MORNING MANNA 5-5-24
THE WORD OF GOD
One of my most precious possessions is a framed page out of the first edition of the King James Version of the Bible. Making it all the more value to me is the fact that it includes Hebrews 4:12 “ For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Blogger Tim Challies said, “The Bible may be a book, but it is a book unlike any other. The Bible is inspired—breathed out by God and in that way perfectly reflects the mind and will of God. The Bible is also complete, sufficient, inerrant, and infallible. Because the Bible is all these things and so many more, it is powerful and effective. Because it is God’s Word, it comes with all the power and authority of God—power and authority sufficient to change us from the outside in.
Michael Horton says, ‘God’s word does not merely impart information; it actually creates life. It’s not only descriptive; it’s effective too. God speaking is God acting.’ Thus, as we read the Bible, the Bible reads us. As we study the Bible, the Bible studies us. As we examine its every word, it examines our every thought, our every action, our every desire, our every inclination. It identifies our shortcomings; it calls us to change. But more than that, it provokes and promotes and causes that change.’
How do we know? Because ‘the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart’ (Hebrews 4:12). As God speaks through the Bible, God acts through the Bible, for God speaking is God acting.”
Of all our needs none are greater than a daily diet of God’s Word. We can never become what we ought to be if we neglect it. – HDS
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
Humble, Tx