This is word of god

I did not grow up in a Reformed church. When I first began to interact with Reformed churches, I was exposed to various points of liturgy that were somewhat unfamiliar: for instance, a benediction at the end of the service, corporate confession of sin, even a slot for the pastoral prayer. One other characteristic of many Reformed (and Reformedish) churches is the reading of Scripture followed by the statement, “This is the word of God.” I think the first time I heard that was from theologian Don Carson—after he had read the first three chapters of Ezekiel before he preached them!

I remember being struck by this comment. It registered deeply that, indeed, what we were listening to was God’s authoritative word, and therefore, we need to take this seriously.

The text before us, like every passage in Scripture, is the word of God, which is to be taken seriously. But, in a unique way, the phrase, “This is the Word of God” is the theme of this passage.

The Pharisees and scribes, who confronted the Lord, claimed to believe the word of God when in fact they were denying the word of God. They were in fact guilty of usurping the word of God.

Jesus rebuked them in order to teach the onlookers that they must take seriously God’s word. In other words, when they were confronted with God’s word, they needed to respond with the conviction, “This is the word of God.” And, perhaps, even add, “Wow.”

As a congregation, we confess that we believe the Bible as our final authority for faith and practice. But when push comes to shove, in the cut-and-thrust of life—including church life—do we respond with the conviction, “This is the Word of God”? Or, like the Pharisees in the text before us, does “tradition” trump truth? Does human opinion trump God’s revealed commandment? This is what Jesus deals with here. It was a teaching moment providing a learning opportunity for his disciples. May we learn as well.

A Strategic Confrontation

The text opens with a record of the confrontation between Jesus and the Pharisees:

Now when the Pharisees gathered to him, with some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. (For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands properly, holding to the tradition of the elders, and when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. And there are many other traditions that they observe, such as the washing of cups and pots and copper vessels and dining couches.) And the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?” And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written,

“‘This people honours me with their lips,
but their heart is far from me;
in vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’

You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men.”

(Mark 7:1–8)

As the Good Shepherd, who would lay down his life for his sheep, Jesus was always on the lookout for dangers to his disciples. We saw some of this previously when we saw him protecting and praying for them (6:45–46, 48–51). In this new section (7:1–23) Jesus continued to train and to guard his people. But in this case, the opposition was not from a physical storm but rather from a Pharisaic storm. And, to be frank, the latter is often more intense, threatening, and painful than the former.

Pharisaic Plotting

As Jesus’ popularity grew, so did the hostility from the religious powers that be (vv. 1–5). We saw something similar in 2:6, 23; 3:1–6 and 3:22ff. A delegation was sent from Jerusalem, no doubt with instructions to put an end to Jesus’ ministry and messianic popularity. They thought they could catch him out when it came to their oral traditions. It was becoming well known that Jesus was no fan of religious opinion and would not allow himself to be judged according to man’s traditions but rather by God’s word. For Jesus, the Old Testament was the only document that he would honour as the word of God. Anything in addition to this might be a good thing, but it was not a God thing. And, when it came to the Pharisees, this was the rub. For them, the tradition of the elders was on level par with Scripture.

As we will see, it was this that pointed to their character: They were hypocrites. And when hypocrites sense that their traditions and opinions are under threat, they often pick a fight. So here. As R. T. France points out, “The tension between Jesus and the religious leadership rises to a new level of mutual repudiation.” And so it will be from this point in Mark forward.

It is hard to imagine, but these Pharisees had so exalted their opinions that they viewed them as authoritative as Scripture. Since Jesus did not, they accused him of not being faithful to the word of God. Think about that: the Word not faithful to the word! Ridiculous.

Sadly, where the law was silent, the opinions of the Rabbinic scribes became vocal and authoritative, as if these traditions should be revered as truth. It is this wrongheadedness, and bad-heartedness, that lies behind these verses.

Hearing about the popularity and commendation of Jesus, the Pharisees “gathered,” not to worship Jesus, but to go to war with him. This scene helps us to understand something of what Jesus meant in Revelation 2:9 and 3:9 by the phrase “synagogue of Satan.” When you reject the word of God, you are behaving like Satan (see Genesis 3:1–7).

Scriptural Structure

The literary unit runs from vv. 1–23 and the recurring theme is that of defilement (see vv. 2, 5, 15, 18, 20, 23). In the context of the Pharisees’ concern about ritual purity, and therefore the need to avoid ritual defilement, the underlying problem came to the surface: They did not take God’s word as seriously as they claimed. Further, and most fundamental to the right understanding of this passage, is the matter of the heart (vv. 6, 19, 21, 23). We will not focus on this here, but simply note that Jesus wants us from our hearts to appreciate, “This is the word of God.”

The concept of defilement was very important to the Jews—especially to their spiritual leaders. This was not as much a matter of hygiene as it was a matter of religious, ritualistic purity.

The categories of clean and unclean were vital for an Israelite’s worship of God. God established this category for two reasons: first, to reveal his holiness and the people’s sinfulness so they would seek God’s gracious forgiveness; and, second, to separate Israel to be a distinct people from the surrounding Gentile peoples. God’s word prescribed this distinction along with prescribing many laws in order to keep this distinction (see Deuteronomy 4:1–8). In other words, God’s word made God’s people different. In fact, God’s word made God’s people (see Exodus 21–24).

Some of God’s words included laws of cleanliness (see Leviticus 12–15; etc.). But when it came to laws concerning washing, it has been observed that “the only hand washing required in the OT for purposes of ritual purity is that of priests before offering sacrifice (Ex. 30:18–21; 40:30–32)” (France). Despite this, the scribes and Pharisees concocted all kinds of additional washing traditions for all Israelites. And woe be to them if they refused to heed! This is what we see in this passage.

Mishnah Mishap

In their defence, the Pharisees were zealous for ritual purity. James Edwards comments, and I think rightly, “In the judgment of both Jesus and Mark they were gravely mistaken in the course they pursued, but they were not, as far as we can tell, either superficial or uncommitted.” That is, they were zealous for these traditions. But that was the problem, of course! We need look at what those traditions were.

The word “tradition” (vv. 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 13) translates a word that speaks of a practice or precept being passed down by word of mouth. It emphasises the process of transmission of an ordinance. The Jewish scribal leaders had collected these oral traditions into a book called the Mishnah. In some ways it would serve as a commentary on God’s inspired word. In fact, the early scribes would have defended its helpfulness as serving the function of a fence around God’s law. So, for instance, the fourth commandment enjoins God’s people to rest on the seventh day. The scribes wanted to help people to truly rest and so they came up with the tradition of what constituted a sabbath’s day journey. They regulated all kinds of things about this law in order to guard it—in order to fence it from being violated.

Their intentions were great but, sadly, the fence eventually became more important—more authoritative—than what was behind the fence. As someone once described it, the tradition was like a fence around a beautiful garden. But over time, people forgot about the garden and focused entirely on the fence.

So it was with these traditions of washing.

Again, they were not primarily concerned about hygiene but about ritual purity. The scribes and Pharisees were zealous to be sure that they were always in a place where God would look on them as being morally clean and therefore spiritually acceptable. They taught the people the importance of this external cleanliness. Are you beginning to see the problem?

These traditions were additions to Scripture, adding all kinds of rules about washings with a view to God’s people remaining clean. Mark alludes to this in vv. 3–4 for the sake of explanation to his non-Jewish Roman readers.

