HIS
WORD IS TRUTH
BREAD
15 “My prayer is not that you take them
out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word
is truth.” John 17:15-17 (NIV)
28 O
Sovereign LORD, you are God! Your
words are trustworthy, and you have promised these good things to your servant. 2
Samuel 7:28 (NIV)
24 Then
the woman said to Elijah, “Now I know that you are a man of God and that the
word of the LORD from your mouth
is the truth.” 1 Kings 17:24 (NIV)
16 All
Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and
training in righteousness, 17 so
that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. 2
Timothy 3:16-17 (NIV)
20 Above
all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the
prophet's own interpretation. 21 For
prophecy never had its origin in the will of man, but men spoke from God as
they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. 2 Peter 1:20-21 (NIV)
1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for
the faith of God's elect and the knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness--2 a faith and knowledge resting on the hope of
eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the beginning of
time, 3 and at his appointed season
he brought his word to light through the preaching entrusted to me by the
command of God our Savior. Titus 1:1-3 (NIV)
9 The
coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan
displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, 10 and in every sort of evil that
deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth
and so be saved. 2 Thessalonians 2:9-10 (NIV)
29 The
secret things belong to the LORD
our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that
we may follow all the words of this law.
Deuteronomy 29:29 (NIV)
4 Show
me your ways, O LORD, teach me
your paths; 5 guide me in your
truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day
long. Psalm 25:4-5 (NIV)
30 I have chosen the way of truth; I have set my heart on your
laws. Psalm 119:30 (NIV)
2 Test
me, O LORD, and try me, examine my
heart and my mind; 3 for your love
is ever before me, and I walk continually in your truth. Psalm
26:2-3 (NIV)
89 Your word, O LORD,
is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens. 90 Your
faithfulness continues through all generations; you established the earth, and
it endures. 91 Your laws endure to
this day, for all things serve you. 92 If
your law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. 93 I will never forget your precepts, for by
them you have preserved my life. Psalm 119:89-93 (NIV)
BUTTER
“If you wish to know God, you must
know his Word. If you wish to perceive
His power,
you must see how He works by his Word. If you wish to know His purpose before it comes to pass, you can only discover it by His Word.” C.H. Spurgeon
you must see how He works by his Word. If you wish to know His purpose before it comes to pass, you can only discover it by His Word.” C.H. Spurgeon
“What
is ‘good’? Just as Pilate asked Jesus
‘What is Truth?’ while all the while looking straight at Truth Incarnate, we as
humans often misconstrue ‘What is good?’ and end up missing out on God’s best
by ‘kicking against the goads’ and not walking in His ways. We so often buy into what the world believes
as good. Do we believe it’s all about
more – More clothes in the closet? More
comforts in the den? More money in the
bank? More health in the body? More buildings, marquees, publications or
whatever’s bearing our names? More children in the home? And on and on and on it goes. ‘Good’ is not merely ‘wants’. ‘Good’ can be as varied as the people who
populate this dusty earth. Simply put,
‘good’ is always God’s best for a life.
The Maker of all humankind has a plan for each life and our best is
always to walk in it – be it ever so hard.
His will is revealed in a myriad of ways from His Word, from the Holy
Spirit’s promptings Who indwells every true believer in Christ, from prayer and
petition with thanksgiving, from fellow sojourners – why God can even use a
donkey or a great big fish! And believe
me, you always want to be in the center of His will as it is good and pleasing
and perfect. Don’t fight against God’s
best because it is hard. Allow Him to
conform you to the image of Christ. We
are the ultimate losers if we don’t. It
is the life of true blessedness.” BHY
“We
may be certain that whatever God has made prominent in His Word, He intended to
be conspicuous in our lives.” Charles
Spurgeon
“Beware of reasoning about God's Word
- obey It.” Oswald
Chambers
“Life holds for all of us, from time to time, desolate places. All that
was ordinary and secure and familiar and dependable seems a thousand miles
away. Here we are in this strange wilderness - out of work, ill, robbed of
something or someone, banished from a privilege that once was ours, no longer
needed, confused, forsaken. It is a place of dryness, loneliness, isolation,
helplessness, fear. We feel as though we are walking where no human being was
ever meant to walk, a place of dragons.
Don't despair. Even though you find no signs, be sure that thousands have
traversed this terrain. When you reach the far side you will meet them. But
there is something that is far more comforting than that. You are not alone now. Always beside you is Another whose voice you may not hear, whose arm
you may not feel, whose footprint you may not see. Nevertheless His Word is
utterly to be trusted: ‘I cared for you in the wilderness.’” (Hosea 13:5) Elisabeth
Elliot
“God often uses the repetitive events and themes in
daily life to get my attention and draw me closer to Himself. Now instead of
just listening for God's whisper, I am trying to recognize the sacred echoes -
those moments when God speaks the same message to my heart again and again. I
call them sacred echoes because I've noticed that throughout my relationships,
daily life, and study, the same scripturally sound idea or phrase or word will
keep reappearing until I can no longer avoid its presence. Is this mere
coincidence or is it something more? When it comes to hearing from God, I
firmly believe the Bible is our source and authority. God's Word is like a
megaphone to His people. Throughout Scripture God speaks through kings and
queens, princes and prophets, poets and pilgrims. He speaks through weather
patterns, barnyard animals and even the stars in the sky. God is not only
creative, but He is persistent in getting our attention and communicating with
us.” Margaret Feinberg
“The rabbis spoke of
the text being like a gem with seventy faces, and each time you turn the gem,
the light refracts differently, giving you a reflection you haven’t seen
before. And so we turn the text again
and again because we keep seeing things we missed before. When you embrace the text as living and
active, when you enter its story, when you keep turning the gem, you never come
to the end. Inspired words have a way of
getting under our skin and taking on a life of their own. They work on us. We started out reading them, but they end up
reading us.” Rob
Bell
“God has not left us without a witness to
that which is true. That witness is the witness of His Word both written and
Incarnate.” Donna
Evans
“His love is
unfailing, His Word unchangeable, His power ever the same; therefore the heart
that trusts Him is kept in ‘perfect peace’…I know He tries me only to increase
my faith, and that it is all in love.
Well, if He is glorified, I am content.” Hudson Taylor
“O Lord, I plead thy precious
promises; and thou canst not deny thy word.
Thou hast laid thyself under obligation to help a feeble, praying
soul. Then let thy Holy Spirit abide
with me, to quicken my soul when fainting, and to rule my heart in all things,
that no sin may have dominion over me.” K. H.
Von Bogatzky
“If the word does not dwell with power in us, it will not pass with power from us.” John Owen
“But He is the Living Word and His Word is a flashing, double-edged sword and He doesn’t write Himself into neat five-point outlines but He is like the wind — and He speaks in parables that subvert and poetry that ignites and metaphors that jolt and there is nothing safe or small or stiff about Him.” Ann Voskamp
HEART SAVOR
- · God’s Word is True and it has divine authority over all people.
- · God’s Word is living and active – sharper than any double-edged sword. It judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
- · God will always keep His Word.
