"The Word of God"

“The Word of God”

 

All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.      2 Timothy 3:16-17

 

This was the Apostle Paul’s last letter, it was written to Timothy, his ‘son in the faith’.  It was the Apostle Paul’s final charge to Timothy. He, more or less, wanted Timothy to take up where he had left off.  And to use the Word of God as a SWORD to ward off the FALSE teachers and IMPOSTERS of the Word of God.  Those who WRONGFULLY teach and instruct the Word, and who leads others astray.

 

Paul, encourages Timothy to CONTINUE in the Word of God, in that which he had learned and became convinced of.  The Holy Scriptures, which is the Word of God enables one to become wise for SALVATION through FAITH in Christ Jesus.  It NEEDS to be taught in churches, today.  But it MUST be taught TRUTHFULLY and in order to do that it MUST be READ and STUDIED.  It is NOT just a book that is used when we attend church.  It MUST be USED DAILY.

 

All Scripture is the Word of God and is “God-breathed” or INSPIRED by GOD.  “You must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things.  For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.”  (2 Peter 1:20-21).  It wasn’t written by man, himself, on his own, but they wrote what was given to them by the Holy Spirit of God.

 

It is through the Word of God that we obtain SALVATION, and it is through the Word of God that we are equipped to do the WORK of God, it teaches us.  It is BENEFICIAL to our Christian living.  It is used for CONVICTION, it rebukes us, when we go against God’s will.  It SETS THINGS RIGHT, it corrects us.   It EQUIPS the TRUE BELIEVER to do EVERY GOOD WORK of God, it trains us.  

 

We cannot function as TRUE CHILDREN of GOD, unless we KNOW what is RIGHT and TRUTHFUL, and LIVE IT.  We MUST READ and STUDY the WORD and KNOW what it says and what it means, and APPLY IT to our LIVES DAILY! 

 

Do you know what the Word of God says about obtaining SALVATION?  If you have NOT given your HEART and LIFE to GOD, then you probably don’t know what you need to do, in order to RECEIVE His gift of SALVATION, in order to keep you out of an ETERNITY in Hell, the place of UNENDING torment, torture, pain, heartache, agony, and despair, with NO WAY of ESCAPE.  The Word of God tells us that you need to TURN AWAY from your sins and to come to God with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART, CONFESSING your sins to Him, and asking Him for His FORGIVENESS, BELIEVING, with ALL your HEART that Jesus died for YOU, and is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before God, then ACCEPT His gift of SALVATION.  When you do this, begin READING and STUDYING the Word of God, and become STRONG in your FAITH, EQUIPPED to do EVERY GOOD WORK of God.  Do it NOW, while you still can.  He’s waiting and coming SOON!!!