So yes, they were concerned about defilement, but as we will see in the next passage, they were focused on the wrong kind of defilement. While they were concerned about physical and religious defilement, Jesus came to deal with the defilement of the heart. And no amount of hand-washing (v. 3) or even full body-washing (v. 4) can change the heart. We need a new heart.

Of course, this is where the problem lies. It is all too easy to focus on externals—things we can control—and neglect the heart, which, because of sin, is usually out of control. We cannot change our hearts; only God can. And it is this principle that is at the heart of the matter.

You see, the scribes did not realise the depth of their sin. Despite all their exposure to the word of God, they failed to realise that man’s sin problem is so deep that no amount of ritual purity can ever make them clean. God’s word points to God as Redeemer; the traditions of the Mishnah pointed to what we can call “self-salvation.” Self-salvation remains the dominant religion in our day. That is why people remain in bondage to sin. What they need is a heart that will respond in submission to the reality: “This is the word of God.” And when they do, the truth will set them free (John 8:32).

To summarise, the problem with the Pharisees, who had “gathered to” Jesus, was that, for them, tradition trumped truth. But this is where it gets tricky. You see, they would have denied this. They would have claimed that their commitment to God’s truth drove them to be fastidious about these traditions. But the proof is in the pudding of life. That is, when push came to shove, what would win out in the end: God’s word or man’s traditions? We will see when we examine vv. 10–13.

But we need to pause to examine our own hearts. Geoffrey Grogan hits the jugular when he writes, “Cherished traditions can become so merged with Scripture in the minds of church-goers that they come to have some authority in their own right.” So, what opinions are you clinging to that have, in effect, usurped the final authority of God’s word?

Have you added some form of dress code to what God expects from those who worship him? I recently spoke to a pastor who told me that, because he did not wear a tie to preach when he first came to his church, some in the church concluded that he was not a godly man. (There were also a number who had a significant problem with his tattoos!) Some, particularly in hyper-Reformed traditions, think that it is sinful to sing songs other than the Psalms in corporate worship. You can probably think of a thousand other examples of how tradition and opinion can be added to God’s word, but Jesus would take issue with it every time.

We have recently experienced this reality as a congregation and have had to learn that, when you exalt your opinion to the level of Scripture, you effectively exalt it above Scripture—with harmful consequences. Be careful. Be warned. Unless we can say, “This is the word of God”, we dare not force our traditions or opinions on others.

Courageous Correction

Jesus would have none of this. He would not succumb to the traditions or opinions of men when to do so would compromise the authority and the priority of God’s word. Therefore, with courage born of conviction, Jesus confronted the critics. He did so primarily, I think, to protect his followers from hypocritical religious hucksters. But further, his disciples and would-be disciples needed to be taught the authority and priority of Scripture. They must not be controlled by those who reject the authority and sufficiency of Scripture.

In Jesus’ response, he identified these religious leaders, who had added to God’s word, as hypocrites.

Jesus referred to Isaiah 29:13 and said that these men were just like those in Isaiah’s day. Then, the people offered sacrifices and claimed to love God and his law, but though they honoured God with their mouths, their hearts were far from him. And the proof, again, was that taught “as doctrines the commandments of men.” Therefore, their worship was “vain”: empty and useless; in fact, as God viewed it, folly. As the word “hypocrite” suggests, they were merely play-acting. They were wearing a mask. And God knew it.

When we replace God’s word with man’s word, we are no longer worshipping acceptably. Note the relationship between worship and the word in this passage. That is why we strive for God’s word to be central in all we do.

We need to keep pressing this point: Those who belong to Jesus Christ are faithful to his word above all things. This is a fundamental mark of a Christian and of a truly Christian church.

As Jesus made clear in this quotation, and in his comment that follows (v. 8), religious hypocrites abandon God’s word for man’s opinion. And usually the motive is fear of man rather than fear of God.

The Heart of the Matter

Note that Jesus connects one’s view of God’s word with the condition of their heart. When we do our religious ceremony, engaging in our religious traditions while at the same time not taking God’s word seriously, this is an indication of spiritual heart disease. I wonder how much of that there is in our churches today?

We need a daily dose of humility before God. Without this, we are merely going through the motions. We need a daily dose of gospel appreciation and gospel application. Apart from this, our hearts will harden. Don’t assume that church attendance is the same as wellness. Ezekiel 33:30–33 speaks directly to this:

As for you, son of man, your people who talk together about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses, say to one another, each to his brother, “Come, and hear what the word is that comes from the LORD.” And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear what you say but they will not do it; for with lustful talk in their mouths they act; their heart is set on their gain. And behold, you are to them like one who sings lustful songs with a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument, for they hear what you say, but they will not do it. When this comes—and come it will!—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.

And what will come is judgement. Stop playing games. Stop rebelling. This is the word of God.

In summary, when we submit ourselves to God’s word, when we are of the conviction that “this is the word of God”, we will avoid hypocrisy, a hardened heart, and we will avoid doing harm to either ourselves or to others. Put positively, we will be the real deal, grow in spiritual health, and help one another. Is that you?

A Sarcastic Commendation

What happens when our opinions trump the final authority of God’s word? In vv. 9–13 we see what happens: harm to others because of the hardness of our own hearts.

And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition! For Moses said, ‘Honour your father and your mother’; and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’ But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is Corban”’ (that is, given to God)— then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother.

(Mark 7:9–13)

Christianity is not always characteristically nice. Sometimes sarcastic, biting words are used by our Lord, and later by his disciples. We have an example here.

Jesus is not nice about people being misled and mistreated by those who claim to be his representatives. He hates hypocrisy and he condemns those who practice it—as he did here.

He sarcastically responded to the Pharisees. To paraphrase: “Wow, you guys are excellent at gutting the Bible of its authority and replacing it with yours! You have made it a real skill to replace God’s word with your opinions.” I am sure that this got their attention, and that it riled their angst. Jesus then provided an illustration of how they had done so.

Quoting Exodus 20:12 and Exodus 21:17, Jesus showed how the Pharisees used tradition to trump truth. God commands children to honour their parents—to the extent that, if a child curse their parents, it was a capital offence. God’s word makes clear that he expects children to show great respect to their parents. But the Pharisees sought to bypass this in some circumstances by their tradition of “Corban.” Simply stated, they taught that if a child was financially supporting his parents, but made a vow to give that provision to God as an offering, he no longer needed to fulfil that material responsibility to his parents. But the Bible never allows for this. God does not give us laws that contradict each other. He expects children to honour their parents to the extent that they are to materially provide for them if necessary. The Pharisees found a way around this. But what must be seen was that their tradition did not even demand that the Corban was given to God. Rather, it could be used by the person for themselves if ultimately the intention was to give it to God. So the parents were dishonoured, the child was self-indulgent, and God was supposedly honoured.

To summarise, as Manson explains, “A man goes through the formality of vowing something to God, not that he may give it to God, but in order to prevent some other person from having it.”

What was the net result? God’s commandment was rejected, and tradition was established in its place. And this resulted in hypocritical and hard-hearted living. Consider how calloused this is! Consider that, whenever we usurp God’s word—whenever we fail to respond with, “This is the word of God”—relationships suffer. Jesus illustrates.

Christian, think about it. When we reject God’s word, not only do wesuffer spiritually, but others suffer as well.

God’s word declares that all people are made in the image of God; man’s opinion states, through social ills like racism and abortion, that some are more valuable than others.

