last because they are not eternal. Yet the Word of God remains. It is eternal. Even if every printed copy of God's Word were somehow removed from the planet, the Word is STILL Living and Active. It does not depend upon paper and ink in order to exist. But by God's grace, He put it into a book (a collection of holy God-inspired writings) for us to read and be saved and nourished by. The paper and ink is for our benefit, not God's.
The Bible, even if it is often hated or dismissed as irrelevant by the doubter, is still the world's best seller. It is resilient beyond any other book. It is because this Book is from the mouth of God. And this Book leads to, and is tied to, the Living Word Jesus.
The Word of God already has eternal power. It comes from the Lord's mouth. Reading it, and believing it and obeying it plants the seed of power within our hearts: Christ is the Seed. Jesus the WORD accomplished what the Levitical priesthood failed to do: Jesus accomplished PERFECT and FINAL ATONEMENT for the sins of the world. We need only to trust in Jesus' one and only sacrifice on the cross to be saved from wrath and sin.
His death, burial and resurrection achieved what men could not do. Jesus is our High Priest after the order of Melchizedek. (See Hebrews ch.5-7).
It is still here. And it is translated into many languages.
Those oppresive regimes end. They never last because they are not eternal. Yet the Word of God remains. It is eternal. Even if every printed copy of God's Word were somehow removed from the planet, the Word is STILL Living and Active. It does not depend upon paper and ink in order to exist. But by God's grace, He put it into a book (a collection of holy God-inspired writings) for us to read and be saved and nourished by. The paper and ink is for our benefit, not God's.
The Bible, even if it is often hated or dismissed as irrelevant by the doubter, is still the world's best seller. It is resilient beyond any other book. It is because this Book is from the mouth of God. And this Book leads to, and is tied to, the Living Word Jesus.
The Word of God already has eternal power. It comes from the Lord's mouth. Reading it, and believing it and obeying it plants the seed of power within our hearts: Christ is the Seed. Jesus the WORD accomplished what the Levitical priesthood failed to do: Jesus accomplished PERFECT and FINAL ATONEMENT for the sins of the world. We need only to trust in Jesus' one and only sacrifice on the cross to be saved from wrath and sin.
Hebrews 9:12 Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.
Hebrews 10:10 By that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
His death, burial and resurrection achieved what men could not do. Jesus is our High Priest after the order of Melchizedek. (See Hebrews ch.5-7).
Hebrews 5:5-10 NKJV
5 So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him:
“You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.”
6 As He also says in another place:
“You are a priest forever
According to the order of Melchizedek”;
7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear,
8 though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered.
9 And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him,
10 called by God as High Priest “according to the order of Melchizedek,”
THUS, the Law of Moses was FULFILLED in Jesus, not destroyed nor forgotten. THIS is how the Word of God has power even if people ignore it. See, Jesus is Living. Active. Powerful. Merciful. Gracious. Kind. Royal. Loving. We miss the point of the Bible if we fail to look to Jesus, the Living Word. The written Word is inerrant, and it tells God's story. It is also filled with many human stories and accounts along the way and how God interacted with them. Ultimately the Book culminates in revealing Jesus the Living Word, the Saviour.
We must enter into relationship with GOD, through His Blood atonement. Jesus is the God of the Bible, and He is CURRENTLY and ETERNALLY ALIVE, and He is INTERACTING with His creation at all times!!
The written Word is about the Living Word... and the Living Word is coming to judge the world whether you heed His Word or not. :)
Luke 4:36 Then they were all amazed and spoke among themselves, saying, “What a word this is! For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.”
The WORD OF JESUS' POWER upholds all things! He purged our sins by His Own Blood!
Hebrews 1:3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
People can shelve the Bible if they want, and ignore it. Or they can choose to read it and believe Jesus the Word for salvation. They can choose to respond to the invitation of the living God, Jesus, and follow Him as a disciple daily.
Just rest assured, the Lord is the Word and the Word is sovereign. He is coming to collect His saints (those saved by grace through faith- see Eph 2:8) and judge the world!
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Revelation 19:15 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Jesus' (The Word) and His rock-solid teachings:
Matthew 7:24 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:
Jesus is THE LIGHT:
The written Word is about the Living Word... and the Living Word is coming to judge the world whether you heed His Word or not. :)
Luke 4:36 Then they were all amazed and spoke among themselves, saying, “What a word this is! For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out.”
The WORD OF JESUS' POWER upholds all things! He purged our sins by His Own Blood!
Hebrews 1:3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
People can shelve the Bible if they want, and ignore it. Or they can choose to read it and believe Jesus the Word for salvation. They can choose to respond to the invitation of the living God, Jesus, and follow Him as a disciple daily.
Just rest assured, the Lord is the Word and the Word is sovereign. He is coming to collect His saints (those saved by grace through faith- see Eph 2:8) and judge the world!
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Revelation 19:15 Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it He should strike the nations. And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron. He Himself treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Jesus' (The Word) and His rock-solid teachings:
Matthew 7:24 “Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock:
Jesus is THE LIGHT:
John 8:12 New King James Version (NKJV)
12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”
God's Word is Light!
Psa. 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path.
Jesus is God's Word of LIGHT!
God's Word is TRUTH:
John 17:17 New King James Version (NKJV)
17 Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.
Jesus is The Truth:
John 14:6 New King James Version (NKJV)
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Jesus is God's WORD OF TRUTH!!
The Word cannot be bound (chained) or broken!
2 Timothy 2:9 New King James Version (NKJV)
9 for which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the word of God is not chained.
John 10:34-36 New King James Version (NKJV)
34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, “You are gods” ’?
35 If He called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken),
36 do you say of Him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
God bless you!
Open the Word today, read, and absorb His Word, by the leading of Christ's Holy Spirit! Walk in daily RELATIONSHIP to the Living Word.
Open the Word today, read, and absorb His Word, by the leading of Christ's Holy Spirit! Walk in daily RELATIONSHIP to the Living Word.
Feb 27 2021 2:31am EST
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