WHY THE BIBLE?
By Rick Mathes
Ephesians 6:17 (NASB77) 17 And take THE HELMET OF SALVATION, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
The Lord’s form ascended into heaven but His essence remained in the Word of God and the Holy Spirit to quicken to your understanding. Why? He’s not done with us until after the White Throne Judgment. In the meantime, His Word, the locus comes alive and convicts us of sin according to His first earthly sermon, “Repent, the Kingdom of Heaven is near!” John the Baptist, Peter, Paul and the rest knew God’s arch enemy was sin so it was sin that must be attacked at its source.
So with His stooping grace the Bible converts our soul from death to life, from sin to repentence so as to cleanse the soul of all unrighteousness. This results in a consecration to Him who has no remnant of the sin that tortured and killed the King. After all we are the Temple of the Holy Spirit and priests of the children of the promise.
From cover to cover, God’s Word corrects all wrongs. If you truly love Jesus as your Lord when all that’s within you aches for holiness, the indwelling of God the Holy Spirit. By confirming what is right, we can plainly see what is wrong. By being and expecting what is right makes what is wrong obvious. O comfort your heart and get your nose in the Word. How?
The Word of God:
- Heed it
- Seed it
- Desire it
- Divide it
- Live by it
- Use it
- Suffer for it!
When God speaks, we must listen! He has the words of life bot for day to day existence and the hereafter in the mansion He has prepared for us. Let me ask you a most important question: “What is the last thing the devil wants you to do?” You know that answer? But what are you going to do about it? Yes, read the Word!
PRESS ON!
Rick Mathes 