God’s word defines the parameters for sexuality; man’s opinion rejects this and we have the mess we see all around us.

God’s word says that salvation is through Christ alone; man’s opinion allows for other ways.

The same can be said about how we are to treat one another in the church. God’s word calls for discipline; man’s opinion is that that is harsh. God’s word calls for unquestioning forgiveness; man’s opinion is that forgiveness is limited to certain areas. God’s word calls for submitting to one another; man’s opinion suggests that we should have our own way. God’s word details qualifications for leadership; man’s opinion is that those qualifications are debatable, and should be added to or removed from.

Be careful. Don’t become cynically or sinisterly skilled at avoiding what is clearly God’s word by substituting your own tradition or opinion.

A Serious Condemnation

The text ends with a serious condemnation: “thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do” (v. 13).

I can hardly think of a more serious error than for someone to make void the word of God—especially by their “tradition.” Sadly, this occurs all the time.

The Meaning

“Making void” means to invalidate, annul, or make of no effect. We can summarise its meaning in the phrase “to deprive of force and authority” (New Englishman’s Bible Dictionary). The term is found elsewhere in the New Testament only in Matthew 15:6 (parallel passage) and Galatians 3:17. In the latter case, we see that to make void is to render ineffective and therefore to disregard. What a tragic response to God and to his word!

We understand that God is sovereign, and therefore God will accomplish his purposes (Isaiah 55:11). Nevertheless, as Jesus used this phrase, it is indeed possible for us to respond to God’s word in such a way that it is ineffective in our lives—even in the life of the church. Just think of the Roman Catholic Church in the Middle and the Dark Ages!

Perhaps this malady happens most frequently on the first day of the week.

On any given Sunday, throughout the world, many thousands of people find themselves in so-called “worship services” hearing what is purported to be the word of God. Thankfully, in many churches, the Scriptures are handled faithfully, Christ is exalted, and the gospel is proclaimed with saints and sinners humbled before a holy God. And even though these churches have their various traditions, nevertheless, when it comes to the preaching, there is the heartfelt conviction, “This is God’s word.”

However, in many churches, tradition trumps truth and those in spiritual bondage remain so. Though it is not said so crassly, nevertheless the implication concerning tradition in such churches is, “This tradition is the word of God”. The consequences are tragic: psycho-babble rather than real and lasting help; unbiblical divorces rather than working through difficulties; dangerous practices, which lead to presumptive regeneration, rather than clear, gospel-grounded emphasis upon conversion; congregations that never obey our Lord’s mandate to discipline church members; congregations where membership is marginalised; congregations where false gospels are proclaimed with the result of eternally destruction in hell. Do you see how serious this is?

When it comes to the gospel, if tradition trumps truth, the consequences are eternally severe. We had better be sure, when a gospel claim is made, that it passes the test that “this is the word of God.” Paul exhorted the Galatians about this when he wrote,

I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting him who called you in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—not that there is another one, but there are some who trouble you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed.

(Galatians 1:6–9)

Those are serious and severe words because Paul knew that any so-called gospel that can’t pass the test of “this is the Word of God” is false and eternally fatal.

Brothers and sisters, this is serious. There is only one gospel and anyone who believes another, which is not another, is under condemnation. Any message that is different from the message of the sinless Son of God, who lived a perfect life and who died a literal blood-shedding death in the place of repent sinners, who then rose from the dead three days later, is not the gospel—regardless of how traditional it might be.

So, let me ask, does the gospel you claim to believe pass the test, “This is the word of God”?

Second, if so, do you really believe it? If you do, then “this is the Word of God” will be far more than merely a traditional conclusion to a Bible-reading.

Just before Jesus said to those Jews who claimed to believe on him, “You will know the truth and the truth will set you free,” he said these equally important words: “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples” (John 8:31–32). That is, those who truly believe on the Lord Jesus Christ will respond obediently to the word of God. They will respond with obedience to the realisation that “this is the word of God.” The implications and the applications of this are huge.

It implies that those who are born again will honour God’s word rather than annulling it with either their own words or the words of another. It implies that those who are born again will have a heart that is receptive to God’s word, not resistant to it. It implies that those who are born again will submit to God’s revealed truth rather than their opinions. It implies that those who are born again will lay their opinions aside when God’s word clearly addresses a situation. In short, it implies that those who are born again, and who live like it—i.e. abiding in God’s word—will be free: free from endless debates about matters that “this is God’s word” addresses; free from second-guessing every step. After all, God’s truth is a lamp to our feet and a light to our feet.

Negatively, this passage clearly implies that, for those who can say, “This is God’s Word,” will face opposition from those who make void the word of God by replacing the authority of God with either their own opinion or with the merely human opinion of another. Christian, be prepared that, when you follow Jesus, when you embrace the conviction, “This is the word of God,” you at times will be opposed by those who reject such a worldview.

Donald English helpfully observes,

Much the saddest part of this story relates to the way Jesus’ critics used the failure to follow certain patterns of ritual as a reason for not accepting the spiritual and physical liberation being made available to the needy by the very people the religious leaders criticized. The sick were being cured, evil spirits cast out, sins forgiven, but the critics fastened on failure to wash hands before eating. The signs of the kingdom were neglected in the interests of ritual ablutions.

The Pharisees had so focused on their tradition that they could not and would not enter what God was busy doing: bringing in his kingdom. Rather, they needled the flock with man-made religious burdens. While Jesus was offering freedom, the Pharisees were bringing them into bondage. This is always the case when people pay little heed to God’s claim that “this is the word of God.”

So, as Paul wrote to the Ephesian church, “Take up the whole armour of God” which includes “the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.” Then, “having done all, stand” (Ephesians 6:10–17). Be courageously committed from the conviction that “this is the word of God.”

How do we guard against this malady?

Those who follow Jesus need to know whether what they hear, and what they profess to believe, qualifies for the claim, “This is the word of God.” In other words, we need to know our Bibles.

Of course, this was one of the major troubles in Israel when Jesus arrived. They were as sheep without a shepherd (6:34), which meant, among other things, that they were not being fed the truth of God’s word. They were malnourished because sheep can’t live on tradition: They need truth.

We are privileged to live in an era in which we, the sheep of God, can feed in the green pastures of sound biblical resources. But, most importantly, there are sound and biblical healthy local churches where God’s people can become committed members where they can learn the truth of God’s word, and to observe it in practice.

The point I want to make is that there is no excuse for you and me not to know the truth of “this is God’s word.” The challenge perhaps rather lies in, will we obey God’s word? To do so, we must know God’s word and never stop growing to know it. We must guard our conviction concerning Scripture (see Psalm 19). We must grow in our conviction concerning the authority of Scripture—by spending quality time in it, obeying what we learn, and gathering with those who likewise believe it.

That last point is the rub for so many. Be careful who you choose to spend time with. If you hang with fools, foolishness will probably rub off on you. Spend time with the wise and wisdom can be contagious.

Finally, learn and love the gospel of God.

When Martin Luther stood before the power-brokers of the monolithic Roman Catholic Church, he was asked to recant of his criticisms of that church. His criticisms arose because he did not make void the word of God. Rather, by the light of Scripture, he examined what turned out be mere traditions of men. Weighed in the perfect scale of Scripture, the gospel of the Catholic Church was weighed and found wanting. The opinions of men were what Luther was intent on making void. So, when asked to recant, Luther famously responded,

Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the Holy Scriptures or by evident reason—for I can believe neither pope nor councils alone, as it is clear that they have erred repeatedly and contradicted themselves—I consider myself convicted by the testimony of Holy Scripture, which is my basis; my conscience is captive to the Word of God. Thus, I cannot and will not recant, because acting against one’s conscience is neither safe nor sound. Here I stand; I can do no other. God help me. Amen.

