The Bible

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Christina

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The Bible The word of GodMan may write a true book, but only God, the source of life, can write a living book. "The word of God ... liveth and abideth forever." 1 Peter 1:23. The Bible is the living word of God. We look at the volume; we hold it in our hands. It is like other books in form and printer's art. But the voice of God speaks from these pages, and the word spoken is alive. It is able to do in the heart that receives it what can be done only by divine power.It is the voice of the Almighty. Very different it is from the sacred books of the non-Christian religions. In those writings it is man speaking about God; in the Holy Scriptures it is God speaking to man. The difference is as great as heaven is higher than earth. Here it is not man groping in the darkness after God. In this book of God's revelation we see the divine arm reaching down to save the lost, and hear the voice of the loving Father calling to His children, every one and everywhere. "Incline your ear," He calls; "hear, and your soul shall live." Isa. 55:3.The Word That CreatesWe must have something more than instruction; we must have a word of power that is able to tell of sins forgiven, and to conduct us beyond the grave to heaven. One of the greatest of China's sages, Mencius, said, "Instruction can impart information, but not the power to execute." That touches the crucial point. We must have instruction that can come with power divine to execute. We have it only in God's words. Christ said: "It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life." John 6:63.The words of God are living words. When God spoke in the beginning, "Let there be light," lo, the light sprang out of the darkness. There was power in the word spoken to bring forth. "Let the earth bring forth grass," was the word of the Lord: and the earth was carpeted with its first rich greensward. So through all the work of creation, the creative power was in the word spoken."By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth." "He spake, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast." Ps. 33:6, 9.Even so, when this word speaks instruction to man, there is creative power in the word, if received, to work mightily in the soul that is dead in trespasses and sins. Man must be born again, be re-created. That we know; for Christ says, "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again ["from above," ], he cannot see the kingdom of God." John 3:3.And the word of God—the Bible from heaven—received by faith, is the agency by which this new birth "from above" is wrought. This is the declaration of our text: "Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth forever." 1 Peter 1:23. The Word That Works WithinNot only does the word of God give the new birth, making the believer a new man,—the past forgiven and a new heart within,—but the word that re-creates abides in the believing heart that studies it and clings to it, to work in the life with actual power that is not of the man himself. To the Thessalonians, who had "turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God," the apostle wrote:"For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe." 1 Thess. 2:13.The word itself works within, and works effectually. There is nothing mechanical about it. The mere letter profits nothing. The Bible on the center table, unstudied and unloved, has no magic power. But God promises to abide by His Spirit of power in the heart that listens to His voice and trembles at His word. Jesus Himself tells us the secret of this power of the word to work in the believing heart:"If a man love Me, he will keep My words: and My Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him." John 14:23.No wonder, then, that believing and receiving the word brings divine power into the life, making it possible for transformations of character to be wrought, for victories to be won and obedience rendered to every command of God.Simply believing God's word touches the current of everlasting power, even as the trolley arm of the electric car reaches up and touches the current of power flowing through the wire overhead. The faith that takes the living word brings the power divine into the heart to move all the spiritual mechanism of life's service.
 

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I posted the above because I thought it a beatiful description of what the Word is.We often discuss and debate verse's and chapters.We all know the Bible is Gods word but I just thought it might be nice to really think about what a gift our Bible really is.
 

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I posted the above because I thought it a beatiful description of what the Word is.We often discuss and debate verse's and chapters.We all know the Bible is Gods word but I just thought it might be nice to really think about what a gift our Bible really is.
Thanks, its nice!
 

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Thanks Kriss for the beautiful post ... The Word has changed my life and so many others lives that I have known. I had heard the stories of the Bible my whole life. They were great and I loved them, but as an adult, I began to study with someone who taught verse by verse and chapter by chapter through the entire Bible. I learned that the Word was not just a collection of stories about a group of people but a complete book inspiried to teach us of the past present and future. Daily turning the Word into our lives give us the ability to know how to act toward God, ourselves and others. The Holy Spirit can teach us daily from the Word new a glorious revelations. I have been reading in Jeremiah for over a year, I start and end and go again and each time, I see new things I missed. I also see corelations to today... the war in the Mid East the world in turmoil and the coming of AntiChrist. I have no fear because of the Word. In fact, I am looking forward to the end of days because I know what is ahead of me, because of the Word. I can face what ever happens by looking into the Word, all answers are there. Looking in to the Word, searching out the meanings of the original languages really changed the stories I loved as a child, but they are more meaningful to me as an adult. Not everyone is able to have eyes to see the whole truth instantly, but the Word has meaning for all people, no matter their level of learning , or ability . But if you begin to open the Word, God will bless you and teach you to go deeper. If you ask for true knowledge... HE IS FAITHFUL.. and will increase your ablities to learn and understand .