The Word Of God

The Holy Bible is the inerrant and infallible Word of God.  The Bible is the inspired Word of God.  His Word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path (Psalm 119:105).  We can learn about the Lord from His Word and we can learn a lot about us as well as people.

In God's Word we learn that God is Holy and that there is only One True Living God.  We learn that God is Holy and nothing sinful can enter into His presence.  We learn that people have sinned and all have fallen short of God's glory.  We also learn in the Bible that God made a way for us to be reconciled back to Him through Jesus Christ.  God sent Jesus on a rescue mission to earth to save those who are lost.  Jesus shed His blood on the Cross for our sins, past, present, and future.

The Lord reveals to us in His Word how each of us can have a relationship with Him by receiving Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior and trust in His finished work on the Cross for our sins.  Reading God's Word is important and it is vital for our Spiritual growth as Christians.  We can not live by bread alone.  We also need God's Word in our lives.

Hebrews 4:12-13 says,

"12 For ¹the word of God is living and ²active, ³sharper than any ⁴two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and ⁵discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 
                                                                                                       

13 And ⁶no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are ⁷naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account."

 God's Word is true and wonderful.  The Holy Spirit inspired certain men to write down the books that are now our Bible.  When we trust Jesus as our Lord and Savior, the Holy Spirit comes to indwell us and we are better able to understand God's Word.   Unbelievers don't have the Holy Spirit so they can't understand God's Holy Word.  

I don't always understand things in God's Word, but I firmly believe that it is the Word of God and I know it is the truth.  God doesn't lie.  God is Holy and without sin.  His Ways are higher than our ways and His thoughts are greater than our thoughts.  God allows us to come boldly to His throne of grace and find the mercy that each of us needs.  He has given us His Holy Word so that we can grow in our relationship with Him and we enter into that relationship by placing our faith in His One and Only Son, Jesus Christ. 

Let's continue to read God's Word and allow the Holy Spirit to reveal what God is saying to us.  The Lord speaks to us through His Word.  Let's draw nearer to the Lord by reading and studying the Bible more and being doers of His Word and not just hearers of it.

(Here is a link to the sermon that my Pastor, Dennis Ashley, spoke this morning at the First Baptist Church in Houlton, Maine:

https://soundcloud.com/dcashley/this-i-believe-part-1-the-bible?utm_source=soundcloud&utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=facebook   )

Lord, Heavenly Father,

Thank You for the Bible for it is Your Holy Word.

We praise You!

You are Holy and Just in Your Judgments.

Create in us a hunger for Your Word.

Help us to understand what You are saying to us through Your Word by the Holy Spirit.

In Jesus Name we pray,

Amen.