In other words, Luther was saying, “This is the word of God.” May our Lord and Saviour give us the same grace to believe, say and live the same thing.

AMEN

Предложения с «this is the word of god»

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While this word often conjures up emotions of sadness and anger and fear.	Слово «рак» обычно связано с печалью, гневом и страхом.
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I did not know exactly what this word feminist meant, and I did not want Okoloma to know that I did not know.	Я не знала, что именно значит это слово , и не хотела, чтобы Околома понял, что я этого не знала.
Of course a lot of this was tongue-in-cheek, but that word feminist is so heavy with baggage, negative baggage.	Конечно, по большей части всё это было не всерьёз, но у слова феминистка такой большой груз неприятных ассоциаций.
And when I looked up the word in the dictionary that day, this is what it said: Feminist: a person who believes in the social, political and economic equality of the sexes.	И когда я посмотрела это слово в словаре , оказалось, что Феминист — тот, кто верит в социальное, политическое и экономическое равенство представителей разных полов.
I was brought up like this, I got used to doing it this way, when I read a written word in simplified spelling, my eyes hurt.	Я не хочу ничего менять, меня так научили, я привык делать именно таким образом, и когда я вижу, что слово написано упрощённо, глазам больно.
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They represent the word mathematics, and these symbols also represent that word and this we can listen to.	Они представляют слово математика, и эти символы также представляют слово , которое мы можем услышать.
And what really gave rise to it was this word observer.	Слово наблюдатель послужило толчком.
She stared at me and she said, I don’t want to hear another word about this.	Она посмотрела на меня и сказала: Я не хочу слышать ни слова об этом.
I can’t write a word with all this quiet.	Я не могу написать ни слова во всей этой тишине.
What do you imagine when you hear this word?	Что вы представляете, когда вы слышите это слово ?
From this little island they one by one make their cries and declaim a 150- word test piece.	Из этого маленького острова, они один за другим декламировали текст состоящий из 150 слов.
Nobody, however, can successfully explain where this word comes from.	Никто, однако, не может объяснить, откуда произошло это слово .
I’m supposed to just take your word for the fact that this case involves national security?	Я должен просто поверить тебе на слово в том, что это дело касается национальной безопасности?
I’m supposed to just take your word for the fact that this case involves national security?	Я должен просто поверить тебе на слово в том, что это дело касается национальной безопасности?
I’m supposed to just take your word for the fact that this case involves national security?	Я должен просто поверить тебе на слово в том, что это дело касается национальной безопасности?
Are you going to make me pull this out of you one word at a time, Kyle?	Ты хочешь, чтобы я вытягивал из тебя клещами каждое слово ?
Apparently this nobleman did not associate the word police with rescue.	Было ясно, что надежды аристократа на спасение никак не связаны с полицией.
They used this single word to justify every atrocity of their Inquisition.	Они использовали это единственное слово для оправдания всех жестокостей своей инквизиции.
Mr Carl Laemmle feels it would be a little unkind to present this picture without just a word of friendly warning.	Господин Карлотта Лэмль полагает, что было бы некорректно представить эту картину без слов дружеского предостережения.
The word on the street is you need to smoke a cigarette after this boy lathers you up.	Вам нужно будет выкурить сигарету после того как этот парень вас обработает.
This time I did not need prompting with the appropriate word.	На этот раз мне не надо было подсказывать нужное слово .
This was printed in enormous type on paper so fresh that it was still wet, and there had been no time to add a word of comment.	Этот текст был напечатан очень крупно на еще не просохшей бумаге, без всяких комментариев.
No official word at this time, but sources have confirmed to us that woman is dead today by her own hands.	Официальных сведений пока не поступало, но наши источники утверждают, что женщина, погибшая сегодня, совершила самоубийство.
He could not at first put a word to it, this sense of personal unity.	Он сперва не мог подобрать слова для этого ощущения единства личности.
This last word was a shout, for Snibril had urged Roland forward.	Последнее слово он выкрикнул, потому что Снибрил заставил Роланда двинуться вперед.
I even got these squibs from a special effects guy, and I was gonna say this code word.	Я даже купил пиропатроны у мастера спецэффектов, и я должен был сказать кодовое слово .
This the sailor did, donning headphones and lighting up the word-processing program on his desktop computer.	Моряк послушно надел наушники и включил программу перевода на своем настольном компьютере.
If word spreads that we divert alms to this family to retrieve our rent… our community may be harmed.	Если люди узнают что мы жертвуем этой семье из ренты… наша община может пострадать.
The Security Council has always been committed to Georgia’s territorial integrity and has more than once affirmed this commitment by word and deed.	Совет Безопасности был неизменно привержен территориальной целостности Грузии и неоднократно подтверждал эту приверженность словом и делом.
I hope this isn’t too sensitive a subject… word is you…	Я надеюсь это не очень личная тема… говорят что вы…
Well, one word from me, and every man on this site stops work.	Одно мое слово — и все люди здесь прекратят свою работу.
This meeting on interfaith dialogue must be the beginning of a new journey for our nations, in the immortal word of my beloved wife, a journey of reconciliation.	Это заседание по межрелигиозному диалогу должно быть началом нового путешествия для наших государств, путешествия, по остающемуся вечно живым выражению моей любимой жены, проникнутого идеями примирения.
If the cursor is positioned in a word, this word is also put in bold.	Если курсор находится на слове , это слово выделяется полужирным шрифтом.
Her word will be the last word for this place.	Ей слово , будет последним словом для этого места.
I’m looking for a word — A word to describe The rookie recertification this morning.	Я подбираю слово … чтобы описать утренний экзамен новобранцев.
Reading this play, as I take word by word… everything she says happens.	Читая пьесу, слово за словом , мы видим, как сбывается все, о чем она говорит.
Pick a word, any word, but this is mind control at work.	Выбирайте слова , любые, но здесь контроль над их сознанием.
Click on a word is used to measure knowledge of vocabulary; in the paper-based test this language skill is examined by the multiple choice questions.	Тип вопроса click on a word может использоваться для проверки знания лексики; в письменном варианте TOEFL данный языковой навык проверялся с помощью вопросов multiple choice.
But is war really the right word for this?	Но война ли это на самом деле?
This woman is a sneaky, wily, word twister.	Эта женщина трусливая, коварная, искажающая слова .
This article also contains information on this issue: After installing KB 4011730, you may not be able to open or save Word documents.	Сведения о ней также содержатся в следующей статье: Не удается открывать или сохранять документы Word после установки KB 4011730.
This is my favorite word, by the way.	Кстати, это моё любимое слово .
Akin to the modern word pirate, Vikings were defined by their mobility and this did not include the bulk of the Scandinavian population who stayed at home.	Как и современных пиратов, викингов характеризовала легкость на подъем, что не относилось к большей части скандинавского населения, остававшейся дома.
It goes without saying that by this point no competent Western leader should take the wily Vladimir Putin at his word.	Совершенно очевидно, что пока ни один мудрый западный лидер не должен воспринимать слова коварного Владимира Путина всерьез.
The Offer is the price, or rate, at which a willing seller is prepared to sell. This word is used interchangeably with the term Ask.	Оферта — это цена или курс, по которому продавец готов продавать. Данное слово используется наряду с термином «аск».
If you don’t say I do, or if anything should happen to interrupt this performance, I say one word into this, and down will come baby, cradle and all.	Если ты не скажешь да, или случится еще что — нибудь, что нарушит ход представления, я скажу сюда только одно слово , и внизу окажется крошка, люлька и все остальное.
You raped me, and then you killed my father for defending my honor and I’ll never say a word of any of it or speak against the family because of this.	Ты меня изнасиловал, а затем убил моего отца, вступившегося за мою честь, но я никогда и слова против семьи не скажу, несмотря на это.
Because reading is dependent upon the translation of word sounds into this orthographic or visual representational form.	Потому что чтение зависит от перевода звучания слов в их орфографическую или визуальную форму.
If you’re in any one of those roles — and I think that probably is everybody who’s listening to this talk — the acronym is RASA, which is the Sanskrit word for juice or essence.	если вы находитесь в одной из этих социальных ролей — а я думаю, это все, кто слушает этот доклад — [руководители, учителя, супруги, родители, друзья] акроним такой: RASA, на санскрите это значит сок или суть.
This isn’t about one swear word or a glimpse of a breast.	Речь идет не об одном бранном слове или о промелькнувшей груди.
I sat in this large negotiation hall, at one point, for three or four hours, without hearing the word oceans one time.	Я просидел три или четыре часа в этом огромном конференц — зале и ни разу не услышал слова океан.
This video shows you how to create Office files directly in OneDrive or from Office apps such as Word.	В этом видео показано, как создавать файлы в OneDrive: непосредственно или из приложений Office, например Word.
Until that time, I don’t want to hear another word breathed about it in this building or outside it.	А до этого момента, я не хочу слышать ни единого слова об этом в этом здании или вне него.
The key word in the disclaimer is the word daily and this is important.	Ключевое слово в дисклеймере – это слово «ежедневно», и это важно.
And you think this copper will keep his word.	Вы думаете, этот коп сдержит свое слово .
And we’re supposed to just take your word for this?	И мы должны просто поверить вам на слово ?

