The sacred task of handling the Word of God
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with God.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.” John 1:1-3
The Bible is the holy word of GOD. The God of ALL. The God, who created all, knows all and was here before all. He has all power and all authority. With one WORD He can create or destroy.
He is ALL IN ALL.
Our puny minds fail to grasp even a small portion of this truth. It is far beyond our wildest imagination.
We serve a BIG God (and that’s a HUGE understatement).
If we could only grasp a small fragment of this, then what would our reaction be to the Word of God?
We certainly would not allow it to be twisted, reshaped, molded to fit human thoughts and agendas, and trampled in the dirt like it is being today.
We would stand up and fight for it. Give our lives for it. IT IS THE WORD OF GOD!
The Bible is very clear on how we should treat it:
"Whoso despises the word shall be destroyed: but he that fears the commandment shall be rewarded." Proverbs 13:13
For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at my word . . . Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word;
Isaiah 66;2,5
And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
1 Thessalonians 1:6
Not only are we supposed to heed the Word in text, but we are to bend to the Word in person.
John 1:14, 17 says “And the Word was made 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... For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.”
Jesus Christ is the Word of God!
He is the one we bend to. To Him belongs all glory, praise, worship and adoration.
We must fight to keep the word in text because when we mess with the word of God in text, we mess with the Word of God in person.
We must fight to keep the word in text because when we mess with the word of God in text, we mess with the Word of God in person.
In Pilgrims Progress- Christiana
There is a scene where Christiana and her sons and their companions are in the Valley of the Shadow of Death. They come to what appears to be a huge chasm. A ways down birds appear to be drift slowly two and fro. Far across the other side of the yawning chasm is the Narrow Way. What are they to do?
Wait! What is this? As they look closer they realize that it is only painting on the rock. There isn’t really a chasm at all. It was all a trick of the enemy to throw them off of the right path.
This is what is happening to the Word of God today.
We are allowing it to be tampered with. At first it may just seem like a little bit of harmless paint, but it’s not. We are allowing the Rock to be tampered with.
If we truly believe that the Bible is what it says it is, the Truth, The Word of God, then we must stand up for this truth and fight for it as if it truly is the Word of God.
We must also take every word in it seriously. We do not mold the Word of God to fit us and our agenda; we bend our will to the Word of God.
If we continue to let the Rock be tampered with more and more people are going to be turned away from the true Narrow Way. And the Lord will not receive the glory that is His due.
"And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he does judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God."
Revelation 19:10-13
Revelation 19:10-13
This is our God. This is His word. Tremble before it. Reverence it. Obey it. Fight for it!
