A few thoughts on the nature and power of the Word of God, the Bible. May we increasingly understand that this is God’s ordained means as He uses us to make disciples of Christ…
The Word of God brings people to Himself (Acts 6:7)
“And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.”
The Word of God is powerful (Hebrews 4:12)
“For 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.”
The Word of God brings spiritual life (John 6:63; 1 Peter 1:23)
“It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.”
“…since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God.”
The Word of God is the means He uses to bring salvation (James 1:18; Romans 10:14-15)
“Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.”
“How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!’”
The Word of God and its entirety is profitable (2 Timothy 3:16)
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness.”
The Word of God always accomplishes what God intends (Isaiah 55:11)
“So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.”
The Word of God is what the Holy Spirit uses to get to the heart (Ephesians 6:17)
“…take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”
The Word of God testifies Jesus Christ (Luke 24:27)
“And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he [Jesus] interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.”
The Word of God displays the glory of God (1 Samuel 3:21; John 1:14)
“And the Lord appeared again at Shiloh, for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of the Lord.”
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
Soli Deo Gloria