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What Does the Phrase, “the Word of God” Mean?

Why the Bible Is So Special – Question 10

The phrase, “the Word of God” or “the Word of the Lord” has a number of different meanings in Scripture. It can mean either something that God has decreed, something that God has said when addressing humans, words that God spoke through the prophets, Jesus Christ, or finally, God’s written Word.

This can be illustrated as follows:

1. It Can Be Something That God Has Decreed

God’s decrees are His divine pronouncements. His words cause things to happen. Specifically, the Bible gives a number of examples of this. In Genesis, we read that God commands light to appear:

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. (Genesis 1:1-3 NASB)

Light comes about because of the spoken word of God. He spoke, light appeared.

When God decrees something that will, of necessity, come about, it is known as “the Word of God” or “the Word of the Lord.” The psalmist wrote:

By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and by the breath of His mouth all their host. (Psalm 33:6 NASB)

The New English Translation puts it this way:

By the LORD’s decree the heavens were made; by a mere word from his mouth all the stars in the sky were created. (Psalm 33:6 NET)

The heavens were created by the divine decrees of God.

These types of decrees were something that God desired to occur ? they were not necessarily spoken to anyone. Yet, they are called “the Word of God” or “the Word of the Lord.” Indeed, the universe is upheld by the Word of God. The writer to the Hebrews said:

The Son reflects God’s own glory, and everything about him represents God exactly. He sustains the universe by the mighty power of his command. After he died to cleanse us from the stain of sin, he sat down in the place of honor at the right hand of the majestic God of heaven. (Hebrews 1:3 NLT)

Therefore, God’s divine speech causes certain events to happen, and on some occasions, causes things to come into being. His divine decrees caused the universe to come about and it allows the universe to continue to exist.

2. It May Refer to God Verbally Addressing Humans: Personal Address

When God verbally addressed certain humans in the past, His words were known as the Word of God. Scripture gives a number of illustrations of God addressing humans in human language. For example, God personally spoke to Adam in the Garden of Eden:

And the LORD God commanded the man, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.” (Genesis 2:16-17 NRSV)

Thus, the phrase, “the Word of God” or the “Word of the Lord” can refer to the actual words God used in speaking to humans in their own language. This type of personal address from God is found throughout Scripture. When the Ten Commandments were given, God personally spoke them to Moses. The Bible says:

And God spoke all these words, saying, “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before me.” (Exodus 20:1-3 RSV)

Therefore, the Word of God may refer to the actual words that God spoke to humans. In these instances, the people were hearing the very voice of the living God. His words were completely understandable; spoken in ordinary human language. The people were expected to obey these words that God had spoken.

3. It Can Refer to God Speaking Through Human Prophets

The phrase, “Word of God” is also used of something that is said by God’s chosen spokesmen. The Bible says that God spoke to His people through the words of the prophets. These words consisted of ordinary language spoken through human beings.

When the biblical prophets spoke for the Lord, their words were called the “Word of God.” The Lord promised that the prophets would speak His words. He said to Moses:

I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I want. I myself will hold responsible anyone who then pays no attention to the words that prophet will speak in my name. But any prophet who presumes to speak anything in my name that I have not authorized him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods?that prophet must die. (Deuteronomy 18:18-20 NET)

While the words of the prophets were the speech of human beings, they carried God’s divine authority. The words spoken by God’s prophets were supposed to be obeyed. However, those who falsely claimed to speak God’s word were to be punished.

In another instance, the Lord promised to tell the prophet Jeremiah what to say to the people. The Bible says:

The LORD said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am too young.’ But go to whomever I send you and say whatever I tell you.” (Jeremiah 1:7 NET)

The Lord assured Jeremiah that his words to the people would be God’s words. We also read in Jeremiah:

Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I will most assuredly give you the words you are to speak for me.” (Jeremiah 1:9 NET)

Scripture makes no distinction in the authority of the words that God directly spoke and those things that were spoken by His prophets. Everything that was said was considered to be the Word of God because God was their ultimate source. God used ordinary human beings and spoke through them in their own language to communicate the Word of God. Consequently, the words were to be obeyed.

We must note that while God did personally speak to humans, or used humans as His personal spokesmen, these occurrences were rare ? they were not the norm. This was not the way in which He regularly communicated with humanity.

4. Jesus Christ Is the Word of God

God the Son, Jesus Christ, is known as the Word of God. At the beginning of John’s gospel we read the following:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1 KJV)

In the Book of Revelation, John describes the risen Christ as the “Word of God.” He wrote:

He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. (Revelation 19:13 ESV)

The New Living Translation says:

He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and his title was the Word of God. (Revelation 19:13 NLT)

This description, the Word of God, is only used for God the Son; it is not used for God the Father or God the Holy Spirit. God the Son, Jesus Christ, is the one member of the Trinity who personally communicated God to humanity. However, since there are only two references in the New Testament that refer to Jesus Christ as the Word of God, this usage is rare.

