The
Bible - God’s Word
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
perfect, throughly furnished
unto all good works.
2 Tim 3:16-17 KJV
The
Bible is God’s greatest gift to mankind.
Jesus
Christ is The personification of The Word.
In
the beginning was The Word, and The Word was with God,
and
The Word was God.
John
1:1 KJV
He
is The Eternal Life.
And we know that The Son Of God is come, and hath given us an understanding,
that we may know Him that is true, and we are in Him that is true, even in His
Son Jesus Christ. This is The true God, and Eternal Life.
1 John 5:20 KJV
His
Name is “THE WORD OF GOD” (Rev 19:13).
“The
Word” is “The Sword Of The Spirit” (see Eph 6:17).
And
The Word was made flesh… (v.14); which is “The Word Of Life” (1 John 1:1); “The
Word Of Truth”; the Gospel of our Salvation (Eph 1:13). This is “The Word of
our Testimony” (Rev 12:11).
The
same is “The Word of His Grace”, which builds us up and gives us an inheritance
among all those who are sanctified (Acts 20:32).
Of
God’s own divine Will, we are begotten as firstfruits by His Word Of Truth (Jam
1:18).
The
Word is spoken—Rhema, and written—Logos.
We are clean by His spoken Word (Jn 15:3), and the perfect design of
God’s Salvation towards us is recorded in the written Word.
What
treasure on earth could be compared to one Word from God?
There
is good reason why the Bible is the bestselling book of all-time by such a wide
margin. The importance of the Bible cannot be overstated. If Jesus, who is The
Word, would take His stand on the written Word when challenged by the devil,
how much more must we be established on that Word to take our stand and live
our lives by it?
His
written Word reveals the path to Life, Salvation, Transformation, Deliverance,
and Healing for every soul who would seek to know God. The universe is upheld
by ‘The Word of His Power,” so there is no stronger foundation that we could
ever build our lives on other than His Word.
The
primary accuracy of any translation is its adherence to the original text in
the original languages the Bible was written in, Hebrew and Greek.
For The Word Of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any
twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and
of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the
heart.
Heb 4:12 KJV
The
Bible is indeed God's Word with a collection of writings revealing God's
Salvation Plan for man.
The
Bible—a total number of 66 Books in one, inspired by The Spirit Of God, written
by over 40 authors (kings, leaders, shepherds, scientists, attorneys, an army
general, a government official, historians, poets, fishermen, prophets, priests,
and a physician), in three continents; over a period of 1,500 years. Each one
wrote as The Spirit Of God directed them, and yet each author wrote in his own
style.
These
men wrote as they were moved by The Holy Spirit (2 Pet. 1:21). They wrote not
in words of human wisdom but in words taught by The Holy Spirit (1 Cor. 2:13).
The
Bible's Authority belongs to God.
The
Scriptures were written (as far as archeologists can tell) over a period of
many centuries, beginning about 1450 years before the birth of Christ, and
being completed by about 100 years after the birth of Christ (dating from 1500
B.C. to about 100 A.D.)
Despite
being penned by different authors over 15 centuries, the Bible does not
contradict itself and does not contain any errors. The authors all present different
perspectives, but they all proclaim the same One True God, and the same One Way
of Salvation—Jesus Christ (John 14:6 ; Acts 4:12 ).
The
invention of the printing press in 1450 made it possible to print books in
large quantities. The first book printed was the Bible. Since then, the Bible
has been read by more people and printed more times than any other book in
history. By 1930, over one billion Bibles had been distributed by Bible
societies around the world. By 1977, Bible societies alone were printing over
200 million Bibles each year, and this doesn’t include the rest of the Bible
publishing companies. No one who is interested in knowing the Truth can ignore
such an important book.
The
Bible comprises of 39 Books in “The Old Testament” and 27 Books in “The New
Testament.” It consists of 929 chapters in “The Old Testament” and 260 chapters
in “The New Testament” —in total, the Bible has 1,189 chapters, and they
contain about 31,240 verses (23,145 verses in The Old Testament and 7,958 verses
in the New Testament).
The
Bible today has been translated into over 2,000 languages and dialects, with
over 6 billion copies sold!
No
other book even comes close.
The
Bible is truly the Bestselling Book of all times!
“The
Word Of The Lord stands forever” (1 Pet 1:25), therefore, “study to shew
thyself approved unto God” (2 Tim 2:15),
and “be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only” (James 1:22).
How
can a young man keep his way pure?
By
living according to God’s Word (Ps 119:9).
Faith
comes by hearing God's Word (Rom 10:17).
"...The Word is nigh thee, even
in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, The Word Of Faith, which we preach”
Rom 10:8 b KJV
For ever, O Lord, Thy Word is settled
in Heaven.
Ps 119:89 KJV