5. It Also Refers to God’s Written Word

Finally, the “Word of God” can refer to God’s Word in written formPsalm 19:9-10the Bible. After being proclaimed orally, God’s Word was put into written form. Moses was told to write down God’s words:

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.” (Exodus 17:14 NIV)

Elsewhere, we again read about God telling Moses to write something down:

And the LORD said to Moses, “Write these words; in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel.” (Exodus 34:27 RSV)

In the New Testament, Jesus contrasted the written Word of God with the ungodly tradition of the people. He said:

But you say, ‘If someone tells his father or mother, “Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God,” he certainly does not honor his father.’ You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition. (Matthew 15:5-6 NET)

According to Jesus, these human-made traditions nullified the Word of God. The written Word of God, the Hebrew Scripture, was the only source of authority for the people until Jesus came. While these were human words, they still carried God’s divine authority.

The New Testament appears to use the terms “Word of God,” “Word of the Lord” and “Word of Christ” interchangeably. All of them refer to God’s authoritative Word.

Therefore, we find that the Scripture uses the phrase “the Word of God” in five distinct ways: God’s divine decrees, God personally speaking to people in their language, the words of God’s divinely inspired prophets, Jesus Christ and the written Word of God. The context must determine how the phrase is to be understood.

Summary – Question 10
What Does the Phrase, “the Word of God” Mean?

The phrase, “the Word of God” is used in a number of different ways. It refers to something that God has decreed to come to pass. It is also used of the actual spoken words of God. Words that God has spoken through the prophets can also be called “the Word of God.” Jesus Christ Himself is called the Word of God. Finally, the phrase can also refer to God’s written Word.

The words that were delivered by God’s designated spokesmen, the prophets, as well as the written Word of God, though not as dramatic, carried the same authority as the actual words spoken by God.

While all five ways that God has spoken to humanity can be called the “Word of God,” the only form available to us to study is the written Scripture. Indeed, we would not know about the other four areas of God’s Word except for the written Word in Scripture.

The first thing each and every Christian must fully realize is that the Holy Bible is truly the inspired and infallible Word of God.

There are many liberal Christians who are starting to question the validity and authenticity of the Bible. I will not use this article to debate the origins of the Bible, all of the authors who wrote the books, and how the different translations came into being. There are plenty of good books at your local Christian bookstore that deal with this topic very extensively.

After studying the Bible in its complete entirety – there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that all of the Bible is God-breathed – that all of it has come directly to us from God the Father through the Holy Spirit.

For those of you who believe in the literal interpretation of the Bible, and that all of it has truly come to us from God the Father.

I will use this article to give you some extremely powerful verses from Scripture to show you that not only did all of the Bible come direct to us from God the Father through the Holy Spirit to all of the authors who wrote all 66 books of the Bible – but I will also give you some powerful verses from the Bible showing you how powerful the actual words of the Bible really are, and how they can also help to change and transform you into the kind of person that God really wants you to become in Him.

The actual words of the Bible are anointed by the Holy Spirit Himself – and they have the full ability to completely change and transform you if you are willing to work with the divine truths that are contained in the actual words.

Jesus says in the Bible that you shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. However, you first have to know what the real truth is before the truth can start to work to set you free.

This is why Kind David said we must meditate on the words of the Bible – so we can find out what their true meaning is and how all of these divine truths can apply to our daily lives. Meditating on the Bible means to think about, to chew on, to try and figure out the meaning of all of the different verses in the Bible.

Though the Book is long, God has made it as simple and easy as He possibly could. Think about this. There is only one Bible. In one Book, God has given us everything we need to know about Himself, His Son Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, the basics of our salvation through His Son Jesus, how He wants us to live this life, the things that He wants us doing, and the things that He does not want us to be doing.

In this one Book are all the ways and commandments of our Lord, along with all the information we are ever going to need on what is awaiting all of us on the other side when we die and cross over – heaven for the saved and hell for the unsaved.

I believe the number one reason God created the human race was for intimate fellowship. Even to the amazement of the angels in heaven, God seems to have some type of special longing and love for the human race.

The fact that God would send His one and only Son Jesus down to our earth in the flesh to go through the worst form of physical death at the time He came, all just to bring us back to Himself, really does show us how much God really does love all of us.

The Bible tells us that the love that God has for all of us is like a “consuming fire.” These two words are showing us a love that is of maximum intensity. With this kind of intense, passionate love that God has for all of us, I believe He is trying to tell all of us one main thing – and that one main thing is that He is looking to enter into a one-on-one, personal, love relationship with each one of us.

Think about this – that the one and only all-powerful God of the entire universe is looking to make a direct, personal connection with you on an individual and unique basis.

If you really step back and look at the big picture and all the things that we see in this life – what is the one thing that most of us long for in this life? What is the one thing that will make you cry when you see this portrayed on the movie screens?

It is the longing for a true soul mate. It is the longing for a pure, true, and unconditional love from a person of the opposite sex. There is nothing that can satisfy the deeper longings of your soul the way that true love can. However, there is just one small catch with this scenario. Even though some of you may have found your true soul mates in this life, there is still one more thing that has not been met.

No matter how perfect you think your mate may be – your mate is still not perfect like God is, since the Bible tells us that all men and women have sinned and have fallen way short of the glory of our God. What this means is that no matter how good of a love relationship you may have with your mate, that person is still not capable of giving you a perfect love because that person is not perfect in their very nature and personality.

Thus, every single one of us still has that little hole in our soul that just cannot seem to be filled with anything else in our lives.

No matter how much money we have, no matter how many material possessions we have, and no matter how many loving children we have – there is still something missing and none of these things can completely fill that little hole that is in all of our souls.

God has purposely left a vacuum, a hole, and a void in each one of our souls when He created us. And the only thing that can fill this hole and void is God the Father Himself, His Son Jesus Christ, and His Holy Spirit.

There is absolutely nothing else on this earth that can fill that empty void. People are literally chasing after the wind trying to find anything and everything to fill that void – and no matter how many lovers they have, no matter how many marriages they enter into, and no matter how many toys they buy with the money they have – nothing they chase after in this life will fill that hole in their souls.

The only thing that will fill that hole in your soul is finding, and then entering into a true, personal, love relationship with God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit. There is nothing else that will fill that void!

Since God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit are totally perfect in Their actual natures and have no dark side to Their personalities, then They, and only They, are the only Ones who are capable of giving you a perfect, pure, and unconditional love that no one else can give you in this life.

This is why the Bible tells us that we will find a peace that will pass all human understanding once we have accepted Jesus as our personal Lord and Savior and have become truly born again. That peace we will find is the result of finding the one true Person who can fill that empty void that is on the inside of each and everyone of us – and that one Person is God Almighty Himself.

However, once you have found God through accepting Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, there is now something you must do. You must now grow in the knowledge of God and grow in the personal relationship that He wants to establish with you.

And how do you start to grow in the personal relationship He wants to establish with you and grow in the knowledge that He wants you to have about Him? By diving head first into the Bible!

When two lovers first meet and fall in love with one another, the first thing they naturally and instinctively want to do is to learn as much as they can about one another.

How can you truly fall in love with another person unless you first seek to know everything you can about your lover, their past, where they have been, what they have been through, who are all of their friends and family, etc. Once you really fall into true love with someone, you will have a major hunger and desire to find out as much as you can about them and their past.

It’s the exact same way in our relationship with God. God obviously knows everything about each one of us since He is all-knowing, but we do not know everything about Him, His Son, or His Spirit. So the only possible way that we can learn all about God is to read and study from the Bible, since the Bible is the only Book that we have down here on this earth that will give us detailed information as to who the Three of Them really are.

If a true, born-again, Spirit-filled Christian is really in love with God, and really wants to deepen the personal relationship they have now established with Him – then the first thing that person will really want to do is to get into the Bible so that they can find out everything they possibly can about this awesome God of ours.

The more knowledge you gain about God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit from studying the Bible – the stronger and deeper your personal relationship will become with the Three of Them.

As you will see in the Scripture verses listed below, there are several other incredible things that will start to occur in your life if you seek to study the Bible with the intentions on wanting to learn more about God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit in order to deepen your personal relationship Them.

I will break these Scripture verses down under their appropriate captions below so you can see how powerful the Word of God really is, and how it can help change and transform the quality of your life if you are willing to study, learn, and seek to apply the divine truths that are in this incredible Book.

Study these verses very, very carefully. These verses are showing you how powerful and anointed the Bible really is. Since all of the Bible comes direct to us from God the Father, you can completely trust and rely on that what you will read from the Bible will be 100% pure, solid, God-truth.

1. All of Scripture is Given to Us By Inspiration From God the Father

These first two verses will specifically tell us, without any other possible interpretation, that all of the Bible has been given to us by “inspiration of God” through holy men who were “moved by the Holy Spirit” to write what they wrote!

In other words – all of the words in the Bible have come direct to us from God the Father through the Holy Spirit. The specific authors of the Bible then wrote under the guidance, inspiration, and illumination of the Holy Spirit.

This is why you can completely trust that what you will read from the Bible will be 100% pure, solid, God-truth! There is no other book on our earth that contains direct words from God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ other than the Holy Bible. God Himself has personally arranged that all of the revelation that He wants us to have in this life about Himself, His Son Jesus, and His Holy Spirit would all be contained in this one incredible Book.

Here are the two specific verses giving us this incredible revelation:

• “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16)
• “… knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.” (2 Peter 1:20)

The first verse specifically tells us that all of Scripture, not just some or part of it, comes direct to us by inspiration from God the Father. The second verse then takes it one step further and tells us that the holy men of God who wrote the Bible, all wrote under the guidance and inspiration of the Holy Spirit Himself. It also says that no part of Scripture was of any private interpretation of these authors.

The first verse also lays out the groundwork as to what the Bible is going to be used for – for establishing solid Christian doctrine in the real truths of God, and for instruction in the knowledge and ways of God so that we may all be made complete and thoroughly equipped to go to work for God in the calling that He has set up for each one of our lives.

These two specific verses are powerful, foundational verses in which our study of Scripture has to be based on. If you do not believe that all of the Bible is truly the inspired and infallible Word of God – then the Holy Spirit is not going to move on you to start to really work the truths that are contained in the Bible to change, mold, and transform you into the kind of person that God wants you to become in Him.

Bottom line – if you want the divine truths that are contained in the Bible to really be able to change and transform you – then you will have to believe that all of the Bible comes direct to us from God the Father through the Holy Spirit. If you do not, then the Bible will have little or no transforming effect on you and your life.

2. The Word of God is Living and Powerful

As you will see in the following verses, the words that are contained in the Bible are living, powerful, and sharper than any two edge sword we can make on this earth.

In other words, the words in the Bible have God’s supernatural power and life in them. They are literally anointed by the power of the Holy Spirit Himself. This is why the words and the truths contained in the Bible have the supernatural ability to change and transform you into the kind of person that God wants you to become in Him.

That is why Jesus told the apostles to “feed” His sheep. When you read and study the Bible for increased learning, you are feeding yourself with direct anointed words from God Almighty Himself.

Many Christians who do not regularly feed off the Bible have no idea on what they are really missing out on. The Words that are in the Bible are pure, solid, spiritual food that have the supernatural ability to feed your mind, soul, and spirit. Nothing else will feed your inner man like reading from the Bible will.

Just like our human physical bodies need physical food to be able to survive – so does our mind, soul, and spirit. The food that we feed our physical bodies will not nourish our mind, soul, and spirits.

The only thing that can spiritually feed and nourish us on the inside are true, solid, spiritual truths. And the only true, solid, spiritual truths that can feed us to cause any kind of true spiritual growth to occur in this life are divine truths that come direct from God the Father and Jesus Christ.

There are no other spiritual truths from any other sources that we can feed off of that will cause any kind of true spiritual growth to occur in this life.

Any other source is just dead meat. It has no supernatural life or ability to change us because it is not coming direct from God the Father and thus has no anointing on it.

All other false religions and New Age type thinking have no supernatural ability to change and spiritually transform you in this life. Only the divine truths that are contained in the Bible have this supernatural ability.

Now here are 9 major power verses showing you how much supernatural life and power there really is in the Word of God.

• “For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” (Hebrews 4:12)
• “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.” (Isaiah 55:11)
• “Is not My word like a fire?” says the Lord, “And like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?” (Jeremiah 23:29)
• “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life” (John 6:63)
• “This is my comfort in my affliction, for Your word has given me life.” (Psalm 119:50)
• “Your words were found, and I ate them, and Your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart …” (Jeremiah 15:16)
• “How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!” (Psalm 119:103)
• But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ” (Matthew 4:4)
• “… as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.” (1 Peter 2:2)

Notice all of the food analogies that God is using to compare His Word with. What He is trying to tell us is that when you are studying the words that are contained in the Bible for increased learning – you are spiritually feeding yourself with supernatural nutrition!

I believe that all of the above Scripture verses are trying to tell us one main thing – that the Word of God is living, powerful, and real spiritual food for the soul and spirit of every person who is willing to feed off of it.

3. The Word of God is Pure, Solid Truth

If the Bible is telling us that all of Scripture is coming direct to us from God the Father through the Holy Spirit – then the next thing that the Bible will be telling us is that all of the words that are coming direct to us from God the Father are 100% pure, solid truth.

If God is all-perfect and all-powerful, then this means His intelligence and knowledge on all things is all-perfect. And if His knowledge on all things is all-perfect, then this means that all of the words that He is conveying to us in the Bible can be counted on as being perfect words, thereby giving us perfect knowledge.

This means that all of the Bible can be counted on as being 100% pure, solid, God-truth with no errors and mistakes. The Bible tells us that all humans will only know in part with what knowledge we are able to gain down here on this earth. Thus every book you read from human authors will never be totally perfect in the knowledge that the author is trying to transmit to you.

However, since all of the Bible is coming direct to us from God Almighty Himself – then the Bible is the only Book that we have down here on this earth that is totally and completely perfect in the knowledge that it is trying to transmit to us.

This is why the Bible has the ability to change your life. No other book on this earth has the amount of wisdom and knowledge that this Book has – and this is all because this knowledge and wisdom is coming direct to us from God the Father Himself.

Now here are 4 very good verses from Scripture that are specifically telling us that every word that proceeds from the mouth of God is 100% pure, solid truth.

• “Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. Do not add to His words, lest He reprove you, and you be found a liar.” (Proverbs 30:5)
• “The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times.” (Psalm 12:6)
• “For the word of the Lord is right, and all His work is done in truth. He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.” (Psalm 33:4)
• “Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.” (John 17:17)

Notice the first verse says that the words that come from God are “pure” words. The last verse then says that all of God’s words are “truth.” Put these two verses together and you get that all of the words that come from God are “pure truth.”

Pure means 100% pure – which means that all of God’s words are pure, solid truth with no errors or mistakes. This is why the Word of God is also called infallible and inerrant. If the Bible says that a thing is so – then it is so – end of discussion. You can literally bank your life on it!

4. The Word of God Can Sanctify You

If all of the words of the Bible are 100% pure, solid truth – then this means that all of the words in the Bible have the supernatural ability to sanctify you, especially since all of the Bible has the anointing of the Holy Spirit Himself on the entire Book.

God’s ultimate and highest aim for all of us after we become saved and born again is to sanctify us, to transform us, to mold and shape us into the express image of His Son Jesus. It is the job of the Holy Spirit to start this molding, transforming, and sanctifying work in us after we get saved.

However, the Holy Spirit needs something to work with in order to get this transformation process kicked into full gear – and that something is knowledge. God wants you to have full knowledge on exactly what it is He wants to change about you before He really starts to move you into this sanctification process with Him.

And where do you get the knowledge that will get God to start this sanctification process within you? From the Bible! There is no other book that we can learn and study from that will give us the direct knowledge that we will need from God the Father to get Him to start this sanctification process within us.

It’s the Word and the Spirit working together in a believer’s life that will get God to start working full force in their life so He can change them into the kind of person He really wants them to become in Him.

Here are several powerful verses from Scripture specifically telling us all of this. The first two verses will tell you that God can literally sanctify you by His Word.

• “Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.” (John 17:17)
•  ” … that He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, that He might present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that it should be holy and without blemish.” (Ephesians 5:26)
• “How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word. With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments! Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You. Blessed are You, O Lord! Teach me Your statutes.” (Psalm 119:9-12)
• “You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.” (John 15:3)
• ” … and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.” (James 1:21)
• “For this reason we also thank God without ceasing, because when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you welcomed it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which also effectively works in you who believe.” (1 Thessalonians 2:13)

Notice the last verse says that the Word of God can “effectively work in you.” This means when you start reading and studying the Bible in order to gain more knowledge about God – it will start to effectively work in you so you can start to change into the person God will want you to become in Him.

Just think of the power this Book has to dramatically change and transform the quality of your entire life. True inner happiness and fulfillment can only be found on the inside of your being, not on the outside with material things and possessions.

Hollywood is living proof that money, fame, and notoriety will not buy you true inner happiness. There are many in Hollywood who truly have what they think is “all” – yet they are miserable, unhappy, depressed, and go from one shrink to another – all in an effort to try and find what is still missing in their lives and why they cannot seem to find true inner happiness with all of the earthly wealth they have accumulated.

The only way to find true inner happiness in this life is to become saved and born again through the shed Blood of Jesus Christ – and then enter into a dynamic personal relationship with God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. From there, you are to start seeking after the knowledge about God and all of His ways by studying and reading the Bible on your own.

The personal relationship you will establish with God, and the knowledge that you will gain about God from reading and studying from the Bible is what will dramatically transform the quality of your life down here on this earth. Nothing else on this earth will do that for you!

5. The Word of God Will Give You Knowledge and Wisdom

The Bible tells us that we are to grow in the knowledge and ways of God. And the number one way in which we will grow in the knowledge of God is by reading and studying from the Bible.

There is no other way! If you do not seek to learn more about the Lord by studying from the Bible, then your spiritual growth in the Lord will stagnate and you will stop growing in Him.

There are no shortcuts to true spiritual growth in the Lord. You have to pay your dues, and those dues are that you have to gain and increase in knowledge about God and all of His ways before the Holy Spirit will start you on the road to true spiritual growth. And the only Book that will give you the knowledge that will cause true spiritual growth to occur in this life is the Bible.

And not only has God given us everything that we will ever need in this one Book – but He has also given us His Holy Spirit, whose main job is to “teach us all things” and to “guide us into all truth.”

Several verses I will list below will tell you that the Holy Spirit Himself will be the One who will personally open up the meaning of Scripture for you so that you can see the knowledge that God the Father is trying to transmit to you through this Holy Book!

This is a direct supernatural work that can be done for you by the Holy Spirit if you are willing to go into a seeking mode with Him when you study the Bible.

Here are several good verses telling us that the Word of God can impart true knowledge and wisdom to us, and that God does want us growing in the knowledge of Him, His Son, and His Holy Spirit.

• “… but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” (2 Peter 3:18)
• “And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.” (Luke 24:45)
• “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My Name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I have said to you.” (John 14:26)
• “However, when He, the Spirit of Truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth …” (John 16:13)
• Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” (John 8:31)
• “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another …” (Colossians 3:16)
• “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path … The entrance of Your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple … Direct my steps by Your word, and let no iniquity have dominion over me.” (Psalm 119:105, 130, 133)
• “My son, give attention to My words; incline your ear to My sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart; for they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.” (Proverbs 4:20)

All of the above verses are showing us how powerful the words that are coming direct from God and Jesus really are. The Word of God can truly change your life for the better – but only if you are willing to spend some good quality time seeking to understand what is in this most incredible Book.

6. The Word of God Will Stand Forever

The last thing you will really need to grasp on the power of the Word of God is that the Word of God will last and stand forever – both in this life and the next life to come, which will be heaven.

Here are 3 very good verses from Scripture telling us that the Word of God is not chained and that it will endure to all generations – both in this life and the next life to come, which means forever!

•  “… for which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the word of God is not chained.” (2 Timothy 2:9)
•  “Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven. Your faithfulness endures to all generations …” (Psalm 119:89)
• “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of God stands forever.” (Isaiah 40:8)

Not only will your study of Scripture profit you in this life, but it will also profit you in the next life to come – which will be heaven.

I personally believe that we still continue to study the Bible even when we all enter into heaven. I do not believe any one human can truly master the Bible in this lifetime. There is simply way too much knowledge, wisdom, and revelation that is contained in this one Book for any one human to be able to fully grasp all of it in this lifetime.

I believe that the Bible is like a treasure chest that has no bottom to it. And to think that all of this knowledge is contained in just one Book! Only a true God of the entire universe could have put this much knowledge and revelation into one Book.

Conclusion

I will leave you with one last thought. Each Christian must make their own personal decision on this. Once you have become saved and born again by accepting Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior – you now have one of two choices to make.

You can either choose to press in and start seeking after God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit by spending regular quality time in the Bible to learn as much as you can about the Three of Them – or you can just leave well enough alone, figure you have as much of God as you will ever need in this life, and go on your merry way living for the world and the things of this world – never increasing your knowledge base about the Lord, and never really growing in the knowledge of God and all of His ways.

I am afraid most Christians in this day and age are taking the latter approach. Most Christians have either never read the Bible in its complete entirety, or have read very little of it in their own personal walks with the Lord.

This is one of the main reasons we have started up this website – to try and show everyone how much working knowledge there really is in the Bible, and how this knowledge can dramatically change and transform the quality of your life.

As I have shown you with all of the above Scripture verses, the Word of God is:

• Inspired, Infallible, and Inerrant
• Living, Powerful, and Anointed
• Pure, Solid Truth
• Sharper than Any Two-Edged Sword
• Can Spiritually Nourish Your Mind, Soul and Spirit
• Has the Ability to Sanctify and Cleanse You
• Has the Ability to Teach You, Guide You, and Direct Your Steps in this Life
• And Will Last and Stand Forever – Both in this Life and the Next Life to Come

What more can you ask for in one Book? Bottom line – there is simply no other book on our earth that has this amount of unlimited knowledge direct from God Himself. And it is all there for the taking for anyone who wants to dive in and take the journey.